--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@...
wrote:
I am not sure if this applies or not. But I tend to eshew things like
beautiful sunsets, or beautiful days. Or at least I don't get
emotional about them. They are what they are. I neither delight in
them, nor ignore
Ravi,
Sanjay's ideas are a bit too orthodox for my taste. Now, I understand why some
American jyotishis call themselves neo-vedic astrologers. But his techniques
are unusual and one can incorporate some of his ideas into one's own repertoire.
During one of his seminars a few years ago, he
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
wrote:
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote:
Good advice but he can´t.
For him, Rick, Curtis, Barry et al.
Have you ever noticed that cultists...uh, I mean
spiritual seekers...tend to project onto people
who don't belief in their cult dogma...uh, I mean
their spiritual beliefs...by projecting onto these
non-believers the very faults *they* have paid
thousands of dollars to the cult trying to rid
John,
You are spot on with his orthodoxy and with astrology in general, he
comes from a culture that is very male dominated with strong gender
roles so yes you would be well served to be on guard to reject that
garbage. I was married to a woman from that culture and trust me it's
not pretty, I
If you have a pitta constitution, you'll understand that it's a pain to have
itches on your chest and arms. But the meditation practice tones down the
itches at a milder or manageable level.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
I am not sure if this
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
I am not sure if this applies or not. But I tend to eshew things like
beautiful sunsets, or beautiful days. Or at least I don't get emotional
about them. They are what they are. I neither delight in them, nor
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
Have you ever noticed that cultists...uh, I mean
spiritual seekers...tend to project onto people
who don't belief in their cult dogma...uh, I mean
their spiritual beliefs...by projecting onto these
non-believers the very
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@
wrote:
I am not sure if this applies or not. But I tend to eshew things
like beautiful sunsets, or beautiful days. Or at least I don't get
emotional
There must be something WRONG with these critics. They
don't spend several hours a day and scads of money
trying to become genuflect enlightened, like I do. By
definition this means that there is something WRONG
with them, because if they knew how important it is to
become enlightened (to
This exactly how my ex put it. She claimed she was very spiritual and
said I was tamasic (dull, lazy), worldly, materialistic, born with a bad
nakshatra(Chitra). She abused my mother, my homeland, my mother tongue
Telugu, she said all the people from my place were Rakshasas(demons). It
caused me a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
Are you translating Bhoga-saadhana as experiences?
No, just 'bhoga'...
Bhoga means -
worldly, materialistic; saadhana - here would be indulgence. So just
translating it as experiences doesn't seem to do justice to this
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
This exactly how my ex put it. She claimed she was very
spiritual and said I was tamasic (dull, lazy), worldly,
materialistic, born with a bad nakshatra(Chitra).
And she may have been right. :-)
The point is, her saying
Need: You are not satisfied with your life, you are full of stress, and
you are not using your full mental potential.
Solution: Transcendental Meditation(TM)
Need: The world is often puzzling to you, and you don't understand it.
What you need are pat answers so that you come to believe that you
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote:
If you have a pitta constitution, you'll understand that it's a pain
to have itches on your chest and arms.
That's not the itch I typically deal with, but thanks for the advice.
(-:
But the meditation practice tones down the itches
hej dude don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
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There's unquestionably something WRONG with *this*
critic, because he lives in a fantasy world of his
own making and genuinely believes it's the same
world the rest of us live in. He's even created a
fantasy FFL complete with fantasy fanatical
cultists who write fantasy posts for him to
denounce.
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(Turns out it's the plastic holders of tea lights
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
snip
Most of us here are in pain; it ain't just Barry by any means.
Not all of us are in denial about it, however. Some of us
understand Patanjali's
Adyashanti was excellent in the Sondheim last night. He had a good crowd, about
300, I would guess. He is very smart, very articulate, well worth hearing, for
those who like that kind of thing (the waking up thing, that is). I much
prefer him to the imperious drama queen, Gangaji. He handled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FtVPvr2LVw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FtVPvr2LVwfeature=share feature=share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tTy1wI5Jl4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tTy1wI5Jl4feature=share feature=share
Tonight at 20.30 Holland time
in the Global Maharishi Family Chat,
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Perhaps coming out of more of a zen/buddhist tradition makes him a little more
direct and intellectual. I've always enjoyed his simple clarity.
--- On Wed, 4/20/11, feste37 fest...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: feste37 fest...@yahoo.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Adyashanti in Fairfield
To:
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--- On Wed, 4/20/11, merlin vedamer...@yahoo.de wrote:
From: merlin vedamer...@yahoo.de
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Raja Harris speaks on the Brahmasthan of India
To:
Date: Wednesday, April 20,
Astrology should always be taken as an abstraction not a concrete. I
know astrologers who believe that when they change dashas it's going to
be night and day. It's the science of light dammit and preceding
dasha fades out as the next one fades in. And thus the effect become
mixed near those
Oh, shut up, Barry. You haven't even the foggiest
idea of what we were talking about, so you can't
possibly have anything relevant to say.
