[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: --- On Mon, 1/24/11, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Maharishi commented something like; even poison can give enlightenment.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: No effort on this path is every wasted -- Krishna, *Bhagavad Gita* No effort is wasted because no effort is used! -MMY commentary. There are times when

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: --- On Mon, 1/24/11, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: No effort on this path is every wasted -- Krishna, *Bhagavad Gita* No effort

[FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: Hmm. I've heard rumors from a very reliable source that TM /might/ include visualization. It sure seemed to me that Maharishi wanted out of India on the first plane to Hawaii. You are making fun, right? Now, let's

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: No effort on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread merudanda
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: Hmm. I've heard rumors from a very reliable source that TM /might/ include visualization. It sure seemed to me that Maharishi wanted out of India on

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-26 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: Fine with me. I am not speaking about a big group hug where we all try to get along. What I am going for has *almost* nothing to do with that. Why almost? And why did you write: 'I want to clarify that the group I was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 5:05 AM, turquoiseb wrote: There are times when reading FFL is like reading a forum on which most people's education stopped at the sixth grade. This is one of those times. Just because you were told something 'way back when doesn't make it true. I find it mind-boggling

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: That is, the fallout of Maharishi's famous Every ques- tion is a perfect opportunity for the answer we have already prepared. THAT was -- and still is -- the TM mindset. You ask questions, we give you the pat answer we

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: On Mon, Jan

Re: [FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 6:47 AM, turquoiseb wrote: In other words, IMO, Pat Answer Syndrome -- present- ing theories or partial truths as Truth -- has in the long run a deleterious effect. It breeds stasis in those who accept the pat answers as Truth, breeds a lack of curiosity as to finding out

[FairfieldLife] MaharSi(?) KaNva(H), brahmac[h]aarin? :D

2011-01-26 Thread cardemaister
From Michael Coulson's Sanskrit Primer, p. 233: (Legend: eliminated vowel(s) due to sandhi.) 'tatrabhavaan kaNvaH shaashvate brahmaNi vartate, iyaM ca vaH sakhii tasy aatmaj' eti katham etat? (sandhi-vigraha: 'tatrabhavaan kaNvaH shaashvate brahmaNi vartate, iyam; ca vaH sakhii tasya +

[FairfieldLife] Happy Birthday Patrick Gillam

2011-01-26 Thread Rick Archer
Today's the day.

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: That is, the fallout of Maharishi's famous Every ques- tion is a perfect opportunity for the answer we have already prepared. THAT was -- and still

[FairfieldLife] Authentic Love*

2011-01-26 Thread Champs Ulysses Cabinatan
Deceit Lies Heart breaks Pretending to love each other but faux love erodes its luster it fades and wears as time passes Apprehensions Confusions Jealousy Plastic love gives Fancy Pretensions Only tensions and anxiety it brings Don’t hold on it Let it go Don’t cling with it Escape

[FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@... wrote: As the links from the above page don't work, I try a little bit of hacking, and yes here: http://en.dou.us/view_content.php?s_id=44page=3 Bluscout, That is one heck of a hack. Great find. Good concise survey in one

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 3:34 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: --- On Mon, 1/24/11, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Maharishi commented

Re: [FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 26, 2011, at 7:24 AM, seventhray1 wrote: I find this kind of funny, and I think I have mentioned it before, (but I am rushing this morning), but it seems to me that a student, any student approaches a teacher with a somewhat open mind. He may engage the teacher with questions, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Authentic Love*

2011-01-26 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Champs Ulysses Cabinatan yulezest143@... wrote: Do you believe in life after birth? Well, hell yes Champs. It's lambing time and I sees it all the time. Life after birth. Don't got to believe it, I knows it. -Buck

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 6:47 AM, turquoiseb wrote: In other words, IMO, Pat Answer Syndrome -- present- ing theories or partial truths as Truth -- has in the long run a deleterious effect. It breeds stasis in those who

