Here's one link to HeartMath. http://www.heartmath.org/research/science-of-the-heart/introduction.html
There is a story, of course, as to how I 'chanced' upon HeartMath's work in the early 2000s as I perused the (now obsolete, RIP) bookshelves at Borders intuitively perusing for my next book to read. Take heart! ;) ************ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Thanks for the suggested materials - I haven't heard about the Institute of > HeartMath. It is an enjoyable study, to watch when the heart overflows > sometimes, and other times when the knife sharp intellect must organize > something. The book sounds cool too. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > Thanks Doc. > > > > What you state makes sense to me. > > > > Life is large. It's nice to keep it in perspective. > > > > I may have asked before if you are familiar with the Institute of > > HeartMath? It gets into how our hearts think...not as metaphor, but how our > > hearts actually help us make decisions. > > > > Which brings to mind a couple books I read some years back by Paul > > Pearsall. One of those books is "The Heart's Code." Reading the accounts of > > organ transplant patients regarding cellular memory is fascinating. > > ************** > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > "Eternity abides at all times in the silence within each of us; it is the > > > nakedness of who we are and is continually reconciling all that exists." > > > > > > *Beautifully* put!!! Thanks! > > > > > > To get into technicalities, our thoughts serve the legitimate purpose of > > > bringing our desires into being. However, in order to do this > > > efficiently, we must attain a grace, or synchrony, with ourselves and our > > > surroundings, so that the mind; the heart, and the discrimination, both, > > > don't use up so much energy, just freely spinning, or getting lost in > > > fantasies. > > > > > > So, life, anchored in eternity, in silence, is actually a fuller life > > > than that imposed by the ego, dancing from thought to thought. > > > > > > Thoughts are amazing and powerful impulses. When we are able to witness > > > their rising from a native bed of silence, they fulfill life's purpose > > > for each of us. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I hope there are thoughts in eternity. Seems it'd be very boring > > > > otherwise. > > > > > > > > But, I'm probably missing your point. Or maybe part of your point is > > > > there is no point? > > > > > > > > (I vaguely recall that movie, The Point. ) > > > > > > > > So, if I understand what you are saying... our thoughts protect us from > > > > eternity (or rather work as a defense mechanism blocking ourselves to > > > > be able to experience eternity). Eternity abides at all times in the > > > > silence within each of us; it is the nakedness of who we are and is > > > > continually reconciling all that exists. > > > > > > > > Oddly enough, a scripture verse comes to mind, "...[God] hath planted > > > > eternity in the hearts of [humankind]..." > > > > http://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Bible.show/sVerseID/17371/eVerseID/17371/version/amp/opt/parallel > > > > > > > > ************ > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > "I wonder if there is an eternity and if there will be a time when > > > > > all is naked and when all is somehow reconciled?" > > > > > > > > > > Oddly, when there are no longer our thoughts protecting us from > > > > > eternity, the nakedness (to ourselves) continues, and the > > > > > reconciliation of everything continues also. > > > > > > > > > > With silence, vs. thoughts, as a native mental state, eternity is > > > > > naturally present, because there are no marked boundaries in that > > > > > state, no limitations. How could there be? > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yah. (Carol smiles) > > > > > > > > > > > > What an incredible voyage O\or, as the Grateful Dead put it..."what > > > > > > a long, strange trip it's been..." > > > > > > > > > > > > Except it's not all "been;" it continues on as an "is." > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder if there is an eternity and if there will be a time when > > > > > > all is naked and when all is somehow reconciled? > > > > > > > > > > > > **** > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The other thing that occurs to me about this process, is the self > > > > > > > preservation that issues themselves take on, within us, within > > > > > > > our awareness. Sort of the Alien scenario, without the exploding > > > > > > > chest. Seriously, they form themselves such that they are > > > > > > > protected from our examination. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The physical model I came up with was that of issues taking the > > > > > > > form of small christmas ornament sized silver reflective balls, > > > > > > > within our awareness, so as to provide no apparent means of > > > > > > > entry, beyond the reflective illusion. They are enhanced in size > > > > > > > by the reflection of our anxiety and fear, in facing them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pretty weird Maya, until each is dealt with, and found to be far > > > > > > > less intimidating, than they first appear. