date:20160102

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Islamaphobia in Houston Texas

2016-01-02 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

That mosque might do well to facilitate in some modern mental health trainings 
for their congregation and the community there.  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 An upset attender?  A mosque member..  Public health stats say that about one 
in five people in the general population have a diagnosis-able mental illness 
of some kind.  I was at a conference a while ago and a social scientist there 
asked about some of the mental health things here in Fairfield, if they were 
violent?  ..His comment that violent actions usually have anger behind them.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 No. However, it seems that I read something or heard something on the news 
that he may have a had an argument with a person or a couple of persons that 
helped run the Mosque. Might have been a revenge thing. It would be an 
excellent opportunity, time wise,for something like that. I don't think police 
have come up with a motive yet.
 

 


 From: "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" 
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Friday, January 1, 2016 10:50 AM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Islamaphobia in Houston Texas
 
 
   

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 I don't know if any of you here have heard about the Mosque that burned down 
here on Christmas day. Turns out an arrest was made a couple of days ago by a 
guy I frequently have breakfast with. He is an arson detective with the city of 
Houston. The arsonist is a Muslim named Gary Moore that has attended the Mosque 
for years now, praying five times a day at this center. Video of him was found 
showing that he was the last to leave the Mosque before it caught fire and a 
bottle of lighter fluid from a two pack was found in his home along with his 
back pack shown on the video. Fortunately, the Mosque attendees were not quick 
to point any fingers and city citizens were quick to help them find a new 
place. However, Saloon.com was quick to label the event as a product of 
Islamophobia and as far as I know hasn't' printed a retraction or the fact that 
it was a fellow Muslim that burned his own Mosque down. 


 

 Do you have any theories on why he did this?

[FairfieldLife] Re: For those interested in the "Neo-Advaita" phenomenon

2016-01-02 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Yes, the text is in the FFL archive here.
It is in FFL post#387484

387484Andrew Cohen LightMint Gone Bad

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/387484
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/387484

Here is his statement:

I’m fifty-seven years old and currently find myself facing the biggest
challenge of my life. I’ve been a teacher of spiritual enlightenment for
twenty-seven
years. Enlightenment has always been and always will be about transcending
the ego. Over the last several years, some of my closest students have tried
to make it apparent to me that in spite of the depth of my awakening, my ego is
still alive and well.

I’ve understood this simple truth—that we all have egos no matter how
enlightened we may be—and even taught it to thousands of people all over the
world throughout my career. But when I was being asked to face my own ego by
those who were nearest and dearest to me, I resisted. And I often made their
lives difficult as a result.

I’m aware that many of my students over the years have also been affected by
my lack of awareness of this part of myself. And for those of you who are
reading this, I apologize. As time passes I intend to reach out and engage in a
process of dialogue with those of you who would like to.

In light of all this, for the sake of my own integrity as a spiritual teacher
and as a human being, I’ve decided that I need to take some time off so I can
make the effort to develop in many of the ways that I’ve asked other people to.
Starting this fall, once I’ve fulfilled some prior commitments, I’m going to
embark upon asabbatical for an extended period of time. During this hiatus, I
will be stepping down from the leadership of my organization, I won’t be
publishing anything here on my blog, and will not be doing any public teaching.
My intention is to become a better teacher, and more importantly, a better man.

One of the most beautiful fruits of my work over the years has been the
international network of people who have studied, collaborated, and trained
with me for so long. They are all examples of Evolutionary Enlightenment in
their own right, and I couldn’t imagine a greater community of people to carry
forward this movement. I’m looking forward to working with them in a very
different way inthe future.

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :

Does anyone have a copy of this apology letter from Andrew Cohen? It seem to
have been removed from his website. I'd like to read it.

An open letter to all my former students upon return from my sabbatical.
http://www.andrewcohen.org/blog/open-letter-all-my-former-students-upon-return-my-sabbatical

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