[FairfieldLife] discussion on reddit I started about TM, enlightenment, advaita vedanta, etc

2013-08-24 Thread sparaig
http://tinyurl.com/lsr97wc Feel free to join in and throw peanuts... L

[FairfieldLife] Discussion on reddit I started about TM, enlightenment, advaita vedanta, etc

2013-08-24 Thread sparaig
http://www.reddit.com/r/EasternPhilosophy/comments/1kvkh4/the_physiological_basis_of_one_school_of_advaita/ Feel free to drop in and throw peanuts... L

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread sparaig
Are you the one that quoted Jerry Jarvis concerning the woman who published teh book? Something about her standing up during a lecture and talking about her dream that she and MMY got hitched? 40 years later, and she writes a book saying that MMY told her in a dream to write a book about her

[FairfieldLife] Re: Religious delusional beliefs & the myth of the invincible, infallible Goddess

2013-08-21 Thread sparaig
He doesn't appear to mention TM at all And why would people be unable to do TM because of face blindness or any of the other issues mentioned? Dementia to the point that they can't remember instructions would prevent someone from learning/practicing TM, and no doubt specific brain injuries

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lifeboat Hour this week

2013-08-21 Thread sparaig
Are you a cat by any chance? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > I've heard one doc say that one shouldn't eat tuna, which I love, more than 2 > or 3 times a year! > > > > > > From: nablusoss1008 > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.c

[FairfieldLife] Re: We know the Beatles carried on with their TM . . .

2013-08-21 Thread sparaig
y replied > Maharishi and TM. But he didn't mention his Mom in that context only that he > had benefited from TM. > > > > > ________ > From: sparaig > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 8:13 AM > S

[FairfieldLife] Fred Travis gives lecture on TM to doctors and researchers in Australia

2013-08-21 Thread sparaig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LcijAiOdjk The Black Dog Institute. Only in Australia: http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/

[FairfieldLife] Re: We know the Beatles carried on with their TM . . .

2013-08-20 Thread sparaig
He IS the master of the shock-jock style of interview. When he interviewed MMY, he was ultra-respectful, I believe (if nothing else, his mom would have killed him). L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

[FairfieldLife] Re: We know the Beatles carried on with their TM . . .

2013-08-20 Thread sparaig
Me thinks that you needed to get checked. Noise is no barrier to meditation simply because it doesn't matter what your response is, not because you can somehow handle the noise in some elegantly "spiritual" fashion. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" wrote: > > Have you noti

[FairfieldLife] Re: We know the Beatles carried on with their TM . . .

2013-08-20 Thread sparaig
Actually, in the Howard Stern interview, Howard kept on encouraging him to say something bad about Katey Perry. "Say something bad about her vagina." Brand's response was "my wife was perfect from top to bottom." L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > I read the art

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-18 Thread sparaig
IS any of it a "discovery?" It seems more like its an acknowledgement of a situation: Oh, I'm like that, aren't I? Huh. Not as big a deal as I expected. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > "And there is enlightenment which is thought to be the ultimate in ques

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit flashcards!

2013-08-18 Thread sparaig
Flashcards with optional sound would be so much better. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > > http://www.cram.com/tag/sanskrit >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread sparaig
It might be the case. I always thought MMY was pretty good at stringing sentences together, at least in short bursts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSvW9Ml9DQ L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread sparaig
http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/ You'll think a simplistic AI is totally enlightened... ...or something. [Apparently fooled Chopra] L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@... wrote: > > Chopra has made it very clear he would be nothing without Maharishi, there > would certainly have b

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread sparaig
Chopra has a thinner skin than MMY did, as far as I know. Of course, MMY never went into a live AMA forum on reddit.com, so its hard to know what he would have done, but someone started playing the auto-chopra.com (don't remember the URL sorry) back to him as though it were comments from reader

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-15 Thread sparaig
ined by your birthday and time info, and > the third part is Namah, so Om (Private mantra) Namah. > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Seraphita s3raphita@ > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, Augu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eric Isen: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 08/14/2013

2013-08-14 Thread sparaig
Many people HAVE "gained" CC via TM, or so the published research suggests, while many more have not. Perhaps a higher percentage of people would be enlightened now if they all stuck to official 8-limbed yoga practices. But TM, by itself, has proven sufficient for some folks to gain enlightenme

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-14 Thread sparaig
ired people - he did this in > response to Earl Kaplan cutting of the funds, and M retaliated by making sure > the business people who were supporting the community would leave. Some > enlightened master. And Rick wonders why I call the old goat a fraud. > > > > > ___

[FairfieldLife] TM is not a magic bullet...

