[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-17 Thread Mike Hutchinson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "David Fiske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wasn't there some heavy metal band called "Meat > > Puppets"? A rather sattvic image, yes? > > -Peter > > > >This is not my f

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread rudra_joe
yeah - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:38 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread rudra_joe
From: off_world_beings To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:34 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "rudra_joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:> > > My

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "rudra_joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: snip There were so many other completely > psychotic personalities that they're very easy to forget. I was at > least five

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "rudra_joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My guess is: behind the pseudonym `off_world_beings' there is a person > or persons very familiar with the TMO, who have lived a long time > inside that system, but not in an important position in it, more

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread David Fiske
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wasn't there some heavy metal band called "Meat > Puppets"? A rather sattvic image, yes? > -Peter > >This is not my field expertise being more my study being Buddhists Faggots but I think it was Meat Loaf and he w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread rudra_joe
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts Dressed in meat! Interesting image.--- Alex Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrot

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread Peter Sutphen
Wasn't there some heavy metal band called "Meat Puppets"? A rather sattvic image, yes? -Peter --- Mark Petrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Seems to me that we're all dressed in meat, just > meat puppets in God's puppet show. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Clearly, Dr Pete, you are not only a Buddhist faggot, but clairvoyant as well. The head clairvoyant? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread Mark Petrick
Seems to me that we're all dressed in meat, just meat puppets in God's puppet show. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, I cognized that about you LB. >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread rudra_joe
My guess is: behind the pseudonym `off_world_beings' there is a personor persons very familiar with the TMO, who have lived a long timeinside that system, but not in an important position in it, more justobserving what is going on there, and now making a parody of it.  Hecan recognize

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread Peter Sutphen
Dressed in meat! Interesting image. --- Alex Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, I cognized that about you LB. > > The funniest claim of cognition I've ever heard was > on the course in > Maastricht

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I cognized that about you LB. The funniest claim of cognition I've ever heard was on the course in Maastricht in 1991. Mike Love and his girlfriend were up on stage, and she was talking about some idea she had

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread Peter Sutphen
Yes, I cognized that about you LB. We Buddhist faggots have that ability. I've decided to stop antagonizing Off_world. Too mean. -Peter --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > YOUR RIGHT! I'M UTTERLY INSANE!! I'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-16 Thread Irmeli Mattsson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You know, I just can't believe that an adult would > seriously make the comments that Off_world does. Does > anyone know him? Is he some kind of TMO plant? If he > is for real, I can't imagine his relationships! His

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread rudra_joe
Only when we come. - Original Message - From: Peter Sutphen To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts Yes, Rudra-joe an I are gay lovers, but we're celibate

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread rudra_joe
From: off_world_beings To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 6:21 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote:> You know, I just can't believe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > YOUR RIGHT! I'M UTTERLY INSANE!! I'M A BUDDIST!!! > I'M A HINDOO TOO, BUT NOT A COOKIE. RICH ARCHER IS A > LEMON COOKIE!! LBS IS A COOKIE MONSTER. > HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA I'M A BUDDIST. I LIKE CAJUN CATFISH!!! > NEW OR

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread off_world_beings
Woopteedoo. Another fundamentalist avoiding accountablity and reason. (just like Bush and rice really). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > YOUR RIGHT! I'M UTTERLY INSANE!! I'M A BUDDIST!!! > I'M A HINDOO TOO, BUT NOT A COOKIE. RICH ARCHER IS

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Peter Sutphen
YOUR RIGHT! I'M UTTERLY INSANE!! I'M A BUDDIST!!! I'M A HINDOO TOO, BUT NOT A COOKIE. RICH ARCHER IS A LEMON COOKIE!! LBS IS A COOKIE MONSTER. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA I'M A BUDDIST. I LIKE CAJUN CATFISH!!! NEW ORLEANS ROCKSHAHAHAHAHAHA -pETER --- off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Peter Sutphen
Yes, Rudra-joe an I are gay lovers, but we're celibate so it doesn't really count, does it? -Peter --- off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You know, I just can't believe that an adult would > > s

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dr Pete : > > Now why in the world would Off_world do something > > snip>HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'M A BUDDHIST! I > > DIDN'T BREAK INTO NO HOUSE AND THREATEN AMMA THAT > > SCAVENGER. WHY CAN'T THEY ALL LEAVE FAIRFIELD > > HAHAHAHA!!! A GH

