[FairfieldLife] Re: The four classes [Shemp]

2006-04-07 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Apr 7, 2006, at 9:48 AM, markmeredith2002 wrote: > > > Those full-time in the tmo definitely honor the titles, though I don't > > consider that insane. My main problem here is that MMY is still > > givi

[FairfieldLife] Re: The four classes

2006-04-08 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **SNIP** > I do think things here in the unviverse, including me, run on autopilot and that the sense > that I have free will is an illusion. This is based on TM meditation - related experiences I >

[FairfieldLife] Re: so called 'death'

2006-04-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_couscous_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: **SNIP** > > > > MMY's simple test for someone in Brahman Chetana is: "can they float?" > > > Yes, thats an interesting one. I have hear

[FairfieldLife] Re: Layla and Six Degrees

2006-08-23 Thread Marek Reavis
There is a fine video of Clapton (on acoustic) and Knopfler (on electric) at YouTube. Deluxe duo. http://youtube.com/watch?v=wrQ0-ImNn7s ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am not sure if life is stranger (and more connected) than fiction. > Af

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield's future

2006-08-30 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: *** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fairfield's Future > > Over the past several years, I have engaged in countless conversations about the state of > Fairfield and its prospects for the future. I have generally taken the position

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on how / when to meditate

2006-08-31 Thread Marek Reavis
Premanand Paul, Thank you for another enormous contribution. Your site on Guru Dev is tremendous. And this teaching of his (below) hits the spot. Jai Guru Dev ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes Barry2, in this context that must be what he

[FairfieldLife] Re: The death of Guru Dev

2006-09-01 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **SNIP** > > So here's a fun intellectual quandary to pursue... > **SNIP** > > The thing that strikes me as a little odd is that > without exception, the TMers I've met who believe > that they can pe

[FairfieldLife] Re: The death of Guru Dev

2006-09-01 Thread Marek Reavis
a is just a wonderful book and incomparable. I highly recommend it. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > The story of The One Hundred Rudras

[FairfieldLife] Re: The death of Guru Dev

2006-09-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" > wrote: > > > > Does anyone have a copy of the photograph that t3rinity is referring > > to? It is to the left of MMY on page 53 of 'Thirty

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm converting

2006-09-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 9/3/06 12:09 AM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Bill Maher did a bit on his show this week about converting to Islam. > > Unlike, say, Judaism which is a long, drawn out affair i

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm converting

2006-09-03 Thread Marek Reavis
are very creative translations but they remain my favorite versions. Thanks for the heads-up. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Coleman Bark

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interpreting Guru Dev

2006-09-04 Thread Marek Reavis
L B, As always, I feel both better informed and more sure of where I stand for having heard from you. Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" > wrote: > > > > 'Some people say that having taken a guru you should not make > another. > > But this doctrine is not of the shaastra, this is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **Snip** > > > > Since everyone on this forum has dealt with the issue of where they > > (and others they may disagree with) stand regarding their > > relationship with Maharishi, whether as their

[FairfieldLife] Review of Alan Waite's DVD on Maharishi

2006-09-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Just received the DVD that Alan Waite did on Maharishi in 1968. Short and not all that much of Maharishi, and what was shown was so introductory that it pretty much was the basic sales pitch he was using at that time. The interview with Jerry interspersed throughtout was far more interesting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Review of Alan Waite's DVD on Maharishi

2006-09-06 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ** > > Any idea on who is still selling the 10 min film of Guru Dev? > ** No, I don't. I have heard that there was a video from a German television program dealing with India and saints made some t

[FairfieldLife] Re: SIMS Taught Us to Lie?

2006-09-19 Thread Marek Reavis
My experience and perception in and of the movement (early to late 70's) mirrors New Morning's. However, I didn't rise to any position of power or influence within the movement beyond center chair in a couple of different cities, so some of the organizational shenanigans that Turq refers to we

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: mmy health

2006-09-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Peter (and Shemp). ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think your friend's observation is interesting and > > quite accurate > > in many ways but I somewhat disagree with his > > asses

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: mmy health

2006-09-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Shemp, thanks for this, too. The image of you, standing in the hallway, in your underwear, listening at the door, and having that cosmic epiphany, couldn't be more perfect. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: hello

2006-10-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Welcome to this group, Nenad. It can be a quarrelsome forum, but there are many good hearts here and good things shared, too. Perhaps you have lurked here for awhile and already know this. What is your experience with the TMO (Transcendental Meditation Organization) in Croatia? Jai Guru Dev **

[FairfieldLife] Re: Man-on-the-street Amma

2006-10-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Great video, Turq, thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4 > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group

