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donating or forfeiting large sums of money in the hopes
that this will somehow augment your pursuit of spirituality,
or mitigate any karmic obligations, is equally misleading.
In this regard, Masterpath requests only thirty dollars
monthly as the chelaship fee. Masterpath is a nonprofit
organization, and so it uses these funds not only to provide
the study materials that are sent monthly to each chela, but
also to help defray the costs of employing staff, holding
public events, publishing books, and producing audio and
video recordings, as well as the numerous other issues in-
volved in making the Teachings available to the students in
the physical world. In short, the horror stories you have
previously heard regarding the many indiscriminate paths
and gurus who exploit their students have nothing whatso-
ever to do with the true and genuine Masters of the light
and sound.

2 . Q. sri gary, what disciplines do you impose upon your
students? I have heard in other light and sound paths,
mainly in the east, that vegetarianism is a requirement, and
that complete abstinence from liquor, recreational drugs,
and sex are mandatory vows. Two or three hours of medi-
tation are also required if success is to be expected. how
do you view these issues?

A. excellent question, as this is what makes Master-
path so unique. But please understand that the eastern
Masters instituted these vows, and they have been very ef-
fective for the eastern cultures. however, the supreme risk
in assiduously following the guidelines of imposed vows is
that one can inadvertently substitute “the keeping of one’s
vows” for the art of true spirituality. one can become easily
swayed and pridefully arrogant in the achievement of
following such vows and codes of moral conduct, but even