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread off_world_beings
Dr Pete : > Now why in the world would Off_world do something > snip>HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'M A BUDDHIST! I > DIDN'T BREAK INTO NO HOUSE AND THREATEN AMMA THAT > SCAVENGER. WHY CAN'T THEY ALL LEAVE FAIRFIELD > HAHAHAHA!!! A GHOST TOWN i'M SO FUNNY!!!HAHAHAHA!! > Oh, so sorry, I was channelin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You know, I just can't believe that an adult would > seriously make the comments that Off_world does. Does > anyone know him? Is he some kind of TMO plant? If he > is for real, I can't imagine his relationships! I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > > > > It seems like you¹re joking, but I guess you¹re not. > > If you search the > > archives you¹ll see many positive comments by LB > > about MMY and even th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/15/05 5:02 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 15, 2005, at 4:46 PM, rudra_joe wrote: > I think he's Rory. I think you're right. Steve, do you know Rory? I think he lives in your town. He’s a great guy. Gi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Vaj
On Mar 15, 2005, at 4:46 PM, rudra_joe wrote: > I think he's Rory. I think you're right. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3/15/05 3:49 PM, Peter Sutphen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Now why in the world would Off_world do something > > rational like that. He knows he's right because he's > > right. Simple. He doesn't need any stu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Rick Archer
on 3/15/05 3:49 PM, Peter Sutphen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now why in the world would Off_world do something > rational like that. He knows he's right because he's > right. Simple. He doesn't need any stupid facts. In > fact IT IS YOU WHO NEEDS THE STUPID FACTS. YOU WILL > NEVER,EVER,EVER BE

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > > It seems like you¹re joking, but I guess you¹re not. > If you search the > archives you¹ll see many positive comments by LB > about MMY and even the TMO. > I also often hear him make these comments in person. > IMO he strives for > truth and ba

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread rudra_joe
I think he's Rory. - Original Message - From: Peter Sutphen To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts You know, I just can't believe that an adult woul

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Peter Sutphen
; From: off_world_beings > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:58 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma > posts > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob > Brigante" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread rudra_joe
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts  I also often hear him make these comments in person. IMO he strives for truth and balance, and is willing to stand corrected if it is convincingly pointed out to him that he is wrong on some point.       But if you really want

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread rudra_joe
I'm with you. - Original Message - From: Peter Sutphen To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts You amaze me Off_world. Truly outstanding in your ownfield!-

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread rudra_joe
Hmmm, sounds like a jilted lover LB.        (- Thrown Up Dinner-) From: off_world_beings To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:58 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Brigante" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3/15/05 11:58 AM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Lol ! > > Your still not gettin' it are ya Bob? > > LB made that crap up based on his delusional paranoia and extremist > > fundamentalist

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread rudra_joe
, March 15, 2005 9:12 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED]... wrote:[snip]> I have attachments and aversions of my own, based on my> 35 years inside/outside the movement, so I have some> appr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Brigante" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldL

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/15/05 11:58 AM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lol ! Your still not gettin' it are ya Bob? LB made that crap up based on his delusional paranoia and extremist fundamentalist war against the movement. (Dr. Pe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Peter Sutphen
You amaze me Off_world. Truly outstanding in your own field! -Peter --- off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Brigante" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > off_world_beings > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Brigante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In Fairfiel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will respond simply by saying that > I accept your thoughts and the > spirit in which they are given. @@ That is all I ask. L B S @@ > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECT

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Mark Petrick
LB, your post is beautifully put. One of the most worthwhile pointers I have received and taken to heart is that God, source, nature, absolute, whatever you want to call it, is the guru. Among the billions of human beings there seems to be many, many spiritual seekers, and those seekers h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread at_man_and_brahman
I will respond simply by saying that I accept your thoughts and the spirit in which they are given. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip > > > > > Was a bias of L.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/15/05 12:28 AM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > parasitism: your bias. May not actually be the case. Not a bias. Rather a deliberately chosen provocation, especially in that I answered your question wit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > I have attachments and aversions of my own, based on my > 35 years inside/outside the movement, so I have some > appreciation that these can persist long beyond our > conscious perception of them. [snip] Excellent post, LB.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread rudra_joe
Considering the quality of your posts at least you are hurting the TMO.Irmeli-Ah Irmeli, he hurts nothing. They're not even spoken words, just electrons. Gone as soon as the daily computer crash.To subscribe, send a message to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > > Was a bias of L.B.'s revealed in his > interpretation of what I said to mean > that I sided with hardcore protectionists > in Fairfield? > > Then, we all have biases, or at least > the "remains" t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread rgjcm
Superb posting, LBS. I totally agree with your smart remarks. * "The devotee doth protest too much, methinks." (Willy, pardon the license). It's rather interesting to see how defensive some react when hearing bad press regarding their gurus. If the devotee really believes his

