[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread off_world_beings
One of the criteria I look for in an enlightened being is overwhelming compassion.. Mother Theresa? Bob Geldof? Mr. Incredible? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Vaj
On Apr 12, 2005, at 8:36 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Mother Theresa? Bob Geldof? Mr. Incredible? George W. Bush, of course. -Vaj Limbaugh ahem Actually those would just be *provisional* compassion. -Vaj To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread anonymousff
realiztic. - Original Message - From: Vaj To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:32 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra Let me get this right: MMY is a diabetic (very treatable by Ayurveda BTW) with coronary

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread anonymousff
nah, they were just realistics. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the criteria I look for in an enlightened being is overwhelming compassion.. Mother Theresa? Bob Geldof? Mr. Incredible? To subscribe, send a message to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The conclusion is that MMY is a profound paradox. If I didn't have the experiences I've had around him and through his techniques I would dismiss him as a fraud. Also many great spiritual beings die and suffer

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The obvious conclusion is that MMY is a dreamer, but not very realiztic. Is this thought true? Do we know for certain that this thought is true? How do we feel when we think this thought? (Not saying we *should*

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the criteria I look for in an enlightened being is overwhelming compassion. A noble aspiration, but one which will relegate large portions of yourSelf to the dustbin. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip One of the criteria I look for in an enlightened being is overwhelming compassion. snip --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A noble aspiration, but one which will relegate large portions of yourSelf to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
hat MMY is a dreamer, but not very realiztic. - Original Message - From: Vaj To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:32 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra Let me get this right: MMY is a diabetic (very treatable by Ayurveda BTW) w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Vaj
On Apr 12, 2005, at 9:26 AM, Rory Goff wrote: A noble aspiration, but one which will relegate large portions of yourSelf to the dustbin. Enlightened-Mind possesses no real Self-Nature, so this is fine, that's where notion of permanent Self are ultimately bound. To subscribe, send a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Vaj
On Apr 12, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Rory Goff wrote: This reminds me of the Bodhisattva Vow, which is really not a vow, but an admission of a (slightly) flawed consciousness: I shall remain here, not fully enlightened, so long as any sentient being anywhere remains unenlightened. Well, many are

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
On Apr 12, 2005, at 9:26 AM, Rory Goff wrote: A noble aspiration, but one which will relegate large portions of yourSelf to the dustbin. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Enlightened-Mind possesses no real Self-Nature, so this is fine, that's where

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
Rory Goff wrote: This reminds me of the Bodhisattva Vow, which is really not a vow, but an admission of a (slightly) flawed consciousness: I shall remain here, not fully enlightened, so long as any sentient being anywhere remains unenlightened. Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Vaj
On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Rory Goff wrote: WHOSE Samsara? Sentient Beings of the dimensions of conditioned existence. In some cases enlightened beings may divide into thousands of incarnations to assist. Universal janitors. There is only one being, only one incarnation, only one

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
A noble aspiration, but one which will relegate large portions of yourSelf to the dustbin.Enlightened-Mind possesses no real Self-Nature, so this is fine, that's where notion of permanent Self are ultimately bound.Moreover, the nature of the Absolute itself is compassion and wisdom.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
WHOSE Suffering? WHO is suffering?:-)---You keep saying this. I am suffering, always. Always. I go from thing to thing always wanting more. When I'm hungry I feel weak. When I run out of weed my mind gets really pitta and feels like exploding. Like now. No suffering? Good for you. The

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
Nobody does it.:-)--then who writes these notes?To subscribe, send a message to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/and click 'Join This Group!' To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Rory Goff wrote: WHOSE Samsara? Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sentient Beings of the dimensions of conditioned existence. Wrong! Yours and Yours only. One sentient Being only! :-) snip Nobody does it. Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Precisely. It's

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Moreover, the nature of the Absolute itself is compassion and wisdom. Whoa. What Absolute? Anyone who says the Nature of the Absolute is... and then goes on to fill in the blanks is a bald-faced liar. Isn't he?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Vaj
On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Rory Goff wrote: Near Me? Who am I? Keep asking. You'll get it. AHAM or AHAR. You decide. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
Rory wrote: WHOSE Suffering? WHO is suffering? :-) rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---You keep saying this. I am suffering, always. Always. I go from thing to thing always wanting more. Rory: Bingo! Only I is suffering; the rest is a mirror. But actually, no I don't. That is Self

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nobody does it. :-) --then who writes these notes? You? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo!

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whoa. What Absolute? Anyone who says the Nature of the Absolute is... and then goes on to fill in the blanks is a bald-faced liar. Isn't he? :-) No No? Yes? Any difference between the two? How can we

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Vaj
On Apr 12, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Rory Goff wrote: What You? You = Rory In what way are You and I different? Keeping asking the previous question. Rory will get it (or That). Eventually. AHAM or AHAR? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 12, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Rory Goff wrote: What You? You = Rory In what way are You and I different? Keeping asking the previous question. Rory will get it (or That). Eventually. AHAM or AHAR? What is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Vaj
On Apr 12, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Rory Goff wrote: What is Aham or Ahar? Brahman. What is Rory? What is That? Brahman. What is eventually? In what way is Rory different than Vaj? Different obscurations. I already know the answer to these. But Rory keeps asking. Do you? You

