[FairfieldLife] Tesla's Master Plan!

[Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com [FairfieldLife]]

Reading Elon Musk's forward thinking shown in Tesla's Master Plan gives me such 
great hope that I thought I’d share it! Enjoy!

With warm best wishes for a sustainable future,
Dick


https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux
Master Plan, Part Deux

Elon Musk July 20, 2016
The first master plan 

 that I wrote 10 years ago is now in the final stages of completion. It wasn't 
all that complicated and basically consisted of:

Create a low volume car, which would necessarily be expensive
Use that money to develop a medium volume car at a lower price
Use that money to create an affordable, high volume car
And...
Provide solar power. No kidding, this has literally been on our website for 10 
years.
The reason we had to start off with step 1 was that it was all I could afford 
to do with what I made from PayPal. I thought our chances of success were so 
low that I didn't want to risk anyone's funds in the beginning but my own. The 
list of successful car company startups is short. As of 2016, the number of 
American car companies that haven't gone bankrupt is a grand total of two: Ford 
and Tesla. Starting a car company is idiotic and an electric car company is 
idiocy squared.

Also, a low volume car means a much smaller, simpler factory, albeit with most 
things done by hand. Without economies of scale, anything we built would be 
expensive, whether it was an economy sedan or a sports car. While at least some 
people would be prepared to pay a high price for a sports car, no one was going 
to pay $100k for an electric Honda Civic, no matter how cool it looked.

Part of the reason I wrote the first master plan was to defend against the 
inevitable attacks Tesla would face accusing us of just caring about making 
cars for rich people, implying that we felt there was a shortage of sports car 
companies or some other bizarre rationale. Unfortunately, the blog didn't stop 
countless attack articles on exactly these grounds, so it pretty much 
completely failed that objective.

However, the main reason was to explain how our actions fit into a larger 
picture, so that they would seem less random. The point of all this was, and 
remains, accelerating the advent of sustainable energy, so that we can imagine 
far into the future and life is still good. That's what "sustainable" means. 
It's not some silly, hippy thing -- it matters for everyone.

By definition, we must at some point achieve a sustainable energy economy or we 
will run out of fossil fuels to burn and civilization will collapse. Given that 
we must get off fossil fuels anyway and that virtually all scientists agree 
that dramatically increasing atmospheric and oceanic carbon levels is insane, 
the faster we achieve sustainability, the better.

Here is what we plan to do to make that day come sooner:

Integrate Energy Generation and Storage
Create a smoothly integrated and beautiful solar-roof-with-battery product that 
just works, empowering the individual as their own utility, and then scale that 
throughout the world. One ordering experience, one installation, one service 
contact, one phone app.

We can't do this well if Tesla and SolarCity are different companies, which is 
why we need to combine and break down the barriers inherent to being separate 
companies. That they are separate at all, despite similar origins and pursuit 
of the same overarching goal of sustainable energy, is largely an accident of 
history. Now that Tesla is ready to scale Powerwall and SolarCity is ready to 
provide highly differentiated solar, the time has come to bring them together.

Expand to Cover the Major Forms of Terrestrial Transport
Today, Tesla addresses two relatively small segments of premium sedans and 
SUVs. With the Model 3, a future compact SUV and a new kind of pickup truck, we 
plan to address most of the consumer market. A lower cost vehicle than the 
Model 3 is unlikely to be necessary, because of the third part of the plan 
described below.

What really matters to accelerate a sustainable future is being able to scale 
up production volume as quickly as possible. That is why Tesla engineering has 
transitioned to focus heavily on designing the machine that makes the machine 
-- turning the factory itself into a product. A first principles physics 
analysis of automotive production suggests that somewhere between a 5 to 10 
fold improvement is achievable by version 3 on a roughly 2 year iteration 
cycle. The first Model 3 factory machine should be thought of as version 0.5, 
with version 1.0 probably in 2018.

In addition to consumer vehicles, there are two other types of electric vehicle 
needed: heavy-duty trucks and high passenger-density urban transport. Both are 
in the early stages of development at Tesla and should be ready for unveiling 
next year. We believe the Tesla Semi will deliver a substantial reduction in 
the cost of cargo transport, while 

[FairfieldLife] Chan Master Hsu Yun

[yifux...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

or Xu Hun, (1840 - 1959), became Enlightened at age 56 (he says in his 
autobiography), and he wrote this poem to commemorate the event: (Wiki)
 

 "A cup fell to the ground,
 with a sound clearly heard,
 As space was pulverized,
 The mad mind came to a stop".
 

 Shown here with Hsuan Hua on the right (1918 - 1995), my first Buddhist 
teacher.
 

 

 http://tinyurl.com/hwcqtx7 http://tinyurl.com/hwcqtx7
 

 

[FairfieldLife] Puppet master Schwartz...

[he...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]]

Interesting Soros (orig. Schwartz György [Hungarian pronunciation approx. 
dyoerdyi];
 in Hungary, family name comes first) quotes:
 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eRFTHD2CTg 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eRFTHD2CTg

 

 

 

 

 

[FairfieldLife] From Master Sheng Yen

[yifux...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Wisdom of Master Sheng Yen
  
 :http://www.dharmadrum.org/content/about/about2.aspx?sn=47

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan

[dhamiltony2k5]

This is extremely sound shastra to meditate and live by in life:
  —Are Meditators careful to live within the bounds of their circumstances, and 
to avoid involving themselves in business beyond their ability to manage; or in 
hazardous or speculative trade. Are they just in their dealings, and punctual 
in complying with their contracts and engagements; and in paying their debts 
seasonably? And where any give reasonable grounds for fear in these respects, 
is due care extended to them?
 

 Yes, and more virtuous life discipline and better sacrificing for spirituality
 towards a richer and truly more spiritual-based economy.
 -Buck in the Dome
 

 

 The Dr.D writes:  Yes, it was his deliberate strategy - If you, on the other 
hand, have discovered yet a faster route, I am all ears.
 

 mjackson74

 Which was a great way to set us all up since he also said TM was the fastest 
way to enlightenment.
 

 Subject:[FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?
 To:
 Date: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 1:22 AM
 Only
 a Miracle?  No, a change of spiritual value.
  .
 
 The
 whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Nothing else
 is
 significant compared to that completely natural, exalted
 state
 of consciousness.
 So always strive for that. Set your life around
 that goal. Don't get caught up
 in small things, and then it will
 be yours. 
 
