[FairfieldLife] Are these the most translated books in the whole world?

2011-01-28 Thread cardemaister
1. The Bible 2. IKEA's catalogue? 3. Don Quijote?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Stoneham doctor's alleged killer, Stryker, dies in prison

2011-01-28 Thread James Peterson
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[FairfieldLife] Stoneham doctor's alleged killer, Stryker, dies in prison

2011-01-28 Thread gullible fool
Stoneham —Dr. Timothy Stryker, the Winchester doctor who prosecutors believe played a role 17 years ago in the death of his then-girlfriend, Dr. Linda Goudey of Stoneham, died of pancreatic cancer Wednesday, Jan. 12, at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston, according to Diane Wiffin, spokeswo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thank you for not breeding

2011-01-28 Thread m 13
WHAT!? Who s "lifestyle" do we have to 'sustain'?Seems to me that the 'progress '   that has come has really been no progress at all. Simpler lifestyles are to be sustained. Not this tear up the world and tear up cellular structures to "improve" cheese  or tomatoes, cross breeding them w fish cel

[FairfieldLife] Re: The will of God

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > I'd say wrong: > > (a) doesn't define "Will"; and no evidence is provided to support such a Will > as a premise, and why the Transcendental Absolute is in Sync with such a > Will. * * * I am speaking of the nondual understanding t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The will of God

2011-01-28 Thread yifuxero
I'd say wrong: (a) doesn't define "Will"; and no evidence is provided to support such a Will as a premise, and why the Transcendental Absolute is in Sync with such a Will. (b) Dharma could be a more useful term. (c) The notion that E'd are "always following the will of God" is speculative ru

[FairfieldLife] Re: The will of God

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
I would say your Dad was right; the will of God is everything that IS, and also that you are right: when you are "enlightened" (or Awakened into nonduality at any rate) you *know* that everything is perfect, and so you are always following the will of God, consciously supported by and surrendere

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
Right; many thanks -- good to see you "in the flesh" also! FWIW, when the Kundalini first awoke in me on TTC, it definitely began in the left big toe (primarily) and worked its way up the foot as a kind of electrical current, and on up the leg. It was not until it reached the tailbone and bega

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > Leroy Goff. I like that. * * * Thanks. Actually M. LeRoy Goff, the 1Vth and last, but my mother had pity on me and gave me "Rory" at birth :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Watch the Egyptian Riots Live

2011-01-28 Thread authfriend
If this graphic comes through, it speaks for itself. Pretty chilling. If it doesn't come through, you can find it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/technology/internet/29cutoff.html It's a graph of Internet traffic to a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 28, 2011, at 6:15 PM, blusc0ut wrote: > > >> Many of his ideas are taken directly from that tradition. > >> > >> The Mother was of course famous for descending into the muladhara-chakra > >> for her realization. > > > > Interesti

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > I personally have never experienced you as that, Rick. I suppose if you keep > trying though -lol...seriously though, I don't know where Nabs gets that > notion. > * * * Yes, me neither, Rick. Curious about MMY's "human side" -- d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > Beautiful! This is also one of my favorate songs. I think it was even > forbidden at a time and not played by the BBC out of the accusation that it > was glorifying LSD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5d4wWGK4Ig > which is of course rubbi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > I notice that many here call any observation of MMY that > is anything less than worshipful "bashing". Joe, I don't think you really "notice" this. I think you just have the sense that it sounds like it ought to be true. I'm not saying it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: The will of God

2011-01-28 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shainm307" wrote: > > My dad and I were talking and I told him that according to > maharishi and another book I read: when you are elightened > you always follow the will of God. But he said that God is > everything therefor the will of God is everything. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Watch the Egyptian Riots Live

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 8:49 PM, seventhray1 wrote: > > > But can we trust this video? Everyone knows there is little wind in Cairo, > and yet there is a flag in the upper corner blowing strongly. Also, did you > notice the shadows? If this were shot near midday, those shadows should > have bee

