[FairfieldLife] Re: NASA ABOUT COVID-19

2020-10-09 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
According to this, there's a 4.2% chance that our planet will be hit by 
an asteroid today. Amazing!


NASA: the chance of our planet
to be hit today by an asteroid is 0.042
the chance to die of covid-19 is 0.026
i go now shopping me a helmet


[FairfieldLife] question for Nabby

2013-09-12 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
I've been reading up on cattle mutilations, a fascinating topic that has a lot 
in common with crop circles, though they're not as pretty. Are they associated 
with Maitreya?



[FairfieldLife] LB Shriver's birth data

2013-07-17 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
Some of you might be interested in looking at LB's Jyotish chart. According to 
him in the Church of Ed video, he was born at 5:30 am. He was delivered in 
Fairfield, 20 November 1946. He has a raja yoga karaka Shani in the 10th house, 
aspecting Guru alone in the 1st house. Exalted Rahu and Ketu, and five grahas 
in the 2nd house.



[FairfieldLife] Re: Seekers and Finders: LB

2013-05-28 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
LB had many admirers. 

I remember vividly from the last time I saw him, probably in the early '90s. 
Passing by me in some crowded place in Fairfield, he gave me his unique grin, 
the almost imperceptible lifting of one side of his mouth and full gaze that 
said so much while saying so little.

I feel like he was a friend, though I never knew him well.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "drpsutphen"  wrote:
>
> 
> Ha ha! Good to see you're alive and well incarnated as Dr. Dumbass! I decided 
> to sign-up again because of some masochistic samskara that has become lively. 
> I also wanted to see what people had to say about LB. Not many seem to have 
> known him. Quite the character.
> -Peter
> 



[FairfieldLife] Re: YF and back pain?

2013-05-05 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
That's a reasonable assumption. Or, Maharishi was using the resting time as an 
opportunity to infuse soma, which itself is in short supply in modern-day life. 
Sama Veda does the same thing.

We have plentiful agni. We need lots of soma and pure marut, which arrives to 
us in corrupted form all the time, particularly through EMF pollution and 
microwaved foods.

I think Maharishi had some intuitive understanding of these matters when he 
designed the TM-Sidhi program, though he was probably light on the details.

The marut component of group YF would explain the ME.

When the Yogi, though remaining in padmasana,
can rise in the air and leave the ground, then
know that he has gained Vayu-Siddhi, which
destroys the darkness of the world.

--Shiva Samhita, III, 42

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman@" 
>  wrote:
> >
> > In pre-Buddhist Ayurveda, vata, pitta, and kapha were understood to each 
> > have a source in sub-energies of prana. 
> > 
> > Marut is the etheric energy that manages and governs, giving rise to vata.
> > Agni is the heating, activating solar energy, giving rise to pitta.
> > Soma is the cooling, nurturing, pacifying lunar energy, giving rise to 
> > kapha.
> 
> So, is the main purpose of listening to the soma-maNDala perhaps to
> prevent vaata  becoming aggravated because of YF?? :o
>



[FairfieldLife] Re: YF and back pain?

2013-05-03 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
In pre-Buddhist Ayurveda, vata, pitta, and kapha were understood to each have a 
source in sub-energies of prana. 

Marut is the etheric energy that manages and governs, giving rise to vata.
Agni is the heating, activating solar energy, giving rise to pitta.
Soma is the cooling, nurturing, pacifying lunar energy, giving rise to kapha.

The YF technique directly enhances marut in the physiology. In so doing, it 
infuses managerial intelligence. That's why people tend to feel healthier and 
more balanced after YF. It's a direct Ayurvedic technique for balancing the 
doshas, dhatus, agnis, and malas.

