[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > "Silence vibrating is Creation. Silence flowing is Love. Silence > shared is Friendship. Silence seen is Infinity. Silence heard is > Adoration. Silence expressed is Beauty. Silence maintained is > Strength. Silence omitted is Sufferin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > Interesting aside, it's been recently revealed Translation: Vaj just heard (or invented) a new rumor to flog. that those drama-laden > "silences" that Mahesh used to supposedly do every January, weren't > actually that, uh, silent. He jus

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Vaj > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:27 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > One of his personal secretaries once told me that MMY ate and > > worked on stuff during those silences, but that he did so alone. I > > was in the room several times when he came

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:37 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > > > Consciously and with full free choice you decided to join a cult, > > one that was largely of your own making. > > Oh? I created the TMO? Strike one. Actually, yes, you did. It w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > One of his personal secretaries once told me that MMY ate and > > worked on stuff during those silences, but that he did so alone. I > > was in the room several times when he came

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > You're the one that let it affect you because you became > a cult member, bought into bullshit that had nothing to > do with TM, and now you've spent the last three decades > blaming others for your own shortcomings. Post of the month.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 3:49 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:37 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > > > > > > > Consciously and with full free choice you d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:01 PM, wayback71 wrote: > > > Vaj, I was REALLY involved in the TMO all through the 1970's and even into > > the 80's and early 90's, altho not teaching full time by then, and I never > > ever heard anything like wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > >> > Screw you asshole. LOL - this is what Vaj learnt in the "Buddhist" monestaries ;-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread WillyTex
Vaj wrote: > Fortunately where I lived I also > had not only representatives of the > Holy Shankaracharya Order > So, your guru is the Shankaracharya of Kanchi - I thought so, Vajradhatu.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread WillyTex
Vaj wrote: > I actually learned the real > techniques of samkranti, or > transference of consciousness > from real, legitimate masters. > Did you ever actually meet the Swami Rama?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" wrote: > > So, your guru is the Shankaracharya > of Kanchi - I thought so, Vajradhatu. Isn't it fascinating that the worst thing TBs who have done nothing on this forum for years but parrot stuff told to them by some guru and have shown the leas

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > I just received this note from an old friend who was Maharishi's personal > secretary in the mid-70's. I trust his recollection of his direct experience > more than I trust mine of a 2nd hand account heard in the same time period. >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:03 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > "Silence vibrating is Creation. Silence flowing is Love. Silence > shared is Friendship. Silence seen is Infinity. Silence heard is > Adoration. Silence expressed is Beauty. Silence m

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:27 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:03 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In <mailto:FairfieldL

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Rick Archer wrote: One of his personal secretaries once told me that MMY ate and worked on stuff during those silences, but that he did so alone. I was in the room several times when he came out of silence, and at the time, his darshan seemed much more profoun

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:37 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Consciously and with full free choice you decided to join a cult, one that was largely of your own making. Oh? I created the TMO? Strike one. You could have stuck with just doing TM twice a day for 15 minutes without getting involved in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread It's just a ride
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Rick Archer wrote: > > One of his personal secretaries once told me that MMY ate and worked on > stuff during those silences, but that he did so alone. I was in the room > several times when he came out of silence, and at the time, his darshan > seemed much more

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Rick Archer
I just received this note from an old friend who was Maharishi's personal secretary in the mid-70's. I trust his recollection of his direct experience more than I trust mine of a 2nd hand account heard in the same time period. greetings rick, MMY took only water while in silence, when he ope

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 3:49 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:37 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > > > > > Consciously and with full free choice you decided to join a cult, > > > one that was largely of your own making. > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:01 PM, wayback71 wrote: > Vaj, I was REALLY involved in the TMO all through the 1970's and even into > the 80's and early 90's, altho not teaching full time by then, and I never > ever heard anything like what you believed and describe above. I seriously > doubt that came

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:29 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > ...and yet you're the one who has spent, literally, thousands of hours on a > forum devoted to the discussion of TM. This forum is not solely dedicated to the discussion of TM, but to the extent that it is, it was helpful in the past to hear so

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:33 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:01 PM, wayback71 wrote: > > > > > Vaj, I was REALLY involved in the TMO all through the 1970's and even > > > into the 80's and early 90's, altho not teachin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread It's just a ride
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Vaj wrote: > I learned TM as a young teenager who saved his lawn cutting money c. 1974. > This explains a lot. Dyslexic. Wrote down his mantra after his initiation, read and practiced it ass backwards for years, became disillusioned.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:55 PM, It's just a ride wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Vaj wrote: > > I learned TM as a young teenager who saved his lawn cutting money c. 1974. > > This explains a lot. Dyslexic. Wrote down his mantra after his initiation, > read and practiced it ass backwa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence, Flowing

2009-08-17 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Very nice examples of grace in the human body. Thanks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > Tonight I meditated in the garden of the house I'm > staying in here in the French Pyrenees, and the > Silence was so profound that even though I had > intended to meditate only ha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" wrote: > > I have about as much love for Vaj as I have for, say, The Gay Agenda. > That said, I think it's very important to know that Maharishi didn't > really go into silence. And I found out only today that he didn't. > Why is it impo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread WillyTex
Vaj wrote: > As long as I practice the > mass, it doesn't matter how > many little boys were buggered... > What happened to Osel Tendzin, your Vajradhatu guru?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Vaj wrote: > > > On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:25 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > I have about as much love for Vaj as I have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence: the cruelest revenge.

2008-02-25 Thread gandalfaragorn
Well, my view about a house with shoveled sidewalks and trimmed lawns (all done by the homwowner, that is) is that there is "life force" in that house, and energy. Also, it shows that the houseowner is on top of their game, and is not playing catch up with their life. Nice to read your post. ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence: the cruelest revenge.

2008-02-25 Thread Patrick Gillam
In the energy department, it may be good feng shui to have your walks clean, too. Regardless, your attitude beats feeling like a victim, or seeking recrimination. Growing up in Marshalltown, Iowa, I had friends whose father worked a few blocks from his office. Before snowblowers were as common as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:25 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" > wrote: > > > > I have about as much love for Vaj as I have for, say, The Gay Agenda. > > That said, I think it's very important to know that Maharishi didn't > > really go into silence.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Vaj wrote: > On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:25 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" >> wrote: >> > >> > I have about as much love for Vaj as I have for, say, The Gay Agenda. >> > That said, I think it's very important to know t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence: the cruelest revenge.

2008-02-25 Thread Bhairitu
I worked with many people who were good at keeping their office neat. But that was probably the only thing they did very well. I didn't and got a lot done for the company. So what does that say? Probably Edgy's neighbors would rather hire that stuff done but never get around to finding someo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence Is The True Spiritual Instruction

2010-06-25 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of martin.quickman > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 4:09 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Silence Is The True Spir

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence May not be Good for Humans

2012-04-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > According to this article, human beings tend to hallucinate when placed in > this silent chamber. > > http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/unplugged/quietest-place-earth-mutes-sounds-messes-head-212556719.html > I wonder what would happen to exp