[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: But if these people are expressing true significant shifts of consciousness that would benefit humanity then Rick's project is going way beyond the movement in opening them for examination. I think either way Rick is really on to something with this project. By now we should expect people living in the states Maharishi described vaguely and promised repeatedly. Hearing from them is a great resource for all of us interested in evaluating these claims. Curtisdeltablue, well that is a large ascent in your POV. Nice. Yes, I think Rick is on to something also. timely in its way. Is quite cool, are a lot more posted to the site now. Rick Archer obviously has been quite busy interviewing. Is some great journalism And good commentary too about spirituality. Thanks for taking the time to do this Rick. http://batgap.com/ FF Buddhas at the gas pumps. Funny that Rick has scooped the TM movement on this. Interviewing and publishing the 'awakened' this way. These various Fairfield neighbors (buddhas at the gas pump) seems are all of old TM movement. In the domes Bevan calls in every day to hear and commentate on the meditating experiences. Has been doing that for months as his domain. Those tapes available to publicly listen to? YouTube? Folks on the IA course have to stay put and listen to that commentary there as part of their program there. Rick's found buddhas out at the gas pumps of the larger meditating community would all welcome, in the domes as old meditators? A large irony of course is that they all seem to give credit to TM along the way yet by 'guideline' of the TM movement they mostly would not be welcome in the domes as most have visited with other holy people, saints or gurus. I have only seen one BudPump, but seek to watch more. The contrast of unfettered description of change in ones inner life (kind of ironic huh) from the high-tea, silk couch, victorian approach of the TMO, to a more blue jeans approach of BudGas, (The greening of the TMO -- a reference to another 1970ish book that had a lot of impact The Greening of America by Reich) raises the question of what other different kinds of change may be manifesting in people's inner and outer lives. Stuff that may not be the darling spiritual catch phrase of the moment. Stuff that may not sound hot and sexy -- more mundane. And parallel to my adjacent post on social change, is the change accelerating? Is it manifesting in new and unexpected ways? Can there be opposite, multi-varied change that is far outside the spiritual-cafe norm. More spiritual or inner core outliers. Can anyone define (and limit, by that definition) what inner change consists of? If change is accelerating, it may be unsettling. Like a rapid build construction site, if you just saw the demolition of the old site, and the deep excavation of the new, you might thing something bas was happening. Without seeing more of the totality, it may seem bleak. Are different parts of the change related -- and if so how? Are outer peoples change and pattern an pace of change related? I just listened to the Andy Schulman interview. Honest and cogent. I also like the first three or so minutes in this Schulman-buddha interview as Rick describing how people might see or react to spiritual-ized people. Seems a good real categorization of what one hears around. Can see that kind of variation in the skepticism in anti-meditation/anti=spiritual response and TM-deniers on FFL too. http://batgap.com/ Transcendental Fairfield: People everywhere are undergoing a shift to an Awakened state of consciousness which is transforming their understanding of themselves and the world. For some, this shift has been abrupt and dramatic. For others, it has been so gradual that they may not have realized it has occurred. Such shifts, or awakenings, are not new: Christ spoke of the Kingdom of Heaven within, Buddhists speak of Nirvana, Zen masters of Satori, Hindus of Moksha, but these traditions generally regard these states as rare and difficult to attain. Many people are therefore skeptical of claims of higher states of consciousness. They find it hard to believe that apparently ordinary friends and neighbors might be experiencing something extraordinary. Maybe they expect Enlightenment to look as remarkable on the outside as it is reputed to be on the inside. About, This show will attempt to dispel skepticism and misconceptions by week after week,
[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: But if these people are expressing true significant shifts of consciousness that would benefit humanity then Rick's project is going way beyond the movement in opening them for examination. I think either way Rick is really on to something with this project. By now we should expect people living in the states Maharishi described vaguely and promised repeatedly. Hearing from them is a great resource for all of us interested in evaluating these claims. Curtisdeltablue, well that is a large ascent in your POV. Nice. That section is misleading out of the full context of my post. In context it is not an ascent of my POV large or small. I always keep the option open that someday you all who practice spiritual techniques may do or say something that indicates