For those of you who like non-GMO stuff, there is an outfit here in South
Carolina called Anson Mills that sells non-GMO heirloom grains if you wanna
check it out.
http://ansonmills.com/ http://ansonmills.com/
Here is an interesting tid bit from their site, talking about the guy who
started An
Oh, Lordy how we do make up stuff!
I never said TM brought me to that place.
How do you know it wasn't the few years of PSM or the other things I dabbled
with that did it instead of TM? I know that a lot of this crowd will believe
absolutely that it was primarily TM that did it, and the othe
FROM THE TIMES OF INDIA
Vaastu tips for your home's main entrance
TNN Jul 29, 2013, 12.00AM IST
The entrance of the house brings in the main energy. Read on to find out more
about the vaastu of the main entrance
The main entrance of the house is one of the most important areas. Dr Snehal S
Des
when the old bastard was young, glib a natural liar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3qOxNjNms0
A, come on Buck! Give us details! Who is embezzling! What the Good Old Boys
complaining about with Mother Divine? They wearin' their saris an inch too
short?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote:
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> Om, may the Unified Field save the Domes and the TM movement..
> Word o
I am partial to Otis Spann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cOGvdEHXe4
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> > No lies here Ravi - there are plenty of us from the South who don't care
> > for country - I
"... There are various powers... You call them siddhis, don't you? Do you know
that all these things are like candles in the sun? When there is no sun there
is darkness, and then the candle and the light of the candle become very
important. But when there is the sun, the light, the beauty, the c
I was thinking this morning of the reaction of the folks at MIU when marshy
first introduced ayurveda. At MIU anyway, it was a pretty big deal, with a lot
of build up from the Big Bopper about how marshy was "cognizing" the lost
aspects of ayurveda and how this branch of vedic knowledge was goin
For those who have made unkind comments - first, there is no such thing as a
"channeler" - the cognomen is "channel".
You obviously know nothing about it, and thus should be quiet about what you
know nothing about, but that hasn't stopped you yet. I won't explain it to you
since you would rath
If true, its the first time they ever gave anything away for free in the
history of the TMO
Ganga water reaches faithful across world
By Mrigank Tiwari, TNN | Jan 14, 2013, 02.47 AM IST
ALLAHABAD: Since before plastic containers began to carry water of the Ganga
far and wide, disciples of spiri
Do you see a difference between Bernie Madoff and Marshy?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" wrote:
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> I predict a 20+ trillion debt after he leaves office too. But we, voters,
> are just as much to blame, as well as Republicans. Who was the last
> Republican president
Are you kidding? The schism has already taken place - there are former TM
teachers all over the place who either teach their own brand of meditation or
teach TM without the Movement and its "re-certification" which in my opinion
was one of the sleazier moves M ever made - making tried and true
Just a quick question here - the examples you used - did they really happen -
please tell me the MSAE bake sale thing didn't happen???
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> You know, I've been thinking for years, why the world doesn't just jump on
> board with the w
I have to argue with you on that - first of all I said not all, but a lot. Of
course not all long term TM'ers are ineffective in life, just at not all TM
teacher turn into unpleasant people like the TMO leaders often do - I have for
example praised Jerry Jarvis with whom I had limited interactio
It might have been all of the above, but it wasn't - I was young and looking
for something - TM seemed good and it turned out not to be after a time - so
you would revile me for being gullible? Blame the victim so to speak - if Bevan
ever advertises for a lackey you would fit the bill.
--- I
It seems to me much more "natural" that the positive should
attract the negative. The old 'cosmic balance' thing and
all that.
Horseshit - Light chases away the shadows - the idea, often perpetrated in New
Age circles, that the darkness is attracted to the Light is bullshit - and
yeah, I do know
Leave it to the TMO to reduce spiritual experiences to a number - wonder when
they will start selling nostrums guaranteed to give people Number One
Experiences without fail?
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I love it when the enlightened behave in an enlightened fashion.
