[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-04-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
Apparently the Rama guy used to put up a photo of Sri Chinmoy and called it 'the transcendental'. LoL! And Rama's students would perform a puja and meditate for an hour. Go figure. turquoiseb: Richard, I truly pity you, having to make up shit like this Maybe you weren't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-25 Thread navashok
. This was the purpose of my post - to connect with intelligent spiritual people ;-) From: navashok To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:08 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok Â

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-25 Thread Share Long
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:59 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: I guess I haven't read as much of your writing as others here have.  AND I didn't see much of YOUR writing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: To his credit, there were NEVER any ceremonies or pujas or other honorific ceremonies ever performed during the entire time I studied with Rama. That is NOT to say that he was a Good Guy -- he wasn't -- simply to suggest that that he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread Share Long
...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:50 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok   Still finding out - not really apparent in any one category, just pretty much OK with everything, including me, and you, and the past

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread Share Long
Welcome back K T (-: And thanks Judy and Mr. Soss for cluing me in. How did you all figure it out so quickly? From: navashok no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 12:50 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread turquoiseb
, January 23, 2013 4:13 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: you boys are way out'n my league - I can barely handle the Mercury hunk of tin I drive Understood, and appreciated. :-) I've

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Welcome back K T (-: And thanks Judy and Mr. Soss for cluing me in. How did you all figure it out so quickly? Question is, why didn't you?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-24 Thread Michael Jackson
I'll take two of all that, minus the red onyums From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 10:01 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja   Pigs that are only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-24 Thread merudanda
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: The Police, Donna Summer, Members Only jackets, and guys with perms - lol Here in the top photo (Mr Lenz) had the hair and the couture. The one in the red sweater could be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-24 Thread Ravi Chivukula
Another joker that I had the pleasure of watching while I was in India - http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/fake-godman-bala-sai-baba-emerges-dresses-and-acts-like-sai-19732.html These fraudsters are regularly exposed on Indian TV - Something good to come out of all that investment by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-24 Thread Alex Stanley
This morning, a weird dream woke me up at 2am, so I fired up my iPad to see what I could watch on the DirecTV app. Two channels were playing televangelist Peter Popoff. The guy was proven to be a total fraud, but it does nothing to stop him. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: Still finding out - not really apparent in any one category, just pretty much OK with everything, including me, and you, and the past, and future. Whatever comes up. Abiding simplicity is as good a description as any. In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread doctordumbass
. From: doctordumbass@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:50 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok   Still finding out - not really apparent in any one category, just pretty much OK

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread navashok
. From: navashok To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 12:50 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: BTW, Share, navashok isn't a newbie, he's just using

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread Share Long
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:08 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Welcome back K T (-: Thanks Share. And thanks Judy and Mr. Soss for cluing me in. How did you all figure it out

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
Apparently the Rama guy used to put up a photo of Sri Chinmoy and called it 'the transcendental'. LoL! And Rama's students would perform a puja and meditate for an hour. Go figure. turquoiseb: Richard, I truly pity you, having to make up shit like this Uh oh, a Barry button got

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: (snip) And to mention Robin - I don't see him writing at the moment - I think he should read Aurobindo, Life Divine for example, because a lot of what he says relates to that, what his main objection to Advaita was, the Impersonal.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
All the puja does is charge up the initiator with enough shakti to make the mantra enlivened. According to whom? Please show us shakti, or prove that it exists. We'll wait. :-) Ravi Chivukula: You are on the losing side of this Barry. Think about it - For me puja is similar to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
I mean, I've driven Ferraris and Maseratis with triple the horsepower and torque of your puny Jag, The Rama guy used to own and drive fast cars. You probably paid for the Mercedes with your Rama seminar fees. LoL! According to motor vehicle records in New York state Lenz collection of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
To his credit, there were NEVER any ceremonies or pujas or other honorific ceremonies ever performed during the entire time I studied with Rama. That is NOT to say that he was a Good Guy -- he wasn't -- simply to suggest that that he was functioning on a somewhat higher plane