 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogiyes, “Expansion of
 happiness is the purpose of life, and evolution is the
 process by
 which it is fulfilled. Life begins in a natural way, it
 evolves, and
 happiness expands. The expansion of happiness carries with
 it the
 growth of intelligence, power, creativity and everything
 that may be
 said to be of significance in life.” -The
 Science of Being and Art of Living -Maharishi Mahesh
 Yogi [1963]

 salyavin808
 writes: But I always admire optimism .
 .punditster
 writes:There's
 probably only one thing that can save the poor people in
 Ukraine 
- a miracle. Go figure. . 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[dhamiltony2k5]

Yes, and more virtuous life discipline and better sacrificing for spirituality
 towards a richer and truly more spiritual-based economy.
 -Buck in the Dome
 

 

 The Dr.D writes:  Yes, it was his deliberate strategy - If you, on the other 
hand, have discovered yet a faster route, I am all ears.
 

 mjackson74

 Which was a great way to set us all up since he also said TM was the fastest 
way to enlightenment.
 

 Subject:[FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?
 To:
 Date: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 1:22 AM
 Only
 a Miracle?  No, a change of spiritual value.
  .
 
 The
 whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Nothing else
 is
 significant compared to that completely natural, exalted
 state
 of consciousness.
 So always strive for that. Set your life around
 that goal. Don't get caught up
 in small things, and then it will
 be yours. 
 
 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogiyes, “Expansion of
 happiness is the purpose of life, and evolution is the
 process by
 which it is fulfilled. Life begins in a natural way, it
 evolves, and
 happiness expands. The expansion of happiness carries with
 it the
 growth of intelligence, power, creativity and everything
 that may be
 said to be of significance in life.” -The
 Science of Being and Art of Living -Maharishi Mahesh
 Yogi [1963]
 salyavin808
 writes: But I always admire optimism .
 .punditster
 writes:There's
 probably only one thing that can save the poor people in
 Ukraine 
- a miracle. Go figure. . 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[Michael Jackson]

I am in fact an Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull fan.I am particularly partial to his 
Divinities CD, from whence this clip comes called In the Times of India




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3T1yN_9rcE









On Sat, 3/1/14, steve.sun...@yahoo.com steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: 
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: 
Saturday, March 1, 2014, 4:05 AM       Hey MJ, I've haven't been following 
things too closely, but I gathered you were/are a JT fan.  Kinda makes sense 
now!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCyC1dZiN8feature=kp ---In 
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Which was a great way to 
set us all up since he also said TM was the fastest way to enlightenment. 
  On Sat, 3/1/14, dhamiltony2k5@... 
dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan? To: 
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 1:22 AM Only a 
Miracle?  No, a change of spiritual value.  . The whole purpose of life is to 
gain enlightenment. Nothing else is significant compared to that completely 
natural, exalted state of consciousness. So
 always strive for that. Set your life around that goal. Don't get caught up in 
small things, and then it will be yours.  - Maharishi Mahesh Yogiyes, 
“Expansion of happiness is the purpose of life, and evolution is the process by 
which it is fulfilled.  Life begins in a natural way, it evolves, and happiness 
expands.  The expansion of happiness carries with it the growth of 
intelligence, power, creativity and everything that may be said to be of 
significance in life.”  -The Science of Being and Art of Living  -Maharishi 
Mahesh Yogi [1963] salyavin808 writes: But I always admire optimism . 
.punditster writes:There's probably only one thing that can save the poor 
people in Ukraine  - a miracle. Go figure.                  
                
                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                
                                           
                                                            
     

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[doctordumbass]

WOW -- I had no idea about his musical progress, since he was with that back-up 
band, Jethro Tull (Hey, which one is Jethro Tull??). They were excellent, but 
he is a real force of nature. I recognized his flute tone, rhythm, and style, 
immediately, though I really like his vocals, too. Thanks for sharing this - 
Perhaps your answer, to what is faster for enlightenment.:-)

[FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[salyavin808]

I'd get some sidha's out there fast if I was you: 

 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/gunmen-crimean-airports-ukraine 
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/gunmen-crimean-airports-ukraine

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[Michael Jackson]

some folks on here claim the ones taking over in the Ukraine ARE sidhas - I 
believe Nabby said something about Marshy's master plan

On Fri, 2/28/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Friday, February 28, 2014, 7:09 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
   
   I'd get some sidha's out there fast if I
 was you:
 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/gunmen-crimean-airports-ukraine
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[Richard J. Williams]

On 2/28/2014 1:09 PM, salyavin808 wrote:
 I'd get some sidha's out there fast if I was you:
 
Never pass up a human tragedy to prove a political point. Even if they 
had some sidhas over there the people of Ukraine screwed, any way you 
look at it - SCREWED. That's what I think.

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[Michael Jackson]

Ha! I just worked out where the name Salyavin comes from! I'm slow.

On Fri, 2/28/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Friday, February 28, 2014, 7:09 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
   
   I'd get some sidha's out there fast if I
 was you:
 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/gunmen-crimean-airports-ukraine
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[salyavin808]

Is that irony? I can't tell with you. 

 It wasn't me claiming that all the people who got shot in the head last week 
were a sign of a rising tide of positivity in the world as predicted by Marshy. 
I thought it was BS both in concept and execution.
 

 I think the people of Ukraine are screwed too but I don't think it's a bit of 
unstressing for a greater final good. War never is, it's just humans doing what 
they are extremely good at.
 

 But I always admire optimism and hope to be wrong.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote:

 On 2/28/2014 1:09 PM, salyavin808 wrote:
  I'd get some sidha's out there fast if I was you:
 
 Never pass up a human tragedy to prove a political point. Even if they 
 had some sidhas over there the people of Ukraine screwed, any way you 
 look at it - SCREWED. That's what I think.

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[Michael Jackson]

Rich is just whacked out - and even tho he appears to be from Texas, he is not 
typical of Southerners - most of us are not nearly so crazy.

On Fri, 2/28/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Friday, February 28, 2014, 10:50 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
   
   Is that irony? I can't tell with you.
 It wasn't me claiming that all the people who
 got shot in the head last week were a sign of a rising tide
 of positivity in the world as predicted by Marshy. I thought
 it was BS both in concept and execution.
 I think the people of Ukraine are screwed too but
 I don't think it's a bit of unstressing for a
 greater final good. War never is, it's just humans doing
 what they are extremely good at.
 But I always admire optimism and hope to be
 wrong.
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@...
 wrote:
 
 On 2/28/2014 1:09
 PM, salyavin808 wrote:
   I'd get some
 sidha's out there fast if I was you:
 
 
 
 Never pass up a human tragedy to prove a
 political point. Even if they 
 
 had some sidhas over there the people of Ukraine screwed,
 any way you 
 
 look at it - SCREWED. That's what I
 think.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[Richard J. Williams]

   Never pass up a human tragedy to prove a political point. Even if 
they had some
   sidhas over there the people of Ukraine screwed, any way you look 
at it - SCREWED.
   That's what I think.
  
On 2/28/2014 5:00 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:
 Rich is just whacked out - and even tho he appears to be from Texas, 
 he is not typical of Southerners - most of us are not nearly so crazy.
 
