[FairfieldLife] Re: Pope v Gore

2007-12-15 Thread bob_brigante
y! > And the Pope needs a makeover, too: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071215/ap_en_ot/people_franco_zeffirelli Zeffirelli: Pope Benedict needs makeover "John Paul II, often spontaneous and sometimes outdoorsy, had little use for fancy papal attire. But Benedict has

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Impeachment hearings petition

2007-12-15 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 9:31 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Impeachment hearings petition --- In HYPERLINK "mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com"FairfieldLife@yah

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Cartoon of the Week

2007-12-15 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 12/15/07 9:08:20 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually, cartoon of the decade! I see a cartoon portraying the President > creating an illusion of fear in order to trick innocent weaklings into doing his > bidding. When one examines what the cart

[FairfieldLife] Re: Impeachment hearings petition

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for posting this, Judy. Here's one of those occasions that makes me wish with all my heart that I were a U.S. citizen. I'm not sure you have to be a citizen to sign the petition. You certainly don't hav

[FairfieldLife] Re: Impeachment hearings petition

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > Democratic Reps. Robert Wexler (FL) has set up a Web > > site to collect signatures for a petition asking Rep. > > John Conyers, chairman of the Judicia

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread Vaj
Ethics and Enlightenment: Compassion in a Box http://www.box.net/shared/p94zunsi9j Ethics and Enlightenment: Assholes and Accidents http://www.box.net/shared/fyn77tqsf8 Ethics and Enlightenment: The Erotic Stock Market of the Kosmos http://www.box.net/shared/1u7xb13egd

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cartoon of the Week

2007-12-15 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 12/15/07 7:50:28 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > _http://www.bartcop.http://www.http://www.bahtt_ > (http://www.bartcop.com/behind-curtain-fear.jpg) > > > Actually, cartoon

Re: [FairfieldLife] Cartoon of the Week

2007-12-15 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 12/15/07 7:50:28 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: _http://www.bartcop.http://www.http://www.bahtt_ (http://www.bartcop.com/behind-curtain-fear.jpg) Actually, cartoon of the decade! I see a cartoon portraying the President creating an illusion of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Impeachment hearings petition

2007-12-15 Thread Angela Mailander
Thanks for posting this, Judy. Here's one of those occasions that makes me wish with all my heart that I were a U.S. citizen. authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Democratic Reps. Robert Wexler (FL) has set up a Web site to collect signatures for a petition aski

[FairfieldLife] Re: Impeachment hearings petition

2007-12-15 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Democratic Reps. Robert Wexler (FL) has set up a Web > site to collect signatures for a petition asking Rep. > John Conyers, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to > begin hearings on Rep. Dennis Kucinich's resolutio

[FairfieldLife] Re: Impeachment hearings petition

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last week Rep. Wexler wrote an op-ed with Tammy Baldwin > (WI) and Luis Gutierrez (IL) I should have noted that both Baldwin and Gutierrez are also Democratic representatives.

[FairfieldLife] Impeachment hearings petition

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
Democratic Reps. Robert Wexler (FL) has set up a Web site to collect signatures for a petition asking Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to begin hearings on Rep. Dennis Kucinich's resolution to impeach Vice President Cheney (HRes 333): http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com Kuci

[FairfieldLife] Re: Off's kind of TMmovement research published

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking as one of those biased observers :-), > I can tell you that I knew that this press > release was written by a TM teacher within > several paragraphs. Here's Barry, preparing to critique a study he hasn't seen

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2007-12-15 Thread Bhairitu
off_world_beings wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mary Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I'm new to this list and to this discussion on TM. Probably someone >> has mentioned it before, but $1,200 is a bit steep to learn a >> meditation technique>> >> > > Welcome Mary >

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > however, Christ Jesus

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2007-12-15 Thread Bhairitu
nablusoss1008 wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mary Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I'm new to this list and to this discussion on TM. Probably someone >> has mentioned it before, but $1,200 is a bit steep to learn a >> meditation technique. >> > > I beg to differ; 1

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > however, Christ Jesus also > > said: > > > "For by *grace* are ye saved through faith (in foll

