[FairfieldLife] Re: Zriingg! : )

2007-07-09 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XngXWmVQ-B0 Excellent Card, here is one of my favorite piano players back atcha!

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

2007-07-09 Thread hugheshugo
--- 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] Re: Getting strokes from the TM teacher syndrome

2007-07-09 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, qntmpkt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Actually my post focused on Jim's mischaractorizations

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

2007-07-09 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo richardhughes103@ 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

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-09 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: since the topic is lively, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW6pVFOpE6Q I think I'v sneered derisively at this before, I shall be more creatively critical this time. I doubt this because it looks how it would

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reincarnation as Organic Metaphor

2007-07-09 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The rebirth process was carried out by the vasanas, infinitely subtle, wave-like energy patterns. Vasanas transmigrated from body to body, bridging incarnations. Curiously, the word vasana comes from the root VAS,

[FairfieldLife] 'Nice Car'

2007-07-09 Thread Robert Gimbel
From The Sunday Times var RStag = ; try{ RStag = segQS; } catch(e){ RStag = ; } document.write(''); July 8, 2007 Tesla RoadsterThe most fun you can have without fuel /* Global variables that are used for image browsing. Used on article pages to rotate the images of a story. */ var

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

2007-07-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- 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. Excellent analogy. Tits are useful for producing milk for young'uns, but as it turns out,

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

2007-07-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, I've put that in my favourites. I shall have a browse at my leisure. I always thought siddhi powers were an indication of approaching enlightenment or at least a sign you're on the right track obviously

[FairfieldLife] The I did it, therefore it must be the dharma phenomenon

2007-07-09 Thread TurquoiseB
Here's a topic that some might want to chime in on. I suspect Curtis will, at least, and hopefully Marek and some of the more balanced thinkers here. I think we're all familiar with one of the basic tenets of Maharishi's philosophy, that as one meditates and evolves, one becomes capable of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a note for you Ron. I've been in the Movement for a long time, having seen some people freak out here and there. What always, always is the case is that they did not follow the programme Maharishi gave them through his

[FairfieldLife] YogaH karmasu kaushalam!

2007-07-09 Thread cardemaister
BG II 50 buddhiyukto jahaatiiha ubhe sukRtaduSkRte . tasmaadyogaaya yujyasva yogaH karmasu kaushalam .. 2\-50.. (Attempt at sandhi-vigraha: buddhi-yuktaH;jahaati+iha ubhe sukRta-duSkRte . tasmaat; yogaaya yujyasva yogaH karmasu kaushalam .. 2\-50..) Maharishi's translation: He whose

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

2007-07-09 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo richardhughes103@ wrote: Thanks, I've put that in my favourites. I shall have a browse at my leisure. I always thought siddhi powers were an indication of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-09 Thread TurquoiseB
Just a comment related to The 'I did it, therefore it must be the dharma' phenomenon topic I started today: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But there will always be those who refuse to see that they are harming themselves by their own actions done

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus Camp

2007-07-09 Thread Vaj
On Jul 8, 2007, at 8:08 PM, off_world_beings wrote: 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

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus Camp

2007-07-09 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 7/9/07 7:09:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If people believe their biased studies then people should be flocking to Maharishi schools. Are they? Nearly every student can thrive in a small private school with small classes, lots of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a comment related to The 'I did it, therefore it must be the dharma' phenomenon topic I started today: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: But there will always be those who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus Camp

2007-07-09 Thread Vaj
On Jul 9, 2007, at 8:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/9/07 7:09:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If people believe their biased studies then people should be flocking to Maharishi schools. Are they? Nearly every student can thrive in a small

[FairfieldLife] Re: The I did it, therefore it must be the dharma phenomenon

2007-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip In other less recent posts, we've seen someone title a post Mel Gibson, Christian Bigot, and then claim over and over and over and over that she wasn't criticizing him or the film that she'd never seen. Were you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Just a comment related to The 'I did it, therefore it must be the dharma' phenomenon topic I started today: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-09 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron sidha7001@ wrote: since the topic is lively, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW6pVFOpE6Q

[FairfieldLife] Re: The I did it, therefore it must be the dharma phenomenon

2007-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a topic that some might want to chime in on. I suspect Curtis will, at least, and hopefully Marek and some of the more balanced thinkers here. I think we're all familiar with one of the basic tenets of

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Nice Car'

2007-07-09 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, when you do refuel, it's the equivalent of five cents a gallon, or something similar. Yeah, it's $.05 per gallon... until you factor in the $20,000 battery that has to be replaced every 5 years or so.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi on Brahman

