[FairfieldLife] Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows

Here's a real nerd video for those interested. A British nerd uses a virtual machine running under VMware to install every version of Microsoft Windows, from 1 to 7. On the whole, his assessment of Microsoft's "upgrade" process is favorable, and I agree. Try to imagine the programming challenge of

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of Turq's psychological traits, cry for help

LOL...Barry and the dogs? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pranamoocher wrote: > > That sounds like a great pilot for a new Realty TV series! > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" raviyogi@ wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wayback71@ wro

[FairfieldLife] Re: A checklist of Turq's psychological traits, cry for help

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pranamoocher wrote: > > That sounds like a great pilot for a new Realty TV series! Funny. Needless to say, there is no need to actually read any of Ravi's screeds because it's all there in the Subject line, but it's great when someone reacts to one with hum

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

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > Exactly. My point is that many here are WAY strung > > > out on the "pat answers" they've been parroting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > For me > > clear transcending is when I drop out of sight for seconds to hours, > no > > mantra, no thought, no sense of having been asleep, no sense of waking > up. > > I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > I am sorry that this is your impression. But you should consider that I said > this to Lawson, and that he jumped on the thread as they were in the end of > the messa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mini-Film Review: Never Let Me Go

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote: > > Barry, I know I mentioned this once before, but there is a > fabulous novel, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. It touches > on some similar themes about the future, and "people" > raised" as workers in a society of the future. The stor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > I am sorry that this is your impression. But you should consider that I > > said this to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: God and Gods of Hinduism

On Mar 3, 2011, at 7:44 PM, WillyTex wrote: do.rflex: > God and Gods of Hinduism > So, you're a big Swami Rama fan. LoL! So you don't know the difference between the Himalayan Institute and the Himalayan Academy, LOL! I bet you couldn't find Hawaii or Pennsylvania on a map either... Le

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

On Mar 4, 2011, at 6:16 AM, sparaig wrote: As I have often said here, and I was even quoted on a Buddhist group about whether or not meditation practice can be effortless: however much effort you put into it is more than is needed. There have been times when I started meditating without no

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ wrote: > > I have on occassion had a sizzle or crackle sensation when I transcended > > deeply, or when I seemed to go into the "transcendent". Like something > > going int

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mini-Film Review: Never Let Me Go

Nice review of Cloud Atlas by AS Byatt. I will check out My Name is Red. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote: > > > > Barry, I know I mentioned this once before, but there is a > > fabulous novel, Cloud Atlas by Da

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ wrote: > > > > > > I have on occassion had a sizzle or crackle sensation when > > > I transcended deeply,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:24 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Sadly, the esoteric knowledge of this advanced form of meditation has been lost over the ages, and few ever get to the point of even hazy transcendence, much less true KC (Krispie Consciousness). As a result, the Three Gunas have fallen on hard time

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:24 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > Sadly, the esoteric knowledge of this advanced form of > > meditation has been lost over the ages, and few ever get > > to the point of even hazy transcendence, much less true > > KC (Krispie C

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

> In Kriya Yoga (and probably in TM too) complete absorption into Samadhi > leaves the Body in a trance like state, completely still with no heart rate > or breath and sustained by prana (life) itself. > > Great Yogis can stay in this period for great length of times, even MMY > states in hi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

yifuxero: > Chan meditation teacher Hsuan Hua (Pure Land School): > So, you're saying that 'Chan' Master Hsuan Hua is teaching 'meditation' (chan)? > http://www.longbeachmonastery.org/NEWVen24.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ wrote: > > > > > > > > I have on occa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

On Mar 4, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Michael Flatley wrote: In Kriya Yoga (and probably in TM too) complete absorption into Samadhi leaves the Body in a trance like state, completely still with no heart rate or breath and sustained by prana (life) itself. Great Yogis can stay in this period for g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" wrote: > Regarding MMY, Charlie Lutes said that on several occasions he watched over > the body for three days while it was wrapped up like a mummy. This indicated > that MMY was a real Yogi. Did MMY practice a lot of hatha yoga in hi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ > wrote: > > > I have on occassion had a sizzle or crackle sensation when I > transcended > > > deep

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

> > > Is this another wiki-moment for you. > > > > > I guess it would be asking too much to have > > them name their own Soto Zen or Dzogchen > > teachers... > > emptybill: > So you are only accepting Soto teachers as valid > proponents of Chan/Sön/Zen? That IS bullshit Willy! > 'Soto Zen' is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Vaj: > Maybe according the Maharishi...but M's teaching > is actually divergent from Swami Brahmananda's > teaching... > According to Swami Svarupanand, SBS used to give bija mantras to meditate on, just like MMY did. All the Saraswati Sannyasins meditate on the bija mantra of Saraswati just li

