[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-13 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It is the limitation of some people that they > > > cannot conceive of those they have put up on > > > pedestals of being capable of being both crass > > > *and* saints, at the same time. In their minds, > > > a bein

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > It all comes down to wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > It all comes down to whether we see him as a Saint or not. If not, > > > his motives are crass and s

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > It all comes down to whether we see him as a Saint or not. If not, > > his motives are crass and selfish, or at best well intentioned > > fumbling, and everything he does

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-12 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 12, 2007, at 10:45 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Dunno. I guess when Nab was on the program it required going out "into the field" a lot. That's never easy when you have to do it on a shoe string. Or maybe there was pressure to come up with money every month to stay on the program.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-12 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jim_flanegin Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 11:09 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled It all comes down to whether we see him as a Sain

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > wrote: > > If there is a gain at all for Maharishi it could be to see the rise o > consciousness in the world. For any Saint that is perhaps the on

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-12 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If there is a gain at all for Maharishi it could be to see the rise o consciousness in the world. For any Saint that is perhaps the only reason to rejoice. A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. lurk >

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-12 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just don't understand Lurk, Why should a Guru keep testing his students.?? What does MMY gain from all this.?? If the disciple faithfully follows the teachings he benefits. Otherwise, he dosen't. Dunno. I gues

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-12 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just don't understand Lurk, Why should a Guru keep testing his students.?? > > What does MMY gain from all this.?? Maharishi gains nothing (and needs nothing), the student gains everything.

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-12 Thread Jason Spock
ate: Fri, 11 May 2007 04:49:27 - Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled Lurk why did you leave Purusha? Nabluss: I did not pass the test of patience. Nab: The tests consisted of going on endless projects establishing different institution

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-11 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > steve.sundur@ wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > wrote: > > > > > snip > > > > > > > So you are insinuating that M

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" > (here I sound like edg, being sure I keep the ego > in check) > > Lurky, > > I think I'm on record for being helpless in the face of the > ego's powers t

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-11 Thread Duveyoung
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (here I sound like edg, being sure I keep the ego in check) Lurky, I think I'm on record for being helpless in the face of the ego's powers to snatch identity out of my tightest grasp -- and then use it like the skin

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-10 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Lurk why did you leave Purusha? Nabluss: I did not pass the test of patience. Nab: The tests consisted of going on endless projects establishing different institutions all over the world. In the end I just ran out of enthusiasm. Lurk: I understand that. You have not run out of enthusia

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-10 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lurk > Thanks for the come back. Okay, this helps. But why did you leave > Purusha, if you don't mind me asking. > > Nabluss: > I did not pass the test of patience.snip > > Nab, tell me if you car

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-10 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Lurk Thanks for the come back. Okay, this helps. But why did you leave Purusha, if you don't mind me asking. Nabluss: I did not pass the test of patience.snip Nab, tell me if you care to, is this another way of saying Benjamen Creme and share.int had something to do with it? >

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh and similar buildings

2007-05-10 Thread andrasayer
A wing of the building where Mother Divine was in Valkenburg Holland is also not looking so good either, see link: http://www.brandweer-valkenburg.nl/typo/index.php?id=klooster&type=1. It seems that our old buildings either burn or we tear them down, or they just decay. --- In FairfieldL

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-10 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lurk: > Nab, You have me speechless on this one. I'd really like to know more > about you, occupation etc., to gain insight into how you interact > >with the world on a daily basis. > >lurk > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-09 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Lurk: Nab, You have me speechless on this one. I'd really like to know more about you, occupation etc., to gain insight into how you interact >with the world on a daily basis. >lurk > > > Nab: Speechless eh ? Fine. Brilliant. I do not lead a "normal" life, never wanted to, never have. After s

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > I do not lead a "normal" life, never wanted to, never have. After > > spending 12 years on Purusha I now work fulltime as a freelance > > photographe

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do not lead a "normal" life, never wanted to, never have. After > spending 12 years on Purusha I now work fulltime as a freelance > photographer. Never a dull day, but hardly remarkable. In all seriousness, no d

