[FairfieldLife] The Lord's Prayer as a Mantra

2013-11-12 Thread martin.quickman
Repetition of phrases and sayings can lead us into a deeper understanding of our own inner world. It stills the mind allowing meditation to bear more abundant fruits. Here this christian mantra is explained more clearly - a good short read : http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2012/06

[FairfieldLife] OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread cardemaister
According to YS II 15: [blah blah blah...]...duHkham eva sarvam vivekinaH ... everything (sarvam) [is] only (eva) duHkha for a vivekin. duHkha 1 mfn. (according to grammarians properly written %{duS-kha} and said to be from %{dus} and %{kha} [cf. %{su-kha4}] ; but more probably a Pra1kriti

[FairfieldLife] Duudsons (Dudesons) nkd on an Estonian gas station!

2013-11-12 Thread cardemaister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVmINuxrQ5s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVmINuxrQ5s

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Vastu Housing

2013-11-12 Thread dhamiltony2k5
built according to the ancient Indian principles of Maharishi Vedic architecture that seeks harmony with the energy of the sun and nature for the well-being of occupants. Many examples of Vedic design can be seen in Fairfield and in Maharishi Vedic City, incorporated in recent years. http

[FairfieldLife] Choral Movement

2013-11-12 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Indian Community Choir: http://www.kanniks.com/community-choir.htm http://www.kanniks.com/community-choir.htm the Indian American choral movement

Re: [FairfieldLife] OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
Card, I can see at least 2 ways to interpret this quote. One possible meaning is that for the person in CC, there is the infinite Self and the finite non Self and that duality itself causes misery. OR the person in CC realizes that all, meaning the world, is a field of change, misery rather than

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
John, I had to google prasna. So thanks, I learned something new. I wonder if the bhavas of Chandra and Mangal are also significant. Anyway, the fact that you and he have the same first names suggests to me that the dream might be about two aspects of yourself. On Monday, November 11, 2013

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness

2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
Emily, did you find that reading this book shed some light on the experiences you and your daughters had when you went to see Amma in person? On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:39 AM, "emilymae...@yahoo.com" wrote:   I would suggest this book by Gayatri (Gail) to any Amma devotees or follow

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2013-11-12 Thread sharelong60
Oy! I just got it Judy! Duh! Well I've always thought of myself as an early morning person and imho, that explains a lot. sigh...I'm never gonna be the sharpest tack in the FFL box but that's ok with me. How boring it would be if we were all the same. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

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2013-11-12 Thread authfriend
Good for you, Share. I don't think this was easy for you to acknowledge. Thank you. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Oy! I just got it Judy! Duh! Well I've always thought of myself as an early morning person and imho, that explains a lot. sigh...I'm never gonna be the sharpest

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread authfriend
Here's my wild guess: You are faced with some kind of challenge in your life. You're in the dark as to how to address it and are afraid you might make a mistake. Challenge = tennis game In the dark = midnight Mistake = Boehner ("boner"--the dream is punning with the spelling of the name

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread emptybill
Judy You quoted a famous statement from the Udana. It doesn't fit well into the early Buddhist sutta-s because it appears to go counter to the momentariness doctrine (ksanika-vada). However, scholars consider that to be an actual point of authentication. The statement was considered too well kn

[FairfieldLife] RE: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread emptybill
Dukha is the opposite of sukha. Kha as in Chaos (khaos). It literally means a bad (du) axle-hole vs good (su) axle-hole. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Card, I can see at least 2 ways to interpret this quote. One possible meaning is that for the person in CC, there is the inf

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Dukha is the opposite of sukha. Kha as in Chaos (khaos). > It literally means a bad (du) axle-hole vs good (su) axle-hole. Who exactly are you calling an axle-hole? :-) > ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@ wrote: > > Card, I can

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread Richard J. Williams
It didn't take this thread long to go to shit. This must be the point in the conversation when it gets personal. Go figure. On 11/11/2013 9:31 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Richard J. is such a literalist. If he was (God forbid) a Moslem or a Christian he'd be a fruitcake fundamentalist.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Remembering Veteran Meditators

