[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > What Barry is *most* gratef

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > You really didn't need to impute your own creep-out > > > > > > to the priest, as if he feels the same way you do but > > > > > > *enjoys*

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the free lunch - the Body and Blood to be devored for free

Human thigh-bone trumpets and human skull-bone drums are illegal to import or possess in the USA. There are no burning ghats allowed either. So what's a suburban chodpa to do? Buy your cow-bone trumpet and Chod drum from Snow Lion publications. Get authorization and empowerment from a Tibetan tea

[FairfieldLife] Without Hope

By Frida Kahlo: http://www.artknowledgenews.com/files2008/FridaKahloWithoutHope.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > What Barry is *most* grateful for > > > > Many people go through much of their life not being awa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of mainstream20016 > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:57 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > > You really didn't need to impute your own creep-out > > > > > to the priest, as if he feels the same way you do but > > > > > *enjoys* it. > > > > > > > > And you really didn't need to prove to me that you misse

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > You re

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > You really didn't need to impute your own creep-out > > > to the priest, as if he feels th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > You really didn't need to impute your own creep-out > > to the priest, as if he feels the same way you do but > > *enjoys* it. > > And you really didn't need to p

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Apr 10 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Apr 17 00:00:00 2010 261 messages as of (UTC) Wed Apr 14 23:26:02 2010 38 WillyTex 37 TurquoiseB 25 authfriend 22 Bhairitu 19 yifuxero 16 tartbrain 16 curtisdeltablues 11 R

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > You really didn't need to impute your own creep-out > to the priest, as if he feels the same way you do but > *enjoys* it. And you really didn't need to prove to me that you missed the point of why I wrote it that way, I assumed as muc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > > > > I believe it is be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > > I believe it is better than it was. But that was not > > > my point. > > > > Yeah, I know. Bu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > If he were to "feel" the body and blood as such, > > he'd be out of line with Roman Catholic doctrine, > > which maintains that the bread and wine keep > > their m

[FairfieldLife] The Body and Blood

The Most Generous Cut By Alejandro Chaoul-Reich THE TIBETAN PRACTICE of Chod, literally translated as "cutting", is a meditative practice, but not one done sitting quietly and comfortably on a cushion inside a shrine room. Instead, this meditation is purposely performed in frightening places,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > If he were to "feel" the body and blood as such, > he'd be out of line with Roman Catholic doctrine, > which maintains that the bread and wine keep > their mundane characteristics ("accidents") as > far as the senses are concerned. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > Curtis: > > I have often said that one of the key > > effects of practicing TM is increased > > suggestibility... > > > Maybe so, but 'suggestibility' would be > a characteristic of most people BEFORE > they started TM, otherwis

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > I believe it is better than it was. But that was not > > my point. > > Yeah, I know. But you detract from your point when you > use hyperbole. That was *my* point. I thi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

Curtis: > I have often said that one of the key > effects of practicing TM is increased > suggestibility... > Maybe so, but 'suggestibility' would be a characteristic of most people BEFORE they started TM, otherwise they would probably not buy into trance induction in the first place. For e

[FairfieldLife] Re: Americans Down on Republicans

do.rflex: > "Only 28% of voters in the country say they approve > of the current direction of the GOP with 51% > disapproving." > "The number of people who say they're part of the Tea Party Movement nationally has grown to 24%. That's up from 16% a month ago..." Read more: 'Tea Party Profil

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin wrote: > > > > Father Len Dubi: > > 'Transcendental Meditation is a bridge to deepen my > > religious commitment,' Fr. Dubi explains. 'I meditate > > every morning before I celebrate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > Not all that many of those around any more, actually. > > Certainly not "the largest group doing the voting." > > Catholics are the biggest Christian group and th

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis Coming St. Paul, MN > May 1!

I just got a letter in the mail from the Minneapolis TM center suggesting that I might like to announce Jerry's lecture on my "blog".

