[FairfieldLife] Re: Directory of Active Fairfield Spiritual Practice Groups

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

 From Oct. 2005 this long thread could stand an update. 
 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Directory of Active Fairfield Spiritual Practice Groups Text of the article in 
the Weekly Reader referred to a few days ago (2005):
 
 Directory of Active Fairfield Spiritual Practice Groups 
  
 Outside of Fairfield, people intently ask, “What is going on in Fairfield?” 
The spiritual, utopian side of Fairfield is something they are wondering about. 
Fairfield has become recognized as a spiritual Mecca of sorts, ranking with 
Sedona, Arizona, Boulder and Crestone, Colorado, Ashville, North Carolina and 
the like. Within these past three decades, Fairfield spiritual practice groups 
have matured, giving this community a rich, new face. 
 The long-time Fairfield meditating community today is its own center for 
spiritual practice. The breadth of spiritual practice groups in Fairfield is 
now a unique feature of our town in the 21st Century.
 ___
 A Course in Miracles, 
 Mondays 7:30 pm. Local contact: 472-7148.
  
 Art of Living Foundation -Sri Sri Ravishankar Meditation and program schedule 
in Fairfield. 472-2053 
  
 Babaji Group: Local contact: 472-9952
  
 Bapuji Group Shri Avadoot, better known as “Bapuji”. Local contact: 472-9260 
  
 Chalanda Sai Maa Satang in Fairfield 
 Group meditations based on the teachings of Chalanda Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi. 
First and third Monday of the month at 7:30 PM. Call for location & 
information: 472-5175. 
  
 Circle of Sophia a holy order for women at St. Gabriel and All Angels, the 
Liberal Catholic Church. Original worship celebration, written from sources in 
ancient Christianity, enlivens the Feminine Divine for both men and women. 
Celebrations monthly. 300 E. Burlington. www.stgabe.org, 472-1645, for 
information and calendar.
  
 Deeksha Darshan and teachings of Bhagavan Kalki & Padmavati Amma 
 Fairfield contact for local program: 472-6948 
  
 Divine Mother Church in Fairfield 
 “We don’t talk about God, we commune with God”. Sundays 10 AM; 409 W. 
Broadway; 472-0662.
  
 Fairfield Ammachi Satsang
 Ammachi Fairfield weekly schedule of meditation, chanting, and bhajans 
contact: 472-8563 
  
 Fairfield Vedic Pujas, Yagyas and Ceremonies
 Scheduled public events always open to interested persons. By Vedic Scholar 
and Priest, Pandit Dhruv Narain Sharma: 630-240-3368 or (641) 209-5757 
  
 Fairfield Shri Karunamayi Satsang 
 Fairfield Group Meditation and Program.  472-8422 
  
 Fairfield Transcendental Meditation Programs: 641-919.8188 or 472-1174 
  
 Fairfield Weekly Discussion Group - Experiences in Consciousness and 
Enlightenment. For meeting time and location, contact Rick Archer, 472-9336.
  
 Fellowship of the Holy Spirit in Fairfield 
 “Consciousness, Joy, and Devotion: Christianity that works.” Sundays, 11 AM, 
Gateridge Building, 1100 N. 4th. 472-8737. 
  
 Friends Meeting Fairfield Society of Friends (Quakers) Un-programmed ‘silent’ 
meeting for worship. 472-8422. 
  
 Gangaji Group Local contact: 472-9476. 
  
 Golden Shield Qi Gong Fairfield practice: 641-919-3913. 
  
 Hatha Yoga classes. Sue Berkey: 472-6577 
  
 Henry Hertzberger Chanting, Pujas & Yagyas. Mahaganapati Temple Schedule: 
472-9952. 
  
 Liberal Catholic Church in Fairfield 
 St Gabriel and all Angels, 300 E. Burlington. 472-1625 
  
 Manavata Mandir Vedic Temple 
 800 W. Burlington in Fairfield. 469-6041.
  
 Saniel Bonder, ‘Waking Down’ in Fairfield. Sittings calendar: call 472-7182. 
  
 Scalar Group Meditation Programs 
 facilitated by Lilli Botchis. A unique opportunity as a group to research in 
mind/body consciousness the universal themes of pure energy and manifestation 
potential of HHFe Scalar wave regeneration system. Programs designed to clear, 
balance and open the chakra system. 472-0129.
  
 Shivabalayogi Group All are welcome. There is never any charge for Swamiji’s 
blessings. For further information, contact: 641-233-1025.
  
 Svaroopa Yoga (641) 472-7499. 
  
 Tetra Building TM-Sidhi Meditation Practice Room Daily morning and afternoon 
meditation facility for the practice of the TM-Sidhi meditation program. A 
quiet, clean and convenient place ‘to do program’. Contact David Hawthorne for 
use and membership information: 472-3799. 
  
 Transformational Prayer in Fairfield 
 For information on Fairfield activities, call 472-0662. 
  