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
---You keep saying this. I am suffering, always. Always. I go from thing to thing always wanting more. Rory:Bingo! Only "I" is suffering; the rest is a mirror. But actually, no "I" don't. That is Self (or non-self if you prefer) believing it is the dream, believing it is self, the ego,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
No? Yes? Any difference between the two? How can we condition the Absolute? Doesn't that make it Relative? Aren't both of these already just concepts, themselves conditioned?No more than a hole to fall into. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
On Apr 12, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Rory Goff wrote: In what way is Rory different than Vaj? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Different obscurations. No obscurations! Only Vaj! All is Vaj! I already know the answer to these. But Rory keeps asking.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Vaj
On Apr 12, 2005, at 11:26 AM, Rory Goff wrote: No obscurations! Only Vaj! All is Vaj! I already know the answer to these. But Rory keeps asking. Only Vaj is asking! Only Vaj is answering! Do you? You who? Yoo-hoo! A festival of owls in an empty barn :-) Yeah. Already knew That.

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember, but I have soo much energy that I'm going berserk with it. Thanks for being so vast. I do not have soo much energy; I am not going berserk; soo much energy IS; berserkness IS. I am not vast, but you are

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah. Already knew That. makes mudra of flipping booger from finger *lol* Yeah, I am pretty smart, aren't I :-) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 12, 2005, at 8:36 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Mother Theresa? Bob Geldof? Mr. Incredible? George W. Bush, of course. -Vaj Limbaugh ahem Actually those would just be *provisional* compassion. -Vaj Mo

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/12/05 9:50 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was a stretch in Seelisberg where he ate nothing but ice cream for two weeks. Ahh, yes! The famous Seelisberg Diet Plan! Try it for two

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
It was good ice cream. Hard to beat. - Original Message - From: Rory Goff To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was good ice cream. Hard to beat. I have never tried to beat ice cream. Only to stir it. Took forever. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was good ice cream. Hard to beat. I have never tried to beat ice cream. Only to stir it. Took forever. Well not precisely *stir* -- I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/12/05 10:18 AM, Rory Goff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is Aham or Ahar? What is Rory? What is That? What is eventually? In what way is Rory different than Vaj? I already know the answer to these. Do you? There is only Vaj. Don't you guys live in the same town? You ought to get

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/12/05 1:30 PM, Rory Goff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/12/05 10:18 AM, Rory Goff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is Aham or Ahar? What is Rory? What is That? What is eventually? In what way is Rory

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:52 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "rudra_joe" [EMAIL PROTECTED]... wrote: It was good ice cream. Hard to beat. I have never tried to beat ice cream. Only to stir it. Took

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/12/05 1:30 PM, Rory Goff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought you were both in Portland. Only Dana lives in Portland, and even he doesn't. I live in Saco; Steve lives down (up) in Bucksport. To

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Actually, if we all just did nothing, and let everything take care of itself. That would be nice. That IS nice. Yes, it *does* take forever to stir (or churn) ice cream. (Quite different from cream.) But it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
God can't resist ice cream. Tell that to the preacherman. While he's checking out the young boys. - Original Message - From: Rory Goff To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:53 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread johnlasher20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This reminds me of the Bodhisattva Vow, which is really not a vow, but an admission of a (slightly) flawed consciousness: I shall remain here, not fully enlightened, Of course if one is enlightened, everyone is,

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: u churn butter *You* may churn butter; *I* churned ice cream. Do a Google image search on ice cream churn and you will see the kind of machine I used. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnlasher20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This reminds me of the Bodhisattva Vow, which is really not a vow, but an admission of a (slightly) flawed consciousness: I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
Thanks Kirk and Rory! Better than a table tennis match! What a brilliant volley, sustained by Established Silence!Yes, I realize it was not competition, just pure heartful discourse. Absolutely wonderful! The play of life gracefully and elegantly compressed to one act. Bravo! Bravo!Jim

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Kirk and Rory! Better than a table tennis match! What a brilliant volley, sustained by Established Silence! Yes, I realize it was not competition, just pure heartful discourse. Absolutely wonderful! The

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Kirk and Rory! Better than a table tennis match! What a brilliant volley, sustained by Established Silence! Yes, I realize

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/12/05 3:22 PM, Rory Goff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: u churn butter *You* may churn butter; *I* churned ice cream. Do a Google image search on ice cream churn and you will see the kind of machine I used.

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 4/12/05 3:22 PM, Rory Goff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rudra_joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: u churn butter *You* may churn butter; *I* churned ice cream. Do a Google

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread shukra69
This wasn't written a year ago by this anonymous persons friend , it was cobbled together from Trancenet material posted no later than Feb 14th, 1997. A site sponsored by Free Christian Software. Dr Mahapatra had a webpage, you can see the google cache of which if you search. (Dr. Gyanendra

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
Goff To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:28 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "rudra_joe" [EMAIL PROTECTED]... wrote: Thanks Kirk and Rory! Better than a table tenni

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread rudra_joe
Ah so what, Maharishi doesn't need any bad press, he has the MUM press corp. With his name on it! - Original Message - From: shukra69 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:41 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dinner with Dr. Mahapatra

2005-04-12 Thread Rick Archer
on 4/12/05 3:41 PM, shukra69 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This wasn't written a year ago by this anonymous persons friend , Yes it was. I know who he's referring to. But I think what happened is that Mahapatra has discussed this with various people, so it ended up on Trancenet. He then said