[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread curtisdeltablues
Just something to think about the next time you're whining and moaning musically about how hard life is on the planet for a rich white kid. Singing the blues? LOL!:-) Defining blues as whining and moaning musically demeans the artists who described the human condition with such artistic

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Research on Dopamine, Addiction and Free Will

2007-07-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Relates to prior discussions on free will and pysiological correlates of higher states. http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/24/6583 Also raises a hypothesis of brain functioning of intense TBs and

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snip) I can't speak from direct experience, can only tell you what my Guru says- and the above is the way enlightenment is described. I take exception with calling MMY describing cosmic ego as being usefull. Little me is ego. So maybe MMY 's way of saying an ego that dissappears is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: You're talking about sattvic states of mind. The little me does not become the Big me. That is only a useful fiction that MMY spoke about. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: You're talking about sattvic states of mind. The little me does not

[FairfieldLife] The characters from left to right!

2007-07-08 Thread cardemaister
tattvam asi and tat tvam asi look exactly the same (actually, they look like tattvamasi). http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3588/tattvamasi.gif NB: because of a weird feature of DN, 'i' is the *second last* character and 's' is the last (character). PS. The characaters from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus Camp

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: Christians teach that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that non would perish And that if you do not believe in him and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just to clear things up

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: I've been called out lately to square my behavior despite claiming to be in an enlightened state. So I just want to say that my critics such

[FairfieldLife] Re: what advice would you give your child about finding a spiritual path to join

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If your child was a spiritualy advanced seeker and said his interest is to find a path or organization to join for the purpose of gaining enlightenment, he is going to research what is available on the market and his question

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
Jim wrote, obviously hoping to wound: Just something to think about the next time you're whining and moaning musically about how hard life is on the planet for a rich white kid. Singing the blues? LOL!:-) Curtis replies, first calmly and precisely, 'splainin' to the white boy what the

[FairfieldLife] 'Milissa Etheridge Rocks Live Earth'

2007-07-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
http://www.myspace.com/melissaetheridge - Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links.

[FairfieldLife] Real Estate Roller Coaster?

2007-07-08 Thread cardemaister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUldGc06S3U

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus Camp

2007-07-08 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 7/7/07 4:50:27 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where do you get this idea that Christians believe God hates anybody? The fundamentalists teach that God will Burn you in Hell for Eternity. If burning people for eternity is not hate, tell me

Re: [FairfieldLife] Just to clear things up

2007-07-08 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 7/7/07 5:22:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been called out lately to square my behavior despite claiming to be in an enlightened state. So I just want to say that my critics such as Barry and geezer are right- I am not nor have I ever

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obama in Fairfield

2007-07-08 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 7/8/07 12:38:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What's his messageKumbayahW That, and empathy. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread curtisdeltablues
Thanks for having my back Turq. The funny thing is that I know Jim was trying hard to be a dick (that came out weird) and get under may skin as punishment for goofing on that MMY quote. But giving me a soap box to talk about the music I have devoted my life to is probably not the best hater

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Billy wrote: If it's like nothing you haven't experienced it!! Pure bliss is not *nothing*. jstein wrote: We've already been through this, BillyG. I'm going to explain one more time how I understand MMY's teaching, and that'll be it; I'm not going to argue with you

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread BillyG.
Ha, ha...we got your point!! Touche' An astute analysis, bravo! And, don't argue with her about it anymore...ha, ha!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Billy wrote: If it's like nothing you haven't experienced it!! Pure bliss is not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just to clear things up

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip And yet, it's one of the most prevalent fantasies among the more rabid pro-TM posters. They speak of devastating their opponents in debates It should surprise no one to learn that, in fact, those Barry considers the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's mechanics of conciousness

2007-07-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bhairitu wrote: The first time I tried meditation which was some three years before learning TM my kundalini rose (it was like going up into the middle of the Sun). In my case, I was born enlightened, so all I had to do was awaken to reality and then try to maintain that state in my