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-15 Thread Irmeli Mattsson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The person who broke into their house you idiot and made the threats. > Was either a lone nutjob, who is just nuts, or someone trying to > hurt the movement...a nutjob. Considering the quality of your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread gullible fool
> > I don't have any deep knowledge of Amma's > > gig, but the very distant view I have is of a > > pretentious attitude toward those who > > approach her. As I recall, for instance, > > someone here quoted her as having > > commented on Maharishi and Muktananda > > that she "created them." Wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3/14/05 11:37 PM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > >>> > > The don't, of course. It's just that I get the > >>> > > idea that at least RS offers up words of respect. > >>> > > Of course, he hasn

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/14/05 11:37 PM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The don't, of course. It's just that I get the > > idea that at least RS offers up words of respect. > > Of course, he hasn't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3/14/05 10:54 PM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > >> > Karunamayi uses the phrase "My babies." > > > > Yuck. > > > Some find it endearing. double yuck > >> > > >> > I posted that story

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/14/05 11:03 PM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that the acid test is whether anyone moves into the community to be a part of the GSC who has no connection or interest in Maharishi World. I don't know.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/14/05 10:54 PM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Karunamayi uses the phrase "My babies." Yuck. Some find it endearing. > > I posted that story. I heard it anecdotally. The saints ref

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3/13/05 6:40 PM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > It would be funny if all TM'rs left Fairfield suddenly. Fairfield > > would be a deadzone nowhere place. Even many non-meditators would > > leave

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3/13/05 6:17 PM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > If so, great, and I stand corrected. > > Various posts to FFL have led me > > to believe that Amma, for instance, > > makes periodic visits to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3/13/05 3:03 PM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > Any guru who prefaces public statements > > with "my children..." loses me pretty quickly. > > > Karunamayi uses the phrase "My babies."

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/13/05 6:40 PM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be funny if all TM'rs left Fairfield suddenly. Fairfield would be a deadzone nowhere place. Even many non-meditators would leave eventually. All that wou

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/13/05 6:17 PM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If so, great, and I stand corrected. Various posts to FFL have led me to believe that Amma, for instance, makes periodic visits to Mount Pleasant This summer (July 3

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/13/05 5:00 PM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By "putting FFL out of business," I plainly meant that competitive forces have the potential to solve a great many problems that this group expends tremend

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/13/05 5:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Second thing: In Rishikesh you find, more often than not, ashrams located side-by-side and in groups. In most of them, no one gets upset if the sannyasis take a few

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
on 3/13/05 4:52 PM, easyone200 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: off_world_beings wrote >> >> Question to you LB: If I went to the Dalai Lama's ashram , or to >> some Tibetan monestary, or to a Hindu Temple complex, and started >> getting wayward followers into my own personal 'movement', how would

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts on 3/13/05 4:13 PM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I also question the ethics of any of the various > gurus who have set up outposts (or inposts) > in Fairfield. If they truly respected Maharishi, > I t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
on 3/13/05 3:03 PM, at_man_and_brahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Any guru who prefaces public statements > with "my children..." loses me pretty quickly. > Karunamayi uses the phrase "My babies." > > I don't have any deep knowledge of Amma's > gig, but the very distant view I have is of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Some n

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > LB is the most FUNDAMENTALIST around here but you are too dumb to > see it. +++ Most fundamentalist _. Please fill in the blank. L B S To subscribe, send

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Some nutjob trying to get back at the movement for some reason. More > > conspiracy theory lunacy . > > We

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some nutjob trying to get back at the movement for some reason. More > conspiracy theory lunacy . Well which is it? - either you believe it's some nutjob who did it or you don't believe it happened. That i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-14 Thread rgjcm
source: Excerpt of Amma's interview, The week, September 21, 2003 she acknowledges herself her family is into business. Note the construction business. Q: They say your relatives are rich. A: They can only look at such things. Amma's relatives are into business. One brother is into building c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > > <