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

translation: Vaj very much wants you to drop your interest in TM, and take up Vipasanna meditation. He spends hours each week, month after month, glorifying his little technique and trashing Maharishi and all things TM. In other words, he is no different from the Christian fundamentalist insisti

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

> MMY's yoga asanas were developed by a gym teacher. > Gym teachers make perfect yoga asana teachers. One of the most famous modern teachers of Hatha Yoga, Pattabhi Jois, was a school gym teacher. "Pattabhi Jois was an Indian yoga teacher. He was a student of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, and tau

[FairfieldLife] Re: God and Gods of Hinduism

> > So, you're a big Swami Rama fan. LoL! > > > So you don't know the difference between the > Himalayan Institute and the Himalayan Academy... > So, you're a fan of the Swami Rama - thought so. > Let's Give Texas Back to Mexico! > Maybe we should give 'Texas' back to the Tejas native inhabita

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Trying to stay out of the shit of this one, but feeling the need to comment anyway, I will just say that I have not once seen Vaj try to "push" or "sell" any particular technique or tradition here. He has *discussed* many, and in my opinion often from the valuable point of view of someone who has

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

turquoiseb: > Trying to stay out of the shit of this one, but feeling > the need to comment anyway, I will just say that I have > not once seen Vaj try to "push" or "sell" any particular > technique or tradition here. > Just today Vaj tried to sell us on the idea of giving Texas back to the drug

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

sparaig: > There have been times when I started meditating > without noticing and continued the process without > noticing and ended up stopping only because I *HAD* > noticed that I was thinking the mantra. > > was this effort or not? > It takes no effort to transcend - effort implies conce

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

whynotnow7: > Vaj very much wants you to drop your interest in TM, > and take up Vipasanna meditation... > Vaj (vajradhatu) likes Chogyam Trungpa, the founder of Vajradhatu. Go figure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajradhatu

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

Kashmiri Shaivism, under Lakshmanjoo may have influenced MMY but this type of Shaivism is not definitional for the Kevala Advaita of Shankara's sampradaya. In fact these two traditions dispute each other in their definitions and claims about reality. If attention has an object (whether internal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

On Mar 4, 2011, at 11:52 AM, WillyTex wrote: whynotnow7: Vaj very much wants you to drop your interest in TM, and take up Vipasanna meditation... Vaj (vajradhatu) likes Chogyam Trungpa, the founder of Vajradhatu. Go figure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajradhatu I do like him very much.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

"According to a Shankaracharya who was also a disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati," No attribution of who/what/when/where makes this quote just another spurious claim. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Mar 4, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Michael Flatley wrote: > > > > >> In Kri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

You are showing your ignorance Willy. Dogen's shikantaza is not the same as mo-chao. Either give it up or read and become educated. A good place to start might be: The Method of No-Method The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination by Chan Master Sheng Yen You are too uninformed about this to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Hey, quit trashing Hindoo devils. I've got one of my own. Them is kool. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > translation: Vaj very much wants you to drop your interest in TM, and take up Vipasanna meditation. He spends hours each week, month after month, glorifying his l

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

OK dude - so you see things differently here. Is that really such a big deal? Vaj evangelizes Buddhist practice regularly, specifically Vipassana. He's taken a Buddhist name, for goodness sake, and you don't think he is a Buddhist...lol? He is also a one man disinformation campaign against all t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Barry is selling himself. It is all he's got. This is the only reason that he is here. But wait ... that can't be 'cause he doesn't have a self ... but wait ... he doesn't need a real one to sell himself. Please entertain him for a while more. That way the rest of us can discuss whatever. ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

emptybill: > You are showing your ignorance Willy. > Shikentaza is Soto Zen meditation, which is very similar to TM practice. Shikantaza is a Japanese term for zazen and is associated most with the Soto school of Zen Buddhism - it is the basis of all Zen disciplines. According to Dogen Zenji

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

On Mar 4, 2011, at 11:21 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Trying to stay out of the shit of this one, but feeling the need to comment anyway, I will just say that I have not once seen Vaj try to "push" or "sell" any particular technique or tradition here. He has *discussed* many, and in my opinion often f

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

On Mar 4, 2011, at 12:12 PM, emptybill wrote: Kashmiri Shaivism, under Lakshmanjoo may have influenced MMY but this type of Shaivism is not definitional for the Kevala Advaita of Shankara's sampradaya. In fact these two traditions dispute each other in their definitions and claims about re

