Money Mantra
Arriving carless in California, Atmananda thought about continuing his
career as a college professor. He thought about writing another book.
He even considered going to law school. Instead, he expanded
the Money Club.
The Money Club had started in New York when Atmananda began
collecting from Stony Brook disciples. We voluntarily gave a few
dollars a month to offset the cost of the posters.
In San Diego, he raised membership dues to four or so dollars
a week. Rachel, who took out loans to help the San Diego Chinmoy
Centre get started, gave much more. As The Centre rapidly grew,
so did the numbers in Atmananda's club.
"Seekers used to live in monasteries and in caves," Atmananda taught at
Centre meetings. "But Guru recommends that instead, we live in a city.
This gives us the opportunity to strengthen our psychic defenses
and to better serve humanity. In order to live in the world,
particularly as your consciousness evolves and as the vibrations
of the world grow darker, you will need money."
Most of the new disciples, though, were UCSD undergraduates;
when Atmananda explained the etiquette of selfless giving--"You
can give in the right way or you can give in the wrong way"--
many of us wondered how we could give in any way.
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