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I don't particularly like the aspect of paying a large chunk of cash myself...see I've always believed in the motto Live Simply... I have a friend who got a message once about having a simple, yet profound life...yet he continually, as much as he wants to help people, can be very materialistic, in that likes a nice home, good food and wine, but really, is it that bad? He's a wonderful man, the most kind and caring man I've ever met. Would people take you seriously if you were a pauper? Or would people say you were a nutcase because you had nothing and because you did not charge?
I had a chance to see Deepak Chopra once, and I wanted him to go with me, but he refused because you had to pay to see him. Well, I was okay with that, although I did choke when I saw the price of tickets...we had debated about this. Didn't go, but I wish I was able to. You needn't live like a pauper to be a great teacher. I don't think you should take advantage of people either. I do believe some get out of hand and live a lifestyle that is excessive in material accumulations. For me, I don't believe that is good for anyone. Maybe one day I will live in a nice house, but I still will live simply.
I mentioned before that I read Eckhart Tolles' The Power of Now two years ago and try as I might, I found it difficult reading, but I was going through a bad time and could not clear my mind of pain for anything. I found it on CDs to listen to and have been and this time, I hear, I understand and can relate and make sense of it all.
The author of the Conversations with God books... forget his name..Neil Walsh or whatever. I found a book of his free at a yard sale, brought it home, read it. At first I found it very interesting and I could relate, but as he went on, I felt troubled. I finished reading it, but I sensed that as he went along with his book, he was writing more from himself, his own mind, imagination, and introducing his own thoughts and labeling them as God's. Is that accurate or not...I don't know, but for me it was, and like that saying going, 'separate the wheat from the chaff' that's what I have to do in everything that I read.
I do believe some let ego get in the way and begin to see themselves as some form of god or hero. Even preachers/pastors/ministers/rabbi' can get on an ego trip/power trip...Anyone in a position where people look up to them can let their ego's soar, and unfortunately, when that happens, they lose what they originally possessed....along with themselves.
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