2007-07-09 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Dean Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your beautiful, and thought-provoking, vision. I have two questions about it: Thanks, it does stimulate the imagination What happened to Prakriti, the Mother? She doesn't get investigated

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-09 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: Just a comment related to The 'I did it, therefore it must be the dharma'

Re: [FairfieldLife] The I did it, therefore it must be the dharma phenomenon

2007-07-09 Thread Vaj
On Jul 9, 2007, at 5:56 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Could a little emphasis on mindfulness and monitoring one's thoughts and emotions and actions be a useful addition to 20/20 TM (now more like 120/120 to be con- sidered truly on the program)? Meditation researcher and master B. Alan Wallace in a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The I did it, therefore it must be the dharma phenomenon

2007-07-09 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a topic that some might want to chime in on. I suspect Curtis will, at least, and hopefully Marek and some of the more balanced thinkers here. I think we're all familiar with one of the basic tenets of

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Nice Car'

2007-07-09 Thread Robert Gimbel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel babajii_99@ wrote: However, when you do refuel, it's the equivalent of five cents a gallon, or something similar. Yeah, it's $.05 per gallon... until you

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Nice Car'

2007-07-09 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel babajii_99@ wrote: However, when you do refuel, it's the equivalent of five cents a gallon, or something similar. Yeah, it's $.05 per gallon... until you

[FairfieldLife] Re: The I did it, therefore it must be the dharma phenomenon

2007-07-09 Thread Robert Gimbel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Here's a topic that some might want to chime in on. I suspect Curtis will, at least, and hopefully Marek and some of the more balanced thinkers here.

[FairfieldLife] Reincarnation?

2007-07-09 Thread hugheshugo
An interesting tale from India. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14488118cid=2485name=Don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jesus Camp

2007-07-09 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 9, 2007, at 8:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/9/07 7:09:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If people believe their biased studies then people should be flocking

[FairfieldLife] What Maharishi didn't tell you....

2007-07-09 Thread BillyG.
Well, since TM is being taught as a Science there's lots he didn't tell you. In fact, since originally meditation was taught in the context of Religion, (the eternal Religion of the Vedas, Sanatana Dharma) there are volumes and volumes of literature that explain the mysteries of God and creation,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The I did it, therefore it must be the dharma phenomenon

2007-07-09 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Here's a topic that some might want to chime in on. I suspect Curtis will, at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-09 Thread Ron
I am not sure what you mean in this joke but it is a general knowledge point coming from my path here. As there is a variety of methodologies and ways of expressing knowledge, the stuff coming from here will most likely be mirrored with Ramana Maharishi. The point is a siddha Guru

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

2007-07-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Seriously? TurquoiseB wrote: Sure, as did hundreds of other folks who studied with the guy I did. 'Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure' by Frederick Lenz St. Martin's, 1996 Amazon Used $.55 http://tinyurl.com/39zxtv

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

2007-07-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
I wouldn't doubt anyones experience, it's just I've never heard anyone say they have seen it for real. TurquoiseB wrote: The person levitating or flying through the air was a guy named Frederick Lenz, who also called himself Rama. 'Snowboarding to Nirvana' by Frederick Lenz St.

[FairfieldLife] Forgiveness

2007-07-09 Thread Rick Archer
FORGIVENESS In the Babemba tribe of South Africa, when a person acts irresponsibly or unjustly, he is placed in the centre of the village, alone and unfettered. All work ceases, and every man, woman, and child in the village gathers in a large circle around the accused individual. Then each

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reincarnation?

2007-07-09 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An interesting tale from India. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14488118cid=2485name=Don't It's neither interesting nor a tale. It's bullshit. Ever wonder why these claims of reincarnation are always of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-09 Thread nablusoss1008
One wonders how Nablus reconciles his involvement with Benjamin Creme and Maitreya. Isn't he courting mad- ness or suicide by doing it? Isn't it a somewhat dan- gerous exercise in free will on his part? Again, the relationship of this comment to my earlier post is that Nablus is

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

2007-07-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Michael Dean Goodman 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. Brahman is not neither of them.

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

2007-07-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
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. Billy wrote: Beautiful point, one not often

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

2007-07-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Dean Goodman Wrote: Like the Absolute IS, Brahman is NOT. Brahman is not the Absolute. Brahman is not the relative. Brahman is not both of them together. Brahman is not neither of them.