2013-08-14 Thread sparaig
http://tmwomen.org/benefits-body-weight-management.html#video=Gleq_q1Neu4 [...] "TM practice alone is not a magic bullet. But it is a very effective tool to reestablish balance in our lives, which in turn helps us normalize weight and maintain it at the level that’s healthiest for us." Signs

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra nothing without Maharishi

2013-08-13 Thread sparaig
Well, he rewrote _Quantum Healing_, which was originally about the Primordial Sound Technique, which has nothing to do with Primordial Sound Meditation, to make it all about the latter. While he was at it, he deleted all references to Maharishi, and how Maharishi had taught him the Primordial So

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-12 Thread sparaig
dLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > Who says that MMY kept close tabs on Robin? > > > > Robin. I'll see if I can find the post for you. > > Here it is:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-12 Thread sparaig
dLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > Who says that MMY kept close tabs on Robin? > > > > Robin. I'll see if I can find the post for you. > > Here it is:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-12 Thread sparaig
Who says that MMY kept close tabs on Robin? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLif

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-12 Thread sparaig
s Lawson restating, in disbelief, what he finds > unbelievable, but it's not a question. When stated like this it is a > statement, an opinion. Lawson doesn't buy it, in other words. > > > > > > > > > > From: sparaig

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-11 Thread sparaig
So Unity is still about "me" and "you?" L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Whose will was gone and who decided to unmake his state of U

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-11 Thread sparaig
Whose will was gone and who decided to unmake his state of Unity? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yah

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alex's Birthday Present - Posting Limit

2013-08-07 Thread sparaig
dults in the USA learned TM at one point or another. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > By famous people, I meant people like David Lynch, > > Clint Eastwood, Howard Ste

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alex's Birthday Present - Posting Limit

2013-08-07 Thread sparaig
By famous people, I meant people like David Lynch, Clint Eastwood, Howard Stern, Donvan, Jerry Seinfeld, and so on, all of whom have been meditating in the 4 decade range. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yah

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alex's Birthday Present - Posting Limit

2013-08-06 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: [...] > > That's the thing that TBs never seem to realize about > their dreams of an "Age Of Enlightenment" -- how BORING > it would be. Do you really believe that things would be boring if everyone meditated? I mean, I'd expect fewer c

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Culture of Illusion

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
ess. But > having a noisy mind appears to be an indication of an inertia due to having a > conditioned mind. What do you think? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Well, "putting" one's mind into silence sounds a b

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > > > So Buck do you consider everyone who ever learned the sidhis to still be > > > a sidha or

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Rick and others: Pro nuclear power documentary

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
Remember that eventually the nuclear powerplant itself becomes nuclear waste that needs to be disposed of. I find it highly unlikely that radioactive concrete and steel will ever be useful as nuclear fuel, so it can't be recycled. And anything that is highly radioactive can be used as the shell

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Culture of Illusion

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
Well, "putting" one's mind into silence sounds a bit contrived, to me. Someone in CC doesn't necessarily have a quiet mind. In fact, someone in CC might have a very noisy mind -- conceivably even noisier than before they "attained" CC -- though the trend should be towards more silence over time,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
t; and externally because he stopped doing TM? And only for that reason? > > > > > ________ > From: sparaig > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, August 5, 2013 4:13 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
Huh. Even going by the SCI tapes, which is the most "advanced" stuff I have had access to, the idea that one never needs to meditate after one obtains CC (or even GC or even UC) seems to be a misunderstanding of what MMY said. The fact that you think otherwise suggests reasons why you don't thin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
Maharishi basically calls TM "plain old thinking" when explaining it in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSvW9Ml9DQ Its one of my favorite talks by him, and its just a Q&A session with some people, who might not even be meditators, rather than some formal lecture time. L --- In F

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alex's Birthday Present - Posting Limit

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
I thought that I was the reason for the post limit in the first place as I had a tendency to post 100's of posts during the worst part of my OCD issues some years back. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > Michael Jackson mailto:mjackson74@> > wrote: > > > > Well, you've been meditating a lot longer than me, certainly doing TM > longer than me, but I seem to remember Maharishi saying that once > enlightenment comes, there is no need to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
And of course, just because silence has been present 24/7 for a while, doesn't mean it will persist for the rest of your life anyway. The criterion for being included in Fred Travis' tests on CC was that CC was ongoing and had been stable for at least a year. A month (or year) of CC doesn't gua

