[FairfieldLife] Re: A Pretty Great Short Video

2009-02-08 Thread Marek Reavis
ys came up with a cool solution. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySrsZuD4w0c > > > > (under 5 minutes) > > >

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of "attachment?" (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-11 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Do you feel that it is your true nature or real self? Why? > > > > If silence is more consistent than non-silence, how could you NOT > identif

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of "attachment?" (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Great thread. I'm posting some comments following up on Richard's in a very loose fashion. Like Richard's experience, my sense of self is a presence that is unengaged and without attributes. In my funky example of the bagel's hole, it (self) is defined by what surrounds it but is in itself

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-20 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: **snip > > Smoking pot makes ya lazy and stupid, that's why society has enacted > laws agin it (not that this alcohol-based society has a leg up on > stupidity). **end Smoking marijuana does not make people either lazy or stupid, unl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

2009-02-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante > wrote: > > > > **snip > > >

[FairfieldLife] How old is your brain

2009-02-23 Thread Marek Reavis
A test site in Japanese, so maybe it would help to know kanji; but all you have to do is click on , then the screen will count down 3, 2, 1, and then very briefly (for 1 second or less) some numbers will appear arranged randomly on the screen. The numbers disappear and in their formerly held p

[FairfieldLife] Re: How old is your brain

2009-02-23 Thread Marek Reavis
old too! Whew! > > Must be something to do with surfing and trikking, eh? > > Edg > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > A test site in Japanese, so maybe it would help to know kanji; but all > > you ha

[FairfieldLife] Re: How old is your brain

2009-02-23 Thread Marek Reavis
t; To me, a class like that depicted in the film, The Paperchase, would > be wonderful. Sparks flying! > > Edg > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Probably everyone gets "35", makes us feel better about these

[FairfieldLife] Toys, games, puzzles and gizmos (Re: How old is your brain)

2009-02-24 Thread Marek Reavis
wrote: > > "Marek Reavis" wrote: So, Edg, what toys have sparked from your fire? > Playful minds want to know. > > Marek, > > Geeze, I've got hundreds of ideas, and most of them cannot be detailed > herein because they've not gotten to retail and mig

[FairfieldLife] Fish with transparent head. . .

2009-02-24 Thread Marek Reavis
. . . and rotating eyes so it can see up, down, and all around. http://snipurl.com/ck9cz

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fish with transparent head. . .

2009-02-24 Thread Marek Reavis
Don't know why that didn't work but anyway, here's the full link. For some reason, I have difficulty doing Tinyurl (and now Snipurl) from the office computer. http://blogs.discovery.com/news_animal/2009/02/see-a-fish-with-a- transparent-head.html ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick

[FairfieldLife] Toys, games, puzzles and gizmos (Re: How old is your brain)

2009-02-24 Thread Marek Reavis
on. I don't know how > you can leave your work at the office. During that week, I literally > couldn't enjoy anything -- went back to my motel, and didn't bother to > watch TV or anything and couldn't sleep without having dream after > dream about the legal materia

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mysticism and Self Realisation

2009-02-24 Thread Marek Reavis
Thank you, Friend, for coming to say Goodbye. Thank you, too, for your advice and your good cheer. Enjoy --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Dick Richardson" wrote: > > > Thank you my friend. Yeah they are all around ta, the wife, kids, > grandchildren and their kids, et al. I am looking f

[FairfieldLife] Excellent Essay on John Stuart Mill in the New Yorker 10.6.08

2008-10-19 Thread Marek Reavis
"A good life for Mill,. . . is not one where you have queued before the slot machine of utility and got the candy it dispenses. It is one where you have gone out into the world to build the best self you can -- traveled where you wanted and seen what you could and said what you had to, sung yo

[FairfieldLife] Accidental autograph

2008-11-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Just posted two photos of a bird crash smudge found on one of my garden windows this morning. They're in the miscellaneous folder in the photos link. Don't know how long it's been there because it's invisible except that I was dawdling this morning before heading out to the beach and, with the la

