[FairfieldLife] Maharishi, what is the best posture to meditate in?

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
"When the neck and head are upright, in line with the *spine*, the path of the breath (prana) is clear, inhalation and exhalation are smooth and *unrestricted*". MMY Gita VIv13. The importance here is to keep the channel of the sushumna clear,(1/100th the width of a hair) ideally that would be the

[FairfieldLife] Re: request for cardemaister

2007-10-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "george_deforest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > eki, i saw this durga yantra, covered in sanskrit; > i am hoping you might translate for me? TIA! > > > > http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a7/coolpraks/durgayant.jpg >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread Vaj
On Oct 21, 2007, at 11:24 PM, BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 21, 2007, at 9:43 PM, BillyG. wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > In the Hindu yogic tradition I practiced in, the "gap" or > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **snip** > > Judy, I wasn't so much presenting a dichotomy as suggesting > > that the constant criticism of Barry's is at least partially, > > a function of your dislike of the personality that front

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some people will have carried an awakening from a previous life, so > it's impossible to tell those who were previously awakened or if they > awakened from their practice in this life without investigating. But > usually

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread Vaj
On Oct 22, 2007, at 10:10 AM, BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some people will have carried an awakening from a previous life, so > it's impossible to tell those who were previously awakened or if they > awakened from their practice in t

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For me, no effort or will whatsoever is involved. > The whole thing is automatic, completely > spontaneous. *Samyama* involves effort, but not > dhyan. TM is Samyama! Effortless Dharana (poorly translated as concen

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Comment below: > > ** > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > **snip** > > > > Judy, I wasn't so much presenting a dichotomy as suggesting > > > that the constant criticism of Barry's

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's also not unusual for people to have imbalanced awakenings, esp. > people working indiscriminately with sexual practices. This is also > somewhat common among TMSP practitioners. It is important to have > guidance in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread Vaj
On Oct 22, 2007, at 10:34 AM, BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For me, no effort or will whatsoever is involved. > The whole thing is automatic, completely > spontaneous. *Samyama* involves effort, but not > dhyan. TM is Samyama! E

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any evidence of this? Folks have measured the length of sojourn in TC? Wouldn't that also depend on the individual, on length of practice and predisposition, to name just a few of the possible varia

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > For me, no effort or will whatsoever is involved. > > The whole thing is automatic, completely > > spontaneous. *Samyama* involves effort, but no

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
biosoundbill wrote: > > Why the sudden change of mind,are you a little confused? > > jstein wrote: > Billy...Richard lives under a bridge. > Stop the lying, Judy. You know perfectly well that I live at Radiance, the TM Ideal Village, just outside Austin, Texas. Why you'd want to spread falsehoods

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
Sal Sunshine wrote: > --anyone who doesn't know that "bija mantras" are > used in TM > So, Sal, where do you think the TM bija mantras come from? > is a clueless nitwit who lives under a bridge. > > If you are so smart, why don't tell us the name of the > tantric guru that taught them to the M

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
biosoundbill wrote: > In the text below you appear to be admitting that > bija mantras are used in TM! > > Why the sudden change of mind,are you a little > confused? > No, I am not confused, but it would seem that several of the informants here are confused, or at least ill-informed, and are at

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marek Reavis Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:08 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives? As has been pointed out before, you are not going to change Barry's sty

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread Duveyoung
Curtis, et al, To me, this "refining an atheistic stance" is merely a waste of time like having a discussion about where's the best place to stand in a cesspool. "Oh, stand over here, cuz the puke stench is easier to bear than than the doo-doo stink over there." Oh, I'm being haughty, don't bo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: > > On Oct 21, 2007, at 11:24 PM, BillyG. wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Oct 21, 2007, at 9:43 PM, BillyG. wrote: >> > >> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: >> > > > >> > > > In the Hindu yogic traditi

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sal Sunshine wrote: > > --anyone who doesn't know that "bija mantras" are > > used in TM > > > So, Sal, where do you think the TM bija mantras come from? > > > is a clueless nitwit who lives under a bridg

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
BillyG wrote: > I can see the clueless nitwit now, with his Sony laptop > under the bridge posting to FFL using wireless satellite > (or stealing the signal from others). :-) > You idiot, Murphy - I have an Apple MacBook Pro! The connection is free - no bridges. But I am a nitwit to ask where th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: World War III?

