Why is TM so darned expensive?

I have been wanting to learn Transendental Meditation for long long time but I found out that it costs $2500 to learn! Dang, why so much? sigh
peace to all,
Delfynasa

 

What is there to learn ?
Focus on breathing
Focus on quieting your thoughts
Every time you stray from that focus of a quiet mind refocus
It is in the quieting of all your thoughts that you "transcend" normal conciousness.
At least thats what I remember from when I dabbled with it in the '70's

But the main reason it is so expensive is that just like most self proclaimed holy men regardless of religious orientation the Maharishi was a charleton and a greedy crook.
Ever see the Beatles interview when they were asked about him. They said he was basically full of shit and a phony, or something along those lines.

If you pay money to anyone to learn meditation, you have been ripped off. Buy some books about it, research it online and just start doing it.

 

sounds like a plan! I found a web site from a former TMer giving the initiation ritual, instruction, and secret mantras(devided by age and gender) So now I fee pretty much set. I even found a copy of the Sanskrit prayer that is sung during the intitiation. Still if it wasn't exorbitantly priced I would do but it pleases me greatly that I can TM anyway Thanks for your input.
HOw long did you meditate? Do you still meditate?
peace and blessings,
Delfynasa

 

because it's a ripoff made for yuppies with money to throw away on 'enlightenment'.

 

Secret Mantras? Special prayer?
Dude all meditation is is focusing your attention on some particular thing.
TM teaches to focus on stopping the internal dialog that goes on in our thoughts. Yoga focus' on breathing. Some other say a candle flame, or the sound of a mantra or chant.
I used to use the sound of running water as a focal point.

Meditation isn't some mystical magical secret doorway to spiritual enlightenment, it's just focusing your attention and learning to quite your mind.

I don't meditate as much any more due to not having the oppurtunity to as much as I would like.
Good luck, but you will get more out of it if you forget about all the psuedo-spiritual trappings and just learn how YOUR mind works and learn to control it.
Thats why some treat as some mystical secret thing, because they know it isn't all mystical and secret, but if you knew that they wouldn't be able to charge you.
It's like making someone pay to breath air.
I'm sure that once you get into it you will realize that you have and do "meditate" more than you thought.

 

Because TM is cult. There is not such enlightenment that is achieved with money.

 

I guess t.m is a rich guys cult . If you are a a poor boy , you do a web search on yoga and meditation . desert rat

 

maybe they just want to show a profit?

 

Money is an anchor to the falsehood of this reaity. If you truly want to trancend you're going to have to get rid of all that money. Who better to take it off your hand than the teacher?

Now that's just nice.

 

lol nice one!