--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:10 PM, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
The current successor wasn't even at the ashram when SBS died, He was
studying with another guru.
Smart man.
It's never good to be attached.
My point
And while your at it, you should also try to get
a copy of the recent interview with SBS's
successor.
sparaig:
The current successor wasn't even at the ashram
when SBS died, He was studying with another guru.
Apparently SBS passed away in Calcutta and only three
others were
On Dec 11, 2011, at 2:53 AM, sparaig wrote:
Well, you see, I think it is YOU who are missing MMY's nuances here.
Certainly stress can have good and bad qualities (eustress and
distress). However, anything that pulls one away from the quality
of functioning of the nervous system where pure
On Dec 11, 2011, at 3:04 AM, sparaig wrote:
I like to cite my old friend Anoop Chandola, who is not only a
Sanskrit/Hindu scholar, but has one very close family member who
was part of the committee who selected SBS in the first place.
Appeal to authority or argumentum ad verecundiam is a
Eh, as I said, I have a friend who is reasonably accomplished as a Vedic/Hindu
scholar, who considers MMY to be the real deal. YMMV of course.
Lawson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 11, 2011, at 2:53 AM, sparaig wrote:
Well, you see, I think it is
No more so than claiming that Dana is the great authority because he's visited
India a dozen or two times.
L.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 11, 2011, at 3:04 AM, sparaig wrote:
I like to cite my old friend Anoop Chandola, who is not only a
On Dec 12, 2011, at 10:25 AM, sparaig wrote:
Eh, as I said, I have a friend who is reasonably accomplished as a
Vedic/Hindu scholar, who considers MMY to be the real deal. YMMV
of course.
You should send him a copy of David Wants to Fly. :-)
And while your at it, you should also try to
Eh, as I said, I have a friend who is reasonably
accomplished as a Vedic/Hindu scholar, who considers
MMY to be the real deal.
Vaj:
And while your at it, you should also try to get a
copy of the recent interview with SBS's successor...
This would prove nothing because everyone
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 12, 2011, at 10:25 AM, sparaig wrote:
Eh, as I said, I have a friend who is reasonably accomplished as a
Vedic/Hindu scholar, who considers MMY to be the real deal. YMMV
of course.
You should send him a
On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:10 PM, sparaig lengli...@cox.net wrote:
The current successor wasn't even at the ashram when SBS died, He was
studying with another guru.
Smart man.
It's never good to be attached.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand, whether is is
caused by, or results in, pleasant or unpleasant conditions. Stress as such,
like temperature as such, is all-inclusive, embodying both the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand, whether is is
caused by, or results in, pleasant or unpleasant conditions. Stress as such,
like temperature as such, is all-inclusive, embodying both the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand, whether is is
caused by, or results in, pleasant or unpleasant conditions. Stress as such,
like temperature as such, is all-inclusive, embodying both the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
snip
What hardcore TMers would prefer is that I still maintain the
boilerplate spiels I learned to spew on TM, rather than be
true to my own POV. They desperately want me to not speak from
that new perspective, but continue to
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 9, 2011, at 7:56 PM, zarzari_786 wrote:
For example, after Muktananda left Seelisberg, on the way out
touching a few TMers, thereby giving them Shaktipath, so that they would
follow him, is reported to have said:
Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand, whether is is
caused by, or results in, pleasant or unpleasant conditions. Stress as such,
like temperature as such, is all-inclusive, embodying both the positive and the
negative aspects of these concepts. -Hans Selye
Stress is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand, whether is is
caused by, or results in, pleasant or unpleasant conditions. Stress as such,
like temperature as such, is all-inclusive, embodying both the positive
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any
demand, whether is is caused by, or results in, pleasant
or unpleasant conditions.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any
demand, whether
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand, whether is
is caused by, or results in, pleasant or unpleasant conditions.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 5, 2011, at 8:04 AM, seventhray1 wrote:
Oh, good. I'll just have to revise my experience so it conforms
with your analysis.
Actually we've all already been pre-programmed to believe in the
stress release,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 7, 2011, at 8:36 PM, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
Heh. MMY always portrayed himself as a reformer, so conservatives would
naturally be incensed with what he said.
Of course the real reason they were incensed was
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
Eh, people can quote MMY correctly all over the place and still be totally
wrong. You see it all the time on this forum, and I read comments from
On Dec 9, 2011, at 10:29 AM, sparaig wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 5, 2011, at 8:04 AM, seventhray1 wrote:
Oh, good. I'll just have to revise my experience so it conforms
with your analysis.
