[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana, ParaNirvana and MahapParaNirvana.

2009-06-09 Thread Duveyoung
Yifuxero, By any chance, have you followed my posts about Ramana Maharshi's POV about the difference between identification and attachment? Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > --Let me understand this: by "merging" do people mean no further relative > bodies? Why

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana, ParaNirvana and MahapParaNirvana.

2009-06-09 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > --Let me understand this: by "merging" do people mean no further relative > bodies? Why would that be an asset? How does having (being, in the relative > sense) no body "increase" one's awareness of the Absolute? > Put another way

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana, ParaNirvana and MahapParaNirvana.

2009-06-08 Thread yifuxero
--Let me understand this: by "merging" do people mean no further relative bodies? Why would that be an asset? How does having (being, in the relative sense) no body "increase" one's awareness of the Absolute? Put another way, people spend millions of years evoloving from amoebas only to ha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana, ParaNirvana and MahapParaNirvana.

2009-06-08 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wgm4u@ wrote: > > > > Nirvana is Cosmic Consciousness or Self-Realization, ParaNirvana is realization of Brahman or Unity and the MahaParaNirvana is the great point of NO return where the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana, ParaNirvana and MahapParaNirvana.

2009-06-08 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > Nirvana is Cosmic Consciousness or Self-Realization, ParaNirvana is > realization of Brahman or Unity and the MahaParaNirvana is the great point of > NO return where the Sadhaka (practitioner) drops the mortal coil and merges > into the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-07 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On May 5, 2007, at 5:22 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > I was going to write tonight from Nirvana, but I've > > decided against it. I was there earlier and lemme > > tell you...no matter what you've heard in all of > > those s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-06 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante > wrote: > > > > > > the joy of drinking... > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-06 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > > the joy of drinking... > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Harris.t.html > > The reality of drinking... > http://www.youtube.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > > the joy of drinking... > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Harris.t.html > > The reality of drinking... > http://www.youtube.com/w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-06 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the joy of drinking... > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Harris.t.html The reality of drinking... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgiZp3LDRNg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-06 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Man, how prejudiced you are. > Around about 1978 (+-) there was this rare Yogi who visited > Seelisberg. Almost every night Maharishi let him lecture in the Main > Assembly Hall. All he would talk about was unity i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-06 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > The best bar I've ever had the privilege of > > > sitting and writing in is no

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-06 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > The best bar I've ever had the privilege of > > sitting and writing in is no more. It was Windows > > On The World, in the World Trade Center. *Magnif

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-05 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > > the joy of drinking... > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Harris.t.html > > Many thanks for this, Bob. Such a funny, well- > written r

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-05 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > > the joy of drinking... > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Harris.t.html > > Many thanks for this, Bob. Such a funny, well- > written re

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-05 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 5:39 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , bob_brigante &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-05 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the joy of drinking... > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Harris.t.html Many thanks for this, Bob. Such a funny, well- written review makes me want to order the book. The Bar is certainly a source of f

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2007-05-05 Thread bob_brigante
the joy of drinking... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/books/review/Harris.t.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was going to write tonight from Nirvana, but I've > decided against it. I was there earlier and lemme > tell you...no matter what yo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2005-10-24 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > One time in a meeting with SSRS someone asked him if a > > dip in the Ganges during Kumbha Mela would bring > > enlightenment. He gave the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2005-10-24 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One time in a meeting with SSRS someone asked him if a > dip in the Ganges during Kumbha Mela would bring > enlightenment. He gave the person a bemused look and > said,"How?" Then he laughed and said that we needed to > use

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nirvana

2005-10-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One time in a meeting with SSRS someone asked him if a > dip in the Ganges during Kumbha Mela would bring > enlightenment. He gave the person a bemused look and > said,"How?" Then he laughed and said that we needed to > use