[FairfieldLife] Re: He's Barack Obama

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > New Jib-Jab video: > http://tinyurl.com/mtrrc5 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVFdAJRVm94 > A good parody!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thanks for all the input

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" wrote: > > > ie, the nervousness is too intense > > Dear Shemp, whoever you are. > > Sorry you're having troubles, if you are not putting us on. > > No one here is willing to gi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thanks for all the input

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" wrote: > > Thanks for the many varied and valuable suggestions you have all rallied to > provide me in my time of need. > > funnily enough, just having the pills sit there on my kitchen counter, with > me knowing I can take one at any time, is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kids 4 to10 Speak about Love ....and Marriage

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "meowthirteen" wrote: > > --I am w u v v v v ing this! > > More please! > > Second helping! Good stuff

[FairfieldLife] MMY discussing kundalini and the 5 major deities; pretty good!

http://www.spiritualregeneration.org/audios/19680211_Rishikesh_2of2_KundaliniOtherSystemsDeities.mp3

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM critical site blocked for MUM students

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Vaj > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:24 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM critical site blocked for MUM stud

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alien photographed making crop circle ! ! !

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alien photographed making crop circle ! ! !

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > > > > Photo here: http://snipurl.com/k4bah [lh3_ggpht_com] > > Jr high. or younger.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishis view of homosexuality (Was : Why I did what I did

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, scienceofabundance wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" > wrote: > > > > Sorry to interrupt, > > > > but I think I vaguely remember when I was at MIU in the 90's that according > > to vedic standards homosexuality was generall

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ron Paul on Global Warming

those aren't from > carbon emissions what is? Global warming or global cooling those > emissions aren't good for you. > > BillyG. wrote: > > As if anybody here really knows or is qualified to comment on whether or > > not there truly is *global warming*; it'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ron Paul on Global Warming

As if anybody here really knows or is qualified to comment on whether or not there truly is *global warming*; it's all about who you believe my friend, it's all about who you believe. Nobody on this forum is qualified to say, one way or the other if global warming (due to carbon emissions) is

[FairfieldLife] Obama's stroke of genius......mini cars!

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=13927221&ch=4226724&src=news I'm glad I still have my Buick Regal 3800 V6, what a great car!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reincarnation?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > Reincarnation? > > http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/13880459 > > > OffWorld Fascinating story.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana, ParaNirvana and MahapParaNirvana.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > --Let me understand this: by "merging" do people mean no further relative > bodies? Why would that be an asset? How does having (being, in the relative > sense) no body "increase" one's awareness of the Absolute? > Put another way

[FairfieldLife] Re: Still waiting for TM to 'kick in'?

You'll find a little of that here too! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" wrote: > > Whoaaaoohh!!!, hold your horses cowboy, you apparently haven't been paying > attention to the general 'new age' attitude rampant these days have you? > People who put forth effort are

[FairfieldLife] Still waiting for TM to 'kick in'?

I'm sure many TM'ers are, (or were, many probably quit waiting) since MMY never emphasized ***EFFORT***! Oh my God there's that word!! Well, *Paurusha* is a term in Yoga used to define manliness, valor or *effort*. Georg Feuerstein describes it thus: "..an important notion in the Yoga-Vasish

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana, ParaNirvana and MahapParaNirvana.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wgm4u@ wrote: > > > > Nirvana is Cosmic Consciousness or Self-Realization, ParaNirvana is realization of Brahman or Unity and the MahaParaNirvana is the gr

[FairfieldLife] Nirvana, ParaNirvana and MahapParaNirvana.

Nirvana is Cosmic Consciousness or Self-Realization, ParaNirvana is realization of Brahman or Unity and the MahaParaNirvana is the great point of NO return where the Sadhaka (practitioner) drops the mortal coil and merges into the omnipresence, (unless he takes the Bodhisattva vow, another subje

[FairfieldLife] Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, a 'Danda' swami.

