[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-22 Thread nablus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablus108 nablus108@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: So SSRS

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-22 Thread Vaj
On Jun 22, 2006, at 6:28 AM, nablus108 wrote:I'm sure those that are patient and positive will get the  opportunity to teach again sometime in the future.Read: in their next life. And since much of  what Maharishi is doing is impossible to understand intellectually I  will not even try to

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: If he really devised his current strategy as a 'test,' fuck him. His neurotic need to know who is loyal to him is not more important than the

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. Is that more than TM?

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: Jody at http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/ has an entirely different perspective on SSRS. One of the comments on this sounds just like the

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So SSRS only uses meditation teachers who have pledged to only teach TM under the auspices of the TMO... And whose teacher and organization refuse to allow them to teach, unless they spend several thousand dollars to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. Is that more

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread nablus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment?

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread nablus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 7:09:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, sparaig@ writes: So SSRS only uses meditation teachers who have pledged to only

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Vaj
On Jun 20, 2006, at 9:18 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread nablus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: So SSRS only uses meditation teachers who have pledged to only teach TM under the auspices of the TMO... And whose teacher and organization refuse to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 6/21/06 10:35:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The technique is far from what has been described as TM+advanced technique; it's just a simple pranayama, and Ravi is just a simple, but probably nice fellow that needs to do some serious

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: So SSRS only uses meditation teachers who have pledged to only teach TM under the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million? on 6/21/06 7:03 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The WIE has details provided by him and his people. Where's the independent articles? One of Ammas senior swamis told me that SSRS made a big show of doing a lot of tsunami disaster

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread MDixon6569
Didn't MMY once say when talking about building SV communities that they couldn't all be mansions, that even the poor people have to have a place to live? Well since MMY wants only to teach TM to the rich, I guess somebody has to be able to teach it to the poor thus we have the AOL

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/21/06 7:03 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The WIE has details provided by him and his people. Where's the independent articles? One of Amma¹s senior swamis told me that SSRS made a big show of

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 7:09:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, sparaig@

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Bhairitu
nablus108 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn't MMY once say when talking about building SV communities that they couldn't all be mansions, that even the poor people have to have a place to live? Well since MMY wants only to teach TM to the rich, I guess somebody has

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million? on 6/21/06 12:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn't MMY once say when talking about building SV communities that they couldn't all be mansions, that even the poor people have to have a place to live? Well since MMY wants

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million? on 6/21/06 12:45 PM, new_morning_blank_slate at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/21/06 7:03 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
How entertaining can it be sitting in a home that has all the warmth of Fort Knox? Sal On Jun 21, 2006, at 1:39 PM, Rick Archer wrote: MMY once referred to SV as “entertainment for the wealthy.” __._,_.___

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: So SSRS only uses meditation teachers who have pledged to only teach TM under the auspices of the TMO... And whose teacher and organization refuse to

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread wayback71
Vaj - what did Triguna say in the article about SSRS? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. snip In terms of technical and

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 6/21/06 1:26:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He may not have the credentials to be *saint* but he has the credentials to be a guru. Westerners have perverted the meaning of "guru" which means someone who has mastered something and teaches

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] And do they teach a more about Indian philosophy and traditions than TM ever did? I know quite a few people that walked away from TM because they wanted to know more of this and there wasn't that much outside of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million? on 6/21/06 2:21 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] And do they teach a more about Indian philosophy and traditions

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/21/06 2:21 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: [...] And do they teach a more about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Vaj
It was not in the article, it was what MDixon said Trigunaji commented on, that people who practiced the Sudarshan Kriya had lots of prana:"A TM teacher friend that knew several people that also did Sudarshana Kriya, said that Triguna used to remark how the people that did that kriya had such an

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 6/21/06 1:48:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: on 6/21/06 12:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn't MMY once say when talking about building SV communities that they couldn't all be mansions, that even

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/21/06 12:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn't MMY once say when talking about building SV communities that they couldn't all be mansions, that even the poor people have to have a place

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/21/06 12:45 PM, new_morning_blank_slate at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think selfless, simple, non-PR-focussed, group service projects by any spriritually oriented group, are a great way to create

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Maybe he's dealing with people who are content with trusting their own experiences, and who don't need to be shown no steenkin' badges (in the form

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: Jody at http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/ has an entirely different

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 6/21/06 12:16:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One of Amma’s senior swamis told me that SSRS made a big show of doing a lot of tsunami disaster relief in Sri Lanka, but when Amma’s crew got there to do some actual work, officials

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 20, 2006, at 9:18 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/21/06 12:16:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One of Amma’s senior swamis told me that SSRS made a big show of doing a lot of tsunami disaster relief in Sri Lanka, but when