Whether you hop or not, the mental technique has this effect.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card"  wrote:
>
> 
> Just saw a Norwegian TV program about back pain. According
> to it, in most cases the reason for that pain remains a mystery.
> 
> One new hypothesis is that the 60 - 70 muscles in the lower
> back must work in synchrony, otherwise back pain might be a result.
> 
> A while back got the worst BP in several years. Nothing of my
> usual "remedies" seemed to help. So decided to try YF, although
> don't do it regularly, it being a way too strong technique for
> a gynophobic Ass (Asperger) like myself.
> 
> Was extremely amazed when after about 5 mins of YF, even without
> almost any physical movement, the pain was all but gone!
> 
> Please, use yer imagination: the above hypothesis might explain, why YF could 
> be that effective!?
>



[FairfieldLife] Re: SCI Insurance Group

2013-02-09 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
http://local.yahoo.com/info-16652379-cohen-nadine-sidha-national-insurance-group-fairfield

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bill Coop  wrote:
>
> Does anyone remember the SCI Insurance Group?
> 
> It was a health insurance plan active in Fairfield in the early 1980s. Only
> open to people who'd been meditating for more than six months could enroll.
> A couple of thousand people signed up. Dick Alexander may have been one of
> the people involved.
> 
> It's hard to say when it went out of operation (late 1980s?), or what
> happened to it. Does anyone know?
>



[FairfieldLife] Re: Devraha Baba - About Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2013-02-02 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
To my understanding, the man on the left side of the picture was Brahmarishi 
Devrat, a Rig Ved pandit, not Devraha Baba. Two different people. Devraha Baba 
lived up in a hut on stilts.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> Srijau, thank you so much for this and especially for the photo which touches 
> my heart so.  They're holding hands.  So tender.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  From: "srijau@..." 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 8:57 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Devraha Baba - About Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
>  
> 
>   
> Devraha Baba would often say that there is a Gyan Yuga coming in the midst of 
> Kali Yuga, starting from a transition period from 2000 to 2020, and that His 
> Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is the one creating it.
> Understand the significance of this august personage: 
> wondersofyog.blogspot.com/2010/08/devraha-baba-saint-who-survived-250.html
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/yves-mthp/2304641410/
>




[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding My Condition

2013-01-18 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
LB, you have my prayers.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "L BS"  wrote:
>
> Dear Friends on Fairfield Life:
> 

...snip...

> ;-)
> 
> L B S
>




[FairfieldLife] Global Consciousness Project

2012-12-24 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
from the FWIW Department:

http://noosphere.princeton.edu

See "The Mayan Calendar" link on the right side of the page



[FairfieldLife] Re: A Permanent Group of 1000 Pundits has been Established in America!

2012-12-18 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
If this group is "established," why are the numbers at 
www.invincibleamerica.org/tallies/ so pitiful?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
 
 Listen to their
 chanting:http://www.nationalyagya.org/videos.html#video=epFYCRS71Mw
 
   [Videos]



[FairfieldLife] Re: Robin's bullet points

2012-06-19 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
Vaj,

As I said, Robin can be parsed along numerous meridians, but I chose what was 
salient to what I want to discuss with him. I'm seeking to define the Cliff's 
Notes RC. 

Robin raises fascinating issues, at least to me. In order to think them through 
more, I need more clarity, and these bullet points are a start.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
> 
> On Jun 19, 2012, at 5:09 PM, at_man_and_brahman@... wrote:
> 
> > Robin,
> > 
> > Paul here I have some questions for you.
> > 
> > I'm big on recapping premises. Let's recap some of yours.
> > 
> > •   There is such a beast as "unity consciousness."
> > 
> > •   Maharishi convinced many that he was sufficiently established therein 
> > both to teach about it authoritatively and to ascertain whether others had 
> > entered said state.
> > 
> > •   You entered unity consciousness, as defined by Maharishi.
> > 
> > •   Maharishi confirmed that you had entered unity consciousness, thereby 
> > putting his own authority regarding unity consciousness on the line as your 
> > drama unfolded.
> > 
> > •   Unity consciousness felt great, with its heaping tablespoon of power, 
> > integrity, and bliss.
> > 
> > •   After some years, the writings of Thomas Aquinas and some other 
> > Catholic saints convinced you that unity consciousness is irreconcilable 
> > with Reality.
> > 
> > •   By extension, added power, integrity, and bliss are unnatural and 
> > undesirable elements of the human condition; less power, integrity, and 
> > bliss are better.
> > 
> > •   Unity consciousness consists of having one's free will taken over by 
> > one or more outside entities ("Mother," "Vedic gods," and so on), 
> > presumably to further its(their) agenda, rather than your own.
> > 
> > •   Varieties of unity consciousness, or analogous states, can be had 
> > through a similar handover of free will and individuality to other outside 
> > entities (Allah, perhaps), as happened with Khomeini. These states may or 
> > may not feel great or be blissful, but they are at least powerful and 
> > integrated, again as exemplified by Khomeini.
> > 
> > •   Through an act of will, you deconstructed your unity consciousness and 
> > have regained waking state consciousness.
> > 
> > •   In so doing, your power, integrity, and bliss are now no longer in the 
> > red zone, and have returned to comfortably puny levels.
> > 
> > There are more premises your actions and writing have outlined, but these 
> > are the ones salient to what you've written below.
> > 
> > Before I continue, are these premises accurately stated? You write 
> > voluminously, and I'm trying to help clarify your essential points lying 
> > behind all the words and stories.
> 
> 
> Nice list A&B, but sheesh how could you leave out that he could see and 
> expunge demons from TMers (and others)?!
>