There's probably not a single person in Texas that thinks the Ukrainians 
are anything but screwed. Your people may see things differently - let 
us know if you think things are going to get better over there.

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[Richard J. Williams]

On 2/28/2014 4:50 PM, salyavin808 wrote:
 But I always admire optimism and hope to be wrong.
 
There's probably only one thing that can save the poor people in Ukraine 
- a miracle. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[dhamiltony2k5]

yes, 
 “Expansion of happiness is the purpose of life, and evolution is the process 
by which it is fulfilled. Life begins in a natural way, it evolves, and 
happiness expands. The expansion of happiness carries with it the growth of 
intelligence, power, creativity and everything that may be said to be of 
significance in life.” -The Science of Being and Art of Living -Maharishi 
Mahesh Yogi [1963]
 

 salyavin808 writes: 
 But I always admire optimism . .
 punditster writes:
 There's probably only one thing that can save the poor people in Ukraine 
 - a miracle. Go figure.
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[dhamiltony2k5]

Only a Miracle?  No, a change of spiritual value.  .
 

 The whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Nothing else is
significant compared to that completely natural, exalted state of consciousness.
So always strive for that. Set your life around that goal. Don't get caught up
in small things, and then it will be yours. 
 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

 yes, 
 “Expansion of happiness is the purpose of life, and evolution is the process 
by which it is fulfilled. Life begins in a natural way, it evolves, and 
happiness expands. The expansion of happiness carries with it the growth of 
intelligence, power, creativity and everything that may be said to be of 
significance in life.” -The Science of Being and Art of Living -Maharishi 
Mahesh Yogi [1963]
 

 salyavin808 writes: 
 But I always admire optimism . .
 punditster writes:
 There's probably only one thing that can save the poor people in Ukraine 
 - a miracle. Go figure.
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[Michael Jackson]

Which was a great way to set us all up since he also said TM was the fastest 
way to enlightenment.

On Sat, 3/1/14, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 1:22 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
   
   Only
 a Miracle?  No, a change of spiritual value.
  .
 
   The
 whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Nothing else
 is
 significant compared to that completely natural, exalted
 state
 of consciousness.
 So always strive for that. Set your life around
 that goal. Don't get caught up
 in small things, and then it will
 be yours. 
 
 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogiyes, “Expansion of
 happiness is the purpose of life, and evolution is the
 process by
 which it is fulfilled.  Life begins in a natural way, it
 evolves, and
 happiness expands.  The expansion of happiness carries with
 it the
 growth of intelligence, power, creativity and everything
 that may be
 said to be of significance in life.”  -The
 Science of Being and Art of Living  -Maharishi Mahesh
 Yogi [1963]
 salyavin808
 writes: But I always admire optimism .
 .punditster
 writes:There's
 probably only one thing that can save the poor people in
 Ukraine 
 
 - a miracle. Go figure.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[steve.sundur]

Hey MJ, I've haven't been following things too closely, but I gathered you 
were/are a JT fan.  Kinda makes sense now!
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCyC1dZiN8feature=kp 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCyC1dZiN8feature=kp

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote:

 Which was a great way to set us all up since he also said TM was the fastest 
way to enlightenment.
 
 On Sat, 3/1/14, dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@... 
mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
 
 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 1:22 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Only
 a Miracle?  No, a change of spiritual value.
  .
 
 The
 whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Nothing else
 is
 significant compared to that completely natural, exalted
 state
 of consciousness.
 So always strive for that. Set your life around
 that goal. Don't get caught up
 in small things, and then it will
 be yours. 
 
 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogiyes, “Expansion of
 happiness is the purpose of life, and evolution is the
 process by
 which it is fulfilled. Life begins in a natural way, it
 evolves, and
 happiness expands. The expansion of happiness carries with
 it the
 growth of intelligence, power, creativity and everything
 that may be
 said to be of significance in life.” -The
 Science of Being and Art of Living -Maharishi Mahesh
 Yogi [1963]
 salyavin808
 writes: But I always admire optimism .
 .punditster
 writes:There's
 probably only one thing that can save the poor people in
 Ukraine 
 
 - a miracle. Go figure. 

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?

[doctordumbass]

Yes, it was his deliberate strategy - If you, on the other hand, have 
discovered yet a faster route, I am all ears.
 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote:

 Which was a great way to set us all up since he also said TM was the fastest 
way to enlightenment.
 
 On Sat, 3/1/14, dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@... 
mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
 
 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Master Plan?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 1:22 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Only
 a Miracle?  No, a change of spiritual value.
  .
 
 The
 whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Nothing else
 is
 significant compared to that completely natural, exalted
 state
 of consciousness.
 So always strive for that. Set your life around
 that goal. Don't get caught up
 in small things, and then it will
 be yours. 
 
 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogiyes, “Expansion of
 happiness is the purpose of life, and evolution is the
 process by
 which it is fulfilled. Life begins in a natural way, it
 evolves, and
 happiness expands. The expansion of happiness carries with
 it the
 growth of intelligence, power, creativity and everything
 that may be
 said to be of significance in life.” -The
 Science of Being and Art of Living -Maharishi Mahesh
 Yogi [1963]
 salyavin808
 writes: But I always admire optimism .
 .punditster
 writes:There's
 probably only one thing that can save the poor people in
 Ukraine 
 
 - a miracle. Go figure. 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Master Sha's Blessings

[Yifu]

Cult alert!
http://forum.rickross.com/read.php?12,57321

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote:

 Master Zhi Gang Sha in Mumbai
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgjDj1DFGyw

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ravi, master of nothing! Happy returns to you!

[Ravi Chivukula]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:24 AM, obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 **


 Dear Ravi,
 Master of nothing, all that is too, do you feel the world below your feet?
 (airborne)
 Can you give us a hello from the transcendental street?
 Hope your travels are safe and fun!

 -Obbajeeba (did I spell that correct?)


Thank you dear Obba - Ravi, the master of bullshit is back. I just slept
and watched 3 movies while being airborne. My most favorite line from one
of the movies - To Rome with Love - Ellen Page - to paraphrase - he is not
a sufferer, one who feels the agonies of the existence.



  

[FairfieldLife] Ravi, master of nothing! Happy returns to you!

[obbajeeba]

Dear Ravi,
Master of nothing, all that is too, do you feel the world below your feet?  
(airborne)   
Can you give us a hello from the transcendental street? 
Hope your travels are safe and fun!

-Obbajeeba (did I spell that correct?)

[FairfieldLife] The Master opens

[Bhairitu]

P T Anderson's much awaited film The Master, a nod to L Ron Hubbard, 
opened in the US today.  Unfortunately it didn't open at the nearby 
theater.  It opened at the barn art house but I may go to their other 
newer theater a few miles away to see it.  Haven't been to a movie in a 
theater since Prometheus.  They showed mostly dumb Hollywood junk all 
summer.  Cheaper to rent those for $1.50 on Bluray at Redbox.

