[FairfieldLife] Article- 'The Long and Winding Road to Rishikesh'

2006-03-03 Thread Robert Gimbel
click on: The long and winding road to Rishikesh Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Article- 'The Long and Winding Road to Rishikesh'

2006-03-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: click on: The long and winding road to Rishikesh Nice article. I have met a few famous people in my life, and Paul's reminiscences capture the secret of being around them successfully -- you just treat them

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 2, 2006, at 4:30 PM, sparaig wrote: As far as I can tell, Vaj is misinterpretting/over-interpretting some text taht talks about how even a nail driven into one's hand won't takethem out of samadhi. But that's the

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: --- jim_flanegin wrote: --- Rick Archer wrote: Seems to me

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To bring up Suzanne Segal again, that's an admonition she hammered toward the end of her book -- seeing things as they really are. But she never elaborated on it. Sometimes I think the work of Byron Katie is

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What really impressed me about the teachings is an experience of the veda I had once, very powerful and definately real as I couldn't have imagined it if I'd tried. The thing is, the only veda I knew of at the time

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's interesting to hear that the power of persuasion might be at work here, as I had a series of experiences early on in my career that showed me a text book step-by-step evolution, clearly deliniated states of

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another man I met had an appearance of Shirdi Sai Baba. Again he had never seen a picture of him, had nothing to do with Hinduism, and only recognized him when he saw the picture later in a Sai Baba center (while he

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just look at the cross- cultural range of spiritual experiences -- do Native Americans cognize Shiva and Brahma when they have visions? Do people brought up Catholic cognize Krishna when they have visions? No, of

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity no_reply@ wrote: Another man I met had an appearance of Shirdi Sai Baba. Again he had never seen a picture of him, had nothing to do with Hinduism, and only

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Just look at the cross- cultural range of spiritual experiences -- do Native Americans cognize Shiva and Brahma when they have visions? Do people

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Just look at the cross- cultural range of spiritual experiences -- do Native

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Article- 'The Long and Winding Road to Rishikesh'

2006-03-03 Thread Vaj
On Mar 3, 2006, at 4:15 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote: click on:       The long and winding road to Rishikesh Nice article. I have met a few famous people in my  life, and Paul's reminiscences capture the secret of being

[FairfieldLife] Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread Vaj
A Quote to Wake Up To“Many mistakenly feel relieved from the burden of responsibility for their own behaviour because of erroneous conclusions drawn from their spiritual experiences of no-separation. Realising that “everything is the self,” they concluded that therefore there was nothing and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread t3rinity
Check out 'Enlightenment Blues' http://tinyurl.com/4ttdf So much about responsibility! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Quote to Wake Up To Many mistakenly feel relieved from the burden of responsibility for their own behaviour because of erroneous

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread Vaj
Yeah, I get real hoot out of Andrew. But I liked the quote anyways.On Mar 3, 2006, at 9:25 AM, t3rinity wrote:Check out 'Enlightenment Blues' http://tinyurl.com/4ttdf So much about responsibility! To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Is that sense of easy and simple ever misleading? I'm thinking of MMY, and wondering whether that's why he assumed most everyone in the world

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- authfriend wrote: Is that sense of easy and simple ever misleading? I'm thinking of MMY, and wondering whether that's why he assumed most everyone in the world would take to TM as soon as they heard about it, that governments would leap at it, and so on. It's extremely common for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread Peter
The bondage to a spiritual path, while necessary, is one of the deepest attachments there is. That is why all sadhanas must eventually destroy themselves in Realization. God help the person who spends decades on a spiritual path with no liberation because what you get are mood-making fanatics who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread Peter
It is a little ironic that Mr. cohen would speak this way about responsibility! Maybe he should look in the mirror? Hmmm? --- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I get real hoot out of Andrew. But I liked the quote anyways. On Mar 3, 2006, at 9:25 AM, t3rinity wrote: Check out

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Vaj wrote: dying is easier than I thought :-) Now there's an ability that may come in handy someday. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: snip Much more becomes available, simply by placing the attention on it. No doubt sidhis and such powers are more easily expressed in such a

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Is that sense of easy and simple ever misleading? I'm thinking of MMY, and wondering whether that's why he assumed most everyone in the world