Seer quits Kumbh mela over land dispute
By Mrigank Tiwari, TNN | Dec 28, 2012, 03.20 AM
ISTALLAHABAD: With no response from the Uttar Pradesh government and mela
authorities to work out a solution in the dispute over land allott
ace and you could in some places I have been
in the past get your ass kicked for offering any other opinion on the subject.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" wrote:
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> > Now now! You don&#x
So you don't think if the Dome numbers get high enough the haves and the have
nots won't suddenly change places magically and overnight?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote:
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> I don't have any dollars to put on a hedge. :-D
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> If you have been paying attention to economic fo
Agreed - I don't know one way or the other - or it could have been as Barry
suggested a brain fart. I do not know - at the time it was just...well to quote
Harrison Ford, in one of the making of DVD's that was released on the original
Raider's of the Lost Ark, Ford was suiting up to do some stu
are corrupt - which means the people who run them are
> > > > > corrupt and that is no excuse for personal or institutional
> > > > > corruption and dishonesty.
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As for me I suppose I agree with you - through my time With TM and the other
meditations and esoteric practices I have done I have had some rather unusual
experiences, unusual by the standards I was raised to that is (lower middle
class Southern red neck values)
One of the clearest unusual expe
A comment on the article about the 8,000 flyers in Mexico
"I too am a former TM sidha. I gave thousands of pounds to the organisation
over many years, but had no more to do with it after I got close to an Indian
working for the organisation at a senior level. He confided in me that the top
peop
Rick (I assume) posted this on the FFL main page.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I
have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
~ Buddha
This is the reason I don't hold with your unproven and unprovable theory that
Hope everyone has a very fine holiday(s) and the New Year brings goodness and
contentment to everyone.
For years I believed that Maharishi was a lifelong celibate because that is
what I was taught. I was surprised, really amazed when I first heard a TM
teacher say she had heard he was sexually active. I knew her pretty well and
she insisted it was true. When I asked her how she knew she told me
http://cciaction.org/in-the-news/fair-economy/branstad-locks-citizens-out-of-public-budget-hearing/
I don't know why I was thinking of this today, but I remember there was a
chiropractor in Fairfield that was having his patients wear some kind of
inserts in their shoes to correct their body alignment and also had them
putting some kind of plastic or rubber discs or something in their mouths an
As I took my constitutional today, it occurred to me that it is December 7th -
which means that 38 years ago today Jamie Vollmer who I believe lives in
Fairfield whispered my very first TM mantra in my ears. 38 years - my how time
flies.
I just got this from an old friend who graduated from MIU when it was still MIU.
I remember one time Sam Boothby was teaching an education class where he was
showing a Maharishi video. In this video Maharishi said "an enlightened man
never mistakes."
Earlier in the tape he was calling Dr. M
I have heard that MMY said in the 1990's that the TM folks should only be
teaching TM to the wealthy of the world. Does anyone know when and under what
circumstances he said that and exactly what he said?
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/09/transcendental-meditation-the-good-the-bad-the-black-sheep-sara-lindsey/
So here are my thoughts on Ascended Masters, angels, Archangels and avatars
here on earth.
When I was at the tail end of my time at MIU, a former TM teacher named Bob
Fickes came to Fairfield and was teaching channeling classes and doing private
readings. Feeling it might be of some value, I ha
http://cardiobrief.org/2012/11/25/yet-another-look-at-the-transcendental-meditation-paper/
http://cardiobrief.org/2012/11/20/investigator-defends-controversial-transcendental-meditation-paper/
After much fanfare on FFL I only have one sentiment to express.
God Bless everyone of FFL. God Bless Rick and Share and Barry, Buck and Ravi
and Robin, God Bless authfriend, Emily, oxcart and Yifu, God Bless sparaig,
marekreavis, ultrarishi, Susan and masterjose. God Bless Mike Dixon and Merlin
Actually I am not that upset over the TMO now it was getting me agitated when
I saw D Lynch and his celebrity buddies touting TM along with John H. and
Bobbie Roth going back to pre-sidhis PR for TM simple, natural mental
technique practiced 20 minutes twice a day" but now I realize that "bu
Dunno if any of you are interested but when I saw this blog on a TM study and
saw one of the comments on it, I decided to post a reply - this brought forth a
heated response from someone that I suspect works for the TM folks - so check
it out if you want some fun.