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Billy wrote: If it's like nothing you haven't experienced it!! Pure bliss is not *nothing*. jstein wrote: We've already been through this, BillyG. I'm going to explain one more time

[FairfieldLife] Re: Al Gore is Timothy Treadwell

2007-07-08 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just to clear things up

2007-07-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
geezer wrote: No Jim, I didn't bust a gut writing my post. The last thing I busted a gut about was earlier today when I busted a gut laughing when several of you started debating what real samadhi was. Geezer can't seem to post a single message without making fun of other people's

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread BillyG.
So I would have to conclude that as I initially said: No mantra, No thoughts, No bliss?...Sorry, No Samadhi!! As Anandam/bliss is an essential component of Samadhi which is experienced by the expanded consciousness of the chela as his or her very own Self. Most TM'ers transcend a little, (a few

[FairfieldLife] What is necessary to achieve Samadhi?

2007-07-08 Thread BillyG.
You must achieve some proficiency in the other 7 limbs of Patanjali's 8 limbs of Yoga!! Without a foundation that Yama, and Niyama provide God's consciousness has no place to integrate!! MMY himself says in the Gita HB page 363 bottom, All limbs must be practiced simultaneously

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just to clear things up

2007-07-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: Could this mindset have anything to do with having been told for decades now how special they are, how *only they* can save the world, by bouncing around on their bums? But, weren't you the guy that paid Marshy over $5,000 to learn how to bounce on your bum? Go figure.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Curtis wrote: Favorite phrase, MMY as Borat: great engineer-lady You and Barry are in good form these days - doing yourselves lots of favors! TurquoiseB wrote: Do me a favor -- go back and find three quotes of mine and three quotes of Curtis' *during the last three months* that you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
Boy, that 35-posts-a-week limit sure has been successful in making FFL a more pleasant forum, hasn't it? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim wrote, obviously hoping to wound: Just something to think about the next time you're whining and moaning

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Isn't it a little early in the morning for you to be so, um, incoherent? Jim Flanegin wrote: bottom's up!:-) Now it's on top, Jim - but maybe Barry was up late, instead of being up early in the morning. If it had been early in the morning he would probably have been at a flea market. It

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What's lacking in Sicko

2007-07-08 Thread Bhairitu
bob_brigante wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bob_brigante wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/07/business/07online.html Well of course we're going to see all kinds of hit pieces on Sicko. The health

[FairfieldLife] Live Earth drumming

2007-07-08 Thread curtisdeltablues
Rick and other lovers of the drum. Check this out: http://entimg.msn.com/i/ExperienceData/p1-7/us/x.htm?sh=LiveEarthep=le_london

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Billy wrote: Touche' An astute analysis, bravo! And, don't argue with her about it anymore. Billy, I'm not going to argue with you anymore about it - you've got to be the most astute TM Governor on the planet. You nailed this one real good! You have now established Marshy's teaching on

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Richard J. Williams wrote: However, in a previous post you did seem equate Brahman with 'nothing' No, I didn't. Yes you did, Judy wrote: Nope, didn't, and wouldn't. Yep, you did and apparently still do. We TMers do not call Brahman a Void - that's Middle Way Buddhism.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread curtisdeltablues
As to rile them up, obviously Curtis *did* get riled up by Jim's post, or he wouldn't have bothered to post such a ringing defense of his blues playing. Barry was likewise riled up by it, so much so that he did his best to portray Curtis's post as just laughing when it was so obviously defensive.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's mechanics of conciousness

2007-07-08 Thread Ron
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: TM simply provides a more ideal opportunity for the transcending. As a technique it is second to none, in my opinion, and I've studied under numerous teachers. TM sure surpasses in effectiveness the concentration on the tip of the nose taught

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Badarayana, Brahman is NOT THIS, NOT THAT, but it is not nothing and the author of the Brahma Sutras does not call Brahman a Void. Dunno if you refer to neti neti*, but - FWIW - literally it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus Camp

2007-07-08 Thread Vaj
On Jul 7, 2007, at 4:18 PM, off_world_beings wrote: the MSAE, indoctrinated in Vedic Creation theory and encouraged to hop are so, so similar? I could see a similar documentary being done called Forest Academy and it would show the Vedic creationists urging their children on to their very

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard J. Williams wrote: However, in a previous post you did seem equate Brahman with 'nothing' No, I didn't. Yes you did, Judy wrote: Nope, didn't, and wouldn't. Yep, you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually my post focused on Jim's mischaractorizations concerning the blues and the men who invented the form, and his factual errors concerning their lives. Brahman doesn't make mistakes.