[FairfieldLife] The Master

[salyavin808]

Here's one to look out for:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/sep/02/the-master-review

Might even tempt me into a cinema but my town has only
multiplexes and movies that get 5* in the Grauniad
don't often get to be shown in front of the hotdog
slurping masses. Shame as Scientology is most
interesting, wonder what the devotees in Hollywood
will make of it.

[FairfieldLife] Relationships: master-disciple or guru-groupie?

[turquoiseb]

The odd story passed along recently by Nabby about Brahmananda Saraswati
passing his jiva along to Maharishi got me thinking. It wasn't the
ludicrousness of the story itself that left me thinking WTF could this
German guy be thinking? Instead, it seemed very *clear* what the German
guy was thinking.

He was thinking, My guru's status has been questioned. Can't have that.
Because if he is seen as less than 'special,' then *I* will be seen as
less than 'special.'

In other words, he was thinking like a groupie.

Springboarding off of this in this canal-side cafe, I've been thinking
back to any number of teacher-student relationships I've seen over the
years in the spiritual smorgasbord, and *how many* of them seem to be
more accurately defined by the guru-groupie dynamic than by anything
else.

First, there is the issue of access to the teacher. If the students only
see the teacher rarely, and then only to formally (and meekly...oh so
meekly) give him a flower or bow to him in passing, how close is their
relationship to him, really? Isn't it really more of a groupie
relationship than anything else?

Second, there is the question of whether the student has any strong
sense of identity *on his or her own*. In the vast majority of
teacher-student relationships I was able to remember, the answer to this
is almost always No. The student's self worth is measured by how
special the teacher can be made to appear. Again, it's a rock
star-groupie dynamic. The groupie's status or value is measured by how
big a crowd the teacher draws, or by stories told about his prowess at
teaching or his ability to perform miracles.

It's this second issue that leaves me thinking that the traditional
master-disciple relationship as passed to us from the East, and which
even appears in Western traditions, is ALL WRONG, and detrimental to
both student and teacher.

I watched one teacher start out right, refusing to allow his students to
treat him like most other spiritual teachers, and instead call him their
friend rather than their teacher or guru. But over time he began to
give in to their demands for a teacher-groupie relationship, and he
became more and more of a traditional authoritarian,
gotta-run-all-aspects-of-my-students'-lives guru. His life ended badly,
and when he died the majority of his students who were still studying
with him (I wasn't) were left still without any identity of their own,
because everything in their lives had been about gaining groupie status
within an organization devoted to the special teacher.

The funny thing is that even Maharishi knew of the perils of the
guru-groupie relationship. Or did at one time. Literally the first time
I ever saw him, at the Greek Theater in L.A. in 1967, he said something
wise. Someone in the audience asked him for personal advice, and he
refused to give it, saying, If I tell you what to do in this situation,
what will you do when the next situation comes up? You'll ask me what to
do again. If I tell you what to do, I will in effect have made you
*weaker*, not stronger. Good answer. Maharishi should have walked his
own talk, instead of becoming pretty much the model for the guru-groupie
dynamic, trying to run every aspect of his students' lives. Look at
what's left of the students who got groupie close to him while he was
alive. Do they appear *strong* to you, with strong spiritual identities
of their own? Or do they still feed off of stories of their time with
Maharishi, and how they once almost got close enough to touch the hem of
his dhoti, and how special he was because fill in the blanks here?

I think the problem is not with the individual teachers but with the
teaching model itself. I think that the ideal of the master-disciple
relationship is fatally flawed, and always has been. It may serve a
purpose, for young, naive students who feel the need to be led by
someone more special than themselves, but I see it as a dynamic that
rarely, if ever, inspires students to become special themselves.
Instead, they tend to remain groupies for the rest of their lives.

I don't think it needs to be like this. I think there are better models
for teacher-student relationships.

I got to see one recently. A good friend of mine in England studies
Buddhism with an interesting teacher. He's a traditional Tibetan
Buddhist, but at the same time *very* non-traditional. He refuses to
wear Tibetan robes. He refuses to allow his students to treat him as
special in any way, and tells them if they have to have a name for
what he is to them, it should be friend, not teacher. His
organization is small, and he plans to keep it that way. The
organization itself doesn't even have a name, because he doesn't want
people to develop a sense of elitism around being Name-ists.

Mainly they hang out together and perform works of charity and selfless
giving and discuss ideas. When they do the latter, everyone is expected
to produce their *own* ideas, in their *own* words. Parroting what he
said in the past 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Relationships: master-disciple or guru-groupie?

[Share Long]

Hi Barry,
Thanks for posting this.  Dare I say, very interesting (-:


In the unhealed parts of myself, I recognize the tendency to project onto 
others.  Childhood issues, etc.  And as one teacher said, to the extent we 
project our negative stuff onto others, to that extent we'll project our 
positive aspects also.  


I think a good teacher is aware of this and has skills for dealing with it in a 
healthy way.  In fact, this is a great skill for anyone to have especially if 
they are in an intimate partnership (perfect opportunity for projection), or in 
a close friendship.  


Or even if they're all alone.  There's a fun story about a sanyasi in a cave 
with only a loin cloth and begging bowl in his possession.  After a few months, 
his bowl starts to look less and less wonderful.  Until one day he throws it 
against the wall saying, You just don't understand me!

The point is again, we're always projecting our inner world out onto the outer 
world even if our outer world is sparse.  It's comes with the territory of 
being human.  If we've got unhealed childhood stuff, it's gonna keep coming up 
for healing.  


It could be that as a species we've moved beyond the teacher disciple 
relationship.  Or maybe it's a cultural difference.  In any case, I've heard 
that Francis Lucille also uses the word friend to describe himself.


Anyway, I'm happy for you that you met such a wonderful group of people.  Any 
chance any of them would join us here?  That would be very cool.

One question about them:  how are conflicts handled?  I've noticed in my own 
relationships that it's all hunky dory until it's not.  The acid test for any 
relationship IMHO is how do they get along when they're notgetting along?
Share




 From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 3:46 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Relationships: master-disciple or guru-groupie?
 

  
The odd story passed along recently by Nabby about Brahmananda Saraswati
passing his jiva along to Maharishi got me thinking. It wasn't the
ludicrousness of the story itself that left me thinking WTF could this
German guy be thinking? Instead, it seemed very *clear* what the German
guy was thinking.

He was thinking, My guru's status has been questioned. Can't have that.
Because if he is seen as less than 'special,' then *I* will be seen as
less than 'special.'

In other words, he was thinking like a groupie.

Springboarding off of this in this canal-side cafe, I've been thinking
back to any number of teacher-student relationships I've seen over the
years in the spiritual smorgasbord, and *how many* of them seem to be
more accurately defined by the guru-groupie dynamic than by anything
else.

