On Mar 8, 2009, at 11:20 PM, I am the eternal wrote:
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Rick Archer
r...@searchsummit.com wrote:
Chris is also a very cool guy, having brought some great rock
bands to town
and having stood up to Bevan when the latter tried to get him to
fire an
employee
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
What I found a bit disconcerting the one day I drove
around there with a friend from out-of-town was
that there nobody outside, anywhere, despite the fact
that it was a beautiful, sunny day.
Can't remember if it was
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote:
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
Chris is also a very cool guy, having brought some great rock bands to town
and having stood up to Bevan when the latter tried to get him to fire an
Maybe one of greatest movies of all time. Though I have to admit that the
two Hunter Thompson inspired flicks also really cracked me up totally. Yeah,
Fear and Loathing, and Where the Buffalo Roam. In order to understand the
greatness of these flicks you have to see them as essentially counter
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On Behalf Of Vaj
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 6:42 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
Amazing he was able to stand up to an Amma devotee and both
On Mar 9, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Rick Archer wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vaj
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 6:42 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
Amazing he
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Alex Stanley
j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
Can't remember if it was a weekday or not, so people
could have theoretically been working...but, even so,
*nobody* outside? Is enjoying
, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote:
From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@...
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 1:57 PM
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine
salsunshine
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 11:40 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
Your analysis is correct. The americans had
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote:
It actually looks pretty cool. I hope they get enough people to fill it up.
The speaker's. cadence. was.pretty.interesting.
On Mar 7, 2009, at 11:02 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
Hands off Alex. He belongs to Bevan.
What do you suggest now Rick Archer? Of all the dire rumours you
have presented on FFL, this must be amongst the lowest.
Just kidding Nabby. Bevan has firmly established his reputation as a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@...
wrote:
I couldn't listen past about one minute. But it appeared to be going from
blissful this, to very blissful that, to very, very blissful this and that.
I don't know where it was going to end, but I'm thinking
curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote:
snip
From the perspective of decades in your future, you will NEVER remember a
particularly blissful meditation, but you will laugh out loud every time you
think about getting deliciously drunk on a bottle of cheap Riesling with that
saucy German
i actually thought the video was more grounded than what the TMO used to
produce, and the building project is impressive and ambitious. the only thing
that got me was that the speaker said at least 4 times how the buildings
stretch as far as the eye can see.
--- In
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@...
wrote:
I watched the whole thing with fascination. The building project impresses
me as an attempt to preserve a dying aspect of Indian culture and religion.
I don't know the back story of the pundit boys, so I
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
Your analysis is correct. The americans had their chance. Much of the
writings on FFL shows that they wasted this historic chance; that wide open
door provided by His Holiness and a few very advanced american souls for
that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
wrote:
What you wrote was totally brilliant and will NEVER happen because it contained
the humility that the KNOWERS of reality will never assume.
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:26 AM, grate. swan no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
I have similar thoughts. And I think the TMO is missing the boat in terms of
the way they could cast these projects. They could have quite wide appeal
amongst green, multi-cultural, diversity loving hip people -- the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
What you wrote was totally brilliant and will NEVER
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@...
wrote:
What you wrote was totally brilliant...
Absofuckinglutely, dude. May I say
that I am *SO* happy to have your
evolved soul and Oscar Wilde-like
wit among us here at Fairfield Life.
If you feel like it sometime,
On Mar 8, 2009, at 7:42 AM, mainstream20016 wrote:
Cool it is not. Apparently the climate is unbearable much of the
year. Did you catch the this building has air conditioning
accolade ?
Girish Varma and Raja Kaplan are doing their best to convince Bevan
and the Westerners to
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
What these buildings actually look like to me are motels. Cheap motels
of poured concrete with one window and an Indian-styled facade.