you are functioning on a higher level from the rest of us. It just hasn't happened yet. Same thing with the God idea. He might show up someday and insist that I get baptized in the Potomac and accept Jesus as my personal savior. I'll bring my kayak and make a day of it on the condition that it includes a happy ending. Yes, I think Rick is on to something also. timely in its way. Agreed. As I said in the full context of the post there interviews are valuable no matter where you fall on the belief spectrum. I think he could easily get some national coverage of this project if the right person checks it out. I'm not so sure that the actual content of what people are saying in the interviews will motivate people to take up a spiritual practice but I haven't heard them all. Is quite cool, are a lot more posted to the site now. Rick Archer obviously has been quite busy interviewing. Is some great journalism And good commentary too about spirituality. Thanks for taking the time to do this Rick. http://batgap.com/ FF Buddhas at the gas pumps. Funny that Rick has scooped the TM movement on this. Interviewing and publishing the 'awakened' this way. These various Fairfield neighbors (buddhas at the gas pump) seems are all of old TM movement. In the domes Bevan calls in every day to hear and commentate on the meditating experiences. Has been doing that for months as his domain. Those tapes available to publicly listen to? YouTube? Folks on the IA course have to stay put and listen to that commentary there as part of their program there. Rick's found buddhas out at the gas pumps of the larger meditating community would all welcome, in the domes as old meditators? A large irony of course is that they all seem to give credit to TM along the way yet by 'guideline' of the TM movement they mostly would not be welcome in the domes as most have visited with other holy people, saints or gurus. I have only seen one BudPump, but seek to watch more. The contrast of unfettered description of change in ones inner life (kind of ironic huh) from the high-tea, silk couch, victorian approach of the TMO, to a more blue jeans approach of BudGas, (The greening of the TMO -- a reference to another 1970ish book that had a lot of impact The Greening of America by Reich) raises the question of what other different kinds of change may be manifesting in people's inner and outer lives. Stuff that may not be the darling spiritual catch phrase of the moment. Stuff that may not sound hot and sexy -- more mundane. And parallel to my adjacent post on social change, is the change accelerating? Is it manifesting in new and unexpected ways? Can there be opposite, multi-varied change that is far outside the spiritual-cafe norm. More spiritual or inner core outliers. Can anyone define (and limit, by that definition) what inner change consists of? If change is accelerating, it may be unsettling. Like a rapid build construction site, if you just saw the demolition of the old site, and the deep excavation of the new, you might thing something bas was happening. Without seeing more of the totality, it may seem bleak. Are different parts of the change related -- and if so how? Are outer peoples change and pattern an pace of change related? I just listened to the Andy Schulman interview. Honest and cogent. I also like the first three or so minutes in this Schulman-buddha interview as Rick describing how people might see or react to spiritual-ized people. Seems a good real categorization of what one hears around. Can see that kind of variation in the skepticism in anti-meditation/anti=spiritual response and TM-deniers on FFL
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tartbrain Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:17 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP Don't worry too much about FPAC. In a couple of years you will have your own show on PBS Inner States and hobnobbing with Charlie Rose, Jim Lehr and Bill Moyers. And then when Ophra has you on look out Oprah is actually looking for programming for her new Network. I'm all over it. However it unfolds, or doesn't
[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP
Your project has the makings of a document of historical importance. Note the book by John Horgon mentioned in Wiki's Rational Mysticism. He interviewed a few people whom he thought had knowledge of transcendental experiences: some philosophers, others with some direct experience. Unfortunately, he didn't do enough legwork in rounding up more people. BATGAP is much more professional; ...but incomplete as yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_mysticism --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tartbrain Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:17 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP Don't worry too much about FPAC. In a couple of years you will have your own show on PBS Inner States and hobnobbing with Charlie Rose, Jim Lehr and Bill Moyers. And then when Ophra has you on look out Oprah is actually looking for programming for her new Network. I'm all over it. However it unfolds, or doesn't
[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield
