Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh, how intelligent he is!

On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:33 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: Why does everyone always go out of their way to mention how intelligent Obama is? I find it racist, don't you? When I hear people say that, what I really hear is: "How surprising to have an articulate Negro who sounds as intelligent as White peo

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

So the so-called "Theory of Everything" in Physics is a religious theory, hmm? Well, continue to worry your ... You and your fiends here seem to see religion everywhere! Actually, also nice. With best wishes Shaas --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In F

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > wrote: > > [...] > > > To say that the word `puja' means `worship' is like > > > saying: > > > > > "Avatar" mea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > > I wanted to add one more thing. There are many different "types" of > bias. One that I worry about with the TMO is publication bias. How > accurate is the published pool of evidence? What was never submitted > for publication?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh, how intelligent he is!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" wrote: > > Why does everyone always go out of their way to mention how intelligent > Obama is? > > I find it racist, don't you? When I hear people say that, what I > really hear is: "How surprising to have an articulate Negro who sounds > as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Mahasamadhi Anniversary Ceremony in Allahabad, India 1/24/09 --

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Dick Mays wrote: > > > This is Maharishi's house at the Maharishi Ashram in Allahabad. The > > gentleman seated to the left of the cameraman, and in the third > > picture is Maharishi's brother. I met

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantras, Religion and finally a statement from an liberated tapasin

congratulations o king of monkeys! having chattered on again about something you know almost nothing about, tonight i will grant you three plump bananas! chatter away, my little monkey! chattering is what you do- chatter, chatter, chatter...speak o monkey and let me know how long it has been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > Richard said: > > > > Let's say that he IS. That you appear to think that that should make a > > difference seems to me to betray an odd attitude to scientific method > > and research. > > Not really. Bias is a big issue and argu

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

thank you for your contribution, shaas. always a pleasure to hear from someone with a sound mind. :) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "amritasyaputra" wrote: > > Thanks, that's what I am saying too: obviously not a religion> > > THerefore, we can close that boring discussion. Just practi

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:50 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 5:00 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrot

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "amritasyaputra" wrote: > > Thanks, that's what I am saying too: obviously not a religion> > > THerefore, we can close that boring discussion. Just practise it and > don't bother about all those theories. Well, I worry my pretty little head about these t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

I agree, speaking in modernese was surely his intent, as once the vijanamaya kosa is more developed than or excelled to dominate the lower kosas, only escalated levels of universality, love and scientific processes remain prominent though every thought, word and deed. This and the fact that he was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh, how intelligent he is!

In a way, it may have an element of unconscious racism in mentioning 'how intelligent Obama' is, but millions of white and other Americans have been mentally entrenched in a world less exposed to educated blacks. I doubt that it's anything but naivete. He certainly is doing a lot tho change that i

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

Thanks, that's what I am saying too: THerefore, we can close that boring discussion. Just practise it and don't bother about all those theories. And Veda, too, is not a religion. Maybe Hinduism is but Veda is not. Veda is Sanatan Dharm, the eternal way of life. NO religion. It is a knowledg

[FairfieldLife] Saint This, Sant That -- Golden Stars in the Constellation of Humanity

Hari Om, Hearing the words 'sant' and 'saint', and understanding them to be synonyms, I wondered which one came first. Looking up 'saint' at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/saint, I didn't find anything pre-Greek mentioned about saint having any Indo-European roots other than at "sak". Ar

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > [...] > > To say that the word `puja' means `worship' is like > > saying: > > > "Avatar" means "a person's cartoon version on the > > internet. > > On behalf of my avatar,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

I wanted to add one more thing. There are many different "types" of bias. One that I worry about with the TMO is publication bias. How accurate is the published pool of evidence? What was never submitted for publication?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:50 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 5:00 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:40 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > >> > >

[FairfieldLife] Oh, how intelligent he is!

