[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-17 Thread Robert Gimbel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > Vaj would call MMY a liar no matter *what* ashrama > > he'd said he was in, of course. MMY's damned if he > > does, damned if he doesn't. > > > > Ther

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Vaj would call MMY a liar no matter *what* ashrama > he'd said he was in, of course. MMY's damned if he > does, damned if he doesn't. > There is a delicious irony here; that Vaj, on the one hand, implied in a post rec

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 16, 2006, at 5:37 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Jul 16, 2006, at 10:26 AM, sparaig wrote: > >> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > >>>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 16, 2006, at 5:37 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Jul 16, 2006, at 10:26 AM, sparaig wrote: > >> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > >>>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread matrixmonitor
--- (TM - are you missing something.) Yes, try chanting one round of the Gayatri mantra per day. Do this for 30 days and report back on the results. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!. > > I have always heard that TM is for householders, in the sense that > it's easy for almost everybody to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 16, 2006, at 5:37 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Jul 16, 2006, at 10:26 AM, sparaig wrote: > >> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > >>>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread Vaj
On Jul 16, 2006, at 5:37 PM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jul 16, 2006, at 10:26 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter   wrote: You seem to be approaching a spiritual practice from a very materialistic perspect

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "gigarm2003" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have always heard that TM is for householders, in the sense that > it's easy for almost everybody to find 15-20 minutes twice a day to > practice a simple technique. > It's different for Purushas and Divine Mother

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Re: Thinking from Transcendence > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > TM ... mak[es] your desires more life/evolution-supporting. > > What if ones ontology or religious beliefs do not ho

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 16, 2006, at 10:26 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > wrote: > >> > >> You seem to be approaching a spiritual practice from a > >> very materialistic perspective. If you beli

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence desiresa

2006-07-16 Thread johnlasher20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "gigarm2003" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have always heard that TM is for householders, in the sense that > it's easy for almost everybody to find 15-20 minutes twice a day to > practice a simple technique. > It's different for Purushas and Divine Mother

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread gigarm2003
I have always heard that TM is for householders, in the sense that it's easy for almost everybody to find 15-20 minutes twice a day to practice a simple technique. It's different for Purushas and Divine Mother whose programs take more time. What is not easy to understand for me is how a desire

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread new . morning
Re: Thinking from Transcendence --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TM ... mak[es] your desires more life/evolution-supporting. What if ones ontology or religious beliefs do not hold that life necessarily evolves to higher states -- per an implied grand

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TM ... mak[es] your desires more life/evolution-supporting. What if ones ontology or relitions beliefs do not hold that life necessarily evolves to higher states -- per an implied grand design? --

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 16, 2006, at 10:26 AM, sparaig wrote: > > TM is a technique for householders. > > So then Purusha and Mother Divine shouldn't be or wouldn't be > practicing TM? > > Has something changed we hadn't heard of? The va

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread Vaj
On Jul 16, 2006, at 10:26 AM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You seem to be approaching a spiritual practice from a very materialistic perspective. If you believe a spiritual practice will fulfill your material desires of the mind, you are qu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You seem to be approaching a spiritual practice from a > very materialistic perspective. If you believe a > spiritual practice will fulfill your material desires > of the mind, you are quite mistaken. Fulfillment does > not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thinking from Transcendence

2006-07-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You seem to be approaching a spiritual practice from a > very materialistic perspective. If you believe a > spiritual practice will fulfill your material desires > of the mind, you are quite mistaken. Fulfillment does > not