--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gimari03 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2101 > > > > > > LOL. Rick's his usual smartass self, but he does > > > make a good case in the last sentence: > > > > > > "At thirty bucks a day the guru's billions could > > > fund a virtual wave of "yogic flyers" to cover > > > the earth, but something tells me that if Maharishi > > > had to personally pay for his peace plan the guru's > > > spiritual air force would be grounded." > > > > > > If, as was suggested here, the price is "low" > > > because he's so concerned, why isn't he concerned > > > enough to offer the course for free, and in fact > > > compensate the people who have to leave their jobs > > > to participate? > > > > > > I guess he isn't *that* concerned... > > > > To have the guru, any guru, pay for the course would be contrary to > > the natural order of things. The course is specifically for the > > seeker. To gain reward from the course, the seeker must pay > > something. It is just the way it is, and non-specific to TM or MMY > > or any other valid method of spiritual instruction. > > Jim, I love you dearly, but really, dude, you > make a lot of assumptions about and excuses for > a man you've never met. :-) > Hi, the only assumption I make is that TM is a valid method of spiritual instruction, meaning that if practiced as instructed, the practitioner will gain Self-Realization quickly.
Other than that, with reference to what I said above with regards to payment, I was speaking about all such methods of valid spiritual instruction, TM or non-TM. Really has nothing to do with Maharishi, other than he teaches a valid method of spiritual instruction. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/