2013-11-12 Thread Richard J. Williams
Maybe we can assume that those informants who post negative messages early in the morning are those that did not meditate. If they did meditate, and they are still prone to posting negative messages early in the morning, then maybe they should get checked or adopt another type of spiritual prac

[FairfieldLife] RE: The Lord's Prayer as a Mantra

2013-11-12 Thread dhamiltony2k5
This is quite wonderful and appropriate to bring up here. Is how I experience and feel too about the Unified Field beyond the mantra in meditation and in life. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Repetition of phrases and sayings can lead us into a deeper understanding of o

[FairfieldLife] RE: The Lord's Prayer as a Mantra

2013-11-12 Thread obbajeeba
I have said this one since I was a little girl. Separately, I do TM. I always go back to the lord's prayer in times of sickness, or rough times or when I stretch for hope to fulfill my desires or wish goodness upon others. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: This is qui

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
Oy, I didn't even get that turq til your comment. Sounds like empty (hole?) was saying that hole=chaos which traditionally is how many men on spiritual paths see holes of all sorts (-: On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 8:35 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Remembering Veteran Meditators

2013-11-12 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Yea I agree too. I love and appreciate how he wrote too. Actually I love Anartaxius, and Turqb and MJ and Curtis and others I have disagreed with here too. I always feel hopeful like they could change their thinking and come back to group meditation again. In love I meditate for them too with th

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2013-11-12 Thread sharelong60
You're welcome, Judy and I wrote the email as soon as I realized what I had been missing. It did not feel at all hard to do. Go figure! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Good for you, Share. I don't think this was easy for you to acknowledge. Thank you. ---In FairfieldLife@

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2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
Ah ha, Richard, but you've often said that what is meant by meditating is thinking and that we all are thinking all the time. Following this logic, all FFL posters are meditating! Go figure! On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:20 AM, "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com" wrote:   Yea I agree too. I lo

Re: [FairfieldLife] OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread Richard Williams
According to Swami Venkatesananda Saraswati, Patanjali included this sutra to show that the yoga philosophy was in full agreement with both Sankhya and Buddhism on the nature of the material world: an aggregate of impressions expresses itself in thought. "All is suffering for the wise man" (Y.S. 2

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
Wow, Judy, I'm speechless. It sounds like you've had training in dream analysis. Have you? How did you come to know so much about the workings of dreams? On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 8:04 AM, "authfri...@yahoo.com" wrote:   Here's my wild guess: You are faced with some kind of challen

[FairfieldLife] RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread jr_esq
Judy, Thanks for the detailed dream analysis. I'll let you know if anything manifests in my life that resembles your interpretation in the next few days or weeks. It is logical that tennis can be interpreted as a challenge. Midnight is definitely in the dark. But it is also the oppos

[FairfieldLife] hole!

2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
Speaking of synchronicity, I just received this from a non FFL buddy! http://i.imgur.com/C4X5cR4h.jpg

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The Lord's Prayer as a Mantra

2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
Obbajee, what's happening? So good to hear from you. I miss your soul here. On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:07 AM, obbajeeba wrote:   I have said this one since I was a little girl. Separately, I do TM. I always go back to the lord's prayer in times of sickness, or rough times or wh

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
Richard, my online Calgary buddy sent me a photo this morning of a bird sipping water from a pool of water. Then I got it! The bird is real. But so is his reflection in the pool of water. But it's real as a reflection not as a 3 D bird. My whole brain feels better (-: On Monday, November 11

[FairfieldLife] Headline of the Day - So Far

2013-11-12 Thread awoelflebater
Woman busted having truck sex thinks cheeseburger is a sandal http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=ca%2F0_1_g_0_0_t&gid=BNB&bvm=section&usg=AFQjCNEccREgH92hOHUE8aQxyK0T-zmSKg&did=647342285897786270&cid=43982219023034&ei=-1GCUrD4JqTemALsTg&rt=HOMEPAGE&vm=STANDARD&authuser=0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread authfriend
No, no training. I read a book once years ago and absorbed some general principles. There's nothing even the tiniest bit authoritative about my speculations here concerning John's dream. I was just riffing on what struck me as possible keys. If they don't resonate for him, forget 'em. ---I