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditators

2013-08-05 Thread sparaig
You've misunderstood things a great deal, I'm afraid. TM allows the nervous system to rest, thereby repairing stress. Alternating TM with regular activity starts to establish the general pattern associated with pure consciousness as a trait outside of meditation. As this trait becomes stronger,

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Rick and others: Pro nuclear power documentary

2013-08-04 Thread sparaig
The biggest issue with nuclear power isn't a risk of a meltdown, or even a risk from storage of nuclear waste, but the security risk of creating and refining lots and lots of radioactive material that, if stolen, could be used to create dirty bombs. That risk exists in some form at every stage

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch: MA in FILM

2013-08-03 Thread sparaig
"The purpose of Ayurveda is to transform poison into nectar." -Maharishi Mahesh Yogi L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > I notice all the cheerleaders of this latest MUM offering are choosing to > ignore the question I posed - do you really think Guru Dev, were

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch: MA in FILM

2013-08-03 Thread sparaig
Human beings are human beings. I'm currently reading a book called _Buddhist Warfare_, which is a real eye opener. There's no organization or religion that is immune to being human. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > then how come Girish and Company are fightin

[FairfieldLife] The cost of TM these days...

2013-08-03 Thread sparaig
The current price of TM is meant to entice the wealthy to learn as "the rich don't shop at poor stores" to quote the old monk. The David Lynch Foundation directly hires TM teachers using donations from said rich folk and then works with existing charities and groups to teach TM for free to vete

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch: MA in FILM

2013-08-03 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > http://filmschool.mum.edu/ > VERY interesting. L

[FairfieldLife] Re: marshy

2013-07-30 Thread sparaig
I think MJ assumes that most TM TBers will move directly from one unexamined belief system to the next, so going from believing in the absolute perfection of TM and Maharishi Ayurveda and the Maharishi Effect to believing in the absolute perfection of Western medical practices is a no-brainer.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't Show This To Lawson

2013-07-30 Thread sparaig
e. Of course, after 40 years of doing TM, I don't consider myself an expert in TM, either, but then, neither was Maharishi. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > There'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't Show This To Lawson

2013-07-30 Thread sparaig
There's nothing wrong with mindfulness practices, but given a choice between doing TM twice a day, or doing mindfulness practices twice a day, I'd recommend TM. Mindfulness and concentrative techniques have their benefits, as Maharishi liked to say, but such techniques tend to 1) suppress the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guiding the TM.org, Hope the NSA doesn't see this

2013-07-28 Thread sparaig
L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > its not about who controls on paper, its about whose name is on the deed of > ownership and read my post - it is self  explanatory > > > > > ____ > From: sparaig > T

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guiding the TM.org, Hope the NSA doesn't see this

2013-07-28 Thread sparaig
y post - it is self  explanatory > > > > > ____ > From: sparaig > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 3:16 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guiding the TM.org, Hope the NSA doesn't see > this >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guiding the TM.org, Hope the NSA doesn't see this

2013-07-28 Thread sparaig
I can't find any mention of who controls MUM outside of the Board of Trustees: http://www.mum.edu/RelId/628757/ISvars/default/Trustees.htm Why do you believe that MUM is about to be sold? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Correction: this sentence - to get pa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guiding the TM.org, Hope the NSA doesn't see this

2013-07-28 Thread sparaig
Why would anyone sell the Domes off and who would buy them? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Losing the Domes would be terrible for FF too as it aims to become a tourist > destination. Funnily enough, the Domes are a tourist attraction, as are the > vastu homes, es

[FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers Welcome

2013-07-27 Thread sparaig
d with morally challenging situations, but that's still general physiological and behavioral studies... L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > For what it is worth,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bliss from nothing

2013-07-27 Thread sparaig
Go for a nice walk, maybe even jog a bit to raise your breathing rate. Fade that dye, dude! L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@... wrote: > > I just "rolled around on the floor" briefly, did a short pranayama and then > evening program,, now feel like something better than opiates,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Sugar Really Toxic?