[FairfieldLife] Re: Accidental autograph

2008-11-24 Thread Marek Reavis
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Twilight

2008-11-25 Thread Marek Reavis
Bhairitu, I'll be sure to see it, thanks for the recommendation. I used to live on the Olympic Peninsula, first in Port Angeles right on a bluff 50-feet above the Straits of Juan de Fuca, later in the woods in a 2-room log cabin outside of Blynn off of Chicken Coop Road and down a quarter-mile of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Twilight

2008-11-25 Thread Marek Reavis
remember taking > that drive up to the summit once from Port Angeles. After posting my > recommendation for Twilight I recalled that a close friend of the family > taught high school in Forks and the high school is in the film. > > Marek Reavis wrote: > > Bhairitu,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Twilight

2008-11-26 Thread Marek Reavis
Turq, thanks, got a chance to read Soul Catcher when I first moved to the peninsula. Probably should read it again, it's been so long. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-05-29 Thread Marek Reavis
Jay Randolph Coplin, in his dissertation on the history of the SRM, writes that in an interview with the then-Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math, Vasudevananda (the successor to Guru Dev's successor, Shantanand, and predecessor of the current Shankaracharya, Vishnudevananda, in Shantanand's line) --

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-05-30 Thread Marek Reavis
of maharishi as a "pathfinder" title, but I agree that it's appropriate should that be so. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > Jay Randolph Coplin, i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-05-30 Thread Marek Reavis
ical and monetary) of the Shankaracharya lineage of Shantanand. The only thing I ever heard Maharishi say about it was that "people" started using it, and he didn't object. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 29, 2009, at 10:59 PM, Marek

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-05-30 Thread Marek Reavis
Not necessarily, but that's not the point. However he got the honorific, Maharishi certainly felt it was appropriate and never demurred. Many agreed with him and lots didn't. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 30, 2009, at 9:57 AM,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was "What is Enlightenment?" - MMY

2009-05-30 Thread Marek Reavis
umed that appelation entirely on his own initiative. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On May 30, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > Not necessarily, but that's not the point. However he got the > > honorific, Maharishi certainly felt i

[FairfieldLife] Irrepressible

2009-06-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Video, 3 minutes long, worth it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRw1-y1Txxs or http://snipurl.com/jfbwp

[FairfieldLife] Mantra study - Oprah.com

2009-07-01 Thread Marek Reavis
A 3-page summary at Oprah.com of a small study done in 2006. http://www.oprah.com/article/spirit/emotionalhealth/spirit_meditation_mantra_b1 or http://snipurl.com/l981n

[FairfieldLife] Dali & Disney short

2009-07-03 Thread Marek Reavis
A completed-in-1999, 6-minute short animation began by Salvador and Walt in 1946. An 18-second portion of the film, right near the end, was the only actual work done at that time. The rest was done from storyboards, sketches and the input from one of the chief animators whose job it was to wor

[FairfieldLife] Another recommendation

2009-07-03 Thread Marek Reavis
"Hibi no neiro", a wonderfully creative 4-minute short. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfBlUQguvyw or, http://snipurl.com/lqje3

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dali & Disney short

2009-07-04 Thread Marek Reavis
sk when I'm there next. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > A completed-in-1999, 6-minute short animation began by > > Salvador and Walt in 1946. An 18-second portion of the > > film, right near the end, was the only act

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dali & Disney short

2009-07-04 Thread Marek Reavis
e two paintings (the figure from '89 and the non-representational one from '06) and the surfboard locked together was really compelling. At least, that's how it seemed to me, so I took a quick photo. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In Fai

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dali & Disney short

2009-07-04 Thread Marek Reavis
acline.com) and Toc Fetch (tocfetch.com). ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > A completed-in-1999, 6-minute short animation began by > > Salvador and Walt

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dali & Disney short

2009-07-04 Thread Marek Reavis
person. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > Two current practitioners of surrealism I'd recommend are Tricia > > Cline (triciacline.com) >

[FairfieldLife] UCLA study on "meditation"

2009-07-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Another small study with 22 "meditators" of zazen, vippassana, samatha, and "other" meditation techniques showing specific differences in brain physiology from non-meditators. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/how-to-build-a-bigger-brain-91273.aspx?id or, http://snipurl.com/ls506

[FairfieldLife] Re: Britian just an average joe...........was Most violent countries in Europe?