[FairfieldLife] Re: The will of God

2011-01-28 Thread yifuxero
Seek out the Spud-man and peel; mix with veggies and make a soup. This will do. It is the Will of God. http://www.startlingart.com/Viewer.asp?ImageSource=fine_art&FileName=ng4heaven --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > I don't know if this will help, but the way I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread yifuxero
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Man_who_fell_to_earth_ver1.jpg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > Another one of my favorite artists David Bowie and his song about > transcending, Changes: > > Oh, yeah > Mmm > > Still don't know what I was waitin' for >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The will of God

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
I don't know if this will help, but the way I have always understood it is, God had a son named Billy. But everyone called him Will for short. And because he was the son of God, everyone always followed him. This Will of God was everything to God. And people thought that if they continued to f

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread Vaj
On Jan 28, 2011, at 10:33 PM, seventhray1 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > I've read most of the English-translated Aurobindo and I've never read > > anything even remotely associated with what I'd consider the spontaneous > > "vision" of todgal. > > > Sil

[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry Dream

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > I made it up. It was a joke, a funny. No one has > run down the street waving their dick at me in one > of my real dreams in months, and the last time it > happened it was Nabby, so the dick in question was > like waving a pencil eraser ar

[FairfieldLife] The will of God

2011-01-28 Thread shainm307
My dad and I were talking and I told him that according to maharishi and another book I read: when you are elightened you always follow the will of God. But he said that God is everything therefor the will of God is everything. It seems like something is missing from his understanding. Does an

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:16 PM, seventhray1 wrote: > Rick, > > I think with you, it's like holding out the middle three fingers and saying > "read between the lines". I think it's pretty clear that you view him as a > fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I mean no big deal, but, at least for me, that >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
Put it to music Temple Dog, and don't forget to copyright it! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > or put another way ;-) : > > Turn off your mind, relax > and float down stream > It is not dying > It is not dying > > Lay down all thought > Surrender to the void > It is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread whynotnow7
Another one of my favorite artists David Bowie and his song about transcending, Changes: Oh, yeah Mmm Still don't know what I was waitin' for And my time was runnin' wild A million dead end streets and Every time I thought I'd got it made It seemed the taste was not so sweet So I turned myself t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread yifuxero
Mayan bubble diagram http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OdLy3AzBB74/TDtrIcWCSFI/ADw/OiIz-DZ7az4/s1600/mayan_cosmos.jpg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > I've read most of the English-translated Aurobindo and I've

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > I've read most of the English-translated Aurobindo and I've never read anything even remotely associated with what I'd consider the spontaneous "vision" of todgal. > Silly Boy! It's not from that tradition. It's a combination of the "naugual, an

[FairfieldLife] seeing the world in a multitude of shades

2011-01-28 Thread Yifu Xero
http://www.fantasygallery.net/demoray/art_4_dracula.html Subject: seeing the world in a multitude of shades

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doer / Non-Doer as point of view

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" willytex@ wrote: > > > > > > > > turquoiseb: > > > The past couple of Fridays I've found myself having > > > completed all my work for the week early, and thus > > > being able to take a h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread Joe
He mentioned neither. Instead he kept laughing hysterically to himself while muttering something about Gabby.or maybe it was Haddy...or maybe --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > > > Yes, I had a real c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
Vaj, what was your flys name? You know, the one that was always on the wall. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > Mahesh had many gurus after SBS, and one of them was Swami Lakshman Joo. He begged and begged L-J for initiation into the Vijnana-bhairava tantra. Eventually L-J rele

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > So much easier to see the world in black and white rather than a multitude of shades (as I know you do.) Joey, I think you may suffer from this affliction a bit. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" rick@ wrote: > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
Joe, "The Chimer" This dude's got to chime in on any negative comment about the Rish. (Gotta check my posts. I think I got banned for using fewer words in 55 posts, than some people use in one) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > I notice that many here call any observati

[FairfieldLife] featuring Inger Edelfeldt

2011-01-28 Thread Yifu Xero
- Subject: featuring Inger Edelfeldt http://fan.theonering.net/middleearthtours/edelfeldt.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
Rick, I think with you, it's like holding out the middle three fingers and saying "read between the lines". I think it's pretty clear that you view him as a fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I mean no big deal, but, at least for me, that is what comes through. Now maybe you don't view that as bashin

[FairfieldLife] Artists of Middle Earth

2011-01-28 Thread Yifu Xero
    Subject: The artists of Middle Earth http://fan.theonering.net/middleearthtours/lee4.html http://fan.theonering.net/middleearthtours/nasmith4.html http://fan.theonering.net/middleearthtours/nasmith4.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thank you for not breeding