And these cheap motel like building differ from the modular buildings
brought into VC in
On Mar 8, 2009, at 10:28 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
There were a few specific areas I want to comment on. In the
written intro he claims:
The atmosphere here is absolutely incredible! I can feel that the
Vedic Pandits are blessing the whole world. All we need is 8000 and
then the
On Mar 8, 2009, at 10:28 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
Finally I would like to object to the claim that the pundit boys are
somehow specially full of happiness and bliss implying it has
ANYTHING to do with what they are all up to. I do shows for inner
city kids with crack moms and they
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@lisco.com wrote:
Curtis, do you remember during the TOU Course,
when Purusha was singing that silly song about
When we get 7000 we'll throw away the foam...
or something along those lines? And then when
they got over 8000, they
On Mar 8, 2009, at 2:00 PM, I am the eternal wrote:
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
What these buildings actually look like to me are motels. Cheap
motels
of poured concrete with one window and an Indian-styled facade.
And these cheap motel like
On Mar 8, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Vaj wrote:
I was struck on the BBC meditation video, where they go to Maharishi
Vedic City (as they called it) of not only how obviously whacky some
of the people seemed and how vata-deranged the Johnsons seemed but
how disorganized the place looked just driving
On Mar 8, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
What I found a bit disconcerting the one day I drove
around there with a friend from out-of-town was
that there nobody outside, anywhere, despite the fact
that it was a beautiful, sunny day.
Can't remember if it was a weekday or not, so people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
On Mar 8, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Vaj wrote:
I was struck on the BBC meditation video, where they go to Maharishi
Vedic City (as they called it) of not only how obviously whacky some
of the people seemed and how
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote:
Your analysis is correct. The americans had their chance. Much of
the
writings on FFL shows that they wasted this historic chance; that
wide open
door
On Mar 8, 2009, at 5:19 PM, Vaj wrote:
On Mar 8, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
What I found a bit disconcerting the one day I drove
around there with a friend from out-of-town was
that there nobody outside, anywhere, despite the fact
that it was a beautiful, sunny day.
Can't remember
On Mar 8, 2009, at 5:31 PM, grate.swan wrote:
What I found a bit disconcerting the one day I drove
around there with a friend from out-of-town was
that there nobody outside, anywhere, despite the fact
that it was a beautiful, sunny day.
Can't remember if it was a weekday or not, so people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
Curtis, do you remember during the TOU Course,
when Purusha was singing that silly song about
When we get 7000 we'll throw away the foam...
or something along those lines? And then when
they got over 8000, they
Comments from a friend not on FFL:
Man, this guy from the slideshow sounds dull. I've visited this place last
year after Maharishis cremation. It's a extremely dry desert like area in
the middle of nowhere. There is this little landmark from the government
indicating the middle of India and
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
I was struck on the BBC meditation video, where they go to Maharishi Vedic
City (as they called it) of not only how obviously whacky some of the people
seemed and how vata-deranged the Johnsons seemed but how disorganized the
On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:04 PM, I am the eternal wrote:
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
I was struck on the BBC meditation video, where they go to
Maharishi Vedic
City (as they called it) of not only how obviously whacky some of
the people
seemed and how
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:04 PM, I am the eternal wrote:
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
You could be right, it could just be plain old fear. In any event, they
should probably have found a
On Mar 8, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Vaj wrote:
On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:04 PM, I am the eternal wrote:
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
I was struck on the BBC meditation video, where they go to
Maharishi Vedic
City (as they called it) of not only how obviously
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of I am the eternal
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 8:05 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Vaj vajradh
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote:
Chris is also a very cool guy, having brought some great rock bands to town
and having stood up to Bevan when the latter tried to get him to fire an
employee who happened to be an Amma devotee.