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Vastu Housing

2013-11-12 Thread Richard Williams
we are trying to keep things simple down here with our building a Yaqui Vastu dwelling. Yaqui Vastu is similar to Vedic Vastu in some respects. One thing you have to keep in mind is the stress the materials are put under during construction. This is an often overlooked element to consider. Accord

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread Richard J. Williams
That makes sense, I guess, if you're trying to maintain a chariot. But, it doesn't tell us much about Yoga. There are just a few little-bitty points that I would like to clarify concerning the your definition. In the Bhagavad Gita, which forms part of the Mahabharata, it is the Buddhist teachi

[FairfieldLife] RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread awoelflebater
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: No, no training. I read a book once years ago and absorbed some general principles. There's nothing even the tiniest bit authoritative about my speculations here concerning John's dream. I was just riffing on what struck me as possible keys. If

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread Richard J. Williams
"Two birds sat in a tree; one ate the fruit; another looked on." - Shvetashvatara Upanishad, 4.7 On 11/12/2013 10:03 AM, Share Long wrote: Richard, my online Calgary buddy sent me a photo this morning of a bird sipping water from a pool of water. Then I got it! The bird is real. But so is his

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The Lord's Prayer as a Mantra

2013-11-12 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Yep, as an old meditator I find that the The 23rd Psalm works good too; just translate the 'Lord' over to 'Unified Field' and, The Unified Field is my shepherd; I shall not want. It maketh me to lie down in green pastures: It leadeth me beside the still waters. It restoreth my soul: It lea

[FairfieldLife] Michael Damian: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 11/12/2013

2013-11-12 Thread Rick Archer
blog updates from Buddha at the Gas Pump If you are not doing so already, please consider donating a minimum of $1 or $2 per month to help offset basic monthly expenses associated with hosting, MailChimp, etc. Of

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Vastu Housing

2013-11-12 Thread dhamiltony2k5
What good will come of any vastu if they are not meditators? Yaqui or Vedic. Does a better vastu bring people to meditation or does meditation bring people to better a vastu? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: we are trying to keep things simple down here with our building a Ya

Re: [FairfieldLife] Headline of the Day - So Far

2013-11-12 Thread Richard J. Williams
A waitress was arrested and charged with public intoxication and loitering for having sex in the back seat of a Dodge truck down in Georgia. What is the world coming to when you can't even get drunk and have sex in the back seat of a truck? Go figure. On 11/12/2013 10:09 AM, awoelfleba...@yaho

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Vastu Housing

2013-11-12 Thread Richard J. Williams
A nice Yaqui Vastu dwelling can provide shelter from the elements, such as cold wind, rain and sleet and snow, and when arranged properly according to Yaqui Quimancy principles, can provide a zone of tranquility where there is no need for a formal group meditation - meditation just comes effort

[FairfieldLife] Re: Headline of the Day - So Far

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > A waitress was arrested and charged with public intoxication and > loitering for having sex in the back seat of a Dodge truck down in > Georgia. What is the world coming to when you can't even get drunk > and have sex in the ba

[FairfieldLife] Re: Headline of the Day - So Far

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > A waitress was arrested and charged with public intoxication and > > loitering for having sex in the back seat of a Dodge truck down in > > Georgia. What is the

[FairfieldLife] More Watchables

2013-11-12 Thread Bhairitu
After catching a promo for it on Hulu I decided to give "Once Upon a Time In Wonderland" a try. It started up this fall on ABC. I did like the pilot episode and has some good actors in it (John Lithgow does the voice the white rabbit). Writing isn't bad either and I see some BSG refugees wri

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread authfriend
You and I have different approaches to dream interpretation, I think (not that I spend much time on it). My sense is that dreams usually represent very mundane concerns in the dreamer's life and rarely have much reference to what's going on in the world. A dream character who is widely known in

[FairfieldLife] RE: hole!

2013-11-12 Thread jr_esq
Is this a fake photo creation or is it real? If real, where is this hole located? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Speaking of synchronicity, I just received this from a non FFL buddy! http://i.imgur.com/C4X5cR4h.jpg http://i.imgur.com/C4X5cR4h.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > (On the other hand, speaking of Jersey Shore psychics, when my mother was a girl, for a lark she consulted a psychic who held forth in a little shack on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The psychic told her that the letter "J" would be very important in

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Headline of the Day - So Far

2013-11-12 Thread authfriend
Two years ago, Dick Cavett, who blogs for the NYTimes, had two pieces on this "Posture Pictures" scandal: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/up-against-the-wall/ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/up-against-the-wall/ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/1

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: hole!

