[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about marketing TM...

2005-04-29 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/28/05 2:25 AM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you don't remind rehashing this, providing proper guidance for MMY is the job of TM management, not letting a goofy guy like Mike Love put him in a

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about marketing TM...

2005-04-29 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But Bobananda, in the exchange below, are you not challenging what you have previously described as MMY's brilliant strategy of making the movement look ridiculous so that government spooks won't take it seriously?

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about Maharishi

2005-04-29 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob-zoid, A point that I don't recall ever having been made in rebuttal to your worldview is that you keep coming back to the present tense you use when mentioning that Maharishi's a monk, unfamiliar with

[FairfieldLife] Fairfield Friends, your Daily Inspiration - Friday - Inner Guiding Outer

2005-04-29 Thread The Daily Inspiration
Title: Template April 29, 2005 - Inner Guiding Outer Practice mental silence: Instead of trying to activate cosmic powers within, we should remain silent in order to see them already at work.

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about Maharishi

2005-04-29 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob-zoid, A point that I don't recall ever having been made in rebuttal to your worldview is that you keep coming back

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about Maharishi

2005-04-29 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's the story, like many others, of Maharishi being shown VCRs years ago to determine a standard for the Movement to use. He drifted from the business discussion when he asked to have the inner mechanics

[FairfieldLife] Well, bhar or bhara, sah or saha?

2005-04-29 Thread cardemaister
Rgveda X 191: saM-sam id yuvase vRiShann agne vishvaany arya aa | iLas pade sam idhyase sa no vasuuny aa bhara || saM gacChadhvaM saM vadadhvaM saM vo manaaMsi jaanataam | devaa bhaagaM yathaa puurve saMjaanaanaa upaasate || samaano mantraH samitiH samaanii samaanam manaH saha

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MORE Recert News/LBS Re - Off World as Angry Person

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At this very newsgroup are many very mature individuals such as but not limited to Rick Archer, LB, Vaj, Bob Brigante, none of which I have ever noted to react in kind to anger or act in anger at all. I don't want to harp on about this, but

[FairfieldLife] Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread Irmeli Mattsson
From a today's newspaper I read that dr. Pete's guru is visiting Finland. There was of shorter story with photo of him on the cover pager. And an other two page article with big photo inside. The article is very positive. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is described as the Indian equivalence of Dalai Lama.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about Maharishi

2005-04-29 Thread Vaj
On Apr 29, 2005, at 2:32 AM, at_man_and_brahman wrote: I don't think those things interest him, but he has developed an understanding of business principles, particularly branding, that would be the envy of any Harvard MBA, . I'm not shoulding upon him--pause for laughs-- but rather

[FairfieldLife] Dakshina bonadage

2005-04-29 Thread Vaj
The Tattva-samasa-sutras are believed to represent the actual teachings of the rishi Kapila, the founder of the samkhya system. Samkhya forms the basis of the yoga-sutra of Patanjali. According to the Tattva-samasa-sutras there are three kinds of bondage. One is *dakshina bandha*, a

Re: [FairfieldLife] The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Vaj
Divorced from the source. One of the things I learned after I left my TM daze was that when you receive a formal teaching, there is usually an explanation of where and who that teaching came from. Typically the teacher will tell you how he received it, how he came upon it, who taught it to him

[FairfieldLife] The nature of this medium

2005-04-29 Thread Patrick Gillam
akasha_108 wrote: On the other hand, knowing a person solely by text, leaves a lot of gaps in our image of the person. Posting here also gives us opportunities to present ourselves differently than we would in person. I try to be more thoughtful and articulate in print than I could ever be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about marketing TM...

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 1:02 AM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This makes no sense at all -- if a responsible TM manager had refused to allow MMY to show up at that Beach Boys concert, that fiasco could have been avoided, just as his driver in HNL kept MMY from sleeping in the SF airport. No

Re: [FairfieldLife] The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 8:33 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll leave it to you to decide as to which one Mahesh's teaching represents. Because of lack of proper teaching, people still debate did Mahesh receive the mantras from Guru Dev? Is TM from Guru Dev? Where did he learn the sidhi method?

