[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness (Hot Button Issue?)

2006-09-22 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" > > wrote: > > > Effortlessness cannot exist with a View that presupposes or works >

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness (Hot Button Issue?)

2006-09-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" > > wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness (Hot Button Issue?)

2006-09-22 Thread vajradhatu108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" > wrote: > > > > > > (snip) > > > "I'm honestly curious. This effortlessness thang >

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-22 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > > > > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new > > > thread instea

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness (Hot Button Issue?)

2006-09-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" wrote: > > > > (snip) > > "I'm honestly curious. This effortlessness thang > > > > is obviously a *serious* hot button for both you > > > > and Judy. You both

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness (Hot Button Issue?)

2006-09-22 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" wrote: > > > > (snip) > > "I'm honestly curious. This effortlessness thang > > > > is obviously a *serious* hot button for both you > > > > and Judy. You bo

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness (Hot Button Issue?)

2006-09-22 Thread vajradhatu108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > "I'm honestly curious. This effortlessness thang > > > is obviously a *serious* hot button for both you > > > and Judy. You both react as if you had been > > > personally attacked every time it comes up".

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness (Hot Button Issue?)

2006-09-21 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snip) "I'm honestly curious. This effortlessness thang > > is obviously a *serious* hot button for both you > > and Judy. You both react as if you had been > > personally attacked every time it comes up"... The 'Effortless Thang' is a hot button indeed; Indeed, once again you have found, single

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sparaig wrote: > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: [...] > >>So? Meditating with the eyes open is a valid technique. We teach that > >>too. It is not a part of TM but there are plenty of para

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread Bhairitu
sparaig wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>sparaig wrote: >> >> >> >>>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >>>[...] >>> >>> >>> >>> Be sure to read the "Some Useful Hints" section.

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sparaig wrote: > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > >[...] > > > > > >>Be sure to read the "Some Useful Hints" section. > >> > >> > >> > > > >Well, h... > > > >"Sit on Padma or Siddha A

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread Bhairitu
sparaig wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[...] > > >>Be sure to read the "Some Useful Hints" section. >> >> >> > >Well, h... > >"Sit on Padma or Siddha Asana. Close the eyes. Concentrate the gaze on the >Trikuti (space >between the two

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > > Be sure to read the "Some Useful Hints" section. > Well, h... "Sit on Padma or Siddha Asana. Close the eyes. Concentrate the gaze on the Trikuti (space between the two eyebrows). Now, chant Dhirga Pranava

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread Bhairitu
sparaig wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>hermandan0 wrote: >> >> >> >>>trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new >>>thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) >>> >>>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroup

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > We *insist* that it's effortless because it's our > > > experience that it only *w

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > We *insist* that it's effortless because it's our > > experience that it only *works* if it's effortless. > > It isn't a matter of "belief." > > P.S.:

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > [...] > > > The problem is with the word "efffort." It implies a > > > focused trying which is no

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We *insist* that it's effortless because it's our > experience that it only *works* if it's effortless. > It isn't a matter of "belief." P.S.: Actually, Lawson maintains that effort is not needed, not that effortlessn

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > [...] > > The problem is with the word "efffort." It implies a > > focused trying which is not how you do TM. I think a > > better word would be "intent." > > And e

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the record, I think it's *fine* for you to > believe that TM is completely effortless, even if > many others -- having practiced it -- don't agree > with you. What I'm interested in is WHY you get > so emotional

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > In my experience, the recognition that I am not > > thinking the mantra arises spontaneously, without > > any intention or "mindfulness"; and the mantra > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just jivin', but it's true. Just look on this > forum. You've got one TB trying to deny > Maharishi's own words when he said there was > a certain level of *obvious* subtle effort > associated with TM. Which TB was th

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" wrote: > > [...] > is a paradox. Like a koan. > > is an essential element of it. > > > > > > > Only if you worry about it. Intellectual discussions risk confusing peop

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Thinking you know how TM is supposed to work in any > > given moment is just another Buddha to be slain (JABTBS). > > And yet YOU are the one who goes a

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > OF COURSE there is some subtle effort in TM. But > > > don't tell the "Duh" folks here (Sp

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] is a paradox. Like a koan. > is an essential element of it. > > > Only if you worry about it. Intellectual discussions risk confusing people for no good reason. And one needed examine or even note the paradoxes (

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new > > thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) > > > > --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: Effortlessness (Of Intention)

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > "> Effortless in TM spin was merely a way of saying it was easy. > Later it became an > > amalgamated as part of the dogma--and we all simply "believed". > > > I'd put it this way, before enlightenment al

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness & Sprang I liberally USE the delete key

2006-09-21 Thread WLeed3
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[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" wrote: [...] > > Only when we speak about our establishment in a non-dual state, and > > the path existing *within* the non-dual state, is any practice of > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Technically speaking any process of meditation, subject and object > which are transcended, will require a path and some effort, some > intention. The only thing that is truly effortless is *nonmeditation.* >

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hermandan0 wrote: > > >trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new > >thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the thoughful and articulate response. Well said. My snips > are due to brevity rather than assigning a value to certain parts. > > I like your analogy of the rooms. It works well, and fits with both > exper

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > The problem is with the word "efffort." It implies a > focused trying which is not how you do TM. I think a > better word would be "intent." And even that isn't always necessary--perhaps never necessary. To subsc

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > on 9/20/06 10:18 AM, authfriend at jstein@ wrote: > > > > > Quoting an earlier post from Vaj: > > > > > > "At Estes Park Maharishi pointed out that

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > > Whatever the provenance of the Estes Park quote and whether it > > is referring to effortless thinking of the mantra, Maharishi > > still said what I'm s