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > Meow, no one is crying for lack of faith in this discussion. We are talking about world problems that have to addressed by humans who are supposedly endowed with intelligence and reason by Nature. Tell it like it is John. We've been needi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > > On Jan 28, 2011, at 2:02 PM, RoryGoff wrote: > > > > > * * * FWIW, that samadhi corresponds to the ajna is also what I have been > > > shown: i.e., that dharana is in the "buddhic" realm of the heart; dhyana > > > is in the "a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Islamic Science

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > The Iraq war was Bush's blunder. John, are you sure? You're going out on a limb here, and your reputation is at stake. Think about this. I don't want you to come to any hasty conclusions. He now admits that the invasion was perpetuat

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
Leroy Goff. I like that. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mleroygoffiv" wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > In that state, what exactly do you anticipate remains of any individuality after the physical body dies? > > "RoryGoff" wrote: > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Conditional Existence, essay by Greg Goode

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > Why bother posting something so nonsensical … except to confuse? Billy, if this is your idea of a "readable" post, well, God Save the Queen" And FWIW, I thought it was a pretty boring ass movie. "The Kings Speech" that is. > >

[FairfieldLife] Spontaneous vision of Todgal

2011-01-28 Thread Yifu Xero
Subject: Spontaneous vision of Todgal Todgal, or Toadgal, maybe Froggal:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi was a manipulator.

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: > > Like a man dying of thirst in the desert, is given a canteen of water, slakes his thirst and then complains about the color of the canteen! > > Or, like a man who gi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Watch the Egyptian Riots Live

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
But can we trust this video? Everyone knows there is little wind in Cairo, and yet there is a flag in the upper corner blowing strongly. Also, did you notice the shadows? If this were shot near midday, those shadows should have been a little longer. I think I need to see a little stonger evide

[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry Dream

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" wrote: > I don't think Barry would qualify for an interview on Batgap, Buddha at the Gas pump! But then..maybe a new angle Rick? > I, for one, think we're due for a follow up to "Road Trip". How bout "The Barry Chronicles. Road Tripping in Weste

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread Vaj
On Jan 28, 2011, at 8:12 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > Ahem. The BBC's contention just might have something to > do with the fact that the words to this song were lifted > verbatim from "The Psychedelic Experience," by Leary, > Metzger, and Alpert. :-) > > That book was a loose reworking of the Tibeta

[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry Dream

2011-01-28 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > Did you really, or are you making that up? If you really did, that's pretty > strange. Strange. Just a little strange that is was not immediately apparant that it was a joke.I mean, my problem is that I usually take too many thi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Ahem. The BBC's contention just might have something to > do with the fact that the words to this song were lifted > verbatim from "The Psychedelic Experience," by Leary, > Metzger, and Alpert. :-) Well, the first line is, more or less.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread Vaj
On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:10 PM, emptybill wrote: > Mira was always ready to claim hidden awakenings in the Inconscient due to > her yogic powers. In reality she seems to have been a ex-theosophist, turned > shakti servant of Aurobindo, who was the real Yogin. Although she seemed to > have some a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread emptybill
Mira was always ready to claim hidden awakenings in the Inconscient due to her yogic powers. In reality she seems to have been a ex-theosophist, turned shakti servant of Aurobindo, who was the real Yogin. Although she seemed to have some actual psychic powers, that seems to be the core of her pow

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > Yes, I had a real champ for a surgeon, and this time the out of control > flutter was completely taken care of. Another long ass procedure (5 hours > including an ETT study) but, aside from feeling a bit sore, I have a new > appreciation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread turquoiseb
Ahem. The BBC's contention just might have something to do with the fact that the words to this song were lifted verbatim from "The Psychedelic Experience," by Leary, Metzger, and Alpert. :-) That book was a loose reworking of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and was pretty much the User's Manual for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Watch the Egyptian Riots Live

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM, blusc0ut wrote: > > > Demonstrators action plan: > > http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/01/egyptian-activists-action-plan-translated/70388/ > > > Most Austinites and few visitors know that the South Congress Bridge was renamed to the Governor An