[FairfieldLife] The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
From a friend: Hi Rick, Received this by email this morning. The originating source is said to be a core movement person who has done alot on the government level to get funding for people to learn TM...one of the few out there actually teaching.  *** When we arrived in Vedic City off MUM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about Maharishi

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/29/05 3:55 AM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's the story, like many others, of Maharishi being shown VCRs years ago to determine a

Re: [FairfieldLife] The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Vaj
On Apr 29, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Rick Archer wrote: Maharishi developed the sidhis through trial and error, reading the Yoga Sutras and experimenting with people, starting in Fiuggi. So you're saying it was book knowledge combined with trial and error, rather than any real knowledge from that

Re: [FairfieldLife] The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Sutphen
Ah, another successful plan to bring world peace! These centers will be sprouting up like mushrooms any day now. I can't wait,wait,wait,wait,wait,wait. -Peter --- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a friend: Hi Rick, Received this by email this morning. The originating source

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Sutphen
Yes, he's been nominated along with the dead Pope and the lead singer from U2...Bono -Peter --- Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ha. Take *that,* TMO. :) Sal On Apr 29, 2005, at 6:38 AM, Irmeli Mattsson wrote: From a today's newspaper I read that dr. Pete's guru is

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread anonymousff
sounds like a friend of a friend of a ... = rumours. R do you personaly know the source? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a friend: Hi Rick, Received this by email this morning. The originating source is said to be a core movement person

Re: [FairfieldLife] The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 10:16 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Rick Archer wrote: Maharishi developed the sidhis through trial and error, reading the Yoga Sutras and experimenting with people, starting in Fiuggi. So you're saying it was book knowledge combined with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 10:18 AM, Peter Sutphen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, he's been nominated along with the dead Pope and the lead singer from U2...Bono -Peter Can dead guys get the Nobel Prize? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a friend: SNIP Once the spa palace is set up each director would then go to another nearby location and set up the same thing until 5 spas are up and running. For their salarys, teachers would be required to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread wayback71
This is way more bizarre than I expected, and has a nasty feel to it all. Amazing what people will do for an experience, to belong, to keep their belief system intact, out of devotion, I guess. I look forward to seeing how the public handles seeing rajas in full garb walking around the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread wayback71
Hey, the reality is that the new recertified TM teachers are a sales, real estate, fund raising, marketing force. I am over 50 now, so I am having a bit of trouble fully getting the connection between world peace and strip mall outlets selling honey, $170 per hour massages, and sleeping

[FairfieldLife] Belief (was Re: Asuras and Avataras)

2005-04-29 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Peter Sutphen wrote: That's interesting Patrick because I don't quite get the turnaround yet. Tom T writes; Sometimes when I am working with someone who is very stuck I go right for the jugular with the ultimate turnaround. I ask them if they are willing to die broke, alone and unloved. Seems

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 10:24 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sounds like a friend of a friend of a ... = rumours. R do you personaly know the source? The person who sent it to me is a good friend and active member of this board, who for some reason sent it to me on the side rather than just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 10:51 AM, Rick Archer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/29/05 10:24 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sounds like a friend of a friend of a ... = rumours. R do you personaly know the source? A trusted friend just told me, by private email, the name of the well-known

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/29/05 10:51 AM, Rick Archer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/29/05 10:24 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sounds like a friend of a friend of a ... = rumours. R do you personaly know the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread jim_flanegin
I don't get it; how can he be turning over in his grave when he is so clearly alive? Jim --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably turning over in his grave at all this silliness. Sal On Apr 29, 2005, at 10:42 AM, wayback71 wrote: Guru Dev,

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about Maharishi

2005-04-29 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One interesting note here. The Veda Vision crew: Eric Sandell, Flash Pflaumer, and others spent over $1 million in their Livingston Manor workshop trying to develop the first VCR. They did have a working model, but it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, he's been nominated along with the dead Pope and the lead singer from U2...Bono -Peter Didn't we go through this before? I remember someone posting that the nobel committee does not release any information on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, he's been nominated along with the dead Pope and the lead singer from U2...Bono -Peter Maharishi has been nominated several times, but the majority of christians on the Nobel Committe just don't understand

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread Vaj
On Apr 29, 2005, at 1:13 PM, lupidus108 wrote: Maharishi has been nominated several times, but the majority of christians on the Nobel Committe just don't understand yogis. Really? What years were those? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about Maharishi