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning > > wrote: > > > > > Related to TM, my view is that when the mind becomes aware, > > > effortless,

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > [...] > > This may not be what occurs for beginning TMers, > > but I'd suggest that it becomes the case, for > > most people, at least, after some experie

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > When effort is transcended, then the [meditation] process is what it > is. It just is. Someone said it would not be "meditation" if the > mantra does not appear, if some subtle effort is not made to go to the > man

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Quotes, please, from Lawson's and/or my posts in > which we jump through hoops trying to tell everyone > that Maharishi didn't mean what he said. > What I said a few posts back was that if MMY said what Vaj claim

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 9/20/06 9:16 AM, hermandan0 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new > >> > thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) > >> > > >> > --

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > OF COURSE there is some subtle effort in TM. But > > don't tell the "Duh" folks here (Sparaig and Judy), > > because it's MUCH more fun watching them jump >

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thinking you know how TM is supposed to work in any > given moment is just another Buddha to be slain (JABTBS). And yet YOU are the one who goes a little insane every time someone suggests that a little subtle intentio

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a > new > > thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) > > > > --- In Fair

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started > > a new thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) > > Good plan. > > > -

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new > thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread shukra69
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new > > thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) > > > > --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: Effortlessness (Of Intention)

2006-09-20 Thread Robert Gimbel
(snip) "> Effortless in TM spin was merely a way of saying it was easy. Later it became an > amalgamated as part of the dogma--and we all simply "believed". > I'd put it this way, before enlightenment all is effort and afterwards, by definition there is no effort. I always found TM to be easy, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Effortless in TM spin was merely a way of saying it > was easy. Later it became an amalgamated as part of > the dogma--and we all simply "believed". And yea the dogma became more important than the easiness, an

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > While it may not be fair to dismiss TM as being a technique of > > "effort" on account of that, vaj is, IMO, not incorrect in > > calling it "subtle effort" beca

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new > thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" wrote: > > > > I'd put it this way, before enlightenment all is effort and > > afterwards, by definition there is no effort. > > In a pathless path one is d

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread vajradhatu108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd put it this way, before enlightenment all is effort and > afterwards, by definition there is no effort. In a pathless path one is directly introduced to the enlightened state *from the beginning*. Once one k

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Effortless in TM spin was merely a way of saying it was easy. > Later it became an amalgamated as part of the dogma--and we all > simply "believed". "Easy" is not the same as "effortless." In straightforward lan

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" > > wrote: > > > That's not to say "effort is bad", is just part and parcel of > > > d

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread Peter
--- vajradhatu108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick > Archer > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > on 9/20/06 10:18 AM, a

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread vajradhatu108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" > wrote: > > That's not to say "effort is bad", is just part and parcel of > > dualistic paths. > > > > Reflexively authentic open awareness is not focused on

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "vajradhatu108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's not to say "effort is bad", is just part and parcel of > dualistic paths. > > Reflexively authentic open awareness is not focused on any particular > object and this is why no effort is needed. Any "consciou

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread vajradhatu108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > > wrote: > > > > > > on 9/20/06 10:18 AM, authfriend at jstein@ > > wrote: > > > > > > > Quoting an earlier post

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread Peter
--- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > on 9/20/06 10:18 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > Quoting an earlier post from Vaj: > > > > > > "At Estes Park Maharishi pointed out that t

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread hermandan0
Thanks for the thoughful and articulate response. Well said. My snips are due to brevity rather than assigning a value to certain parts. I like your analogy of the rooms. It works well, and fits with both experience and practice. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > The thing is, you're speaking to a person who (as > > far as I can tell) really *lives* in "Duh-land." > > P.S.: Be aware that with Barry, you're speaki

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 9/20/06 10:18 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Quoting an earlier post from Vaj: > > > > "At Estes Park Maharishi pointed out that there really > > was some effort in TM. He quoted the Vedas as sa

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning > wrote: > > > Related to TM, my view is that when the mind becomes aware, > > effortless, that the mantra is not there, the intellect says "we > > should think the

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whatever the provenance of the Estes Park quote and whether it > is referring to effortless thinking of the mantra, Maharishi > still said what I'm saying he did. Sorry, I can't quote you the > exact tape but it was one

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Related to TM, my view is that when the mind becomes aware, > effortless, that the mantra is not there, the intellect says "we > should think the mantra" and puts the mind in the mantra room. That > is a very small eff

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread hermandan0
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting an earlier post from Vaj: > > "At Estes Park Maharishi pointed out that there really > was some effort in TM. He quoted the Vedas as saying, > 'Be easy to us with gentle effort.'" > > Obviously we'd need

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new > thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) Thanks. I hope all can follow your inspirational example. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogr

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new > thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) Thanks. I hope all can follow your inspirational example. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogr

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 9/20/06 10:18 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Quoting an earlier post from Vaj: > > > > "At Estes Park Maharishi pointed out that there really > > was some effort in TM. He quoted the Vedas as sa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness on 9/20/06 10:18 AM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   Quoting an earlier post from Vaj: "At Estes Park Maharishi pointed out that there really was some effort in TM. He quoted the Vedas as saying, 'Be easy to us with gen

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The thing is, you're speaking to a person who (as > far as I can tell) really *lives* in "Duh-land." P.S.: Be aware that with Barry, you're speaking to a person who has an amazingly varied supply of fantasies about what

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 wrote: > > > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started > > a new thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) > > Good plan. > > > -

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started a new > thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: effortlessness

2006-09-20 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > trying to follow new.mornings posting inspirations, i've started > a new thread instead of intjecting this into the old one :) Good plan. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > --- In Fai