2009-07-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Robbery is defined pretty much the same throughout the U.S., the taking from the person of another by force or fear. By definition it's a violent crime. In California it is one of many enumerated serious and violent crimes; crimes that are strikes. The Department of Justice crimes statistics

[FairfieldLife] Re: Britian just an average joe...........was Most violent countries in Europe?

2009-07-05 Thread Marek Reavis
roups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Robbery is defined pretty much the same throughout the U.S., the > taking from the person of another by force or fear. By definition it's > a violent crime. >> >

[FairfieldLife] Smart Crow video

2009-07-08 Thread Marek Reavis
We've written about these guys before, but here's a video that illustrates just how brainy crows are. This is a first-time experience for the crow; food in a basket in the tube that he can't reach; a straight piece of wire that doesn't help . . . until the crow takes it out, bends one end into

[FairfieldLife] Homeopathy parody

2009-07-09 Thread Marek Reavis
A 2-minute satire from British tv. http://www.videosift.com/video/Homeopathic-A-E-Mitchell-Webb

[FairfieldLife] Re: Homeopathy parody + There is no God.

2009-07-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Mitchell and Webb are great. These two clips are my first introduction to them and they seem to be directly in the Monty Python lineage. Thanks. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis"

[FairfieldLife] Re: Homeopathy parody

2009-07-09 Thread Marek Reavis
I love the end when they have another round of homeopathic lager. Man, that's strong stuff! ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > A 2-m

[FairfieldLife] Re: YouTube video - Guru Dev sings 'Shri Charpata Panjarika Stotram'

2009-07-10 Thread Marek Reavis
The Bhaja Govindam's authorship is attributed to Adi Shankara, the standard bearer and presumed embodiment of Vedanta. Whatever teachings it contains would presumably be consistent with Shankara's vedantic philosophy and worldview. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cause of obesity in the tmorg

2009-07-10 Thread Marek Reavis
Excellent and simple common sense, Alex, and the application of common sense to most problems yields practical solutions. Eat properly, eat less, and exercise more. Most people don't seem to understand how often they have to engage in regular physical exercise to maintain a trim and healthy fo

[FairfieldLife] Rice Paddy Art

2009-07-12 Thread Marek Reavis
The 2009 crop at the peak of its artistic yield. http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/rice-paddy-art/ or, http://snipurl.com/n38j2

[FairfieldLife] Excellent Optical Illusion

2009-07-12 Thread Marek Reavis
No bent or diagonal lines; rows and columns all perfectly perpendicular. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SqhhJb_P3Kk/R3hXizzEMWI/ACI/mf5nL9mi9Ro/s1600-h/bent+lines+illusion+trimmed.jpg or, http://snipurl.com/n38s3

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rice Paddy Art

2009-07-12 Thread Marek Reavis
It is cool stuff, isn't it, Raunchy? It would seem that the aliens haven't figured out the technology to do crop circles in rice paddies, yet. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek R

[FairfieldLife] An Antartica year in 6 minutes

2009-07-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Time lapse video of a year's passage in and around McMurdo Bay, Antartica. The last few minutes are particularly stunning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TemK6CF6lF0&feature=player_embedded or, http://snipurl.com/n3hqp **

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rice Paddy Art

2009-07-12 Thread Marek Reavis
em. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > It is cool stuff, isn't it, Raunchy? It would seem that the aliens > haven't figured out the technol

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rice Paddy Art

2009-07-12 Thread Marek Reavis
27;ve seen (several score) don't appear to have been particularly difficult to make, and the "aesthetic" they reveal seems emminently human, rather than non-human. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rice Paddy Art

2009-07-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks for the site, I'll check it out sometime. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > Judy, I haven't looked into the technical stuff, though >

[FairfieldLife] Bursting the bubble of ignorance (was Re: Ignorance in High Society?)

