Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-14 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2009, at 10:15 PM, I am the eternal wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: As far as I am aware, the pictures have been removed from the bottles. Quite right. Pay attention, people. How many times do I have to repeat this? I thought he

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-14 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: As far as I am aware, the pictures have been removed from the bottles. Quite right. Pay attention, people. How many times do I have to repeat this?

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 13, 2009, at 10:15 PM, I am the eternal wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: As far as I am aware, the pictures have been removed from the bottles. Quite right. Pay attention,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-14 Thread I am the eternal
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Richard J. Williams willy...@yahoo.comwrote: L. Shaddai wrote: MAPI products will slowly undergo more iterations of starting to look like Crest toothpaste so's the products can sell next to the vitamin display of your local pharmacy/chemist shop.

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-14 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 13, 2009, at 8:32 PM, sparaig wrote: As far as I am aware, the pictures have been removed from the bottles...but I haven't purchased any MAPI products on moral grounds (and for safety reasons) in a while. Since

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-14 Thread I am the eternal
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:55 AM, sparaig lengli...@cox.net wrote: Were they ever on the front? Yes. Here's an old picture. http://www.amritdirect.com/images/amrit_180.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-14 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:55 AM, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: Were they ever on the front? Yes. Here's an old picture. http://www.amritdirect.com/images/amrit_180.jpg OK. somewhere I have an original

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-14 Thread Vaj
On Jan 14, 2009, at 12:55 PM, sparaig wrote: Great. So they still use the man's likeness whose formulas they stole. Another is dead. How noble. Don't see their pictures on the web site bottles. Are they hidden on the back? Were they ever on the front? Last time I bought it (years

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
billy jim wrote: He was the pandit with the fan that had various devabijakshara on the fan folds... It would seem that the Marshy got confused - instead of extolling the Vedas, he should have been promoting the tantras. Apparently there are no 'bija' mantras memtioned in the Rig Veda. In

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
Vaj wrote: That was one of MMY's great suits, he could hunt down and find the best gurus, pandits and vaidyas... Maybe it was the pundits that 'hunt down' the Marshy, Vaj - Dr. Dwivedi, Dr. Triguna, Dr. Balaraj Maharishi, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Debu Chaudhuri, and Pandit Shivkumar

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
billy jim wrote: We had a discussion at the time about where Maharishi could have obtained his meditation bija-mantras... The Adi Shankara described the yogic path in his vartika on the commentary on Yoga Sutras by Vyasa. Shankaracharya has also explained the mantra and tantra in his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2009, at 12:09 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Vaj wrote: That was one of MMY's great suits, he could hunt down and find the best gurus, pandits and vaidyas... Maybe it was the pundits that 'hunt down' the Marshy, Vaj - Dr. Dwivedi, Dr. Triguna, Dr. Balaraj Maharishi, Pandit

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Paul Mason
Does pandit Hari P actually extol TM publicly? He played his flute at a local church a few months back. Image that, this great superstar coming to St Ives Cornwall --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: Vaj wrote: That was one of MMY's great

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Paul Mason
Allegedly, in 2006 journalists were offered backsheesh flights etc to go interview Maharishi at Vlodrop, but there were few takers, in fact I recall only two writers who accepted the King's Shilling. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 13, 2009, at 12:09

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandp...@... wrote: Does pandit Hari P actually extol TM publicly? He played his flute at a local church a few months back. Image that, this great superstar coming to St Ives Cornwall I wish I'd known! That's not far for me

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Paul Mason
Allegedly, in 2006 journalists were offered backsheesh flights etc to go interview Maharishi at Vlodrop, but there were few takers for the King's Shilling, in fact I recall only two newpaper columnists popping over at that time and it not known whether they were press- ganged. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: billy jim wrote: We had a discussion at the time about where Maharishi could have obtained his meditation bija-mantras... The Adi Shankara described the yogic path in his vartika on the commentary on

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
Paul Mason wrote: He played his flute at a local church a few months back. Image that, this great superstar coming to St Ives Cornwall Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Saturday, February 8, 2003 at 7:00 PM Bates Recital Hall University of Texas at Austin

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
If so, they must have been VERY impressed with the TM program. Vaj wrote: Think of them as paid consultants-- that's the impression I get from those familiar. Yeah, sad that the 'world master of Indian music' was so impressed by the money that he recorded a series of sixteen albums

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: If so, they must have been VERY impressed with the TM program. Vaj wrote: Think of them as paid consultants-- that's the impression I get from those familiar. Yeah, sad that the 'world master of Indian music' was so impressed by

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: Maharishi has us listen to the Rig Veda to enliven subatomic particles? Yeah, sure. Round about the Taste of Utopia I would have not believed that but out of shear exhaustion would have said, yeah, well, OK. But

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Richard Williams
Yeah, sad that the 'world master of Indian music' was so impressed by the money that he recorded a series of sixteen albums for meditation for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Vaj wrote: It's what I've heard from respected people from Indian scholars to members of the Shankaracharya to