2007-10-22 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 10/21/07 4:33:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Well then it must be the will of the people that they do it. Nope. Much of the legislation the GOP has blocked has been overwhelmingly supported by the American people. The Webb amendment for lon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Marek wrote:] > > As has been pointed out before, you are not going to change > > Barry's style and everyone else is just as likely to recognize > > it and either comment on it or ignore it as they see fit; so > > wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis, et al, > > To me, this "refining an atheistic stance" is merely a waste of time > like having a discussion about where's the best place to stand in a > cesspool. "Oh, stand over here, cuz the puke stench is eas

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 11:42 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives? Note once again the astounding *moral equivalence* inherent in Rick's va

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
New Morning posts snipped: Big important issues (to you) -- and for which you have the time, attention and sometimes money to investigate more deeply, deserve deeper,more systematic investigations. TomT: On NPR this AM an interview about the changing of the guard at the Chinese Politburo. Small de

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Oct 22, 2007, at 9:36 AM, authfriend wrote: If you recommend not criticizing Barry because his "style" isn't going to change, why don't you apply the same caveat to me? Why am I the one who should change?--especially if I'm the one promoting honesty, authenticity, etc., which you're presumabl

[FairfieldLife] Bush: I am relevant.....(has a Nixon ring to it!)

2007-10-22 Thread John
To all Members: Do you remember Nixon saying, "I am not a crook." Well, here's the latest from Bush. Bush: 'I Am Relevant' By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Wednesday, October 17, 2007; 1:10 PM A defensive President Bush insisted that he was still relevant this morning in a new

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > Let's just ignore all ethical lapses lest we > get in the way of our own precious enlightenment. > Yeah, that's the ticket. > Yeah, that's the ticket, let's just ignore your ethical lapse when you lied about me "living under a bridge" in a feeble attempt to interfere with the free

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread Bhairitu
Marek Reavis wrote: > Comment below: > > ** > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > **snip** > > >>> Judy, I wasn't so much presenting a dichotomy as suggesting >>> that the constant criticism of Barry's is at least partially, >>> a function of your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bush: I am relevant.....(has a Nixon ring to it!)

2007-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
Harry Reid's favorability rating in Nevada is down to 32 percent, which is lower than President Bush's. 51 percent of Nevada voters rate Reid unfavorably, according to a poll by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. 'Reid it and weep' Posted by John Hindraker: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/200

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread curtisdeltablues
Thanks to Main and T for expanding a point into a line. What I mean is that the point atheist has become a much more useful and descriptive continuum of belief/disbelief. I would like to add my 2 cents and follow Judy's point about how we apply this differently in different contexts. T's questio

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Marek Reavis > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:08 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bush: I am relevant.....(has a Nixon ring to it!)

2007-10-22 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 10/22/07 1:51:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Harry Reid's favorability rating in Nevada is down to 32 percent, which is lower than President Bush's. 51 percent of Nevada voters rate Reid unfavorably, according to a poll by the Las Vegas Review

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread biosoundbill
After all is said and done, I can't complain about the way I was taught to meditate in TM, or even about the mantra I got, meaningless or otherwise. It works for me, and even though the organization that propagates TM has become ultra commercial, the technique still holds good. So I won't distr

[FairfieldLife] MDix -- where you at? (Bush: I am relevant.)