Oh yes. I wondered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
Comments from a friend not on FFL:
Man, this guy from the slideshow sounds dull. I've visited this place
last
year after Maharishis cremation. It's a extremely dry desert like area
in
the middle of nowhere. There is this
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote:
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
From a friend:
Asher Ferguson, one of our young Purusha and this past year's MUM
Valedictorian, is now working with Bevan in India. He created a
speaking of people emulating that sing-song cadence, while i occasionally enjoy
listening to a few audio tapes i have from the TMO, with the Maharishi speaking
on a variety of topics, one of them has a very young Keith Wallace(?) giving an
insipid and very dated intro to one of the Maharishi's
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote:
Kinda looks like dorm housing, but then I guess if you're a Pundit you don't
mind. This doesn't strike me as something particularly appealing to
Westerners, but then if your whole life is dedicated to meditation it really
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote:
Kinda looks like dorm housing, but then I guess if you're
a Pundit you don't mind. This doesn't strike me as something
particularly appealing to Westerners,
It's nice to see that Girish is spending the money at least enough to look
like he's spiritually intending to be a god-guy, but on the other hand, maybe
these unfinished building are being used to fleece thousands of true believers
who think that their donation will be the one that makes these
Am I wrong when I think that these pundits are all poor folks who are
getting three meals a day and that's enough for them to pose as pundits, but
who are actually, you know, smoking ganga whenever Girish's henchmen aren't
around?
Some of them do exactly that, or cigarettes when they can get
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
From a friend:
Asher Ferguson, one of our young Purusha and this past year's MUM
Valedictorian, is now working with Bevan in India. He created a delightful
slideshow of the rising complex at the Brahmasthan:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote:
And If heard it right, there are only six raja houses. to house how many
rajas? 50-60? So ten or so per house. Like a frat house.
These reactions are to expected. A huge compound of several thousand buildings
is being
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:26 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:26 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
On Mar 7, 2009, at 10:30 AM, I am the eternal wrote:
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Rick Archer r...@...
wrote:
From a friend:
Asher Ferguson, one of our young Purusha and this past year's MUM
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:52 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
Are you predicting the failure of MUM, Nabby?
I am
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:58 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
I couldn't either. The video drew me
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:52 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , grate.swan no_reply@ wrote:
And If heard it right, there are only six raja houses. to house how many
rajas? 50
On Mar 7, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:52 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Nelson nelsonriddle2...@yahoo.com wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote:
I am questioning the deserving ability of the americans. MUM has a glorious
future. But not necessarily in Fairfield.
Sounds like the geographical
...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 1:57 PM
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine
salsunsh...@... wrote:
On Mar 7, 2009
On Mar 7, 2009, at 2:16 PM, I am the eternal wrote:
Now a limited, a very limited number of people can be
brought to do program together in FF for a stipend of $700 a month.
But India is full of millions of people who come from a tradition of
holding sacred meditation, austerities, learning and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_reply@ wrote:
And If heard it right, there are only six raja houses. to house how
many rajas? 50-60? So ten or so per house. Like a frat house.
These reactions are to
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
Am I wrong when I think that these pundits are all poor folks who are
getting three meals a day and that's enough for them to pose as pundits, but
who are actually, you know, smoking ganga whenever Girish's henchmen aren't
I couldn't listen past about one minute. But it appeared to be going from
blissful this, to very blissful that, to very, very blissful this and that. I
don't know where it was going to end, but I'm thinking he was going to have to
invent some new superlatives at the rate he was going.
---
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 4:47 PM, boo_lives boo_li...@yahoo.com wrote:
Yeah I think there are plenty of poor brahmin families in india that will
provide the movt with bodies to show off. I spent some time with that thai
buddhist abbot that was friendly with mmy for awhile back when i was a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:58 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of nablusoss1008
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 10:41 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slide show of Brahmasthan of India
I couldn't either. The video drew me
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote:
Just kidding Nabby. Bevan has firmly established his reputation as a
heterosexual.
Yes, that's what closet types do. Don't try it, Nabby.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote:
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Nelson nelsonriddle2...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote:
I am questioning the deserving ability of the americans. MUM has a
glorious
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote:
Rather, out of immaturity and foolishness the majority chose to close that
door so generously provided by Maharishi and the Masters.
Never underestimate the Hillbilly-effect !
Ouch!? :0
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote:
It actually looks pretty cool. I hope they get enough people to fill it up.
The speaker's. cadence. was.pretty.interesting.
LOL! I was somewhat irritated by that (,too)! Felt a bit like he
was
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