Why does everyone always go out of their way to mention how intelligent Obama is? I find it racist, don't you? When I hear people say that, what I really hear is: "How surprising to have an articulate Negro who sounds as intelligent as White people." And, of course, it's only liberals who say

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick Stanley 1970 Holy Tradition MP3?

i would love to have this audio, would it be possible to get it? i am at: min.pige(at)yahoo.com big thanks ;) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > In 1971 Majorca, Maharishi did a puja for all of us to watch after > we'd been studying the puja words for a few weeks.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

Richard said: > > Let's say that he IS. That you appear to think that that should make a > difference seems to me to betray an odd attitude to scientific method > and research. Not really. Bias is a big issue and arguably most everyone has some degree of bias. Science needs to be the search for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:41 PM, amritasyaputra wrote: No, it is not religious. Veneration of a person or a Master is not a religious activity. religion |riˈlijən| noun the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or god Unless, of course, you consider ve

Re: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi's Mahasamadhi Anniversary Ceremony in Allahabad, India 1/24/09 -- Photos

On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Dick Mays wrote: This is Maharishi's house at the Maharishi Ashram in Allahabad. The gentleman seated to the left of the cameraman, and in the third picture is Maharishi's brother. I met him on the Vedic Science course years ago. He was very friendly and happ

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

---Category errors - below. TM is obviously not to be compared to Hollywood starts (apples and bananas). By "TM" clarify - such as "TM in context of the puja and body of knowledge that goes along with it" since TM just by itself is obviously not a religion. Not many people are saying it is. (si

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > [...] > > To say that the word `puja' means `worship' is like > > saying: > > > "Avatar" means "a person's cartoon version on the > > internet. > > On behalf of my avatar,

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'If Maharishi Wasn't Enlightened, then who is?'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > > I know what your going to say...Buddha... > But what did Buddha do, besides sitting around, detatching from the > World? > What did any of the Enlightened Ones do, to save us from ourselves? > R.G.> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: [...] > To say that the word `puja' means `worship' is like > saying: > "Avatar" means "a person's cartoon version on the > internet. On behalf of my avatar, I'd like to express my feelings of dismay. Saijanai Kuhn

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 5:00 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:40 PM, off_worl

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

No, it is not religious. Veneration of a person or a Master is not a religious activity. Unless, of course, you consider veneration of Hollywood stars as religious. Moreover, TM cannot be a religion if Christianity is considered to be one!!! Although there might be some similarities, their pra

Re: [FairfieldLife] Mantras, Religion and finally a statement from an liberated tapasin

Hi Billy Jim: On Jan 26, 2009, at 6:05 PM, billy jim wrote: Recently I have read here on FFL an argument professed by some former TM’ers who stopped practicing because they claimed they were deceived about the "meaning" of mantras. Their fundamental claim is that a mantra is the name of a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama Reverses Rules on U.S. Abortion Aid

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > You were not clear whether your wife is an activist for or against the > issue of abortion. The Roe v Wade decision ruled that most US laws > against abortion violated a constitutional right to privacy under the > Due Process Clause of

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 2009 491 messages as of (UTC) Mon Jan 26 23:55:18 2009 49 authfriend 37 curtisdeltablues 35 sparaig 31 off_world_beings 28 geezerfreak 22 ruthsimplicity 22 r

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

A useful online Sanskrit dictionary resource is at:- http://spokensanskrit.de/ For the word 'puja' or 'puujaa' the following link is preset:- http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php? script=HK&tinput=puujaa&country_ID=&trans=Translate&direction=AU --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: >

[FairfieldLife] Re: So

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Bourbon IS my ishta, and by now it probably is a good part of my > > elements. I inherited this taste from my family. > > So do you put Woodford

[FairfieldLife] GlobalGoodNews.com Going Global

      Celebrating Maharishi’s Year of Invincibility—Second Year of Global Raam Raj—2009 with GlobalGoodNews.com  going  Global Due to popular demand, GlobalGoodNews.com announces its new web sites opening this year in major languages French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Hindi,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

On Jan 26, 2009, at 5:00 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:40 PM, off_world_beings wrote: The word 'puja' either means 'preparing for purifying', or 'the birth (begining) of the purifying life' . That is its ACTUAL meaning

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: I'm glad you took the time to re-post, that was an interesting angle. It was also very funny when you anticipated the moment my eyes were glazing over following terms that have lost their meaning for me. But I can remember how I used to th

[FairfieldLife] Re: So

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > > Bourbon IS my ishta, and by now it probably is a good part of my > elements. I inherited this taste from my family. So do you put Woodford Reserve in the mix or consider it too commercial? By the way, Ishta-devata mean

