[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the purpose of the puja?

Maharishi makes some related comments on Global Fanily Chat of Oct 22 which will show up in the archives in a few weeks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, biosoundbill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody know what is the purpose of the TM puja? Is it to enliven the mantra,or is it to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Prabhupada: On Genitals and Heavenly Nectar

He thought the only motive in having kids was sex. It such a ridiculous oversimplification and so obviously untrue of human nature. Gaudiya Vaishnavism is a Kaliyuga superficiality. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To All Members: Here is what Prabhupada

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the purpose of the puja?

I am a Usui Reiki Master,I hate that title,but it just means I can attune people to the 3 different levels of Reiki. When I perform an attunement on somebody,I get totally bombed out,and I always notice that my meditations are much more blissful for several days afterwards. It's probably

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the purpose of the puja?

I often wonder why a mental puja is not used. Burn some incense,and have the Initiate observe the teacher chanting a mental pija in preparing himself/herself to impart the mantra. Here is an example of a mental puja:- The Shiva manasa puja by Sri Adi Shankaracharya is a unique stotra. It in

[FairfieldLife] For Vaj -- Bruce Cockburn on his way back to Nepal

Just FYI, since I know that you like the guy, too. He was last there 20 years ago, and wrote some great songs about his experiences while there. I suspect we'll see some more from this journey in the next album. One of the Bruce fan websites is kinda following the trip, and may have audio and

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the purpose of the puja?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: --- shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, biosoundbill smithybill@ wrote: Does anybody know what

[FairfieldLife] Announcing the Whiners-R-Us Yahoo group

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone just sent me this. Another side of the Amma movement? - Bronte Announcing the Whiners-R-Us Yahoo group For those who (like Sal) are afflicted with the particular character flaw that enables them to

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Israel Ready to Go'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/24/07 11:10:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Israel is behaving like Nazi Germany and they will go the same way they went if they do not drastically change their policy.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rus kick in for Paul, Obama, Kucinich

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: http://www.ottumwacourier.com/local/local_story_296002124.html from the article: There are two exceptions among the top candidates. Neither

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the purpose of the puja?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, biosoundbill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I often wonder why a mental puja is not used. The TM Puja is 99% mental.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

On Oct 25, 2007, at 12:06 AM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Vaj, your'e not being consistent. I just received my Snow Lion magazine today with a cover article on the Green Tara. Devotion to Her is not only a wisdom

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whoops - Re- Posting It So It Opens (Article on Ashram Incident)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Attachments are only available to people who receive FFL traffic in email. Yahoo strips off the attachments on the Yahoo Groups website. The Ammachi ashram story you're trying to post has been covered on the

[FairfieldLife] YouTube - Spread The Love (Insomnia Film Festival 2007)

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[FairfieldLife] Power of the Puja (What is the purpose of the puja?)

The puja as taught by MMY is about identification from gross to subtle. It is worship conducted according to ANCIENT rules of mental-judo and is one of the purest forms of ritual-that-actually-works available on the planet. I don't think MMY messed with these rules. If done correctly, the TM puja

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Israel Ready to Go'

In a message dated 10/25/07 7:01:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Israel is behaving like Nazi Germany and they will go the same way they went if they do not drastically change their policy. Is this a Moveon.org type point of view? No it's called

[FairfieldLife] Pandits' winter clothing

Our beloved Meditating community ~~ Maharishi has just approved getting the Pandits warm winter coats, etc! A $25,000 matching donation has already been given for this purpose. Could we, together with our network of friends, come up with the rest of the money needed? We have all benefited

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Israel Ready to Go'

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/25/07 7:01:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Israel is behaving like Nazi Germany and they will go the same way they went if they do not drastically change their policy.

[FairfieldLife] Dick Cheney Meditating

Cheney falls asleep during Cabinet meeting on wildfires. During a cabinet meeting yesterday, Vice President Cheney fell asleep on camera while President Bush was discussing wildfires in California. A Cheney spokeswoman “laughed it off,” telling CNN that the vice president was “practicing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Prabhupada: On Genitals and Heavenly Nectar

Billy and all, My comments are shown below: Here is what Prabhupada commented on one of the slokas in the Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 2, Chapter 10: The heavenly pleasure for the conditioned soul is sexual pleasure, and this pleasure is tasted by the genitals. What he is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dick Cheney Meditating

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cheney falls asleep during Cabinet meeting on wildfires. During a cabinet meeting yesterday, Vice President Cheney fell asleep on camera while President Bush was discussing wildfires in California. A Cheney

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dick Cheney Meditating

do.rflex wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cheney falls asleep during Cabinet meeting on wildfires. During a cabinet meeting yesterday, Vice President Cheney fell asleep on camera while President Bush was discussing wildfires in

[FairfieldLife] Morford: American kids dumber than dirt

Warning: The next generation might just be the biggest pile of idiots in U.S. history http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/10/24/notes102407.DTL (Would be FFL columnists would do well to study how Morford's writing style can carry you forward like butter instead of looking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Morford: American kids dumber than dirt

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Warning: The next generation might just be the biggest pile of idiots in U.S. history http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/10/24/notes102407.DTL Here's some disturbing evidence of the 'dumbing down'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Prabhupada: On Genitals and Heavenly Nectar

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Billy and all, My comments are shown below: The impersonalist must know from this verse that the Lord is not impersonal, for He has His genitals, on which all the pleasurable objects of sex depend. Not

[FairfieldLife] Brahma Gives Sadhu A Lift -- In Front Of The White House

*Man levitates outside the White House* By staff writers October 23, 2007 DUTCH magician Ramana has been doing his best to freak out American people by levitating in Times Square and in front of the White House. The illusionist, real name Wouter Bijdendijk, hovered several feet above the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Dick Cheney Meditating

In a message dated 10/25/07 11:57:13 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cheney falls asleep during Cabinet meeting on wildfires. During a cabinet meeting yesterday, Vice President Cheney fell asleep on camera while President Bush was discussing wildfires in California.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Power of the Puja (What is the purpose of the puja?)