2013-07-27 Thread sparaig
There has been extensive research concerning that issue and no research has found any reason to think that people who got even the contaminated polio vaccine have a higher cancer rate than other people. A few people, over the years, apparently have gotten polio from some of the early vaccines,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Power Struggle

2013-07-26 Thread sparaig
Assuming that this is true, then it makes for a more interesting balance of power with respect to the capital holdings back in india. As far as the "ladies'" program goes, that's a whole other ballgame. Is Mother Divine independent of the Movement hierarchy that puts King Tony at the top? Seems

[FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers Welcome

2013-07-26 Thread sparaig
For what it is worth, the long-term EEG of TMers tends to be different than that found in people practicing concentrative (generic mantra meditation, such as the RR, compassion meditation, etc) or mindfulness practices. As well, these two practices tend to suppress the parts of the brain thought

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wheat, cheese etc, and autism!

2013-07-25 Thread sparaig
Er, study from 2007, though it apparently has been cited 81 times since then according to google scholar, which is a respectable number. The consensus so far on autism and such things is that if a family has history of autism, inflammatory responses in the mother during pregnancy are going to i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi talks of his first sight of Guru Dev – transcript

2013-07-23 Thread sparaig
Well, there's a certain element of truth there, insomuch as for MMY, real Hinduism, and enlightenment, are inseparable. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > "...his own fanatic Hindu agenda..."?? > > Wow. We clearly live in two different worlds, you and me.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Come to Fairfield Life, have an NBE experience

2013-07-23 Thread sparaig
Do the teeth shine brightly in the moonlight, or not? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: > > > > I pretty sure your roommates' daughter has stopped playing with her poo, if > > she ever did. You, o

[FairfieldLife] Re: It's a boy

2013-07-22 Thread sparaig
I lived in the UK in 1978-1983. Early in my stay, I was the guest in someone's home and someone mentioned that the Queen would be visiting some local attraction and that they should go see her. Her friend dryly responded, "Oh yes, we should all go see the Queen, don't we all agree?" Everyone i

[FairfieldLife] Re: You can't handle the false either.

2013-07-21 Thread sparaig
There are physiological indicators of CC, or so Fred Travis claims. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > > Question: Can you prove that you're not enlightened? > > No. And it would be absurd for anyone to

[FairfieldLife] Re: More than Meditating U need to Fly

2013-07-20 Thread sparaig
And the URL to go to is...? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > Calling all applicants for the new Settle Grant. > > Urgent > > The Howard and Alice Settle Foundation would like to kindly request all > applicants for the new grant to fill out a new survey. This one

[FairfieldLife] "The Smoothie" [was Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right...]

2013-07-18 Thread sparaig
Different groups claim "sahaja" for themselves. It is hard to tell which group is doing what when the term "sahaja yoga" or "sahaja meditation" is used. http://www.amaye.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/med-connectivity-EEG-tomog.pdf Reduced functional connectivity between cortical sources in ␣ve

[FairfieldLife] "The Smoothie" [was Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right...]

2013-07-18 Thread sparaig
Not everyone hops right off the bat. And while hopping may seem special to people who aren't hopping, and may seem special to some who are, I've never found it to be anything more than fun, with a side-helping of hopeful expectation about spiritual growth. People DID notice radical changes in m

[FairfieldLife] "The Smoothie" [was Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right...]

2013-07-18 Thread sparaig
I don't know about expensive. Last I heard, the Advanced Techniques cost the same as the basic TM technique, and I haven't heard of any discount offered for financial hardship. Most people have the wrong idea about Advanced Techniques anyway, I think. They are said to actually slow down the pro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's postmortem state

2013-07-18 Thread sparaig
Tony abu-Nader (Raja RamRaj) merely said that MMY was with teh angels and they are thrilled to see what he accomplished. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" wrote: > > At the time of Maharishi "dropping the body" did the TMO give any > indication of what would happen to him? Is

[FairfieldLife] "The Smoothie" [was Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right...]

2013-07-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Well my problem was that having been a TM teacher and I think you were > too, I *never* heard the term "TM Style Enlightenment". That's > something Lawson made up and we know Lawson was *not* a TM teacher. And > I think he made it up

[FairfieldLife] Re: New T.M. articles you may have seen

2013-07-18 Thread sparaig
It IS ranked as having 5-star hotel accommodations at the high-end, so yes, it is very ludicrously over-priced. "The rich don't shop at poor stores..." L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" wrote: > > I see that the building accords with Sthapatya Veda - the ancient Vedic > arc

[FairfieldLife] "The Smoothie" [was Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right...]