Don't know is it's been mentioned, since most here probably already know that SBS's 'Danda' *I*, or scepture of power (staff) he carried, represented the central channel of the spinal column through which the serpent power or kundalini arises, also called Meru-Danda. This symbol of sushumna si

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dog Training Fail

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > I let my dogs look at this one. They chuckled. > > http://faildogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/faildogs-trainingisfutile.jpg They must take after you and your approach to scripture; perhaps you, Turq, could use some training yourse

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy - on Mahesh

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jun 4, 2009, at 4:50 PM, BillyG. wrote: > > >> What I meant by "us ignorant TMers" is the fact that your posts > >> mostly seem to be saying that you have more knowledge and > >> expe

[FairfieldLife] Benefits of the practice of Celibacy

The practice of celibacy is not attended with any danger or disease, or undesirable results such as the various sorts of 'complex' wrongly attributed by the Western psychologists. They have no practical knowledge of the subject on hand. They have a wrong and ill-founded imagination that the ungr

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Randy - on Mahesh

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Randy Meltzer" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 4, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Randy Meltzer wrote: > > > > > So Vaj, if you don't consider him a maharishi or a yogi, what are > > > you doing on this forum? Do you fe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does TM awaken kundalini?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > > > snip > > > Sex is a scary thing for some peopl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does TM awaken kundalini?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > Sorry I have to ask, but has MMY ever addressed this issue other than that > > one lecture in the early '70's? >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does TM awaken kundalini?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: >>>snip > Sex is a scary thing for some people, as you need to give up part of the > >>ego, and is considered something dirty and evil by these groups, when it > >>is part of full human experience... The secret of full conscious transcending

[FairfieldLife] Re: Waking Kundalini

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "BillyG." wrote: > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does TM awaken kundalini?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jun 2, 2009, at 8:17 PM, BillyG. wrote: > > > Sorry I have to ask, but has MMY ever addressed this issue other > > than that one lecture in the early '70's? > > > > Or, is there ano

[FairfieldLife] Does TM awaken kundalini?

Sorry I have to ask, but has MMY ever addressed this issue other than that one lecture in the early '70's? Or, is there another way to reach Cosmic Consciousness without awakening kundalini? What is the tmorg's teaching on this subject? Anybody know? Is the word 'chakra' forbidden in TM circle

[FairfieldLife] Re: which guru best?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "new7892001" wrote: > > Hi, me know nothing and have no much money. They go together! > Which guru best and can make me enlited For you, any Guru will be an improvement! > very quick? how long takes? No, some people say it takes 7 lifetimes, but for you I

[FairfieldLife] Re: "...they can create anything, they can uncreate anything, they can do anything."

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > 'One thing that Maharishi explained,' Dr Morris continued, 'was that the > sounds used in the Vedic Yagya > performances are from > the four Veda

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life As It Is

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: snip> > Hindu teachers universally agree that even ordinary life is a life of > yagya -- that is, > desires are being "burnt" by fulfilling them. snip> > Edg Edg-A little off topic, but, I wouldn't say desires are being burnt by fulfilling

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM mantras and meaning

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > http://snipurl.com/iyubq [adventuresintranscendentalmeditation_blogspot_com] I think Maharishi has already defined TM as "the greatest blessing" of the *eternal Religion* represented by the Vedas. "It would be exact to say that al

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: Sinning just a "little" (like you said), is like having a small stain on the front of your shirt and living with it. You don't bother with it much because it appears to be so little. But, it clearly reflects low standards. But everybody h

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > below . . . > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > Billy, > > > > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoo

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > Billy, > > If you're going to be good lover, you'd better have lust. *Lover*, you mean like Don Juan? In that context, I would of course, agree, but what a perversion of the word 'Love'; the most abused word in the English language.

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > No. Your is totally YOUR pr

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > No. Your is totally YOUR problem. You

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > No. Your is totally YOUR problem. You only have control over yourself. Not > >>others. Agreed, I own up to my problems, how about you?, do you ever succumb to entertaining lust?

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > Me, vulnerable to lust, like duhyeah!! Since puberty! > > I can own up to my own weaknesses, can you Mr. do? > > Billy, in all honesty I would consider your > greatest weakness the fact that you consider > being attracted to a wom

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > > > So what does all that mean, do? > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > BillyG wrote: > > > So what does all that mean, do? > > > > do.rflex wrote: > > In my own personal view I believe that there's > > a stark difference between sexual lust

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Celibacy of Saul of Tarsus [St Paul] by Tayler Caldwell

So what does all that mean, do? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, > it is good for them if they abide (celibate) > even as I. But if they cannot contain, let > them marry: for it is better to marry than > to burn.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What "vibe" do you get from looking at this person?