http://cardiobrief.org/2012/11
Upon further research in the TM archives, I hereby retract my recent criticism
of Maha's nephews in India illegally selling of TM Movement properties - Since
the Movement lands are estimated at a value of 1 billion, 114 million, I am
sure the nevvys are only doing it to raise the 1 billion neces
http://www.amazon.com/The-Maharishi-Effect-Transformed-Spirituality/dp/1585425079
Vedamerlin very kindly posted this recent article on the beneficial effects of
TM -
http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/14/mind-over-matter-strongest-study-yet-shows-meditation-can-lower-risk-of-heart-attack-and-stroke/
Now let's take a second look
http://cardiobrief.org/2012/11/13/mysterious-di
>From the Mother Divine facebook page
Update re: auction of the former Mother Divine campus on Heavenly Mountain to
be held on 23-25 October.
Although the property is still for sale, we have now formally withdrawn it from
this auction. We feel, given the size and extent of our property, that bo
I reckon Mother Divine and Purusha have prepared the way energetically for the
real movers and shakers!
Winning bid on Heavenly Mountain hits $10.5M
by Kellen Moore
A 381-acre tract of Heavenly Mountain called Forest Summit sold at auction
Wednesday for more than $10.5 million after a series o
Just curious to know if those who are regular with the TM Sidhi practice would
answer this: If you were no longer able for some unknown esoteric reason (or
instructions came from the TMO) to no longer practice the flying sutra, would
you still do the rest of the sutras in addition to TM? When I
As I lay in bed this morning meditating, rather than return to the mantra, I
was thinking of the oft repeated admonition by MANY TM teachers that one should
not meditate while lying down in bed. None of the teachers ever gave a specific
reason other than "you might fall asleep." The implication
Quantum waves of energy move through infinite consciousness constantly.
Every expression of this consciousness has a chakra system of spiraling energy.
Through meditation we become aware of this spiraling energy first within our
own body and soul, then as we expand we feel the orbits of the pl
Also there had been a previous incident that may have left William with a bad
taste in his mouth over me and my behavior. In short, there was another kitchen
staffer (who shall remain nameless as they still reside in FF) This person had
been in the kitchen for 5 years, working 6 days a week exce
As to my waltz with Mr. Sands, I did and do understand the staff program
structure and no one forced me to join up. And having talked to those students
a few years earlier who told me their various subterfuges for getting out of
group program and the students I knew who were out partying and car
I have never seen Dollhouse - if it is demeaning to women, I would have to say
that is in the minority of his work whereas it seems to be a theme with Lynch
in much of his work AND Whedon isn't glad handing everyone to get them to give
money to an organization that will never show most of his wo
When I saw the post about pamphlets being dropped from the sky in 1984 (which I
had never heard about) I emailed a friend I thought had been there at MIU in
'84 and asked if he knew anything about it. This was his reply:
Yep, I was there when it happened! It was Robin Carlsen throwing them out
Man, are you kidding? Good old Joss is a cult icon! - from his wiki page:
"He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series Buffy
the Vampire Slayer (1997â"2003), Angel (1999â"2004), Firefly (2002) and its
follow-up film Serenity (2005), and Dollhouse (2009â"2010), as
You know as you say this I recognize there are more choices than just
meditating or not meditating. For me I came to a point where I did not feel
right about supporting TMO with my time, effort, energy, money or even with my
consciousness.
I used to see most people who did as those who did no
Just a few thoughts â" I had no idea the story I told about getting kicked out
of MIU would elicit so much response. I told it just cause Buckâs thoughts
about folks not coming to the Dome reminded me of why I didnât go.
It never occurred to me that some folks might do something besides TM
When the TMO set up its first village in the UK people
naturally started hanging out together and going on
walks etc. I know someone who was asked to report back to
the directors what sort of things people were talking about.
Most inquisitive, very cultish and shocking (to me at least).
