[FairfieldLife] Painting With Light - Mr. Beam

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

Yep, me too. Well done Tom...guess this means I'm reading you again. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > Nabby, I think I need a checking. > > > This is a five minute quiet chuckle. And I needed that. (-: >

[FairfieldLife] curious trap from WWII

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > Nabby, I think I need a checking. > This is a five minute quiet chuckle. And I needed that. (-:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > >> [Attachment(s) <#12e6e9dc7658fae2_12e6d0384ce9b1ce_TopText> from Rick >> Archer included below] >> >> This is from Mr. Rao, one of Maharishi's first TM teachers >> >> >> >> > > Do

[FairfieldLife] Majority in U.S. Back Public Workers, Unions

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

Yes, you are right about this...good memory. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 28, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > In the book Call No Man Master Colin Smith said that Maharishi took the > > title Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in a hotel in London by scrawling it o

[FairfieldLife] Asana, loosening effort and sanyama on the heart

He probably meant Shavaasana rather than shivasana. However, Patanjali does not deal with asanas as such, only mentioning that: II.46 seated posture (asana) is steady (sthira) and easy (sukha) Nothing about lying down in shavaasana. That's a much later hatha style yoga interpretation. There is

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[FairfieldLife] L. Ron Hubbard conducting a dianetics seminar

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[FairfieldLife] Market St, San Francisco, after the earthquake

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Re: [FairfieldLife] San Francisco in flames after the earthquake

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:16 PM, yifuxero wrote: > 1906 > http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/5/49796.jpg > > I lived in a condo that survived the earthquake. Had the turnstile in the garage. What a chore backing the car and driving out, as the garage was built for horse and buggy. It's so i

[FairfieldLife] San Francisco in flames after the earthquake

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[FairfieldLife] Skull and Keys Initiation

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Quick couple of P.S.'s here: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > Good GRIEF. How often do I have to say it? The rationale > didn't come from just this one teacher. It came from many > teachers and MMY himself. And I don't just "accept" it on > anybody's authority--I accep

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Feb 26 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 05 00:00:00 2011 262 messages as of (UTC) Mon Feb 28 23:54:25 2011 37 authfriend 24 Tom Pall 20 turquoiseb 19 yifuxero 16 whynotnow7 13 Vaj 12 seventhray1 12 WillyTex

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Well, dehaahaMkaaraabhaava? Part 1

On Feb 28, 2011, at 4:48 PM, cardemaister wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: >> >> >> Here's the third sentence of Bhojadeva's comment on >> YS II 47 (prayatna-shaithilyaananta-samaapattibhyaam): >> >> yadaa caakaashaadigata aanantye cetasaH samaapattiH kriy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > [Attachment(s) <#12e6d0384ce9b1ce_TopText> from Rick Archer included > below] > > This is from Mr. Rao, one of Maharishi's first TM teachers > > > > Doesn't this scene strike anyone here as strange? In Maharishi's inner apartment, why, vis

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > As I said, I don't know whether the description was > > accurate. > > > > But in this context, it makes no difference. > > Well, giving an example, like this of the Gu

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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

On Feb 28, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Tom Pall wrote: > In the book Call No Man Master Colin Smith said that Maharishi took the title > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in a hotel in London by scrawling it on stationary to > show what he wanted printed up. I believe that is where he assumed the further epithet

[FairfieldLife] A Modern Parable

A unionized public employee, a teabagger, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, then looks at the teabagger and says "Watch out for that union guy—he wants a piece of your cookie!" http://w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > As I said, I don't know whether the description was > accurate. > > But in this context, it makes no difference. Well, giving an example, like this of the Gurdjieff disciples stopping in midst activity, to remember the self, is obv

[FairfieldLife] Big Pharma kills US soldiers

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Well, dehaahaMkaaraabhaava? Part 1

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > Here's the third sentence of Bhojadeva's comment on > YS II 47 (prayatna-shaithilyaananta-samaapattibhyaam): > > yadaa caakaashaadigata aanantye cetasaH samaapattiH kriyate > 'vyavadhaanena tadaatmyamaapadyate tadaa dehaahaMkaaraab