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of yifuxero Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 3:16 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life I like these testimonials! (even though obv

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

> > Some describe the divine (an this may be > > their hallucination, or their actual > > perception) that the divine is an ever > > present, omni-present intense love that > > permeates everything... > > Curtis: > You have to distinguish this term from the > term "jibertyjib" for communicati

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

I like these testimonials! (even though obviously cherry-picked). A fair and balanced assessment should include the testimonials of people like Jeffrey Daumer (if he were a TM practitioner). And btw, the batgap site is outstanding. I sent the URL to Jerry. I notice that in 009, Tom Traynor, he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin wrote: > > Father Len Dubi: > 'Transcendental Meditation is a bridge to deepen my religious commitment,' > Fr. Dubi explains. 'I meditate every morning before I celebrate Mass. I feel > much clearer, much more centered, and much more silent inside . .

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > Not all that many of those around any more, actually. > Certainly not "the largest group doing the voting." > Catholics are the biggest Christian group and the Vatican believes that homosexuality is an abomination and recently linked i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

No, they earthquakes occur with impunity after new and full moons. FYI, we just had a new moon and a devastating earthquake in China. The problem is we don't know where these are going to occur as it depends on a fault that is ripe for it. And I have been noticing that there have been some p

[FairfieldLife] Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life by Bob Roth TM.org USA 10 April 2010 I went to church in Chicago a few weeks ago to interview two highly respected Christian clergy, each of whom has been practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique for over 30 years. Fath

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Weirdest movie of all time

Freaks remake: From: Bhairitu To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, 14 April, 2010 11:37:08 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Weirdest movie of all time "Eraserhead" was inspired by "Un chien andalou" or "An Andalusian Dog" by Luis Buneul and Salv

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > As far as the straw man goes I think the reason that a more > literal definition of God is often addressed by atheists is > because this belief is held by the largest group who is doing > the voting. The group who has a highly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > What Barry is *most* grateful for > > Many people go through much of their life not being aware > of what they are most grateful for. Those that do, often > are so enthra

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Wallace

Right, of course. Everybody knows that?...anyway, let's broaden the scope. Given that in a certain few situations, somebody attained [fill in - the results of a course of action]. Next, others could not duplicate the results in the time frame used by the initial group. Third, look into the reas

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mainstream20016 Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:57 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP Every episode is fascinating and together the series

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield - BATGAP

Every episode is fascinating and together the series presents an intimate insight into the histories and perspectives of the constellation of characters that live in town. My favorite guest to date is Michael 'not Mike' Baxter. His tutorial presentation on the primacy of the Self, and Rick's wi

[FairfieldLife] Blogradio, interview with Benjamin Creme,4/13/2010

http://tinyurl.com/y78pbz9

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Weirdest movie of all time

"Eraserhead" was inspired by "Un chien andalou" or "An Andalusian Dog" by Luis Buneul and Salvador Dali. Definitely a weird short film and it was shown along with "Eraserhead" when I first saw the film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020530/ I've seen so many weird film it is hard to name them a

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Buck Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:30 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield > Is quite cool, are a lot more posted to the site now. Rick Archer obviousl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: This is an interesting topic. I think since the term "God" does have many specific historic points where it has been defined specifically, so if you want to use it in another way you need to state how it is different and how you are using

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield

On Apr 14, 2010, at 12:10 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: By now we should expect people living in the states Maharishi described vaguely and promised repeatedly. Why should we "expect" that? Doesn't that rest on the assumption that he was on the up-and-up and telling the truth? One of MMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

Judy: > Cracked me up. Karmic retribution for trying > to "Get Barry," perhaps? > Apparently Barry does believe in 'karma' or at least a metempsychosis theory. There could be no other explanation for his stated belief in 'reincarnation', of one soul to be reborn into another body after deat

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield

=--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain wrote: > I have only seen one BudPump, but seek to watch more. > > The contrast of unfettered description of change in ones inner life (kind of > ironic huh) from the high-tea, silk couch, victorian approach of the TMO, to > a more blue jeans a

[FairfieldLife] Re: pictures of Braco & with Maharishi at end

many pictures of Braco there are several language options on main English website http://www.braco-info.com/braco/cont...h/countrypage? only Macedonia has the pictures: see Maharishi Swami Dev Murti at end with Braco ( I can

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: Great quotes. And I am not countering your points, but thinking more generally, it appears that many anti-god views are -- at least to me and (some of my many, sometimes contradictory) views is a strawman -- casting god as some man-like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why Shemp hates India.?