Maybe peop
So here it is Jason. Well, I do realize that everyone has a different point of
view about movies, and I am aware that Lynch had a lot of fans. I have watched
my share of Clint Eastwood movies, but in general I steer away from the sick
twisted stuff which even the fans of Lynch use to characteriz
For those of you here on FFL who feel the Movement is still a good thing, how
do you feel about the Indian arm of the TMO scrapping with each other over land
and assets as related in this article?
I mean some of Maharishi's followers are accusing his nephews of forgery and
theft.
http://indi
Does anyone know Larry Weisselberg? I think he is still on staff at MUM - he
was in the pod in the same cluster of rooms as myself and Mike Shay - Larry has
the distinction of being the very first student ever accepted at MIU when it
was first opened. I saw his letter of acceptance with that not
That is so funny!
Everyone should be glad they don't live here in South Carolina - there are a
whole bunch of people around here who don't like Obama because he doesn't pass
muster on the one drop rule. Yep its true there are still a whole lot of
rednecks in the world.
--- In FairfieldLife@
To everyone who made comments on my story about gettin' the boot from MIU, gosh
I didn't mean to stir things up so much! When I read Buck's post on folks who
don't go to the Dome, I just remembered why I did not.
But I do understand his point of view - after I had my flying block at MIU a
few y
For those on FFL who are "guitar freaks" this old TM Governor Steve Armato buys
and sells vintage.
http://www.vintageoneguitars.com/
Having read with interest Bob Roth's assertion that the Movement has only
modest income (in the event he chaired to respond in Fairfield to answer
questions about the film David Wants to Fly) I offer this article from India
Today paper, June of this year.
Something similar was posted here in F
I meant to also say that since some people practice object referral on
themselves with TM, they won't question the validity of Maharishi or TM because
it would cause their own egoic structure to be put in danger of coming unglued.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote:
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Former Vancouver geologist pleads guilty to massive assay fraud
Crown prosecutors seek 10-year prison term for John Paterson, former CEO of
Southwestern Resources
By David Baines, Vancouver Sun September 18, 2012
Former Vancouver geologist and mining executive John Gregory Paterson, who
cre
If anyone knows - I has always thought from their pr that the Lynch Foundation
subsidizes the cost of students in schools learning TM. Then in perusing the
wikileaks documents that were mentioned here on FFL, I found this:
Description of the procedure involved in teaching the TM program in schoo
Well I'll be danged - it did go through - that's the first time I posted any
picture on here so..
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" wrote:
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> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 5:46 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Response
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> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael J
Something Buck posted made me curious - I would be interested to hear what any
of you have to say about the response you have seen people have to the film
David Wants to Fly. Its been so long since I was in Fairfield, I didn't know
how such a film went over. So anyone willing to say what you ha
"Once we understand that each of us is at the heart of the Infinite Universe,
our centrality to the Whole becomes paramount, and we see the value in loving
the self. We canât give what we donât have.
In my culture, I was taught to put others first and myself last or not at all.
I wasnât t
Place your bets on the Shriner's - they have the coolest hats
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote:
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http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/09/17/john-paterson-southwestern-resources-trial_n_1892111.html
I would still like to know what the WYMS were.
I say this as I prepare to sleep listening to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the
Moon. It doesn't aggravate vata one bit.
; ...or made vegetable soup using chicken stock!
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> > From: mjackson74
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2012 1:45 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] More on Rumors
> >
> >
. I thought he was crazy. Dunno how long he did that, but
it was wild.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" wrote:
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> > I was thinking today of what a rumor mill the Movement has alwa
Well you got me again - I never heard that one either. Of course there were
always the relationship rumors, i.e. - Maharishi was supposed to have said all
sorts of things about relationships like don't have sex unless you are married,
don't have sex if you are married (cuz you can't get enlight
M = sex with the gals = not a rumor
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote:
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> > > You mean, after the rumor got spread around
> > > that with TM you could get 'enlightenment' in
> > > 5-7 years and with the TM-Siddhi program you
> > > could 'levitate'? After
I remember having a conversation with Brett Hendrix (who is probably still on
Purusha) who told me about conducting TTC in Europe years ago - he was browsing
among the complete Movement tape collection and stumbled upon the tape where
Maharishi made the famous pronouncement "Eat what your mother
I was thinking today of what a rumor mill the Movement has always been, so I am
asking anyone who cares to, to contribute their best TM rumor (the one about
mantras coming from the Buddhists doesn't count)
My best rumor came from the Sidhi Prep courses days. I was working for credit
to complete
I started looking around on the web at non-TM vastu architecture sites - the
first few I looked at all said something like this one:
"We have readings saying that the west facing and south facing houses are
inauspicious, but its not the truth. The truth is that all the four facing
plots are goo
I had a chat with Buddha tonight. He said the vastu was juust right
underneath that banyan tree he picked out.