First, there is the issue of access to the teacher. If the students only
see the teacher rarely, and then only to formally (and meekly...oh so
meekly) give him a flower or bow to him in passing, how close is their
relationship to him, really? Isn't it really more of a groupie
relationship than anything else?

Second, there is the question of whether the student has any strong
sense of identity *on his or her own*. In the vast majority of
teacher-student relationships I was able to remember, the answer to this
is almost always No. The student's self worth is measured by how
special the teacher can be made to appear. Again, it's a rock
star-groupie dynamic. The groupie's status or value is measured by how
big a crowd the teacher draws, or by stories told about his prowess at
teaching or his ability to perform miracles.

It's this second issue that leaves me thinking that the traditional
master-disciple relationship as passed to us from the East, and which
even appears in Western traditions, is ALL WRONG, and detrimental to
both student and teacher.

I watched one teacher start out right, refusing to allow his students to
treat him like most other spiritual teachers, and instead call him their
friend rather than their teacher or guru. But over time he began to
give in to their demands for a teacher-groupie relationship, and he
became more and more of a traditional authoritarian,
gotta-run-all-aspects-of-my-students'-lives guru. His life ended badly,
and when he died the majority of his students who were still studying
with him (I wasn't) were left still without any identity of their own,
because everything in their lives had been about gaining groupie status
within an organization devoted to the special teacher.

The funny thing is that even Maharishi knew of the perils of the
guru-groupie relationship. Or did at one time. Literally the first time
I ever saw him, at the Greek Theater in L.A. in 1967, he said something
wise. Someone in the audience asked him for personal advice, and he
refused to give it, saying, If I tell you what to do in this situation,
what will you do when the next situation comes up? You'll ask me what to
do again. If I tell you what to do, I will in effect have made you

[FairfieldLife] The Master trailers

[Bhairitu]

Since cults are a favorite topic here (to say the least) here are a 
couple trailers from the Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)  
forthcoming film with Philip Seymour Hoffman playing L. Ron Hubbard and 
Joaquin Phoenix a follower.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WTM8eO1Oec

The just released 2nd trailer:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/filmvideo/cinema-trailers/9342342/Trailer-for-Paul-Thomas-Andersons-The-Master-appears-online.html

Chatter on!

[FairfieldLife] Arjuna-Master (symbolic of) the third Chakra, Self discipline!

[wgm4u]

Only when we unfold the potentials of the 5 lower chakras (synonymous with the 
5 Pandus in the Bhagavad Gita) can we truly over-come the shortcomings of the 
Ego (I.E. Pride, Lust, Anger and Greed).

This is why MMY called it the Spiritual *Regeneration* Movement initially. It 
is the unfoldment (regeneration) of these 'powers' locked in the chakras that 
makes enlightenment possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9WndBBdq4M


Maharishi lecture and the significance of the chakras:  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HHkXoH97r0feature=g-all-ucontext=G2515455FEAA

[FairfieldLife] Venerable Master Hsuan Hua on the Demon Hordes from Space

[Yifu]

from the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas website - the Flower Adornment Sutra, 
commentary by Hsuan Hua:

When you have advanced to a certain level in your cultivation, the demons will 
come to test you out, to see if you have any skill.

Demons come to polish the True Way;
Those on the True Way have to endure demons.
The more you're polished, the brighter you become;
The brighter you get, the more you must be polished.
You'll be polished until you're like the autumn moon,
Illumining all the demon hordes from space.
When the demon hordes are scattered,
The original Buddha manifests.

Cultivators should not fear demons. Demons just come to test you to see if you 
have gongfu [spiritual skill]. Right now there are many demons coming to test 
all of you: heavenly demons, earthly demons, human demons, ghostly demons, and 
demons of sickness. They are testing you to see if you are genuine or phony. If 
you are phony, the demons will leave you alone. If you are genuine, the demons 
will be subdued and will also leave you alone. It's only to be feared that you 
are partly genuine and partly phony. Then the demons will advance some and 
retreat some. They will get close to you, then draw away from you, then get 
close again, always hanging around you. Though they hang around, you need not 
be afraid. You can either become more genuine, or become more phony.

[FairfieldLife] The Master at work

[Yifu]

Featuring Ernst Fuchs:
http://visionaryartgallery.weebly.com/ernst-fuchs.html

[FairfieldLife] A Master to be

[nablusoss1008]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrfvP11Hbo

[FairfieldLife] Dharma Master Cheng Yen

[Yifu]

Featured in TIME as one of the 100 most influential people.
http://tw.tzuchi.org/en/index.php?option=com_contentview=sectionlayout=blogid=13Itemid=197lang=en

[FairfieldLife] Chan Master Hsu Yun Calif. prairie dog

[Yifu Xero]

Subject: Chan Master Hsu Yun  Calif. prairie dog


From Wiki, re: (Hsu Yun, Guru of Chan Master Hsuan Hua and grand-Guru of Chan 
Master Sheng Yen):
  
Though Chán is less well known in the West compared to Japanese Zen, the 
teachings of Hsu Yun have persisted within Asia, and he is still a major figure 
of Pure Land Buddhism in East Asia. Outside of China, the influence of his 
teachings is strongest in Southeast Asia, particularly in Vietnam and Myanmar, 
as well as the Americas, where his teachings were transmitted through well 
known 
monastic students such as Venerable Hsuan Hua and Venerable Jy Din Shakya and 
Venerable Fo Yuan.





Chan Master Sheng Yen, granddisciple of Hsu Yun; 
http://www.chancenter.org/


 




California prairie dog.


  

[FairfieldLife] Re: Master the Three Gunas

[cardemaister]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral no_reply@... wrote:

 The Three Gunas: The Metaphysical Grounding of Physical Reality
 
 By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya
 
 
 The empirical reality that we perceive around us is composed of matter. 
 Whether we are referring to the buildings we reside in, the many possessions 
 we strive for, or the very bodies with which we so intimately identify, all 
 objects are composed of the prakriti, or the prime material energy, of God. 
 Of the many qualities that are discernible in prakriti (matter), the 
 essential feature encountered is that of transience. Matter is in a constant 
 state of flux, a continual cycle of becoming, being and dissolution. Thus 
 everything that we perceive around us, though seemingly stable, ultimately is 
 destined to cease existing.
 
 Prakriti, herself, 

FOI, the *grammatical* gender of the word prakRti is, well,  
feminine...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Master the Three Gunas

[Tom Pall]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:39 AM, cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote:


 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral no_reply@... wrote:
 
  The Three Gunas: The Metaphysical Grounding of Physical Reality
 
  By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya
 
 
  The empirical reality that we perceive around us is composed of matter.
 Whether we are referring to the buildings we reside in, the many possessions
 we strive for, or the very bodies with which we so intimately identify, all
 objects are composed of the prakriti, or the prime material energy, of God.
 Of the many qualities that are discernible in prakriti (matter), the
 essential feature encountered is that of transience. Matter is in a constant
 state of flux, a continual cycle of becoming, being and dissolution. Thus
 everything that we perceive around us, though seemingly stable, ultimately
 is destined to cease existing.
 
