[FairfieldLife] Segovia anecdote (was Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
> > He turned to the balcony and said, > > "Thanks...I needed that." > > > > Then he played the note again and turned it into two > > unbroken hours of pure improvisation. Pure *magical* > > improvisation. > > > > The man had no earthly idea when he walked onstage what > > he was going to play.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where are the British here at FFLife?

2005-05-18 Thread bbrigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnlasher20002

[FairfieldLife] sparaig

2005-05-18 Thread Rick Archer
Sparaig, tonight you've sent 7 or 8 emails to me (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) rather than to the list. I've been returning them back to you, but I don't know if you check that email. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click

[FairfieldLife] Re: where Maharishi went wrong

2005-05-18 Thread Rick
One of my thoughts about the original question posed by Peter S. is that we tell stories about MMY to bolster our belief in him because he is our hero and as the hero, exemplifies the teaching. As our hero, he is the teaching. Once on a tape someone asked him about personal love. He replied th

[FairfieldLife] Re: where Maharishi went wrong

2005-05-18 Thread hyperbolicgeometry
---Right on!...and "a foolish fish never takes the same bait twice". and "you can't fool all of the fools all of the timebut " ...hyperbolic geometry. "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For me it's more like: > > I see with my own eyes that dad cannot swim, even though > I believed he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where are the British here at FFLife?

2005-05-18 Thread bbrigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnlasher20002000 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llun

[FairfieldLife] Re: where Maharishi went wrong

2005-05-18 Thread Cliff
For me it's more like: I see with my own eyes that dad cannot swim, even though I believed he could when we were on the beach and as we started into the water. If he is swallowing water and looking like he's in big trouble, dad can no longer help me swim, or at least cannot help me any longer. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where are the British here at FFLife?

2005-05-18 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnlasher20002000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nothing. Nothing is going to befall any of you as a result of > Maharishi's fatwah. > > Quite true but he may have had a joytish d

[FairfieldLife] Segovia anecdote (was Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My brother told me of one at a solo Keith Jarrett > concert. You kinda have to know Jarrett to get the > magic of this story. He was a classical pianist > studdying at Julliard when he got a call one day > from

[FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2005-05-18 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 18, 2005, at 4:35 PM, t3rinity wrote: > > > Attachment to the Siddhis is not encouraged, nor is effort being used. > > The Siddhis - if they occure, are seen as a side-effect, and function > > only in conjunction wi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where are the British here at FFLife?

2005-05-18 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnlasher20002000 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where are the British here at FFLife?

2005-05-18 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnlasher20002000 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Nothing. Nothing is going to befall any of you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's incarnation

2005-05-18 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lupidus108" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > "lupidus108" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just that these younger souls won't understand. At > > > least not like we really evolved souls like me and you. > > > We're quite special. > > > > > Outstanding in our own field actually. > > Though stumbling

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > Sutphen > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -Master Peter/ Soul

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > Sutphen > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- lupidu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread bbrigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might want to pop quotes like this into the newly-created quotes section > so they'll be available on-going. > *** I can see putting stuff into the links section, quotes less so, but anybody can do this,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where are the British here at FFLife?

2005-05-18 Thread bbrigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnlasher20002000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nothing. Nothing is going to befall any of you as a result of > Maharishi's fatwah. > > Quite true but he may have had a joytish

[FairfieldLife] Re: opinion piece about Hagelin/MMY press conference

2005-05-18 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Robert Parks piece on Hagelin and TM was entirely devoid of any > > reasoning, logic, or corroborative findings, to support Park'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Robert Gimbel
-From my understanding of Guru Dev's teaching, is for people to turn away from materialisic things, to search for their own soul's. And, in order to do that, he said they 'ought to look within; same as Jesus' message. It's a simple message. But, in a world moving so fast, it is hard sometimes to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang backs up MMY

2005-05-18 Thread johnlasher20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the Guru Dev webpage there is a 'new' satsang - on the topic of the > japa [silent repetition] of the sound AUM. > The link is http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/gurudev.htm > and the satsang is just past t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where are the British here at FFLife?