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Authentic Love*

2011-01-26 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Champs Ulysses Cabinatan yulezest143@... wrote: Plastic love gives Yes plastic yes lovegives: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXf8k_5UwWY

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: No effort on this path is every wasted -- Krishna, *Bhagavad Gita* No effort

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: snip No effort on this path is every wasted -- Krishna, *Bhagavad Gita* No effort

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip That is, the fallout of Maharishi's famous Every ques- tion is a perfect opportunity for the answer we have already prepared. THAT was -- and still is -- the TM mindset. You ask questions, we give you the pat answer we

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:08 AM, sparaig wrote: Effort achieves the goal. - Shiva Sutra Goal? We don't need no stinkin' goal. Buddha Berra. The goal refers to jivanmukti, or liberation in this very life.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:08 AM, sparaig wrote: Effort achieves the goal. - Shiva Sutra Goal? We don't need no stinkin' goal. Buddha Berra. The goal refers to jivanmukti, or liberation in this very life. Irony is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:11 AM, sparaig wrote: Hmmm, changing your tune, Vaj? Or just stirring up controversy. BTW, my own take is that one can glean the most subtle aspects of Vedic teaching from MMY's most superficial exposition if one is subtle enough, and that the most subtle teachings

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:11 AM, sparaig wrote: Hmmm, changing your tune, Vaj? Or just stirring up controversy. BTW, my own take is that one can glean the most subtle aspects of Vedic teaching from MMY's most

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: No effort on this path is every wasted -- Krishna, *Bhagavad Gita* No effort

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:20 AM, sparaig wrote: People like to tell me that intent is 'required to meditate and therefore there has to be some effort. MMY said least effort in the directon of less effort and my observation is that whatever effort you find yourself using, is more than is

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: snip I have been in situations, in person, where people have questioned Maharishi, and he spent time attempting to answer the question, and the follow up question, and then the follow up question. There's one videotape

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:20 AM, sparaig wrote: People like to tell me that intent is 'required to meditate and therefore there has to be some effort. MMY said least effort in the directon of less effort and my

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: snip BTW, my own take is that one can glean the most subtle aspects of Vedic teaching from MMY's most superficial exposition if one is subtle enough, and that the most subtle teachings are wasted if you aren't. I wouldn't want

[FairfieldLife] Re: Truthful Words for a Psychologist

2011-01-26 Thread WillyTex
Sycophants always turn a blind eye to the truth; not surprising. (even to this day!) So, why didn't you speak up? yfluxero: But why reject the truth with an appalling blindness that flies in the face of the obvious facts... So, the truth is just some rumors you heard. You

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 3:34 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: snip No effort on this path is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:20 AM, sparaig wrote: People like to tell me that intent is 'required to meditate and therefore there has to be some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: snip No effort

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday Patrick Gillam

2011-01-26 Thread whynotnow7
Happy Birthday dude! Glad to have you around. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Today's the day.

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: snip BTW, my own take is that one can glean the most subtle aspects of Vedic teaching from MMY's most superficial exposition if one is subtle enough, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Truthful Words for a Psychologist

2011-01-26 Thread WillyTex
But basically - ho hum, what else is new? Doesn't impact my practice. But why reject the truth with an appalling blindness that flies in the face of the obvious facts. Depends upon one's priorities I guess. Some people simply want to continue as TB and reject new ideas.. Tom

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@ wrote: As the links from the above page don't work, I try a little bit of hacking, and yes here: http://en.dou.us/view_content.php?s_id=44page=3

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: Spending two hours concentrating on the eye-focus each day will help our attention withdraw from the body. Generally our sensory currents which give us sensation of this physical world are spread out through the body.