[FairfieldLife] Destruction of a City

2011-01-28 Thread yifuxero
http://www.fantasygallery.net/morill/art_7_destruction-of-a-city.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread Joe
Yes, I had a real champ for a surgeon, and this time the out of control flutter was completely taken care of. Another long ass procedure (5 hours including an ETT study) but, aside from feeling a bit sore, I have a new appreciation for western medicine and the value of a properly functioning hea

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-01-28 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jan 22 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 29 00:00:00 2011 738 messages as of (UTC) Fri Jan 28 23:59:06 2011 50 authfriend 49 Ravi Yogi 45 whynotnow7 44 nablusoss1008 43 yifuxero 36 blusc0ut 36 Tom Pall 33 Will

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread Vaj
On Jan 28, 2011, at 6:15 PM, blusc0ut wrote: >> Many of his ideas are taken directly from that tradition. >> >> The Mother was of course famous for descending into the muladhara-chakra for >> her realization. > > Interesting take on her transformational work. Wonder what she would have > said

[FairfieldLife] Free Marriage Advice

2011-01-28 Thread John
Take it from these guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWknx3jVnpo&feature=related

[FairfieldLife] Re: Watch the Egyptian Riots Live

2011-01-28 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > On 01/28/2011 10:01 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bhairitu > > wrote: > > > > > >> Live and direct from Cairo courtesy of Al-Jazeera: > > >> http://www

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread whynotnow7
I personally have never experienced you as that, Rick. I suppose if you keep trying though -lol...seriously though, I don't know where Nabs gets that notion. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > I notice that many here call any observation of MMY that is anything less > than

Re: [FairfieldLife] Watch the Egyptian Riots Live

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > On 01/28/2011 10:01 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bhairitu > wrote: > > > >> Live and direct from Cairo courtesy of Al-Jazeera: > >> http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/al-jazeera/ > >> > >> This summer is going to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 28, 2011, at 5:25 PM, blusc0ut wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Jan 28, 2011, at 2:02 PM, RoryGoff wrote: > >> > >>> * * * FWIW, that samadhi corresponds to the ajna is also what I h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doer / Non-Doer as point of view

2011-01-28 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > > > turquoiseb: > > The past couple of Fridays I've found myself having > > completed all my work for the week early, and thus > > being able to take a hike... > > > So, you took a walk and now it's done - you did it. > Well done! So,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread Vaj
On Jan 28, 2011, at 5:25 PM, blusc0ut wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: >> >> >> On Jan 28, 2011, at 2:02 PM, RoryGoff wrote: >> >>> * * * FWIW, that samadhi corresponds to the ajna is also what I have been >>> shown: i.e., that dharana is in the "buddhic" realm of th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doer / Non-Doer as point of view

2011-01-28 Thread WillyTex
turquoiseb: > The past couple of Fridays I've found myself having > completed all my work for the week early, and thus > being able to take a hike... > So, you took a walk and now it's done - you did it. Well done! So, who took the walk?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread blusc0ut
Beautiful! This is also one of my favorate songs. I think it was even forbidden at a time and not played by the BBC out of the accusation that it was glorifying LSD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5d4wWGK4Ig which is of course rubbish, as the Beatles explained. John lennon wanted his voice obvio

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread blusc0ut
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 28, 2011, at 2:02 PM, RoryGoff wrote: > > > * * * FWIW, that samadhi corresponds to the ajna is also what I have been > > shown: i.e., that dharana is in the "buddhic" realm of the heart; dhyana is > > in the "atmic-anandic" area o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
> > On Jan 28, 2011, at 2:02 PM, RoryGoff wrote: > > > * * * FWIW, that samadhi corresponds to the ajna is also what I have been > > shown: i.e., that dharana is in the "buddhic" realm of the heart; dhyana is > > in the "atmic-anandic" area of the throat, and samadhi is in the > > "avyakta/mon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Individuality in Enlightenment. Does it exist?

