tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post5433655511388203230..comments2023-09-03T05:52:27.906-06:00Comments on The Magical Witch: Work hard and give it awayMorgan Drake Ecksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258538066497554895noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post-11532646884026455972010-10-22T17:30:31.850-06:002010-10-22T17:30:31.850-06:00Hi Morgan - not a rant, but a good post laying it ...Hi Morgan - not a rant, but a good post laying it out as it is. Thanks.<br /><br />This was the theme of my very first post on MOTO and since I have little time, a cut and paste from there (http://magicoftheordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/hello-world/).<br /><br />"On a per hour basis the [magic] course was less expensive than most yoga or fitness or exercise classes. Hundreds of thousands of people, including myself and many other esoteric students, attend these classes every week. Here we are guided (hopefully well but often only competently) through variants on the same set of exercises. We happily do this, giving time and money to keep our outer self healthy.<br /><br />The inner life equivalent would be repeated meditation or prayer or worship or other spiritual practice. But as soon as someone charges for these processes the magical-pagan community throws up its arms in outrage. Why? It seems that despite our avowed focus on the inner life we simply do not value it as much as our outer life."<br /><br />"...When asked about costs, Swami Alokananda, a Tantric Yoga teacher in Perth says that if she charged the real value of the Yoga she teaches no one could afford it. How true – the chance to commune and connect with the One is beyond price."<br /><br />Thanks, again :)Peregrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508191641503321789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594045886586038963.post-32749452447193067602010-10-22T13:56:07.868-06:002010-10-22T13:56:07.868-06:00Thankfully, these people get weeded out at the fee...Thankfully, these people get weeded out at the fee-collecting door, and inside we have plenty of <i>intelligent</i> people to talk to =)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15009778570667265968noreply@blogger.com