[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-19 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Michael Dean Goodman wrote: heart has a feeling - an attraction or repulsion - then the whole rest of the individuality (the intellect, and its servants, the mind and senses) go out and FIND evidence to support, to validate, that belief. Our photography teacher at MIU, whose name

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-19 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Michael Dean Goodman wrote: heart has a feeling - an attraction or repulsion - then the whole rest of the individuality (the intellect, and its servants, the mind and senses) go out and FIND evidence to support, to validate, that belief. Our photography teacher at MIU, whose name

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-19 Thread peterklutz
Thank you Michael, I am at work and have just skimmed your reply, and realize this is a text I will have to come back and exrecize my intellect on to understand more profoundly :-) JGD --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Dean Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: peterklutz [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-18 Thread Irmeli Mattsson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Dean Goodman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, where does mind stop and intellect start? Any hard criteria? The mechanics of perception and discrimination that our intellect would LIKE us to believe in goes like this: sensory input comes in from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-18 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
--- Peter wrote: Has anyone had a clear experience of ritam bhara pragya? I ask because I would love to hear about your experience. I've only had one clear experience of rhitam bhara pragya (RBP) and that was before I started TM. I only knew what it was several years later on TTC

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect/suggested reading

2006-09-17 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Anna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yoga Vasistha is very good -- the book is Vasistha's Yoga by Swami Venkatesananda, State university of New York Press. Can order through 21st Century books, (at MUM), or Amazon.com. (don't bother with the abridged version

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect (refined)

2006-09-17 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snip) The intellect is the discriminator, which makes it possible for us to make decisions -- buddhi (intellect) throws light on the mind to make decisions possible (and thank God, it enables Prez Bush to say I am the decider). My experience is different: For me the 'mind' is everything

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-17 Thread Michael Dean Goodman
peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, where does mind stop and intellect start? Any hard criteria? The mechanics of perception and discrimination that our intellect would LIKE us to believe in goes like this: sensory input comes in from the objective world, is registered by the mind and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-17 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Peter wrote: Has anyone had a clear experience of ritam bhara pragya? I ask because I would love to hear about your experience. I've only had one clear experience of rhitam bhara pragya (RBP) and that was before I started TM. Peter, yesterday evening, after we had

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread peterklutz
Thanks! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 9/15/06 3:46 PM, peterklutz at peterklutz@ wrote: What is the TM/MMY-approved

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread peterklutz
Thanks! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: --- peterklutz peterklutz@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 9/15/06 3:46

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread peterklutz
So, where does mind stop and intellect start? Any hard criteria? Also, has MMY indicated any required reading (shortlist preferred) to give the mind/intellect the stuff it needs to completely grasp/stabilize experiences TC/CC? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, where does mind stop and intellect start? Any hard criteria? Is that even a valid question? Looking at the stuff that Fred's been doiing, we know when mind stops: the thalamus reduces activity to the point where

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread cardemaister
Seems like 'mahat' (mahat-tattva[sp?]: the great principle) also means 'intellect': 1 mahat mfn. (orig. pr. p. of 1. %{mah} ; strong form , %{mahAnt} f. % {mahatI4} ; in ep. often %{mahat} for %{mahAntam} ; ibc. mostly % {mahA} q.v.) great (in space , time , quantity or degree) snip (rarely

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread peterklutz
I think you misunderstand the question: stop and start refer to the boundaries of mind and intellect, respectively - not their functional status. Moreover, the problem is not how normal a state is with reference to the Universe/Cosmos in toto, but the discrepancy between this state and other

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reading MMY's comments on the BG it's obvious that intellectually understanding higher states is required, lest confusion should set in. And in many other traditions, they would say that for anyone who actually

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread wmurphy77
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems like 'mahat' (mahat-tattva[sp?]: the great principle) also means 'intellect': 1 mahat mfn. (orig. pr. p. of 1. %{mah} ; strong form , %{mahAnt} f. % {mahatI4} ; in ep. often %{mahat} for %{mahAntam} ; ibc.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread Peter
Has anyone had a clear experience of ritam bhara pragya? I ask because I would love to hear about your experience. I've only had one clear experience of rhitam bhara pragya (RBP) and that was before I started TM. I only knew what it was several years later on TTC when MMY mentioned it and said

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Peter wrote: Has anyone had a clear experience of ritam bhara pragya? I ask because I would love to hear about your experience. I've only had one clear experience of rhitam bhara pragya (RBP) and that was before I started TM. I only knew what it was several years later on TTC when MMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Peter wrote: Ritam bhara pragya The intent to know something gives rise to the immediate fulfillment of that intent clearly and completely. I haven't had clear, diagram-like knowledge, but I certainly have had answers come upon asking a question. Once I asked a co-worker how a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread peterklutz
Is being scatterbrained your normal state of awareness? Is there something wrong with the cabling from your eyes to your brain that make the letters appear different than what they are? Is there something wrong with your brain as it attempts to process the information it receives? Are you just

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz peterklutz@ wrote: Reading MMY's comments on the BG it's obvious that intellectually understanding higher states is required, lest confusion should set in. And