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > big snip > > > > > > However, I can tel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread Patrick Gillam
L B Shriver wrote: > While I find these allegations disappointing > (notice that I don't call them "disclosures" because I > don't think we have enough info here to reach > sweeping conclusions), I think that in the > big picture it is better to have the discussion than not to have it. I gue

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Comment below: > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > snip > > > > > In Rishikesh you find, more often than > > not, ashrams located side-by-side > > and in groups. In most of them, no one gets upset if > > the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > big snip > > > > However, I can tell you something that really does make me angry: > > it makes me > > > EXTREMELY angry that saints w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread Peter Sutphen
Comment below: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > snip > > In Rishikesh you find, more often than > not, ashrams located side-by-side > and in groups. In most of them, no one gets upset if > the sannyasis take a few weeks of > instruction at the Divine Light Mission, or (God > forbid) sit in a P

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > big snip > > However, I can tell you something that really does make me angry: > it makes me > > EXTREMELY angry that saints who have been invited to Fairfield > have had their lives > > threatened by TM l

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Response below. > > > > Perhaps it's just my lack of "clarity", but you seem to be all over the map > > on this issue. > > > > On

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Question to you LB: If I went to the Dalai Lama's ashram , or to > > some Tibetan monestary, or to a Hindu Temple complex,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
> > > > I was not taking Maharishi to task for it, I was noting a common attitude here in Fairfield. I > get that it is your own personal feeling, but I don't get that your choice of words (…like > dogs feeding off the scraps from the king's banquet) is "just an analogy". > > *

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Response below. > > Perhaps it's just my lack of "clarity", but you seem to be all over the map > on this issue. > > On the one hand, you berate the gurus who have followings here I berate the gurus who have actively encourag

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread Sal Sunshine
Especially if those scraps have any AK in them--then any further killing off would be obviously unnecessary. :) Sal On Mar 13, 2005, at 5:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I can tell you something that really does make me angry: it makes me EXTREMELY angry that saints who have been in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
Response below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > snip > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question to you LB: If I went to the Dalai Lama's ashram , or to > some Tibetan monestary, or to a Hindu Temple complex, and started > getting wayward followers into my own personal 'movement', how would > you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip > > > I also question the ethics of any of the various > > gurus who have set up outposts (or inposts) > > in Fairfield. If they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread Sal Sunshine
He owns the universe. The rest of us just live in it. :) Sal On Mar 13, 2005, at 4:52 PM, easyone200 wrote:   My MY MY! Off world, Does Maha own the entire town? The county? State. How large is his ego "complex."

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread easyone200
LBS WROTE > > > > This is exactly the attitude I have found among TM enthusiasts > here in Fairfield. It's > > disgusting, not to mention oblivious to the way gurus and ashrams > relate to each other in > > India, where only the the monumental egos are unwilling to share > the turf of seek

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
Sorry, GREAT POST PAUL ! ! ! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My name is Paul, not Bob. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread Sal Sunshine
Yep, I think there are thieves poised right outside the domes, ready to make off with the Bubble Diagram any minute now... Sal On Mar 13, 2005, at 3:03 PM, at_man_and_brahman wrote: If his devotees tried to do such a thing, I am certain he would condemn it, both out of a sense of ethics and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I also question the ethics of any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread at_man_and_brahman
My name is Paul, not Bob. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Any guru who prefaces public statements > > with "my children..." loses me pretty qu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also question the ethics of any of the various > > gurus who have set up outposts (or inposts) > > in Fairfield.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > LBS, please summarise and minimilize your point for short attention > > span people like methanks. > > ** > > Fundamentalist

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any guru who prefaces public statements > with "my children..." loses me pretty quickly. > > I don't have any deep knowledge of Amma's > gig, but the very distant view I have is of a > pretentious attitud

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LBS, please summarise and minimilize your point for short attention > span people like methanks. ** Fundamentalist politics may have infiltrated Amma's organization, and this would be regrettable,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread l_b_shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > I also question the ethics of any of the various > gurus who have set up outposts (or inposts) > in Fairfield. If they truly respected Maharishi, > I think they would discourage such > encroachment on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding the Amma posts

2005-03-13 Thread off_world_beings
LBS, please summarise and minimilize your point for short attention span people like methanks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Any discussion of a spiritual group should include, somewhere near the beginning, the > obligatory disclaimers about Kali Yu

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