Is quite cool, are a lot more posted to the site now. Rick Archer obviously has been quite busy interviewing. Is some great journalism And good commentary too about spirituality. Thanks for taking the time to do this Rick. http://batgap.com/ FF Buddhas at the gas pumps. Funny that Rick has scooped the TM movement on this. Interviewing and publishing the 'awakened' this way. These various Fairfield neighbors (buddhas at the gas pump) seems are all of old TM movement. In the domes Bevan calls in every day to hear and commentate on the meditating experiences. Has been doing that for months as his domain. Those tapes available to publicly listen to? YouTube? Folks on the IA course have to stay put and listen to that commentary there as part of their program there. Rick's found buddhas out at the gas pumps of the larger meditating community would all welcome, in the domes as old meditators? A large irony of course is that they all seem to give credit to TM along the way yet by 'guideline' of the TM movement they mostly would not be welcome in the domes as most have visited with other holy people, saints or gurus. I just listened to the Andy Schulman interview. Honest and cogent. I also like the first three or so minutes in this Schulman-buddha interview as Rick describing how people might see or react to spiritual-ized people. Seems a good real categorization of what one hears around. Can see that kind of variation in the skepticism in anti-meditation/anti=spiritual response and TM-deniers on FFL too. http://batgap.com/ Transcendental Fairfield: People everywhere are undergoing a shift to an Awakened state of consciousness which is transforming their understanding of themselves and the world. For some, this shift has been abrupt and dramatic. For others, it has been so gradual that they may not have realized it has occurred. Such shifts, or awakenings, are not new: Christ spoke of the Kingdom of Heaven within, Buddhists speak of Nirvana, Zen masters of Satori, Hindus of Moksha, but these traditions generally regard these states as rare and difficult to attain. Many people are therefore skeptical of claims of higher states of consciousness. They find it hard to believe that apparently ordinary friends and neighbors might be experiencing something extraordinary. Maybe they expect Enlightenment to look as remarkable on the outside as it is reputed to be on the inside. About, This show will attempt to dispel skepticism and misconceptions by week after week, allowing otherwise ordinary people to relate their experience of spiritual awakening. The terminology is tricky, because there are no universally agreed upon definitions to describe this experience. Also, enlightenment is not something that an individual person gets. It's not even something that the mind can grasp. It's an awakening to that which contains the mind and all other things. So it's not surprising that language is inadequate to convey it. http://batgap.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony...@... wrote: Is quite cool, are a lot more posted to the site now. Rick Archer obviously has been quite busy interviewing. Is some great journalism And good commentary too about spirituality. Thanks for taking the time to do this Rick. http://batgap.com/ FF Buddhas at the gas pumps. Funny that Rick has scooped the TM movement on this. Interviewing and publishing the 'awakened' this way. These various Fairfield neighbors (buddhas at the gas pump) seems are all of old TM movement. In the domes Bevan calls in every day to hear and commentate on the meditating experiences. Has been doing that for months as his domain. Those tapes available to publicly listen to? YouTube? Folks on the IA course have to stay put and listen to that commentary there as part of their program there. Rick's found buddhas out at the gas pumps of the larger meditating community would all welcome, in the domes as old meditators? A large irony of course is that they all seem to give credit to TM along the way yet by 'guideline' of the TM movement they mostly would not be welcome in the domes as most have visited with other holy people, saints or gurus. I have only seen one BudPump, but seek to watch more. The contrast of unfettered description of change in ones inner life (kind of ironic huh) from the high-tea, silk couch, victorian approach of the TMO, to a more blue jeans approach of BudGas, (The greening of the TMO -- a reference to another 1970ish book that had a lot of impact The Greening of America by Reich) raises the question of what other different kinds of change may be manifesting in people's inner and outer lives. Stuff that may not be the darling spiritual catch phrase of the moment. Stuff that may not sound hot and sexy -- more mundane. And parallel to my adjacent post on social change, is the change accelerating? Is it manifesting in new and unexpected ways? Can there be opposite, multi-varied change that is far outside the spiritual-cafe norm. More spiritual or inner core outliers. Can anyone define (and limit, by that definition) what inner change consists of? If change is accelerating, it may be unsettling. Like a rapid build construction site, if you just saw the demolition of the old site, and the deep excavation of the new, you might thing something bas was happening. Without seeing more of the totality, it may