2005-05-18 Thread johnlasher20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nothing. Nothing is going to befall any of you as a result of Maharishi's fatwah. Quite true but he may have had a joytish done which indicates problems for the UK and jumped on it to build creability. To subscribe,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Rick Archer
You might want to pop quotes like this into the newly-created quotes section so they'll be available on-going. on 5/18/05 5:37 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand Paul Mason" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For those interested, I have inc

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happened to Rory?

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
I am just playing the raging iconoclast here, as ever. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please explain that remark. Thanks. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.co

[FairfieldLife] Continued presence of mind

2005-05-18 Thread Rick
* "As is the cloth so is the price." For carrying on the short-lived activities of vyavahara, employ your short-lived body and wealth. Mind is a permanent thing which remains with you always. Even in the other world, it will continue to stay with you. Therefore, connect it with a permanent thin

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happened to Rory?

2005-05-18 Thread jim_flanegin
Please explain that remark. Thanks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I did check with Rory and he confirmed that he only posts under his > > own name. > > As if

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lups, there's plenty of ignorance all around in this > newsgroup. No need to sling it! What I'm curious about > is that the only warning I've ever heard, and now > seen, about "Aum" comes from Guru Dev. Why haven't an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread bbrigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those interested, I have included in translation notes at the foot > of the passage, these can be read in MSWord. ** "Even if one worships Vishnu for a long time with great devotion, he d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > snip > > > > > > > > Th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I started a Quotes folder in the Files section. Feel free to post your > > favorite quotes there. > > Rick, you should probably say whether

[FairfieldLife] Re: opinion piece about Hagelin/MMY press conference

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Parks piece on Hagelin and TM was entirely devoid of any > reasoning, logic, or corroborative findings, to support Park's > incredibly prejudiced, unreasoned, and fundamentalist(ie : closed > minded) skept

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happened to Rory?

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did check with Rory and he confirmed that he only posts under his > own name. As if much of what Rory says are true. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/g

[FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > As Neitsczhe said, > Fred also said ""If you gaze long into the > abyss, it will gaze back at you." > > http://www.frizzensparks.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread bbrigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As Neitsczhe said, "That > which does not actually kill you makes you stronger." > "Nietzsche - who sadly ended his days dying slowly of syphillus in the basement of his sister's house. She would charge people a sm

[FairfieldLife] Re: opinion piece about Hagelin/MMY press conference

2005-05-18 Thread off_world_beings
Robert Parks piece on Hagelin and TM was entirely devoid of any reasoning, logic, or corroborative findings, to support Park's incredibly prejudiced, unreasoned, and fundamentalist(ie : closed minded) skeptic approach. It was utter unscientific prejudiced personal opinion. That is not to say th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
> -Master Peter/ Soul Level 7/Cleared to 18. I've been told, although I don't know because I'm not a computer game freak like the French, that it only really gets interesting after level 20. :-) Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/gro

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The TM checking instruction for "antsy-ness" is to "feel the > body". [snip] > Does this "feeling the body" ring any bells to you? No, it doesn't, but that's not saying much. My memory is pretty selective. > Do you d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Master Peter/ Soul Level 7/Cleared to 18. > > > > I see your appreciation of yo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2005-05-18 Thread Vaj
On May 18, 2005, at 4:35 PM, t3rinity wrote: > Attachment to the Siddhis is not encouraged, nor is effort being used. > The Siddhis - if they occure, are seen as a side-effect, and function > only in conjunction with pure awareness. No CC gets lost therefore. > Steve, next time around, wrap the t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev's incarnation

2005-05-18 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lupidus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lupidus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > 3) Guru Dev, in his present incarnation... What

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
The TM checking instruction for "antsy-ness" is to "feel the body". That means to not try to introduce the mantra. Instead, allow the attention to go innocently onto the body. Naturally you will become aware of sensations in the body that are creating the discomfort. Those sensations may be ass

Re: [FairfieldLife] Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
I throw these words out there so someone interested might do some independent research, if someone was motivated. - Original Message - From: Peter Sutphen To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Gu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Segovia anecdote (was Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
Good story dling it now. - Original Message - From: TurquoiseB To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Segovia anecdote (was Re: The Kaplan Money) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip > > > > > > The critisism of Maharishi by younger souls, > here > > > and elsewere, is > > > understandable si

[FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2005-05-18 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: > > Hello, > > This email message is a notification to let you know that > a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife > group. > > File: /Quotes/Shankaracharya Tradition/jmv514.txt > Upl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Searching for members

2005-05-18 Thread gullible fool
> I clicked the FFL "Members" link, then did a search > for "off_world_beings". It came back saying that > there is no such > member. I believe the yahoo IDs that do not show up after a search are just the ones who have kept their email addresses hidden from the moderators. If you were receiv

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip > > > > > > The critisism of Maharishi by younger souls, > here > > > and elsewere, is > > > understandable si

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Re: where Maharishi went wrong

2005-05-18 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hyperbolicgeometry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --Or, "they" are really Enlightened but Enlightenment isn't what it's cracked up to be. In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 5/16/05 4:56 PM, Peter Sutphen at [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > > > > The critisism of Maharishi by younger souls, here > > and elsewere, is > > understandable since knowledge is structured in > > consciousness. It is > > th

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happened to Rory?

2005-05-18 Thread jim_flanegin
I don't what happened to that last reply...anyway, no, there was a poster just once using 'hyperbolic_geometries' as a name. I do remember the 'mobius strip' poem, really liked it, very clever. I did check with Rory and he confirmed that he only posts under his own name. --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Segovia anecdote (was Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread medwards520
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It must have been the mid-1970s. I attended a Segovia performance > > at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City. As will happen in a hall

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- lupidus108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > > The critisism of Maharishi by younger souls, here > and elsewere, is > understandable since knowledge is structured in > consciousness. It is > the lack of intuition on their part when seeing a > real Master, a > savior, in work that puzzles m

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happened to Rory?

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
I clicked the FFL "Members" link, then did a search for "off_world_beings". It came back saying that there is no such member. For that matter, I can type in lots of other members' names and get the same result, though it works sometimes. The new Yahoo member search appears broken. On the other

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happened to Rory?

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
Hyperbolic geometries? Are you referring to the "mouse on the mobius strip"? That was my contribution, and I'm not Rory. If you're referring to something else more recent, I missed it because there are too many posts on FFL for me to read them all. BTW, If you post as anonff, as I do, you are q

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lupidus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > 3) Guru Dev, in his present incarnation... What makes you think > > He has incarnated ? > > Just as a question, what makes you think h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember these events well. Do you recall if the Movement had > anything to do with the peaceful transition in South Africa from > Apartheid to the election of Nelson Mandela, former enemy of the > state (probab

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand Paul Mason" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On the Guru Dev webpage there is a 'new' satsang - on the > > topic of the > > japa [silent repetition] of the sound AUM.

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2005-05-18 Thread FairfieldLife
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Quotes/Shankaracharya Tradition/jmv514.txt Uploaded by : safeite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description : The Danger of samyama according to th

Re: [FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2005-05-18 Thread Robert Gimbel
COOL!FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Hello,This email message is a notification to let you know thata file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group.  File    : /Quotes/Non-sectarian/bee.txt   Uploaded by : safeite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   Description : "As a bee seeks

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes

2005-05-18 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/18/05 2:06 PM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I started a Quotes folder in the Files section. Feel free to post your >> favorite quotes there. > > Rick, you should probably say whether you are > looking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread Robert Gimbel
--Thank you for the last post; this is a way of understanding that is always based in consciousness; and at this major turning point in human history, it is wise to withhold judgement, in that things are changing so quickly in so many ways, all of this action, is unfathomible. All everyone want

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2005-05-18 Thread FairfieldLife
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Quotes/Non-sectarian/bee.txt Uploaded by : safeite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description : "As a bee seeks nectar from all kinds of flowers,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes

2005-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I started a Quotes folder in the Files section. Feel free to post your > favorite quotes there. Rick, you should probably say whether you are looking for a particular kind of quote. An offer like this is otherwise to