Jason: > Why Shemp hates India? > In the future, almost everyone will live in densely-packed cites. The problems are education, population, water resources, urban planning, and sustainable food production. We need to learn how to live on a very small planet. In order to provide sustenanc

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi Purusha Program Newsletter Message

Update on West Virginia, for your information. Soon we should have some pictures of the first building(s). (And soon after, of the rest of the buildings, if we can raise the money.) Dick Maharishi Purusha Program - Silent Administration

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > What Barry is *most* grateful for Many people go through much of their life not being aware of what they are most grateful for. Those that do, often are so enthralled and energized by their realization and thankfulness, that they m

[FairfieldLife] 5-7 (or 8) Years

>From a friend: I'm passing this along to you Rick to post if you'd care to. In my first couple of years of TMing, at the combined Manhattan SIMS-SRM Center on W. 78th street, we used to hand out this little photocopied yellow brochure that clearly stated 5-7 years for higher states of conscious

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > Is quite cool, are a lot more posted to the site now. Rick Archer > > obviously has been quite busy interviewing. Is some great journalism And > > good commentary too about spirituality. Thanks for taking the time to do

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

What Barry is *most* grateful for--although he'll never be able to bring himself to admit it--is that I gave him a freebie (because, unlike him, I'm able to laugh at myself and wanted to share it) that enabled him to easily avoid addressing my *substantive* points about the various nitwit goofs in

[FairfieldLife] Progress, Social Transformation, A of E or Shakti Rising?

Its big steps like this, kind of hidden in the background, and mostly on paper for now, for me signal deep core change. The recent nuclear arms deal is nothing to sneeze at. Enough enriched plutonium being destroyed by the US an its ally Russia, that could have been the explosive force for 200,

[FairfieldLife] The slow but sure Reconquista

Illegal Hispanic immigration is undermining American values By Walter Rodgers, March 30, 2010 Santa Barbara, Calif. – Walking the sandy beachfront in this ultra-affluent city, I chanced upon two Hispanic men rummaging through the trash. Startled at the sight, I stared momentarily. One of them ye

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Wallace

TurquoiseB: > The fact is, you have the same relationship to > "being on the front lines" of what it was like > to be a part of the TM movement as Chickenhawks > like Dick Cheney have to what it is like being > in a war... > So, working for the TMO was like "being on the front lines" of a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

What a weird take. God is barely mentioned in this essay, and then only in the sense that human beans are "sparks of God." Nothing about "micromanaging"--in fact, just the opposite: whatever happens is the automatic result of cause and effect, action and reaction, according to the laws of karma

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Wallace

yifuxero: > Summer of 1967 Jerry Jarvis gave a lecture at UCLA > on TM, which I attended... > So, we are agreed: The Maharishi never promised anyone, anything.

[FairfieldLife] Shemp might have been right...

According to Prof. J. Kauppinen [~ yee cowp-pinnen], CO2 might cause only a few percents of the global warming. 'Nature' shall publish his study next June.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Fairfield

> > Is quite cool, are a lot more posted to the site now. Rick Archer obviously > has been quite busy interviewing. Is some great journalism And good > commentary too about spirituality. Thanks for taking the time to do this > Rick. > > http://batgap.com/ > FF Buddhas at the gas pump

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

Yup, and So much non-meditation. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "liliensteinbalmelli" wrote: > > Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism > > The Law of Karma is an all encompassing Law of Creation and not a vague > belief system held by certain religions. This great Law stipulates

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kara in Eva's outfit

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > http://www.allure.com/magazine/2010/05/celebrities_pose_nude_for_allure#slide=1 I love how the notion of "celebrity" has devolved. Because it contained nekkid women, I clicked through all the photos. But I've never heard of a single on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earthquakes, Karma and Cosmic Vandalism

This is a classic example of the self-important "God is a big Nanny and I'm the Nanny's suckup and privy to His/Her/It's secrets" approach to spirituality. I don't even believe in God, but if I did I would consider this guy's rap insulting. I mean, he is postulating a Creator so bad at creation t

[FairfieldLife] Kara in Eva's outfit

http://www.allure.com/magazine/2010/05/celebrities_pose_nude_for_allure#slide=1