Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-06-07 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, that is the purported intent of Rick's site. It started out that way, but now has attracted all the people who make a living doing this stuff. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What becomes more unique and compelling about Batgap is [Rick's] being able to find and give voice

RE: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-06-01 Thread 'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]
Rick should get someone much more scholarly [with credentials] to discern and categorize the interviewees spiritually if Rick is going to publish a categorical list like that and not just let some earnest friend go work on it. First, Rick really ought to pull the list from the Batgap page ri

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-31 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
In a spectrum of practitioners : -Meditation teachers, -Subtle system teachers, -Ritam Bhara Pragya people; as analogous to, 'Quietism', 'Piety' and 'Inspiration' in typology. In range and distribution of illumined Batgap interviewees by type, just throwing these Batgap illumined people intervie

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-26 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
More in line with a western scholarly discernment of spirituality and spiritual [the illumined/awakened] teachers, could be a spectrum of : -Meditation teachers, -Subtle system teachers, -Ritam Bhara Pragya people; as analogous to, 'Quietism', 'Piety' and 'Inspiration' in typology. See the rela

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2014-05-22 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The mystic separatists who were the antecedence of Amana in America were inspirationist by spirituality type in practice and as a formed communal spiritual group employing also daily quietism in substantial silent transcendental meditative practice. One can find illumined people in satsanga

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-19 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/19/2014 8:06 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Let's face it, that is what constitutes about 80% of your participation here. > Almost every post of Barry's, even some movie or TV reviews, contains a subtle, sometimes not so subtle, message to Judy, the only informant that

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2014-05-19 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/19/2014 10:53 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It really cheapens the reality of what many of us here have been through, and not without our doubts. The last thing I need to hear, is some quitter, transferring his sense of failure onto the org that kicked him out,

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2014-05-19 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
but I must admit I have heard more stories like Barry's and Curtis' than the other side like yours. From: "steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-19 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
[FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types   Thank you for asking Michael.  I was a full time, dedicated student and teacher from the years of 1974-1981.  I initi

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2014-05-19 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oh yeah, there was a western Mo. 'Capital', and an Eastern Mo. one. I don't know if we ever visited each other's facilities - went up to Fairfield a few times. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yes, Jim, often Barry's experiences with the TMO don't jibe with my experience. BTW, I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-19 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, Jim, often Barry's experiences with the TMO don't jibe with my experience. BTW, I had some involvement with the "Capital" in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Taught some courses down there. Had peripheral involvement with the buying and building of it. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-19 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
ame issues? From: "steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types I have to say Barry, when I hear you talk about your experiences in Californ

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2014-05-19 Thread nablusoss1008
Thanks for this correction Steve. The Turq has claimed inside info on something that happened 40 years ago, and why ? Because the others have either moved on or are still around but shun this blog. The Turq is simply stuck in stuff he didn't understand AND that happened 2 generations ago. I fe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-19 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks for speaking up, Steve. I am so tired, as if it isn't obvious, of Barry, who quit the TMO 40 years ago, after having failed both his students, and himself. He then casts these false memories about, as if they were gold, and should be taken Very Seriously. Give me a break - Very Seriou

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-19 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I know nothing about Rymer, but what you describe of his interactions with Maharishi was also true of Robin. There was no conflict between Robin and Maharishi until he showed up with his group (of mostly TM teachers) in Fairfield--seven years o

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-19 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I know nothing about Rymer, but what you describe of his interactions with Maharishi was also true of Robin. There was no conflict between Robin and Maharishi until he showed up with his group (of mostly TM teachers) in Fairfield--seven years or so after he had first claimed enlightenment--and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-19 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : From: "curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types ---In FairfieldLife@yahoo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-19 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
ubject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types   I have to say Barry, when I hear you talk about your experiences in California as as Regional or State Coordinator, it doesn't jibe with my experience in the Midwest, as it pertains to keeping people off c

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-19 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I have to say Barry, when I hear you talk about your experiences in California as as Regional or State Coordinator, it doesn't jibe with my experience in the Midwest, as it pertains to keeping people off course etc. You paint a very severe and petty picture which I do not recognize. P.S. A

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2014-05-19 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
rank... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : From: "curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogro

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2014-05-18 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: "curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Curtis, do you remember wha

