[FairfieldLife] Re: The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread turquoiseb
Well, we're down to the Two Goons next week. Unless the other two take the Hmmm...I've been called on my bullshit...maybe I should lay low for a while and hope that other posters' memories are as self-servingly bad as mine are approach next week as well. :-) --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Vaj
On Mar 31, 2011, at 9:33 AM, Buck wrote: That's quite an assertion vaj, Shows how much you know. May be so up in Madison. Not necessarily in Fairfield. Good luck with your work. It was like that in the 80's. All you have to do is look at The Source (I believe that was the

[FairfieldLife] Neither flat nor round but geoid potatoe

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
It ain't round. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12911806

[FairfieldLife] Re: Neither flat nor round but geoid potatoe

2011-03-31 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: It ain't round. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12911806 Round, potato-shaped, no matter. What it is is smooth, something we tend to forget when walking around on it. I find myself remembering a beautiful song

[FairfieldLife] The Archebitch

2011-03-31 Thread turquoiseb
No, this is not a rap about Judy. :-) It's just musings about the Archetypal Evil Bitch, as personified by Morgan Le Fay from the Arthurian legends. Morgan has always been one of my favorite characters in books and movies. She is just *deliciously* evil, in ways that make other evil bitches pale

[FairfieldLife] Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread Vaj
According to HHDL, awareness of the subtle energy of the body, and the ability to effect it, begins once one can transcend for about 4 hours:Reflections on developments of Shamatha and distinction between concept and non-conceptual levels of mental experienceAPRIL 15, 2009 by DAVIDVDuring the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: According to HHDL, awareness of the subtle energy of the body, and the ability to effect it, begins once one can transcend for about 4 hours. The Frederick Lenz - Rama guy I worked with always said (and interestingly, so did

[FairfieldLife] Re: Neither flat nor round but geoid potatoe

2011-03-31 Thread merudanda
check this out http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=47345 http://tinyurl.com/4a7yvcr lots of videos and info there like this one Planck observatory full-sky imag (This is the first full-sky image of our Universe from ESA's Planck space observatory, which surveys the sky in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Neither flat nor round but geoid potatoe

2011-03-31 Thread merudanda
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8767763.stm http://tinyurl.com/25jkytx --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: check this out http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=47345 http://tinyurl.com/4a7yvcr lots of videos and info there like

[FairfieldLife] Silly Thought Implementor

2011-03-31 Thread PaliGap
Ever thought where you'd end up if you dug a hole straight down through the Earth from where you are now? No? Come on, you're on FFL after all. This is much more interesting than the 81 types of turiya, or the 47 types of laxity or other assorted whore-charming architectonic (nod to Ravi-ji)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: The Rama guy refused to teach any of his students anything he considered advanced until they could maintain the completely thoughtless state for several hours. That was what he considered the brown belt level of meditation.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
One of the Bobby Roth TM questioners last week that I thought was most interesting was the young woman MUM student from New Mexico asking about more guidance with chakra energy work and hoping for services at MUM with this for people who would need help with that, besides meditating. It

[FairfieldLife] The authenticity of the human being . . .

2011-03-31 Thread do.rflex
... comes out unexpectedly. 1.1 million people ride the NYC subway every day and no one commonly speaks to each other. They even intentionally avoid eye contact. Watch what happens when someone actually speaks and makes contact:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread Vaj
On Mar 31, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Buck wrote: One of the Bobby Roth TM questioners last week that I thought was most interesting was the young woman MUM student from New Mexico asking about more guidance with chakra energy work and hoping for services at MUM with this for people who would need

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread Peter L Sutphen
Unguided practice. My biggest complaint about TM and the TM siddhis. As long as progress is slow and gentle, not a problem for the most part. But when experiences begin to move into self transcendence and all the cognitive and emotional uproar this will create, you need a guru. Peter On Mar

[FairfieldLife] Tax the super rich or face revolution

2011-03-31 Thread Bhairitu
Sorry not anything about Marshy nor enlightenment (which is about as exciting as watching paint dry). But a good article outlining what will happen if we *don't* tax the super rich. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/story/print?guid=CA183FE6-5966-11E0-9F0E-00212804637C Besides what good us

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter L Sutphen Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:34 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence Unguided practice. My biggest

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:25 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence On the Ayurveda training course with Chopra