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: (snip) And to mention Robin - I don't see him writing at the moment - I think he should read Aurobindo, Life Divine for example, because a lot of what he says relates to that,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: (snip) And to mention Robin - I don't see him writing at the moment - I think he should read Aurobindo, Life

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: (snip) And to mention Robin - I don't see

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: (snip) No, I haven't read Life Divine. I thought so. I'm going by your description of it, which, for anyone who understands Robin's POV, rules out any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: (snip) No, I haven't read Life Divine. I thought so. I'm going by your description of it,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: (snip) No, I haven't read Life Divine. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: Read the article about cyberstalking Barry just posted, it applies to you exactly, and this thread is testimony of it. All you intend is to get me somehow, engage me with your insane tactics, to chase me off the forum, you even

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread Emily Reyn
Perhaps a little Leyenda is in order. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCeebWgjrrUfeature=related From: navashok no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 12:10 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: Read the article about cyberstalking Barry just posted, it applies to you exactly, and this thread is testimony of it. All you intend is to get me somehow, engage me with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok [to Dr Dumbass Share]

2013-01-24 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
. From: doctordumbass@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:50 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok   Still finding out - not really apparent in any one category, just pretty much OK with everything, including me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread doctordumbass
my wife refers to it as, getting out of your own way.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: Still finding out - not really apparent in any one category, just pretty much OK with everything,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: (snip) No, I haven't read Life Divine. I thought so. I'm going by your description of it, which, for anyone who understands Robin's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: I am wondering what the deal is on puja anyway. This is what good old Tom Ball, Re-certified Governor of North Carolina says on his blog and website about TM: But doesn't the Transcendental Meditation instruction ceremony

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: There are others like former TM teacher Bob Fickes who say  the puja ceremony helps to refine the awareness of the initiator and gives the mantra its potency. He has said without the puja the mantra won't have the proper

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Share Long
of energy in order for what they impart to be effective.  From: navashok no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:09 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
Michael Jackson: I am wondering what the deal is on puja anyway. Puja is all about placement and positioning. The placement and positioning of fire; being mesmerized by fire was the first meditation. So, let's review what we know: The controlled use of fire has been dated by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
Ann: Not being a teacher, just a simple meditator, I still was lucky enough to witness/participate in a few pujas... Most all hummans practice the art of puja around a hearth and most all humans meditate. Meditation is based on thinking and there's hardly a person who does not think.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Michael Jackson
: navashok no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:09 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: There are others like former TM teacher Bob Fickes who say  the puja

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Michael Jackson: I am wondering what the deal is on puja anyway. Puja is all about placement and positioning. IMHO, puja is all about moodmaking and the placebo effect, both for the people performing them, and for the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Michael Jackson: I am wondering what the deal is on puja anyway. Puja is all about placement and positioning. IMHO, puja is all about moodmaking and the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
Puja is all about placement and positioning. IMHO, puja is all about moodmaking and the placebo effect, both for the people performing them, and for the people watching them and being instructed in some puja-accompanied technique. Ann: Said like the true cynic that you are...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread merudanda
love your post ,Ann --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: snip So maybe I'm a sucker. Please stay that way,Ann and I may saddle and ride my white horse like a slow motion-sea horses ride the ebbing tide Galloping the atmosphere; Pasture in the sky Watch the fog roll in! Isn't it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
Agreed. Those who continue to say that there is no transcendental value in the Puja are simply parroting the values of the material world we live in. Lazy, confused minds, much more willingness to flow with the incomplete values of this world's consciousness, than attempting something

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Michael Jackson: I am wondering what the deal is on puja anyway. Puja is all about placement