Evil revenge in one eye, sympathy in the other

[FairfieldLife] My Obama car vs. a Semi truck.....?

While environmentalists push laws requiring automakers to sell smaller, lighter cars in order to meet higher fuel-economy standards, safety advocates worry that meeting those demands will result in cars that are less safe in a crash. http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/97

[FairfieldLife] Re: The *intent* of overly-emotional writing

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On May 22, 2009, at 9:34 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > Edg, I didn't read a word of the following, for > > a couple of reasons. First, I know what you're > > going to say; you are nothing if not predictable. > > Second, just LOOK at it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The purpose of marriage - liberation

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > Maharishi on marriage - > > Married life is the structure of bondage for liberation. The ideal of > married life is that the two bind themselves into the desires of the other. > One willingly takes upon himself to work for the desire

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev - Nobody wants your mind in this world

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > Accumulate worldly wealth, but in such a way that is not against > transcendental wealth. That which hinders transcendental wealth results in > accumulation in sin and is not wealth but a burden and a debt. > > As is the cloth, so is th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anybody believe Speaker Pelosi?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon wrote: > > Well do you? Nancy Pelosi? "I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability".

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brack Obama diatribe against the previous administration (Gitmo).

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ben" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > Don't you love self righteous Monday morning quarterbacks! Ha, what a > > joke, "Why, *I* woulda done that, Ahhh, he tur

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brack Obama diatribe against the previous administration (Gitmo).

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > Don't you love self righteous Monday morning quarterbacks! Ha, what a joke, > "Why, *I* woulda done that, Ahhh, he turned left when he shoulda turned > right...Ahhh I am clean as a whistle and always tak

[FairfieldLife] Brack Obama diatribe against the previous administration (Gitmo).

Don't you love self righteous Monday morning quarterbacks! Ha, what a joke, "Why, *I* woulda done that, Ahhh, he turned left when he shoulda turned right...Ahhh I am clean as a whistle and always take the high moral ground!" I can hardly wait till his term ends,to count his mistakes publicl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic genitalia

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" > wrote: > > > > I hold the unusual distinction of owning both > > editions of the book. No mention of gonads > > in eith

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic genitalia

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of BillyG. > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 3:52 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic genitalia

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" wrote: > > I hold the unusual distinction of owning both > editions of the book. No mention of gonads > in either. I believe the gentiles are ruled by the root chakra (or muladhar), the abode of Shakti Kundalini. When the life force (k

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Actual Story on Tony Nader's Ved in Physiology Book, was: The Meals of King Tony Nader

I think the book and his video talking about it, are brilliant, but certainly not the first to produce such a work-- Man the Grand Symbol of the Mysteries by Manly P Hall About this title: A unique assemblage of material gathered from dozens of sources written over the centuries, this volume o

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Meals of King Tony Nader

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "guyfawkes91" wrote: > > >> > it would not detract from the significance of the work. > >> > > The significance of the work needs to be seen in its proper context. > > It is a well known fact amongst the educated that it's trivially easy to find > spurious

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra and Devata-One and the same.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > Ah yes - sound chap that MMY! > > > > BillyG - by chance I was reading a post on a "buddhist" blog by a guy > called Sachin Modeel (at least I think he may be Buddhist). > > He's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra and Devata-One and the same.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrot

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra and Devata-One and the same.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan wrote: > > Sounds a lot like what MMY said in his talk on the Vedas: > > > > "through Vedic hymns, it is possible for those expert in chanting those > > hymns to produce certain effects here, there or there. The universe is > > vast, so ma

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra and Devata-One and the same.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 13, 2009, at 11:43 AM, grate.swan wrote: > > >> It's given me choices about how to interact with "creation" or the > >> mandala of life, it makes life easier and freer from obstructions. > >> For example, a friend dying of cancer or A

[FairfieldLife] Re: Coffee and meditation?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Then you and Billy have vata imbalances. We know that from Billy's > posts here. :-D > > Now for those with kapha imbalances some caffeine will help. And don't > tell any Indian yogis they shouldn't have that chai (made with black >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Coffee and meditation?