2005-04-29 Thread Vaj
On Apr 29, 2005, at 1:25 PM, at_man_and_brahman wrote: As I said, that's just the way I heard the story. I didn't embellish it. Yes, I understood that. I was not really referring to you specifically, but as a general trend over time. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
Dear Jim, If I was a man of elegant sentences I would have written this, thanks and much love to you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, My two cents: The report certainly has the ring of truth to it. I've been reading and listening to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
Didn't we go through this before? I remember someone posting that the nobel committee does not release any information on candidates for the prizes, and that nomination is a bogus term in this context in that anyone could write a letter to the committee nominating anyone for a Nobel Prize.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2005, at 1:09 PM, lupidus108 wrote: Maharishi IS the Tradition Hardly. Swami Brahmananda Saraswati was part of the tradition, and by M.'s own admission, he is just the doorkeeper. Thus his exclusion from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, he's been nominated along with the dead Pope and the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharisi a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2005, at 1:13 PM, lupidus108 wrote: Maharishi has been nominated several times, but the majority of christians on the Nobel Committe just don't understand yogis. Really? What years were those? The one I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread anonymousff
The Nominators – Peace Right to submit proposals for the Nobel Peace Prize, based on the principle of competence and universality, shall by statute be enjoyed by: 1. Members of national assemblies and governments of states; 2. Members of international courts; 3. University

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn't we go through this before? I remember someone posting that the nobel committee does not release any information on candidates for the prizes, and that nomination is a bogus term in this context in that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Vaj
On Apr 29, 2005, at 1:58 PM, lupidus108 wrote: You say just the doorkeeper, not having understood the nature of a great saint and seer - Maha (great) Rishi (seer). He most certainly is not a Maharishi--if you understand what that word truly means and implies. It was actually a name he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn't we go through this before? I remember someone posting that the nobel committee does not release any information on candidates

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharisi a nominee for Nobel prize? - The Rules

2005-04-29 Thread markmeredith2002
The Nominators – Peace Right to submit proposals for the Nobel Peace Prize, based on the principle of competence and universality, shall by statute be enjoyed by: 1. Members of national assemblies and governments of states; 2. Members of international courts; 3. University

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2005, at 1:58 PM, lupidus108 wrote: You say just the doorkeeper, not having understood the nature of a great saint and seer - Maha (great) Rishi (seer). It was actually a name he decided to give himself!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sure you could find a congressman to nominate B Creme. Perhaps

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread jim_flanegin
Thank you lupidus108, so very kind of you. Jim --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Jim, If I was a man of elegant sentences I would have written this, thanks and much love to you. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Vaj
On Apr 29, 2005, at 2:27 PM, lupidus108 wrote: What is the source of this claim, a rumour ? I thought I had heard at least one Shankaracharya state this, and this was easily found on the web: He is not without critics amongst his peer group, there are others, coincidentally also from the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maha (great) Rishi (seer)

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the source of this claim, a rumour ? It's very well known. In your surrealistic fantancies probably. Bob Brigante, any knowledge on this ? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
huh? Benjamin Creme would never do such a thing. If you read what i wrote, and not whats in your filters, i said that you could do such. You appear to admire him greatly. Do you think he is worthy of a Nobel Prize? If so, I am simply stating that you could get him nominated without

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2005, at 2:27 PM, lupidus108 wrote: What is the source of this claim, a rumour ? I thought I had heard at least one Shankaracharya state this, and this was easily found on the web: He is not without

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: huh? Benjamin Creme would never do such a thing. If you read what i wrote, and not whats in your filters, i said that you could do such. You appear to admire him greatly. Do you think he is worthy of a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2005, at 2:27 PM, lupidus108 wrote: What is the source of this claim, a rumour ? I thought I had heard at least one Shankaracharya state this, and this was easily found on the web: He is not without

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maharishi is on a level of His own, perhaps seen every 2000 years on earth or so. Just trying to understand how your mind works: do you hold

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think history will show M. to be a minor figure and remembered mainly as one of the first big mass-marketers of things eastern. are you sure? that will be good news for Bonanda. To subscribe, send a message to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread Irmeli Mattsson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn't we go through this before? I remember someone posting that the nobel committee does not release any information on candidates for the prizes, and that nomination is a bogus term in this context in that