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:06 PM, sparaig wrote: > Born a Lebonese CHristian, I'm reasonably certain. Whether he is a > practicing > Coptic Christian (whatever that means) or not, I don't know, but his > rhetoric about MMY's death has a certain Christian element to it which > feels sincere to me.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > > > monkeys aren't demons-- they're cute, lovable, furry monkeys, > > chattering away to their heart's content. chatter, chatter, chatter > > go the monkeys, abo

[FairfieldLife] Mantras, Religion and finally a statement from an liberated tapasin

Normal 0 Recently I have read here on FFL an argument professed by some former TM’ers who stopped practicing because they claimed they were deceived about the "meaning" of mantras. Their fundamental claim is that a mantra is the name of a Hindu god. The claim is that a mantr

[FairfieldLife] Re: dream of Muktananda last night.

thanks for sharing this. do you often have lucid dreams, in which requests are made on which you can act? i am also curious whether or not this ability for dreams of this type has grown, or you have always dreamt this way? the only dream i had in which i saw a recognizable master was a dream i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Richard to you have a

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > wrote: > > > > > > The word 'puja' either means 'preparing for purifying', or 'the birth > > (begining) of the purifying life' . That is its ACTUAL meaning. > > > > OffWorld >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why An A**Hole is Always in Charge, by Greg Palast

TurquoiseB wrote: > John Thain is the guy that looks like a Clark Kent doll you saw > grinning from page one of your paper Friday morning. Thain was just > fired by Bank of America because the square-jawed executive demanded a > $30 million bonus after losing $5 billion in just three months at the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:40 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > The word 'puja' either means 'preparing for purifying', or 'the > > birth (begining) of the purifying life' . That is its ACTUAL meaning. > > > You might want to at least look

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

"curtisdeltablues" quasiquoted: We don't pray to Guru Dev. Prayer to absolute is useless. Puja isn't > > prayer unless we want to call anything good prayer. Prayer has to be > > to someone in the relative who can listen and respond, say wish > > granted, some this year some next year. > > There a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: US police could get 'pain beam' weapons

All you have to do is make parabolic reflectors (maybe even a metal snow saucer will do) so that you can send the beam back to the device and fry it. They haven't used these on crowds yet and they may never as the tide of opinion is turning against the cops having that much power or even need.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Richard to you have a

[FairfieldLife] dream of Muktananda last night.

Last night one of my Gurus appeared to me in a dream (Swami Muktananda). He appeared as an alligator and said he had to spend one incarnation as an alligator to work off the bad karma he acculated in his last incarnation. I have no strenuous objection to this as long as it's a brief life and h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > Richard to you have a full disclosure on funding, etc. and a copy of > > > the full study you could

[FairfieldLife] samaadhi and smRti?

YS I 19 bhava-pratyayo videha-prakRtilayaanaam Taimni's translation: Of those who are /videhas/ and /prakRtilayas/ birth is the cause [of (asaMprajñaata??) samaadhi -- card]. YS I 20 shraddhaa-viirya-smRti-samaadhi-prajñaa-puurvaka itareSaam. (In the case) of others (/upaaya-pratyaya-yogis

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > > > Re: Score One For TM? > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > > > > Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other > > > te

[FairfieldLife] Re: So

Hey Kirk, Bourbon IS my ishta, and by now it probably is a good part of my elements. I inherited this taste from my family. So we can skip the reading and go straight to the real question I want to ask of our resident chef...what is your favorite brand? When I can blow a stack of dead preside

[FairfieldLife] 'If Maharishi Wasn't Enlightened, then who is?'

I know what your going to say...Buddha... But what did Buddha do, besides sitting around, detatching from the World? What did any of the Enlightened Ones do, to save us from ourselves? R.G.