But just on its own terms, you once again make the
whopping mistake of assuming you can apply a
description of *your* experience to everybody else.
Especially
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRm1yqSmsGY
Comment from a non-FFL member friend on this thread:
I think putting down gangji was in appropriate and unnecessary. she may not
be his cup of tea but seems to have a following of people who get a lot out
of her.
also,,, adyahanti is a good speaker but what value is it long term... my exp
Back to Patanjali. Yes, I understand that his the wise
consider all experiences painful is a technique of sorts.
It's a way of saying, All of these experiences are temp-
orary, so you should focus on something that is eternal.
This argument would actually appeal to those who have
been taught that
This is a forum on which people express their opinions. I was expressing mine.
Nothing unnecessary or inappropriate about it.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote:
Comment from a non-FFL member friend on this thread:
I think putting down gangji was in
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@... wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRm1yqSmsGY
Great find, Joe. I love these gals; they consistently
just nail it.
I saw Adyahanti a few night ago in Manhattan and your description is right on.
I enjoyed it very much - a totally different experience in many ways. No people
with flowers to give him, a mixed age crowd with a lot less gussied up stuff
(maybe that is the zen influence too). Less devotion to
Threat to the Evangelical Business Plan
(game theory addresses the question of going to Hell)...
http://www.tinyurl.com/3nfr7sb
I am outraged that someone on FFL created consternation in someone else! This
is unheard of! FFL where the lion lies down with the lamb.and then eats
it.
--- On Wed, 4/20/11, feste37 fest...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: feste37 fest...@yahoo.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adyashanti in
And then this poster goes on to put down Adyashanti! We are nothing if not
hypocrites!
--- On Wed, 4/20/11, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote:
From: Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com
Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Adyashanti in Fairfield
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
snip
Seems to me that Patanjali was the classic recluse. He
couldn't make it out in the world, so he is preaching to
others that he assumes are just like him, terrified of
ephemeral, relative experience, and afraid that these
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First one must have lived through the Biblical Flood. I hope Noah put a pair on
his boat.
http://www.livescience.com/13670-25-amazing-ancient-beasts-dinosaurs-reptiles.html
Personally, don't think so.
http://y-jesus.com/jesuscomplex_3.php
I agree with you. Jyotish should be taken as a sign post. But some teachers,
like Brendan Feeley, like to tell stories of legendary jyotishis who were able
to make predictions up to the nearest second of time. Feeley said that one can
do this with the Krishnamurti Paddhati system.
I tried
http://y-jesus.com/jesuscomplex_10.php
Interesting question, and provocative in that we can pose the same question for
any Teacher/Guru. The article here suggests that being a great moral teacher
(acknowledging that premise) disallows a. His being and liar, (OK, we can
suppose that); ...but
On Apr 20, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Rick Archer wrote:
Comment from a non-FFL member friend on this thread:
I think putting down gangji was in appropriate and unnecessary. she may not
be his cup of tea but seems to have a following of people who get a lot out
of her.
Sure glad the politeness
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote:
http://y-jesus.com/jesuscomplex_10.php
Interesting question, and provocative in that we can pose
the same question for any Teacher/Guru. The article here
suggests that being a great moral teacher (acknowledging
that premise)
thx! ...re: your statement that he was in Unity C and had no other way to
interpret the experience.
First, (a) regardless of the experience, one could argue that people in Unity
had no other way to interpret [any] experience.
This is speculative and leads to an infinite regress, as well as
So very, very close to Heaven On Earthdig deep!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote:
Completion isjust around the corner if we can only
raise 20 million more !
--- On Wed, 4/20/11, merlin vedamerlin@... wrote:
From: merlin
Before I ever donate to anything TM related I want to know this: - How much to
the Shrivastava's of India, who grew from very middle class to rich in the last
30 years since MMY's organization took in money - how much do they contribute
to TM sponsored projects? Why doesn't someone from a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote:
http://y-jesus.com/jesuscomplex_10.php
Interesting question, and provocative in that we can pose the same question
for any Teacher/Guru. The article here suggests that being a great moral
teacher (acknowledging that premise)
That's why I thought that Bobby Roth's smiley faced answer (the IRS records
are there for all to see!) at MUM a few weeks ago was disingenuous.
Of course the US domestic records are in order! Try getting transparent
financials from the international TMO including specifically the Indian home
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@ wrote:
http://y-jesus.com/jesuscomplex_10.php
Interesting question, and provocative in that we can pose the same question
for any Teacher/Guru. The
...why some people are so attached to this all
experience is pain thang. They've never had
Unity experiences.