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > > > "...the gift of the Guru remains as a seed locked away in a steel > > > vault where it

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: however, Christ Jesus also > said: > > "For by *grace* are ye saved through faith (in following scriptural > > truth); and that, not of yourselves; not of works,

[FairfieldLife] December 16th in US History

2007-12-15 Thread Brian Horsfield
The Boston Tea Party of December 16th, 1773 was a turning point in the history of the United States, and is known throughout the world as one of the most important symbolic gestures for freedom from tyranny. December 16th, 2007 is predicted to be a record one day fund raising day for a Presid

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mary Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I appreciate this awareness of context, translation, etc. and I agree > that so much depends on context, and the times. Trying to be "good" > means exactly what in what context? Not making noise when your Dad is > aslee

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > "...the gift of the Guru remains as a seed locked away in a steel > > vault where it cannot sprout and grow to fruition." Kirpal Singh > > > > Did not Ch

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramana Maharishi and Nisargadatta are NOT "neo" (Charlie encounters MMY)

2007-12-15 Thread matrixmonitor
---Nis. Maharaj yes, ; Ramana somewhat only since he's a devotee of Arunachala Shiva. I know the difference. A Neo-Advaitin (among other "things" is a person who takes an exclusionary position in One aspect of Brahman, the static; while ignoring the dynamic aspect, and spouting a POV that kno

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote: > > > > Thank you for posting this because it has helped crystallize some > > insights. Even though we may be ending up at quite opposite, or at > > least distanc

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "...the gift of the Guru remains as a seed locked away in a steel > vault where it cannot sprout and grow to fruition." Kirpal Singh > > Did not Christ Jesus say, "Go, and sin no more"? So it is with TM, the > sadhana

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread Mary Ann
I appreciate this awareness of context, translation, etc. and I agree that so much depends on context, and the times. Trying to be "good" means exactly what in what context? Not making noise when your Dad is asleep? Can being "good" mean flying an airplane into a building for God? To some people, y

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2007-12-15 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 15, 2007, at 4:06 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mary Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm new to this list and to this discussion on TM. Probably someone has mentioned it before, but $1,200 is a bit steep to learn a meditation technique. I beg to diffe

[FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > What I honestly think is that Edg is hooked on > > > emotional mood swings,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Off's Rationalist Stance

2007-12-15 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Off_W, > Om, then are non-meditators dangerous, by this science? For the peace and safety of the community and world peace? >> Wow Doug, what an insane comment. Seek help. Only research published in pee

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2007-12-15 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mary Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm new to this list and to this discussion on TM. Probably someone > has mentioned it before, but $1,200 is a bit steep to learn a > meditation technique. I beg to differ; 1200, or even 2500 is very, very inexpensiv

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2007-12-15 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mary Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm new to this list and to this discussion on TM. Probably someone > has mentioned it before, but $1,200 is a bit steep to learn a > meditation technique>> Welcome Mary I thought it was $2,400, which is less than th

[FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > What I honestly think is that Edg is hooked on > > emotional mood swings, a kind of manic-depressive > > thang. To me he seems like a classic example of

[FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander > > wrote: > >> > >> Edg's posts represent a distinctly different kind of flaming from > > that of those who speak with the voice of hatred or oneupmanship. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread Mary Ann
Just checked out the link to the Rick Turner guitars; I hadn't looked into those before. I like its looks, and the wood. I like Lindsay Buckingham's sound a lot, though haven't listened to his recent work. I have been wanting to listen to some great non-Classical acoustic guitar lately, so maybe I'

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you for posting this because it has helped crystallize some > insights. Even though we may be ending up at quite opposite, or at > least distance, shores from on another. > > Four points that crystallized: > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread Vaj
On Dec 15, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Mary Ann wrote: Have you ever tried a Parker Fly with the Piezo pickup? I am a guitar player and I've had some problems with my right arm and shoulder so switched from an Ovation acoustic to a Parker Fly with Piezo. I also use a Boss AD-5 processor, and the sound i

[FairfieldLife] How the 'doshas' (faults) rob you of your awareness of God.