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2014-05-18 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
One can find illumined people in satsanga teaching quietism and piety blended as meditational in guided chakra or subtle energy knowledge. Someone like Ammachi is teaching and bringing pietism in the help she gives through the field effect of darshan and her spiritual practices as modalities to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-18 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Ann, I just assumed these graphics are produced by that sweaty stud muffin on the motorcycle (-: No, no, important distinction - he was a bicycle rider. You don't sweat riding a motorcycle and motorcyclists don't wear those huggy biking shor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-18 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : No, you willfully turns what Maharishi said upside down which makes you, as several here not just me has pointed out, a bogus and a liar. He claimed and rightly so, that knowledge is different in different states of consciousness. You still make

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2014-05-18 Thread nablusoss1008
No, you willfully turns what Maharishi said upside down which makes you, as several here not just me has pointed out, a bogus and a liar. He claimed and rightly so, that knowledge is different in different states of consciousness. You still make the very untrustworthy claim that your knowledge

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-18 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : One can't argue with deluded people. When Curtis claims knowledge is not structured in consciousness he wants us to believe that he is the same when tired, in deep sleep, after a couple of drinks, when playing "music" and in meditation. C: Ther

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-18 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
c of your question but it triggered that memory. Anyway there were more than a few who announced their "whatever", and it never ended well. From: "curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:46 AM Subjec

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2014-05-18 Thread nablusoss1008
One can't argue with deluded people. When Curtis claims knowledge is not structured in consciousness he wants us to believe that he is the same when tired, in deep sleep, after a couple of drinks, when playing "music" and in meditation. Right. If anyone doubted Curtis was delusional/and or a l

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2014-05-18 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
One don't see so many Ritam Bhara Pragya or 'inspired' people as modality as often; however, Connie Huebner is a fabulous example of a classic school of inspiration teachers operating in Ritam Bhara Pragya, very much like the mystics of the old Amana Colony tradition going way back into a Europe

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2014-05-18 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Buck, just off the top of my head, I'd call Francis Bennett a teacher. I'd call Kirsten Kirk a healer. I'd put channelers in a different category. Doesn't seem like enough categories. Maharishi and Amma I'd call masters. On Sunday, May 18, 2014 2:17 PM, "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"

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2014-05-18 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Someone like Francis Bennett more recently coming out now awakened on batgap.com is teaching now in a blush as a Quietist. Quietism is an earlier word to transcendentalism. Francis now it seems is one in old quietism like TM'ers are more narrowly modern day transcendentalist quietism. Maharishi

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2014-05-18 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
aphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types   --In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Curtis, first I'd ask you to operationally define *being considered a dentist.* Does it mean clients go to that so called dentist and let him or her work on their teeth? C: It means being

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2014-05-18 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ann, I just assumed these graphics are produced by that sweaty stud muffin on the motorcycle (-: On Sunday, May 18, 2014 10:42 AM, "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" wrote:   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : My God, Ann, where do you find these graphics?! Heh,

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2014-05-18 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Curtis and turq, yes I am aware that there are boards for certifying dentists. I ignored that path of discussion because there isn't such a system for certifying spiritual teachers. My main point is that individuals need to exercise due diligence. In the absence of a certifying board, one can g

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-18 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Curtis, first I'd ask you to operationally define *being considered a dentist.* Does it mean clients go to that so called dentist and let him or her work on their teeth? C: It means being certified by a board who looks after the public's welfare i

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2014-05-18 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
as kinda DUMB? From: "Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types   Curtis, first I'd ask you to

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2014-05-18 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : My God, Ann, where do you find these graphics?! Heh, maybe a better question is who creates these things for me to find? On Sunday, May 18, 2014 8:46 AM, "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoog

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-18 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Curtis, first I'd ask you to operationally define *being considered a dentist.* Does it mean clients go to that so called dentist and let him or her work on their teeth? If it does, then I'd say that those probably toothless clients need to find another system of determining who is qualified to

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2014-05-18 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
cannot *conceive* of a world in which they are not as elite as they've been taught to believe they are and claim they are. From: "curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 4:58 PM S

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2014-05-18 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
My God, Ann, where do you find these graphics?! On Sunday, May 18, 2014 8:46 AM, "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" wrote:   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : turq, good point and I agree that we're all the same on some level. But if I have a toothache for example,

