[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig spar...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [,,,] There you have it -- your position within the TM movement. Consider it my clarification gift to you this new year. :-) It's a clarification

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-02 Thread TurquoiseB
Your posts today have been really garbled and off-target. You sound as though you're so mad at the world you can't think straight. Not a great way to start the new year. Sounds to me like someone is not happy about being reminded that as far as the TM movement goes, she

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-02 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [,,,] There you have it -- your position within the TM movement. Consider it my clarification gift to you this new year. :-) It's a clarification gift to all who read FFL, thanks for sharing.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your posts today have been really garbled and off-target. You sound as though you're so mad at the world you can't think straight. Not a great way to start the new year. Sounds to me like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'd be well advised to take the new year as an opportunity to work on living in reality rather than in your fantasy world. As a famous science fiction writer once said so well, Reality is a crutch for those who can't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: You'd be well advised to take the new year as an opportunity to work on living in reality rather than in your fantasy world. As a famous science

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-) By Sherilyn, one of her more desperate moves. I wouldn't worry about it that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Vaj
On Dec 31, 2006, at 10:09 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 30, 2006, at 6:04 PM, bob_brigante wrote: In your post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/126763 I found it interesting that Maharishi repeated several

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Vaj
On Dec 31, 2006, at 11:19 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: Yeah, received an excited phone call yesterday from someone on the TM invincibility course, that Maharishi wants to hear of those having experiences with the dieties. irony that those who do see or understand the devatas are mostly quiet and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Vaj
On Dec 31, 2006, at 9:50 AM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's disturbing to me is his emphasis on subtle meditative moods and getting the students to wallow in them. Why would you want to encourage such nonsense? Since there's no

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Vaj
On Dec 31, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 8:50 AM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's disturbing to me is his emphasis on subtle meditative moods and getting the students to wallow in them. Why would you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Vaj
On Jan 1, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Vaj wrote: It's interesting, the Tibetan word for meditative experiences, nyams, even refers to meditation experiences as meditative moods (meditative mood-making). It's instructive just reading the definition: nyams debased [RY] experience [RY] nga'i nyams

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-) By

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 11:19 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: snip Yeah, interesting the currency in the end now is changing to those who speak with the devatas, or is that, favor now towards hearing voices...and now speaking in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-) By Sherilyn, one of her more desperate moves. I wouldn't worry about it that much. You only got about 40 votes, mainly from your fans on alt.meditation.transcendental and sci.skeptic. Um, I never

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-) By Sherilyn, one of her more desperate moves. I wouldn't worry about it that much. You only got about 40 votes, mainly from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 8:50 AM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: What's disturbing to me is his emphasis on subtle

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-) By Sherilyn, one of her more desperate moves. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-) By

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] And there is no real instruction in the value and the problem with meditative experiences and/or how to handle them. Of course,. from the reports, and by common sense, the people who are willing to come to this course

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Spiritualist is really a good word. There is no indication (from any of the reports I've read) that these *are* experiences of devatas but merely meditative moods. This stuff has happened for decades, now it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 8:50 AM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: What's disturbing to me is his emphasis on subtle

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 11:19 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: snip Yeah, interesting the currency in the end now is changing to those who speak with the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 9:50 AM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: What's disturbing to me is his emphasis on subtle meditative moods and getting the students to wallow in them.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-) By Sherilyn, one of her more desperate moves. I wouldn't worry about it that much. You only got about 40 votes, mainly from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-) By Sherilyn, one of her more desperate moves. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-) By Sherilyn, one of her more desperate moves. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve, odd that the current course is quite successful, with the underwriting of the course, the arrival of the pundits, the experiences reported, and yet you see it in an entirely negative light...What does that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 1, 2007, at 11:53 AM, jim_flanegin wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 10:17 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 8:50 AM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: What's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: Steve, odd that the current course is quite successful, with the underwriting of the course, the arrival of the pundits, the experiences

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 1, 2007, at 12:52 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: For the record, I think it's *sad* that the TMO destroyed itself. I think it could have been a real force on this planet if it had stuck to what it was good at -- teaching people a simple, easily-learned technique of meditation That's really the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: Steve, odd that the current course is quite successful, with the underwriting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 1, 2007, at 12:52 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: For the record, I think it's *sad* that the TMO destroyed itself. I think it could have been a real force on this planet if it had stuck to what it was good at --

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: ...and I have never been nominated for Usenet Kook of the Year. :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me, a success would be if Maharishi put out a call to action to his many students over the years and those students did what was asked of them. Do the math -- let's say that the TMO has (conservatively) taught

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 1, 2007, at 1:49 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 1, 2007, at 12:52 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: For the record, I think it's *sad* that the TMO destroyed itself. I think it could have been a real force on this planet

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: Steve, odd that the current course is quite successful, with the underwriting of the course, the arrival of the pundits, the experiences

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread gullible fool
Remember the tragedy of knowledge tape? It's the perfect explanation for what has happened to the TM movement, and Maharishi didn't even have to die first. And the blame for the tragedy of knowledge occurring the last time around was put on the current TM initiators. They were responsible

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Vaj
On Jan 1, 2007, at 3:01 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me, a success would be if Maharishi put out a call to action to his many students over the years and those students did what was asked of them. Do the math -- let's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Jason Spock
.!! jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:01:57 - Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences Nah, you're just being glib, Barry - Knowing you, if that happened, you'd be all upset that the course participants were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It wouldn't seem so weird to me if you guys did TM or had any connection to it. But you don't. You just camp out here, slinging mud at TM, TMO and Maharishi. What's up with that?? If they weren't so busy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember the tragedy of knowledge tape? It's the perfect explanation for what has happened to the TM movement, and Maharishi didn't even have to die first. And the blame for the tragedy of knowledge