[FairfieldLife] Robin's bullet points

2012-06-19 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
Robin,

Paul here I have some questions for you.

I'm big on recapping premises. Let's recap some of yours.

•   There is such a beast as "unity consciousness."

•   Maharishi convinced many that he was sufficiently established 
therein both to teach about it authoritatively and to ascertain whether others 
had entered said state.

•   You entered unity consciousness, as defined by Maharishi.

•   Maharishi confirmed that you had entered unity consciousness, 
thereby putting his own authority regarding unity consciousness on the line as 
your drama unfolded.

•   Unity consciousness felt great, with its heaping tablespoon of 
power, integrity, and bliss.

•   After some years, the writings of Thomas Aquinas and some other 
Catholic saints convinced you that unity consciousness is irreconcilable with 
Reality.

•   By extension, added power, integrity, and bliss are unnatural 
and undesirable elements of the human condition; less power, integrity, and 
bliss are better.

•   Unity consciousness consists of having one's free will taken 
over by one or more outside entities ("Mother," "Vedic gods," and so on), 
presumably to further its(their) agenda, rather than your own.

•   Varieties of unity consciousness, or analogous states, can be 
had through a similar handover of free will and individuality to other outside 
entities (Allah, perhaps), as happened with Khomeini. These states may or may 
not feel great or be blissful, but they are at least powerful and integrated, 
again as exemplified by Khomeini.

•   Through an act of will, you deconstructed your unity 
consciousness and have regained waking state consciousness.

•   In so doing, your power, integrity, and bliss are now no longer 
in the red zone, and have returned to comfortably puny levels.

There are more premises your actions and writing have outlined, but these are 
the ones salient to what you've written below.

Before I continue, are these premises accurately stated? You write 
voluminously, and I'm trying to help clarify your essential points lying behind 
all the words and stories.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen"  wrote:
>
> I couldn't help but feel embarrassed and concerned when I saw this excerpt 
> from one of my books (strongly discountenanced by the way: I don't like any 
> of them: they should all be burned!) posted at FFL. And I would like to say a 
> few things—not in my defense, but in explanation for how it could come to be 
> that I would write so enthusiastically and uncritically about someone like 
> Ayatollah Khomeini.
> 
> Now I have gone on the record to say that my Unity Consciousness experience 
> was both very real (enlightenment does exist, it is an actual 'style of 
> functioning' of the nervous system as Maharishi has claimed: enlightenment, 
> then, is both a mechanical and metaphysical state of consciousness: and I 
> believe it can be objectively determined; that is, one can apply criteria to 
> decide whether someone is enlightened or not enlightened) and yet an 
> hallucination. When I speak of Unity Consciousness as a hallucination I mean 
> that it produces an essentially unreal apprehension of the universe, of 
> oneself, of reality. Even though that experience is like nothing anyone has 
> ever known, even on LSD (I remember in the moment when I was actually 
> becoming enlightened thinking: Well, this is what LSD was pointing towards): 
> It is so much more profound (than LSD), and it carries with it the imprimatur 
> of what appears to be the very intelligence of the cosmos.  And it takes away 
> from oneself the sense of the primacy of volitional action; that is, one's 
> actions appear to conform to Maharishi's principle of "spontaneous right 
> action"—without even the capacity to make those actions existentially 
> selective. That is, originating in choice, deliberation, arbitrariness. Unity 
> Consciousness means apprehending oneself as unified with what seems to be 
> reality, while simultaneously finding oneself governed in one's behaviour by 
> that same reality, a reality which is deeper and more intelligent and more 
> all-encompassing than the individual awareness which determined one's life 
> before enlightenment.
> 
> Now when the Iranian students seized the American Embassy in Tehran in 
> September 1979 I recognized *from within my Unity Consciousness*, from within 
> the hallucination of my enlightenment, that something essentially religious 
> as opposed to something merely political was happening. These young Iranians 
> seemed to be acting out of a religious experience of the objective 
> truthfulness of Shi'a Islam, and a conviction therefore that they were doing 
> the will of God (Allah:—I believe there may be a difference however :-) ) in 
> taking these American diplomats and embassy personnel hostage—against all 
> internatio