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread whynotnow7
I agree if we want something from the teacher and just can't find a satisfactory answer, it is time to move on. I have always been grateful to Maharishi, even *deified* him for awhile, or maybe became a groupie for a few years would be a better way to put it, but after learning a self

Re: [FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:14 AM, sparaig wrote: I put guru in quotes when I refer to MMY. I would have loved to have met him/studied with him/etc., but I take his teachings at face value: I don't need direct exposure to a guru (any guru) to gain enlightenment and I trust his judgement

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Peter
There is only a non-doer when there is a non-doer. When this is the condition then there is the dharma of non-doing. Prior to this there is a doer and the dharma associated with a doer. --- On Wed, 1/26/11, sparaig lengli...@cox.net wrote: From: sparaig lengli...@cox.net Subject:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:23 AM, sparaig wrote: How do you (or I) know that I thought the mantra 20 minutes ago without noticing? I assume that is how I slipped into the practice, but since I didn't notice starting to think the mantra, perhaps I didn't. Sheesh. You're hung up on what *I*

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread whynotnow7
Right on! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:08 AM, sparaig wrote: Effort achieves the goal. - Shiva Sutra Goal? We don't need no stinkin' goal. Buddha Berra. The goal refers to jivanmukti, or liberation in this very

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: There is only a non-doer when there is a non-doer. When this is the condition then there is the dharma of non-doing. Prior to this there is a doer and the dharma associated with a doer. My contention is that there is

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi was a manipulator.

2011-01-26 Thread wgm4u
MMY tried to seduce Western Culture (and India) into adopting MMY Vedic Culture, he didn't come to the West to enlighten Joe Blow (you)as much as you might like to think. And he made no bones about it, his distaste for Western Democracies is well known. To do this he only taught the most

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:33 AM, sparaig wrote: BTW, how do you know what I mean by mantra in the first place? The assumption I was making was that you were referring to the practice of TM. Are you sitting in my head, evaluating my thinking process, judging how refined or not refined it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Spending two hours concentrating on the eye-focus each day will help our attention withdraw from the body. Generally our sensory currents which give us

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: There is only a non-doer when there is a non-doer. When this is the condition then there is the dharma of non-doing. Prior to this there is a doer and the dharma associated with a doer. Right on Peter; when you're in a

[FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:14 AM, sparaig wrote: I put guru in quotes when I refer to MMY. I would have loved to have met him/studied with him/etc., but I take his teachings at face value: I don't need direct exposure

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:23 AM, sparaig wrote: How do you (or I) know that I thought the mantra 20 minutes ago without noticing? I assume that is how I slipped into the practice, but since I didn't notice starting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:33 AM, sparaig wrote: BTW, how do you know what I mean by mantra in the first place? The assumption I was making was that you were referring to the practice of TM. Are you sitting in my head,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi was a manipulator.

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: MMY tried to seduce Western Culture (and India) into adopting MMY Vedic Culture, he didn't come to the West to enlighten Joe Blow (you)as much as you might like to think. And he made no bones about it, his distaste for Western

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread whynotnow7
It is a different kind of meditation Vaj. There is never an attempt to discern the object clearly with TM. The focus in TM, if you can call it that, is on the movement of the widening of the container of consciousness, not on any object within it. The dynamic of consciousness expansion is the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Roger Ebert on why 3D won't work

2011-01-26 Thread authfriend
Bhairitu, Slate.com has a series of columns on 3D by a guy named Daniel Engber, the most recent of which is a rebuttal to Ebert, including Ebert's post with the letter from Murch. Among other points, he says the more 3D movies he watches, the fewer problems he has watching them. He speculates

[FairfieldLife] The role of a 'Sat-Guru'

2011-01-26 Thread wgm4u
Isn't just to impart a mantra but actually to act as a guide on the inner planes. Imagine slowly expanding your consciousness and embracing (witnessing) the expanded universe in YOUR consciousness, the Guru is there as a beacon to guide you in this vast endeavor and his radiant form has been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: No effort is wasted because no effort is used! -MMY commentary. Effort achieves the goal. - Shiva Sutra Oh shucks! Which suutra, whose translation? :(