Re: [FairfieldLife] Table Bluff Hotel and Saloon

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:06 PM, yifuxero wrote: > 1889 > http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/5/49787.jpg > > This is what the Red Rock tavern used to look like in the day. Now it's become gentrified and upstairs it serves the best food in FF. Yes, much better than the slop at Vivos. Good, w

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Strange Power of the Placebo Effect

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > > > > I cannot speak for Judy here... > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Strange Power of the Placebo Effect

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > > > > I cannot speak for Judy here...

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Strange Power of the Placebo Effect

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > > I cannot speak for Judy here... > > > > Au contraire, Pierre. You've proved in the past > > with your spo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Arizona Bans Karma

Next is Kosher --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Friday, February 18, 2011 > > Arizona Bans Karma--Seriously. >

[FairfieldLife] Table Bluff Hotel and Saloon

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Re: [FairfieldLife] Deepak on Obama

On 02/28/2011 10:12 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/welcome-to-the-rorschach_b_82915 > 7.html > > Deepak is out of step with most progressive thinkers but then progressive thinkers are abandoning HuffPo after Ariana sold it to AOL. Maybe Deepak ought to look

Re: [FairfieldLife] Arizona Bans Karma

On 02/28/2011 05:51 AM, Vaj wrote: > *Friday, February 18, 2011* > > _*Arizona Bans Karma--Seriously.*__**_ > > > > > Si

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wgm4u Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 12:42 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > I think that you have formed a concept about 'the refined > > > mantra' There is no refined mantra, there is on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Where I first encountered the concept of dividing the > > mind was from a TM teacher who mentioned it in connection > > with Gurdjieff followers practicing "self-remembering"

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

Turq, sounds like you identify quite closely with that which you pasted. Could've been written and applied by you, huh? :-) I stand by my earlier statement that you contributed a hundred lines or more to a discussion about your socio-pathic teachers, vs. my six lines of comment. And yet you agr

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Strange Power of the Placebo Effect

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > I cannot speak for Judy here... > > Au contraire, Pierre. You've proved in the past > with your spot-on parodies of her style that you > could speak for her perfectly, and no on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak on Obama

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/welcome-to-the-rorschach_b_82915 > 7.html > What a nit-wit, sounds like pre-digested crap to me, (what people say when they can't think for themselves).

[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > This is from Mr. Rao, one of Maharishi's first TM teachers How he could leave out Charlie Lutes is beyond me, maybe he's a cool aide drinker; also he never mentioned how long they were meditating in India, (for hours on end) p

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > I think we all know that at least one person here is > probably going to try to apply these criteria to me. Huh, hadn't occurred to me. Very interesting that it did occur to you. Guilty conscience, perhaps? But now that you mention it...

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > Hey Turq, I wasn't the one going on today for a hundred > lines or so about the sociopathic traits of your teachers, > many traits which you recognized in them. Only about twenty of the lines were mine. The rest were pasted in from

[FairfieldLife] Deepak on Obama

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/welcome-to-the-rorschach_b_82915 7.html

[FairfieldLife] Speed freaks.

It's like the tortoise and the hare story. A negative path is oftentimes much faster in the short-run. You can even jump several levels when you a predator consumes you. We bought the plane, upgraded to jet, then finally with the Sidhis, we had friggin ROCKET SHIP. These are the fastest t

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

Looks to me like you're upset, Joe, because whynotnow *isn't* upset. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > Why does this discussion make you so upset? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Maharishi is dead and gone. I'll repeat that and see if i

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

Hey Turq, I wasn't the one going on today for a hundred lines or so about the sociopathic traits of your teachers, many traits which you recognized in them. Please don't associate me with such things. They are yours and yours alone to deal with. I am sorry that you find yourself in this way -