[FairfieldLife] Byron Katie Questions

2005-04-29 Thread akasha_108
I may see her next week. Anyone have any piercingly good questions they want asked? 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: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread Sal Sunshine
Maybe they just don't understand bogis. Perhaps they feel that anyone who rips off his followers and then breaks all of his promises doesn't deserve to win. On Apr 29, 2005, at 12:13 PM, lupidus108 wrote: Maharishi has been nominated several times, but the majority of christians on the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread jim_flanegin
Hi Vaj, I suppose that depends on the history book...perhaps on CNN. I respectfully disagree completely. Please keep in mind that it was one of the greatest Saints, perhaps THE greatest Saint of our age who set Maharishi into motion so to speak, Guru Dev, Brahmananda Saraswati. Both of them

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie Questions

2005-04-29 Thread jim_flanegin
Yeah, please ask her why she is so full of love. Enjoy the ride! I'd be interested to hear about your experience after you return! All the Best, Jim --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I may see her next week. Anyone have any piercingly good questions

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Osho World Online Magazine- June 2004, Osho (formerly Bhagavan Rajneesh) had this to say:- And we should listen to Osho because? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Belief (was Re: Asuras and Avataras)

2005-04-29 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's interesting Patrick because I don't quite get the turnaround yet. -Peter Peter, Its not your dharma to get the turnaround.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Vaj
On Apr 29, 2005, at 4:30 PM, Rick wrote: And we should listen to Osho because? Because it was next to the good quote. 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

Re: [FairfieldLife] Byron Katie Questions

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I may see her next week. Anyone have any piercingly good questions they want asked? Where are you going to see her? A workshop? -Peter To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Belief (was Re: Asuras and Avataras)

2005-04-29 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's interesting Patrick because I don't quite get the turnaround

[FairfieldLife] Videodiscs (was: Re: still no clue about Maharishi)

2005-04-29 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - RCA labs created their first laser disc in Sept 1972. http://www.cedmagic.com/history/first-successful-ced.html 'Cept, it wasn't a laser disc. It used a stylus to measure differences in capacitance created by the peaks

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Sutphen
MMY is kookoo,yes? --- wayback71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, the reality is that the new recertified TM teachers are a sales, real estate, fund raising, marketing force. I am over 50 now, so I am having a bit of trouble fully getting the connection between world peace and strip mall

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a nominee for Nobel prize?

2005-04-29 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP And since a chancellor of an university, or professors of specific disciplines, can nominate, I would be surprised if Bevan and MUM profs did not niminate MMY every year. ** Right, so that MMY can have his

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2005, at 1:58 PM, lupidus108 wrote: You say just the doorkeeper, not having understood the nature of a great saint and seer -

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread George DeForest
. wayback71 wrote: This is way more bizarre than I expected, and has a nasty feel to it all. Amazing what people will do for an experience, to belong, to keep their belief system intact, out of devotion, I guess... somebody on this list speculated that most of the govs who recertified

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about marketing TM...

2005-04-29 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The real reason that MMY came to the West was to delay the onset of enlightenment so that a Vedic India would not be too much of a shock for the world: http://geocities.com/bbrigante/comp.html#30 that's what you

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about marketing TM...

2005-04-29 Thread anonymousff
I wish akasha could take you with him to see Byron Katie, you seem to argue with reality allot. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/29/05 1:02 AM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, George DeForest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . wayback71 wrote: This is way more bizarre than I expected, and has a nasty feel to it all. Amazing what people will do for an experience, to belong, to keep their belief system intact, out of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 5:37 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a friend: Hi Rick, Received this by email this morning. The originating source is said to be a core movement person who has done alot on the 

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Cliff
Because he actually has some pretty cool things to say? I also suffered from the Rajneesh is just completely weird and wacko. I mean, after, all, he thinks sex is good and we all know that isn't true syndrome that most TM teachers were infected with back in the late 1970's and 1980's. But

[FairfieldLife] Dancing to a different drummer MMY's real plan

2005-04-29 Thread johnlasher20002000
Did anyone ever think that Maharishi is acting very consistently in what he is doing now, contrary to appearances. From the world's point of view, having people dress like medieval rajas wearing crowns, creating countries of world peace, with their own currency etc., may seem odd to say the least.

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about marketing TM...

2005-04-29 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, George DeForest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . Bob Brigante wrote: so he loads up the inadequate personalities who manage the TM movement with fancy clothes and titles so that they, let a child at his birthday party, will feel the glow of

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about marketing TM...