[FairfieldLife] A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
It's called The Flying Mystics of Tibetan Buddhism, by Glenn H. Mullin. Essentially, it is one of the best authors in contemporary Buddhism writing intelligently about 1) the concept and background of flying (real flying, not butt-bouncing) in Tibetan Buddhism, and 2) an exhibition of art

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just to clear things up

2007-07-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip And yet, it's one of the most prevalent fantasies among the more rabid pro-TM posters. They speak of devastating their opponents in debates

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Boy, that 35-posts-a-week limit sure has been successful in making FFL a more pleasant forum, hasn't it? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Jim wrote, obviously hoping to wound:

[FairfieldLife] Zriingg! : )

2007-07-08 Thread cardemaister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XngXWmVQ-B0

[FairfieldLife] Re: Zriingg! : )

2007-07-08 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XngXWmVQ-B0 Excellent Card, here is one of my favorite piano players back atcha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Sj_soVKo0mode=relatedsearch=

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi on Brahman [was: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?]

2007-07-08 Thread Michael Dean Goodman
Richard J Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... that's why I tried to point out to you that, over and over, the Upanishads say that the attributes of Brahman are Sat-Cit-Ananda. Brahman is not nothing, empty, or a void - Brahman is the Absolute which is equal to Atman, the the very

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's called The Flying Mystics of Tibetan Buddhism, by Glenn H. Mullin. Essentially, it is one of the best authors in contemporary Buddhism writing intelligently about 1) the concept and background of flying (real

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi on Brahman [was: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?]

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Dean Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Then came his famous quote about Brahman - these were his exact words: Like the Absolute IS, Brahman is NOT. Brahman is not the Absolute. Brahman is not the relative. Brahman is not

[FairfieldLife] Re: what advice would you give your child about finding a spiritual path to join

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If your child was a spiritualy advanced seeker and said his interest is to find a path or organization to join for the purpose of gaining enlightenment, he is going to research what is available on the market and his

[FairfieldLife] Re: what advice would you give your child about finding a spiritual path to join

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron sidha7001@ wrote: If your child was a spiritualy advanced seeker and said his interest is to find a path or organization to join for the purpose of gaining enlightenment,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ron Paul in Des Moines Iowa while Republican Prez candidate debates exclude him

2007-07-08 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Ron Paul in Des Moines Iowa while Republican Prez candidate debates exclude him from debates. http://tinyurl.com/2vjt54 OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: It's called The Flying Mystics of Tibetan Buddhism, by Glenn H. Mullin. Essentially, it is one of the best authors in contemporary Buddhism writing

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I would agree. The artists in question, unlike TM Yogic Flyers, probably didn't

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: It's called The Flying Mystics of Tibetan Buddhism, by Glenn H. Mullin.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I would

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo richardhughes103@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Ramayana Radio Broadcast

2007-07-08 Thread Powell W. Woods
I have sent out announcements before about the audio production of the Ramayana, but there have been some recent developments with this project that are particularly noteworthy. There have been many requests to digitally remaster the whole production, and project producer Michael Sternfeld has

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
I would agree. The artists in question, unlike TM Yogic Flyers, probably didn't have to rely on imagination. They'd have seen it actually done, as I have. Seriously? Sure, as did hundreds of other folks who studied with the guy I did. many times over a couple of

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would agree. The artists in question, unlike TM Yogic Flyers, probably didn't have to rely on imagination. They'd have seen it actually done, as I have. Seriously? Sure, as did

[FairfieldLife] 'Romancing the Stone'

2007-07-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico Former Center of Mayan Culture 2012 Literature - Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends.

