Re: [FairfieldLife] Bevan's Fairfield talk, Sunday

2018-12-04 Thread Sal Sunshine salsunshineini...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] 
Presumably this is going to be a very short presentation.  

Sal 


> On Dec 4, 2018, at 5:50 PM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] 
>  wrote:
> 
> ..see what’s going on in Maharishi’s movement around the world.
> 
> 
> A Special Presentation by Dr. Bevan Morris
> 
> Saturday, December 8th
> 2:00 pm–4:00 pm
> Dalby Hall, Argiro Student Center
> 
> 
> 
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paradigm Shiftings: Climate Change & the Consciousness Community

2018-12-04 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] 
Do Something?  
 “..Just stop 'doing', meditate.  Doing ‘nothing’, today that makes us 
nervous.. (though) it was not long ago that this was what everybody did. Maybe 
we should try that. ..Stop doing, meditate." 
 ..“Do ‘everything”, that is human nature. We are too clever by halves.” 

 Conservation Biologist vs. Geo-engineer: 
 A Conversation with Guy McPherson, Paul Beckwith, and Martin Halliwell:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3l9wI1Gvds 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3l9wI1Gvds

 . .
 
 Hope’s Dissertation.. 

 Herculean Hope:
 Paul Beckwith:  “..People ask, in face of doom and gloom of this time do you 
have hope? How do you maintain hope and keep from getting in to despair, or 
just basically shutting off ? Answer: Having hope for action is a mug’s game ( 
A mug is a fool, one easily duped.) when the challenge for change has not been 
met, even for years. If you have hope and your hopes are continually dashed it 
is very hard on your psyche or to maintain a balance to function and so on, do 
I have hope? I have always been hopeful but it is the wrong question. I may not 
have a lot of hope but it is not a hopeless situation, it is ‘not all or 
nothing’. There is lots of things we can do as individuals to try to get change 
from the power structures, from governments, from politicians, leaders, from 
people. Everything seems going the wrong way right now though there are 
glimmers, of that word, hope. Have hope or hopeless? The better way to think 
about it is having passion, you try to make a difference in your life. Do what 
you can to use the skills that you have to try to get change. A lot of people 
can feel guilty or try to make you feel guilty, that misses the point; it is 
not your fault. We can always try to effect change. Things are bad and 
spiralling continuing, going in the wrong direction, one thing is in the three 
legged bar stool (analogy).. See the Emergency, step one is agree there is an 
emergency, then two,what do we do(?) and then (3) change (action).” (.. 
transcription edited for clarity)


 -Herculean Climate Rant to Rouse Humanity
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt5ORKJoH-Q 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt5ORKJoH-Q

 
 Fairfield Focus Group:
 Global Climate Change and the Consciousness Community 

 The Climate Change Lecture, 

 
 Lecture transcription:  
 "We are right now in the position where what some of these scientists are 
talking about is on the edge of unfolding. Most scientists say this is 
irreversible and there is nothing we can do about it, and some go so far as to 
say that if there is a tree with a leaf left on the planet in six years then 
they will be amazed. This is how dire the assessment is. The assessment 
actually leads them to that deduction."

 

 

 "In sharing this with people some people leave the lecture something like 
zombies, some start crying, some uncontrollably. So, it is not for the light of 
heart.  Although the scientists, most of them say this irreversible, there is 
nothing we can do about it.

 But instead of going there first with the climate science, I would like to 
empower you first because I believe that our community with its deep 
consciousness roots and its knowledge about the importance of collective 
consciousness has the ability to do something profound about this, more than 
any other community with the exception of other little groups of people who 
have learned to use transcendence as a means of developing their own 
consciousness. And, there are plenty of those around the world. Not trying to 
minimize them but thinking in our awareness this is the largest community that 
exists on the planet.
 