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousne

2006-03-03 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Vaj writes: In the 80's, I was invited by three close friends--an old TM teacher, an MIU grad and a Sidha, to confront Robin Woodsworth Carlsen who was then living in an apartment in Washington DC. It was actually my first time at debunking a claim of enlightenment, but when it was all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Article- 'The Long and Winding Road to Rishikesh'

2006-03-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel babajii_99@ wrote: click on: The long and winding road to Rishikesh Nice article. I have met a few famous people in my life, and Paul's reminiscences

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Is that sense of easy and simple ever misleading? I'm thinking of MMY,

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- authfriend wrote: Is that sense of easy and simple ever misleading? I'm thinking of MMY, and wondering whether that's why he assumed most everyone in the world would take to TM as soon as they heard

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread Vaj
One does wonder if he *is* speaking from his own experience or just projecting. Either way he hit the nail on his head (no pun intended). On Mar 3, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Peter wrote: It is a little ironic that Mr. cohen would speak this way about responsibility! Maybe he should look in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread Vaj
On Mar 3, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote:--- Vaj wrote: dying is easier than I thought :-) Now there's an ability that may come in handy someday. All the better reason to practice dying now :-). To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bondage to a spiritual path, while necessary, is one of the deepest attachments there is. That is why all sadhanas must eventually destroy themselves in Realization. God help the person who spends decades on a spiritual

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Quote to Wake Up To Many mistakenly feel relieved from the burden of responsibility for their own behaviour because of erroneous conclusions drawn from their spiritual experiences of no-separation. Realising that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bondage to a spiritual path, while necessary, is one of the deepest attachments there is. That is why all sadhanas must eventually destroy themselves in Realization. God help the person who spends decades on a spiritual

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: The bondage to a spiritual path, while necessary, is one of the deepest attachments there is. That is why all sadhanas must eventually destroy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: The bondage to a spiritual path, while necessary, is one of the deepest attachments there is. That is why all sadhanas must eventually destroy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Article- 'The Long and Winding Road to Rishikesh'

2006-03-03 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Article- 'The Long and Winding Road to Rishikesh' on 3/3/06 7:06 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend who was on this course said he was creeped out by the fact that even though he was already an established meditator, Maharishi kept trying to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Article- 'The Long and Winding Road to Rishikesh'

2006-03-03 Thread Vaj
On Mar 3, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Rick Archer wrote:on 3/3/06 7:06 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:A friend who was on this course said he was creeped out by the fact that even though he was already an established meditator, Maharishi kept trying to convince him to switch to "his brand". That

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Vaj wrote: Gillam wrote: --- Vaj wrote: dying is easier than I thought :-) Now there's an ability that may come in handy someday. All the better reason to practice dying now :-). I've pursued enlightenment in hopes it would make life easier. Funny that its ultimate payoff

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness..

2006-03-03 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Vaj wrote: In the 80's, I was invited by three close friends--an old TM teacher, an MIU grad and a Sidha, to confront Robin Woodsworth Carlsen who was then living in an apartment in Washington DC. It was actually my first time at debunking a claim of enlightenment So Vaj, you've

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness..

2006-03-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Vaj wrote: In the 80's, I was invited by three close friends--an old TM teacher, an MIU grad and a Sidha, to confront Robin Woodsworth Carlsen who was then living in an apartment in Washington DC. It

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
judy writes: snipped And if he didn't, was it because the state of enlightenment makes everything seem easy and simple *when it really isn't*? Is it possible that the easy and simple sense applies on some level other than the practical one of achieving a goal, but that the person who is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness..

2006-03-03 Thread Vaj
On Mar 3, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Patrick Gillam wrote:--- Vaj wrote: In the 80's, I was invited by three close friends--an old TM teacher,   an MIU grad and a Sidha, to confront Robin Woodsworth Carlsen who was   then living in an apartment in Washington DC. It was actually my   first time at

[FairfieldLife] FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread Rick Archer
Title: FW: Raja course From a friend: I'm trying to locate the discussion on FFL about the Raja training course, specifically the web site that had the photos of the rajas and their wives. I tried searching for it, but Yahoo seems to time out after searching a small section of the message

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a friend: I'm trying to locate the discussion on FFL about the Raja training course, specifically the web site that had the photos of the rajas and their wives. I tried searching for it, but Yahoo seems to

Re: [FairfieldLife] FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 3/3/06 11:43:46 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From a friend:I'm trying to locate the discussion on FFL about the Raja training course, specifically the web site that had the photos of the rajas and their wives. I tried searching for it,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread Rick Archer
on 3/3/06 12:07 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a friend: I'm trying to locate the discussion on FFL about the Raja training course, specifically the web site that had the photos of the rajas and

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread anonyff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer fairfieldlife@ wrote: From a friend: I'm trying to locate the discussion on FFL about the Raja training course, specifically the web site that had the photos

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I guess that's another question: Did he or didn't he know how tough it was going to be? And if he didn't, was it because the state of enlightenment makes everything seem easy and simple *when it really isn't*?