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: Still others, specifically Raja Badgett Rogers has said that the mantra doesn't work unless there is the offering or dakshina of the fruit, flowers and money, and it is the offering, the gift, that makes the mantra work and of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: snip TM teachers are actually instructed *to* moodmake while performing the puja, and to dwell on the meaning of the words while performing one. I wouldn't know about that but

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: Agreed. Those who continue to say that there is no transcendental value in the Puja are simply parroting the values of the material world we live in. Sorta the same way you're parroting things TOLD to you by people you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: TM teachers are actually instructed *to* moodmake while performing the puja, and to dwell on the meaning of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread navashok
. From: navashok To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:09 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: There are others like former TM teacher Bob Fickes who say the puja

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/23/2013 06:36 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Michael Jackson: I am wondering what the deal is on puja anyway. Puja is all about placement and positioning. IMHO, puja is all about moodmaking and the placebo effect, both for the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 01/22/2013 03:22 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: I am wondering what the deal is on puja anyway. So to all you TM teachers or former TM teachers, what is the puja actually for of the above possibilities or is it something different

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Bhairitu
On 01/23/2013 09:40 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 01/22/2013 03:22 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: I am wondering what the deal is on puja anyway. So to all you TM teachers or former TM teachers, what is the puja actually for of the above

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread Share Long
thing even with complications and absurdities.    From: navashok no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda wrote: love your post ,Ann --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: snip So maybe I'm a sucker. Please stay that way,Ann and I may saddle and ride my white horse like a slow motion-sea horses ride the ebbing tide Galloping

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
Uh, Gee, Barry - It sure looks to me, and everyone else here, that *you* got YER BUTTONS PUSHED. Karma's a bitch, ain't she?? :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: Agreed. Those who continue to say that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
*That* is amazing, almost otherwordly! I saw the horse show, Cavalia, last year, and it really brought out the intelligence, grace, sensitivity, and strength of horses, and the unimaginable skill of those who ride them. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Michael Jackson: I am wondering

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: Uh, Gee, Barry - It sure looks to me, and everyone else here, that *you* got YER BUTTONS PUSHED. Karma's a bitch, ain't she?? :-) So you're essentially saying that you have ZERO experiential basis on which to discuss the puja

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread authfriend
  From: navashok To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: I've heard that in the beginning Maharishi wanted

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread merudanda
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
I can easily stimulate the same effect today, by listening to a recording of the Vedas, chanted by those trained to do so. Its simply a continuation of the life that many have decided ends at the gross (vs. subtle) senses. Has nothing to do with the Puja, per se. The transcendence during the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread navashok
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: BTW, Share, navashok isn't a newbie, he's just using a new handle. He's a supporter of yours. Or at least was the last time he was here. Well, I like to think of myself as a supporter of everyone ;-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread merudanda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSGscLPNRKU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSGscLPNRKU --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: *That* is amazing, almost otherwordly! I saw the horse show, Cavalia, last year, and it really brought out the intelligence, grace, sensitivity,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
Puja is all about placement and positioning. turquoiseb: Maharishi invented the TM technique, Apparently the Rama guy used to put up a photo of Sri Chinmoy and called it 'the transcendental'. LoL! And Rama's students would perform a puja and meditate for an hour. Go figure. In reality

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread laughinggull108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: Some would say that is has a great deal more to do with reality than believing in things you've only been TOLD about by others, with no experience of personally. Or correct me here...how many pujas have you performed in your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: BTW, Share, navashok isn't a newbie, he's just using a new handle. He's a supporter of yours. Or at least was the last time he was here. It's probably the fellow who posted endless reports about taking the bus, chatting with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Puja is all about placement and positioning. turquoiseb: Maharishi invented the TM technique, Apparently the Rama guy used to put up a photo of Sri Chinmoy and called it 'the transcendental'. LoL! And Rama's students