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

wrt entertaining him, Turq has done a far better job than I ever could of attaching a bell to his tail so that he can chase himself around in circles. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > Barry is selling himself. It is all he's got. > This is the only reason that he

[FairfieldLife] Wiki Willy Wanna

Willy ... is there anything left of you but Wiki? What is it about ... "Remember I practiced with a living Zen teacher. You practiced with a keyboard." ... that you still don't understand? Better yet ... wiki yourself and see what you come up with. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTe

[FairfieldLife] Collective consciousness and meditation >>>

Collective consciousness and meditation: Are we all interconnected by an underlying field? by Jeanne Ball Writer, David Lynch Foundation 25-Year Teacher of Transcendental Meditation The Huffington Post 3 March 2011 On 3 March 2011 The Huffington Post reported: Scientific research shows that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

> > Vaj (vajradhatu) likes Chogyam Trungpa, the founder > > of Vajradhatu... > > > Vaj: > I do like him very much... > Me too. Hey, we are both on the same path! Trungpa's meditation practice is very similar to TM meditation practice and to Suzuki's Soto zazen practice. Having been trained

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

On 03/04/2011 10:26 AM, Vaj wrote: > > On Mar 4, 2011, at 12:12 PM, emptybill wrote: > >> Kashmiri Shaivism, under Lakshmanjoo may have influenced MMY but this >> type of Shaivism is not definitional for the Kevala Advaita of >> Shankara's sampradaya. In fact these two traditions dispute each >>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wiki Willy Wanna

emptybill: > Better yet ... wiki yourself and see what you come > up with. > You can read my comments on Wiki at the Transcendental Meditation entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Cheatsheet You can also Google Willytex! So, far I've posted over 8,000 entries to Usenet. Enjoy!

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

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Mar 4, 2011, at 6:16 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > As I have often said here, and I was even quoted on a Buddhist > > group about whether or not meditation practice can be effortless: > > however much effort you put into it is more than

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

For heaven's sake. How do you know that they are chakkras? How do you discriminate at all if you are in PC? SIghs and shakes head. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ > wrote: > > > I have on occassion had a sizzle or crackle sensation when I > transcended > > > deep

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

> > Advaita Vedanta, I'd argue, isn't the best place > > to learn about specifics of mantra mediation IMO... > > Bhairitu: > Yes and people want to make meditation an overly > complicated thing... > According to John Hughes, a TM Meditator (TTC 1968), Kashmir Tantracism agrees with many of Mah

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Barry has an "agenda"? What might that agenda be? What's mine? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > OK dude - so you see things differently here. Is that really such a big deal? > Vaj evangelizes Buddhist practice regularly, specifically Vipassana. He's > taken a Buddh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Barry has an "agenda"? What might that agenda be? What's mine? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > OK dude - so you see things differently here. Is that really such a big deal? > Vaj evangelizes Buddhist practice regularly, specifically Vipassana. He's > taken a Buddh

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mini-Film Review: Never Let Me Go

On 03/03/2011 09:53 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> I haven't seen the movie yet but films that take place in dystopian >> society arouse my interest because they reflect the direction our >> society is going. In fact one idea I had for a TV series

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

emptybill said: " far seeing Wiki rishi-s" Brilliant. A b s o l u t e l y Brilliant. And really funny. (deep bow) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > Stay enraged Willy! It makes your comments more amusing. > > So you are only accepting Soto teachers as valid propone

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

"Barry has an "agenda"? What might that agenda be? What's mine?" No clue - didn't say it. Do you have one too? Was writing about Vaj. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > Barry has an "agenda"? What might that agenda be? > > What's mine? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogrou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

So we should hold you up as an example of what it is to be a TM "enlightened guy?" Interesting. You do still claim to have attained the loftiest of states? What level? CC? GC? UC? BC? BMFOC? ;-) Please, share. I, personally, like Joe, still enjoy my TM practice, though rarely 2x daily and TMS

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

On Mar 4, 2011, at 2:53 PM, sparaig wrote: > For heaven's sake. How do you know that they are chakkras? > > How do you discriminate at all if you are in PC? > > SIghs and shakes head. I believe that's why he's asking if: "You have heard of flat transcendence and lively transcendence?"