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps closer to The Incredible Voyage, than Alien. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you - Yeah, its not an either/or for me, regarding > > > > > > > > expression of the past. However we express and *integrate* it. > > > > > > > > The interesting thing I have found is that once the past issues > > > > > > > > have been faced, they don't go away. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Instead, they simply become part of the integrated memory > > > > > > > > landscape, nothing left to overtly revel in, cringe from, or > > > > > > > > castigate. The previous issue is still seen in its entirety, > > > > > > > > but without the sting and magnification. As a result, all the > > > > > > > > intense focus falls away, and we move on to other speed bumps. > > > > > > > > All the hard sledding eventually results in a much greater > > > > > > > > sense of presence, individual freedom, evenness, and confidence. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How do you digest the Universe? One bite at a time. Chew > > > > > > > > thoroughly. > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <jchwelch@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Great post Doc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've asked myself many times over "How long does *this* take? > > > > > > > > > Why the eff does it keep coming up to haunt me?" I've often > > > > > > > > > wished for a don't-give-a-damn switch, in the sense of be > > > > > > > > > able to 'get over' something. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Like other folks who've lived some life, I have techniques in > > > > > > > > > my tool box (one of those being mindfulness / meditation) > > > > > > > > > that help along that path. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not of the opinion that if someone chooses to write about > > > > > > > > > or express in other ways (dance, visual arts, etc) their life > > > > > > > > > experiences from their distant or recent past (as that is all > > > > > > > > > we have until the next moment) as an indication that they > > > > > > > > > have not "moved on." I don't see expression as being stuck in > > > > > > > > > something. It could mean that; but only that person or > > > > > > > > > someone who is intimately close with that person can really > > > > > > > > > know if that is the case. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I like the word "integrate" (like you stated) more than the > > > > > > > > > phrases "getting over" or "moving on." (Though you did later > > > > > > > > > in your comment use the phrase "move on.") > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cul-de-sac syndrome...I'll have to adopt that term and > > > > > > > > > recognize when I'm there. It's a good mind pic. Thank you! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ > > > > > > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, exactly the way I feel too - How long does it take to > > > > > > > > > > integrate something you no longer do? Valid question, and > > > > > > > > > > something I grapple with a fair amount these days, now that > > > > > > > > > > I finally have the time to do so. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My obvious take on it is that stuff comes up in life, for > > > > > > > > > > all of us, sometimes challenge after challenge after > > > > > > > > > > challenge, to the point of near exhaustion. Processing it > > > > > > > > > > through reflection, becoming aware of all we go through, > > > > > > > > > > and how it changes us is a vital part of life, something > > > > > > > > > > critical to staying ALIVE, and present. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But, whatever the current issue is, cult experience in this > > > > > > > > > > case, it is not our identity, or our singular cause. > > > > > > > > > > Nothing really is. Nothing defines us once and forever. > > > > > > > > > > That is a stale model, of the old culture of labels. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So it is a wonderful thing to hear someone express even the > > > > > > > > > > most negative insights, if growth is apparent. However, if > > > > > > > > > > it just the ego getting trapped in a cul-de-sac, it is > > > > > > > > > > worth pointing out, and moving on. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" > > > > > > > > > > <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson > > > > > > > > > > > <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On second thought, you are right Dr Dummy - I hereby > > > > > > > > > > > > announce that I officially revoke everything I said > > > > > > > > > > > > about Marshy and TM and I am gonna program my Ipod to > > > > > > > > > > > > play only that goddamn funny, funny Maharishi Vedic > > > > > > > > > > > > Honey video over and over and over - I hope one day to > > > > > > > > > > > > wear the white (meaning become a raja) Jai Guru Dr. > > > > > > > > > > > > Dumbass!