2013-11-12 Thread j_alexander_stanley
Google image search says it's this place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_Hell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_Hell ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Is this a fake photo creation or is it real? If real, where is this hole located? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogro

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread authfriend
You mean, along with my father, Dack, and my sister, Dane? Opsie... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > (On the other hand, speaking of Jersey Shore psychics, when my mother was a girl,

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Re: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread emilymaenot
Darn! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: You mean, along with my father, Dack, and my sister, Dane? Opsie... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > (On the other hand, speak

[FairfieldLife] RE: hole!

2013-11-12 Thread jr_esq
That was a great read. I've never heard of this "Door to Hell" before. This thread reminds of an incident that happened in a different forum. Since the group owner was supposedly busy, he appointed me as one of the moderators. So, I took the liberty of changing the group picture on the fr

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread s3raphita
Re: "The residual effect was that I taught myself how to conduct my conscious mind to see into past lives.": Look - if you and others could really access past-life information you could tell the rest of us stuff that wouldn't otherwise be explicable. The fact that you can't demonstrate such

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread authfriend
I wrote: (snip) > And the dreaming mind, because it can't communicate by talking, makes great > use of punning > and metaphors, sometimes with really obscure wordplay. It's a little like > someone trying to > explain something in sign language that they have to make up on the spot. It >

[FairfieldLife] RE: hole!

2013-11-12 Thread s3raphita
Probably not a good idea to get too close to the edge. The Wiki piece mentions that when the (mad) scientists decided to burn off the gas "expectations were that the gas would burn within days, but it is still burning, more than four decades after it was set on fire". Money to burn. ---I

[FairfieldLife] China, the New Wine Country

2013-11-12 Thread jr_esq
It will soon consume more wine than the USA. Even ex-NBA star Yao Ming has decided to join the trend by selling his expensive name brand from wines made in Northern California. http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/china-poised-to-overtake-the-u-s--yet-again---this-time-as-the-new-wi

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
Seraphita, my experience of knowledge of previous lives has nothing to do with my accessing it. It comes of its own accord, usually in the context of a current day relationship. Each time it has helped me understand the dynamics of that relationship. Knowledge of previous lives is one of the s

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread s3raphita
There's a highly sceptical account of past-life regression on Wiki. (I wonder how some of these Wiki entries aren't challenged by those who beg to differ.) The conclusion is: "scientific consensus is that the memories are the result of cryptomnesia, narratives created by the subconscious mind us

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread authfriend
How do you know they weren't challenged, but the challenges were overruled? Do you ever click the Talk tab at the top of a Wikipedia page to read the discussions among the editors? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: There's a highly sceptical account of past-life regression on Wiki

Re: [FairfieldLife] More Watchables

2013-11-12 Thread Michael Jackson
Gettin' ready to watch Slingblade again, haven't seen it in a while. On Tue, 11/12/13, Bhairitu wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] More Watchables To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 7:51 PM

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread s3raphita
Re "How do you know they weren't challenged, but the challenges were overruled? Do you ever click the Talk tab at the top of a Wikipedia page to read the discussions among the editors?": No - I hadn't noticed the Talk tab before! I've learned something new. Having clicked on said tab I se

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Wed 13-Nov-13 00:15:04 UTC

2013-11-12 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 11/09/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 11/16/13 00:00:00 283 messages as of (UTC) 11/13/13 00:09:40 50 authfriend 31 Share Long 26 Richard J. Williams 25 s3raphita 22 dhamiltony2k5 21 Bhairitu 19 awoelflebater 18 jr_es

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread authfriend
Seraphita wrote: > Re "How do you know they weren't challenged, but the challenges were > overruled? Do you > ever click the Talk tab at the top of a Wikipedia page to read the > discussions among the > editors?": > > No - I hadn't noticed the Talk tab before! I've learned something n