 
 A conveyance here is that Maharishi left us with some bread crumbs through 
time. He worked with many many people and as many of us know he worked around 
the clock. Nobody got to know everything he was doing but lots of people got 
very intimate with him on certain projects. In sharing this information on 
climate change with people on Mother Divine, Purusha programs or maybe a 
special project on Vastu housing or some other project he was working on, they 
all heard him say something about this transition coming up. What he said most 
of all was that the severity and length of time that it will take to go through 
this transition, from ‘object referral’ to ‘heaven on earth’ would depend on 
what the meditating groups did that were left on the planet. He also said that 
less than 20 percent of the people that were alive when the transition started 
would be alive at the end. 

 That is pretty grim. But, he also told people on the Mother Divine program 
that what was going to happen was going to be so challenging and horrific that 
he did not want to even put his attention on it and would not discuss it at 
all. 

 We have discovered pieces and wish to share these with the community, the 
little nuggets of information that Maharishi has talked about will surface and 
come together in maybe a set of instructions, la

[FairfieldLife] Bevan's Fairfield talk, Sunday

2018-12-04 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] 
..see what’s going on in Maharishi’s movement around the world.

 

 A Special Presentation by Dr. Bevan Morris

Saturday, December 8th
2:00 pm–4:00 pm
Dalby Hall, Argiro Student Center

[FairfieldLife] Re: HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda instructs on proper Omkara chanting

2018-12-04 Thread netineti108 
Here is the playlist link with the three parts of the discourse. Sorry I didn't 
get it posted originally.
 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1rPH3UY6OkbguJlxT0JLJ5K6R_8q-S0U 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1rPH3UY6OkbguJlxT0JLJ5K6R_8q-S0U

[FairfieldLife] HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda instructs on proper Omkara chanting

2018-12-04 Thread netineti108 
Location: Mount Shasta, California At 12:34:56 on the 7 day of the 8th month of 
the 9 year of this millennium.
 123456789.
 

 Sri Swamiji gave this discourse on the Omkara with the various ways it has 
been used at certain times throughout history.
 

 Very early that morning Sri Swamiji meditated in Panther Meadows with a 
handful of devotees present.
 This devotee was blessed to be present.
 

 https://youtu.be/BFTO8n99QJY https://youtu.be/BFTO8n99QJY

 

 Jai Guru Deva Datta

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Omkara

2018-12-04 Thread Bhairitu noozgur...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] 
Om is considered to be good for calming vata except it also evokes the 
ether element which is probably why it can make one withdrawn. So "Ram" 
is the mantra used for calming vata but I've never seen MAPI 
recommending specific mantras for the doshas.

There is also an opinion that om with a mantra centers the practitioner.

On 12/4/18 11:11 AM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife] 
wrote:
>
> I’ve been using a mantra with Om in it (from Amma) for about 17 years 
> now. So far no evidence it’s making me a recluse. This has been the 
> most productive period of my life.
>
> Rick Archer
>
> Buddha at the Gas Pump
>
> https://batgap.com
>
> *From:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:21 AM
> *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: The Omkara
>
> Yes, Maharishi’s teaching around “omkara” in his coming to the West in 
> the late 1950’s and 1960’s it seems was reactionary to what was seen 
> then as the recluse Indian ascetic yogi’s cross-leg sitting chanting 
> of “Om” all the time as some primary spiritual practice.
>
> His teacher Brahmananda Saraswati, Guru Dev, in the 1940’s and 50’s 
> taught a nuanced cautionary teaching against using “om” strictly as 
> mantra unto itself, that unto itself usage being different than its 
> primary use employed within a mantra or sloca. (See 
> http://www.lulu.com/shop/lb-shriver-and-translation-by-cynthia-ann-humes/the-sweet-teachings-of-the-blessed-sankaracarya-swami-brahmananda-saraswati/paperback/product-21350609.html
>
> )
>
> However as result with a more strict push-back to the iconic by 
> Maharishi teaching in the 1960’s West against what was thought of as 
> meditation back then, this admonishment now remains within TM culture 
> in a consequent type of a tru-believer fear of a usage of  ‘om’ as a 
> sound in contrast to “om’s” more general usage seen outside of TM (and 
> also by Guru Dev) as being a booster otherwise to maha-mantras in 
> meditation or chanting.
>
>
>
> With Maharishi this seemed a critique of a cultural idiom that 
> happened in a period of time. Maharishi evidently felt he had a point 
> to make using the platform he had in his time. Meditation it seems 
> evident now is for everyone.
>
> Jai Guru Dev.
>
>
>
>
> In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com ,
>
> *netineti108 wrote* :
>
> Anyone care to suggest why MY told us not to chant Omkara?
>
>