2007-10-22 Thread Duveyoung
MDix, I tried to scan about a dozen posts-of-yours to see if I could quickly decide where your head is actually at about BushCo, Iraq War, etc. Came up short. Could you give us a rundown of some of your actual stances? Do you agree that the Iraq war was about oil and the euro? Do you think wat

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread Duveyoung
Curtis, Shame on you. I gave you a chance to really dig in and try to pony up a defense of atheism (your brand) but you've just continued the personal attacks on me instead of addressing the incredible concepts I tried to convey. I thought you were a cut above Barry, but, like Barry-as-Judy-just

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Judy, I don't want to prolong this because I do understand that you feel that if Barry just stopped acting the way you don't agree with then you wouldn't have to point out to everyone that he's acting/writing the way you don't agree with. But there is a world of difference (IMO) between Barry p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis, et al, > > To me, this "refining an atheistic stance" is merely a waste of time > like having a discussion about where's the best place to stand in a > cesspool. "Oh, stand over here, cuz the puke stench is eas

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > For me, no effort or will whatsoever is involved. > > > The whole

RE: [FairfieldLife] MDix -- where you at? (Bush: I am relevant.)

2007-10-22 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 3:21 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] MDix -- where you at? (Bush: I am relevant.) Do you think 9-11 was a terrorist act or was it instead an inside j

[FairfieldLife] ..."the first ruler of the universe..."

2007-10-22 Thread bob_brigante
GGN http://tinyurl.com/yoxxwo 'And I am with the ruler, the first ruler of the universe, on the ground of total Natural Law, the state of consciousness, silent rule. * "We have been administering the world for the last few years under the spell of the Constitution of the Universe, Veda, the W

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
biosoundbill wrote: > After all is said and done, I can't complain about > the way I was taught to meditate in TM, or even about > the mantra I got, meaningless or otherwise. > But I didn't say that your mantra was "meaningless". According to several informants here, you got the nick name of a H

[FairfieldLife] Re: ..."the first ruler of the universe..."

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > GGN > http://tinyurl.com/yoxxwo > > "We have been administering the world for the last few years under > the spell of the Constitution of the Universe, Thanks, just in time for Halloween! >snipped, the usual stuff

[FairfieldLife] Fire in town with SV houses

2007-10-22 Thread bob_brigante
In the last fire that hit SoCal town Ramona, which has a group of SV homes, none of the homes was hit by the fire, altho it came very close, right up to the property line. Fire is again impacting Ramona, and it will be interesting to see if the SV homes escape again: http://www.euronews.net/ind

[FairfieldLife] Re: World War III?

2007-10-22 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/21/07 4:33:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Well then it must be the will of the people that they do it. > > Nope. > > Much of the legislation the GOP has blocked has

[FairfieldLife] Re: ..."the first ruler of the universe..."

2007-10-22 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > > GGN > > http://tinyurl.com/yoxxwo > > > > "We have been administering the world for the last few years under > > the spell of the Constitution of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread biosoundbill
What, exactly, is a bija mantra anyway? > > Do bija mantras always have to be recieved in one-on-one > initiation from a genuine tantric guru? Are bija mantras > effective if you find them in a book? > > Why all the secrecy about bija mantras? > I think by getting an initiation from from a TM T

[FairfieldLife] Re: World War III?

2007-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
do.rflex wrote: > CBS Poll: Overwhelming Support for SCHIP > Giving families a refundable tax credit or deduction against payroll taxes to buy health insurance would let them choose a plan that meets their needs, a plan that included the coverage and doctors they want. Also, if they change or

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The question is, where do the TM bija mantras come from? According to Swami Yogananda from the vibrations of the spinal chakras which, incidentally also make up the Sanskrit (Devanagari) alphabet. Fifty peta

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread bob_brigante
> What, exactly, is a bija mantra anyway? > > > > Do bija mantras always have to be recieved in one-on-one > > initiation from a genuine tantric guru? Are bija mantras > > effective if you find them in a book? > > > > Why all the secrecy about bija mantras? > > > *** The thing about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fire in town with SV houses