Actually we've all already been
Great discussion from both of you. It sent me out to re-read Hans Selyle again
because I remembered how Maharishi ignored much of his theory on stress and was
struck by how far apart their ideas really were. Here is Hans describing some
of the misconceptions about how the term stress is used
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote:
I feel that all recent information relating to the TMO's dark side would be
relevant, esp. material that relates to the traditional problems meditation
can cause - and the hope for relief for people suffering.
I don't think one need worry
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Dec 5, 2011, at 8:04 AM, seventhray1 wrote:
Oh, good. I'll just have to revise my experience so it conforms
with your analysis.
Hey Vaj,
Just got sround to reading your post on this.
I continue to amazed (I guess I shouldn't be at this point) about how
egocentric you are. I mean there you are sitting in your ivory tower making
your high and mighty statements about how much you know about transcending and
everything
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
In order to
even access those levels of subtlety one needs to complete the
piercing of the bindu (bindu-bhedana) and master further levels of
practice.
Yes! You have to pierce the knots to really transcend.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardnelson108 richardnelson108@...
wrote:
Hey Vaj,
Just got sround to reading your post on this.
I continue to amazed (I guess I shouldn't be at this point) about how
egocentric you are. I mean there you are sitting in your ivory tower making
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, zarzari_786 hanumandaz@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardnelson108 richardnelson108@
wrote:
Hey Vaj,
Just got sround to reading your post on this.
I continue to amazed (I guess I shouldn't be at this point) about how
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
[...]
Actually, the current theory of how TM works is that it sets up a situation
in the thalamus that inhibits the thalamo-coritical feedback loops that
This is what they call a Vaj recharge.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardnelson108
richardnelson108@... wrote:
Hey Vaj,
Just got sround to reading your post on this.
I continue to amazed (I guess I shouldn't be at this point) about how
egocentric you are. I mean there you are
On Dec 7, 2011, at 8:36 PM, sparaig lengli...@cox.net wrote:
Heh. MMY always portrayed himself as a reformer, so conservatives would
naturally be incensed with what he said.
Of course the real reason they were incensed was probably because he was
destroying the purity of their tradition,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:46 PM, sparaig wrote:
That might be, but of course, this doesn't say anything about the
kids and prison inmates who learn TM en mass through the David
Lynch FOundation.
Well you'd have to do
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 6, 2011, at 1:09 AM, sparaig wrote:
Because his comments are very much in line with a lot of TM
teachers I have run into over the years. He regurgitates the
Knowledge, but doesn't appear to get it.
THe
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
Eh, people can quote MMY correctly all over the place and still be totally
wrong. You see it all the time on this forum, and I read comments from
currently active TM teachers that make me cringe, they are so wrong-headed.
On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:44 PM, sparaig wrote:
Isn't Mahesh supposed to be MMY's given first name? It's certainly
strange for a scholar posing as a neutral party to refer to a
person whom he has never met, but whom he has written formal words
about, by his first name.
If he's a decent
On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:46 PM, sparaig wrote:
That might be, but of course, this doesn't say anything about the
kids and prison inmates who learn TM en mass through the David
Lynch FOundation.
Well you'd have to do another study. But I doubt at this late date
anyone independent would be
On Dec 6, 2011, at 1:09 AM, sparaig wrote:
Because his comments are very much in line with a lot of TM
teachers I have run into over the years. He regurgitates the
Knowledge, but doesn't appear to get it.
THe whole thing in the interview about how since a given guru was
from the advaita
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 4, 2011, at 10:30 AM, feste37 wrote:
But it was part of what you said. (See below. I've restored your words that
you deleted.)
Here's what I said:
I regularly talk to people who will mention problems as
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
Eh, people can quote MMY correctly all over the place and still be totally
wrong. You see it all the time on this forum, and I read comments from
On Dec 4, 2011, at 9:49 PM, seventhray1 wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
I think it's important to distinguish between meditation forms
that help samskaras be dissolved and those that plant sattvic seeds
in the mind to overwhelm the rajasic and tamasic
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 4, 2011, at 9:49 PM, seventhray1 wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
I think it's important to distinguish between meditation forms
that help samskaras be dissolved and those that
On Dec 5, 2011, at 8:04 AM, seventhray1 wrote:
Oh, good. I'll just have to revise my experience so it conforms
with your analysis.
Actually we've all already been pre-programmed to believe in the
stress release, unstressing, model is factually correct. Each time
we transcend we're
Ok, thanks for your reply. I'll have to think about that.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 5, 2011, at 8:04 AM, seventhray1 wrote:
Oh, good. I'll just have to revise my experience so it conforms
with your analysis.
Actually we've all already been
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
Ok, thanks for your reply. I'll have to think about that.