  Prakriti, herself,

 FOI, the *grammatical* gender of the word prakRti is, well,
 feminine...



Thus the saying Men have their will but women get their way holds true
again.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Master the Three Gunas

[emptybill]

Rick,

Why is this group proselytizing us on this forum?



Didn't check them out? They are a Gaudiya offshoot of one of the
organizations affiliated and aligned with the Hare Krishna-s.



While these posts here are expository in content by this teacher they
are not discussions with other members. They are lectures and sermons by
an outside organization that is philosophically opposed to the Kevala
Advaita Vedanta of Adi-Shankara and to SBS and MMY.



Some of his content may be worth reading but it has no place here.


**


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral no_reply@...
wrote:

 The Three Gunas: The Metaphysical Grounding of Physical Reality

 By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya


 The empirical reality that we perceive around us is composed of
matter. Whether we are referring to the buildings we reside in, the many
possessions we strive for, or the very bodies with which we so
intimately identify, all objects are composed of the prakriti, or the
prime material energy, of God. Of the many qualities that are
discernible in prakriti (matter), the essential feature encountered is
that of transience. Matter is in a constant state of flux, a continual
cycle of becoming, being and dissolution. Thus everything that we
perceive around us, though seemingly stable, ultimately is destined to
cease existing.

 Prakriti, herself, is not a purely undifferentiated field of
substance. Prakriti consists of a substratum of three different modes,
each one dependent upon the other two for their mutual existence and
proper functioning. These three modes of prakriti, or material energy,
are also known as the three gunas, which in Sanskrit (the ancient,
sacred language of Sanatana Dharma) means 'qualities' or 'modes'


 VISIT HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS INFORMATIVE ARTICLE:

 http://www.dharmacentral.com/forum/content.php?19-Three-Gunas



 Please forward this information to all sincere spiritual seekers.


 Aum Shanti Shanti Shanti

[FairfieldLife] Medicine Master Buddha

[Yifu Xero]

http://www.cttbusa.org/medicine_master_buddha/medicinemaster.asp


  

[FairfieldLife] A Master of Masters speaks

[nablusoss1008]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNn90ZzuNX8

[FairfieldLife] Climategate Master Criminal received $22.6 Million!

[BillyG]

 Climategate Master Criminal Phil Jones Collected $22.6
Million in Grants
http://www.infowars.com/climategate-master-criminal-phil-jones-collecte\
d-22-6-million-in-grants/


Ice Age Now
http://www.iceagenow.com/Phil_Jones_has_collected_$22_million_in_grants\
.htm
November 28, 2009
  [featured stories   Climategate Master Criminal Phil Jones Collected
$22.6 Million in Grants]
  [murray]   [featured stories   Climategate Master Criminal Phil Jones
Collected $22.6 Million in Grants]

Phil Jones can't remember what he meant by hiding the
decline.



Excerpts from a post by Michael Shedlock – It's now
official. Much of the hype about global warming is nothing but a
complete scam. The global warming thesis was completely fabricated.

Inquiring minds are reading  Hacked: Hadley CRU FOI2009 Files
http://motls.blogspot.com/2009/11/hacked-hadley-cru-foi2009-files.html#\
more  on The Reference Frame by Luboš  Motl, a physicist from
the Czech Republic.

So far, the most interesting file I found in  the
documents directory is  pdj_grant_since1990.xls
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ah4XLQCleuUYdFIxMnhMNnlXb2JQcDZ\
UendjUXpWWUEhl=en  which shows that since 1990, Phil Jones has
collected a staggering 13.7 million British pounds ($22.6 million) in
grants.

Phil Jones, the main criminal according to this correspondence, has
personally confirmed that the website was hacked and that the documents
are authentic. See  Briefing Room
http://briefingroom.typepad.com/the_briefing_room/2009/11/hadleycru-say\
s-leaked-data-is-real.html .

He says that he can't remember what he meant by
hiding the decline. Well, let me teach him some English.
First, dictionaries say that  hide
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hide  means

1. to conceal from sight; prevent from being seen or  discovered:
Where

did she hide her jewels?

2. to obstruct the view of; cover up: The sun was hidden  by the
clouds.

3. to conceal from knowledge or exposure; keep secret: to  hide
one's feelings.

4. to conceal oneself; lie concealed: He hid in the  closet.

* A d v e r t i s e m e n t
*  [efoods] 
http://www.efoodsdirect.com/holidaySpecial.html?aid=13adid=14
5. British. a place of concealment for hunting or  observing
wildlife; hunting blind.
6. hide out, to go into or remain in hiding: After  breaking out of
jail, he hid out in a deserted farmhouse.

I wonder if Phil remembers the $22.6 million in grants. I wonder if he
remembers only those things that the IPCC wants him to
remember.

See entire great article, entitled Beware The  Ice Age Cometh:
Hackers Prove Global Warming Is A Scam

 
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/11/hackers-prove-global-\
warming-is-scam.html
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/11/hackers-prove-global\
-warming-is-scam.html

[FairfieldLife] Supreme Master Television, The Future of Education: Consciousness-Based Learning at Maharishi University Schools, part 2

[Rick Archer]

From a friend:
 


In this video it shows some of the campus at Maharishi University of
Management in Fairfield, IA where I was at for a year attending the world
peace meditation course.   Unfortunately it does not show the 2 geodesic
domes the meditating community would go to, every day, twice a day for the
group meditations.  But at least you will get a sense of what life is like
living in Fairfield, at least on the campus.  
 
The video highlights the committment of the university to a non-gmo,
completely organic vegetarian diet for the students and the community if
they choose to come to the student cafeteria to eat.  The cafeteria is now
housed in the brand new student union building built according to the
ancient science of vedic architechture.   I left before it was completed,
but it has been making some national headlines for being a very  green
sustainable building. 
 
The video was produced by an non-profit organization that promotes a
vegetarian lifestyle.  The person who heads up the organization is a lady
named Ching Hai, who is considered an enlightened Vietnamese  master.  I
have not met Her in person, but I've seen several videos and She seems to be
the real deal.  At the very leastShe seems to be  a very compassionate
individual.   There is a vegetarian resturant here in Houston, at Bellaire @
Wilcrest that is run by Her devotees.  All proceeds go to Her various
humanitarian projects.   
 