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- tom traynor wrote: What ever they attempt is easy and simple as it just flows. How it unfolds is not revelant. So I may need to change my belief that Maharishi is acting the way any entrepreneur would, expecting his products and services to be lapped up by a hungry public. If MMY were

Re: [FairfieldLife] FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread Sal Sunshine
Sure--Rajettes. Sal On Mar 3, 2006, at 12:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did they ever come up with a name, I mean something nice, for the wives of the Rajas?

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- tom traynor wrote: What ever they attempt is easy and simple as it just flows. How it unfolds is not revelant. So I may need to change my belief that Maharishi is acting the way any entrepreneur would,

Re: [FairfieldLife] FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread Bhairitu
Not Rajinis? :) Sal Sunshine wrote: Sure--Rajettes. Sal On Mar 3, 2006, at 12:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did they ever come up with a name, I mean something nice, for the wives of the Rajas? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern

Re: [FairfieldLife] Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread Bhairitu
Of course one will know that they are making progress towards enlightenment when they stop obsessing over it (which many seem to do here). - Bhairitu Vaj wrote: A Quote to Wake Up To “Many mistakenly feel relieved from the burden of responsibility for their own behaviour because of

Re: [FairfieldLife] FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 3/3/06 1:23:53 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not Rajinis? :) Actually the appropriate name for queen is Rani as in Maharani and Maharaja To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course one will know that they are making progress towards enlightenment when they stop obsessing over it (which many seem to do here). - Bhairitu Oh...you must be looking for that *other* group, the Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: --- tom traynor wrote: What ever they attempt is easy and simple as it just flows. How it unfolds is not revelant. So I may need to

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread anonyff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: judy writes: snipped And if he didn't, was it because the state of enlightenment makes everything seem easy and simple *when it really isn't*? Is it possible that the easy and simple sense

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not Rajinis? :) It would be Ranis of course. Sal Sunshine wrote: Sure--Rajettes. Sal On Mar 3, 2006, at 12:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did they ever come up with a name, I mean something nice, for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread Rick Archer
on 3/3/06 4:52 PM, t3rinity at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not Rajinis? :) It would be Ranis of course. Sal Sunshine wrote: Sure--Rajettes. Sal On Mar 3, 2006, at 12:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonyff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry, with all due respect I'm going to take great exception to this answer and to all answers that seem to reduce the life/mindset/emotional state of the awake ones to these kinds of pat answers. snip That's

[FairfieldLife] FFL Sutras

2006-03-03 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
In reading posts over the years, it appears that a variety of posters hold the same Views on a number of points. For example, I sense the following points are (near) consensus views. It appears among the proponents of such -- though perhaps stated in somewhat different terms -- are Tom T., Jim,

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread anonyff
Personally, and in all seriousness, I still believe it is ALL conjecture and overall, I'm sorry I spent so much of my life believing in this stuff. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonyff anonyff@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 3/3/06 4:52 PM, t3rinity at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Not Rajinis? :) It would be Ranis of course. Sal Sunshine wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonyff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlist@ wrote: judy writes: snipped And if he didn't, was it because the state of enlightenment makes everything

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course one will know that they are making progress towards enlightenment when they stop obsessing over it (which many seem to do here). - Bhairitu Uh, methinks the topic here is 'half-way up the mountain' syndrome,

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonyff anonyff@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlist@ wrote: judy writes: snipped And

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Of course one will know that they are making progress towards enlightenment when they stop obsessing over it (which many seem to do here). -

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: judy writes: snipped And if he didn't, was it because the state of enlightenment makes everything seem easy and simple *when it really isn't*? Is it possible that the easy and simple sense

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer fairfieldlife@ wrote: From a friend: I'm trying to locate the discussion on FFL about the Raja training course, specifically the web site that had the

