[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-25 Thread L B Shriver
Bobananda, I am replying late and hastily, having been away for a few days. Your reply is (typically) an interesting mix of the astute and the debatable. I agree that meditators tend to accept the package because of their satisfaction with TM and their trust of MMY. I also agree that the

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-25 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bobananda, I am replying late and hastily, having been away for a few days. Your reply is (typically) an interesting mix of the astute and the debatable. I agree that meditators tend to accept the package

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-25 Thread Patrick Gillam
Bob Brigante wrote: long-term meditators (those who would like to quit TM, if they could do without suffering withdrawal, as I believe you [L B] have said about your practice) I just wanted to comment that I find the definition above to be an odd way to describe long-term

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-25 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Brigante wrote: long-term meditators (those who would like to quit TM, if they could do without suffering withdrawal, as I believe you [L B] have said about your practice) I just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
What I notice about most of them is that they almost all seem to have a very sterile, almost fortress-like feeling to them, sort of like what Fort Knox might feel like if you were living in it. Sal On Apr 22, 2005, at 11:12 PM, Bob Brigante wrote: I'm not a big fan of anecdotal evidence, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, George DeForest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sleeping east means head pointing east, feet west. sleeping south means head pointing south, feet north. For sleeping, MMY always said East was best, south 2nd best, etc. For meditating, he said face east

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the TMO should pay researchers

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread feste37
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why does it strike me as nearly 100% certain that if all the details were known on this research, that it would turn out to be much like a thoroughly rotten beam - impressive to look at, but without

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why does it strike me as nearly 100% certain that if all the details were known on this research, that it would turn out to

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why does it strike me as nearly 100% certain that if all the details were known on this research, that it would turn out to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
One does not have to stand outside during a rainstorm to know that they'll get soaked. These nonsensical studies are a complete waste of anyone's time. Sal On Apr 22, 2005, at 8:51 AM, feste37 wrote: How about, because you're hopelessly biased? You  haven't even read it!!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/21/05 3:59 PM, Rick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But what does that mean exactly, when sleeping? Is east, head on the east end or head on the west end? Head pointing east, feet pointing west. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 22, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Rick Archer wrote: Head pointing east, feet pointing west. One flew over the cuckoo's nest. :)

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread L B Shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread L B Shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the stuff they did a couple of years ago and said it was going to be published, but as far as I know (correct me please,

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure what you are referring to -- in the MUM Review article below, it says that there are two Sthapathya Veda articles in a special journal issue of The Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, not

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP I'm working from memory here, my copy of this thing is packed away. However, as someone else has pointed out: even if the measurements for Fairfield are reliable, it could be an anomaly. The very fact that

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the stuff they did a couple of years ago

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-22 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure what you are referring to -- in the MUM Review article below, it says that there are two Sthapathya Veda articles in

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread llundrub_mamo
And 72% of all winning lottery tickets were sold in stores facing east and cash registers facing north. In Vastu theres two opposite schools apparently because I was taught that one placed the head of the bed south because the positive polarity of the head and the positive

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread george
llundrub_mamo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Vastu theres two opposite schools apparently because I was taught that one placed the head of the bed south because the positive polarity of the head and the positive polarity of the earth shouldn't be the same direction or that is like putting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/21/05 8:54 AM, llundrub_mamo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Vastu theres two opposite schools apparently because I was taught that one placed the head of the bed south because the positive polarity of the head and the positive polarity of the earth shouldn't be the same direction

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/21/05 8:54 AM, llundrub_mamo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Vastu theres two opposite schools apparently because I was taught that one placed the head of the bed south because the positive polarity of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
It's not even impressive to look at--it looks more like the ramblings of someone almost completely removed from reality. Sal On Apr 21, 2005, at 7:13 PM, Cliff wrote: Why does it strike me as nearly 100% certain that if all the details were known on this research, that it would turn out to

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread Cliff
I agree that anything approaching these figures would be a stunning proof of a clear effect of directionality. But the research cannot be done by people with a HUGE motivation to find a particular result. There is no credibility in that case. Even if the figure is correct, there are a large

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread Cliff
Sounds like fun! Where do I find the study? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not even impressive to look at--it looks more like the ramblings of someone almost completely removed from reality. Sal On Apr 21, 2005, at 7:13 PM, Cliff

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
The same place you were looking before, Cliff. Enjoy. :) Sal On Apr 21, 2005, at 7:34 PM, Cliff wrote: Sounds like fun!  Where do I find the study?

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree that anything approaching these figures would be a stunning proof of a clear effect of directionality. But the research cannot be done by people with a HUGE motivation to find a particular result. There is no

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread L B Shriver
This is the stuff they did a couple of years ago and said it was going to be published, but as far as I know (correct me please, if I am mistaken) it has appeared in any reputable journal prior to turning up in the Collected Papers. I have studied the one on burglaries and the one on

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread L B Shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the stuff they did a couple of years ago and said it was going to be published, but as far as I know (correct me please, if I am mistaken) it has… OOPS! Please insert the word NOT here. This word is

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread Bob Brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the stuff they did a couple of years ago and said it was going to be published, but as far as I know (correct me please, if I am mistaken) it has appeared in any reputable journal prior to turning up in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread George DeForest
sleeping east means head pointing east, feet west. sleeping south means head pointing south, feet north. For sleeping, MMY always said East was best, south 2nd best, etc. For meditating, he said face east in the morning and north in the evening. But what does that mean exactly, when

[FairfieldLife] Re: South Entrances, North-Facing Beds

2005-04-21 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the TMO should pay researchers from other schools to do the research -- would not cost a lot, but would certainly make the credibility factor go way up -- altho your assertion that credibility is zero