The video has translation overlays of different languages, which is a little
annoying but its apparently necessary to accomodate the audience from
different countries
 
Charles

Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 6:59 AM
There's a lot about the organic food served on the MUM campus in this video.


from Master Ching Hai 
 
This the second part is excellent!

http://www.suprememastertv.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=featured
http://www.suprememastertv.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=featuredwr_id=285ur
l=link2_1#v wr_id=285url=link2_1#v

The Future of Education: Consciousness - Based Learning at Maharishi
University  Schools Part 2  
 



 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Supreme Master Television, The Future of Education: Consciousness-Based Learning at Maharishi University Schools, part 2

[Sal Sunshine]

On Apr 28, 2009, at 9:20 PM, Rick Archer wrote:


From a friend:


One thing I've never quite understood...
why does everything always have to be
Supreme This or Supreme That?
Why all the superlatives?

Sal

[FairfieldLife] Tantric master breaks ice record in NYC

[feste37]

Yes, but what's the point?


Tantric master breaks ice record in NYC

Sun Jan 27, 2:03 PM ET

NEW YORK - A man who calls himself a tantric master broke his own
world record by standing engulfed in ice for 72 minutes.

Wim Hof, 48, stood on a Manhattan street in a clear container filled
with ice for an hour and 12 minutes Saturday.

Hof said he survives by controlling his body temperature through
tantric meditation. Tantra is an Eastern tradition of ritual and
meditation said to bring followers closer to their chosen deities.

Hof set the world record for full body ice contact endurance in 2004,
when he immersed himself in ice for an hour and eight minutes.

Hof's feat kicked off BRAINWAVE, a five-month series of events in New
York exploring how art, music, and meditation affect the brain.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tantric master breaks ice record in NYC

[Bhairitu]

feste37 wrote:
 Yes, but what's the point?


 Tantric master breaks ice record in NYC

 Sun Jan 27, 2:03 PM ET

 NEW YORK - A man who calls himself a tantric master broke his own
 world record by standing engulfed in ice for 72 minutes.

 Wim Hof, 48, stood on a Manhattan street in a clear container filled
 with ice for an hour and 12 minutes Saturday.

 Hof said he survives by controlling his body temperature through
 tantric meditation. Tantra is an Eastern tradition of ritual and
 meditation said to bring followers closer to their chosen deities.

 Hof set the world record for full body ice contact endurance in 2004,
 when he immersed himself in ice for an hour and eight minutes.

 Hof's feat kicked off BRAINWAVE, a five-month series of events in New
 York exploring how art, music, and meditation affect the brain.
He won't freeze to death if we go into a mini ice age.  :D  Most of this 
is done through mantras.  Some mantras can raise tejas, others lower it, 
etc.  It's all a part of tantra and you'll also find it in ayurveda 
where there are some useful applications.  No need to have a dosha 
imbalance if you can just correct it meditating with a special mantra.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tantric master breaks ice record in NYC

[Peter]

Ha! I had the same reaction, feste, when I read that
too.


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 Yes, but what's the point?
 
 
 Tantric master breaks ice record in NYC
 
 Sun Jan 27, 2:03 PM ET
 
 NEW YORK - A man who calls himself a tantric master
 broke his own
 world record by standing engulfed in ice for 72
 minutes.
 
 Wim Hof, 48, stood on a Manhattan street in a clear
 container filled
 with ice for an hour and 12 minutes Saturday.
 
 Hof said he survives by controlling his body
 temperature through
 tantric meditation. Tantra is an Eastern tradition
 of ritual and
 meditation said to bring followers closer to their
 chosen deities.
 
 Hof set the world record for full body ice contact
 endurance in 2004,
 when he immersed himself in ice for an hour and
 eight minutes.
 
 Hof's feat kicked off BRAINWAVE, a five-month series
 of events in New
 York exploring how art, music, and meditation affect
 the brain.
 
 
 
 
 
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[FairfieldLife] Sufi Master Musician + Rumi Poetry Fri. 8 PM, 51 N. Court

[Rick Archer]

Dear Friends,
Please join me and Oud Master Musician Erdogan from Istanbul who is  
here for one more performance only for a beautiful evening of classic  
sufi music and poetry of Rumi and other saints.

Erdogan is truly a master who blends sweetness and amazing skill to  
create music of deep emotion and spirituality. Together with some of  
the most divine poetry of Divine Love from the sufi writers, Rumi who  
is celebrating his 800th birthday, Hafiz, Kabir, Rabia, and Yunus  
Emre, the effect is pure joy.

Hope to see you this Friday 11/16 at 8PM at 51 N. Court, the  
Fellowship of the Holy Spirit Church.
Yours,

Stephen Harper
2304 Walton Lake Dr.
Fairfield, IA 52556
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[FairfieldLife] The Master Jesus

[nablusoss1008]

Dear Editor,
While working at the free literature table at the New York lecture 
on 28 July 2007 a young thirty-something African-American woman came 
up prior to the start of the event. She wore rimmed glasses and had 
a very light and free energy about her – as if she were dancing 
around on the inside. She was very interested in the photograph of 
Maitreya's Hand and asked me to explain it to her. As I explained 
about the Hand she picked up several copies and asked if she could 
take more than one. I said: Yes, take as many as you'd like. She 
seemed fascinated by what I was telling her and smiled constantly. 
She left the table and returned a short while later with an older 
African-American woman. In a child-like excitement she said: Tell 
her what you told me. So I picked up a copy of Maitreya's Hand and 
explained how it had appeared on a bathroom mirror in Barcelona, 
Spain, and how to use it by looking at it or placing your hand over 
it to invoke Maitreya's blessing or help, within the Law of Karma. I 
said it was a gift from Maitreya to us and that until we see His 
face it is the closest He can come to us. I also said: But this is 
very close. I use it all the time – nearly every day. She 
said: Really, every day? I said: Well, Maitreya did say to use 
this Hand for everything so I use if for things that I cannot do 
myself. I think that you should only ask a Master for something that 
you cannot do yourself so you are respecting the privilege of that 
help and not wasting the Master's energy. You can also use it to 
help other people. When I finished she looked at me with the most 
loving eyes and exclaimed beautiful! 
The rest of the evening there was a very high level of interest in 
Maitreya's Hand and I explained it to many people and gave away many 
copies. I also had a sense that I had a great amount of support. I 
was working at the free literature table by myself. There have been 
times at lectures past when dealing with that many people at once 
could become overwhelming. This time it did not. I was able to 
handle the crowd, the questions and the requests with great ease. I 
felt the energy and support of Maitreya and the Masters the entire 
time and it was a very joyful experience. I felt a strong love and 
connection to everyone who approached the table – as if they were 
all members of my family. Was the older woman Maitreya and the 
younger woman the Master Jesus?

A.S., Sound Beach, New York, USA.