2011-01-28 Thread wgm4u
An enlightened jiva is the opposite of a jiva that is entangled in avidya (ignorance). Jiva simply means soul, but perhaps you were just trying to say that the jiva is always in bliss, since it is composed of the ananda-maya-kosha or the bliss covering of the ONE Spirit, and that would be correc

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:51 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby I notice that many here call any observation of MMY that is anything less than

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread Vaj
On Jan 28, 2011, at 2:02 PM, RoryGoff wrote: > * * * FWIW, that samadhi corresponds to the ajna is also what I have been > shown: i.e., that dharana is in the "buddhic" realm of the heart; dhyana is > in the "atmic-anandic" area of the throat, and samadhi is in the > "avyakta/monadic/witness"

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2011-01-28 Thread FairfieldLife
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Local Services - For Sale/Wed AM Yoga Class begins FEB 2 at Morningstar Uploaded by : rick_archer Description : New Yoga Class with Ca

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread Joe
I notice that many here call any observation of MMY that is anything less than worshipful "bashing". So much easier to see the world in black and white rather than a multitude of shades (as I know you do.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > Hi Nabby, > > > > I w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Individuality in Enlightenment. Does it exist?

2011-01-28 Thread Peter
There is no such thing as an enlightened jiva. That's an oxymoron! --- On Fri, 1/28/11, wgm4u wrote: > From: wgm4u > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Individuality in Enlightenment. Does it exist? > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 2:13 PM > > > --- In Fairfiel

[FairfieldLife] Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread Rick Archer
Hi Nabby, I was thinking about your reference to me as a "Maharishi Basher". I challenge you to find a single post in the FFL archives in which I have "bashed" Maharishi. If you find one in which you think I'm doing so, we'll see if anyone else agrees. Go at it dude. Rick

[FairfieldLife] Machines of the Gods

2011-01-28 Thread John
The Greek priests of ancient times were good a fooling their subjects with the latest technological marvels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RfXcm1fS6Y

[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry Dream

2011-01-28 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > On Behalf Of turquoiseb > > > > Had a funny dream last night. I dreamed that a local paper, > > The Iowa Source, had published a long post Barry had made > > to FFL as a cover story. The conclusion of the article was > > that he w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thank you for not breeding

2011-01-28 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "parsleysage" wrote: > > ..AHE!... > > > It is a lack of faith. Meow, no one is crying for lack of faith in this discussion. We are talking about world problems that have to addressed by humans who are supposedly endowed with intelligence and reaso

Re: [FairfieldLife] Watch the Egyptian Riots Live

2011-01-28 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/28/2011 10:01 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bhairitu wrote: > >> Live and direct from Cairo courtesy of Al-Jazeera: >> http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/al-jazeera/ >> >> This summer is going to be a riot! >> >> All praise to Allah that I am /not/ watching this go

[FairfieldLife] Hackers can turn your home computer into a bomb [1 Attachment]

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Pall
http://blog.geeksaresexytech.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/computer_bomb.jpg or http://tinyurl.com/4mkxf7c or attached

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
Yes; many thanks! This evokes several other good points for me -- (1) "dying" is indeed simply transcendence, as we lift the finger of our awareness out of one density of Us to surrender into and remember another simpler, pre-existent one, (2) The "void" is not empty but emptiful; it is shining

[FairfieldLife] Killer Text: A Russian suicide bomber blows up by accident

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Pall
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/killer-text-a-russian-suicide-bomber-blows-up-by-accident/8015?tag=mantle_skin;content or http://tinyurl.com/667wgdx "On the heels of the serious explosions January 24th at Domodedovo airport in Moscow that killed 39 people and injured 178 more, Russian securit

[FairfieldLife] Weathergirl

2011-01-28 Thread whynotnow7
This is a song about my daughter: Weathergirl http://www.box.net/shared/1nobueuqp7 music copyright jim flanegin and templedog

[FairfieldLife] Re: Individuality in Enlightenment. Does it exist?