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2014-05-18 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
LOL - good one! He is such a phony - The only reason Barry continuously brings up the level setting, is for fear his lack of progress, in any domain of his life, will be made obvious. What a little fake. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-18 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
To Share: But what if the criteria to be considered a "dentist" was just to put a sign in front of your house that said "dentist?" To Barry: I resonate with what you wrote and that is the direction of my thinking on altered states of consciousness of all kinds. We have to drop the traditionall

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2014-05-18 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Buck, I probably won't forward your additional and very interesting comments to my friend. At this point, I'm leaving it up to Rick meister (-: On Sunday, May 18, 2014 9:23 AM, "lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]" wrote:   Maybe Rick can obtain a portable EEG machine and see what the EEG co

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2014-05-18 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Maybe Rick can obtain a portable EEG machine and see what the EEG coherence of each awkened person is like. My guess is that there are going to be distinct differences between traditions, and there will be, if you look closely enough, differences in "experience" as well. For example, TMer

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-18 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
More in line with a western scholarly discernment of spirituality and spiritual [illumined/awakened] teachers, those: -Meditation teachers, -Subtle system teachers, -Ritam Bhara Pragya people; as somewhat analogous to western, 'Quietism', 'Piety' and 'Inspiration' in typology. -Buck In the w

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2014-05-18 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : turq, good point and I agree that we're all the same on some level. But if I have a toothache for example, I'd rather consult with a good dentist rather than a good podiatrist. My bad? Perhaps not... On Sunday, May 18, 20

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2014-05-18 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
No one is making the case for ranking anyone else, as a human being. This persistent whine of yours, to just level-set everything; there is no enlightenment, no witnessing, no comparative values, for anything is very tiresome. This allows you to hide your spiritual failings, your lack of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-18 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : On Sunday, May 18, 2014 6:33 AM, "dhamiltony2k5@... [FairfieldLife]" wrote: In range and distribution of illumined Batgap interviewees by types, just throwing these Batgap illumined people interviewed thus far on a scatter graph by their expe

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2014-05-18 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 5/18/2014 6:33 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: What is his spiritual experience around this that would allow him to be on Buddha at the Gas Pump anyway? > According to what I've read, San Harris is a practicing Buddhist, so his experiences would be probably simil

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2014-05-18 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Om, In the west the categorization of spirituality technically falls in to 'Quietism', 'Piety' and 'Inspiration'. The Batgap interviews in a more scholarly way often fall nicely in to this typology when looked at this way. -Buck Those would be safer demarcations to categorize by that could ha

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2014-05-18 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
In the west the categorization of spirituality technically falls in to 'Quietism', 'Piety' and 'Inspiration'. The Batgap interviews in a more scholarly way often fall nicely in to this typology when looked at this way. -Buck Rick should get someone much more scholarly [with credentials] to di

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2014-05-18 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Rick should get someone much more scholarly to discern and categorize the interviewees spiritually if Rick is going to publish a categorical list like that and not just some earnest friend. First Rick ought to pull the list from the page for now, back up and think about it some more before publi

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2014-05-18 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, I noticed the attempt at categorization on Batgap. It is lame. -Buck sharelong60 writes: Buck, a friend is working on Rick's categories at his request and I'll forward your comments to him. In range and distribution of illumined Batgap interviewees by types, just throwing these

Re: [FairfieldLife] Graphing the Illumined Batgap interviewees by types

2014-05-18 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
turq, good point and I agree that we're all the same on some level. But if I have a toothache for example, I'd rather consult with a good dentist rather than a good podiatrist. My bad? On Sunday, May 18, 2014 6:53 AM, "TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" wrote:   On Sunday,

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2014-05-18 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
On Sunday, May 18, 2014 6:33 AM, "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" wrote:  In range and distribution of illumined Batgap interviewees by types, just throwing these Batgap illumined people interviewed thus far on a scatter graph by their experience and spiritual affect on others, it see

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2014-05-18 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Buck, a friend is working on Rick's categories at his request and I'll forward your comments to him. On Sunday, May 18, 2014 6:33 AM, "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" wrote:   In range and distribution of illumined Batgap interviewees by types, just throwing these Batgap illumine