[FairfieldLife] Re: Christians obsession with death

2006-10-10 Thread Marek Reavis
Very succinct summary. Thanks. I feel much the same -- both about the subject, and Maharishi's teachings regarding Jesus' status and, consequently, his consciousness. That simple and important 'revision' of Christianity by Maharishi allowed him (IMO) to make his intitial inroads and successes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Christians obsession with death

2006-10-10 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >**Snip** > > I've also found Muktananda's comments and observations about Jesus > and suffering to be very profound...and almost identical to MMY's. > > At the risk of being reminded by a FFL partici

[FairfieldLife] Re: Christians obsession with death

2006-10-10 Thread Marek Reavis
Yes, thanks, that sounds like the right title. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Comment below: > > > > ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Christians obsession with death

2006-10-11 Thread Marek Reavis
Hey, m2, Namaste. Good to hear your voice again. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m2smart4u2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I remember Mother Olson talking about how off Catholics were in > their devotions to the crucifix. With all the beauty of a saints > life, why the focus

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tofu chicken and feeling lobster penises

2006-10-14 Thread Marek Reavis
Shemp, a really wonderful story, thanks for posting it. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (I wrote the following for my two brothers on the anniversay of my > dad's passing) > > So I was thinking of my father the other day, being that it was

[FairfieldLife] Re: A theory of Karma, TMOers, and the TMO's "Persona"

2006-10-27 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie wrote: > > > > I believe that Maharishi used what had the same meaning > > of the intended to sutra. However I also believe he had > > an idea

[FairfieldLife] Re: A theory of Karma, TMOers, and the TMO's "Persona"

2006-10-27 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: **Snip** > > In '77, before my > > governor training course in '78 my (t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rock consciousness

2006-10-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **Snip** > > Now that's a rock! Someone should hose it off. If cats > are afraid of it and dogs bark at it it might be > special in some way. I've come to trust the reactions > of animals to various people

[FairfieldLife] Re: A theory of Karma, TMOers, and the TMO's "Persona"

2006-10-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Louis, > > I've given some thought to this since I've been posting here. It may > be that the terms "bashing MMY" and "crying" are just labels that > don't really match what people are doing

[FairfieldLife] Unusual Request

2006-10-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Here is an odd request, but perhaps a few people will be interested. I have a pretty big trial coming up in a couple of weeks (I work as a Public Defender in California, and the case against my client involves the charge of attempted murder where the alleged victim is a cop) and I'd like to check

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unusual Request, Public Defender wants assistance

2006-10-28 Thread Marek Reavis
I would counter with the Mahamrytunjaya. Instead of closing arguments we could engage in dueling vibrations a la Vedic Vibration Technology. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "purushaz" wrote: > > > > ---Thanks

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unusual Request, Public Defender wants assistance

2006-10-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **Snip** > > I am not a lawyer, but from what I have read about jury selection, > you need to be concerned more about each juror's personality profile > than about the presentation of your case. In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unusual Request

2006-10-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Great, Peter, thanks. Just email me on the side and I'll put your email in the mailgroup and send some information out to everyone on Tuesday. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Marek, I'd love to help you out. > -Peter >

[FairfieldLife] Re: I love Maharishi. Why?

2006-10-31 Thread Marek Reavis
A wonderful post (like the former), sweet words and fine sentiments. Thank you. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "David Fiske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lurk, Rick and Curtis, > Your comments all so kind. Thank you. > > "Above the fray". Well let me explain. I have spent a lot of t

[FairfieldLife] Re: vision of FFL's Fairfield Life's future...

2006-11-03 Thread Marek Reavis
I would second Doug's remarks and suggestion. There's no need to censor anyone, but a bit more focus in the subject description would allow everyone who now participates to continue to do so, but the bulk of the subject matter discussed might be welcomed by more people, who might then rejoin the d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Enjoy- "Riding Giants"

2006-11-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Also, "Step Into Liquid". Does anyone on this list surf? I'm planning on learning this winter, once I get my sports glasses. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > wrote: > > > > --- In Fa

[FairfieldLife] Re: vision of FFL's Fairfield Life's future...