seem bleak. Are different parts of the change related -- and if so how? Are outer peoples change and pattern an pace of change related? I just listened to the Andy Schulman interview. Honest and cogent. I also like the first three or so minutes in this Schulman-buddha interview as Rick describing how people might see or react to spiritual-ized people. Seems a good real categorization of what one hears around. Can see that kind of variation in the skepticism in anti-meditation/anti=spiritual response and TM-deniers on FFL too. http://batgap.com/ Transcendental Fairfield: People everywhere are undergoing a shift to an Awakened state of consciousness which is transforming their understanding of themselves and the world. For some, this shift has been abrupt and dramatic. For others, it has been so gradual that they may not have realized it has occurred. Such shifts, or awakenings, are not new: Christ spoke of the Kingdom of Heaven within, Buddhists speak of Nirvana, Zen masters of Satori, Hindus of Moksha, but these traditions generally regard these states as rare and difficult to attain. Many people are therefore skeptical of claims of higher states of consciousness. They find it hard to believe that apparently ordinary friends and neighbors might be experiencing something extraordinary. Maybe they expect Enlightenment to look as remarkable on the outside as it is reputed to be on the inside. About, This show will attempt to dispel skepticism and misconceptions by week after week, allowing otherwise ordinary people to relate their experience of spiritual awakening. The terminology is tricky, because there are no universally agreed upon definitions to describe this experience. Also, enlightenment is not something that an individual person gets. It's not even something that the mind can grasp. It's an awakening to that which contains the mind and all other things. So it's not surprising that language is inadequate to convey it. http://batgap.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield
=--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: I have only seen one BudPump, but seek to watch more. The contrast of unfettered description of change in ones inner life (kind of ironic huh) from the high-tea, silk couch, victorian approach of the TMO, to a more blue jeans approach of BudGas, snip I agree and think the conception of this project is brilliant no matter where you stand on the higher states thoery. I have listened to 3 of them so far and think Rick is doing an excellent job in providing a safe venue for people to expose something pretty intimate while throwing in some good questions to keep the ball rolling. I'm sure their openness has a lot to do with Rick's friendly acceptance. I've been trying to collect the specific claims about what has changed in their lives. Predictably the people who are still very Maharishi directed use his terms and people who look elsewhere for their intellectual framework use those terms to describe their inner states. Very little to put in a wheelbarrow as should be expected. But the language is so vague and imprecise that is it difficult to pin down what exactly is being claimed. Objects appear more transparent, their self expands. Terms that used to mean so much to me but now seem so empty outside the language system of spirituality. Believing that your self is the Self of everything is poetic. Does it really matter? I'm not sure. I do believe that trans-personal experiences can be helpful but I'm not sure if taking this long to have them might develop a type of internal state, self-fascination that strikes me as odd. It might be best for people to drop a hit of whatever, embrace the feeling of being everything for a while, and then drop back into daily life refreshed but without years of self-absorption. That might give most of the claimed benefits. And despite the strong opinions to the contrary, most of my psychedelic insights have brought permanent shifts in my perspective. It just depends what you want to pay attention to. They certainly are on a par with anything I got out of meditation for permanently shifting my inner states. Nothing has convinced me that this is more than a POV on their inner experiences. People who enjoy thinking this much about their inner state of mind who become more and more expressive of every shift and change. I have had enough shifts of mind myself to believe that they aren't making this up, but believe they may be making a big deal about states that the rest of us take for granted. There are some whose admitted mental history should give us some insight into how radically their minds might shift at any given time. If this time it made them feel better, good for them, I hope it stays that way. Most of all it is a bit hard to get through entire interviews because their micro fascination with their own internal states lacks a language that does it any justice. Describing it head on may be the poorest way to express these states. It may be that for me it is art that does it best. Perhaps if I saw the dancer in the series dance I might be more impressed that she was different in a way that mattered to anyone outside herself. Maybe it is that people who can convey inner states though the arts can actually move and