Fwd: [ThePowerOfSilence] Money an industrial reality

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ThePowerOfSilence , viorica w

<viorica_weissman wrote:

 

Hi all,

 

You may remember that during the period when Ramana Maharshi lived

in the Virupaksha Cave, the owners of the cave started charging a fee

from the visitors who came to visit it to have darshan of Ramana. He

was not informed that the access to him became conditional upon

payment of a fee. But when he heard about the fee, he left the cave

and sat down under a tree. The owners then continued to charge money

from those approaching the tree too, declaring it also belonged to

them. So Ramana went away once more. The owners of the cave

understood at last they could not misuse Ramana for their own

purpose and, giving up the fee, asked him to come back to live in

the cave.

 

Another thing I wish to mention is that Ramana insisted that Who Am

I? should be sold so cheap that even the poorest could afford it.

 

All the great realized beings seem to share the same happines in

offering their teaching so that even the poorest could afford it, so

one can say that this industrial reality named money before hasn't

touched or affected them in any way.

 

And those who payed with their lives, punished by their religion

law for blasphemy for having declared and taught the truth openly,

have nothing to do with such industrial reality.

 

Going to expensive retreats It may help lots of people to feel

good and get a right perspective about spiritual matters,

nevertheless charging high fees from people and not considering that

even the poorest could afford them prove we got trapped in the

industrial reality, and what a pity, isn't it?

 

viorica

 

 

 

Tony OClery <aoclery wrote:

Namaste,

 

So I suppose give them a warehouse full of clothes, for themselves?

Money has been around since the beginning of civilisations. Besides

100-200 dollars a seat is a but steep to pay for a lecture isn't it?

Your argument is a diversion and weak...........

ThePowerOfSilence , Jason <jedi_spock@>

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> Hari Om,

> Before the start of the industrial revolution,

more than 80% percent of the world's population had no use for

money. Your money was useful only if you lived in cities.

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> But after the Industrial Revolution started, the economy

changed to an extent that all the goods were brought to the Market

and sold for Money which became the medium of transaction in the

Industrial Economy.

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> Rishis and Masters in india before the Industrial Revolution

received Food and Clothes as donations for their day to day survival.

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> But in this Industrial Civilisation, It's not practical for

any teacher to depend purely on Food and Clothes as donations. Money

is a more practical medium.

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> Tony OClery <aoclery@> wrote:

> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:06 -0000

> [ThePowerOfSilence] Fwd: Re: Humans are the most cruel,

ignorant,degraded animal.

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> My comment on Tolle come from the fact that he charges $98

upwards to

> come and listen to him and his books etc are not cheap either. They

> are mostly regurgitated Vedanta etc and claimed as original. No

doubt

> he helps but so do many others.

> Do you think Buddha or Jesus would charge money like that to get a

> teaching? Did Ramana?..... .....Tony.

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