2006-11-03 Thread Marek Reavis
My vote is for "Poo in the Aquarium". ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > "sordid details" > > > > I would join any forum with this name. Great name for a band too! >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Enjoy- "Riding Giants"

2006-11-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Also, "Step Into Liquid". > > > > Does anyone on this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reader's Digest takes write-down on Books Are Fun

2006-11-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **Snip** > Ouch...much as I think The Earl of Kaplan is a pretty dumb, but > slightly likable, chap, who tried hard to spit in his teacher's face, > I would wish no ill-will against him for this

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Defender of the faith" as addiction

2006-11-15 Thread Marek Reavis
It is simply amazing that you all, but most particularly you, Judy, persist in these compulsive, predictable, and tiresome grade school volleys of "I'm right, you're wrong." It is an insult to your intelligence. I fully understand that this post itself, is a meaningless addendum to the endles

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Defender of the faith" as addiction

2006-11-15 Thread Marek Reavis
No, Sparaig, whatever faults Barry may have, all he pointed out in the final exchanges between you was that you were being hypocritical for diverting so much of your time vigourously endorsing TM on this forum while neglecting your own practice of it. You don't deny the facts as stated, so if

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Defender of the faith" as addiction

2006-11-15 Thread Marek Reavis
icans got into office on the basis > of unfairness and dishonesty, because voters > were unable to see through it, and the media > chose not to assist them. It took six years > for this to sink in, and incalculable damage > was the result. > > I have become convinced that unfair

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Defender of the faith" as addiction

2006-11-15 Thread Marek Reavis
; > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > No, Sparaig, whatever faults Barry may have, all he pointed out in > > the final exchanges between you was that you were being hypocritical > > for diverting so much of your time vigourou

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Defender of the faith" as addiction

2006-11-15 Thread Marek Reavis
hat posting all the time on this or other forums won't solve your problems. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > > > I don't follow you

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Defender of the faith" as addiction

2006-11-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Responses interleaved: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Dear Judy, > > > > Thank you for replying, and thank y

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Defender of the faith" as addiction

2006-11-16 Thread Marek Reavis
m, and I use my real name, I just > want to protest at being characterized as being dishonest or unfair in > my posting here. If there are any specific points you would like to > raise on or off line, I am happy to respond. I have posted candidly > and honestly here. > >

[FairfieldLife] Apology and Clarification

2006-11-16 Thread Marek Reavis
In my recent post and response to Judy I made the following statement: "Do you wish that we express the same level moral outrage at Barry's and Shemp's and Vaj's and Curtis' and whomever else's dishonesty and unfairness and beat it down whenever it raises its ugly head?" Curtis rightfully and

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Defender of the faith" as addiction

2006-11-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Reply below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >**Snip** > > I won't accept your challenge as stated, but perhaps > we can negotiate a compromise: I'll stop fighting with > Barry if you'll do what you describe. I won't commit > to a month, but I'll

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Defender of the faith" as addiction

2006-11-16 Thread Marek Reavis
. Sleep on it and let me know tomorrow, okay? Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > Just a little bit more of tweaking and we have a

[FairfieldLife] Re: "Defender of the faith" as addiction

2006-11-16 Thread Marek Reavis
occasions when someone else takes > Barry on and lambastes him to my satisfaction, > I just stand aside and watch, murmuring "Bravo" > from time to time. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Judy, don&#

[FairfieldLife] Re: Art of Living vs. TM technique

2006-11-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 17, 2006, at 10:46 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > Neither simple nor complex. > > > > And you keep claiming that shamatha is the same as TM. Here's what > > an apparently > > famous Shamatha advocate sa

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: nice experience

2006-11-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Agreed. This type of post is what FFL is and should be about. Thanks, Rick, and thank your friend for allowing you to share his/her experience with us. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrot

[FairfieldLife] Re: Art of Living vs. TM technique

2006-11-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Yes, Judy, that was an insulting remark about Sparaig. And his remark about you blowing up (psychologically) if deprived of access to this forum was equally insulting to you. And your remarks about why Barry had deleted so many posts the other day was purely gratuitous speculation and implied tha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Art of Living vs. TM technique

2006-11-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **Snip** > > Are you familiar with Maharishi's expression, "Whatever > > you put your attention on, grows"? > > Why aren't you asking Barry that question? > > > > What do you suppose he means by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reducing Hair-Trigger Shoot Outs

2006-11-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Conceded. Good point. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Re: Art of Living vs. TM technique > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > > > > Dwell on that fo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Art of Living vs. TM technique

2006-11-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Living well is the best revenge. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Comment below: > > ** > > > > --- In Fa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Art of Living vs. TM technique

2006-11-17 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Living well is the best revenge. > > Non sequitur. > No, not at all.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Seeing the good, even the bliss, in things

2006-11-17 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote: > > > But Judy says she could not stomach having a simple lunch or beer > > with some on the list. Can't see any good or bliss. Still some steps > > to go, I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Seeing the good, even the bliss, in things