[FairfieldLife] End the US-led Armed Intervention in Libya

2011-03-31 Thread nablusoss1008
« Wilkes-Barre, PA http://rajpatel.org/2011/03/30/wilkes-barre-pa/ The Symphony Way http://rajpatel.org/2011/03/30/the-symphony-way/ » FYI: On LibyaBy Raj http://rajpatel.org/author/raj/ on 03/30/2011 in Uncategorized http://rajpatel.org/category/uncategorized/ The staff at Focus on the Global

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter L Sutphen Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:34 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread Peter
I hope she's doing okay now. If you're having intense kundalini the last thing you want to do are asanas! She needed to go out and have an emergency hamburger or two! --- On Thu, 3/31/11, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: From: Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com Subject: RE:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: I hope she's doing okay now. If you're having intense kundalini the last thing you want to do are asanas! She needed to go out and have an emergency hamburger or two! If your kundalini is on fire the last thing you

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:14 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence I hope she's doing okay now. If you're

[FairfieldLife] Re: The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: Maharishi was a Blazing Ball of Brahman. Jim's and Ravi's balls are smaller! kind of like cracker balls (from the fireworks store) I am guessing

[FairfieldLife] Arguing babies... ; )

2011-03-31 Thread cardemaister
http://video.teamcoco.com/video/conan.jsp?cid=233111

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Unguided practice. My biggest complaint about TM and the TM siddhis. As long as progress is slow and gentle, not a

[FairfieldLife] How the National Debt Affects You

2011-03-31 Thread John
The US government owes $14 trillion to other people and countries. We're paying out $58,000 per second to others. How long can we afford this? http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/howthenationaldebtaffectsyou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread emptybill
We've been over this before. In Buddhism, samaadhi means dharana while dhyana-samaapatti is absorption in meditation. Transcendence is a western concept. In Sanskrit, the term (taraatitaa) is not officially used also (in Buddhism). Sometimes transcendence is used by western educated people as

[FairfieldLife] Re: The authenticity of the human being . . .

2011-03-31 Thread danfriedman2002
The young man in the video has mischaracterized those 1.1 million NYC subway riders. There is conversation and friendly acknowledgments between people. What he later finds, is that once he speaks, others reply. Same as any other circumstance. Not silences, no avoidance of contact. Dan Friedman

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread Peter
The classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXSyzeVWueIfeature=related --- On Thu, 3/31/11, Ravi Yogi raviy...@att.net wrote: From: Ravi Yogi raviy...@att.net Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The sweet speech of the enlightened To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 5:43

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Big Deadline Today

2011-03-31 Thread WLeed3
From: ron_p...@libertypacmail.com To: wle...@aol.com Sent: 3/31/2011 7:18:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: Big Deadline Today Dear William, The press is calling. The political elites are watching. They all want to know. The question is,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread John
Ravi Yogi, You made my day! This post is hilarious. Now we know why certain individuals in this forum act the way they do. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Silly Thought Implementor

2011-03-31 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 31, 2011, at 12:32 PM, PaliGap wrote: Ever thought where you'd end up if you dug a hole straight down through the Earth from where you are now? No? Come on, you're on FFL after all. This is much more interesting than the 81 types of turiya, or the 47 types of laxity or other

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-03-31 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Mar 26 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Apr 02 00:00:00 2011 636 messages as of (UTC) Thu Mar 31 21:40:49 2011 51 whynotnow7 whynotn...@yahoo.com 50 Ravi Yogi raviy...@att.net 49 authfriend jst...@panix.com 43 Vaj

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: That's narrowly interesting. Last weekend here in Fairfield there was a workshop around subtle energy work of the chakras and spiritual experience. About 20 people took it and several traveled coming to Fairfield from out of

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Archebitch

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: No, this is not a rap about Judy. :-) It's just musings about the Archetypal Evil Bitch, as personified by Morgan Le Fay from the Arthurian legends. Morgan has always been one of my favorite characters in books and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: One of the Bobby Roth TM questioners last week that I thought was most interesting was the young woman MUM student from New Mexico asking about more guidance with chakra energy work and hoping for services at MUM with this for

[FairfieldLife] Re: The authenticity of the human being . . .