Re: [FairfieldLife] Pat Answer Syndrome (was Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi)

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:13 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:14 AM, sparaig wrote: I put guru in quotes when I refer to MMY. I would have loved to have met him/studied with him/etc., but I take his teachings at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Roger Ebert on why 3D won't work

2011-01-26 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/26/2011 09:28 AM, authfriend wrote: Bhairitu, Slate.com has a series of columns on 3D by a guy named Daniel Engber, the most recent of which is a rebuttal to Ebert, including Ebert's post with the letter from Murch. Among other points, he says the more 3D movies he watches, the fewer

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:15 PM, sparaig wrote: You may just not have been mindful during your practice or you were not able to discern your object clearly for whatever reason. If you say so, Vaj. As *I* have noted many times, you appear to never have gotten it. You have said that, but

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Roger Ebert on why 3D won't work

2011-01-26 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/25/2011 04:16 PM, Tom Pall wrote: On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Bhairitunoozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Anyway here is the blog that reported it based on the January 7th employment report. Remember full time jobs are the operative words. There are a lot of people out there making

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-26 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: My neighbour has a Rotweiler and what he communicates to me these days is infinately more interesting than your posts. Interesting. Do you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread yifuxero
Re: ...there is the dharma of non-doing. Right, but it takes an apparent person to even say that. Doership/non-doership are rolled into one: the Self/non-doer as apparent existence. Nobody (who is anybody) can excape conditional reality as long as they are embodied. The statement I'm a non-doer

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:35 PM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: No effort is wasted because no effort is used! -MMY commentary. Effort achieves the goal. - Shiva Sutra Oh shucks! Which suutra, whose translation? :( 2:2 prayatnah

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: Spending two hours concentrating on the eye-focus each day will help our attention withdraw from the body. Can this also help to solve the convergence/focus problem with 3D flatscreens? Could watching 'Avatar' every day for 2

Re: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi was a manipulator.

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:08 PM, wgm4u wrote: MMY tried to seduce Western Culture (and India) into adopting MMY Vedic Culture, he didn't come to the West to enlighten Joe Blow (you)as much as you might like to think. Glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:35 PM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: No effort is wasted because no effort is used! -MMY commentary. Effort achieves the goal. - Shiva

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-26 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: My neighbour has a Rotweiler and what he communicates to me these days is

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Buddhism (per Mantreshwar, ancient jyotishi)

2011-01-26 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: Hey, all According to Mantreshwar, an ancient jyotish author, my birth chart has a yoga for being a sanyasi, practicing a form of Buddhism. As a practicing TM meditator, I was at first puzzled by this observation. However,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread Tom Pall
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:19 AM, blusc0ut no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: Hmm. I've heard rumors from a very reliable source that TM /might/ include visualization. It sure seemed to me that Maharishi wanted out

[FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread Buck
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/20/close_encounters_of_the_buddhist_kind Amazing photos really. If their goal was to create practicing meditators it seems they did pretty well. In forty years, how many million meditators? In a country Of 67-68 million people. 2 in 'bout 70

[FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:19 AM, blusc0ut no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: Hmm. I've heard rumors from a very reliable source that TM /might/

[FairfieldLife] Practicing Sahaj Samadhi

2011-01-26 Thread Yifu Xero
- Subject: Practicing Sahaj Samadhi thx everyone for the excellent points!  I would dispute the existence of choiceless awareness, or doership without regard to consequences. Take an Enlightened person who both before and after E. works as a commodities trader.  Is somebody saying that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/26/2011 02:05 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaigLEnglish5@... wrote: On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Peterdrpetersutphen@ wrote: No effort on this path is every wasted -- Krishna, *Bhagavad Gita* No effort is wasted because no effort is used! -MMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM vs concentration

2011-01-26 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@... wrote: And I transcended once whilst standing on my my hands riding a bicycle, eating candy floss, singing Monty Python's always look on the bright side of life. And then I hit a bump. I enter bliss when seeing this