[FairfieldLife] Quotes

2005-05-18 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Quotes I started a Quotes folder in the Files section. Feel free to post your favorite quotes there. -- Rick Archer SearchSummit 1108 South B Street Fairfield, IA 52556 Phone: 641-472-9336 Fax: 815-472-5842 http://searchsummit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, send a message to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/18/05 3:26 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> How has this newsgroup become a "scapegoat" on a.m.t.? > > I agree. I have said nothing but positive things about it > there. I found this place to be a remarkable breath of > fresh air after a decade lurking on and/or posting to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lupidus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3) Guru Dev, in his present incarnation... What makes you think > He has incarnated ? Just as a question, what makes you think he (small h) has not? Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lups, there's plenty of ignorance all around in this > newsgroup. No need to sling it! What I'm curious about > is that the only warning I've ever heard, and now > seen, about "Aum" comes from Guru Dev. Why haven't an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread jim_flanegin
I remember these events well. Do you recall if the Movement had anything to do with the peaceful transition in South Africa from Apartheid to the election of Nelson Mandela, former enemy of the state (probably the most surprising of all)? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lupidus108" <[EMA

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis transformative powers

2005-05-18 Thread lupidus108
> >> - Original Message - > > > > Seems to me that all the buttering up of Marcos was meant to convince > > him to continue to support TM, AND to convince him to learn to do it. > > > > I take it that neither happened? > > Nope. But the disturbing thing is that M was always hoping so

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
> Mantras [sometimes] contain a mixture [of sounds including] Aum that > are given for auspicious purposes. Another thing is this that women > are prohibited from practising japa with a aumkara-yukta mantra (a > mantra conjoined with Aum). Wherever at the beginning there is the > purushha [male] ma

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the Guru Dev webpage there is a 'new' satsang - on the > topic of the > japa [silent repetition] of the sound AUM. > The link is http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/gurudev.htm > and the satsang is just past

Re: [FairfieldLife] Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Peter Sutphen
Who are Shaktas? What is a kilakam? Peter (ignorance is sorta bliss) --- Llundrub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shaktas only use Om preceeding the rest of a mantra > when it's the kilakam. Otherwise they use Aim Shrim > Klim or some variant. > - Original Message - > From: Peter Sutphe

[FairfieldLife] Segovia anecdote (was Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It must have been the mid-1970s. I attended a Segovia performance > at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City. As will happen in a hall of > 2,700 people, someone had a cough. In the middle of his playing, > Segovia st

Re: [FairfieldLife] Levitation

2005-05-18 Thread Peter Sutphen
Yes, he's my asian cousin. The photos are fake. He ate some bad sushi and you see the result. --- anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone heard of this guy? > > > Japanese Yogi Levitating > http://www.naruse-yoga.com/levitation.html > > Here's the yoga part > http://www.naruse-yoga.com/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Premanand Paul Mason
correction to translation "If aumkara is beneficial for women to do, why would He (Shankaraji) instruct his own wife against the practise?" To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups L

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Peter Sutphen
Lups, there's plenty of ignorance all around in this newsgroup. No need to sling it! What I'm curious about is that the only warning I've ever heard, and now seen, about "Aum" comes from Guru Dev. Why haven't any other spiritual luminaries, for lack of a better term, said anything about it? Guru De

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread lupidus108
"If aumkara is beneficial to do, why would He (Shankaraji) instruct his own wife against the practise?" Exactly what Maharishi has been saying all along. But Vaj, in his total ignorance about the mechanics of TM probably has other objectives. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL P

[FairfieldLife] Segovia anecdote (was Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread Patrick Gillam
sparaig wrote: > > Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can be beneficial in relatively small > > doses. Segovia used to practice guitar so much that his friends would > > have to come and drag him off to get something to eat. > > > > He died at the age of 94 having sired two sons (one 20 and one 70 >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread jim_flanegin
Thanks for this! I have a lot of reading to do. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those interested, I have included in translation notes at the foot > of the passage, these can be read in MSWord. To subscribe, send a message to: [E

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: new world order (was wealth and reincarnation)

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
Nope. But the disturbing thing is that M was always hoping some dictatorwould mandate TM practice on his people, as if that would work or bedesirable.-That's why he hates the US and democracy, because he thinks we should have had to do TM in schools if there was really any sense to us.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation

2005-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He started at age 12. > - Original Message - > From: anonymousff > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:31 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Levitation > > > Anyone hea

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: new world order (was wealth and reincarnation)