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

On Mar 4, 2011, at 2:52 PM, sparaig wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: >> >> >> On Mar 4, 2011, at 6:16 AM, sparaig wrote: >> >>> As I have often said here, and I was even quoted on a Buddhist >>> group about whether or not meditation practice can be effortless:

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

On 03/04/2011 12:07 PM, WillyTex wrote: > >>> Advaita Vedanta, I'd argue, isn't the best place >>> to learn about specifics of mantra mediation IMO... >>> > Bhairitu: >> Yes and people want to make meditation an overly >> complicated thing... >> > According to John Hughes, a TM Meditator (TTC 1968)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mini-Film Review: Never Let Me Go

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > I liked the film and feel it has an even more deeper theme > than just the organ transplants. Exactly. It's a human story set against the backdrop of an inhuman era. The contrast is what makes it interesting. I watched another such mo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

azgrey: > Sorry WillyTex, crouched over a prairie-dog with needful > thoughts is sooo inappropriate. > You are not making much sense. There are no "prairie-dogs" in San Antonio and no prairies either. Go figure.

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

Bhairitu: > ...many archaryas invent up mediation techniques. > So, you're thinking that Vasagupta "invented" the Bhairava Tantra? Go figure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasugupta > > 7. Devi, imagine the Sanskrit letters in these > > honey-filled foci of awareness, first as letters, > > then

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Yes, please hold me up as an example of a TM enlightened guy - the benefits to both of us will be incalculable. I can hardly wait - lol! Are you doing it yet?? Am I higher than you, yet? Does it go something like, TC - standing on a shoebox, CC - piggyback ride, GC - sitting on your shoulders, U

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Joe: > Barry has an "agenda"? What might that agenda be? > To sell TV series like 'Deadwood'? > What's mine? > To sell crappy paperback books?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

> > Trying to stay out of the shit of this one, but feeling > > the need to comment anyway, I will just say that I have > > not once seen Vaj try to "push" or "sell" any particular > > technique or tradition here... > > > And apparently I'm now a vipassana practitioner. Huh. Why > am I always th

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

On 03/04/2011 02:03 PM, WillyTex wrote: > > Bhairitu: >> ...many archaryas invent up mediation techniques. >> > So, you're thinking that Vasagupta "invented" the > Bhairava Tantra? Go figure. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasugupta You believe he "cognized it?" :-D

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

On Mar 4, 2011, at 2:23 PM, WillyTex wrote: >>> >>> Vaj (vajradhatu) likes Chogyam Trungpa, the founder >>> of Vajradhatu... >>> >> Vaj: >> I do like him very much... >> > Me too. Hey, we are both on the same path! > > Trungpa's meditation practice is very similar to TM > meditation practic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Oh wow !!! Jim's locking horns with the holy FFL neo-advaita trinity of Turq, Vaj and Joe. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > translation: Vaj very much wants you to drop your interest in TM, and take up > Vipasanna meditation. He spends hours each week, month after m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Yep, while the wiki rishi-s have the highest state and know everything, the "almost" highest rishi-s can see but cannot describe. That's because they still have the remainders of flatuscendence in their meditations. Other than that everyone's kool. ***

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Mar 4, 2011, at 2:53 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > For heaven's sake. How do you know that they are chakkras? > > > > How do you discriminate at all if you are in PC? > > > > SIghs and shakes head. > > > I believe that's why he's asking i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

flatuscendence , Lol you nailed it --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > Yep, while the wiki rishi-s have the highest state and know everything, > the "almost" highest rishi-s can see but cannot describe. > That's because they still have the remainders of flatuscendence

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

His "Sadhana of Mahamudra" is quite powerful and is his terma. The Sadhana of Mahamudra was received as a mind terma by the Trungpa when he was in Bhutan at Taktsang cave. This is where Padmasambhava himself meditated in order to subdue obstacles to presenting the buddhadharma in Tibet. --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

On Mar 4, 2011, at 6:50 PM, blusc0ut wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: >> >> >> On Mar 4, 2011, at 2:53 PM, sparaig wrote: >> >>> For heaven's sake. How do you know that they are chakkras? >>> >>> How do you discriminate at all if you are in PC? >>> >>> SIghs and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

On Mar 4, 2011, at 6:58 PM, emptybill wrote: > His "Sadhana of Mahamudra" is quite powerful and is his terma. > > The Sadhana of Mahamudra was received as a mind terma by the Trungpa when he > was in Bhutan at Taktsang cave. This is where Padmasambhava himself meditated > in order to subdue ob

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Lawson, maybe the subliminal message of this video could have a liberating effect on you, if you though allow it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sPUpKGI1Z4 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > For heaven's sake. How do you know that they are chakkras? > > How do you disc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Flatley" wrote: > Regarding MMY, Charlie Lutes said that on several occasions he watched over the body for three days while it was wrapped up like a mummy. This indicated that MMY was a real Yogi. He did what?