2009-07-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Beautiful photographs. To see for the first time how that particular event happens, step by step, after a lifetime of seeing bubbles bursting is really satisfying. Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Sunday Morning Drive To College Cove

2009-07-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Here's an inconsequential narrative, but it's illustrated with seven photos that I'm putting into a new album in the Photos section ("College Cove"), and they are the actual story, or at least, worth looking at for their own sake. These comments only augment them with place names and anecdotal

[FairfieldLife] Aurora Borealis

2009-07-16 Thread Marek Reavis
A page with several animated still shots of auroras in Alaska. The homw site is full of gorgeous images of Northern Lights and spectacular Alaska. http://www.auroradude.com/animationpage.html or, http://snipurl.com/ncozr

[FairfieldLife] Kuroshio Sea at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

2009-07-16 Thread Marek Reavis
A four-and-a-half minute video of the stunning, nearly 2-million gallon tank, The Kuroshio Sea, with pleasant audio accompaniment by Barcelona. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7deClndzQw or, http://snipurl.com/nd7g7 P.S. This is only the second-largest aquarium tank.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kuroshio Sea at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

2009-07-16 Thread Marek Reavis
u point out. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > A four-and-a-half minute video of the stunning, nearly 2-million gallon > > tank, The Kuroshio Sea, with pl

[FairfieldLife] Sitting Quietly, Doing Something

2009-07-17 Thread Marek Reavis
NYTimes, 7.16.9. http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/sitting-quietly-doing-something/ or, http://snipurl.com/nfegx

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Relationship of Islam and 'La, la Land'...

2009-08-08 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > > I asked an Islamic guy, on State st., Madison, about the name(s) of God, in > the Islamic faith... > He said, there's only one name of God: Allah > Ok, what about Mohammahd, I asked..? > No, he's like a prophet like Jes

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Relationship of Islam and 'La, la Land'...

2009-08-08 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > Comment below: > > > > ** > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bollywood Dance Class in FF

2009-08-10 Thread Marek Reavis
This sounds great. Would love to go to something like this. Another great thing about Fairfield. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: radhika [mailto:radh...@...] > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 4:06 PM > To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; > Subject: please forwar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternative to Transcendental Meditation

2009-08-11 Thread Marek Reavis
I agree with you, Patrick, it really is remarkable that Maharishi was able to direct so many people into doing meditation, and on a twice daily basis, to boot. But I think that it was just the right message and medium for the time and for the people who were, for some reason, primed for both.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternative to Transcendental Meditation

2009-08-11 Thread Marek Reavis
guards had either, but the word "mantra" was a term they were all familiar with. TM and its popularity injected the term into the common vernacular. That's pretty cool. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Aug 11, 2009, at 9:13 PM, Marek Reavis wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternative to Transcendental Meditation

2009-08-11 Thread Marek Reavis
The Perennial Philosophy in practice. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Aug 11, 2009, at 10:29 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > Just today, as I was passing through security at the courthouse, I > > overheard one of the bailiffs use the phrase

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternative to Transcendental Meditation

2009-08-11 Thread Marek Reavis
the grain > of the fact that we're all unique, each holding his/her own mythos, > our own Rig Ved (but not a synthetic thought-plane projection of our > imaginings of 'that'). > > On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:26 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > The Perennial Philosophy in practice. > > > > ** >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Krishna Janmashtami Puja

2009-08-12 Thread Marek Reavis
It's too bad that all the schools are on summer vacation; the TM students won't get the opportunity to celebrate Krishna's birthday. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, michael wrote: > > > > > > > > Tomorrow, Thursday, 13 August will be the global Puja for Krishna Janmashtami. > The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation: The Dark Side

2009-08-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Raunchydog, I understand the point you're making in your post re Vaj, but it's an incorrect portrayal of my opinion of him. It did take several readings for me to understand what he was saying in the lines you quoted (below), but that was mostly due to the combination of individual terms that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation: The Dark Side