2011-01-28 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu Xero wrote: > Subject: Individuality in Enlightenment. Does it exist? > > > (statement of Dr. Greg Goode):: > > "If anything exists, then it exists in an individual way.   I say "if."  So > let's assume for a moment that enlightened persons exist. 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread whynotnow7
or put another way ;-) : Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream It is not dying It is not dying Lay down all thought Surrender to the void It is shining It is shining That you may see The meaning of within It is being It is being That love is all And love is everyone It is knowing It i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Islamic Science

2011-01-28 Thread John
The Dark Ages were a Western historical fact, which were due to the collapse of the Roman Empire. The clip mentioned it started around 800 CE to 1300 CE. During this time period, the learning and knowledge of the Romans and Greeks were lost in Europe. Fortunately, that knowledge were preserve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > > Here is how I interpret this "No-self" experience: The so-called states > > > of TC, CC, GC, and UC describe an ever-closer approach between Purusha > > > and Prakriti, or the Absolute and the Relative, or Father Spirit and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Islamic Science

2011-01-28 Thread John
The Iraq war was Bush's blunder. He now admits that the invasion was perpetuated by a failure in American spy intelligence. But at the height of the war, he gave the chief of CIA a medal of honor for his role in the American invasion. In my estimation, that meant that Tennet, the CIA chief, ha

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Conditional Existence, essay by Greg Goode

2011-01-28 Thread Vaj
On Jan 28, 2011, at 1:24 PM, emptybill wrote: Why bother posting something so nonsensical … except to confuse? In the dharma-biz there's no such thing as bad publicity! It's all good, even it's not all good and there's no-one to perceive the alleged goodness or not-goodness or the goodne

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi was a manipulator.

2011-01-28 Thread Peter
We differ in what it is seen as. Truly I think this applies: YMMV --- On Fri, 1/28/11, wgm4u wrote: > From: wgm4u > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi was a manipulator. > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 1:01 PM > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.co

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread mleroygoffiv
* * * Beautiful, many thanks! I love those first few lines: "When I get to the bottom > I go back to the top of the slide > Where I stop and turn > and I go for a ride > Till I get to the bottom and I see you again" -- That really evokes our "progress" around and through the black-hole/whit

[FairfieldLife] Individuality in Enlightenment. Does it exist?

2011-01-28 Thread Yifu Xero
- Subject: Individuality in Enlightenment. Does it exist? (statement of Dr. Greg Goode):: "If anything exists, then it exists in an individual way.   I say "if."  So let's assume for a moment that enlightened persons exist.  Look at how the different traditions portray them:  In the satsan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread mleroygoffiv
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > In that state, what exactly do you anticipate remains of any > > > individuality after the physical body dies? "RoryGoff" wrote: > > * * * I don't really anticipate. In what state is that? I don't identify > > with any of thes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Conditional Existence, essay by Greg Goode

2011-01-28 Thread emptybill
Your author left out the final conclusion. ·If all things are inter-dependent * If they only exist through dependence upon something else that is dependent * If there is nothing within this universe that is independent in-itself * If the universe its

[FairfieldLife] Re: A free course from Harvard online

2011-01-28 Thread whynotnow7
Its a start - Harvard has an endowment (bank account) of $25B, on which they pay *zero* taxes. The endowment is supposed to be used to make their education more affordable and available. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > This may be of interest to a lot of peopl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dharana (concentration) beautifully explained!

2011-01-28 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > In that state, what exactly do you anticipate remains of any > > > individuality after the physical body dies? "RoryGoff" wrote: > > > > * * * I don't really anticipat

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi was a manipulator.

2011-01-28 Thread Vaj
On Jan 28, 2011, at 1:01 PM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: Like a man dying of thirst in the desert, is given a canteen of water, slakes his thirst and then complains about the color of the canteen! Or, like a man who gives you a boat with one oar

Re: [FairfieldLife] Watch the Egyptian Riots Live

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Pall
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Bhairitu wrote: > Live and direct from Cairo courtesy of Al-Jazeera: > http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/al-jazeera/ > > This summer is going to be a riot! > > All praise to Allah that I am /not/ watching this go on live. I've stayed so many times in the Nile H

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi was a manipulator.

2011-01-28 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: Like a man dying of thirst in the desert, is given a canteen of water, slakes his thirst and then complains about the color of the canteen! Or, like a man who gives you a boat with one oar. Or, how about a man who gives you a three le

[FairfieldLife] Glenn Beck soundbites

2011-01-28 Thread Vaj
I have to admit the "Uncle Sam as child molester" image could make some great political cartoons. Glenn Beck soundbites • Beck likens himself to Israeli Nazi hunters: "To the day I die, I am going to be a progressive hunter." 20 January 2010 • Social justice is a "perversion of the Gospel, no

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