I imagine that any puja work work to take the mind of the teacher to a higher level to impart the mantra with shakti. Billy --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The puja as taught by MMY is about identification from gross to subtle. It is worship

[FairfieldLife] Re: Power of the Puja (What is the purpose of the puja?)

Even the Lords Prayer in the orignial Arameic,another Energy language,would probably work,as it takes one back to source - see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUIlaRKOT7A See how much more Cosmic this version is to what most of us know! Namaste, Billy --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Morford: American kids dumber than dirt

This is most true. And it didn't happen suddenly. It happened over the entirety of my fifty-year teaching career, and it was going on before I got on board. I believe it was in 1906 or 9 when one of the Rockefellers said, It will not be our purpose to educate philosophers or scientists, but

[FairfieldLife] Question for Alex from Bronte

Thanks for explaining that! So, I can't read the attachments I post because I don't receive FFL email. Can other members read the attachments I posted (the people who do get FFL email)? - Bronte -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

So, most mantra meditation is TM and has been TM for centuries. Bhairitu wrote: The other way around: TM is just a form yogic meditation which has been taught for centuries. So, TM is yogic meditation that has been taught for centuries.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

Richard J. Williams wrote: So, most mantra meditation is TM and has been TM for centuries. Bhairitu wrote: The other way around: TM is just a form yogic meditation which has been taught for centuries. So, TM is yogic meditation that has been taught for centuries. NO.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question for Alex from Bronte

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, brontebaxter8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for explaining that! So, I can't read the attachments I post because I don't receive FFL email. Can other members read the attachments I posted (the people who do get FFL email)? Yes, people who receive

[FairfieldLife] Proud to be a Whiner!

It seems to me, Turq, that you have a whiner/ mono-topic of your own: pooping on other people's posts. You think you are so positive, but a big percentage of what you churn out is criticism. Not that that's always awful. I actually enjoy most of your rants, because they make me think. But you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Question for Alex from Bronte

On Oct 25, 2007, at 5:26 PM, brontebaxter8 wrote: Thanks for explaining that! So, I can't read the attachments I post because I don't receive FFL email. Can other members read the attachments I posted (the people who do get FFL email)? Yes. That's the way people are supposed to get email

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: [examma] Re: Facts Evidence (MORE LINKS)

I doubt whether anyone on this list will react much to this. If it had been a report connected with any Maharishi operation, the posts would have gone on for days about how corrupt and evil the TM movement is. But Amma is likely to get a pass from those here who reserve their most virulent hatred

[FairfieldLife] Re: Morford: American kids dumber than dirt

You must have taught at some lousy colleges. I have taught at high school, undergraduate and graduate level and have been fortunate enough to have had some brilliant students. In the words of The Who, The kids are all right! I wonder why you deign to contribute to this list since you have such a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Morford: American kids dumber than dirt

Of course there are brilliant students, but that doesn't mean they've had an education. I met brilliant illiterates all over the world. They're illiterate, not stupid. Get the difference? I don't have a particularly low opinion of most of the members, but somebody posted something about the

[FairfieldLife] Jews Turning Against Israel's Right Wing Zionist Policy

Jewish Glasnost Update: Zionist Panic! Tony Karon Rootless Cosmopolitan, October 23, 2007 http://tonykaron.com/2007/10/23/jewish-glasnost-update-zionist-panic/ Is Israel's top liberal daily a fifth column? Apropos my earlier piece arguing that the ferocious backlash by the Zionist right

[FairfieldLife] Re: Power of the Puja (What is the purpose of the puja?)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, biosoundbill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even the Lords Prayer in the orignial Arameic,another Energy language,would probably work,as it takes one back to source - see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUIlaRKOT7A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnYV0WFpiCg

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jews Turning Against Israel's Right Wing Zionist Policy

Who cares? Let them all eat yellow cake. Better yet, while dining in the valley of megiddo. do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jewish Glasnost Update: Zionist Panic! Tony Karon Rootless Cosmopolitan, October 23, 2007

[FairfieldLife] Re: Morford: American kids dumber than dirt

Every generation that has ever lived has complained about the younger generation, but what young people need to know changes from generation to generation. Has it ever occurred to you that the young people today do not necessarily need to know everything that you learned so long ago, and that they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Morford: American kids dumber than dirt

Jesus Christ. They guy either told the truth: American kids are dummer than dirt, or he didn't. If it's true, then we have better things to do than to engage in pissing contests on a personal level. Then there are serious questions to ask about that. Plus, once again, you're not reading what

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