[FairfieldLife] Re: First seer of Veda

2007-05-10 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: in the Vedic Tradition, there is a magic, which is a simple, natural thing, but it works like magic. Nice read. With Maharishi speaking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sinhlnx sinhlnx@ wrote: --- Due to the vast amount of bad karma in the world today, it will take more than a few Angels to turn things around. TM should be practiced by at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reflections on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras

2007-05-10 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The word transcendental in the Upanishads means beyond the material world. snip An Important point often lost in TM circles...when we 'transcend' we first achieve awareness of the SELF which is the

[FairfieldLife] Jiva, then, is *individualized* cosmic existence;...MMY

2007-05-10 Thread BillyG.
..it is the individual spirit within the body. (physical body) With its *limitations* removed, Jiva is Atman, transcendent Being, (transcendental to the three gunas as the universal body/soul, but still manifest, highest relative). When the individuality of the Jiva and the universality of the

[FairfieldLife] Living On the Essence of Flowers

2007-05-10 Thread Vaj
translators Preface to Living On the Essence of Flowers, HH the 2nd Dalai Lama, Gyalwa Gendun Gyatso (1475-1542) from the book The Dalai Lamas on Tantra. Translator's Preamble A NUMBER of extraordinary traditions emerged from within the tantric tradition. The practice of chu len [Skt.:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-10 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:56 AM To:

[FairfieldLife] Cathar Heresy

2007-05-10 Thread new . morning
Interesting segment on an Inquisition series on PBS TURQ -- did you happen to see it (do you get PBS there? -- if not its probably downloadable). A major theme of the Cathatr story that I was not aware of was priests making sacred love to fair young maidens. Perhaps not a new phenomenon, but the

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh Chair order cancelled

2007-05-10 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lurk: Nab, You have me speechless on this one. I'd really like to know more about you, occupation etc., to gain insight into how you interact with the world on a daily basis. lurk Nab: Speechless

[FairfieldLife] Re: First seer of Veda

2007-05-10 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: in the Vedic Tradition, there is a magic, which is a simple, natural thing, but it works like magic. Nice read. With Maharishi speaking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Waiting for the stock market to open: meditation and drumming

2007-05-10 Thread curtisdeltablues
Congrats Pete, driving the whole room into trance should rank up there with your best peak experiences. I dig the Doumbek although I play mine more like Baba Oulitunji of West Africa. I love how you can put your fist into it an make the sound like the large Tabla, Boooumph. I also have a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cathar Heresy

2007-05-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting segment on an Inquisition series on PBS TURQ -- did you happen to see it (do you get PBS there? -- if not its probably downloadable). No to both. But unless the stuff below is a put-on by you, it doesn't

[FairfieldLife] Re: The recent MU conference webcast

2007-05-10 Thread claudiouk
I think you are very brave to freely think these thoughts and publish them. You are getting me worried - maybe that explains why hardly anyone seems to be responding to my posts lately, apart from yourself. So thanks for the support.. So you think I'm being blacklisted somewhere? Actually I

[FairfieldLife] Re: The recent MU conference webcast

2007-05-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you are very brave to freely think these thoughts and publish them. You are getting me worried - maybe that explains why hardly anyone seems to be responding to my posts lately, apart from yourself. Remember

[FairfieldLife] Re: The recent MU conference webcast

2007-05-10 Thread curtisdeltablues
an email from this guy who said I'd go to hell because of my views. At least nothing like that has happened since! Although I have been critical of MMY (once or twice) I have only received emails since posting here that were either very polite, for people who disagreed with my position, or

[FairfieldLife] Re: First seer of Veda

2007-05-10 Thread Richard J. Williams
bob_brigante wrote: 'So in the common terminology he saw Rishi, he saw Devata value... There's no mention of any Devata in the Vedas, Bob. Or any Yakshis dwelling in a Kadamba tree. The idea of Devata came much later with the rise of the Bhakti sects. There are no 'devatas' in the Vedas,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cathar Heresy

2007-05-10 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: If such a claim *was* made in this show, I'd love to see documentation of it. I haven't found any in almost 200 sources I've read. Maybe so, but I'm going to check this out. My guess is that there aren't almost 200 books written about the Cathars in the first place. If so,

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh and similar buildings

2007-05-10 Thread andrasayer
A wing of the building where Mother Divine was in Valkenburg Holland is also not looking so good either, see link: http://www.brandweer-valkenburg.nl/typo/index.php?id=kloostertype=1. It seems that our old buildings either burn or we tear them down, or they just decay. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reflections on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras (For Billy G. and all)

2007-05-10 Thread John
To Billy G. Several years ago, when Deepak Chopra was with the TM Movement, he explained that the person in cosmic consciousness or at higher levels of consciousness recognizes that the phenomenal existence and one's Self is the same. That is, he or she can say that a tree in the park is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Cathar Heresy

2007-05-10 Thread Bhairitu
new.morning wrote: Interesting segment on an Inquisition series on PBS TURQ -- did you happen to see it (do you get PBS there? -- if not its probably downloadable). A major theme of the Cathatr story that I was not aware of was priests making sacred love to fair young maidens. Perhaps not a