2013-07-18 Thread sparaig
ished in total freedom. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > I meant "enlightenment" as defined by the physiological changes brought > > about by the long-term practice of TM as opposed to "enlightenment" defined

[FairfieldLife] "The Smoothie" [was Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right...]

2013-07-17 Thread sparaig
#x27;t know much about yoga at all: blind men describing an > > elephant. > > > > The topic was enlightenment in general and not "TM-style enlightenment" > > of which there is no such thing. Enlightenment is enlightenment. > > > > On 07/17/2013 01:49

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-17 Thread sparaig
It is always possible that MMY didn't answer certain questions because he didn't know the answers. It is also possible that MMY didn't answer certain questions because he wanted TMers, including TM teachers, to discover the answer for themselves in the context of their own culture and religion.

[FairfieldLife] Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right...

2013-07-17 Thread sparaig
never got the advanced technique and those that did. That > wasn't mentioned in the study. Basically you have researches who > probably don't know much about yoga at all: blind men describing an > elephant. > > The topic was enlightenment in general and not "TM-

[FairfieldLife] Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right...

2013-07-17 Thread sparaig
here's the group that practiced other meditation programs? Also TM > people start sounding like parrots of stuff they learned from SCI, > rounding courses, etc. They can't seem to put their experiences in their > own words. > > On 07/16/2013 11:39 PM, sparaig wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: "I create my reality" Yeah, right...

2013-07-16 Thread sparaig
People respond to the interview question "Describe your self," in different ways, depending on the physiological state of their nervous system. Researchers on the effects of Transcendental Meditation asked for people who had been practicing TM who were reporting a certain kind of experience --

[FairfieldLife] Re: Holly Hunter is U.G.Krishnamurti

2013-07-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Of course folks here would love "Sweetie" with it's obvious nod to TM > being that one of the characters is a TM teacher. > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098725/ > > Actually I like "Holy Smoke" and have the DVD. I thought she did a >

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-12 Thread sparaig
Share, thanks. It's been an interesting journey, thus far. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Lawson, Happy Anniversary yesterday! > > > > ________ > From: sparaig > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sen

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide

2013-07-12 Thread sparaig
Everyone is different. One thing I've noted about 40 years (as of yesterday) TM practice is that I still don't know "how" to do it. I find it fascinating that anyone has discovered a way to "do" it (whatever "it" is) better. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" wrote: > > Fran

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's the worst lie Maharishi told?

2013-07-05 Thread sparaig
Actually, Psychologist Richard Castillo published a report about 6 of his patients who were reporting what sounds just like CC, but were feeling confused about their status. They were all TMers. The average time they'd been meditating was about 11 years. One of the patients had only been doing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Doug Engelbart Dies

2013-07-04 Thread sparaig
I didn't realize he was still alive. He gave a presentation 50 years ago sometimes called "The Mother of All Demos," where he demonstrated the groundbreaking work his team had done. Alan Kay's team at Xerox PARC very consciously tried to create a computer system that could *easily* do what Eng

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is the age of the touch typist ending?

2013-07-03 Thread sparaig
Keep in mind that QWERTY was actually designed to slow DOWN your typing speed. I don't know that a good touch typist is ever going to be slower than a 2 finger typist, but the speed record holder for touch typing uses the Dvorak keyboard, not QWERTY, anyways. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting third party view of the Robin thang

2013-07-03 Thread sparaig
As understand it, MMY said that Robin Carlson's experiences of Unity (book says "Cosmic Consciousness") were valid and asked him to describe them. Robin took this as a personal declaration of his own full enlightenment and, like others have done, refused to "go and be viable in society," but ins

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting third party view of the Robin thang

2013-07-03 Thread sparaig
I read the online excerpts. A very interesting perspective, though of course, as is always the case, it seems limited because reality is too complex to write down accurately. Certainly, I am aware that there was more going on with Deepak Chopra than the authors mention, and I suspect the same

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM teachers Can have another life

2013-07-03 Thread sparaig
Apparently, Keith Wallace, or at least, one of his sons had heard of me. I mentioned my name ages ago on the phone, and Ted (I believe it was), said "Oh, yeah! Hi" and I had never spoken to him before. I'm [in]famous amongst a really really tiny group of people, apparently... L --- In Fairfie

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oprah says," I'm 1000% better." (when I do TM)

2013-06-30 Thread sparaig
Get a room, guys. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Being reviled by someone who is so successful he believes in aliens who are > so juvenile they waste time and effort smashing British farmer's crops and > licking Benjy Creme's boots is a fine thing. > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vatican Official Arrested for Corruption

2013-06-28 Thread sparaig
The only incident I heard of was in Spain many decades ago at a time when, if a company or organization was NOT doing that, they were plain stupid. Some countries have had a triple digit inflation rate relatively recently. Not sure if Spain was one of them, but when I was there in 1980 or there

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sure sounds like Robin to me...