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > wrote: > > > > > My take is that the craftsman was a greedy little crook who needed > > some correction. Maharishi would never do such a thing, if i

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh & Chair order cancelled

2007-05-09 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My take is that the craftsman was a greedy little crook who needed > some correction. Maharishi would never do such a thing, if it is a > true story, without a very good reason. Nab, You have me speechless on t

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > snip > > > > > So you are insinuating that Maharishi is an unethical crook? Was > > Mark the possibly French dude the actual one to wri

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > wrote: > > snip > > > Or was it, again, > > Lurk the uninformed ...? Whatever... > > Now, you gotta admit, that has a nice ring to it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > snip > > > So you are insinuating that Maharishi is an unethical crook? Was > Mark the possibly French dude the actual one to write the check to > the craftsman, or was he just an anti-social seeker? Jim, I'm just

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > wrote: > > > > > I dunno, I think there are lots better stories to > > illustrate these tendencies. > > Back in mid 80's (I believe) some of the Pur

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > Or was it, again, Lurk the uninformed ...? Whatever... Now, you gotta admit, that has a nice ring to it. Lurk The Uniformed. Makes me feel like a great Spartan warrior. lurk >

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I dunno, I think there are lots better stories to > illustrate these tendencies. Back in mid 80's (I believe) some of the Purushas were out on some initiative, and here in the Midwest, one of the guys, Mark, (don

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread rmy108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 5/7/07 11:33:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > riceless. Somebody better tell Girish to release some funds. > Nabluss, would this be appropiate, or maybe it's better to keep

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Watch it pal, I was married in that chapel! Yeah, so what? The Hindu temple in London, where Petra and I were married, was a factory before it was a temple. About 6 years later, they moved into these new digs: http://mand

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread Peter
Watch it pal, I was married in that chapel! --- Alex Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm not sure the TM movement owns it anymore. I > seem to > > > recall that they let it go rather than pay some > t

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 8:05 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh So, if the story is true, then that shows the movement being perfectly willing to

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm not sure the TM movement owns it anymore. I seem to > > recall that they let it go rather than pay some taxes. > > All they care about is money. They tore down the chapel on MUM > campus without even a sigh o

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "george_deforest" > wrote: > > > If you go to this link, you can see a whole bunch of photos taken > just about 2 weeks ago of a group of TM students visiting Ma

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A favorite story I was told -- don't know if it's true -- was > when the movement had a fire in an assembly hall, and the > folding chairs were burned. The chairs had been rented, so > Maharishi told someone to quickly

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "george_deforest" > wrote: > > > If you go to this link, you can see a whole bunch of photos taken > just about 2 weeks ago of a group of TM students visiting Ma

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread Duveyoung
> I'm not sure the TM movement owns it anymore. I seem to recall that they let it go rather than pay some taxes. All they care about is money. They tore down the chapel on MUM campus without even a sigh on their parts. They just do what they want to do, when in Rome destroy Rome like Godzilla

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 5/7/07 11:33:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: riceless. Somebody better tell Girish to release some funds. Nabluss, would this be appropiate, or maybe it's better to keep the place in this state of disrepair to encourage people to keep their eye'

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Lurk: Priceless. Somebody better tell Girish to release some funds. Nabluss, would this be appropiate, or maybe it's better to keep the place in this state of disrepair to encourage people to keep their eye's closed. That must be it. Jimmy F: So you prefer embalming to cremation? huh? l

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-07 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "lurkernomore20002000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "george_deforest" > wrote: > > > If you go to this link, you can see a whole bunch of photos taken > just about 2 weeks ago of a group of TM students visiting M

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-07 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lurkernomore20002000 Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 11:25 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldL

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-07 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "george_deforest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you go to this link, you can see a whole bunch of photos taken just about 2 weeks ago of a group of TM students visiting Maharishi's ashram in Rishikesh. I had no idea it was abandoned and had become such

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-07 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "george_deforest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > from a friend: > > If you go to this link, you can see > a whole bunch of photos taken just about 2 weeks ago > of a group of TM students visiting Maharishi's ashram > in Rishikesh. I had no idea it was aba