[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Back in the Day' (1975-1977)
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Robert Gimbel" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There was a girl who was a student at MIU by the name of Debbie > Thomas who had done some sort of internship or something with Bly > the previous summer -- she was into poetry -- and I think she was > the contact that got Bly to come to MIU. Debbie Thomas was from Hawaii and as far as I know got married and returned there > > I remember Father Dom Thomas's visit, too. I remember running into > him in the hallway and stopping to say hello to him and I couldn't > finish the one sentence I spoke to him (I think I tried to say > something short and innoculous like "Hello, Father Dom, welcome to > MIU". I couldn't finish the sentence because the silence around him > was SO powerful that it just stunned me into mumbling the last few > words. The words were humbled by his silence. Fr. Dom Thomas has started the centering prayer which is similar to a Christian version of TM. He is retired at a monastary in Snowmas Colorado. > His friend, Father Basil Pennington came, too, at a different time. > Didn't like him...I felt an anger and anxiety around him that made > me feel uncomfortable. Fr Basil Pennington was killed recently in an auto accident. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Back in the Day' (1975-1977)
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 8/21/05 12:01 AM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > What's the situation with restaurants in Fairfield? When I was a > > student there, there were two pizza parlors on the square, a Pizza > > Hut on a nearby highway and the crowning glory: the Stever House. > > There are three Indian restaurants, plus the local Amma center where lunch > is served once a week, four Thai restaurants, a Caribbean restaurant that's > really good, a buffet in Everybody's (the organic grocery store), three > genuine Mexican restaurants plus two fast food ones, Revelations, a > bookstore/coffee shop place that has the best pizza in town, plus soup and > sandwiches, etc., Regina's, a fancier, more expensive evening restaurant, > and the usual assortment of fast food joints. Cafe Entree is one of our favorites ... :-) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Back in the Day' (1975-1977)
on 8/21/05 12:01 AM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What's the situation with restaurants in Fairfield? When I was a > student there, there were two pizza parlors on the square, a Pizza > Hut on a nearby highway and the crowning glory: the Stever House. There are three Indian restaurants, plus the local Amma center where lunch is served once a week, four Thai restaurants, a Caribbean restaurant that's really good, a buffet in Everybody's (the organic grocery store), three genuine Mexican restaurants plus two fast food ones, Revelations, a bookstore/coffee shop place that has the best pizza in town, plus soup and sandwiches, etc., Regina's, a fancier, more expensive evening restaurant, and the usual assortment of fast food joints. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Back in the Day' (1975-1977)
Robert Gimbel wrote: > > Back in the day, when I was on staff at M.I.U. > Around 1975-1977. > I remember mostly the atmosphere there, > Being quite exquisite. > There was definitely more of a 'communal' feeling, > And sweetness I remember. I suspect most young organizations have this communal feeling. I've heard about it in relation to the Waldorf school my kids attend. When it was young and just starting out, people felt they were building something of importance that would last. And such has been the case. I've heard of Waldorf teachers who give up mature schools and the financial security they afford for the excitement and purpose and community of a fledgling school. I imagine Shri Shri Ravi Shankar's outfit affords this youthful thrill. It hasn't reached the institution stage yet, has it? It still has the feeling of a movement about it? What's even more interesting is to separate the history of an organization into seven-year stages. You can often see distinct qualities in each stage, just as you can in an individual person's life. For example, the first seven years of Maharishi's mission were very childlike. From 1955 to 1962 he just toddled around, nurtured by others. From '62 to '69 he was more like a child between ages 7 to 14 -- capable, energetic, absorbing of information and charming. From '69 to '76 the TMO had the expanded reach a teenager has, not to mention the solidarity among peers the teenage years have, as Robert remembers above. And so on. Interesting to see the milestones near each of those 7-year points, too. The first teacher training course in '61 or '62, the Beatles in '68, the TM-Sidhis in '76 and '77, the Taste of Utopia gathering in '83... - Patrick Gillam Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Back in the Day' (1975-1977)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Others would have different impressions, but on rare occasions when I go on > campus, it feels pretty dead to me. Most of the buildings have been > demolished, although there are a few new, yellow SV ones. There aren't many > people around, and most of those seem to be foreign students. > > The town is rather lively though. The Art Walk, concerts, visiting saints > and spiritual teachers, many awakened and awakening folks. I like it here. I > wouldn't mind having more natural beauty - mountains to hike and ski in, > ocean to swim in - but those who come and go say there's no place like > Fairfield for consciousness. MUM is probably responsible for a minority of > that influence these days. When