inspire me in a way that these descriptions can't. What is it in art that moves us that shifts our states and conveys such beauty. Why is that inspirational quality lacking in these descriptions? Or perhaps it is just me. I may have drifted too far out of the insider perspective that fills these descriptions with glowy charm. I sense that these people are experienced in describing their new states of mind and have honed their narrative to in corporate the reactions they have had to their phrasing. We are not the first audience for these stories. But if these people are expressing true significant shifts of consciousness that would benefit humanity then Rick's project is going way beyond the movement in opening them for examination. I think either way Rick is really on to something with this project. By now we should expect people living in the states Maharishi described vaguely and promised repeatedly. Hearing from them is a great resource for all of us interested in evaluating these claims. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Is quite cool, are a lot more posted to the site now. Rick Archer obviously has been quite busy interviewing. Is some great journalism And good commentary too about spirituality. Thanks for taking the time to do this Rick. http://batgap.com/ FF Buddhas at the gas pumps. Funny that Rick has scooped the TM movement on this. Interviewing and publishing the 'awakened' this way. These various Fairfield neighbors (buddhas at the gas pump) seems are all of old TM movement. In the
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield
On Apr 14, 2010, at 12:10 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: By now we should expect people living in the states Maharishi described vaguely and promised repeatedly. Why should we expect that? Doesn't that rest on the assumption that he was on the up-and-up and telling the truth? One of MMY's criteria for mere CC was decreased need for sleep. Typically such people that I've known only require a couple hours of sleep (or less)! Clearly if such a dramatic physiological shift was taking place, people would mention it, the TMO would shout it from the rooftops, etc. But is that happening? So far, no, from this POV, and other than the fine parsing of subjectivity you mention, not much to write home about. As Ram Das points out, some people get real wrapped in the drama of awakening. And a good drama always wants an audience.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Buck Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:30 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield Is quite cool, are a lot more posted to the site now. Rick Archer obviously has been quite busy interviewing. Is some great journalism And good commentary too about spirituality. Thanks for taking the time to do this Rick. http://batgap.com/ FF Buddhas at the gas pumps. Funny that Rick has scooped the TM movement on this. Interviewing and publishing the 'awakened' this way. These various Fairfield neighbors (buddhas at the gas pump) seems are all of old TM movement. In the domes Bevan calls in every day to hear and commentate on the meditating experiences. Has been doing that for months as his domain. Those tapes available to publicly listen to? YouTube? Folks on the IA course have to stay put and listen to that commentary there as part of their program there. Rick's found buddhas out at the gas pumps of the larger meditating community would all welcome, in the domes as old meditators? A large irony of course is that they all seem to give credit to TM along the way yet by 'guideline' of the TM movement they mostly would not be welcome in the domes as most have visited with other holy people, saints or gurus. It should be noted that among the people I've interviewed so far, a few are or have recently been MUM students, one is on MSAE faculty, and one is MUM Dean of Men. All but one have a TM background (Sandra Glickman is Adi Da, Waking Down, etc.), but that's mainly because so far, I've been limited to interviewing FF people. I'm working on being able to use Skype to conduct remote interviews with quality adequate for FPAC (the Fairfield http://fairfieldpublicaccess.net/ Public Access TV Station). FPAC hasn't aired any of these yet, but may start doing so within a week. That should stir the pot a bit. I guess I'm a natural-born rabble rouser. Note to Curtis and others: I wouldn't have the patience to sit in front of my computer and listen to these myself. Put them on your iPod if you have one. There's an iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/buddha-at-the-gas-pump/id359034195 channel you can subscribe to or you can download mp3's from http://batgap.com, if you have an mp3 player other than an iPod. I'm going to be uploading newer versions of almost all of these with better audio quality.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP
Every episode is fascinating and together the series presents an intimate insight into the histories and perspectives of the constellation of characters that live in town. My favorite guest to date is Michael 'not Mike' Baxter. His tutorial presentation on the primacy of the Self, and Rick's wise probes of his theory, are a real treat. Highly recommended as a series. iTunes audio downloads make convenient listening. Thanks, Rick. Congratulations. -Mainstream --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: =--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: I have only seen one BudPump, but seek to watch more. The contrast of unfettered description of change in ones inner life (kind of ironic huh) from the high-tea, silk couch, victorian approach of the TMO, to a more blue jeans approach of BudGas, snip I agree and think the conception of this project is brilliant no matter where you stand on the higher states thoery. I have listened to 3 of them so far and think Rick is doing an excellent job in providing a safe venue for people to expose something pretty intimate while throwing in some good questions to keep the ball rolling. I'm sure their openness has a lot to do with Rick's friendly acceptance. I've been trying to collect the specific claims about what has changed in their lives. Predictably the people who are still very Maharishi directed use his terms and people who look elsewhere for their intellectual framework use those terms to describe their inner states. Very little to put in a wheelbarrow as should be expected. But the language is so vague and imprecise that is it difficult to pin down what exactly is being claimed. Objects appear more transparent, their self expands. Terms that used to mean so much to me but now seem so empty outside the language system of spirituality. Believing that your self is the Self of everything is poetic. Does it really matter? I'm not sure. I do believe that trans-personal experiences can be helpful but I'm not sure if taking this long to have them might develop a type of internal state, self-fascination that strikes me as odd. It might be best for people to drop a hit of whatever, embrace the feeling of being everything for a while, and then drop back into daily life refreshed but without years of self-absorption. That might give most of the claimed benefits. And despite the strong opinions to the contrary, most of my psychedelic insights have brought permanent shifts in my perspective. It just depends what you want to pay attention to. They certainly are on a par with anything I got out of meditation for permanently shifting my inner states. Nothing has convinced me that this is more than a POV on their inner experiences. People who enjoy thinking this much about their inner state of mind who become more and more expressive of every shift and change. I have had enough shifts of mind myself to believe that they aren't making this up, but believe they may be making a big deal about states that the rest of us take for granted. There are some whose admitted mental history should give us some insight into how radically their minds might shift at any given time. If this time it made them feel better, good for them, I hope it stays that way. Most of all it is a bit hard to get through entire interviews because their micro fascination with their own internal states lacks a language that does it any justice. Describing it head on may be the poorest way to express these states. It may be that for me it is art that does it best. Perhaps if I saw the dancer in the series dance I might be more impressed that she was different in a way that mattered to anyone outside herself. Maybe it is that people who can convey inner states though the arts can actually move and inspire me in a way that these descriptions can't. What is it in art that moves us that shifts our states and conveys such beauty. Why is that inspirational quality lacking in these descriptions? Or perhaps it is just me. I may have drifted too far out of the insider perspective that fills these descriptions with glowy charm. I sense that these people are experienced in describing their new states of mind and have honed their narrative to in corporate the reactions they have had to their phrasing. We are not the first audience for these stories. But if these people are expressing true significant shifts of consciousness that would benefit humanity then Rick's project is going way beyond the movement in opening them for examination. I think either way Rick is really on to something with this project. By now we should expect people living in the states Maharishi described vaguely and promised repeatedly. Hearing from them is a great resource for all of us interested in evaluating these
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mainstream20016 Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:57 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP Every episode is fascinating and together the series presents an intimate insight into the histories and perspectives of the constellation of characters that live in town. My favorite guest to date is Michael 'not Mike' Baxter. His tutorial presentation on the primacy of the Self, and Rick's wise probes of his theory, are a real treat. Highly recommended as a series. iTunes audio downloads make convenient listening. Thanks, Rick. Congratulations. -Mainstream You're welcome. My pleasure. At the moment, FPAC has me on hold until the station manager reviews a few of the videos I've done. Hopefully, I'll be recording again next week. This weekend, I may experiment with an interview via Skype recorded on my computer. My thinking on interviewing in town characters is to refute Zappa's assertion that it can't happen here and my intention in interviewing out-of-town characters is to show that it's not only happening here. Both of those attitudes are prevalent among various people.