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
I watched a few minutes of this video. I think it's the typical boring, I'm going to make a difference video, and likely made for the ego gratification of the person making it. Personally I like my alone time, and when I have it, I don't care to interact with people and I generally don't care

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
I would try askjeeeves.com. It is probably a very common occurance, and jeeves can likely offer some sound advice about it. Dear Jeeves, my kundalini is on fire and I am writhing around like a snake here at 3:00 am. Can you please give some advice on what to do. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Subtle energy awareness and Deep Transcendence

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: She's doing great now. Awakened after leaving the movement and sitting with various satsang teachers. Glad to hear it Rick. Of course she couldn't get enlightened while in the movment. that wouldn't be kosher. And with

[FairfieldLife] Re: The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: You have definitely piqued my interest. I don't want to spoil this game, obviously you guys have devoted your whole lives and invested a lot of energy in comparison of balls.. Not sure what Jim would have said, but he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread azgrey
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: That's narrowly interesting. Last weekend here in Fairfield there was a workshop around subtle energy work of the chakras and spiritual experience.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 31, 2011, at 8:40 PM, azgrey wrote: hat is really neat, duff (dug from fairfield). But I hope you have him the appropiate FF honors. Starting with a standing O when he walks into a room, or is introduced. Hanging on his every word. Maybe offering some flowers. I hope you done

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
I'll have to work on my proof reading. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: That's narrowly interesting. Last

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
Sal, If I'm going to get fucked, I at least want a kiss. At least Az offered a kiss. You did not, and that is the difference. Kapish? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Mar 31, 2011, at 8:40 PM, azgrey wrote: hat is really neat, duff (dug

[FairfieldLife] Re: The authenticity of the human being . . .

2011-03-31 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: I watched a few minutes of this video. I think it's the typical boring, I'm going to make a difference video, and likely made for the ego gratification of the person making it. I recommend that you watch the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: From Maharishi's The Science of Being and Art of Living: For speech to be harmonious, appropriate and suitable, thinking has to be clear, sharp, and at the least, harmless -- and at the best, life-supporting to the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fire in the hole

2011-03-31 Thread emptybill
If it is feeling like fire or over-heating the whole body then it is going up the pingala nadi. Visualize it being withdrawn and then ascending along the ida nadi to cool the system. When balanced somewhat, see it being withdrawn from both and then ascending the middle nadi of sushumna.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall of Man from the Garden of Paradise

2011-03-31 Thread rwr
No. By Priestcraft I mean those morons who concocted the Middle East and Roman religions for political reasons. The governors of churchianity. The spiritual Mafia. You know who I mean. The Sausage machine owners. rwr --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote: By Priests,

[FairfieldLife] Dietary alert for those living near Lake Tahoe

2011-03-31 Thread turquoiseb
Those who have lived in or spent time up near Lake Tahoe in the past, possibly while attending TM courses there or visiting with Maharishi in the Godfather 2 house, may appreciate this photo.: [https://fbcdn-photos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/208974_196761310727\

[FairfieldLife] Something for Lurkers to read?

2011-03-31 Thread rwr
Something for Lurkers to read? [ Hi Dick, I don't have a yahoo group. I'm not surprised its being ignored. But its something for the lurkers to read. Name removed.] :- ) You and I, and other people, cannot give anybody else MORE. But life can, and does. I detest the saying that one

[FairfieldLife] The Aldeen Ordinance

2011-03-31 Thread rwr
The Aldeen Ordinance Who watches the Watchers? Or who Scrutinises the Authorities? The Aldeen Ordinance Steering Committee are the Watchers and the Authority. But who watches them? And how? And how does one really maintain a secret organisation? There are ways. The Aldeen Ordinance

[FairfieldLife] No hate found in Fairfield

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
No charges filed. The Fairfield Ledger article: http://goldentrianglenewspapers.com/articles/2011/03/28/fairfield_daily_\ ledger/top_stories/doc4d90dd6760246154867052.txt http://goldentrianglenewspapers.com/articles/2011/03/28/fairfield_daily\ _ledger/top_stories/doc4d90dd6760246154867052.txt

[FairfieldLife] Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
Fairfield Ledger, Front page bottom fold: According to a 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Survey, nearly 10 percent of the population over 18 practices some form of meditation, up from about 8 percent in 2002. Locally, both transcendental and Buddhist meditation techniques are growing in popularity,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
Fairfield Ledger, Front page bottom fold: According to a 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Survey, nearly 10 percent of the population over 18 practices some form of meditation, up from about 8 percent in 2002. Locally, both transcendental and Buddhist meditation techniques are growing in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
Fairfield Ledger, Front page bottom fold: According to a 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Survey, nearly 10 percent of the population over 18 practices some form of meditation, up from about 8 percent in 2002. Locally, both transcendental and Buddhist meditation techniques are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
Fairfield Ledger, Front page bottom fold: According to a 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Survey, nearly 10 percent of the population over 18 practices some form of meditation, up from about 8 percent in 2002. Locally, both transcendental and Buddhist meditation