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 13, 2009, at 12:09 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Vaj wrote: That was one of MMY's great suits, he could hunt down and find the best gurus, pandits and vaidyas... Maybe it was the pundits that 'hunt down'

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jan 13, 2009, at 12:09 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Vaj wrote: That was one of MMY's great suits, he could hunt down and find the best gurus,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2009, at 8:00 PM, Richard Williams wrote: Yeah, sad that the 'world master of Indian music' was so impressed by the money that he recorded a series of sixteen albums for meditation for the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Vaj wrote: It's what I've heard from respected people from Indian

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 13, 2009, at 8:00 PM, Richard Williams wrote: Yeah, sad that the 'world master of Indian music' was so impressed by the money that he recorded a series of sixteen albums for meditation for the Maharishi Mahesh

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip Most were involved for the money MMY paid, some actually had intellectual property stolen by MMY and I doubt few would have anything to do with him

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Vaj
On Jan 13, 2009, at 8:32 PM, sparaig wrote: As far as I am aware, the pictures have been removed from the bottles...but I haven't purchased any MAPI products on moral grounds (and for safety reasons) in a while. Since Balraj specifically requested that MMY never use the formulations he

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, Vaj, the 'world masters' of Indian music, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Debu Chaudhuri, and Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, were so impressed by the money from Marshy, that they recorded a series of over twenty albums for the Marshy? That doesn't even make any sense. And the ayervedic

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread enlightened_dawn11
its a string! its a string! lol --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 13, 2009, at 8:32 PM, sparaig wrote: As far as I am aware, the pictures have been removed from the bottles...but I haven't purchased any MAPI products on moral grounds (and for

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread enlightened_dawn11
vaj is always most comfortable in the company, and taking the word of, members of the world's failed religions. it is why TM threatens him so much, and why he feels so very superior to the Maharishi. holiness to him means figures like the compassionate dalai lama, who is currently presiding

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread I am the eternal
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: As far as I am aware, the pictures have been removed from the bottles. Quite right. Pay attention, people. How many times do I have to repeat this? Maharishi made ammendments to the Constitution of the Universe. The TMO

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
Vaj wrote: I tend to not believe criminals and their accomplices, esp. ones who hide their monies and offer no transparency. Well, that pretty much settles it doesn't it? The Marshy and his vaidyas are all crooks, liars and cheats, with no morals whatsoever! Ayerveda is quack medicine,

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
L. Shaddai wrote: MAPI products will slowly undergo more iterations of starting to look like Crest toothpaste so's the products can sell next to the vitamin display of your local pharmacy/chemist shop. Well, yes, L., that would make sense - put the Marshy vitamins next to all the other

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-12 Thread billy jim
Vaj ... My take on his whole Rig Ved spiel was it was what he purloined from the father-son Vedic chanting duo he used to hang with That was Mahapandit Brahmarshi Devaratji and his son. He was the pandit with the fan that had various devabijakshara on the fan folds. During the Tahoe Rig

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-12 Thread Vaj
On Jan 12, 2009, at 4:39 PM, billy jim wrote: Vaj ... My take on his whole Rig Ved spiel was it was what he purloined from the father-son Vedic chanting duo he used to hang with That was Mahapandit Brahmarshi Devaratji and his son. He was the pandit with the fan that had various

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: snip I've often wondered what happened to the Devarats. That was one of MMY's great suits, he could hunt down and find the best gurus, pandits and vaidyas. Hmm, wonder why all these top guys were willing to work with MMY if he was

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-12 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, billy jim emptyb...@... wrote: As a point of fact, Brahmarshi agreed with MMY about the foundational importance of the the first word, first line and the first hymn. However, this was before Maharishi presented in detail his sprout-seed-leaf-branch-tree

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-12 Thread billy jim
I was not present. My description came from that same friend who was present at Tahoe for some of those recording. We had a discussion at the time about where Maharishi could have obtained his meditation bija-mantras. My friend and I knew something about mantra sourcing since we were both

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-12 Thread John
Maharishi has us listen to the Rig Veda to enliven subatomic particles? Yeah, sure. Round about the Taste of Utopia I would have not believed that but out of shear exhaustion would have said, yeah, well, OK. But that was then, this is now. Subatomic particles are the modern day

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-12 Thread John
They've already talked about this. It's mentioned in the Unified Field chart for Ayurveda, which contains an alleged formula for the 5 tanmatras. Not that anyone but they believe in it. Kinda silly really. My take on his whole Rig Ved spiel was it was what he purloined from the

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Interpretation of the Rig Veda

2009-01-12 Thread John
Even more to the point - considering 6 million jews in the Shoah and 10-20 million christians in Stalin's democide we can only conclude that dead daimons can't kick ass. What's left? Just those little devabijaksharas on Brahmarshi't fan folds. As they say here in mudville ... them is the