[FairfieldLife] The boring turd-throwers

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
While I was looking for something else, I came upon this wonderful post of Barry's from April 2006: I probably won't be around here that much longer anyway, because the wimps seem to have succeeded in silencing most of the interesting people. You'll notice that most of the people who *have* had

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi on Brahman [was: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?]

2007-07-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Dean Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is some information that might help clarify this discussion: In the 1970's, Maharishi was doing a talk about the relative and the Absolute. I was there in person. He was making the distinction about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for having my back Turq. The funny thing is that I know Jim was trying hard to be a dick (that came out weird) and get under may skin as punishment for goofing on that MMY quote. And now I'm supposed

[FairfieldLife] 'I Need ta Wake-up!' (check it out)...

2007-07-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
http://www.myspace.com/melissaetheridge - Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi on Brahman [was: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?]

2007-07-08 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Dean Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maharishi observes that: The 1st mandala of Rig Veda is about Wholeness, Brahman. The 10th mandala is about Purusha, the Absolute. They are distinct. They are not the same. If they were, they wouldn't need

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's mechanics of conciousness

2007-07-08 Thread qntmpkt
--Right on! That's why one should practice TM and add the Maha-Sat- Guru, Ramana Maharshi. Start with the chant of Ramana's Names: Bhaje Ramana Namam available through http://www.arunachala.org Ramana had a vision in which he saw the entire universe getting sucked into himself. This was in

[FairfieldLife] Re: The boring turd-throwers

2007-07-08 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I was looking for something else, I came upon this wonderful post of Barry's from April 2006: I probably won't be around here that much longer anyway, because the wimps seem to have succeeded in silencing most

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread qntmpkt
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Actually my post focused on Jim's mischaractorizations concerning the blues and the men who invented the form, and his factual errors

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
[Barry wrote:] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 9/5/06 10:58 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not quite a parallel, Jim. Every time I have described this, I have made it very clear that it was my perception that he levitated. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi on Brahman

2007-07-08 Thread Michael Dean Goodman
Michael Dean Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Then came his famous quote about Brahman - these were his exact words: Like the Absolute IS, Brahman is NOT. Brahman is not the Absolute. Brahman is not the relative. Brahman is not both of them together.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Thanks for having my back Turq. The funny thing is that I know Jim was trying hard to be a dick (that came out weird) and get under

[FairfieldLife] Arya Asanga on five ideas used in cultivating siddhi-s (view with fixed font)

2007-07-08 Thread emptybill
For those who enjoy such things, here is a selection from the Shravaka-bhumi of Arya Asanga on the five most important ideas in the cultivation of the supernormal faculties (abhijna). You may find something here relevant to sanyama practice. Arya Asanga: Among those, by taking recourse to the

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Barry wrote:] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 9/5/06 10:58 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not quite a parallel, Jim. Every time I have described

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi on Brahman

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Dean Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Dean Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Then came his famous quote about Brahman - these were his exact words: Like the Absolute IS, Brahman is NOT. Brahman is not the

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wouldn't doubt anyones experience, it's just I've never heard anyone say they have seen it for real. Even though I've had a few astonishingly good YF experiences there's nothing that would win me James Randi's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus Camp

2007-07-08 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/7/07 3:33:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Incorrect. It was entirely based on Bush et al's complete arrogance about themselves as superior fundie Christians Prove your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus Camp

2007-07-08 Thread off_world_beings
The MSAE kids do remind me of what you are saying, the difference is they can refer to hundres of studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Well, understand that only TB types or the occasional outsider who is duped actually believe those studies. Yes, like

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip So while I believe without reservation that you would be open to seeing such phenomena, do you think that Judy would be able to see them? I suspect she wouldn't admit that someone (other than an official On The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-08 Thread jim_flanegin
my comments below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Thanks for having my back Turq.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus Camp