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Michael Jackson
. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:01 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Puja is all about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
I had lunch in Santa Cruz, by the harbor, last week. Tempura shrimp, and a margarita (OK, it was two...) on the rocks - Herradura silver. Good time, and great view. Not much wind, haze on the far horizon. It looked really calm on the ocean, until you looked at the point north, and saw ten foot

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
that is traditional here. From: turquoiseb To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:01 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Puja is all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: My XK8 weighs just two thirds of what the XJ6 did, with an additional 100 horsepower, and two additional cylinders. It is also a drive by wire vehicle, like an aircraft. Very spirited, with such quick handling, I have to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: I had lunch in Santa Cruz, by the harbor, last week. Tempura shrimp, and a margarita (OK, it was two...) on the rocks - Herradura silver. Good time, and great view. Not much wind, haze on the far horizon. It looked really calm

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread Michael Jackson
you boys are way out'n my league - I can barely handle the Mercury hunk of tin I drive From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:58 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Michael Jackson
the best. From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:48 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja   I remember a BBQ joint down some back road through the pines

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: My XK8 weighs just two thirds of what the XJ6 did, with an additional 100 horsepower, and two additional cylinders. It is also a drive by wire vehicle, like an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread turquoiseb
ranks right up there with any of the enlightenment experiences I've ever had. :-) From: turquoiseb To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:58 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok Â

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: My XK8 weighs just two thirds of what the XJ6 did, with an additional 100 horsepower, and two additional cylinders. It is also a drive by wire vehicle, like an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: Nothing. It does say quite a bit about your own rapidly diminishing mental abilities, though. DrD never said his Jag had out-thought him. Nor did he ever say he has superior enlightened abilities with regard to driving a car. DrD?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread Michael Jackson
it. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:13 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: you boys are way out'n my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Puja is all about placement and positioning. turquoiseb: Maharishi invented the TM technique, Apparently the Rama guy used to put up a photo of Sri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Puja is all about placement and positioning. turquoiseb: Maharishi invented the TM technique, Apparently the Rama guy used to put up a photo of Sri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: My XK8 weighs just two thirds of what the XJ6 did, with an additional 100 horsepower, and two additional

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread Ravi Chivukula
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: On 01/22/2013 03:22 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: I am wondering what the deal is on puja anyway. So to all you TM teachers or former TM teachers, what is the puja

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread Share Long
!  From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:13 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: you boys are way out'n my league

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
What character are you pretending to be? I'd freshen the script, if I were you. Verrry stale performance from you these days. And you know what, Barry? I AM ENLIGHTENED. Just thought I'd egg you on a bit - I do have my naughty side.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
The Police, Donna Summer, Members Only jackets, and guys with perms - lol --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Puja is all about placement and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
1997-65k miles, gold with white interior, and it is the coupe. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: I had lunch in Santa Cruz, by the harbor, last week. Tempura shrimp, and a margarita (OK, it was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
, January 23, 2013 3:48 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja   I remember a BBQ joint down some back road through the pines, in central NC, tin roof and cooking pork - next to a dirt airstrip, where several vintage aircraft were doing touch and gos - good pulled pork BBQ, too

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
Something to that, especially around here, with micro-climates, mountains, bay and coast, all within a few miles. I hit black ice twice, on curves, and tore up the car I was driving, both times. Can't see it in the dark, and the steering goes inop - very scary. Also driving in San Francisco,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend wrote: Nothing. It does say quite a bit about your own rapidly diminishing mental abilities, though. DrD never said his Jag had out-thought him. Nor did he ever say he has

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja

2013-01-23 Thread seventhray27
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Michael Jackson: I am wondering what the deal is on puja anyway. Puja is all about placement and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of puja to newbie navashok

2013-01-23 Thread doctordumbass
Aww c'mon, authfriend, one of us HAS to become the zombie slave of the other. For Turqy's sake, pretty please?? Otherwise, his world begins to crumble, and THAT is BAD NEWS, emanating from his keyboard as effortlessly as bad breath. So, whadd'ya say? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

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