[FairfieldLife] The strange and curious case of Robin Carlsen

2012-06-13 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
Robin,

You continue to intrigue me, and I'm so glad you've stopped back by. 

Have you considered the fine art of paragraphing? Although the Robin-esque 
writing style pretty much requires one long paragraph per post, perhaps your 
occasionally hitting the return key twice after finishing a thought would 
increase your readership.

Anyway, you continue to provide me with opportunities to reexamine most of my 
assumptions about the nature of things.

Perhaps on this go-around, a renewed call to have you on Rick's show would 
yield fruit? You would, without doubt, be the most interesting interview he'd 
ever do.



[FairfieldLife] Re: question for Barry regarding the Merv Griffin Show

2012-04-24 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
Barry-ji,

I've continued to research this. There were two shows in 1975, one that was 
filmed during Easter week and the one later in the year you were at (I believe 
in October). Merv had Maharishi, Ellen Corby, Harold Bloomfield, and Senator 
Arlen Gregorio on. Merv said that he practiced TM and that Clint Eastwood led 
him to it.

On the later show, at which you guarded the backstage door, the guests were 
Maharishi, Clint Eastwood, Mary Tyler Moore, Congressman Richard Nolan, and Dr. 
Bernard Glueck. It was then that Merv said, "The man I told you about on the 
last show"

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" 
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Merv was speaking directly to Maharishi when he said this, 
> > > not to the audience. It was as though Maharishi had been 
> > > on some previous show and had been told about Clint then. 
> > > It didn't make sense. 
> > 
> > You're asking ME to explain something about Maharishi
> > not making any sense?  :-)
> > 
> > I assume it was just "show biz." Maharishi had met
> > Clint the night before at his hotel; I know because
> > I was the "door guard" and was the one who let Clint
> > in. I have no idea what Merv may be referring to.
> > There was certainly no previous "show."
> 
> Just to follow up, because I understand that you are
> honestly curious, I have no explanation for you. It
> could be that Merv simply misspoke. Or it could be
> that the meeting he and Clint had with Maharishi 
> in his hotel room the night before was in his mind 
> a "show." Merv did arrive first, and would have 
> talked about the other guests before Clint arrived.
> Also, in person Merv was a little more flamboyant
> and less closeted than he was on his show, so if
> he did misspeak, the meeting at the Beverly Wilshire 
> might have been a "show" for him. I'm pretty sure
> he'd never met Maharishi before that night, although 
> as you can tell he knew Clint well from Carmel.
> 
> Can't help you out on anything more than this. I got
> roped into driving Clint and working "door duty" 
> because I worked for the Western Regional Office at
> the time. I never really talked to either Maharishi
> or Merv during the whole visit, and Clint was as 
> taciturn in person as he is in his movies, so we
> exchanged maybe a dozen sentences in total. That
> said, Clint struck me as a very real guy, very
> natural and unaffected. I've seen him on more recent 
> talk shows and I'm always struck by his memory; he
> seems to be able to remember the names of every 
> person who ever worked with him on any of his films,
> stretching back to the early days. He has a rep in
> the industry as never going a day over schedule or
> a dollar over budget on his movies, and as an all-
> around good guy to work with or for. Unlike the
> poor Dr. Harold Bloomfield, who was on the same 
> show, Clint's life and work presents a very good 
> case for the efficacy of TM.
> 
> I have friends who live in Carmel and they tell me
> that Clint often drops in to the small jazz club he
> owns there and sits in with whatever band is playing.
> He supposedly plays a mean piano.
> 
> > > Maharishi's appearance took place in October. Apparently, 
> > > it was rerun in December because I learned TM the following 
> > > January after seeing it, along with a bunch of other people 
> > > here in Indianapolis.
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" 
> > > >  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Given that you were there, perhaps you can answer a question, 
> > > > > or make a good guess.
> > > > > 
> > > > > At 1:18, Merv is about to introduce Clint. He says, "The man 
> > > > > I told you about on the last show" What last show is he 
> > > > > talking about?
> > > > > 
> > > > > This was the first time Maharishi had been on the show.
> > > > 
> > > > I assume he was talking about "yesterday's show."
> > > > The rare thing wasn't that Maharishi was on the
> > > > show; he was such a publicity slut that he'd have
> > > > appeared on Dancing With The Stars if it had been
> > > > running then. :-) 
> > > > 
> > > > What was rare was that Clint Eastwood was on the
> > > > show. Clint hated talk shows and had never done
> > > > one before. The only reason he agreed to be on
> > > > this show, even for his neighbor in Carmel Merv
> > > > Griffin, was for the opportunity to meet MMY.
> > > > Don't forget that at the time Clint was the
> > > > biggest box office star in the world.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>




