[FairfieldLife] I visited Amma's Indian ashram - part I

2005-03-13 Thread luzalma1
From someone who visited amma's Ashram: 'I first arrived at Amma's Indian ashram just in time for her birthday celebration. What immediately struck me was the commercial nature of it. There were booths set up all over selling everything from food to Amma laundry soap. My first impression

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Block system -- total failure?

2005-03-13 Thread Sal Sunshine
I'll put in another plug for the block system-- I loved it. It was one of the things MIU actually got right. I really liked being able to focus on only one subject at a time. It was a lot more enjoyable than having to divide your attention. Sal On Mar 12, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Peter Sutphen

[FairfieldLife] Re: Block system -- total failure?

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
I also liked the block system, but don't believe it is ideal for all subject matter. Others have already mentioned the usefulness of time to incubate and integrate material, particularly useful for mathematics and sciences. I see no reason why mix match couldn't work—some subjects by block

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddha

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 12, 2005, at 3:24 PM, off_world_beings wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Atman vs Anatman

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
In 3 or 4 sentances, whats the difference? Anyone? (I contend there is no difference) 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:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Ved Superior or More Fundamental Knowledge?

2005-03-13 Thread Vaj
On Mar 13, 2005, at 10:15 AM, off_world_beings wrote: You just don't like anyone do ya? I love it all, pure and real, not new and reinvented and packaged. What about neo Zhang Zhung Nyan Gyud?? It hasn't needed to go neo since it is an unbroken tradition. It's adherents still attain the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Buddhist 'Nirvana' Vs. Hindu 'Moksha'

2005-03-13 Thread Peter Sutphen
The different concepts point towards the same thing. Neither concept can be properly understood in waking state because the mind will create a distinction between the two because this is what the mind does. Arguments will ensue. In the ruckus Buddha will sit with a smile and Adi Shankara will

Re: [FairfieldLife] Amma's Indian ashram

2005-03-13 Thread Peter Sutphen
Next she's going to be smoking cigars with MMY, drinking whiskey and playing craps. Come 7, come 11, no snake eyes! -Peter --- luzalma1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the best profit sources for the ashram is the ayurvedic center that offers a few weeks of pancha karma treatments (for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amrit and cancer

2005-03-13 Thread Vaj
Hi L_B: On Mar 13, 2005, at 5:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is certainly interesting. I think the common understanding around here, promoted by the MAV guys, is the AK can make chemo more successful and less painful. I was actually recently reading a paper on this, that's the only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any guru who prefaces public statements with my children... loses me pretty quickly. I don't have any deep knowledge of Amma's gig, but the very distant view I have is of a pretentious attitude toward

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amrit and cancer

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
Is it possible that Amrit makes chemo patients feel better merely because it lessens the potency of chemo, not because it works with it in some balancing manner? If so, it sounds to me like a potential net loss.. No more than a Placebo effect (until otherwise properly documented)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread easyone200
LBS WROTE This is exactly the attitude I have found among TM enthusiasts here in Fairfield. It's disgusting, not to mention oblivious to the way gurus and ashrams relate to each other in India, where only the the monumental egos are unwilling to share the turf of seeking

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread Sal Sunshine
He owns the universe. The rest of us just live in it. :) Sal On Mar 13, 2005, at 4:52 PM, easyone200 wrote:   My MY MY! Off world, Does Maha own the entire town? The county? State. How large is his ego complex.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The new Rajas

2005-03-13 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, demaris4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: during this most recent press conference, MMY said that, to be trained as a Raja, (perfect administrator) in addition to being a rich man (females excluded??) good flying experiences were necessary. Not just $$$.

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Vedic Translation?

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP There is also a longstanding tradition that cannabis sativa is the soma plant. No firm opinion here. L B S ** Deepak

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread Sal Sunshine
Especially if those scraps have any AK in them--then any further killing off would be obviously unnecessary. :) Sal On Mar 13, 2005, at 5:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I can tell you something that really does make me angry: it makes me EXTREMELY angry that saints who have been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question to you LB: If I went to the Dalai Lama's ashram , or to some Tibetan monestary, or to a Hindu Temple complex, and

[FairfieldLife] Vitamin C and Cancer Treatments Don't Mix

2005-03-13 Thread Vaj
Here's the article I was talking about: http://www.personalmd.com/news/n0329052854.shtml Doctors advise against vitamin C with cancer therapy Taking high doses of vitamin C while undergoing traditional cancer therapy may interfere with radiation or chemotherapy treatments and possibly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vision of Siva

2005-03-13 Thread Peter Sutphen
Slam!! Ramana Maharishi right back to Self. -Peter --- qntmpkt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya A Polish lady told Sri Bhagawan about how she had a vision of Siva. She wanted to know how to make such visions permanent and continuous. Bhagawan Sri Ramana

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: big snip However, I can tell you something that really does make me angry: it makes me EXTREMELY angry that saints who have been invited to Fairfield have had their lives threatened by TM loyalists.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vision of Siva

2005-03-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slam!! Ramana Maharishi right back to Self. -Peter Give up that thought also ... --- qntmpkt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya A Polish lady told Sri Bhagawan about how she

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread Peter Sutphen
Comment below: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip In Rishikesh you find, more often than not, ashrams located side-by-side and in groups. In most of them, no one gets upset if the sannyasis take a few weeks of instruction at the Divine Light Mission, or (God forbid) sit in a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vision of Siva

2005-03-13 Thread Peter Sutphen
Touche! --- akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slam!! Ramana Maharishi right back to Self. -Peter Give up that thought also ... --- qntmpkt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Om Namo Bhagavate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comment below: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip In Rishikesh you find, more often than not, ashrams located side-by-side and in groups. In most of them, no one gets upset if the sannyasis take a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread Patrick Gillam
L B Shriver wrote: While I find these allegations disappointing (notice that I don't call them disclosures because I don't think we have enough info here to reach sweeping conclusions), I think that in the big picture it is better to have the discussion than not to have it. I guess the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist 'Nirvana' Vs. Hindu 'Moksha'

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In 3 or 4 sentances, whats the difference in the concepts? Anyone? + All this is that- get a handle on it. N. 1. All what is

RE: [FairfieldLife] soma .. was: New Vedic Translation?

2005-03-13 Thread mark robert
From: rudrani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 4:21 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] soma .. was: New Vedic Translation? Mark wrote [[But both translations clearly refer to an external Soma that is consumed.]] ** there

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Vedic Translation?

2005-03-13 Thread mark robert
From: Bob Brigante [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:30 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Vedic Translation? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP There is also a longstanding

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Vedic Translation?

2005-03-13 Thread mark robert
From: Bob Brigante [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 11:46 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Vedic Translation? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mark robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: _ From: Bob