[FairfieldLife] Re: US police could get 'pain beam' weapons

I'm thinking these weapons are ways to control the press. How so? When they shine the beams on a crowd, all the reporters on the fringes will get blasted too -- next time they'll cover the riot from a block away, see? When the reporters are far away, then it's that much easier to brutalize whate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:20 AM, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > >> I read: "According to Dr. Anderson, the findings of this new study > >> rebut a July 2007 report sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare > >> Research and Quality and the NIH-National

[FairfieldLife] Watchmen

Anyone do comics?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > Re: Score One For TM? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > > Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other > > techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). The study may be false of > > co

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > Richard to you have a full disclosure on funding, etc. and a copy of > > the full study you could point us to? > > Here is the paper, which does disclose the funding: >

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Acceptance of a Police State

C'mon B, anything with Mira Sorvino is pretty to view on principle. What do you want from entertainment? But attachment itself is so, "miniseries." - Original Message - From: "Bhairitu" To: Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 2:08 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Acceptance of a Police Stat

[FairfieldLife] The Acceptance of a Police State

I decided to see what kind of trash NBC is dishing out to the "great unwashed" last night with their "miniseries" "The Last Templars" starring Mira Sorvino.It's a two part series concluding tonight. And predictively pretty light and dumb but a couple levels above a Sci-Fi (also owned by NB

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > > > In digging through my phase III notes I came across an interesting > > > point. The tape is f

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM a religion?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > [...] > > > "SCI/TM is not a Theistic religion, but it is nonetheless a > > > constitutionally protected

[FairfieldLife] US police could get 'pain beam' weapons

Torcher at the touch of a button!  Knowing 'neanderthal-men' invent  these 'torcher lasers' they will exceed safety and compassionate guidelines. Arhata US police could get 'pain beam' weapons by David Hambling http://www.newscien tist.com/ article/dn16339- us-police

[FairfieldLife] So

Like Heroes I have developed an ability, but it's pretty useless for someone like me. Basically if we hang out for a few minutes I'll see your ishta, element and family. I think. I mean, it seems like. Okay, so But only if you're buying me really fine Bourbon not so good Bourbon and the

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Google wants your hard drive'

Robert wrote: > Industry critics warn of danger in giving internet leader more power > by David Smith > > > Google is to launch a service that would enable users to access their > personal computer from any internet connection, according to industry > reports. But campaigners warn that it woul

[FairfieldLife] We will not go down

Lovely story Email Barbara for further thoughts (see bottom) We will not go down song for Palestine http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=dlfhoU66s4Y === Letter from Gaza January 23, 2009 http://www.mecaforp eace.org Dear Hala, I entered the Gaza Strip on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Creationism in the public schools

Kinda seems that rape slows down evolution.  All wars are 'free lunch for rape'! Wonder if more rapes are from 'creationists'? Arhata from Yahoo News: Evolution war still rages 200 years after Darwin's birth Buzz Up Send … Play Video Video: State Board of

[FairfieldLife] Creationism in the public schools

from Yahoo News: Evolution war still rages 200 years after Darwin's birth Buzz Up Send … Play Video Video: State Board of Education votes to drop evolution 'weaknesses' KVUE-TV Austin WASHINGTON — Two centuries after Charles Darwin's birth on Feb. 12, 1809 , people still argue passiona

Re: [FairfieldLife]Score One For Meditation?

---Right - most of the research is useless nonsense; without even addressing the question the obvious manipulation of data by the TMO operatives to fit the conclusions. Needed for the Age of Enlightenment: SIDHIS. In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho wrote: > > All marketing of med

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obi Wan was at the Inauguration

Larry wrote: > I'm just remembering the photos of the 30's - the unemployed men > standing in the soup lines with their long dress wool coats and dress > hats - > > and I remember in the 60's going to Packer football games in the cold > dressed like, well, dressed like we just came from church. > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > > > Re: Score One For TM? > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > > > > Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other

Re: [FairfieldLife]Score One For Meditation?

All marketing of meditation is a commercial joke on the naive of what are the infinite ways to meditate without 'walking with eyes wide closed'! Arhata On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:20 AM, ruthsimplicity wrote: I read: "According to Dr. Anderson, the findings of this new study

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > The word 'puja' either means 'preparing for purifying', or 'the birth > (begining) of the purifying life' . That is its ACTUAL meaning. > > OffWorld > > Sorry Off, but I think that's a bit like claiming, for instance, that 'p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > > Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other > > techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). > > Just skimmed it. Not comparative. Interesting state

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:20 AM, ruthsimplicity wrote: I read: "According to Dr. Anderson, the findings of this new study rebut a July 2007 report sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the NIH-National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which concluded t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > Re: Score One For TM? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > > Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other > > techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). The study may be false of > > co