2005-04-29 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The real reason that MMY came to the West was to delay the onset of enlightenment so that a Vedic India would not be too much of a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/29/05 5:37 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a friend: Hi Rick, Received this by email this morning. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because he actually has some pretty cool things to say? I also suffered from the Rajneesh is just completely weird and wacko. I mean, after, all, he thinks sex is good and we all know that isn't true syndrome that most

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about marketing TM...

2005-04-29 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/29/05 1:02 AM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This makes no sense at all -- if a responsible TM manager had refused to allow MMY to show up at that Beach Boys concert, that fiasco could have been

[FairfieldLife] Shankaracharaya News

2005-04-29 Thread akasha_108
http://www.newz.in/large35.asp?catid=1number=338 Senior Shankaracharya gave me money: Ravi Subramaniam Published on : 4/8/2005 2:30:00 AM Category : National News Ravi Subramaniam, accused turned approver in a temple official's murder case, Thursday told a Tamil Nadu court that

[FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about marketing TM...

2005-04-29 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The real reason that MMY came to the West was to delay the onset of enlightenment so that a Vedic India would not be too much of a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, George DeForest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . wayback71 wrote: This is way more bizarre than I expected, and has a nasty feel to it all. Amazing what people will do for an experience, to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Videodiscs (was: Re: still no clue about Maharishi)

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Sutphen
Hey, pretty cool Alex! -Peter --- Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - RCA labs created their first laser disc in Sept 1972. http://www.cedmagic.com/history/first-successful-ced.html 'Cept, it wasn't a laser

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 4/29/05 10:42:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are the crowns made of real gold? Do you have to buy your own crown once you are rajafied, or does the TMO give you one for FREE? Can you sell your crown if you need the money, or did you

[FairfieldLife] Story of Shri Gurudeva, Shri Jyotishpeethodwarak Brahmleen Jagadguru Bhagwan ...

2005-04-29 Thread akasha_108
Derived from a quote that describes Shri Gurudeva, Shri Jyotishpeethodwarak Brahmleen Jagadguru Bhagwan Shankaracharya Shrimad Swami Brahmanand Saraswatiji Maharaj of Jyotirmath, Badrikashram: With his extensive travels, his magnetic personality, and his lucid sermons based on experience, he

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Cliff
Considering past history, I would bet serious money that the crowns are gold-plated. As many in his culture do, M combines the desire for fancy outer appearance and desire for spending as little as possible when dealing with accoutrement of the relative. I predict they're brass coated with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 4/29/05 9:31:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: MMY yelled at me and some others through a telegramafter receiving the AofE techniques in '75. He was madat us for something that he had failed to make clearto us. He told us that our Aof E

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Vaj
On Apr 29, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Cliff wrote: Considering past history, I would bet serious money that the crowns are gold-plated. As many in his culture do, M combines the desire for fancy outer appearance and desire for spending as little as possible when dealing with accoutrement of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: still no clue about marketing TM...

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 5:34 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No one tells Maharishi what he can or can't do. He's the boss. *** So the driver at the HNL airport did not grab the carpetbag out of MMY's hands and take him home until arrangements were made? You would be wrong, not that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dancing to a different drummer MMY's real plan

2005-04-29 Thread off_world_beings
So if one were to desire a world ruled by enlightened masters who would bring about world peace one would need an icon or form, around which the absolute could crystallize. I don't think so. Everyone missed the point on this one...except me. Maharishi has always said that his goal was to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The guru mantra of branding

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 8:01 PM, Cliff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the past 7 years I've gotten to know quite a few of his devotees, including one who was one of the three main people in Osho's organization. That one is the most insightful, profound and interesting man I've ever met beside

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 8:24 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just M trying to slow down the enlightenment of the world. Otherwise TM would catch on like wildfire and we'd all be doomed. ** Jesus. I don't know if Jesus enlightened the world too much in his lifetime. He was

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/29/05 8:24 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just M trying to slow down the enlightenment of the world. Otherwise TM would catch on like wildfire and we'd all be doomed. **

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/29/05 8:24 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just M trying to slow down the enlightenment of the world. Otherwise

[FairfieldLife] Re: The report we've been waiting for

2005-04-29 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/29/05 8:24 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Belief (was Re: Asuras and Avataras)

2005-04-29 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/29/05 4:21 PM, akasha_108 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Archer will sing it to you if you ask him. I'm sure his band used to do it. Nope. I never really got into Country Joe. Maybe I missed something. My favorites from that era were the Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, Doors,

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