2007-12-15 Thread BillyG.
Lust, anger and greed, in particular, keep the prana (vital force of body) tied down in the lower 3 chakras thru attachment and identification stored in the latent memory (sub conscious chitta). The prana is the link connecting the body with pure consciousness and vis-a-versa. Until the prana is l

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread new . morning
Thank you for posting this because it has helped crystallize some insights. Even though we may be ending up at quite opposite, or at least distance, shores from on another. Four points that crystallized: 1) All yamas and niyams, codes of conduct, commandments, ethics, etc, are based on, oriented

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramana Maharishi and Nisargadatta are NOT "neo" (Charlie encounters MMY)

2007-12-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
Duveyoung wrote: > Nisargadatta... > Everything you ever wanted to know about W. Somerset Maugham's novel The Razor's Edge. http://tinyurl.com/2m9pxj The Razor's Edge: http://tinyurl.com/2q5dkb

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who's Dick Mays?

2007-12-15 Thread Duveyoung
Curtis, You continue to score points over here. Curtis: You don't get a pass for ragging because the kids are dying. Edg: I tried the ME -- didn't work. I tried to engage the collaborators with words. Didn't work. What do you suggest? Curtis: I think you over objectify your targets out of t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Charlie Lutes encounters MMY

2007-12-15 Thread Duveyoung
Larry, Hey, here's your chance. Tell us, in the most loving fashion you can muster, all about Bevan, his great-heartedness, his sacrifices for TM and Maharishi. Lay it on with a trowl. I'll read every word. I fucking dare you to defend that adulterous, money-grubbing monster. I mean, if anyth

[FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread feste37
You're a strange one, that's for sure. Just because I choose not to engage in dialog with you, why should you assume that I support "predation" or that I deserve "every slur" that you care to toss at me? I find you very childish, to be honest. You want people to play your game and then when they d

[FairfieldLife] Edg is a product of the Transcendental Meditation Program

2007-12-15 Thread Duveyoung
"Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Simply capturing Osama wouldn't end the war. If Osama was captured tomorrow it probably wouldn't make any difference: where would you put him? At Camp Gitmo? If I could, I'd just shoot him between the eyes, No, that would be a waste of good bullets

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread hermandan0
Thanks for the tip Curtis. I finally watched the video (still had to use Real Player as the Quicktime version wouldn't work for me)and have a listen. Great stuff. It's interesting how you get those little pockets of style, from folks being from the same location and relatively isolated. I watched t

[FairfieldLife] Ramana Maharishi and Nisargadatta are NOT "neo" (Charlie encounters MMY)

2007-12-15 Thread Duveyoung
Matrixmonitor, Ramana Maharishi and Nisargadatta are NOT "neo" Advitans... some of their students and disciples have sullied the knowledge with ego, and them I can label neo, but Ramana Maharishi and Nisargadatta are pure Advaita...and they did pujas and suggested bhakti techniques also. If you r

[FairfieldLife] Re: Experiences

2007-12-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
Duveyoung wrote: > I'll take 1000 blissninny's in my neighborhood before > I'd live next to "a Richard." > So, you'd live next to "1000 blissninny's" before you'd object to killing unborn babies? What about the suffering? What's up with that? Apparently I live next door to "a Tom Pall". Ed wro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Experiences

2007-12-15 Thread Duveyoung
At least this guy's a blissninny, and I count that as a skill that will off-set Richard's murderous philosophy. I'll take 1000 blissninny's in my neighborhood before I'd live next to "a Richard." Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From an old

[FairfieldLife] Re: Good concept to have in your mind

2007-12-15 Thread Duveyoung
Any parent would love to tell this story around a dinner table. The concept is ancient and pure. And you, Off, are a fucking troll. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is incredibly silly, no matter which poisonous religious nuts it > co

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF Children's Benefit Concert

2007-12-15 Thread Duveyoung
What legal charity does Jonas have that officially receives the donations? What overhead costs are taken out of donations? I love Jonas -- paid him to come sing a first lecture to audiences of 400+ in Napa, CA, but these days, with Girish in the shadows, I gotta ask the above questions. FOLLOW T

[FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread Duveyoung
I am foul mouthed, and that's a fact, but you are foul brained if you support predation and you deserve every slur that can be tossed at you if you fail to engage in mindful, honest dialog. I asked you your real name, feste37, and you are still a coward hiding behind a mask. What's the matter? S

[FairfieldLife] What happens when you don't practice the yamas/ niyamas.