But I just can't do it - of the various "hooks" the Movement has used to
receive attention, money and psychological adherence from meditators, I find
sthapatya veda to be the most egregious and unnecessary of all. I quote the
following from the Movement's website:
"Unless homes and working plac
Does anyone here on FFL know a Norwegian Governor named Svein Pedersen? Yeah I
know half the men in Norway are named Svein Pedersen. But we are old friends
and I have lost touch with him.
He used to live in Fairfield off and on at least in the 1980's - was on that
old Council of Executive Gove
This is an interesting site that lists the people and organizations funding
both the opposition and support for Prop 37 in California.
Pretty much the players you might think although I was a little surprised to
see Godiva Chocolates opposing the measure.
http://www.kcet.org/news/ballotbrief/el
Now that does surprise me, I never heard anyone say anything like that in all
the years since I started TM (about Guru Dev not having connection to Maharishi)
I wish now that I had that old biography of Guru Dev, written in English by an
Indian, published in India, it had a green cover. Was pre
I thought this was pretty cool.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19735959
OK Richard, instead of kidding around like I have been doing, will you please
send me the "provenance" of your info about the origins of TM mantras if you
get a chance? Where you heard it from, where they heard it from back to the
beginning.
Honestly I have never heard this before reading your
Well, Geeze Richard, when I learned the mantra I was only 17 years old and we
were told it had no meaning - had I known I might have given them some crap
about it, but I was a trusting soul in them days.
You are however making unwarranted assumptions about my practice of japa - I
have only do
Well I guess I have not been paying attention - you are saying the TM mantras
were Buddhist in origin, and they were made up by them, not cognized by much
more ancient rishis, as Maharishi said?
I bet Bevan and King Tony would be surprised to know that.
But thank you for finally telling me why
latively speaking. Must be the beautiful autumn weather. So post to
> your heart's content, stir away, etc.
>
> Ok, here's a question:
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> Are mantra and japa mutually exclusive? Â
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> From: mjackson74
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amongst his studies, but I have never asked him so.
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nd the body is the hindrance in sadhana. Japa
> is a formal method of worshipping God. It should be done privately and
> preferably with a mala, or rosary.
>
> Silence Speaks: from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass, 1977 (my
> bolding).
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> --- In FairfieldLife
Look Richard, let me be very plain here - I do not give a damn where the
mantras came from nor do I know why you obsess over their origins so much. Were
I to be coming to TM now with no prior knowledge of the practice, I might be
interested.
In 1974 it never occurred to me to ask - I accepted
Tell you what, why don't you and me concentrate on friendliness, happiness and
compassion so we don't wind up mentally/verbally slappin' each other around, 'K?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote:
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Buck I honestly laughed out loud when I read what you said.
I have not actually ever met any real sho nuff yogis or yoginis that I know of.
I do like Buddha a whole lot - I sit with him from time to time.
You know, reading your posts that you sign Buck in the Dome makes me think back
to when I
Also, in response to carubio52's assertion that I am crazy because I included
Amma in my very short partial list of gurus whom I believe to be functioning
from ego all I can say is that using common sense when you look at these
things, when you have people who have powerful energy surrounding th
Well, carubio52 sent me an email saying: "you're incredibly foolish not only
what you wrote about Maharishi but to mention Amma is an egotist!!you're a
nut case"
Yep I probably am a nut in many respects, but not because of my opinions about
supposed saints. I do realize however that those w
I have to admit, I need to be reminded to not entertain negativity - I do it
far too often - thanks for the reminder
M Jackson
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