As do I, well put. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "enpai" wrote: > > Have to agree with BillyG here. I do have a small cup in the mornings on > occassion and if this continues for a few days, it does effect afternoon > meditations. From my experience the caffei

[FairfieldLife] Brahman Consciousness unfolded by opening the 7th chakra.

As MMY would say, "Eureka". When the Kundalini Shakti reaches this chakra or the Sahasrar one realizes Aham Brahmasmi - "I am Brahman" (Brhadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10 of the Yajur Veda) Cosmic Consciousness (Self-realization) is realized upon opening the 6th chakra or Ajna and MMY calls this "

[FairfieldLife] Re: Coffee and meditation?

The problem with caffeinated drinks is they 'run interference' with the clear daily experience of Being. They also affect the rhythm of the heart beat artificially inducing a state of excitement. In short, they are akin to 'artificial will' IMO. Every now and then I'll have a cup of caffeinate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra and Devata-One and the same.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > "For various purposes the Devatas are invoked. Mantra and Devata are one > > and the same. By practice (Japa) with the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev - Our happiness or unhappiness is OUR responsibility

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" wrote: > > > > > > Nice table of Contents, I may buy a copy.

[FairfieldLife] Mantra and Devata-One and the same.

"For various purposes the Devatas are invoked. Mantra and Devata are one and the same. By practice (Japa) with the Mantra the presence of the Devata is invoked." Sir John Woodroffe "The Serpent Power" "In the beginning was the Word (the Pranava or holy sound of Aum), and the Word was with God

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev - Our happiness or unhappiness is OUR responsibility

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" wrote: > > It has been suggested/requested that I put up sample pages of the Guru Dev > trilogy, so I have put together some pdfs which are available at the > following links:- > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/upadesh.htm > http://www.paulmas

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi on "Immortality of the body".

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > Billy, would it be okay if these were figures of speech? Do they have to be > literal to be true? Rings true in experience anyway. I think MMY meant what he said, and it also concurs with what Swami Paramahansa Yogananda taught!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why the mantras ARE the sound vibrations (names) of the Devatas.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 7, 2009, at 8:57 PM, BillyG. wrote: > > > The Devatas are formless creative intelligences that Hinduism has > > anthropomorphized > > > Another misunderstanding of mantra. The form ar

[FairfieldLife] A Word on Sanskrit and the Davanagari syllables

"In a highly simplified description, it may be said that the fifty letters or sounds of the Sanskrit alphabet are on the petals of the sahasrara (Crown chakra), and that each alphabetical vibration in turn is connected with a specific petal (sound vibration) on the lotuses (chakras) in the spina

[FairfieldLife] Why the mantras ARE the sound vibrations (names) of the Devatas.

You could use the word 'one' to meditate, or 'mike' and that would focus the mind and settle down the nervous system. But the reason we use a mantra is, these special sounds have *power* emanating from the Deity governing them. The sound and the Devata (Deity) are one and the same, the *power* i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trance 101

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge wrote: > > > > The Hindu > > > > > connection is purely "cultural" however: "The culture goes back > > > > > thousands of years, and it's nonsense to say that mantras are names >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trance 101

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge wrote: > > The Hindu > > > > connection is purely "cultural" however: "The culture goes back > > > > thousands of years, and it's nonsense to say that mantras are names of > > > > gods - 100 percent absolute nonsense > > -Imagine learning m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trance 101

> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > The Jerusalem Post covers TM and it's putsch into schools: >> Bob Roth, spokesperson for the international TM > > movement and national director of expansion, states that the Hindu > > connection is purely "cultural" however: "The cul

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Victim Mindset

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > Living in Europe for the past 7+ years, it is often > difficult for me to "get" the levels of paranoia and > fear expressed by Americans in their writings, whether > in the media or on forums like this one. > > Having pursued a spiritua