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Omkara

2018-12-04 Thread Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife] 
I’ve been using a mantra with Om in it (from Amma) for about 17 years now. So 
far no evidence it’s making me a recluse. This has been the most productive 
period of my life.

Rick Archer
Buddha at the Gas Pump
https://batgap.com

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:21 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Omkara



Yes, Maharishi’s teaching around “omkara” in his coming to the West in the late 
1950’s and 1960’s it seems was reactionary to what was seen then as the recluse 
Indian ascetic yogi’s cross-leg sitting chanting of “Om” all the time as some 
primary spiritual practice.


His teacher Brahmananda Saraswati, Guru Dev, in the 1940’s and 50’s taught a 
nuanced cautionary teaching against using “om” strictly as mantra unto itself, 
that unto itself usage being different than its primary use employed within a 
mantra or sloca. (See 
http://www.lulu.com/shop/lb-shriver-and-translation-by-cynthia-ann-humes/the-sweet-teachings-of-the-blessed-sankaracarya-swami-brahmananda-saraswati/paperback/product-21350609.html

)


However as result with a more strict push-back to the iconic by Maharishi 
teaching in the 1960’s West against what was thought of as meditation back 
then, this admonishment now remains within TM culture in a consequent type of a 
tru-believer fear of a usage of  ‘om’ as a sound in contrast to “om’s” more 
general usage seen outside of TM (and also by Guru Dev) as being a booster 
otherwise to maha-mantras in meditation or chanting.



With Maharishi this seemed a critique of a cultural idiom that happened in a 
period of time. Maharishi evidently felt he had a point to make using the 
platform he had in his time. Meditation it seems evident now is for everyone.

Jai Guru Dev.



In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
netineti108 wrote :

Anyone care to suggest why MY told us not to chant Omkara?

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Omkara

2018-12-04 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] 
Yes, Maharishi’s teaching around “omkara” in his coming to the West in the late 
1950’s and 1960’s it seems was reactionary to what was seen then as the recluse 
Indian ascetic yogi’s cross-leg sitting chanting of “Om” all the time as some 
primary spiritual practice.   

 His teacher Brahmananda Saraswati, Guru Dev, in the 1940’s and 50’s taught a 
nuanced cautionary teaching against using “om” strictly as mantra unto itself, 
that unto itself usage being different than its primary use employed within a 
mantra or sloca. (See 
http://www.lulu.com/shop/lb-shriver-and-translation-by-cynthia-ann-humes/the-sweet-teachings-of-the-blessed-sankaracarya-swami-brahmananda-saraswati/paperback/product-21350609.html
 
http://www.lulu.com/shop/lb-shriver-and-translation-by-cynthia-ann-humes/the-sweet-teachings-of-the-blessed-sankaracarya-swami-brahmananda-saraswati/paperback/product-21350609.html
 )

 However as result with a more strict push-back to the iconic by Maharishi 
teaching in the 1960’s West against what was thought of as meditation back 
then, this admonishment now remains within TM culture in a consequent type of a 
tru-believer fear of a usage of  ‘om’ as a sound in contrast to “om’s” more 
general usage seen outside of TM (and also by Guru Dev) as being a booster 
otherwise to maha-mantras in meditation or chanting. 
 

 With Maharishi this seemed a critique of a cultural idiom that happened in a 
period of time. Maharishi evidently felt he had a point to make using the 
platform he had in his time. Meditation it seems evident now is for everyone.  
 Jai Guru Dev.
 

 
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  
 netineti108 wrote :

 Anyone care to suggest why MY told us not to chant Omkara?