 This directory was compiled using public notices, advertisements in The 
Fairfield Weekly Reader, or by Web pages and Yellow Book searches for listings. 
Most of these groups have e-mail lists for schedules and programs. Contact them 
directly for more information. For additions and updated email 
 artic...@fairfieldweeklyreader.com.
 
 

  

[FairfieldLife] ancient high tech everywhere

[srijau]

not just India
 resonates to OM though!!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pcKC_X-1Hg=906s 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pcKC_X-1Hg=906s

 

[FairfieldLife] Greetings from Utopia Park

[eustace10679]

I had missed this book interview a couple of years ago.  emf

 

 NPR - Fresh Ari
 

 A Childhood Of Transcendental Meditation, Spent In The 'Shadow Of A Guru'

 

 Listen 31'09"

 https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2016/06/20160613_fa_01.mp3 
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2016/06/20160613_fa_01.mp3?orgId=427869011=1033=2232=13=481845003=true

 

 June 13, 2016

 

 Author Claire Hoffman estimates that she's spent at least 2,200 hours of her 
life meditating — but not because she became a devotee of the practice as an 
adult. Her mother was a follower of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Hoffman 
spent most of her childhood in a community in Fairfield, Iowa that was devoted 
to Transcendental Meditation.

Hoffman, who writes about her unusual upbringing in the new memoir Greetings 
from Utopia Park, tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies that moving to the utopian 
community from New York City when she was kindergarten-aged was idyllic — at 
least initially. "Those first few years, it was entirely magical," Hoffman 
says. "We believed that we were changing the world, and everybody was 
meditating. ... It was this sort of blissful experience."

Maharishi, the Yogi whose teachings inspired her mother, specialized in "Yogic 
Flying," a practice that he claimed would infuse practitioners with the power 
to levitate. He charged Hoffman's mother and other devotees thousands of 
dollars to learn it.

Because Yogic Flying was practiced in secret, Hoffman believed for years that 
her mother could, in fact, fly. Then, when she was 9 or 10, she attended a 
demonstration of the practice and was crushed.

"It was this sort of funny frog hop that they were doing across the room," 
Hoffman says. "For me that moment of seeing this sort of awkward, ugly jumping, 
as opposed to this incredible levitation that I as a kid had imagined was a 
first moment, for me, of doubt."

 

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Wed 11:30 am - Supervisor Meeting to Discuss Appeal of Huber CAFO [1 Attachment]

[Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com [FairfieldLife]]

Forwarded from: Diane Rosenberg - JFAN 

Supervisors Schedule Meeting to Discuss Appeal of Huber CAFO

Meeting is 11:30 am Wednesday, September 19 
Jefferson County Courthouse Supervisors' Office

Please join us to urge the Jefferson County Supervisors to appeal the 7497-head 
Huber CAFO permit.

The Jefferson County Supervisors office was packed this morning when at least 
two dozen people came out to address the agenda item, “Discuss and consider 
waiving right to protest” during the supervisors weekly board meeting.

This refers to a 14 day period that the supervisors have to appeal the 
preliminary construction permit the Iowa DNR granted the Daniels Site, Bill 
Huber’s 7497-head confinement west of the city of Pleasant Plain. Supervisor 
Lee Dimmitt submitted the agenda item, telling JFAN’s President and Executive 
Director Diane Rosenberg last week it was in order to expedite the construction 
process for Huber. The preliminary permit was granted on September 10.

At first, Supervisor Dee Sandquist said the Jefferson County Attorney’s 
Office’s advised her to remove the agenda point since there wasn’t enough 
descriptive information to properly inform the public. 

That didn’t sit too well with those who were present who learned about the 
agenda item from JFAN. Sandquist said the supervisors couldn’t take action on 
items not on the agenda, but Rosenberg asked if they could hear comments during 
the public comment period and then schedule a special meeting to discuss and 
vote on an appeal.

More than a dozen people spoke in favor of an appeal. At the end of the 
comments and some discussion of what’s legally possible, the supervisors did 
agree to hold a special hearing THIS Wednesday, September 19 at 11:30 am at the 
Jefferson County Supervisors Office.

An appeal of the DNR’s decision to grant a permit is made to the Environmental 
Protection Commission, a nine-member board that has oversight of the DNR. Only 
a board of supervisors can request an appeal although they can delegate others 
to represent them at an EPC meeting.

It’s very important that Jefferson County residents once again attend this 
meeting. An appeal based on general environmental grounds is something that the 
supervisors CAN do to address the Huber CAFO at this juncture. 

A strong showing also sends a very direct message to Bill Huber and Agri-Way 
Partners that Jefferson County residents don’t want him to build his CAFOs in 
Jefferson County. 

We warmly thank everyone who came out to this morning’s meeting. Your 
involvement got us to this next step. 

Please join us THIS Wednesday at 11:30 pm to urge the Jefferson County 
Supervisors to appeal the DNR’s decision to grant Bill Huber a construction 
permit for the Daniels Site – and please bring a friend. Let us know if you 
will be attending, too!

Thank you for all you do,
JFAN Board of Directors

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