2006-11-18 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > That's all I was talking about. I wasn't trying to shut you up. > > You a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Having Nice Days

2006-11-18 Thread Marek Reavis
I've always enjoyed it when people share the experiences of where they live and what's going on around them (like New Morning's, below). Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Its a constant source of wonder and whimsical pleasure to see how >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Seeing the good, even the bliss, in things

2006-11-18 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Robertson Says All Other Religions Worship “Demonic Powers”

2006-11-18 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > new.morning wrote: > > Unbelievable! > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/11/robertson_says.html?tr=y&auid=2164219 > > > > A viewer wrote in to ask Pat Robertson

[FairfieldLife] Re: Robertson Says All Other Religions Worship “Demonic Powers”

2006-11-18 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > And he talks about the LORD as being the God of all Gods! Well that > > certainly se

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Meditation is a natural and effective cure for mental illness

2006-11-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Peter, a really excellent discussion and explication on the subject. Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- suziezuzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At what level of psychosis would you suggest that > > someone shouldn't > > meditate?

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Chip Charleston that I knew -

2006-12-07 Thread Marek Reavis
Sal, were you a student or a professor? (If you don't mind my asking.) Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 7, 2006, at 8:22 AM, Peter wrote: > > > Sounds like he was one of those "good" professors that > > deeply inspire students w

[FairfieldLife] Nisargadatta quote

2006-12-07 Thread Marek Reavis
By looking tirelessly, I became quite empty and with that emptiness all came back to me except the mind. I find I have lost the mind irretrievably. I am neither conscious nor unconscious, I am beyond the mind and its various states and conditions. Distinctions are created by the mind and ap

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nisargadatta quote

2006-12-08 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **Snip** > > Still another way of looking at it is that it is > a choice *only in retrospect*, i.e., from the > perspective of realization, but not from the > waking-state perspective ("Knowledge i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nisargadatta quote

2006-12-08 Thread Marek Reavis
d to the appeal to authorities, > I wouldn't trust MMY to guide anybody in matters of economics). > > In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Comment below: > > > > ** > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoog

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nisargadatta quote

2006-12-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Peter, thanks for this (below). Really explains a lot of my own meditation experience for many years. However, I found that my experience changed after I read Nisargadatta. The clarity that is characteristic of meditation (and life) now is wholly in line with what I have learned from Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nisargadatta quote

2006-12-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Barry, also well said, though I don't think "disastrous results" is necessarily correct. I understand that from your perspective in the Buddhist tradition you acknowledge that there are causes and consequences, valued as both good and bad, and there's no argument about that in my mind exactly, bu

[FairfieldLife] Re: The last of the real surfers--in Cleveland

2006-12-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Excellent! Thanks, Judy. There was a surf movie I watched not too long ago (can't think of the title right now) tha covered lots of different surf spots, including Cleveland. And also in Texas where they surf the wakes of huge supertankers as they head up some delta inlet to refineries. They ri

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO compound at Vlodrop

2006-12-18 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2006, at 4:59 AM, hugheshugo wrote: > > > I'm only half joking I know someone who has bought a sv apartment and > > his contract states that the TMO reserves the right to enter his > >

[FairfieldLife] VOOMM Memo (was: Re: Pundits to change salt into sugar)

2006-12-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Well said, Sal, thanks. Being a part of TM in the 60s and 70s, and perhaps even a little further on, meant being part of a "movement" towards greater spirituality and positivity in the world. At some point, however, the TMO became, if not entirely, but certainly in the greater part, a "busi

[FairfieldLife] VOOMM Memo (was: Re: Pundits to change salt into sugar)

2006-12-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Cardemaister. Your contributions are always appreciated, too. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > wrote: > > > > Well said, Sal, thanks.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where do you go when you die?

2006-12-27 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When one has *awakened* where do they go when they drop the body? > ** Where was One before the body dropped? "[T]he birth and death of countless beings takes place in the one infinite consciousness, as it were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where do you go when you die?