2005-05-18 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/18/05 2:54 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The whole stupid thing took place during my flying block and I > watched it all wishing and hoping that Marcos would get everyone > meditating and bingo world pe

[FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread jim_flanegin
Agreed. Much cleaner layout. Thanks Rick. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 5/17/05 8:35 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I just amended the group descri

Re: [FairfieldLife] Levitation

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
He started at age 12. - Original Message - From: anonymousff To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Levitation Anyone heard of this guy?Japanese Yogi Levitatinghttp://www.naruse-yoga.com/levitation.h

[FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread jim_flanegin
Yeah, I have been trying to come up with a characterization of FFL, given that it is more about breaking boundaries and testing the truth than supporting small egos. It also has a self-sustaining, 'no one personality dominating' quality to it. I've come up with two characterizations: 1. God-mi

[FairfieldLife] Levitation

2005-05-18 Thread anonymousff
Anyone heard of this guy? Japanese Yogi Levitating http://www.naruse-yoga.com/levitation.html Here's the yoga part http://www.naruse-yoga.com/mn.html Here's the orgainization http://www.naruse-yoga.com/english.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://group

[FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
> > > Have you actually given up your > > > own cult-slinging, thought stopping ways? > > > > I'm working on it. > > That's cool. I'm also cool if you're simply cultivating a sorta > contrarian, crazy wisdom, tantric left-handed, enlightened, asshole > bastard persona, as long as you own up t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
Shaktas only use Om preceeding the rest of a mantra when it's the kilakam. Otherwise they use Aim Shrim Klim or some variant. - Original Message - From: Peter Sutphen To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [Fai

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
> Which freedoms have been "taken away" and how do people have to jump through hoops > or be ostracized?> > Like you. Always toeing the company line.That didn't answer my question, sorry.-OK, duh, I'll spell it out for you.  OK, how about this one of many things. Decertification,

Re: [FairfieldLife]

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
  1) What, exactly, are the pundits supposed to be paid, beyond room and board? ---Something. Out of respect for services offered so that they will remain and share their expertise later. Which if the Movement would have done the same thing for all its teachers they would more

Re: [FairfieldLife] Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Peter Sutphen
Very intersting. Now we know why MMY thinks this way. --- Premanand Paul Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the Guru Dev webpage there is a 'new' satsang - > on the topic of the > japa [silent repetition] of the sound AUM. > The link is > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/gurudev.htm > and the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
I'm not here to answer your questions. - Original Message - From: sparaig To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread Llundrub
I've read Lawson for years at amt. Not the company line? Unstressing, have your meditation checked? Hahahahhhahahhahah - Original Message - From: TurquoiseB To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:16 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 17

[FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Which freedoms have been "taken away" and how do people have to jump > through hoops > > or be ostracized? > > > > Like you. Alwa

[FairfieldLife] Re: opinion piece about Hagelin/MMY press conference

2005-05-18 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is that the average income in the USA probably IS about $50K/year (or more). > > However, the average is misleading because most people do not make the average > income. A better measure is the median incom

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev Satsang

2005-05-18 Thread Premanand Paul Mason
For those interested, I have included in translation notes at the foot of the passage, these can be read in MSWord. 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 g

[FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > > Unc, you got some 'splainin' to do. > > Not to you or anyone else. But I will, because > I have fond memories of your posts on a.m.t. Thanks, Unc. I can hardl

[FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread sparaig
While it's easier to keep one's temper in some place that annoys you over another that doesn't, to be drawn into overt hostility because people don't behave the way you want is a sign of instability. Everyone I know (including myself) has this problem on occassion, but in my experience, you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 17 New Members

2005-05-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
I was just kidding, Kirk. I do the same thing, so I have no room to complain about anyone else. On May 18, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Llundrub wrote: Kirk Bernhardt   Satisfied.   Everyone knows me. There's no secret.   If MMY was right in front of my face I would tell him exactly what I think.  Don't t

[FairfieldLife] Waking Down (was: Re: The Kaplan Money)

2005-05-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be perfectly honest, I don't think you ever "got" TM at all. > > ---I admire your honesty, but why should I care what you think? I actually > think you don't think but merely spout platitudes. THOUGHTFUL platitudes

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