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

Dude, I wrote *six* lines below vs. *hundreds* by the other folks. I'm not upset. Perspective is everything. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > Why does this discussion make you so upset? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > > > Maharishi i

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[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > Why does this discussion make you so upset? My thoughts exactly. I am hardly the first thinker to point out that the qualities associated with "enlightenment" or "sainthood" are closer to those associated with madness than they are those ass

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

Thank you, Turk. To be always questioning everything, to be starved for substantive information, can become tiresome. The allure of a system that presented a world of answers is what made me vulnerable. Answers are like a drug. And drugs can be extremely helpful in moderation. The risk is g

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

Why does this discussion make you so upset? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > Maharishi is dead and gone. I'll repeat that and see if it sinks in: > Maharishi is dead and gone. Trying to ascribe this or that to him at this > point is like trying to walk around in a l

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:06 AM, wgm4u wrote: > > Not working > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > > > This is from Mr. Rao, one of Maharishi's first TM teachers > > > > > There's something wrong here. The details given by Mr. Rao don't match the high co

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to 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: /TMO -- the Bright Side/Maharishi.pdf Uploaded by : rick_archer Description : Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, fir

[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

I haven't read all of this Rick, but noticed that the picture captioned as Maharishi on the raft with Guru Dev, it isn't Brahmananda Saraswati - some other dude. I've seen his picture before but don't recall who it is - not "the" Guru dev. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer

[FairfieldLife] Obsessed with Maharishi (was: A checklist of psychological traits)

Yeah, its one of those weird things - Those who haven't done TM for years and years, are the ones constantly talking about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, as if he were an active and vital, albeit negative, force in their lives - Right Now. Most of the long time continuing meditators here rarely talk abo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev

Not working --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > This is from Mr. Rao, one of Maharishi's first TM teachers >

[FairfieldLife] Srikanta Bharati Swami's write-up on early days w/MMY, first ever TTC, meeting w/ Guru Dev [1 Attachment]

This is from Mr. Rao, one of Maharishi's first TM teachers

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > All of us who learned and worse yet do TM are suckers who > paid money for a placebo, doncha know? Uh...Tom. Might I point out that I never said that, if my post this morning about placebos is what you are referring to. I posted it to s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > No, I'm asking what it means to be "in" a chakra. I've > never heard that terminology before. Is it the same as > having a chakra open? I hesitate using words like chakra open, as I don't know if it's fully open. It's my way of relat

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Dark Rishi Experience

On Feb 28, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Tom Pall wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Vaj wrote: but I think—let us just speak figuratively here—the gates of heaven were closed to him when his body and soul were rent asunder. So he attained the ultimate Nirvana, no? No, at least that's my

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Dark Rishi Experience

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Vaj wrote: > > *but I think—let us just speak figuratively here—the gates of heaven were > closed to him when his body and soul were rent asunder.* > > > > So he attained the ultimate Nirvana, no? He merged back with the Absolute. Complete freedom from the cycle

[FairfieldLife] Re: Master the Three Gunas

Rick, Why is this group proselytizing us on this forum? Didn't check them out? They are a Gaudiya offshoot of one of the organizations affiliated and aligned with the Hare Krishna-s. While these posts here are expository in content by this teacher they are not discussions with other members

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:20 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: > Maharishi is dead and gone. I'll repeat that and see if it sinks in: > Maharishi is dead and gone. Trying to ascribe this or that to him at this > point is like trying to walk around in a lost pair of shoes. I guess he made > much more of an im

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

On Feb 28, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Tom Pall wrote: Most of us are already familiar with how he violated Guru Dev's request to not ever try to be a guru. And how Guru Dev did not put him in his will. And that Guru Dev died from poisoning. And he died in Calcutta, on a speaking engagement that

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

Maharishi is dead and gone. I'll repeat that and see if it sinks in: Maharishi is dead and gone. Trying to ascribe this or that to him at this point is like trying to walk around in a lost pair of shoes. I guess he made much more of an impression on you (line etched in stone) than he did me. I j