(Benjamin Creme's Master confirms that the `younger woman' was the 
Master Jesus. The older woman was not a Master.)

http://www.sharintl.org

[FairfieldLife] The Master

[nablusoss1008]

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The Guru-Disciple Relationship

In this path of the Divine as it is the case in any other path of 
knowledge, the importance of the Master is the greatest. If you get a 
good Master, it takes you quickly, if not -- keep on going slowly, 
slowly and there is no end to it. The finding of a proper Master is 
all that an aspirant on the path of truth has to do -- just a proper 
Master, not only on the path of truth, even on the path of 
engineering or doctory (medicine) or psychology -- any of that -- the 
coming across a right Master, a right guide and almost the whole 
thing is done. Because, the finding of a Master means someone who 
tells you like that -- for the Divine is omnipresent. Omnipresent 
Divine, its nature blissful, so the bliss being omnipresent. How long 
a mind should take to get to it? Should not take long, but if you do 
not strike against the right Master, you keep on going round and 
round and round and you do not find anything.
In this field, when we leave here and find a proper Master, we just 
surrender to him, all body and mind, one-pointed in consciousness 
remains the individuality of the Master. No looking here or there, 
just at his feet obedience and obeisance. I know what a surrender to 
a Master is, because I have been through that. Once the surrender is 
done the work of spiritual quest is done.  It does not need anything 
more to be done.
You see, to meditate and transcend and get to the Being and come out 
and with this practice bringing the mind out to the field of outer 
gross life is one way of achieving cosmic consciousness. The path of 
surrender is another way. The path of surrender starts by tuning the 
mind with the mind of the Master. Tuning the mind with the mind of 
the Master means: Whatever he likes, I begin to like. I begin to 
forgo my liking if he wants me to go that way, I go that way. And 
having gone halfway if he wants me to turn, I turn. And again he 
wants me to go that way, I go that way. If he wants to return I 
return. Nothing of my will everything His will. This is how by 
foregoing our own likings and disliking, adjusting our mind to the 
mind of the Master, that is picked up by the disciple, and that is 
the most important thing. If he asks to do this, you do this. If gone 
halfway, he wants us to stop, we stop. You don't feel in the least 
that `Oh, so much effort has been put and now he wants me to stop!' --
 nothing like that. The way he turns, we turn, the way He likes, we 
like, the thing that He dislikes, we begin to dislike. This is how 
one begins to forego his liking and disliking and begins to tune his 
mind to the mind of his Master. In this line it is not the work that 
is important, it is the flow of His mind that is to be kept, and that 
is important. As the Master wants, so he moves, His likes and 
dislikes begin to become the likes and dislikes of the disciple. Like 
that he attunes his mind. When the mind of the disciple is completely 
tuned to the mind of the Master, then the thoughts of the Master 
become the thoughts of the disciple. The feelings of the Master 
become the feelings of the disciple and when that attunement is 
gained -- because the mind of the Master is cosmic consciousness -- 
the status of the mind of the disciple gets to that standard 
automatically. The relationship of the disciple and the Master is -- 
two bodies and one existence, two minds and one mind. Thus is how, 
because the natural state of the Master's mind is cosmic 
consciousness, the mind of the disciple is cultured to that state in 
a spontaneous, automatic manner. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

[FairfieldLife] 'The Master plays on lust and greed and power...'

[Robert Gimbel]

His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, plays on our lower nature's to transform them to higher ones...
Since everyone in our culture is brainwashed to seek more and more of the qualities of lust, greed and power, and the Icons of our society, whether Mr. Bush  Co. or Mr. Jagger  Co. or Mr. Trump  Co. or Mr. Murdoch  Co, or Mr. Gates  Co. and so on...seem to stand for these attributes, and the idulation of these Icons,then it is obvious that M appeals to these qualities: With the power of Siddhis, the status of Raja, the passionate dedication to the Master, the great building of gold, all of these things appeal to the sensibilities of the main stream, in the long run.
In the meantime, he seems to be encouraging independent teaching, as we can see with Deepak and the other fellow, who has been a successful teacher.
I think in the long run, M just wants to bring enlightenment to the world, in the name of his Master, and seems to attract to him the most wealthy, power-seeking, and dedicated people.
In the end, itis like Mr. Dylan said, 'You can serve the devil, or you can serve the Lord, but you're gonna, have to serve somebody...



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[FairfieldLife] Zen Master Rama; was Kaplans $

[Vaj]

http://www.ex-cult.org/Groups/Rama/rama-appendix-1.html


On May 16, 2005, at 10:48 AM, off_world_beings wrote:

 Who is this Rama guy? Was he an Indian or a Westerner. What did he
 look like?

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Thanks for the response Unc. I've enjoyed reading
 about your experiences with him. Quite amazing stuff.
 -Peter

 --- TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 You may have missed out.  I worked with a
 spiritual
 teacher who took his students to Disneyland
 often.
 http://ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm13.html

 Unc, how have you come to terms (if that's the
 right
 term) with your powerful experiences with Rama
 and
 his rather bizarre death and less than
 enlightened
 behavior at times?
 -Peter

 In two words, Shit happens.

 I had already left his study a couple of years
 before
 he died, and thus wasn't as affected by it as a lot
 of
 folks who hung in there to the end.  I don't really
 know
 anything about the whys of it all; it's a koan.  I
 spent
 some time pondered it in one of the stories I wrote,
 at:
 http://ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm53.html

 As I suggested in a recent post, for many reasons I
 do
 not believe in the idea that the enlightened are
 perfect
 and don't make mistakes.  I don't think they're any
 different than anyone else, except on the level of
 subjec-
 tive realization.  So I have no tendency to suggest
 that
 odd or questionable behavior means that someone
 wasn't
 enlightened.  All it suggests to me is that they
 indulge
 in odd or questionable behavior.  So did many
 teachers
 whom history regards as enlightened.  Big deal.

 I'm also not a person who is terribly impressed by
 the
 ability to perform siddhis, and wasn't when I met
 the Rama
 guy.  I got to see and experience some neat stuff,
 and
 enjoyed it, but I did not then and do not now make
 any
 link between being able to, say, levitate and turn
 invisible
 and do fascinating things with light and that
 person's state
 of consciousness.  The main thing that impressed me
 about
 the guy was his ability to meditate.  When you sat
 with him
 in the early days, it was just silence -- pure
 samadhi.  It
 was *impossible* to have a thought.  All the other
 stuff
 was bells and whistles, IMO.

 To be honest, not all of his students felt as I did.
  They
 definitely consider the enlightened perfect by
 definition,
 so his suicide fucked with their heads Big-Time.  If
 you
 believe that your teacher is enlightened and that
 the enlight-
 ened are by definition perfect, then you have to
 jump through
 a lot of mental hoops to justify suicide.  I'm not
 much in
 touch with them, so I can't tell you how they've
 come to
 terms with things.

 For me, it was a wild and wacky Mister Toad ride
 that I shall
 always be thankful for but don't spend a lot of time
 missing
 or even thinking about.  Right here and now is too
 wild and
 wacky and wonderful to leave much time for that.

 Unc







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