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- tom traynor wrote: What ever they attempt is easy and simple as it just flows. How it unfolds is not revelant. So I may need to change my belief that Maharishi is acting the way any entrepreneur would,

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure--Rajettes. Sal Can they dance? No, but they can sing (chant). Buckaroo Banzai reference goes here. BTW, the creators of BB are coming out with a new comic book. Read the abreviated low-down on the politics

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: --- tom traynor wrote: What ever they attempt is easy and

[FairfieldLife] Demonic Name Generator

2006-03-03 Thread qntmpkt
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Doin' the Advaita Shuffle

2006-03-03 Thread Peter
--- jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bondage to a spiritual path, while necessary, is one of the deepest attachments there is. That is why all sadhanas must eventually destroy themselves in Realization.

Re: [FairfieldLife] FFL Sutras

2006-03-03 Thread Vaj
On Mar 3, 2006, at 6:48 PM, new_morning_blank_slate wrote:3) There are many paths and many mountians. Process is Product (LBS, and to a degree others such as akasha/anon) Or...View (Darshana/"Rishi" or Experiential POV) determines Path determines Fruit (or Realization)which can also be

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- sparaig wrote: --- Gillam wrote: --- tom traynor wrote: What ever they attempt is easy and simple as it just flows. How it unfolds is not revelant. So I may need to change my belief that Maharishi is acting the way any entrepreneur would, expecting his products and

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread anonyff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig wrote: --- Gillam wrote: --- tom traynor wrote: What ever they attempt is easy and simple as it just flows. How it unfolds is not revelant. So I may need to change my belief

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig wrote: --- Gillam wrote: --- tom traynor wrote: What ever they attempt is easy and simple as it just flows. How it unfolds is not revelant. So I may need to change my belief

Re: [FairfieldLife] Demonic Name Generator

2006-03-03 Thread Rick Archer
on 3/3/06 8:26 PM, qntmpkt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- I got Mihnywy Ajyt, Dark God of Entropy. Plug in your name and birthday to see what your demonic name is! http://www.kiamagic.com/kia/gnosis/demonname.php I'm Jusxjy Qxoj, Sucubus of Trickery Yahoo!

[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL Sutras

2006-03-03 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 3, 2006, at 6:48 PM, new_morning_blank_slate wrote: 3) There are many paths and many mountians. Process is Product (LBS, and to a degree others such as akasha/anon) Or... View (Darshana/Rishi or Experiential

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FFL Sutras

2006-03-03 Thread Vaj
On Mar 3, 2006, at 11:04 PM, new_morning_blank_slate wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 3, 2006, at 6:48 PM, new_morning_blank_slate wrote: 3) There are many paths and many mountians. Process is Product (LBS, and to a degree others such as

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Anonyff writes: snipped Personally, I think there are as many forms of enlightenment as there are people, I think that people still get angry, hungrly, lonely, tired, irritable, sick, and that they act just as spontaneously as anyone/everyone else and that all this constant intellectualizing is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread anonyff
Tom (anonyff replied): Sorry for the *tone* of my previous post, although I did mean it, in that moment, exactly as I said it. FYI I have been reading and contributing to FF LIfe for at least 2 years and probably more like 3+ (how long has it been around?). I just changed my name and use the

[FairfieldLife] Greetings from the dream fields :)

2006-03-03 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Greetings from the dream fields :) first news of MD in FF The basic potential of life is cosmic, huge beyond any sensory perception, huge beyond any mind, huge beyond any intellect, it is in the field of the transcendent. Maharishi, 2/06 Dear Sponsors and Friends, I wanted to

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Raja course

2006-03-03 Thread Morgan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 3/3/06 4:52 PM, t3rinity at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Not Rajinis? :) It would be Ranis of course. Sal Sunshine wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness

2006-03-03 Thread Rick Archer
on 3/3/06 10:37 PM, anonyff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI I have been reading and contributing to FF LIfe for at least 2 years and probably more like 3+ (how long has it been around?). Since Sept. 5, 2001 - 6 days before 9/11 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Greetings from the dream fields :)

2006-03-03 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
While I have great reservations, concerns, and downright complaints about the TMO and MUM in recent years, I always have a soft spot, for monks and nuns who dedicate themselves to IT. While they may be deluded in a localized spiral of things, I applaud their non-attachement in the larger sphere