The important thing to remember is that what you think
is a TM-related experience is *never* a spontaneous
experience; it's *always* the result of having been
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
FWIW, Vaj has also deleted quite a few of the posts he's
made about Robin in the past (made before Robin joined us;
Alex might know when he
Perhaps it's this book? :
Cosmic Capitalism, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Selling of
Romanticism. (Albany: State University of New York Press,
forthcoming, Fall 2009). Co-written with Cynthia Humes.
authfriend:
If that's it, it's a bit behind schedule, it seems. The
SUNY Press
Oh, good. I'll just have to revise my experience so it conforms with your
analysis.
HA HA HA!!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Dec 4, 2011, at 9:49 PM, seventhray1 wrote:
If I had to guess, he was asked to pull it.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
FWIW, Vaj has also deleted
You're practically throwing in the towel here VJ...When I read this, your
language indicates that you are not putting yourself in the category of a
certain type of person [who]...decides to pay and undergo TM initiation.
So now, after all the challenges to your immediately suspect claim about
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote:
If I had to guess, he was asked to pull it.
Probably his seniors in the FBI didn't approove :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote:
If I had to guess, he was asked to pull it.
Well, for anyone who saw the pic on the website, it's more than likely still in
their browser cache. I was able to retrieve it from mine this morning. I don't
see what the
Well, I've thought about. Kind of like. Who cares. But I guess it's good to
have a minder like Vaj, who wants to make sure you stay on the proper
itinerary and don't stray into unholy areas.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
Ok, thanks for your
I saw it, and yeah it was hardly worth the effort. Big coup - heh, so maybe
it was removed out of sheer embarrassment...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote:
If I had to
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of richardatrwilliamsdotus
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 8:34 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dana
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote:
snip
[Nabby wrote:]
What kind of book ?
Haven't read it. Don't know the content.
...Yesterday an old friend asked me whether the rumor he heard
was
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 4, 2011, at 2:14 PM, feste37 wrote:
I am aware that more than a few TM meditators have hypersensitivities,
but I'm not sure that is always a bad thing: they have their antennae up to
detect anything that might
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@
wrote:
snip
[Vaj wrote:]
Prof. Sawyer was expelled from the TMO for daring to
explore other meditation methods.
From what I've
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dana Sawyer needs photos
shukra69:
this is a desperate crazy person kind of drive-by
slander on your part isn't it Vag?
Vaj:
I feel that all recent information relating to the
TMO's dark side would be relevant
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@
wrote:
snip
[Vaj wrote:]
Prof. Sawyer was expelled from the TMO for daring
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus
richard@ wrote:
Of richardatrwilliamsdotus
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 8:34 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dana Sawyer needs photos
shukra69:
this is a desperate crazy person kind of drive-by
slander on your part isn't it Vag?
Vaj:
I feel
No Feste, that was not the point of what I was saying. But thanks for asking.
:-)
On Dec 3, 2011, at 10:52 PM, feste37 fest...@yahoo.com wrote:
So you're saying that TM causes people to be afraid to go outside or to be in
public? Gosh, I never knew that, and I was in the movement for
shukra69:
this is a desperate crazy person kind of drive-by
slander on your part isn't it Vag?
Vaj:
I feel that all recent information relating to the
TMO's dark side would be relevant, esp. material
that relates to the traditional problems meditation
can cause - and the hope for
On Dec 4, 2011, at 9:33 AM, richardatrwilliamsdotus wrote:
So, you need Dana Sawyer, who never even tried TM, to
explain to you TM? You're supposed to be the spiritual
teacher! You're thinking Dana Sawyer knows anything
about the TM or the TMO? Go figure.
Prof. Sawyer was expelled from
But it was part of what you said. (See below. I've restored your words that you
deleted.) Do you really mean that TM causes people to be afraid to go outside?
Because that's what you said. If indeed there are any examples I suspect your
reasoning goes like this: person has psychological
So, you need Dana Sawyer, who never even tried TM, to
explain to you TM? You're supposed to be the spiritual
teacher! You're thinking Dana Sawyer knows anything
about the TM or the TMO? Go figure.
Vaj:
Prof. Sawyer was expelled from the TMO for daring to
explore other meditation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@...
wrote:
So, you need Dana Sawyer, who never even tried TM, to
explain to you TM? You're supposed to be the spiritual
teacher! You're thinking Dana Sawyer knows anything
about the TM or the TMO? Go figure.
Prof. Sawyer was expelled from the TMO for daring to
explore other meditation methods.
From what I've read, Dana Sawyer is not a graduate of
M.U.M., and his name does not appear on the TMO list of
approved teachers or lecturers...
authfriend:
The names of teachers who have
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardatrwilliamsdotus richard@...
wrote:
snip
[Vaj wrote:]
Prof. Sawyer was expelled from the TMO for daring to
explore other meditation methods.