[FairfieldLife] The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread turquoiseb
The following post is Turq taking advantage of a power outage at work that disallows any work to have some fun. Be warned. :-) Since both Jim and Ravi seem to be having some trouble understanding why some here don't quite buy their claims of egolessness and enlightenment, I just thought I'd 1)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
Fairfield Ledger, Front page bottom fold: According to a 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Survey, nearly 10 percent of the population over 18 practices some form of meditation, up from about 8 percent in 2002. Locally, both transcendental and Buddhist

Re: [FairfieldLife] The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread Peter
Maharishi was a Blazing Ball of Brahman. Jim's and Ravi's balls are smaller! --- On Thu, 3/31/11, turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] The sweet speech of the enlightened To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Aldeen Ordinance

2011-03-31 Thread Peter
Thank god we got all those ducks in a row! For a second I thought I'd have to wake Major Tom. --- On Thu, 3/31/11, rwr dick.richard...@ymail.com wrote: From: rwr dick.richard...@ymail.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Aldeen Ordinance To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, March 31,

Re: [FairfieldLife] The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread Vaj
Nice collection of raves from the Bhava Rave Pimp and Maha-Narcissus Jimbo. Hilarious. It's interesting since all this comes from their own mentations and is part and parcel of the vibe they're putting out to their environment. It's not a sweet vibe or even sweet-and-sour, but more

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
Fairfield Ledger, Front page bottom fold: According to a 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Survey, nearly 10 percent of the population over 18 practices some form of meditation, up from about 8 percent in 2002. Locally, both

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
Fairfield Ledger, Front page bottom fold: According to a 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Survey, nearly 10 percent of the population over 18 practices some form of meditation, up from about 8 percent in 2002.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Something for Lurkers to read?

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
Not exactly on point, but I recommend that you go by 'Dirk Richardson. It sounds much more manly. A movie star or bush pilot, or some such profession. And the shortened version Dirk has much more appeal than Dick. Just some musings from the peanut gallery. Oh, and maybe change the rwr to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: Maharishi was a Blazing Ball of Brahman. Jim's and Ravi's balls are smaller! kind of like cracker balls (from the fireworks store) I am guessing --- On Thu, 3/31/11, turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: From:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
Fairfield Ledger, Front page bottom fold: According to a 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Survey, nearly 10 percent of the population over 18 practices some form of meditation, up from about 8 percent in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Vaj
On Mar 31, 2011, at 7:19 AM, Buck wrote: Like, even some local main-street churches have offered folks centering prayer now. Times change. Even our local Methodists are offering classes. Rocks are melting? There's been a local bastion falling. The Lutherans next? The University of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
Fairfield Ledger, Front page bottom fold: According to a 2007 U.S. Census Bureau Survey, nearly 10 percent of the population over 18 practices some form of meditation, up

[FairfieldLife] Re: The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread whynotnow7
Fair enough Turq - Glad to see you are well on your way to examining behavior in the context of Maharishi's words. Oh wait, or are you just using this as a cynical exercise to insult me? Hmm... Addressing what Maharishi said, I like it as a guideline and find it helpful to remember. As an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: The University of Wisconsin, who are responsible for much of the most cutting edge science on meditation, lists centering prayer, which in it's current incarnation is more like insight meditation, as one of it's

Re: [FairfieldLife] The sweet speech of the enlightened

2011-03-31 Thread Vaj
On Mar 31, 2011, at 7:34 AM, Peter wrote: Maharishi was a Blazing Ball of Brahman. Jim's and Ravi's balls are smaller! kai ou qauma autoV gar o satanaV metaschmatizetai eiV aggelon fwtoV And this is no marvel for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. - Paul of Tarsus,

[FairfieldLife] FF Psycho spiritual alchemy

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: The University of Wisconsin, who are responsible for much of the most cutting edge science on meditation, lists centering prayer, which in it's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Vaj
On Mar 31, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Buck wrote: That's narrowly interesting. Last weekend here in Fairfield there was a workshop around subtle energy work of the chakras and spiritual experience. The vast majority of kundalini, chakra and subtle energy workshops are just new age nonsense, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation on the rise locally, nationally

2011-03-31 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Mar 31, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Buck wrote: That's narrowly interesting. Last weekend here in Fairfield there was a workshop around subtle energy work of the chakras and spiritual experience. The vast majority of