[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
There is nothing negative if you understand what the path of yoga is about. The 2 main paths in spirituality are yoga and tantra. Yoga is masculine, tantra is feminine, yoga is rajasic tantra tamasic. Yoga is about will, action, the path of the warrior. There is a peak(self realization) to c

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
This is exactly where Sir J. Alexander Stanley went wrong in the other thread when he condemned Eastern Spirituality. He got confused with the paths of Yoga and tantra. Some don't have basics and feel qualified to somehow open their big mouths in condemning others. They think they have found a

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-24 Thread Alex Stanley
I have no idea why you're so fixated on me, but all I did was point out that Eastern Spirituality very often has a focus on creating a different future at the expense of being here now. It was not the broad brush condemnation of Eastern Spirituality that you seem to think it was. --- In Fairfi

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
Thats a big weakness of mine since childhood, I can cut through crap and get really fixated on people talking BS - what do you suggest? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > I have no idea why you're so fixated on me, but all I did was point out that > Eastern Spiritu

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: > > > Thats a big weakness of mine since childhood, I can cut through crap and > > get really fixated on people talking BS - what do you suggest? > > > > Have a once in a lifetime exper

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-24 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > Thats a big weakness of mine since childhood, I can cut through > crap and get really fixated on people talking BS - I stated, "Eastern spirituality very often does involve trying very hard to not "be here now" exactly as now is. Th

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > > Thats a big weakness of mine since childhood, I can cut through > > crap and get really fixated on people talking BS - > > I stated, "Eastern spirituality ve

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-25 Thread Alex Stanley
So, this whole tantrum of yours boils down to you having a bug up your ass because I used a term that wasn't specific enough? Good lord, I can only imagine what it must have been like being married to a petty tyrant like you. It's no wonder that those pictures you posted of you and your wife dur

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-25 Thread Ravi Yogi
Well well Sir J Alexander Stanley, looks like you are "mighty" pissed off..:-). What happened to your exemplary uptight self conscious behavior that was such a big role model for the Joe's and Judy's of this list? It's not you didn't use a specific term. Go back to your original post of 2 parag

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-25 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > Also a note of caution - tantra is the refuge of scoundrels > engaging in intellectual self deception be because they have > the perfect justification for their mindless indulgences. I didn't get involved with Waking Down because I tho

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-26 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" raviyogi@ wrote: > > > Also a note of caution - tantra is the refuge of scoundrels > > engaging in intellectual self deception be because they have > > the perfect justification f

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-29 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > Why has PataƱjali included some "negative" > suutras in YS? Like II 15: > > Blaah blaah blaah... duHkham eva sarvaM vivekinaH. > > (Blaah...[to preserve the original word order:] suffering verily [is] > everything/all for a vivek

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "Negative" suutras!

2011-04-24 Thread Tom Pall
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: > Thats a big weakness of mine since childhood, I can cut through crap and > get really fixated on people talking BS - what do you suggest? > Have a once in a lifetime experience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gO7uemm6Yo