everyone: you're welcome.
a little bit of history.
my friends I met late 90s. we were a group of about 50-70 people because on major events, the total head count would be close to 50-70. but the core was about 20 people max.
dati we'd pool all our money, and we'd buy books from the US. im sure most of you know how it was in the 90s. books we're not that much. and there were no ebooks yet. not that much. yung mga available lang noon were of the scanned type and from dubious authors.
kaya doon dumami ang books ko. we all eventually were able to build a personal library of esoteric books from the US. ( i had to give a lot away when i left for aus)
tapos may esoteric school hopping pa kami. halos every night we'd visit a school or a master. we'd pool money for donations. nililigawan namin yung teachers. nagbibigay kami ng kung ano ano. i wasn't the richest in the group. i started when i was a student, but those with money were able to contribute and spend more. isang naaalala ko we gave 10,000 pesos noon early 2000s for one book na latin. maraming ganun kaming ginawa. todo gastos talaga.
buti na lang naging negosyante ako later and my income was based on hardwork and not on a fixed salary. all i had to do was to become creative sa paghanap ng customer.
of course nag grow din ang internet and nag grow din yung mga groups na sa ibang bansa pagdating sa usage ng internet.
grabe noon. one cassette tape from one teacher na sinusundan ko was 150 dollars. year 2000 yun ha. I had to buy all the 13 tapes.
so not only did our book collection grow, pati na din tapes, VHS and CDs. yung mga local books namin, maraming mga galing probinsya. we'd request teachers from the provinces to hold seminars for our group. teachers, healers, masters hanggat marerequest, magrerequest kami (or kulit) to teach us. malalakas din ang events noon. plus mga full moon meditations. weekend healings.
wala pa diyan yung crystals. yung mayayaman sa group namin were able to but really big ones, bigger than a wheel of a sedan. (crystal ball)
looking back, i could have saved a lot. LOL
but we were really hardcore noon. sa akin i found myself meditating 6-8x a day. start of the day 5am, before business opens at 9am, lunchtime, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm and 12am. at kung may small opportunity between these times i'd go and meditate. this is the average day. karamihan sa group of friends namin matindi din mag practice. i was always out of the house and it pissed my parents off. uso noon sa kabataan ang "gimmick" di ba? gimmick ko was meditating and serving diff teachers.
having said all of these. marami talagang manloloko. we've had our share. yung iba limited lang ang alam. yung iba, elemental lang pala ang nagbibigay ng inspiration. yung iba hope lang. yung iba, hindi binibigay lahat kahit may agreement na kayo. yung iba parang psychologist lang...sariling opinion lang binibigay, hindi talaga reader or what...
another thing is, if A person is not meant to be your master, he will not be your master. BUT, he can prepare you to meet your next teacher.
having gone through all of the above, masasabi ko na best pa din yung may structure. yung may programa. if a teacher has a program, then those books weren't made to sell. they were made to reach students. now if a book is worth 100 pesos. its worth 100 pesos. yun ang fair exchange. and its good. why? kasi mga naranasan namin noon, they'll ask or promise 10 items (teachings, techniques or what) for say, 500 pesos. pero on the day of delivery, 8 lang ibibigay.
may magpropromise ng seminar with X number of topics. hindi lahat ibibigay. or magbibigay pero internally may feeling na dinaya ka. kumbaga kung sine yun. binigyan ka ng trailer. tapos mga
ibang psychic eh, kung magtampo kala mo kung sino. gusto nila 100 percent kang maniniwala sa kanila. pero wag ka, pag nagkamali sila or nawalan ka ng pera dahil sa prediction nila. hindi lang sila iimik, pero dikit pa din sa iyo. samantalang pag ikaw naman nagkamali, ayaw na nila sa iyo. LOL
i can go on and on about the bad experiences we've had. i kid you not, dami na kaming perang natapon at marami kaming relationships na nasira. (advice: if you learn something new, don't burn your friends pag iba na opinion niyo sa buhay. true love is encompassing.)
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para sa akin, maganda na system ni MDP. everything is clearly defined and spread out. and you have an enlightened master to email pa. lol wala nang pakiramdaman system. etc etc. CLEAR lahat.
para sa akin, kaya ko shinashare to is para may "CORE" kayo. kumbaga sa buhay, may formal education kayo. with formal education you'll be able to discern properly what is wrong or right. etc