2007-12-15 Thread BillyG.
"...the gift of the Guru remains as a seed locked away in a steel vault where it cannot sprout and grow to fruition." Kirpal Singh Did not Christ Jesus say, "Go, and sin no more"? So it is with TM, the sadhana alone is good, but combined with ethical/moral living it really becomes effective. W

[FairfieldLife] Re: Islam’s Silent Moderates : NY Times

2007-12-15 Thread Duveyoung
Angela, I have already reply to this article -- but, hey, I'm going to say it all again. I must repeat for the sake of those who refuse to get it, cuz I believe in repetition's power to grow "get it" neurons. I'm saying that that article was a hate-mongering genocidal anti-Muslim screed, and th

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2007-12-15 Thread Mary Ann
I'm new to this list and to this discussion on TM. Probably someone has mentioned it before, but $1,200 is a bit steep to learn a meditation technique. Just found this online in contemplating the "costs" of meditation: "A pearl goes up for auction No one has enough, so the pearl buys itself." -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, if you cannot appreciate lyrics and music at the same time, then how can you appreciate a Gesamtkunstwerk as the artist intended it to be both at the same time AND the theatrical spectacle on top of that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread Mary Ann
Have you ever tried a Parker Fly with the Piezo pickup? I am a guitar player and I've had some problems with my right arm and shoulder so switched from an Ovation acoustic to a Parker Fly with Piezo. I also use a Boss AD-5 processor, and the sound is fantastic. It really sounds acoustic, and the a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Charlie Lutes encounters MMY

2007-12-15 Thread pranamoocher
And where did you gain firsthand knowledge that termites and Archangels are opportunisitc? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "matrixmonitor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > On Jarvis. 1. Shallow - yes in the sense of allowing himself to be > duped by TMO propaganda; but as everybody knows,

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2007-12-15 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Dear Off_W, Om, then are non-meditators dangerous, by this science? What should be done with non-meditators? If people do not meditate, based on this science, people should be made, to meditate? Or else? For the peace and safety of the community and world peace? By science? If they don't m

[FairfieldLife] Re: PuruSa is kevala?

2007-12-15 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > > Why doesn't TM seem to have any effect whatsoever > > > on one's personality? > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread curtisdeltablues
> You're right. At least, he appeals to me more > immediately. Sometimes it takes me awhile to > appreciate music that isn't emotionally "juicy" > up front. But if I spend the time to sort of > internalize it, often I end up finding "drier" > music much more moving. > Most of the guys I listen to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread Angela Mailander
Well, if you cannot appreciate lyrics and music at the same time, then how can you appreciate a Gesamtkunstwerk as the artist intended it to be both at the same time AND the theatrical spectacle on top of that? authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread curtisdeltablues
> > Jimi used to focus on the prettiest girl in the front row, with or > > without boyfriend, during his sets. Afterwards she would go home > > with him more often than not. > > I sure would have, at least after the song > in that video. > Funny how life turns out. The guys who lost their gir

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhi program refresher courses

2007-12-15 Thread Patrick Gillam
Thanks for the overview. I may look into it. I'm less interested in having my sutras verified as in discussing what people are getting from the practice. For example, I would think the sidhis administrators would be able to tell me whether people are having clear experiences of knowledge gain

[FairfieldLife] Re: PuruSa is kevala?

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > Why doesn't TM seem to have any effect whatsoever > > on one's personality? > > Because MMY does not teach the common virtues as propounded by > Mahari

[FairfieldLife] Re: PuruSa is kevala?