What they consider the highest experiences
they've ever had involve either transcendence or
Maharishi's CC. In other words, experiences that
are totally based on duality -- on the one
Fair enough. However I'm not sure if I completely agree that there are
cultists on this list and that they are trying to sell anything, I'm
sure it does come across as selling when someone is forcefully trying to
make a point but I'm sure it's similar to you in that there are trying
to state their
Yep. It could be a huge scandal, but no one has the time or motivation or
expertise to pry into all this and do an expose. What a story.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@... wrote:
That's why I thought that Bobby Roth's smiley faced answer (the IRS records
are there
You're getting warmer. But drop the notion of
being attached or clinging to experience as
pain. It's just an observation.
Now ask yourself, what is it an observation *of*?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
...why some people are so attached to this all
Nice account of the evening by someone:
John and i were blown away- Adya is amazing- so simple and clear- no fancy
stuff- and the crowd was great- there were about 350 people- we're going
back tonight and taking our neighbor- there were a few questions and really
good ones- one gal i know
when I saw Adya in Manhattan a few days ago, he said some of the same things,
but it sounds as if he brought out more things to the fairfield group. I would
like toa ttend one of his silent retreats someday. In California, where he is
very popular, the retreats are by lottery since so many
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
snip
I admit, however, that sometimes I *do* throw these
different points of view out *to make a point*. That
point, of course, is to demonstrate how strongly and
often how compulsively and insanely some on this forum
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote:
snip
Last but not least, I attribute some supposed statments of
Jesus and the overall dualistic tone of the Greek Scriptures
to Jesus NOT being in Unity and agree with MMY's assessment
on the matter. He stated at Humboldt 70 that
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Anyone know anyone, who is just in CC.??
If I gave you my date and time of birth, would you give me a jyotish
reading gratis here on FFL?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote:
I tried to learn this KP system, but gave up on it. Instead, I prefer
to use the classical Parashara system because one can incorporate
What we need is a guru handicapper ala Joan Rivers. That would be a
nice diversion.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@...
wrote:
On Apr 20, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Rick Archer wrote:
Comment from a non-FFL member friend on this thread:
I think putting down gangji
turquoiseb:
...why some people are so attached to this all
experience is pain thang. They've never had
Unity experiences.
What they consider the highest experiences
they've ever had involve either transcendence or
Maharishi's CC. In other words, experiences that
are totally based on
like sking on infinitely smooth water
I went and heard him Tuesday nite here in Fairfield. Tonite there was
something else 'satsang' going on that was better so I went with it. That's
FFL. AdyaS is really very good at what he does and I thought he handled
Fairfield very well and fairly. Through the evening he very carefully
You want to get out of that really fast.
--- On Wed, 4/20/11, Robert babajii...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Robert babajii...@yahoo.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] 'Just in C.C.'??
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 8:24 PM
Anyone know anyone, who is just in
CC.??
I actually hate being that cynical. Actually I'm not that cynical. I walk
around in transcendent bliss all the time. So, I don't even know where that
comes from! I've gained so much from TM that all the other crap doesn't even
matter. Like being given the best sports car in the world, a Ferrari
Sure, what the heck.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@...
wrote:
If I gave you my date and time of birth, would you give me a jyotish
reading gratis here on FFL?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote:
I tried to learn this KP system, but
4-19-56 5:12 pm cst I would say within 20 min 0f 5:12 could be
5:32, or I could try to get the exact time.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
Sure, what the heck.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@
wrote:
If I gave
And the place of birth?
Belated birthday greetings BTW.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@...
wrote:
4-19-56 5:12 pm cst I would say within 20 min 0f 5:12 could be
5:32, or I could try to get the exact time.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi
Would that it be 5:12 am?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
And the place of birth?
Belated birthday greetings BTW.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@
wrote:
4-19-56 5:12 pm cst I would say within 20 min 0f 5:12 could
St. Louis, Mo. (the family gave me an interior and exterior car
cleaning, and a delicious butter cream birthday cake. both were
awesome)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
And the place of birth?
Belated birthday greetings BTW.
--- In
negative. it was pm
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote:
Would that it be 5:12 am?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote:
And the place of birth?
Belated birthday greetings BTW.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
Damn missed it, it was right there - I already started making a mental
picture of the chart and now I have to start over - no worries.
Good to know you had a good time on your birthday.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@...
wrote:
negative. it was pm
--- In
Thank you - will get back to you.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@...
wrote:
St. Louis, Mo. (the family gave me an interior and exterior car
cleaning, and a delicious butter cream birthday cake. both were
awesome)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi
The Shrivastava/Varma clan is counting on things continuing on just like
that...with no one poking their noses where they don't belong. Can you imagine
what would happen to a dome badge holder who seriously undertook an
investigation of the international TMO finances in India?
You are just one of those people Peter. If I had met you in a robe you could
easily been my Maharishi.
Some people just project an abundance of what-the-fuck!
I can't explain it. But the difference between you a Maharishi is context.
Just context. And wardrobe.
We should definitely hang
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