2009-08-12 Thread Marek Reavis
high-falutin' words weren't the issue for me, though I understand that they were for you. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > Raunchydog, I understand

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation: The Dark Side

2009-08-13 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: **snip > With regard to your contention that Vaj may be right that > the Perennial Philosophy is an illusion, I'd just suggest > that you not let your mind be so open your brains fall out. **snip to end I made no such contention.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation: The Dark Side

2009-08-13 Thread Marek Reavis
oogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > **snip > > > > > With regard to your contention that Vaj may be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kseniya Simonova--Ukrainian sand artist

2009-08-13 Thread Marek Reavis
A really powerful performance. Extraordinary. Thanks for that one. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Performing on "Ukraine's Got Talent" (she won). > > Probably the most remarkable artist I've ever seen. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/200

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diksha teacher ejected from the dome

2006-07-31 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, what about the hustling out with no provocation? Civil rights > violation? Any lawyers here? > > Sal > ** The campus is private property and campus officials can request a person to leave their property when

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diksha teacher ejected from the dome

2006-07-31 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **SNIP** > > > > The campus is private property and campus officials can request a > > person to leave their property whenever they deem that someone is > > trespassing. No shoes, no shirt, no service. They can withdr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diksha teacher ejected from the dome

2006-08-01 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **SNIP** > On the above [SNIPPED] point, I don't think it's a matter of the TMO telling > them that they can't do the non-TM activities on the course but, > rather, because of a religious activity performed by thi

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY : Celibacy and TMO Teachers

2006-08-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: **SNIP** > > There's a continuum here: Don't be celibate --> be > > celibate if it's comfortable --> be celibate at all > > costs. > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY : Celibacy and TMO Teachers

2006-08-04 Thread Marek Reavis
These would be loincloths (kaupin) rather than dhotis. Anyone else wear these, too? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 4, 2006, at 2:50 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > >> > >> On Aug 4, 2006,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Victory Beef or War?

2006-08-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > > wrote: > > > > He's quite explicit in his Gita commentary that the > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Email I just sent to an old friend who's trying to get me in the dome.

2006-08-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Fine post. Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > on 8/4/06 7:35 PM, Robert Gimbel at babajii_99@ wrote: > > > > > > And, besides, what is the motive in this; > > > What is th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Victory Beef or War?

2006-08-05 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **SNIP** > > Everyone is a force of nature, by definition, . . .. **END** Yes, and Brahman alone is, behind all. So, although I wasn't actually suggesting that there are enlightened criminals, that does seem possible t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Business You've been Looking for is in Fairfield, IA

2006-08-14 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **SNIP** > > > > It was in a white house just to the west of the MIU > > campus, wasn't it? They used to have excellent > > rudraksha beads and very pure sandalwood oil. Were the > > Wagners the original owners? > > > Br

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-27 Thread Marek Reavis
See message #49947. *** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "peterklutz" > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > In the ongoing battle at wikipedia c

[FairfieldLife] Imagining the ten dimensions

2006-07-17 Thread Marek Reavis
I think many here would appreciate: tenthdimension.com Under navigation, click on 'Imagining the Ten Dimensions' and watch the 5 minute Flash animation. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re MUM lawsuit

2006-02-28 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **SNIP** > > It's the insurance company that will need to pay for the defense, not > MUM, and it's unlikely that the judgment would be so large that MUM > would have to cough up any money to pay it off, although they migh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday Ben Collins

2006-03-01 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have a good one, Ben. Do a special puja or something. > ** Happy Birthday, Ben. Marek Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness..

2006-03-01 Thread Marek Reavis
**Comment below** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **SNIP** > One disconcerting thing that was obvious very soon and persisted > throughout these sessions was the almost absolute infrequency with > which descriptions ever strayed outside of either establi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mike Scozarri being sued

2006-03-05 Thread Marek Reavis
**Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgur

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fake Gurus and the Attack of the Asuras

2006-03-06 Thread Marek Reavis
**Another take below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Always keep a light-saber handy. > --- > "It is no surprise that Westerners mainly find false gurus. When you > have cheated your own guru in the past why should you not be cheated > on now?