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mainstream20016 Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:57 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP Every episode is fascinating and together the series presents an intimate insight into the histories and perspectives of the constellation of characters that live in town. My favorite guest to date is Michael 'not Mike' Baxter. His tutorial presentation on the primacy of the Self, and Rick's wise probes of his theory, are a real treat. Highly recommended as a series. iTunes audio downloads make convenient listening. Thanks, Rick. Congratulations. -Mainstream You're welcome. My pleasure. At the moment, FPAC has me on hold until the station manager reviews a few of the videos I've done. Hopefully, I'll be recording again next week. This weekend, I may experiment with an interview via Skype recorded on my computer. My thinking on interviewing in town characters is to refute Zappa's assertion that it can't happen here and my intention in interviewing out-of-town characters is to show that it's not only happening here. Both of those attitudes are prevalent among various people. Don't worry to much about FPAC. In a couple of years you will have your own show on PBS Inner States and hobnobbing with Charlie Rose, Jim Lehr and Bill Moyers. And then when Ophra has you on look out
[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield
Transcendental Fairfield: People everywhere are undergoing a shift to an Awakened state of consciousness which is transforming their understanding of themselves and the world. For some, this shift has been abrupt and dramatic. For others, it has been so gradual that they may not have realized it has occurred. Such shifts, or awakenings, are not new: Christ spoke of the Kingdom of Heaven within, Buddhists speak of Nirvana, Zen masters of Satori, Hindus of Moksha, but these traditions generally regard these states as rare and difficult to attain. Many people are therefore skeptical of claims of higher states of consciousness. They find it hard to believe that apparently ordinary friends and neighbors might be experiencing something extraordinary. Maybe they expect Enlightenment to look as remarkable on the outside as it is reputed to be on the inside. About, This show will attempt to dispel skepticism and misconceptions by week after week, allowing otherwise ordinary people to relate their experience of spiritual awakening. The terminology is tricky, because there are no universally agreed upon definitions to describe this experience. Also, enlightenment is not something that an individual person gets. It's not even something that the mind can grasp. It's an awakening to that which contains the mind and all other things. So it's not surprising that language is inadequate to convey it. http://batgap.com/
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Is quite cool, are a lot more posted to the site now. Rick Archer obviously has been quite busy interviewing. Is some great journalism And good commentary too about spirituality. Thanks for taking the time to do this Rick. http://batgap.com/ I just listened to the Andy Schulman interview. Honest and cogent. I also like the first three or so minutes in this Schulman-buddha interview as Rick describing how people might see or react to spiritual-ized people. Seems a good real categorization of what one hears around. Can see that kind of variation in the skepticism in anti-meditation/anti=spiritual response and TM-deniers on FFL too. http://batgap.com/ Transcendental Fairfield: People everywhere are undergoing a shift to an Awakened state of consciousness which is transforming their understanding of themselves and the world. For some, this shift has been abrupt and dramatic. For others, it has been so gradual that they may not have realized it has occurred. Such shifts, or awakenings, are not new: Christ spoke of the Kingdom of Heaven within, Buddhists speak of Nirvana, Zen masters of Satori, Hindus of Moksha, but these traditions generally regard these states as rare and difficult to attain. Many people are therefore skeptical of claims of higher states of consciousness. They find it hard to believe that apparently ordinary friends and neighbors might be experiencing something extraordinary. Maybe they expect Enlightenment to look as remarkable on the outside as it is reputed to be on the inside. About, This show will attempt to dispel skepticism and misconceptions by week after week, allowing otherwise ordinary people to relate their experience of spiritual awakening. The terminology is tricky, because there are no universally agreed upon definitions to describe this experience. Also, enlightenment is not something that an individual person gets. It's not even something that the mind can grasp. It's an awakening to that which contains the mind and all other things. So it's not surprising that language is inadequate to convey it. http://batgap.com/
