09-03-2008, 12:00 AM
dreamways wrote:
Bob May wrote:
It is my understanding that certain "Mystery Schools" would not let a person in until they were 40 years old. These Occult Schools demanded a
certain amount of maturity in their students before they began to teach them.
Can't remember where I heard this, but, supposedly, students in shaolin temples have to sweep the floors for 2 years before they are taught
anything. Then they are taught kung fu for several years, which is preparation for learning chi kung and eastern medicine, the whole point of being there in
the first place.
Gurdjieff didn't like to teach most people unless they were over 35. He said they hadn't lived through enough. Also the person really
has to value the teachings.
Bob May wrote:
It is my understanding that certain "Mystery Schools" would not let a person in until they were 40 years old. These Occult Schools demanded a
certain amount of maturity in their students before they began to teach them.
Can't remember where I heard this, but, supposedly, students in shaolin temples have to sweep the floors for 2 years before they are taught
anything. Then they are taught kung fu for several years, which is preparation for learning chi kung and eastern medicine, the whole point of being there in
the first place.
Gurdjieff didn't like to teach most people unless they were over 35. He said they hadn't lived through enough. Also the person really
has to value the teachings.