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey MJ. I will throw my small thought into the mix here. > > > > > > > > > > > I have read and appreciated much of what you have written > > > > > > > > > > > of your experiences at MIU, within the various phases of > > > > > > > > > > > your different roles within the Movement as a meditator, > > > > > > > > > > > member of staff and all the other ways in which you > > > > > > > > > > > participated. I especially enjoyed reading what you had > > > > > > > > > > > to say a few months ago when you first started posting > > > > > > > > > > > about your disappointment/disillusionment/disgruntlement > > > > > > > > > > > with MMY and with many others in positions of power and > > > > > > > > > > > authority within the TMM. Although I was a meditator for > > > > > > > > > > > almost 20 years and graduated from MIU I have no hard > > > > > > > > > > > feelings about my time there or the technique. However, > > > > > > > > > > > this does not stop me from considering all that you have > > > > > > > > > > > to say about your own, very different, experience. And it > > > > > > > > > > > does not mean I don't respect and consider all that you > > > > > > > > > > > have to say as far as I can do that without having gone > > > > > > > > > > > through or seen what you did. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not sure how much further you can go with your > > > > > > > > > > > unearthing of the slimier aspects of what has gone on > > > > > > > > > > > within the movement and around MMY and even with MMY > > > > > > > > > > > himself. I, for one, have a pretty clear picture of what > > > > > > > > > > > you know and how you feel. Your audience has been reading > > > > > > > > > > > what you have to say for weeks now and I am pretty sure > > > > > > > > > > > we could, individually, write an essay on how MJ feels > > > > > > > > > > > about MMY and the Movement and the practice of TM. What > > > > > > > > > > > is happening now is that some are getting tired of > > > > > > > > > > > reading, of being exposed to, what is starting to sound a > > > > > > > > > > > little like a broken record. What you have to say isn't > > > > > > > > > > > going anywhere past where it has been for a while now. It > > > > > > > > > > > is evidently important to you to use this forum, and > > > > > > > > > > > other places, as a sounding board for how you feel. But > > > > > > > > > > > it seems as if you are having to defend your position a > > > > > > > > > > > little harder now, that there is not the same empathy or > > > > > > > > > > > support for your position. It seems you are starting to > > > > > > > > > > > look like a man standing alone on a hilltop defending his > > > > > > > > > > > patch of land to an ever-increasing number of those > > > > > > > > > > > unsympathetic to your 'cause'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not saying that what you have to say is less valid > > > > > > > > > > > than it was three months ago it is just that if you test > > > > > > > > > > > the wind direction and the barometer it is telling you > > > > > > > > > > > your audience here is not quite as receptive to your > > > > > > > > > > > message as it once was. This is, of course, only my > > > > > > > > > > > opinion. I respect your need to voice how you feel and > > > > > > > > > > > admire your courage to do just that but I think I have > > > > > > > > > > > gotten the message now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > From: "doctordumbass@" <doctordumbass@> > > > > > > > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 8:35 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM Critics on FFL - the blind > > > > > > > > > > > > "leading" the sighted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > > > Just such a strange thing, that the fiercest critics of > > > > > > > > > > > > TM on here, are those with no recent experience of the > > > > > > > > > > > > technique. Sure, they had their heyday - a few decades > > > > > > > > > > > > ago. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, looking back hazily on those times, they stand up > > > > > > > > > > > > as those to be believed, the DEFINITIVE VOICES > > > > > > > > > > > > regarding the technique, its founder, and any other > > > > > > > > > > > > pearls that spew forth. Its just so much tripe. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Being ordinarily skeptical, doubting stuff I am told, > > > > > > > > > > > > is second nature to me - an excellent survival tool, > > > > > > > > > > > > imo. So I can appreciate airing doubts > > > > > > > > > > > > about...anything. However, how long does it take to > > > > > > > > > > > > integrate something THAT YOU NO LONGER PRACTICE into > > > > > > > > > > > > your life? Why the public fixation on something that no > > > > > > > > > > > > longer has value to you? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you warning us? (how condescending) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you saving us? (how laughable) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you opening our eyes? (see above) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why are you *devoting* your time and thought, to > > > > > > > > > > > > something you no longer do? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Color me Puzzled. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