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

2007-07-09 Thread shempmcgurk
--- 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:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Forgiveness

2007-07-09 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 7/9/07 10:11:06 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: FORGIVENESS In the Babemba tribe of South Africa, when a person acts irresponsibly or unjustly, he is placed in the centre of the village, alone and unfettered. All work ceases, and every man,

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

2007-07-09 Thread Bhairitu
bob_brigante wrote: --- 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

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Nice Car'

2007-07-09 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel babajii_99@ wrote: Eventually we will work our way out of the current

[FairfieldLife] Swami G's comments-death penalty and enlightenment for animals

2007-07-09 Thread Ron
I found this interesting when I was visiting, it was right around the time when this Guy in California was executed- Tooky Williams or however you spell it. I was talking with SwamiG in the Ashram, which always means it is Satsang. I think Satsang means association with Truth. If that is so,

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

2007-07-09 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, Billy, you are thinking that Brahman is separate from Purusha? Does that make any sense? NO, I think you misread my poorly compiled paragraph- The basic teachings of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta is that

[FairfieldLife] Re: The I did it, therefore it must be the dharma phenomenon

2007-07-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Quick comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a topic that some might want to chime in on. I suspect Curtis will, at least, and hopefully Marek and some of the more balanced thinkers here. I think we're all familiar with one of

[FairfieldLife] The Masque of the Red Death

2007-07-09 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Rory writes snipped big time: As for the rest, I'll just reiterate that I am not saying you guys are damaged -- just that you and Vaj (Curtis less so) seem self- condemned to repeat yourselves over and over, making broad, sweeping (and easily disputed) statements without ever getting to your

[FairfieldLife] Hello

2007-07-09 Thread maria.m1234567
Hello, I would like to invite you to join the Death Penalty Debate Board at http://deathpenalty3.proboards103.com/index.cgi We debate the death penalty world wide from both sides, pro and anti and also discuss many other topics, such as religions, politics and general crime discussion.

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Cindy Wants Pelosi's Scalp'

2007-07-09 Thread Bhairitu
Pelosi isn't the only one under fire in California by their constituents for not pushing impeachment. I was at a talk a while back given by my Congressman George Miller who is pretty popular in the Bay Area but not that night as he argued that impeachment would delay stopping the war. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitation on youtube

2007-07-09 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One wonders how Nablus reconciles his involvement with Benjamin Creme and Maitreya. Isn't he courting mad- ness or suicide by doing it? Isn't it a somewhat dan- gerous exercise in free will on his part?

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

2007-07-09 Thread Bhairitu
I watched a little of it. Enough to remind me of how little of this stuff is music anymore but corporate contrived sound pieces. The choreography, especially Madonna's, looked like it was a high school cheerleader routine. Of course I'm arrogant because I'm a classically trained musician

[FairfieldLife] Re: The I did it, therefore it must be the dharma phenomenon

2007-07-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Here's a topic that some might want to chime in on. I suspect Curtis will, at least, and hopefully Marek and some of

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

2007-07-09 Thread medwards520
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I watched a little of it. Enough to remind me of how little of this stuff is music anymore but corporate contrived sound pieces. The choreography, especially Madonna's, looked like it was a high school cheerleader

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Masque of the Red Death

2007-07-09 Thread WLeed3
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RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Live Earth Concert- 9 million internet streams for MSN'

2007-07-09 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of medwards520 Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 2:36 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Live Earth Concert- 9 million internet streams for MSN' Very interesting. I was disappointed that the bands

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reincarnation?

2007-07-09 Thread geezerfreak
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo richardhughes103@ wrote: An interesting tale from India. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14488118cid=2485name=Don't It's neither interesting nor a

[FairfieldLife] 'Obama Maharishi'

2007-07-09 Thread Robert Gimbel
July 09, 2007 Obama and the Maharishi.. Senator Barak Obama, high-flying candidate, has visited the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's community in Iowa..the community has been there forty years since

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reincarnation?

2007-07-09 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 9, 2007, at 5:49 PM, geezerfreak wrote: Yep, it's almost Forrest Gumpian in nature. Almost everyone who describes past lives seems to have been somebody famous. Personally, I'm sure I was Forrest Gump in my latest past lifetime. Rory Goff, for instance, claims to have been Hitler's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reincarnation?

2007-07-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 9, 2007, at 5:49 PM, geezerfreak wrote: Yep, it's almost Forrest Gumpian in nature. Almost everyone who describes past lives seems to have been somebody famous. Personally, I'm sure I was Forrest Gump

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reincarnation as Organic Metaphor

2007-07-09 Thread sgrayatlarge
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reincarnation as Organic Metaphor To Every Thing There is a Season - Ecclesiastes 3. 1-8 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to