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When tantric empowerments feel financially exploitative

My teacher says I need to receive more expensive empowerments to progress but I'm already broke and starting to feel like this is a spiritual pyramid scheme.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The traditional system of progressive initiations is creating financial pressure that undermines the sacred nature of spiritual transmission.

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