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: --- peterklutz peterklutz@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 9/15/06 3:46 PM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread Peter
--- Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter wrote: Ritam bhara pragya The intent to know something gives rise to the immediate fulfillment of that intent clearly and completely. I haven't had clear, diagram-like knowledge, but I certainly have had answers come

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread Peter
--- Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter wrote: Has anyone had a clear experience of ritam bhara pragya? I ask because I would love to hear about your experience. I've only had one clear experience of rhitam bhara pragya (RBP) and that was before I started TM. I only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter wrote: Ritam bhara pragya The intent to know something gives rise to the immediate fulfillment of that intent clearly and completely. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread peterklutz
Reading the BG it seems mind and intellect are two distinct faculties. Most of us probably have a good idea what mind is, but what is intellect? In what way is intellect different from mind? quote Where does mind stop and intellect start? /quote --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread peterklutz
It would seem you would be uniquely positioned to comment on this: what about nutcases who think they are Alexander the Great..? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip ... the mind always functions like this and that everyone is always functioning from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz peterklutz@ wrote: Reading MMY's comments on the BG it's obvious that intellectually understanding higher states is required, lest confusion should set in.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: --- Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: --- Peter wrote: Ritam bhara pragya The intent to know something gives rise to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reading the BG it seems mind and intellect are two distinct faculties. Most of us probably have a good idea what mind is, but what is intellect? Intellect is what gives rise to mind. You can't have thoughts without

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz peterklutz@ wrote: Reading MMY's comments on the BG it's obvious that intellectually

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz peterklutz@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-16 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, where does mind stop and intellect start? Any hard criteria? Also, has MMY indicated any required reading (shortlist preferred) to give the mind/intellect the stuff it needs to completely grasp/stabilize

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect/suggested reading

2006-09-16 Thread Anna
Yoga Vasistha is very good -- the book is Vasistha's Yoga by Swami Venkatesananda, State university of New York Press. Can order through 21st Century books, (at MUM), or Amazon.com. (don't bother with the abridged version -- just the full version). Read some daily. Also, has MMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the TM/MMY-approved sanskrit word for intellect? Buddhi To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread peterklutz
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/15/06 3:46 PM, peterklutz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the TM/MMY-approved sanskrit word for intellect? pragya Sounds like a compound - what does it mean literally? What was the skt original for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/15/06 3:46 PM, peterklutz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the TM/MMY-approved sanskrit word for intellect? pragya Although the TMO (and others) use the term Pragya aparadh to mean

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 9/15/06 3:46 PM, peterklutz at peterklutz@ wrote: What is the TM/MMY-approved sanskrit word for intellect? pragya Maharishi Ayurveda on buddhi, the finest aspect of mind which allows us to discriminate:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Sep 15, 2006, at 6:07 PM, bob_brigante wrote: Although the TMO (and others) use the term Pragya aparadh to mean the mistake of the intellect ( http://www.ar- t.org/Salient_Words/Indirectly_Related/Flu_virus/flu_virus.html ), buddhi means intellect (which everybody has), pragya means pure

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 15, 2006, at 6:07 PM, bob_brigante wrote: Although the TMO (and others) use the term Pragya aparadh to mean the mistake of the intellect ( http://www.ar-

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 9/15/06 3:46 PM, peterklutz at peterklutz@ wrote: What is the TM/MMY-approved sanskrit word for intellect? pragya Sounds like a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the TM/MMY-approved sanskrit word for intellect? blind obedience. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread Peter
--- peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/15/06 3:46 PM, peterklutz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the TM/MMY-approved sanskrit word for intellect? pragya Sounds like a compound - what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip What was the skt original for thruth-saying/bearing intellect? Ritam bhara pragya The subjective experience of this very fine level of the intellect is that every

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect

2006-09-15 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 9/15/06 3:46 PM, peterklutz at peterklutz@ wrote: What is the TM/MMY-approved sanskrit word

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-13 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-13 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's really funny for me right now is how everything is flipped upside down and inside out. I have zero formal training in self-inquiry, and asking myself who am I used to result in nothing but frustration and an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite useful* tool in the attainment of higher states was found so incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least can't help but raise a smile. So much talk on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite useful* tool in the attainment of higher states was found so incorrect by some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone agrees that the intellect is essential in the attainment of higher states. Not to nitpick, but not everyone agrees with that. :-) The intellect is considered valuable by some paths that have the goal of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite useful* tool in the attainment of higher states was found so incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least can't help but raise a smile. That's a topic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite useful* tool in the attainment of higher states was found so incorrect by some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite useful* tool in the attainment of higher states was found so incorrect by some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread TurquoiseB
That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite useful* tool in the attainment of higher states was found so incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least can't help but raise a smile. That's a topic I participated in, but it was Barry who viciously

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite useful* tool in the attainment of higher states was found so incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least can't help but raise a smile.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite useful* tool in the attainment of higher states was found so incorrect by some readers as to be hilarious, at least can't help but raise a smile.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite useful* tool in the attainment of higher states was found so incorrect by some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Intellect and Inquiry

2006-01-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That the simple statment, the intellect is a quite