2007-10-22 Thread Duveyoung
I remember way back when someone read aloud an article to Maharishi about a house that got "skipped over" by a tornado that leveled everything else in the neighborhood. The owners were quoted, "We're transcendental meditators, and we were meditating when the tornado came." On the other hand, if t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread Duveyoung
Good stuff, T, good stuff. I wanted to use the word "love," but I was afraid I'd come off as even more new age, but yeah, I've posted here that true love is consciousness, and thank you for helping me come back to that. More later, no time to reply-enjoy your words right now. Edg --- In Fairfie

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread biosoundbill
According to this guy Gabriel,who has Swami Muktananda in his lineage, the repetition of a Biijamantra linked to a particular deity will develop in a person the qualities and attributes embodied by that very deity.They are all doubtless auspicious and will grant the best fruits to you provided

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: An atheist may be in awe, but > basically (Unless he is a Buddhist or Taoist)he is just exploring > a kind of a metaphysical study. So he may be in awe, yes. But he > cannot LOVE reality as such, and he cannot develop a pa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread Marek Reavis
T3rinity, what you've written (below) is way over my present mental acuity to grok but I do agree with you that Curtis is not the rational atheist Edg is railing against. Basically, I don't get what Edg's problem is; if Curtis just said he believed in a God then that's cool, but if he follows

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread matrixmonitor
--Heinz R. Pagels, died on July 23, 1988, in a mountain climbing accident on Pyramid Peak in Aspen, Colorado. His death had an enormous impact on a wide and disparate range of individuals who, each in their own way, were affected by his inquiring mind. Heinz, a physicist, was Executive Directo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of authfriend > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 11:42 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Thank you, Judy, this is excellent and such a better expression of what I was trying to write about in reply to t3rinity's post. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity wrote: > > An atheist may be in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you, Judy, this is excellent and such a better expression of > what I was trying to write about in reply to t3rinity's post. Thanks for your post Marek. I don't think any claim about what another person can

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judy, I don't want to prolong this because I do understand that you > feel that if Barry just stopped acting the way you don't agree with > then you wouldn't have to point out to everyone that he's > acting/writ

[FairfieldLife] ...yawn...

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
umyawn... ('scuse me...) OffWorld

Re: [FairfieldLife] ...yawn...

2007-10-22 Thread Angela Mailander
I know. Enlightenment is a real bore in my opinion. But follow this link. It'll wake you up: http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/2007/09/may-i-have-this-dance.html off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: umyawn... ('scuse me...) OffWorl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread Vaj
On Oct 22, 2007, at 5:46 PM, bob_brigante wrote: > What, exactly, is a bija mantra anyway? > > > > Do bija mantras always have to be recieved in one-on-one > > initiation from a genuine tantric guru? Are bija mantras > > effective if you find them in a book? > > > > Why all the secrecy about b

[FairfieldLife] Ron Paul is riding wave of rising consciousness.

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
Ron Paul is ACTUALLY riding a wave of rising consciousness in the world. Nothing can stop him. Not even he can stop him. It is not within the control of men. This I state as my theory, long before anyone else stated it. http://youtube.com/watch?v=gsXLf_w_0fs OffWorld (as usual way ahead of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is "in control" of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, but I really cannot get past the moral- > equivalence problem that you have in common with > Rick and several others here. It's such a > gigantic blind spot... Speaking of gigantic blind spots, that's 37 posts

[FairfieldLife] 'Emotions Run Amok in Sleep-Deprived Brains'

2007-10-22 Thread Robert
Emotions Run Amok in Sleep-Deprived Brains By Charles Q. Choi, Special to LiveScience posted: 22 October 2007 12:02 pm ET Without sleep, the emotional centers of our brains dramatically overreact to bad experiences, research now reveals. "When we're sleep deprived, it's really as if the brain

