[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nablus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > 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 > > th

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 predict

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-22 Thread nablus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nablus108" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > So SSRS only uses

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" wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

[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" wrote: > >>> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrot

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" ...> wrote:>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote:> >> > > > In a message dated 6/20/06 7:09:23 P.M. Central

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 wrote:He's also had  2.5 million people show up for a massivemeditationsession last February 1

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > Maybe he's dealing with people who are content > > > with trusting their own experiences,

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 wrote: 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?

2006-06-21 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj 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 hundr

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" wrote: So SSRS only uses meditation teachers who have pledged to  only teach TM under the auspices of the TMO... And whose

[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

[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 wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: > >> > >> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj

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 complained

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

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

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB 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 f

[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 > > w

[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

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

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

[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 > > > > , Bhairitu wrote: > > [...] > >>> > > > >> > And do they teach a

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 , Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > > And do they teach a more about Indian philosophy and traditions than TM > ever

[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 outsi

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, "nablus108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoo

[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 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 pr

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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 refus

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" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS > > > which says he has instructe

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 , Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 6/21/06 7:03 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>   &

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

[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

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

2006-06-21 Thread Vaj
On Jun 21, 2006, at 12:48 AM, shempmcgurk 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 mil

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 wrote: >> >> >>>On Jun 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, sparaig wrote: >>> >>> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote:

[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" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 6/20/06 7:09:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > >

[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 ma

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 organiz

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 Amma’s senior swamis told me that SSRS made a big show of doing a lot of tsunami dis

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

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

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 sadha

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread nablus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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 refus

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 wrote: The new issue of What Is Enlightenment? has an article on SSRS which says he has instru

[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 p

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

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

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj 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 mo

[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 t

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex 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 people

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj 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?

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

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread Rick Archer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj 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 mo

[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? Do

[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

[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 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 bla

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj 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 tha

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

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

[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 med

[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 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? Do

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 so--m

[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 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 7:24 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 p

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: It wasn't enough that they put all of us into

[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 t

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 Tran

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 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

[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 h

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 T

[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 medi

[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS: 20 million?

2006-06-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex 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 > th

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, "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 fun

[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 shor

[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

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 firs

[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 --

[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, essen