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: A movement only moves when it has members *to* move. If you've systematically driven them all away for decades and *then* ask them to move and they

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's interesting you know, I was talking to someone from the TMO offlist a couple of weeks back and I mentioned to him, in all the years I'd been here, not one person had asked me what it was I liked--like my own top ten

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any movement that is Arrogant and declares it's superiority, naturally come under intense scrutiny. This is why, the Christian right comes under intense scrutiny. This is why, Muslims come under intense

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: A movement only moves when it has members *to* move. If you've systematically

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: Steve,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: A movement only moves when it has members *to* move. If you've systematically

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep. Of course, how many people drop what they are doing to head to ANYTHING on a moment's notice? Many, if not most, of the people on this list. They did it for decades. Some still do.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread Vaj
On Jan 1, 2007, at 4:24 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's interesting you know, I was talking to someone from the TMO offlist a couple of weeks back and I mentioned to him, in all the years I'd been here, not one person had asked me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: Steve, odd that the current course is quite successful, with the underwriting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Yep. Of course, how many people drop what they are doing to head to ANYTHING on a moment's notice? Many, if not most, of the people on this list.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Yep. Of course, how many people drop what they are doing to head to ANYTHING on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Yep. Of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MAHARISHI, DECEMBER 20, 2006 Maharishi: Jai Guru Dev. Dr. Morris: Jai Guru Dev. Maharishi: [laughter] They are all with you still? Dr. Morris: Maharishi, we're in the press conference now, with His

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Has something to do with the up-tick in world consciousness, from the hanging of Sadam yesterday morning. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickmays@ wrote: MAHARISHI, DECEMBER 20, 2006

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread Vaj
On Dec 30, 2006, at 6:04 PM, bob_brigante wrote: In your post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/126763 I found it interesting that Maharishi repeated several times that people should only be meditating 3-4 hours. I wonder if this message got through to Bevan et al who are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread feste37
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's disturbing to me is his emphasis on subtle meditative moods and getting the students to wallow in them. Why would you want to encourage such nonsense? Since there's no spiritual benefit, one has to assume it's to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 30, 2006, at 6:04 PM, bob_brigante wrote: In your post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/126763 I found it interesting that Maharishi repeated several times that people should only be meditating

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 31, 2006, at 8:50 AM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's disturbing to me is his emphasis on subtle meditative moods and getting the students to wallow in them. Why would you want to encourage such nonsense? Since there's no

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread llundrub
: feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 8:50 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's disturbing to me is his emphasis

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 30, 2006, at 6:04 PM, bob_brigante wrote: In your post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/126763 I found it interesting that Maharishi repeated several times that people should only be meditating

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread feste37
That's not my experience, Sal. I'm going to the dome, and no one is asking me for a dime. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 8:50 AM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: What's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Yeah, received an excited phone call yesterday from someone on the TM invincibility course, that Maharishi wants to hear of those having experiences with the dieties. irony that those who do see or understand the devatas are mostly quiet and under ground about it, any rising to share within

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: snip The recent posts attributed to him seem to indicate some senility. I wouldn't say senility. I have seen no real sign of the more common forms of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread feste37
A couple of weeks ago Doug was comparing the pundit compound here with the Warsaw Ghetto. I wondered when someone would be able to top that. Well, Doug's made a good attempt here with his comment about the ongoing reign of terror that he claims is going on right here in Fairfield. To most

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of weeks ago Doug was comparing the pundit compound here with the Warsaw Ghetto. I wondered when someone would be able to top that. Well, Doug's made a good attempt here with his comment about the ongoing reign

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Dec 30, 2006, at 6:04 PM, bob_brigante wrote: In your post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/126763 I found it interesting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] To be open to all possibilities, it is certainly possible that some of the people who report such experiences after hearing what kind of experiences they are *supposed* to be having are doing so in good faith,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: A couple of weeks ago Doug was comparing the pundit compound here with the Warsaw Ghetto. I wondered when someone would be able to top that. Well,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 31, 2006, at 8:50 AM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: What's disturbing to me is his emphasis on subtle meditative moods and getting the students to wallow

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Dec 30, 2006, at 6:04 PM, bob_brigante wrote: In your post

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, the WSJ reviewer hated Serenity... Said it was just like a TV movie and where's that darned remote...? Ha! QED.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread llundrub
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 10:19 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences Yeah, received an excited phone call yesterday from someone on the TM invincibility course, that Maharishi wants to hear of those having experiences

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip You appear to see Maharishi as a false teacher, a person driven by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a spiritual exercise, you might just want to contemplate why you've felt compelled to bash MMY and TMers continuously for *twelve years*--what, 15-20 years after you quit TM and the movement-- and why it has never

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread purushaz
--Thanks, as you pointed out before (re: Vaj's dissing MMY) it appears to be a case of jealously. His own Guru, Chogyal Norbu Rinpche, is undoubtedly Enlightened according to all/any standards; but that doesn't make him a good teacher. He only has a few hundred disciples and no single

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snip) Happy New Year anyway. I'm about to go party down at a chateau near my village. It is at the top of the highest mountain in the area, and tonight is so clear that we'll be able to see for maybe a hundred kilometers. I wish everyone on the list equal clarity of vision in the next

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: As a spiritual exercise, you might just want to contemplate why you've felt compelled to bash MMY and TMers continuously for *twelve years*--what,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: As a spiritual exercise, you might just want to contemplate why you've felt compelled to bash MMY and TMers continuously for *twelve years*--what,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-31 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has something to do with the up-tick in world consciousness, from the hanging of Sadam yesterday morning. http://tinyurl.com/ycvdsr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2006-12-30 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MAHARISHI, DECEMBER 20, 2006 *** In your post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/126763 I found it interesting that Maharishi repeated several times that people should only be meditating