[FairfieldLife] Pressing Question of the Hour

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
Is Harry Potter Gay? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071021/ap_en_ot/books_potter_dumbledore OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity wrote: > > An atheist may be in awe, but > > basically (Unless he is a Buddhist or Taoist)he is just exploring > > a kind of a metaphysical study. So he may be in awe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > T3rinity, what you've written (below) is way over my > present mental acuity to grok but I do agree with you > that Curtis is not the rational atheist Edg is railing > against. Basically, I don't get what Edg's p

[FairfieldLife] DUMBLEDORE IS GAY

2007-10-22 Thread suziezuzie
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071021/ap_en_ot/books_potter_dumbledore

[FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife : Photos

2007-10-22 Thread Rick Archer
>From a friend: HYPERLINK "http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/photos/view/4a28?b=4"http:// ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/photos/view/4a28?b=4 >From Vlodrop right now, in Maharishi's Brahmasthan, during the Rajas' coronation. A dear friend thinks Maharishi said yesterday or

[FairfieldLife] Re: DUMBLEDORE IS GAY

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "suziezuzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071021/ap_en_ot/books_potter_dumbledore > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/152348 OffWorld (as usual way ahead of the crowd)

[FairfieldLife] Re: FairfieldLife : Photos

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From a friend: > > HYPERLINK > "http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/photos/view/4a28? b=4"http:// > ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/photos/view/4a28?b=4 > > From Vlodrop right now, in Maharishi'

[FairfieldLife] Re: ..."the first ruler of the universe..."

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
I'm votin' For mahaLakshmi, the Queen of the Universe and The First Truth. http://www.photozo.com/album/data/3653/5027Boudicca_II_a_.jpg OffWorld (as usual way ahead of the crowd) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > GGN > http://tinyurl.com/yoxxw

[FairfieldLife] Re: ..."the first ruler of the universe..."

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
I'm votin' for MahaLakshmi, the Queen of the Universe and The First Truth. http://www.photozo.com/album/data/3653/5027Boudicca_II_a_.jpg OffWorld (as usual way ahead of the crowd) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > GGN > http://tinyurl.com/yoxxwo

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: FairfieldLife : Photos

2007-10-22 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of off_world_beings Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 10:23 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FairfieldLife : Photos --- In HYPERLINK "mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com"FairfieldLife@yahoog

[FairfieldLife] Re: ..."the first ruler of the universe..."

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xjy2/38515390/in/photostream/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm votin' for MahaLakshmi, the Queen of the Universe and The First > Truth. > > http://www.photozo.com/album/data/3653/5027Boudicca_II_a_.jpg > > O

[FairfieldLife] Cardmeister question

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
Etymology of Keltic "Boadicea" ??? OffWorld (as usual way aead of the crowd) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/xjy2/38515390/in/photostream/ > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > wrot

[FairfieldLife] Re: ..."the first ruler of the universe..."

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xjy2/38515389/in/photostream/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/xjy2/38515390/in/photostream/ > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > wrote: > > > > I'm votin'

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "biosoundbill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You will find a > few of the 'meaningless sounds' used by TM * The meaningless sounds used in TM are indeed meaningless sounds because that is the proper use of the mantra in TM. If a thought of meani

[FairfieldLife] Re: ..."the first ruler of the universe..."

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
"Upon the death of Boudicca's husband, King Prasutagus, Roman soldiers attempted to regain control of their client kingdom. Though Boudicca had been stripped naked and flogged and her daughters raped, the Iceni queen would not bow to Roman rule. Rather, she led her fellow Britons against their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As I've suggested before, try to have some > compassion for Edg. He's melting down, and > for some reason has chosen Fairfield Life as > the place where he wants to do it. > Lol ! I don't read much of the Turqey's

[FairfieldLife] Re: FairfieldLife : Photos

2007-10-22 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Wow, what are those?big blue elephants? > > Yup. I think they're guarding the gates of heaven. A moist meadow? lurk >