[FairfieldLife] The Dark Rishi Experience

On Feb 28, 2011, at 3:23 AM, Michael Flatley wrote: On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being a demonic predator socio-path, and 10 = He saved the world so the transgressions are irrelevant... Kaplan gives him a 1 and Bevan Morris gives him a 10. Earl Kaplan makes a strong case for mmy as preda

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Master the Three Gunas

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:39 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral wrote: > > > > The Three Gunas: The Metaphysical Grounding of Physical Reality > > > > By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya > > > > > > "The empirical reality that we perceive around us is com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:23 AM, Michael Flatley wrote: > > > Does it not seem possible to overdose on a single mantra? Or to put it > another way, don't you find that you can journey into a state of pure > awareness without internally reciting your TM mantra? I have the opinion > that 125,000 r

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Strange Power of the Placebo Effect

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Good overview. My only complaint is that in "Professor > > Funk's" list of the different types of placebos (pills, > > creams, injections, surgeries, drinks, and even buttons)

[FairfieldLife] Arizona Bans Karma

Friday, February 18, 2011Arizona Bans Karma--Seriously. Since the dark days of the attacks on America by radical, Islamic terrorists on September 11th 2001, there has been a growing intolerance here for non-Judeo-Christian religions. This has, unfortunately, been mostly aimed at the American-Muslim

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Strange Power of the Placebo Effect

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Good overview. My only complaint is that in "Professor > Funk's" list of the different types of placebos (pills, > creams, injections, surgeries, drinks, and even buttons), > he leaves out meditation and other common self-improvement > t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > My dogs are certified "pound pets," and thus > their breed or mix of breeds is kinda uncertain. > I actually posted a photo of them before, all > dressed up in their Christmas costumes. I have > now moved it to your new folder. I just s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > I'd love to see photos of FFL pets here. I'll try and post a shot of Pumpkin (my wife named her) to get this rolling. The file is called "FFL Pets" in the Files section. Our neighbor recently got a boxer like "Pumpkin". We've watched her a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > Would you say one could do TM, as it's supposed to be > > > done, while walking? > > > > I didn't say

[FairfieldLife] The Strange Power of the Placebo Effect

Good overview. My only complaint is that in "Professor Funk's" list of the different types of placebos (pills, creams, injections, surgeries, drinks, and even buttons), he leaves out meditation and other common self-improvement techniques, including TM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfRVCaA5o18

[FairfieldLife] Re: And the winner of this year's Best Actress award is....'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > > ...Natalie Portman, according to Heidi. > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/12437486 > > > > Heil to Heidi! :D > Opossum Heidi beweist Wahrsager-Qualitäten Os

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > I'm stuck on boxers, have been since I was a kid. More of a briefs kinda guy myself, Joe, but thanks for sharing. :-) > I'd love to see photos of FFL pets here. I'll try > and post a shot of Pumpkin (my wife named her) to > get this rol

[FairfieldLife] Re: Higher Dimensions

You came to the right place my friend. I happen to be a subject matter expert on higher dimensions and intergalactic evolutionary development. For starters, higher dimensions cause a sub-molecular transcendental process to take place at the micro-cosmic level, resulting in a self-referral state

[FairfieldLife] A checklist of psychological traits (was: ...if Maharishi was just a guy)

Interesting post, Michael. I cannot help but agree with many of your points. Just as an exercise in open-mindedness, compare the following list of personality traits with your own personal list of "gurus I have known up close." You may include or not include Maharishi...your call: * Glibness and S

[FairfieldLife] Re: Master the Three Gunas

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral wrote: > > The Three Gunas: The Metaphysical Grounding of Physical Reality > > By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya > > > "The empirical reality that we perceive around us is composed of matter. > Whether we are referring to the buildings we res

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

> I still do TM in the morning, love it and thank MMY for it. But I find some > of the things he did...some known by many and some that must remain quiet for > a bit longer, frankly horrifying. Does it not seem possible to overdose on a single mantra? Or to put it another way, don't you fin