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trance 101

So, do we call them pretzel heads now? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > The Jerusalem Post covers TM and it's putsch into schools: > > http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1239710826837&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull > > LINK > Trance 101 > > Apr. 30,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > My understanding of the "breathless" state is that there is no breathing at > all. > Of course, this cannot continue indefinitely as you would die. Or breathe. This is not actually true according to Yogic Science, 'life' in the body

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Vaj wrote: I don't think most TM'ers or most meditators in any group have > been able to achieve the 'breathless' state which is indicative of Samadhi. Ahh, I think I wrote that, at any rate see below... > Define "breathless." Seems to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > > Well - may well be so. But my point is that to ass

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi on "Immortality of the body".

"About immortality on the physical level, I happened to mention some teaching in the Gita about a cessation of aging process and that I narrated on the level of your experience during meditation." "When your thoughts become finer and finer, when the mind experiences finer realms of thought duri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > Well - may well be so. But my point is that to assert with great > authority that "The Yogic Tradition" asserts such and such of these > thingies is a con (i.e. a claim to some privileged *insight* > into the tradition). After all, if the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > Well fortunately researchers have had access to yogis in higher states > of consciousness, particularly over the last 16 years or so. What > they've found is there are remarkable changes indeed. I don't think most TM'ers or most meditators i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On May 6, 2009, at 1:27 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > > >>> As I said, we agree to disagree... > > >>> > > >>> Or, to quote a famous anonymous sage: there are as many > legitima

[FairfieldLife] Re: QM and Brahma(n)?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > Quantum mechanical quotes > By jao > > From the revamped This Quantum World site, an all but sobering quotes > collection: > > * Quantum mechanics is magic. Daniel Greenberger. > * Everything we call real is made of things

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Bypass

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, scienceofabundance wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > One must wait > > to their next birth to try again. > > > If they were given proper instruction on how to deal with this (and followed > it), why would they need to

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Transcending the TM movement'

> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Transcending the TM movement'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > No man can serve two masters: for eithe

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Transcending the TM movement'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the > >>other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot > serve >>God and mammon [worldly wealth]. > Matthew 6:24 [KJV] I don't think MMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Transcending the TM movement'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert wrote: > >  TM is a technique which transcends itself... > Unfortunately, the organization which it produced, does not. > In a way, they are polar opposites. > With the TM technique, one becomes more fluid, more free. > With the TMO, one becomes more ri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ample Breasts

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, scienceofabundance wrote: > > > > Hello everyone. It is good to be back. > > > > ScienceOfAbundance > > So what's the story, dude. Was it a put-on > or not? If so, it was a really good one. > My co

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > Once again: "God...dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands" > > God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of > heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands > Acts 17:24 > > > Know ye not tha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > Grim, fer shure. I think that 'savior' said, "Let the dead bury their > > > dead." > > > > Which meant, those who are blinded by materialism (no spiritual insight) > > are spiritually 'dead', their consciousness lives on the surface

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > > Photo: > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/biomechanic/3165721000/in/pool-farside > > > > This is hilar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's "definition" of suSumna?

Yes, MMY used the term in context with TM at a TM event, and mentions that it (sushumna) is the path of kundalini and that the chakras are milestones on the path of kundalini. When the breath is flowing equally in and out of both nostrils it is called sushumna, according to MMY, and he sugges

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wannabee TM Teacher Test

"Oh what wicked webs we weave, when first we practice to deceive", but in this case the "ends justify the means", you apparently didn't get that at your TTC course --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > Finally, for all of those out there in FFL-Land who > (given t

[FairfieldLife] Re: VC pundits recitation

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > http://globalcountryofworldpeace.org/maharishi_vedic_pandits12.html > All that, yet we still get 'gay marriage' approved in Iowa, go figure? Do the Vedic pundit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eh, Judy did you miss this: Questions about "empathy" for Judy

Playing the 'semantic' card is the cowards way out. Even if MMY himself defines the word Judy will take issue with it, if it suits her interest, of course! And don't bother to argue the word Religion because you'd end up in a morass of semantic gobbledygook, even though MMY himself has defined

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