[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I saw something last night while sleeping which illustrated clearly > the response to the ego's desire, in that while I was sleeping, I > witnessed the birth of a thought, and the thought by itself was > interest

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-30 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory G

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-30 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[E

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > My immediate impression of his statement would lead me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-30 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My immediate impression of his statement would lead me to question > whether > > this person had learned to separate samsaric patterns from >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-30 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My immediate impression of his statement would lead me to question whether > this person had learned to separate samsaric patterns from nirvanic ones. I don't know (or care) who "this person" is, but my impression would be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My .02 USD > > .02399960 CAD .016 Euro Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread TurquoiseB
Nice rap. You're on a roll today. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just for perspective and as a couterpoint reality check, group > phenomenom can be driven by a lot of factors. And individuals can > provide powerful affects on others, aka charism

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 8/27/05 9:56 AM, "TurquoiseB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The question from my point of view, 28 years away > > from it, is -- was it darshan or was it something > > else, something more occult? I don't have a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/27/05 2:14 PM, "Vaj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But can folie-a-deux apply to groups? > > Apparently it can: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_à_deux Folie à plusieurs? Those kinky French. Is one partner nev

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/27/05 2:03 PM, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What I'm picking up from this discussion is that > > there is darshan that's all about the wakefulness > > in the room, and there's darshan that's about > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread Rick Archer
on 8/27/05 1:20 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > We probably know one another, as I was constantly around MMY in the > early to mid-70's. You've got my curiosity aroused as to who you are, since I was also around him during that period. Some of your expressions make it sound like you'

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread Vaj
On 8/27/05 2:14 PM, "Vaj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But can folie-a-deux apply to groups? Apparently it can: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_à_deux Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! yo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this mimicry comment is sort of ridiculous. > > When I was around MMY in the 70's, I wasn't comparing him to anyone > else. Nor did I have any expectations about what it would feel like > to be in his "presen

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread Vaj
On 8/27/05 2:03 PM, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting history of darshan in the West. Still, > there's a Wednesday night satsang in Fairfield > premised on the fact that people seem to "get it" > when in the physical presence of others who've > got it. But can folie-a-deu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread Vaj
On 8/27/05 2:03 PM, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I'm picking up from this discussion is that > there is darshan that's all about the wakefulness > in the room, and there's darshan that's about > shakti, or energy. Different things? Different things. What I was pointing out

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread Rick Archer
on 8/27/05 1:03 PM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interesting history of darshan in the West. Still, > there's a Wednesday night satsang in Fairfield > premised on the fact that people seem to "get it" > when in the physical presence of others who've > got it. > > What I'm picking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting history of darshan in the West. Still, > there's a Wednesday night satsang in Fairfield > premised on the fact that people seem to "get it" > when in the physical presence of others who've > got it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread Patrick Gillam
Interesting history of darshan in the West. Still, there's a Wednesday night satsang in Fairfield premised on the fact that people seem to "get it" when in the physical presence of others who've got it. What I'm picking up from this discussion is that there is darshan that's all about the wa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread Vaj
On 8/27/05 1:53 PM, "anonymousff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I was around MMY in the 70's, I wasn't comparing him to anyone > else. This is not necessarily a conscious thing. If you had already accepted in your own mind that M. was 'the cat's meow', then his darshan rose to meet your ex

[FairfieldLife] Re: Darshan, was Vlodrop report

2005-08-27 Thread anonymousff
I think this mimicry comment is sort of ridiculous. When I was around MMY in the 70's, I wasn't comparing him to anyone else. Nor did I have any expectations about what it would feel like to be in his "presence". And yet, being around him, there was a palpable difference in bliss level, wakeful