[FairfieldLife] King Tony's weighty research

2012-04-17 Thread at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net
I was on a Natural Law Party candidate training course with John Hagelin and 
Harold Bloomfield in Boone in the mid-90s. This was shortly after Tony received 
his weight in gold. They joked that they should try to get *their* weight in 
gold--apparently, at least Hagelin was more than a bit jealous--given that they 
were pretty heavy at the time, compared to little Tony. I'm the only person in 
the world who would remember that moment.

While I agree that he seems to be a pretty swell fellow, see message 218749 and 
following regarding Tony's "research."

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
>
snip

> > No one on this forum really knows whether it was a PR thing, or whether Dr.
Nader actually got to keep some or all of the value of the gold. The "research"
mentioned in the gold-giving ceremony could easily refer to doing one's program
and getting insights or cognitions from that (research on the sutras). So, he
could have kept the gold and used the money to allow himself to live and do
program all day.
> >
> > It sounds as if he and his family have lived quite well in Paris - but that
could be due to factors other than his own earnings. Or maybe he did take home
a bundle - it sounds as if MMY really did want to honor him and his work. If he
did, that is certainly not the same way that most others were treated
financially in the TMO. But Nader is obviously a brilliant man and has applied a
good deal of his energy to trying to make parallels between Vedic scriptures and
some aspects of science. Maybe they made him up well for the taping, but he
sure does seem to have a glow about him. I hope he is doing well,
consciousness-wise. He spent a huge amount of time in Maharishi's presence,
which must have had some powerful effects. At this point in his life, if he
does anything, I would guess that he is going to move ahead within the tradition
he knows and loves, and try to develop things further. Nothing wrong with that.
> >
>
> > Ok, I think gold was worth approx $300 an ounce when the ceremony occurred. 
> >  If Tony weighed say 180 pounds at that time,  and there are 16 ounces in a 
> > pound, that is $4,800 per pound of weight.  Total value at that time was 
> > $864,000. Not at all an outrageous sum to award to  someone for years and 
> > years of work even after earning a PhD etc. and to further carry them 
> > through future years of "research" as well.
> > 
> > However, at today's value of gold (about $1500 or so) that is over $4 
> > million, a hefty sum.  But all this happened about 10 years ago, didn't it?
> >
> 
> 
> No, he ain't no 180 pounds.  He ain't no sheep-sheerer neither and not worked 
> at a real job in a long time.  I'd wager a 105-pound shrimp wet.   But I 
> still like him regardless.  I'd be in his corner rooting and I don't need 
> none of his gold neither.  He's a knockout spiritual teacher.  He is in fact 
> a pretty swell guy.  You people are just being negative, again.
> -Buck in FF
>