[FairfieldLife] Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread suziezuzie
From: claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed May 9, 2007 2:28 pm Subject: recent conference webcast doubts claudiouk Offline Send Email Invite to Yahoo! 360° Is there ever a real audience present I wonder, of non-meditators. In the middle of listening to the live conference - MMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: First seer of Veda

2007-05-10 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bob_brigante wrote: 'So in the common terminology he saw Rishi, he saw Devata value... There's no mention of any Devata in the Vedas, Bob. Or any Yakshis dwelling in a Kadamba tree. The idea of Devata

[FairfieldLife] Re: First seer of Veda

2007-05-10 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: in the Vedic Tradition, there is a magic, which is a simple,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread claudiouk
I agree - the essential message about coherence and the use of the whole brain and its effects on student health, learning readiness and improved performance is all very impressive. Add to that the Maharishi Effect on the social environment and yes the introduction of TM in schools, along with

[FairfieldLife] Re: The recent MU conference webcast

2007-05-10 Thread claudiouk
Your comment Judy - especially in view of the posting limit predicament, which is unfortunate - was greatly appreciated. You are right, I'm not expecting a leopard to change its spots.. just getting things off my chest occasionally helps.. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend

[FairfieldLife] Blair will stand down on 27 June

2007-05-10 Thread claudiouk
So will Britain now be forgiven??? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6639945.stm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rigorous

2007-05-10 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rigorous statistical analysis confirms that that the 21% rise of the Dow and the SP 500 and the 27% rise of the NASDAQ over the past nine months were caused by the coherent influence created by the Invincible

Re: [FairfieldLife] Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread Peter
--- suziezuzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed May 9, 2007 2:28 pm Subject: recent conference webcast doubts claudiouk Offline Send Email Invite to Yahoo! 360° Is there ever a real audience present I wonder, of non-meditators. In the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- suziezuzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: claudiouk claudiouk@ Date: Wed May 9, 2007 2:28 pm Subject: recent conference webcast doubts claudiouk Offline Send Email Invite to Yahoo! 360° Is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip BRAIN FUNCTIONING DOES NOT CREATE PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, PURE CONSCIOUSNESS CREATES BRAIN FUNCTIONING... Why MMY talks this fiction is beyond me. I've never heard him say that brain functioning creates pure consciousness,

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 6:49 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Peter

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BRAIN FUNCTIONING DOES NOT CREATE PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, PURE CONSCIOUSNESS CREATES BRAIN FUNCTIONING... Why MMY talks this fiction is beyond me. It must be useful for somebody listening. Does pure consciousness cease to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread matrixmonitor
--Right, but there's no law dictating that animals can't get Enlightened. Ramana Maharshi stated that Lakshmi the Cow got Enlightened upon leaving her body. My hypothesis: rocks can get Enlightened but they might have difficulty communicating this fact. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cathar Heresy

2007-05-10 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If such a claim *was* made in this show, I'd love to see documentation of it. http://www.pbs.org/inquisition/bibliography.html Above is the bibliography for the whole series -- just this one segment focused on the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cathar Heresy

2007-05-10 Thread new . morning
I made the original post because the Cather perspective seemed interesting -- there was far more in the series than the sexual parts. Searching, I found afew furhter interstingt articles. I am not a Cathar scholar and cannot vouch for the valitity of these views.

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh Chair order cancelled

2007-05-10 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Lurk Thanks for the come back. Okay, this helps. But why did you leave Purusha, if you don't mind me asking. Nabluss: I did not pass the test of patience.snip Nab, tell me if you care to, is this another way of saying Benjamen Creme and share.int had something to do with it?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whale Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread off_world_beings
Whale Brain Functioning http://tinyurl.com/3y7zyu OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Right, but there's no law dictating that animals can't get Enlightened. Ramana Maharshi stated that Lakshmi the Cow got Enlightened upon leaving her body. My hypothesis: rocks can get Enlightened but they

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor matrixmonitor@ wrote: --Right, but there's no law dictating that animals can't get Enlightened. Ramana Maharshi stated that Lakshmi the Cow got Enlightened

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh Chair order cancelled

2007-05-10 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lurk Thanks for the come back. Okay, this helps. But why did you leave Purusha, if you don't mind me asking. Nabluss: I did not pass the test of patience.snip Nab, tell me if you care to, is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff rorygoff@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor matrixmonitor@ wrote: --Right, but there's no law dictating that animals can't get

[FairfieldLife] Ode - No one knows anything

2007-05-10 Thread Rick Archer
http://www.odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4429

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh Chair order cancelled

2007-05-10 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Lurk why did you leave Purusha? Nabluss: I did not pass the test of patience. Nab: The tests consisted of going on endless projects establishing different institutions all over the world. In the end I just ran out of enthusiasm. Lurk: I understand that. You have not run out of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rory, good to hear from you. Your perspective is always a refreshing and profound one. I find it delightfully paradoxical that we as humans, as the perfect agents of the Divine, serve Him and Her best by finding

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff rorygoff@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff rorygoff@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor matrixmonitor@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whole Brain Functioning

2007-05-10 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: Hi Rory, good to hear from you. Your perspective is always a refreshing and profound one. I find it delightfully paradoxical that we as humans,

[FairfieldLife] Push the Button

2007-05-10 Thread cardemaister
Israel http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/eurovision/2007/contestants/ :D