[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 559 messages as of (UTC) Fri Mar 04 23:58:00 2011 50 authfriend 48 turquoiseb 44 yifuxero 40 WillyTex 34 whynotnow7 34 Vaj 33 blusc0ut 32 Tom Pall 26

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi Mandir Madanapalle

Hi all, I just uploaded some photos from Maharishi Mandir in Madanapalle in the photo section. Maharishi went there around 1955, met one Narayan Iyer, who died recently. His son is on one of the photos, the 'temple' doesn't belong to the movement anymore, and is a meeting place of various medit

[FairfieldLife] Krischun Zombies Mock Muslim Man Praying at White House

These must be leading exponents of Krischunanitry: http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/03/watch-christian-protesters-surround-muslim-man-at-white-house/ Can't wait for the 'the rapture" to carry such idiots off to oblivion.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > Barry has an "agenda"? What might that agenda be? > > What's mine? Rather obviously, to defend Barry. So much so that you rush to challenge a post that *wasn't even about Barry*. Twice, two minutes apart! Better get some ointment for that

[FairfieldLife] Chan Master Hsu Yun & Calif. prairie dog

Subject: Chan Master Hsu Yun & Calif. prairie dog >From Wiki, re: (Hsu Yun, Guru of Chan Master Hsuan Hua and grand-Guru of Chan Master Sheng Yen): "  Though Chán is less well known in the West compared to Japanese Zen, the teachings of Hsu Yun have persisted within Asia, and he is still

[FairfieldLife] FFL Neo-advaita Troika Trudge

On second thoughts... Joe is the weak link here. I don't want to make Sal mad. Azgrey seems to have the meanness and ambition to succeed. Curtis would have been a definite front runner but he seems to have retired. Does azgrey has the talent to fill in? I would say the third spot is totally

[FairfieldLife] Was Churchill a mass murderer?

Page 6, Hinduism Today, April/May/June 2011: "How Churchill Starved India" "The Nov. 2010 release of Madhusree Mukerjee's book, "Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Raving of India during WWII, " has readers reeling.  Between 1939 and 1945, the British used India's entire outpu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Was Churchill a mass murderer?

Churchill: "I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion"... http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2031992,00.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu Xero wrote: > > > > Page 6, Hinduism Today, April/May/June 2011: > > "How Churchill Starved India" > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Yes indeed !! I have had second thoughts about Joe's already precarious position in the FFL Neo-advaita troika. Instead of ramping up he seems to a big liability. Please refer to my latest update his position is totally up for grabs!!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

The story goes that Maharishi wanted to feel what it was like to live a life in bondage, but after three days he couldn't take it anymore - "Lutes!", he yelled, "Get me out of these god-damned bandages!":-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLif

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > "According to a Shankaracharya who was also a disciple > of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati," > > No attribution of who/what/when/where makes this > quote just another spurious claim. Vaj won't tell you, for reasons that will become obviou

[FairfieldLife] Anna Pavlova

"...greatest ballerina of all time, was the first to tour ballet around the world" (Hinduism Today, p. 31, April/May/June, 2011). http://www.ballerinagallery.com/pic/pavlov03.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > Yes indeed !! I have had second thoughts about Joe's > already precarious position in the FFL Neo-advaita troika. Joe's a good guy. He just has a blind spot about Barry. > Instead of ramping up he seems to a big liability. Please > re

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anna Pavlova

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > "...greatest ballerina of all time, was the first to tour ballet around the > world" (Hinduism Today, p. 31, April/May/June, 2011). > http://www.ballerinagallery.com/pic/pavlov03.jpg More Pavlova photos: http://www.ballerinagallery.co

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

http://parodyfiles.com/images/mormon.jpg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > Yes indeed !! I have had second thoughts about Joe's already precarious > position in the FFL Neo-advaita troika. > > Instead of ramping up he seems to a big liability. Please refer to my lates

[FairfieldLife] Product reviews by H.P. Lovecraft

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[FairfieldLife] Muslim Space Program

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Right, these streaks of goodness are leading to his downfall. Tough luck buddy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" raviyogi@ wrote: > > > > Yes indeed !! I have had second thoughts about Joe's > > already precarious posi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Trying to stay out of the shit of this one, but feeling > the need to comment anyway, I will just say that I have > not once seen Vaj try to "push" or "sell" any particular > technique or tradition here. He has *discussed* many, > and i

[FairfieldLife] The complete Wizard of Oz

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

Whoa, watch out lady, don't try to blindside him with logic and reason. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: > > > > Trying to stay out of the shit of this one, but feeling > > the need to comment anyway,

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