[FairfieldLife] The Point (was Re: Mike Scozarri being sued)

2006-03-06 Thread Marek Reavis
**Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >**SNIP**> > Maharishi: "What I have taught, because it has its > eternal authenticity in the vedic literature and > you should know that, how many? 30 - 40 thousand > teachers of TM I have trained and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mike Scozarri being sued

2006-03-06 Thread Marek Reavis
**Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > I was made a teacher in Fiuggi in June of 1972. I'm pretty sure I > > reme

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why does T/M cost so much to join? A little help?

2006-03-07 Thread Marek Reavis
**Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **SNIP** > > The premise of TM is that it enriches all areas of life > because it "enlivens" the substrate of life, pure > consciousness. We don't notice consciousness is > missing because it'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fake Gurus and the Attack of the Asuras [Reavis]

2006-03-11 Thread Marek Reavis
animals. They were intellectual and supernatural beings. > > > Marek Reavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:20:15 - > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fake Gurus and the Attack of the Asuras > > > Another take on Westerners seekin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fake Gurus and the Attack of the Asuras [Reavis]

2006-03-11 Thread Marek Reavis
meditation and puja after a lengthy hiatus I was overwhelmed with gratitude for his simple elucidation of atma-vichara. It's put everything I ever learned from Maharishi into play. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Self-doubt and cynicism vs. profound trust - the role of surrender as the fo

2006-03-11 Thread Marek Reavis
Patrick, thanks for this, couldn't agree more. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maharishi's commentary says: > > > >This acceptance of the teacher is actually a surrender to the > > unbounded Truth; it invites the unbounded to shine forth t

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Unity Consciousness the Boundaries Are Porous

2006-03-11 Thread Marek Reavis
Thank you, Bob. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What happens in the state of Enlightenment is that one stops being > things. > > http://www.mapi.com/answers/120_Unity_Porous.mp3 (10 mins) > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nisargadatta, Siddharamesh, Ramesh, Banganga (was: Fake Gurus ..)

2006-03-12 Thread Marek Reavis
says can't be untrue. Thanks, again. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, defenders_of_bhakti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Thank you very much for the suggestion. > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Self-doubt and cynicism vs. profound trust - the role of surrender as the fo

2006-03-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks for the heads-up on Cantor. The website on the Hotel Infinity is good stuff. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why does T/M cost so much to join? A little help?

2006-03-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **SNIP** > > > > For the record, my experience is that the realization > > > > that I was off on a thought is enough to evoke the mantra; > > > > there's no intervening intention to think it. > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Phase to say when someone is dying

2006-03-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "anonyff" wrote: > > > > On TTC in Mallorca, Jan-June 1971, Brahmarishi Devarat and his son > > (who looked like Tonto from the Lone Ranger) were often at meeti

[FairfieldLife] Re: Phase to say when someone is dying

2006-03-21 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 3/21/06 9:21 PM, wayback71 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I recall that saying "wok,wok,wok" was to be done at birth, the first sounds > > that the child > > hears. I cannot remember why exactly, but someone

[FairfieldLife] Re: Phase to say when someone is dying

2006-03-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > > Vak is Ma Saraswati. Maharishi said to whisper Vak into the newborn's &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Phase to say when someone is dying

2006-03-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Reply below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > > wrote: > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Phase to say when someone is dying

2006-03-21 Thread Marek Reavis
One more thing, below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > Two things: there was no intention on my part to dispute your own > > recollec

[FairfieldLife] Re: Phase to say when someone is dying

2006-03-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Excellent! LOL --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Personally I prefer "Klaatu barada nikto" myself. > > Sal > > > On Mar 22, 2006, at 6:11 AM, Peter wrote: > > > This is just so much magical crap. Why not say "These > > boots are made for walking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Berkeley TM Good News

2006-03-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **SNIP** > > Wasn't it you that said he was from a scribe caste? Is that an > authentic comment or just something you are assuming (since he was > SBS's personal assistant/scribe)? Danielou had some interestin

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