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 2:10 PM, blusc0ut wrote: This is because section 2 of the SS relate to Shaktopaya, which requires effort. The SS also speaks of Shambhavopaya, which is a means that utilizes alert passivity or choiceless Awareness. See SS commentary by Jaideva Singh Forword about

[FairfieldLife] NF Alert: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2011-01-26 Thread Bhairitu
Yesterday the third movie in the series of Swedish author Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy was released on DVD and Bluray. When I checked Vudu last night they had it (Vudu is a pay per view). But the second of the series I watched on Netflix WI in HD when it was released. Just looking at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: It is a different kind of meditation Vaj. There is never an attempt to discern the object clearly with TM. The focus in TM, if you can call it that, is on the movement of the widening of the container of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread Tom Pall
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Tom Pall wrote: You might want to scroll down to 7th Advanced Technique here http://minet.org/mantras.html . As far as being checked, in theory there are people to check advanced technique

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2011, at 2:52 PM, Tom Pall wrote: Rumor has it that this was anywhere between the 4th and 7th advanced technique. Also an governor who got an advanced technique told me that one would /have to be a TM teacher/ to get that technique, leading me to guess that part of the puja

[FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 2:52 PM, Tom Pall wrote: Rumor has it that this was anywhere between the 4th and 7th advanced technique. Also an governor who got an advanced technique told me that one would /have to be a TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread yifuxero
yes, odd...I'm still trying to get a straight ans from Vaj as to when, where and who initiated him into TM. Nothing yet. http://www.fantasygallery.net/morill/art_0_speaking-to-the-lost-soul.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: Right on! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:08 AM, sparaig wrote: Effort achieves the goal. - Shiva Sutra Goal? We don't need no stinkin'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:33 AM, sparaig wrote: BTW, how do you know what I mean by mantra in the first place? The assumption I was making was that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: Are you sure you didn't mean the 6th? Vaj the confusor at work :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread WillyTex
The goal refers to jivanmukti, or liberation in this very life. RoryGoff: * * * Liberation in this very life is not really a goal to be achieved with effort as it is conventionally understood; liberation is if anything more of an a priori understanding to be surrendered into.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread RoryGoff
Vaj wrote: The goal refers to jivanmukti, or liberation in this very life. RoryGoff wrote: * * * Liberation in this very life is not really a goal to be achieved with effort as it is conventionally understood; liberation is if anything more of an a priori understanding to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote: Right on! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:08 AM, sparaig wrote: Effort

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread WillyTex
Effort achieves the goal. - Shiva Sutra sparaig: Goal? We don't need no stinkin' goal. Buddha Berra. if there is no next goal, then there is no sense of the Self and non-Self envying each other. The envy is only for the sake of fulfillment, for the sake of progress, for the sake of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread yifuxero
precisely, Ravi!..; otherwise, Neo-Advaitin nonsense. http://www.fantasygallery.net/wolf/art_4_fdruid.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread WillyTex
Yoga is the *isolation* of the Purusha from the prakriti. RoryGoff: * * * Yoga is Union; this *begins* with the isolation of the Purusha from the Prakriti, and ends in the paradoxical realization that the two are not different: Absolute and relarive, stillness and activity,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Practicing SSRS's Sahaj Samadi versus TM/TMSP

2011-01-26 Thread yifuxero
Rory, you're a Neo-Advaitin flip-flopper. There are 4 choices, if goal is placed along with the model (goal goes along with effort, sometimes at least) a. involves a goal with effort b. doesn't need a goal and is effortless c. somehow involves both a non-goal and a goal; along with effort and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Close Encounters of the Buddhist Kind

2011-01-26 Thread Buck
Om, those upholstered chairs in the front row. Slide 16. Ego? What kind of a donation might it take to get one of those out front of everyone else? Buddhists beware, TM dismantled a movement using chairs like those too. Forewarned is forearmed. Look where TM is now. -Buck

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