From what I've read, Dana Sawyer is not a graduate of
M.U.M., and his name does not appear
On Dec 4, 2011, at 10:30 AM, feste37 wrote:
But it was part of what you said. (See below. I've restored your words that
you deleted.)
Here's what I said:
I regularly talk to people who will mention problems as simple as having to
alter their life because they're afraid to go outside or in
Well, that's interesting. I never liked rounding so did as little of it as
possible. I can imagine that if people are cooped up all day doing that then
they might get a bit reclusive for a while and find it difficult to get back
into a more integrated lifestyle, but I would have thought such
On Dec 4, 2011, at 1:42 PM, feste37 wrote:
Well, that's interesting. I never liked rounding so did as little of it as
possible. I can imagine that if people are cooped up all day doing that then
they might get a bit reclusive for a while and find it difficult to get back
into a more
I know nothing about meditation forms other than TM, which was the only one
that ever interested me, so I am unable to comment on your analogy. I am aware
that more than a few TM meditators have hypersensitivities, but I'm not sure
that is always a bad thing: they have their antennae up to
Feste, even-though Vaj is a big liar he is right on some of the symptoms.
During my kundalini descension I suffered from symptoms that resemble panic
attacks. During 2 weeks in 2006 it result in massive agoraphobia for me.
Of course I was blessed enough that existence guided me and I never had
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On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 1:44 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dana Sawyer needs photos
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of richardatrwilliamsdotus
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 8:34 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dana Sawyer needs photos
shukra69:
this is a desperate crazy person kind
But you have never done TM or the TM Sidhi program and yet you are seem
completely lost in your head, very spacey and ungrounded, sometime hostile,
often awkward, and usually arrogant, so how do you explain that??
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 4,
I find this interesting but am not convinced by the idea (hardly a
psychological fact) that those who start TM constitute a certain type of
person, since such a huge variety of people have learned TM over the years. I
think the self-selection idea could be better applied to the TM campus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote:
snip
[Nabby wrote:]
What kind of book ?
Haven't read it. Don't know the content.
...Yesterday an old friend asked me whether the rumor he heard
was true, that I'm writing an anti-TMO book. It's not, but that
rumor probably
On Dec 4, 2011, at 5:50 PM, feste37 wrote:
I find this interesting but am not convinced by the idea (hardly a
psychological fact) that those who start TM constitute a certain type of
person, since such a huge variety of people have learned TM over the years.
That's true. You could easily
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
Perhaps it's this book? :
Cosmic Capitalism, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Selling of
Romanticism. (Albany: State University of New York Press,
forthcoming, Fall 2009). Co-written with Cynthia Humes.
If that's it, it's a bit
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote:
I find this interesting but am not convinced by the idea
(hardly a psychological fact) that those who start TM
constitute a certain type of person, since such a huge
variety of people have learned TM over the years.
Not to
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 12:58 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Dana Sawyer needs
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
FWIW, Vaj has also deleted quite a few of the posts he's
made about Robin in the past (made before Robin joined us;
Alex might know when he deleted them).
I can do a search of the web activity log, but all it will show is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Dec 4, 2011, at 1:42 PM, feste37 wrote:
Well, that's interesting. I never liked rounding so did as little of
it as possible. I can imagine that if people are cooped up all day doing
that then they might get a bit
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
I think it's important to distinguish between meditation forms that
help samskaras be dissolved and those that plant sattvic seeds in the
mind to overwhelm the rajasic and tamasic weeds. One method is like
planting many flowers in a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote:
Dana Sawyer has written a book on the TM Movement, and needs some photos.
Please see below and let me know if you can help:
I'd love to have photos of any and all important events and personalities,
and you know those as
this is a desperate crazy person kind of drive-by slander on your part isn't it
Vag?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
Rick, do you know if he's seen David Wants to Fly or read Kundalini Vidya
(deals with the style of psychic damage often seen in sidhas and the
I feel that all recent information relating to the TMO's dark side would be
relevant, esp. material that relates to the traditional problems meditation can
cause - and the hope for relief for people suffering.
You might see the still on-going PR of the TMO as more evidence of the success
of
this is all more pure rumor-mongering and innuendo on your part, the only dark
side here is your own willingness to engage in that sort of slander.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
I feel that all recent information relating to the TMO's dark side would be
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 shukra69@... wrote:
this is a desperate crazy person kind of drive-by slander on
your part isn't it Vag?
Duh!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id%C3%A9e_fixe_(psychology)
What's odd about this post of Vaj's is that he's very
well aware that Dana
So you're saying that TM causes people to be afraid to go outside or to be in
public? Gosh, I never knew that, and I was in the movement for decades! Thanks,
Vaj! Useful information to have.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
I feel that all recent information
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