[FairfieldLife] Ezekiel's Vision of the Mystic Wheel

2013-11-12 Thread yifuxero
by Fra Angelico, 1450: http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/1/1453.jpg http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/1/1453.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Fresco of Elijah from Rila Monastery

2013-11-12 Thread yifuxero
Rila Monastery, Bulgaria - fresco: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/SaintIliaFromRilaMonastery.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/SaintIliaFromRilaMonastery.jpg

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread emptybill
Seraph A very funny reply. Nothing so good as "It can't happen here!" or "God didn't say that in the Bible". Go have another hot toddy - it'll prove everything false except the hot toddy. Just think "I'm the Big Self and I don't need such bullshit." You'll be feelin' high and migh

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread awoelflebater
Seraphita, I'm not sure Empty liked your "funny" reply - I did. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Seraph A very funny reply. Nothing so good as "It can't happen here!" or "God didn't say that in the Bible". Go have another hot toddy - it'll prove everything false except t

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness

2013-11-12 Thread awoelflebater
Emily, I have just purchased the book and it looks like a good read. I know really nothing about Amma other than what I have read about her here at FFL. Having emerged from a cult experience myself I will be looking forward to seeing what the author has to say. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroup

[FairfieldLife] RE: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread emptybill
Musta meant axle-rod. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Dukha is the opposite of sukha. Kha as in Chaos (khaos). > It literally means a bad (du) axle-hole vs good (su) axle-hole. Who ex

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread Share Long
Well, empty, good to keep those rods and holes connected, imho On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 8:48 PM, "emptyb...@yahoo.com" wrote:   Musta meant axle-rod. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > >> Dukha is the opposite of sukha

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Re: Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness

2013-11-12 Thread emilymaenot
She wrote it largely to facilitate her healing process and it isn't a comprehensive look at the Amma organization, but it blows the lid off of Amma as the "hugging saint" or "saint" in any respect, in ways that would create the need for one to engage in some serious mind-bending denial to contin

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread emilymaenot
I learned something new also; that's pretty interesting and it is right in front of our noses. I just read the Talk on the Mata Amritanandamayi Wiki article. Pretty humorous (just the creepy aspect of my humor showing itself). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: How do you know

[FairfieldLife] Hitler - our part in his rise

2013-11-12 Thread s3raphita
Hitler preferred a curly "Prussian" style moustache but was ordered to clip it during WWI so that it would fit under the gas masks introduced to defend against British mustard-gas attacks. Didn't save the bastard though: he was blinded in a Brit gas attack in 1918. http://tinyurl.com/bnm

[FairfieldLife] RE: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-12 Thread s3raphita
Re: "Seraphita, I'm not sure Empty liked your "funny" reply - I did.": Yes, and I was genuinely curious about the uniform. Anyone recognise its nationality? Looks eastern European to me - so probably a New York fireman! Re emptybill's: "Just think "I'm the Big Self and I don't need such bu

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness

2013-11-12 Thread awoelflebater
Hmmm, I would be interested to compare the experience of those who had been around Amma with what the author is going to reveal in her book. I would also like to know if what the author says resonates in any way or form with what someone who approaches Amma openly and sincerely would have to say

[FairfieldLife] RE: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread awoelflebater
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Dukha is the opposite of sukha. Kha as in Chaos (khaos). > It literally means a bad (du) axle-hole vs good (su) axle-hole. Who exactly are you calling an

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Re: Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness

2013-11-12 Thread emilymaenot
I only spent 3 days and just one time (although it was enough for me to spend hours on the internet to reconcile my reality and that of my children's with the experience and the experience of the family I went with and to feel compelled to write up my story for a post in the process). I think R

[FairfieldLife] Re: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > You mean, along with my father, Dack, and my sister, Dane? > > Opsie... Surely even Judy can't be so stupid as to have not gotten this. I was merely making a joke based on the likelihood that her mother was simply young and impressionable and

[FairfieldLife] A Room Full Of Feminists Applauds A Guy Who Attacks Feminists

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
Of course, it helps that the guy is Joss Whedon, and that he's right. http://www.upworthy.com/a-room-full-of-feminists-just-applauded-a-guy-wh\ o-attacked-feminists-wait-for-it-re2-7a?g=2&c=ufb1