2007-12-15 Thread Patrick Gillam
A high school friend once observed, "People don't change. They just become more of who they really are." I believe TM has that sort of effect on personality - it uncovers what's already there, on two levels: that of the relative personality, and that of the absolute entity, or Being, (to use

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > My excuse is that I have terrible trouble listening > > to music and paying attention to the words at the > > same time. I have to *ignore* the music in order to > > grasp the words, and the more compell

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So much for the Gesamtkunstwerk. Uh, no. What a weird comment. > authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > > And just t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have > you ever heard Jack Owens who plays in this Bentonia style? He > doesn't have the falsetto style but uses the minor tuned guitar. I > think Judy would like him better than Skip because he has more > wa

[FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: > With Willytex, who is given to the same kinds > of outbursts, I don't really sense any real anger > there. Willy's just being weird, which is what he > does best, and "talking to hear himself talk." Most > of us have learned to ignore him when he tries to > get in our faces an

[FairfieldLife] Re: PuruSa is kevala?

2007-12-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
cardemaister wrote: > Why doesn't TM seem to have any effect whatsoever > on one's personality? > Because personality is a total illusion? Because TM is a technique, not an entity? Because TM is not a First Cause? > Is it perhaps because /puruSa/ is totally /kevala/, > and thus has no connection

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread curtisdeltablues
> > My excuse is that I have terrible trouble listening > to music and paying attention to the words at the > same time. I have to *ignore* the music in order to > grasp the words, and the more compelling the music, > the harder that is (which is odd because I'm so > verbal). In this case I was al

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread Sal Sunshine
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Edg's posts represent a distinctly different kind of flaming from that of those who speak with the voice of hatred or oneupmanship. Edg's voice may sound like rage, but it has the poet's detachment in it, yet it i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread Angela Mailander
So much for the Gesamtkunstwerk. authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And just to show you how mundane my mind is compared to yous > and Judy's spiritual analysis of Jimi's words at th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Charlie Lutes encounters MMY

2007-12-15 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bob wrote: > > Yeah, I had the same reaction to the one lecture of > > Jerry that I attended at UCLA back in the 70s -- never > > made that mistake again. > > > So, Bob, you attended a single lecture by Je

[FairfieldLife] Re: Experiences

2007-12-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
Peter wrote: Its such a joy, mother f*cker!! > Very impressive, Doctor Quack!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Charlie Lutes encounters MMY

2007-12-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
do wrote: > I never had any desire for the Siddhi thing. > Apparently both you and Bob were kicked out of the TMO decades ago, and for good reason. You two wouldn't even be allowed inside a Maharishi Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge these days. You guys are not in good standing with the Marshy - ro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And just to show you how mundane my mind is compared to yous > and Judy's spiritual analysis of Jimi's words at the end of > his great video--I thought he was making a comment to those > in the room based on the end part

[FairfieldLife] Re: PuruSa is kevala?

2007-12-15 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why doesn't TM seem to have any effect whatsoever > on one's personality? Because MMY does not teach the common virtues as propounded by Maharishi Patanjali in his Ashtanga Yoga (eight limbs of Yoga). According to M

[FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread feste37
Angela, I think you've been reading too much lit crit. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Edg's posts represent a distinctly different kind of flaming from that of those who speak with the voice of hatred or oneupmanship. Edg's voice may sound l

[FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I honestly think is that Edg is hooked on > emotional mood swings, a kind of manic-depressive > thang. To me he seems like a classic example of > that type of person I described some time ago here, > for whom "The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Charlie Lutes encounters MMY

2007-12-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bob wrote: > Yeah, I had the same reaction to the one lecture of > Jerry that I attended at UCLA back in the 70s -- never > made that mistake again. > So, Bob, you attended a single lecture by Jerry Jarvis, back in the 70s.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Experiences

2007-12-15 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bob wrote: > Friendship is "amistad" in Spanish. > Tejas - A people of the Hasinai confederation of indigenous tribes. Tejas, the region these people inhabited and that is today Texas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejas The Hasinai confederation (Hasí:nay in Caddo) was a large confederation o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Islam’s Silent Moderates : NY Times