2007-07-08 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 7/8/07 6:58:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Incorrect. It was entirely based on Bush et al's complete arrogance about themselves as superior fundie Christians Prove your point. You first. But, I will anyway, even though I know your

[FairfieldLife] Levitation on youtube

2007-07-08 Thread Ron
since the topic is lively, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW6pVFOpE6Q When I took initiation in my new path, the universe is asked May the truth be entered of the silence of Self's nature, which is the real essence and power behind all words and thoughts, May he bypass all false

[FairfieldLife] 'Cindy Wants Pelosi's Scalp'

2007-07-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
Sheehan considers challenge to Pelosi CRAWFORD, Texas - Cindy Sheehan, the soldier's mother who galvanized the anti-war movement, said Sunday that she plans to seek House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat unless she introduces articles of impeachment against President Bush

[FairfieldLife] 'Live Earth Concert- 9 million internet streams for MSN'

2007-07-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - The Live Earth global pop concerts on Saturday broke a record for an online entertainment show by generating more than 9 million Internet streams, Microsoft Corp. Web portal MSN said. As the last two of the nine Live Earth concerts got underway, MSN

[FairfieldLife] Reincarnation as Organic Metaphor

2007-07-08 Thread Rick Archer
Reincarnation as Organic Metaphor By David Spero http://www.davidspero.org The philosophical generosity that birthed the Vedic spirit is completely absent in today’s world. Our world culture has become religiously self-righteous and utilitarian. The view that spiritual realization arises as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-08 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: since the topic is lively, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW6pVFOpE6Q When I took initiation in my new path, the universe is asked May the truth be entered of the silence of Self's nature, which is the real

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's lacking in Sicko

2007-07-08 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're also saying that because an elite supposedly have good health insurance the rest of the populace should suffer? This reply is so typical of the lack of intelligence on this list that I am, as

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ultimately bliss is quite stupid! Sort of like tits.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reincarnation as Organic Metaphor

2007-07-08 Thread george_deforest
Re: Reincarnation as Organic Metaphor Rick Archer wrote: Reincarnation as Organic Metaphor By David Spero http://www.davidspero.org good article, rick ... but this is the serious side of David Spero. i got to see him live this weekend at the San Francisco Zen Center. my primary

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-08 Thread Ron
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron sidha7001@ wrote: since the topic is lively, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW6pVFOpE6Q When I took initiation in my new path, the universe is asked May the

[FairfieldLife] Re: A book I think many here would enjoy

2007-07-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't you just see her sitting there, a big turd in her coiffure, saying over and over, Nothing happened. Nothing happened. Nothing happened. :-) Oh Barry, you are SO clever! Barry Sr., did you hear what Barry called

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: Ultimately bliss is quite stupid! Sort of like tits. If they were smarter, would men still have nipples? Or knowing us, we'd probably have

[FairfieldLife] Don Imus: I will return...

2007-07-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
IMUS PLOTS JANUARY COMEBACK Sun Jul 08 2007 20:13:37 ET Controversial radio host Don Imus is considering a return to the airwaves -- as early as this coming January, says Matt Drudge of the Drudgereport.com Legal issues pending with CBS must first be resolved before any dramatic return to

[FairfieldLife] Re: So Judy..what's Samadhi like?

2007-07-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snippy) Sort of like tits. If they were smarter, would men still have nipples? Or knowing us, we'd probably have four of them on each side...nipples, not tits...:-) Sat Tit Ananda= Absolute Tit Consciousness- Ah, this bliss of the Tit...

[FairfieldLife] 'Love, Sharing, Giving, Intention- Fire The Grid'

2007-07-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
http://www.firethegrid.com/eng/home-fr-eng.htm - Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi on Brahman

2007-07-08 Thread Michael Dean Goodman
Michael Dean Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maharishi observes that: The 1st mandala of Rig Veda is about Wholeness, Brahman. The 10th mandala is about Purusha, the Absolute. They are distinct. They are not the same. If they were, they wouldn't need their own mandalas. (The