Should Spiritual Gurus Make a Profit from Their Events?
Be suspicious of anyone who charges a lot of money for enlightenment
Attending an Eckhart Tolle event can cost you anything from $57 to $227.
Is it worth it? I don’t know. I’ve never been to one.
But who would go to such an event? Someone who is very keen to become enlightened. Presumably, they have read his books and watched his videos. But somehow, enlightenment still eludes them.
Perhaps some people need to be in the same room as him to get enlightened. I can understand that. But why do these events need to be so expensive?
I realise they can’t be completely free. There are costs involved in hiring the venue and paying for staff.
I don’t know how much it costs Tolle to stage each event, so I don’t know the profit. But it seems that he is very rich, to the tune of about $80 million. So, he’s earning some profit somewhere.
Is it okay for a spiritual guru to make millions in profit? Because there is a big potential problem: money corrupts.
Look at the pharmaceutical industry. Their goal is not to make everyone healthy. They wouldn’t have any repeat business if they did that. Their goal is to manage symptoms on an ongoing basis…