2007-12-15 Thread Angela Mailander
My reaction to this article concerns particularly the question about where the moderates are that are permitting young girls, who have been raped, to be whipped and jailed. Those moderates are exactly in the same boat as good people here who are permitting atrocities to occur at Gitmo and at Ab

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Coming of the New World - lecture by Charlie Lutes (c1981)

2007-12-15 Thread Angela Mailander
For the record, I did not see a conspiracy in Charlie's speech. I noted that the philosophy or world view he expressed could be misused by fascist types masquerading as spiritually evolved souls--of which there are a few here in Ff. That is not at all the same thing as seeing a conspiracy.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread Angela Mailander
Edg's posts represent a distinctly different kind of flaming from that of those who speak with the voice of hatred or oneupmanship. Edg's voice may sound like rage, but it has the poet's detachment in it, yet it is the voice of the heart of compassion. Everything he writes is closer to poetry

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 15, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Dec 15, 2007, at 3:40 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: We don't owe you bupkus. My kids' favorite word! About the only thing I see being "owed" around here is an apology. To us, from you. Good luck with that one. And just wanted to say, Barry, t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 15, 2007, at 3:40 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: We don't owe you bupkus. My kids' favorite word! About the only thing I see being "owed" around here is an apology. To us, from you. Good luck with that one. Sal

[FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread feste37
This is very well put. I think you are right. I do find it curious, though, that two people on this board can get banned for a week for the heinous crime of making a few too many posts, and yet our friend, the foul-mouthed Edg, can regularly spew out the most obscene, venomous stuff against anyone

Re: [FairfieldLife] PuruSa is kevala?

2007-12-15 Thread Vaj
On Dec 15, 2007, at 6:35 AM, cardemaister wrote: Why doesn't TM seem to have any effect whatsoever on one's personality? Is it perhaps because /puruSa/ is totally /kevala/, and thus has no connection with /prakRti/? Too superficial a method. Don't get me wrong, I didn't say a bad method --

[FairfieldLife] FF Children's Benefit Concert

2007-12-15 Thread dhamiltony2k5
FW: went last night and it was wonderful. A great concert!! A great Benefit! Go and enjoy tonight or send Jonas a check. Love, Dear Friends, You are very warmly invited the 15th Annual Children's Holiday Benefit Concert, this Friday and Saturday nights, December 14 and 15, at Morning St

[FairfieldLife] Cartoon of the Week

2007-12-15 Thread do.rflex
http://www.bartcop.com/behind-curtain-fear.jpg

[FairfieldLife] The Search For God - Charlie Lutes (1981)

2007-12-15 Thread do.rflex
The Search for God The basic cause of all troubles, misunderstandings, confusion, suffering and problems in life is either a misunderstanding or ignorance of the truth of our own existence. To understand this, we must realize our own creative powers; because the creative powers in ourselves cann

Re: [FairfieldLife] TM-Sidhi program refresher courses

2007-12-15 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 12/14/07 10:47:47 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anyone here taken or signed up for a TM-Sidhis refresher course? I heard about them from an area Governor recently, but seem to have missed the announcement otherwise. Oh,wow man!!

[FairfieldLife] PuruSa is kevala?

2007-12-15 Thread cardemaister
Why doesn't TM seem to have any effect whatsoever on one's personality? Is it perhaps because /puruSa/ is totally /kevala/, and thus has no connection with /prakRti/? kevala m. (nom. pl. %{e} RV. x , 51 , 9) f. (%{I} RV. x , 73 , 6 AV. S3Br. ; %{A} Mn. &c. see Pa1n2. 4-1 , 30)n. (in comp. Pa1n2.

[FairfieldLife] Who's Edg? (was Re: Who's Dick Mays?)

2007-12-15 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm starting to feel sorry for you. It can't be very > pleasant living with all that anger. I don't know about you guys, but the people I feel sorry for are the people in his daily life if this is not just an Internet

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do siddhis have ANYTHING to do with state of consciousness?

2007-12-15 Thread TurquoiseB
Reply to 157719: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis commenting on Turqs experience with Rama - Fred Lenz: > > > > So if this teacher had some version of this ability, and you > > were in deep rapport with him, it doesn't seem like to