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Vaj
On Jun 21, 2006, at 12:01 PM, nablus108 wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" sparaig@ wrote: So SSRS only uses meditation teachers who have pledged to  only teach TM under the auspices of the TMO... And

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: He's also had 2.5 million people show up for a massive meditation session last February 17 in his hometown of Bangalore! A few hundred thousand

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Vaj
On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:29 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: He's also had  2.5 million people show up for a massive meditation session last February 17 in his hometown of

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 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: Maybe he's dealing with people who are content with trusting their own

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Vaj
On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:41 PM, Vaj wrote:On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:29 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:He's also had  2.5 million people show up for a massivemeditationsession last

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 6/21/06 11:05:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" shempmcgurk@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 7:09:23 P.M.

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:41 PM, Vaj wrote: On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:29 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread Vaj
On Jun 21, 2006, at 9:13 PM, authfriend wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:41 PM, Vaj wrote: On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:29 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" sparaig@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread Alex Stanley
Jody at http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/ has an entirely different perspective on SSRS. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One reason SSRS's Art of Living is so successful is that he sets a very natural, open and authentic example. I've encounterd,

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jody at http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/ has an entirely different perspective on SSRS. Gosh, you mean Sri Sri *isn't* MMY with all the mistakes taken out? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
While I have no real qualms with SSRS himself, his organization, at least when I was involved (which was only for a little over a year in the 90s), almost made the TMO look good--and that ain't easy. On the first course I took, without telling us before hand, they made the announcement at the

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. Is that more than TM? Waay more. He's also had 2.5 million people show up for a massive

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 20, 2006, at 3:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And he only charges about 250.00 to learn his techniques and will accept what you can afford if you have a problem with the course fee. He has no shortage of

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jody at http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/ has an entirely different perspective on SSRS. One of the comments on this sounds just like the people complaining about MMY and the TMO: ontheotherhand said... How funny

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread Bhairitu
Funky! Sal Sunshine wrote: While I have no real qualms with SSRS himself, his organization, at least when I was involved (which was only for a little over a year in the 90s), almost made the TMO look good--and that ain't easy. On the first course I took, without telling us before hand,

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: Jody at http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/ has an entirely different perspective on SSRS. Gosh, you mean Sri Sri *isn't* MMY with all

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. Is that more than TM? He's also had 2.5 million people show up for a massive meditation

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 6/20/06 5:21:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It wasn't enough that they put all of us into smoking rooms--so when you turned on the heat (it was February) you got blasted with enough cigarette smoke to choke an elephant--they then pulled

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 4:00:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Vaj wrote: On Jun 20, 2006, at 3:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: And he only charges

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 6/20/06 6:57:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He's also had 2.5 million people show up for a massive meditation session last February 17 in his hometown of Bangalore! Way to go Ravi!BTW, where is the independent Indian newspaper

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 6/20/06 6:08:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He identifies MMY as his master, does he not? Does he have them do a puja to MMY? Very much so. He has the initiators do the same Puja they were trained to do. __._,_.___ To subscribe,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 6/20/06 7:09:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So SSRS only uses meditation teachers who have pledged to only teach TM under the auspices of the TMO and he reveres MMY has his teacher?Something "off" here. Maybe not, he doesn't call it

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 6:08:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He identifies MMY as his master, does he not? Does he have them do a puja to MMY? Very much so. He has the initiators

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
It seemed especially ironic that this occurred during a course that emphasized a breathing technique. Sal On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 5:21:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: x-tad-smallerIt wasn't enough that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread Vaj
On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which   says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. Is that more than TM? He's also had  2.5 million

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has instructed over 20 million

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread Vaj
On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:05 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which   says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. Is that more than TM? Waay more.Yep, thought

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 6:08:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, sparaig@ writes: He identifies MMY as his master, does he not? Does he have them do

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I have no real qualms with SSRS himself, his organization, at least when I was involved (which was only for a little over a year in the 90s), almost made the TMO look good--and that ain't easy. On the

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. Is that more than TM? He's also had 2.5 million people show up for a massive meditation

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: Jody at http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/ has an entirely different

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. Is that more than

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 5:21:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It wasn't enough that they put all of us into smoking rooms--so when you turned on the heat (it was February) you got blasted

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 6:57:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He's also had 2.5 million people show up for a massive meditation session last February 17 in his hometown of Bangalore!

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 7:09:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So SSRS only uses meditation teachers who have pledged to only teach TM under the auspices of the TMO and he reveres MMY has his

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: In a message dated 6/20/06 6:08:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, sparaig@ writes: He identifies MMY as his master, does he not? Does he have them do

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread Rick Archer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has instructed over 20 million people in meditation. Is that more

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which