2013-06-28 Thread sparaig
So, for the years 1977 through 1986, he was still doing TM? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > The irony, for me, is that ever since Robin decided he was > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why does YF need muscle power?

2013-06-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > [...] > > Even at its most extreme, I always took the rhetoric about the TM-Sidhis as > > concerning control or ma

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why does YF need muscle power?

2013-06-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Yogic flying is all about getting off the ground while performing samyama. > > IT don't matter how. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sure sounds like Robin to me...

2013-06-27 Thread sparaig
The irony, for me, is that ever since Robin decided he was perfect 25 years ago, he has never done TM again, or so his words in that message and more recently, to me, seem to apply. Does the term "stuck" mean anything? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In F

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why does YF need muscle power?

2013-06-26 Thread sparaig
Yogic flying is all about getting off the ground while performing samyama. IT don't matter how. Legend claims that eventually people are able to sit in the air, but whether or not someone floats or ever has or ever will is immaterial as far as the purpose of the TM-Sidhis is concerned. IT's all

[FairfieldLife] Amusing...

2013-06-26 Thread sparaig
You can't make this stuff up. The top keyword for the independent TM organization's website in the UK is "narcissistic." http://sitestater.com/tm-meditation.co.uk/ L

[FairfieldLife] Re: A culture of PR and Spin, ending with...uh...more PR and Spin

2013-06-24 Thread sparaig
I just don't understand people i guess. BTW, all you folk who feel a need to seek out the awakened... When was the last time you got checked? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > All bad? Well, the other evening in Fairfield Rick hosted a guy who is > awakened to tal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pine hit by ball lightning!

2013-06-24 Thread sparaig
I'm glad I wasn't sitting under THAT tree... L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > > A soccer ball size ball lightning caused this: > [Salaman jx80;xa0;xa0;xe4;ljet nx80;xa0;xa0;xe4;kyvx80;xa0;xa0;xe4;t > selvx80;xa0;xa0;xe4;sti puun kyljessx80;xa0;xa0;xe4;.] >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey, PaliGap--

2013-06-23 Thread sparaig
FWIW, I am of the opinion that *everyone* is intellectually dishonest at one point or another. That is why God created the double-blind research design... L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield, Iowa - Places to Visit / Reasons to Stay! - The Fairfield Loop Trail (Vimeo, 5:19)

2013-06-21 Thread sparaig
The numbers of folk in the domes in iowa are way below what is needed to affect national consciousness, according to theory. It may be that the number of sidhas in Mexico is enough to affect the world's consciousness, but that number is being kept off the books, currently. Until the TMO can po

[FairfieldLife] Re: Getting the Metadata

2013-06-19 Thread sparaig
You're confusing him with Bradley Manning, I believe, who dumped a "secret" database that one million people had access to. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > I heard that there are over one million people with the security clearance > level and the access to do what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Genetically Modified Grass Begins Releasing Cyanide, Kills Texas Cattle

2013-06-19 Thread sparaig
And hybrid strains, like dwarf wheat, that spread all over the world within a couple of generations, may have just as many issues as any mutagenic or lateral gene inserted GMO. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008

[FairfieldLife] Re: book on Bliss by TM teacher 70's or 80's

2013-06-19 Thread sparaig
Peter Russel is now marketing a product to help you *really* become effortless during TM and other forms of meditation. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" wrote: > > It could be The Brain Book, by Peter Russell, first published 1979, I think, > with the type of cover you recall.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Genetically Modified Grass Begins Releasing Cyanide, Kills Texas Cattle

2013-06-19 Thread sparaig
Which only shows the need for safety testing of non-GMOs as well. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Nabby, did you not see the update at the end? It wasn't > GMO grass after all. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > Posted: June

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