2006-12-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It took a while, but it just occurred to me how different awakening is from what we are > looking for. We think we are looking for eternal life for the self when the body dies. > Instead what rea

[FairfieldLife] Guy flying in Swiss Alps

2006-12-29 Thread Marek Reavis
The guy's own explanation of what it feels like (at the end of the video) is in (Swiss)French so maybe Turq and other Francophones can understand what's what. Pretty amazing.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guy flying in Swiss Alps (here's the video site)

2006-12-29 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The guy's own explanation of what it feels like (at the end of the > video) is in (Swiss)French so maybe Turq and other Francophones can > understand what's what. > >

[FairfieldLife] Deepak Chopra on Colbert Report

2006-12-30 Thread Marek Reavis
Chopra does an excellent job of playing with Colbert and speaking the knowledge. His last line is perfect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7fLpTYQISk

[FairfieldLife] Article in NYTimes

2006-12-31 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/arts/music/31thom.html

[FairfieldLife] Scale -- Excellent Video

2007-01-03 Thread Marek Reavis
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3974466981713172831&pr=goog-sl

[FairfieldLife] Re: dev & ved

2007-01-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Vaj, nice bit of research and information. Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Someone had asked on devas recently and I just came across an > interesting gloss on the derivation of the word deva. > > According to monosyllabic dictionaries which

[FairfieldLife] Re: Attendance in Recert Course

2007-01-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **snip** > > I last taught someone when my son learned his > sitting technique in 2001, but as divine as that > day was, I don't aspire to teach again. > > If I had a room I could devote to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Clerk of Jyotirmath?

2007-01-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **snip** > > Shatananda was declared "unqualified" because he was a cook, basically. The fact that he > was Gurudev's oldest disciple didn't matter to the scholars. > **snip to end** Shantanand was

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's 'goofy'? idea on karma!

2007-01-11 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **snip** > > Only Leisha Vidya ("the remains of the yagya" -- after the burning > of the offerings) remains. Only enough of "ignorance" for there to > be activity, but it does not overwhelm th

[FairfieldLife] Just a story

2007-01-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Rooting around my files I found the following email I sent to a good friend of mine several years back. It's a good story and I always appreciate it when people on FFL post about where they live and what it's like. So I thought I'd share this one with you all. ** 7/7/04 Sunday I saw three bear

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiet Trains Update

2007-01-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Sal, this is way outside my field. Seems unlikely, however, that one non-profit could extend its charter and provide an umbrella for another organization's fundraising project. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:12 PM, Rick

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey, was Guru Dev in CC or GC or UC???? Acording to MMY-CC!

2007-01-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:04 PM, wmurphy77 wrote: > > > In Love and God MMY proclaims Guru Dev had reached the "Cosmic > > Consciousness'the perfect expression of 'Purnamadah > > purnamidam'. Now

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey, was Guru Dev in CC or GC or UC???? Acording to MMY-CC!

2007-01-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **snip** The real significence of his > Bhagavad Gita is that "Awareness in the state of Being alone makes the > whole field of devotion real", this is significent! (page 7 Preface) > > The state of B

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey, was Guru Dev in CC or GC or UC???? Acording to MMY-CC!

2007-01-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **snip** > > He does mention bhakti, but it's more *transcendental bhakti* and is > present in the transitional refinement of GC. In other words it's not > 'falling down in the street with your tambouri

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey, was Guru Dev in CC or GC or UC???? Acording to MMY-CC!

2007-01-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >**snip** > > True, in man, it is limited in its expression, ("The silence which is > experienced in cosmic consciousness, and which separates the Self from > activity, is on an *infinitely* smaller

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey, was Guru Dev in CC or GC or UC???? Acording to MMY-CC!

2007-01-16 Thread Marek Reavis
;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Jan 16, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > > > Comment below: > > > > > > ** > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoog

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey, was Guru Dev in CC or GC or UC???? Acording to MMY-CC!

2007-01-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **snip** > > I suspect one can experience *any* emotion, strong or > otherwise, in enlightenment, because the emotion *is* > enlightenment, as is everything else the enlightened > being experiences. T

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment sexist?

2007-01-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Hey, Sparaig, what is the background on the moniker, Sparaig? Sparrow is cool and seemingly related to Sparaig, but I've always been puzzled by it. If you don't mind my asking, that is. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment sexist?

2007-01-17 Thread Marek Reavis
y two children that sankalpa had faded by the time of their arrival. They still got stuck with odd names, though, just not Middle Earth ones. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment sexist?

2007-01-17 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **snip** > > Luckily enough for my two children that sankalpa had faded by the > > time of their arrival. They still got stuck with odd names, though, > > just not Middle Earth ones. > > Not as odd as Moon Unit and Dw

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment sexist?

2007-01-17 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > **snip** > > Not as odd as Moon Unit and Dweezil, I hope. That's > > what Frank Zappa named his kids. :-) > > Moon dropped the second part of her name--makes it much nicer. But if > you think those are awful, you o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment sexist?

2007-01-17 Thread Marek Reavis
You're right, of course, Sal. Just curious. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 17, 2007, at 1:26 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > > wrote: >

[FairfieldLife] An animation

2007-01-18 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwyuQbIb0Xs

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