does school start,or has it already? > > > on 8/20/05 8:41 PM, Robert Gimbel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Back in the day, when I was on staff at M.I.U. > > Around 1975-1977. > > I remember mostly the atmosphere there, > > Being quite exquisite. > > There was definitely more of a 'communal' feeling, > > And sweetness I remember. > > Maharishi, would visit periodically; > > For various conferences. > > > > I participated in one on Physics. > > Larry Domash set it up. > > It was quite good. > > Everything seemed so grounded and 'down to earth' then. > > Money was rolling in; > > It was during the 'Merv' days. > > I am wondering? > > If anyone cares to comment. > > How's the feeling in Faifield these days. > > Is there any type of communal feeling? > > I know there was always a certain degree of animosity, > > From the town, and fundamentalist folk. > > But in those early days, > > When Maharishi came there; > > There was even less of that town animosity, > > And positive remarks in the Fairfield Ledger. > > Sometimes, Jerry Jarvis would visit, Charlie Lutes, Robert Bly, > > Father Dom Thomas. > > Anyway, just reminiscing. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Back in the Day' (1975-1977)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Others would have different impressions, but on rare occasions when I go on > campus, it feels pretty dead to me. Most of the buildings have been > demolished, although there are a few new, yellow SV ones. There aren't many > people around, and most of those seem to be foreign students. > > The town is rather lively though. The Art Walk, concerts, visiting saints > and spiritual teachers, many awakened and awakening folks. I like it here. I > wouldn't mind having more natural beauty - mountains to hike and ski in, > ocean to swim in - but those who come and go say there's no place like > Fairfield for consciousness. MUM is probably responsible for a minority of > that influence these days. What's the situation with restaurants in Fairfield? When I was a student there, there were two pizza parlors on the square, a Pizza Hut on a nearby highway and the crowning glory: the Stever House. > > > on 8/20/05 8:41 PM, Robert Gimbel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Back in the day, when I was on staff at M.I.U. > > Around 1975-1977. > > I remember mostly the atmosphere there, > > Being quite exquisite. > > There was definitely more of a 'communal' feeling, > > And sweetness I remember. > > Maharishi, would visit periodically; > > For various conferences. > > > > I participated in one on Physics. > > Larry Domash set it up. > > It was quite good. > > Everything seemed so grounded and 'down to earth' then. > > Money was rolling in; > > It was during the 'Merv' days. > > I am wondering? > > If anyone cares to comment. > > How's the feeling in Faifield these days. > > Is there any type of communal feeling? > > I know there was always a certain degree of animosity, > > From the town, and fundamentalist folk. > > But in those early days, > > When Maharishi came there; > > There was even less of that town animosity, > > And positive remarks in the Fairfield Ledger. > > Sometimes, Jerry Jarvis would visit, Charlie Lutes, Robert Bly, > > Father Dom Thomas. > > Anyway, just reminiscing. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Back in the Day' (1975-1977)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Back in the day, when I was on staff at M.I.U. > Around 1975-1977. > I remember mostly the atmosphere there, > Being quite exquisite. > There was definitely more of a 'communal' feeling, > And sweetness I remember. > Maharishi, would visit periodically; > For various conferences. > > I participated in one on Physics. > Larry Domash set it up. > It was quite good. > Everything seemed so grounded and 'down to earth' then. > Money was rolling in; > It was during the 'Merv' days. > I am wondering? > If anyone cares to comment. > How's the feeling in Faifield these days. > Is there any type of communal feeling? > I know there was always a certain degree of animosity, > From the town, and fundamentalist folk. > But in those early days, > When Maharishi came there; > There was even less of that town animosity, > And positive remarks in the Fairfield Ledger. > Sometimes, Jerry Jarvis would visit, Charlie Lutes, Robert Bly, > Father Dom Thomas. > Anyway, just reminiscing. I remember Robert Bly coming. And I was in the library one day and remember someone in the administration corralling Bly into seeing a videotape of MMY that Bly obviously didn't want to see but was doing it out of politeness. It seemed that the administration person wanted to settle an argument with him or something...but Bly didn't want to have anything to do with it and I remember being embarrassed by him. There was a girl who was a student at MIU by the name of Debbie Thomas who had done some sort of internship or something with Bly the previous summer -- she was into poetry -- and I think she was the contact that got Bly to come to MIU. I remember Father Dom Thomas's visit, too. I remember running into him in the hallway and stopping to say hello to him and I couldn't finish the one sentence I spoke to him (I think I tried to say something short and innoculous like "Hello, Father Dom, welcome to MIU". I couldn't finish the sentence because the silence around him was SO powerful that it just stunned me into mumbling the last few words. The words were humbled by his silence. His friend, Father Basil Pennington came, too, at a different time. Didn't like him...I felt an anger and anxiety around him that made me feel uncomfortable. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM ~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