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other > techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). Just skimmed it. Not comparative. Interesting statement from the paper: "Our assessment suggests that at least three trials r

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

Re: Score One For TM? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other > techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). The study may be false of > course, but it is a bit disingenuous to imply that, if true, it's > somehow tri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > I suspect you have some yogic power that stops folks out here who are> taking up your time with drivel -- something like that. Edg, It was due to my power to avoid interacting with anything enlightening from you. I call it my principle o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other > techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). The study may be false of > course, but it is a bit disingenuous to imply that, if true, it's > somehow trivial anyway, and that a

Fw: [FairfieldLife] Obama is the equivilent of The Beatles? (Re: Most basic Vedic biija?)

The same could be said however of LSD and its culture, to which we also must bow our heads for it opening the door to the East for so many, for good and bad. In the series on VH1 on Drugs and culture the narrator speaks to the effect that alot of young people followed the Beatles into Psyche

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > > > Here's something for the FFL Committee on un-Scientific Activities. > > > > I am not sure if this has been discussed/shredded here before, but > > there has been a rec

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > Richard to you have a full disclosure on funding, etc. and a copy of > the full study you could point us to? Here is the paper, which does disclose the funding: http://www.tmcentrum.cz/image/metaanalysis_anderson.pdf

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

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[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

another monkey king! what are you -sure- of about me, mr. B? anything? you have guessed at many elements of my life, and persist in making up stories which run contrary to my stated experience. chatter, chatter, chatter goes the monkey king, hoping to find a tree to remain in. cute restless mon

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM a religion?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Note that Judge Adams's argument is vastly more > sophisticated and thoughtful than most of the > crude arguments presented here that TM is a > religion. The whole opinion is very much worth > reading, both for what it says about TM/S

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > > > In digging through my phase III notes I came across an interesting > > > point. The tape is f

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > Here's something for the FFL Committee on un-Scientific Activities. > > I am not sure if this has been discussed/shredded here before, but > there has been a recent study (or, better, "meta-study") in the > American Journal of Hypertens

[FairfieldLife] Obama is the equivilent of The Beatles? (Re: Most basic Vedic biija?)

C'Coo is right. Just now, thinking about how jazzed I was about having the Beatles doing TM, I must bow my head even deeper in shame. Four guys from Liverpool were outer validating my spirituality. GAWD! I used the Beatles to some degree to prop up my vision of myself as a meditator -- someon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Most basic Vedic biija?

Eggman Meditation(EM)from Walrus Tradition Fundamentals(WTF): After sitting quietly with eyes closed for about a minute start thinking the biija mantra "coo" After 5 minutes and you spontaneously go "coo coo" you will orgasmically sneeze "c'choo". EM is guaranteed to clear your head for greater men

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

Kirk, Yay! Love your energy delivering your stuff. I just posted the notion of having an "Old Posters Week" and here you are right on time. Now, let's cattle prod L.B. back into this feed lot, and we've got a start on a family reunion. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

Hey Sal, Hey Everyone, nice to be reading you all there. Over time, even the seemingly nasty have all together become a tribe with its own character. I would lurk occasionally and read only over the last year. After Maharishi died I found myself with little to add to what has gone before. I su

[FairfieldLife] Obama Plans Fast Action to Tighten Financial Rules

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to move quickly to tighten the nation's financial regulatory system. Officials say they will make wide-ranging changes, including stricter federal rules for hedge funds, credit rating agencies and mortgage brokers, and greater oversight of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?" wrote: > > What can a woman do to assure not only longevity but also a peaceful > transition into elder life to become the wise crone she deserves to be? Get a Trikk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Richard M wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "guyfawkes91" > > wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Conclusions: > >>> The regular practice of Transcendental Meditation may have the > >>> potential to reduc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Kirk wrote: Nice poem. Having come through true mid life crisis I find alot to discuss in this thread. Hey, Kirk! Welcome back. Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Richard M wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "guyfawkes91" wrote: Conclusions: The regular practice of Transcendental Meditation may have the potential to reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure by approx4.7 and 3.2 mm Hg, respectively. These are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama reverses some of Bush's protections for polluters

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > Obama to order clean-air waiver > > >"Obama will use the announcement to bolster >the impression of a sharp break from the Bush >era on all fronts, following his decisions >last week to close the pr

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