[FairfieldLife] Re: Lack of Awareness of the Unbounded

2018-02-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"Works in progress," "works of art." True that. I will put this on my reading list and one day I will get back to you. Thanks jr_esq. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Emly, You make it sound like being human is a disease. :) I believe MMY was saying that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lack of Awareness of the Unbounded

2018-02-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hmmm.there sure have been a lot of angry, attached TM'ers on this forum! I don't believe one can make a blanket statement like this, nor do I believe that meditation *dissolves* hidden anger. Honest introspection and self-accountability are always required when looking for hidden anger.

[FairfieldLife] Neanderthals

2018-02-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/science/neanderthals-cave-paintings-europe.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/science/neanderthals-cave-paintings-europe.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lack of Awareness of the Unbounded

2018-02-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I hear you. I wasn't presenting the two as comparable in any way. Would you care to expand on what you mean by "behavioral issues" being *eliminated* through TM? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Emily, DBT appears to be methodical and clinical in its

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Lack of Awareness of the Unbounded

2018-02-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"Balanced, nuanced, and realistic." Nice. Yes, to each his own. I feel the need at times to counter what comes across to me as absolutism. Clearly MMY was (or is, for those who believe this way) a person with extraordinary charisma and energy and presence and vision and love, too. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lack of Awareness of the Unbounded

2018-02-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_behavior_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_behavior_therapy I participated in a parent/teen group who were taught this. We weren't there to address suicide or personality disorders, just teenager-hood. It's comprehensive in its

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lack of Awareness of the Unbounded

2018-02-20 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I think he's completely relevant as a teacher. However, he is not the only teacher or teaching that is relevant (to today's society, for example—and I speak only to the U.S.). Exploring different angles on a similar theme (i.e. attachment), finding the meditation technique that best works for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lack of Awareness of the Unbounded

2018-02-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What I love about you is your positive and friendly and non-judgmental attitude! Tell me, what are you trying to accomplish in doing TM? Enlightenment? What do you think that is going to get you? What are you expecting to feel like? What are you hoping for? I'm guessing that you want

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lack of Awareness of the Unbounded

2018-02-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The trick is not to get too attached to them (material possessions.) How would you react if somehow you lost it all tomorrow? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Question: "I understand that in the third state of consciousness [waking] we are bound by the

[FairfieldLife] Unaccompanied

2018-02-09 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Powerful with presence. https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7BCF124287-3066-46E5-B6A1-5751E2717475%7D https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7BCF124287-3066-46E5-B6A1-5751E2717475%7D

[FairfieldLife] Re: Big Bang may be one of many

2018-02-08 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks. So, you define God as Being and consider Being necessary to understanding the universe (is bliss) and therefore, God is necessary to the universe. It seems to me that based on the idea that "God's spirit entered the world and made it whole," there is no real separation between

[FairfieldLife] Re: Big Bang may be one of many

2018-02-08 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Can you elaborate on your question? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : This is what Roger Penrose is theorizing now too. In effect, the universe may be eternal. Can we ask, when will God or heaven enter

[FairfieldLife] Re: sumeian mathematics

2018-02-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
*...certainly his descendants! (is what I mean). Have a good day! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yes, I see what you're saying. From a religious/biblical scholar's perspective, I was wrong. I was talking outside the bounds of religion though and trying to

[FairfieldLife] Re: sumeian mathematics

2018-02-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, I see what you're saying. From a religious/biblical scholar's perspective, I was wrong. I was talking outside the bounds of religion though and trying to make the point that there were no clear cut lines between Arab people and Jewish people (genetically, as I noted). If Ishmael

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Neuroscientist Explores the "Sanskrit Effect"

2018-02-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This is something that much research already done has "proven;" it is not a new discovery. The benefits are not unique to, or dependent on, or limited to recitation of "Sanskrit." "If so, this raises the possibility that verbal memory “exercising‘ or training might help elderly people

[FairfieldLife] Re: sumeian mathematics

2018-02-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You have got to be kidding! Are you trying to say that Jewish people aren't descendants of Ishmael? Do you realize that Jewish and Arab folk come from the same DNA, the same part of the world, and are separated only by their religion?

[FairfieldLife] Re: sumeian mathematics

2018-02-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
As if algebra was invented by one person. lol ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : algebra is not likely invented by some relatively recent in terms of world history arab person that would just be the recent conduit of those concepts to eurpeans emerging

[FairfieldLife] Re: Americans who practice yoga contribute to

2018-02-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Why are you bolding the word "Arab?" The guy looks to be pretty brilliant and built on what had come before, improved on it, wrote it all down it became a working "language" across all cultures. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Somehow it feels very odd to me

[FairfieldLife] Re: The World may be doomed because of the US

2018-01-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Of course it behooves one to remember that the U.S. really wasn't part of the known world by the authors of the Old Testament. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Emily, Trump may be exempted from accusation since he has many prominent American evangelists,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The World may be doomed because of the US

2018-01-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oh please! I'll bet you a whole lot more people are calling T.Rump the anti-christ. That picture of T.Rump reaching to "shake" Erdogan's hand is positively strange. That is simply *not* how a handshake is done. It's more like he's holding it out for a hand slap. Erdogan is looking at

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: How Our Community Works

2018-01-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"As Maharishi so often emphasized, we can never judge another person’s level of consciousness, and there’s a chance that the kind and gentle Iowan who is fixing our dishwasher or doing our accounting is fully enlightened, or will be next week. So let’s make a point of treating every

[FairfieldLife] Re: [humour] Nosty predicted Trump's presidency?

2018-01-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hey, this is pretty darn believably funny. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Nosty prolly wouldn't have mentioned Trump if he hadn't become POTUS?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Europe's most anti-semitic city??

2017-12-31 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That's funny. Your main concern is the attitude of Muslims towards TM? Better look for some videos showing Muslims stoning gatherings of TM meditators. lol ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : My main concern here is, what is the attitude of the most religious

[FairfieldLife] Re: Europe's most anti-semitic city??

2017-12-31 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Please use your powers of discernment to try and recognize fakery, or at least do a few google searches to find out before you swallow random youtube videos whole. This is phony! I realized straight away that it was the evangelical Christians who were inciting violence. Regardless, in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Europe's most anti-semitic city??

2017-12-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I hate to break it to you but Malmo is a coastal city and multicultural. Multicultural cities are the best! Been to New York? Istanbul? Don't you think its funny that you lump all Muslims together? Is this how Lutherans are? Are you familiar with current immigration policy?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Europe's most anti-semitic city??

2017-12-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
First, it's not as bad as Tucker Carlson would have one believe. https://www.thelocal.se/20161214/swedes-wildly-overestimate-muslim-population-survey https://www.thelocal.se/20161214/swedes-wildly-overestimate-muslim-population-survey Tucker Carlson is not someone who reports fact,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Very Serious Cell Phone Warnings: Questions and Answers

2017-12-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Here's the Green Bank story. Is Fairfield next? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ​ CELL PHONES: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS by Arthur Firstenberg* How much radiation does a cell phone emit, compared to what exists in nature? If Neil Armstrong had brought a cell

[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking in Tongues

2017-12-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The act of glossolalia, speaking in unknown (or ecstatic) speech has many pre-Christian roots. In a lengthy journal article for the American Scientific Affiliation (an association of Christian scientists), Dr. Pattison summarizes the publications of numerous historians on this topic by saying

[FairfieldLife] Re: UN officials touring rural Alabama are shocked to see the

2017-12-10 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Been this way for a long time. Here's the history of poverty in Alabama. http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1387 http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1387 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : level of poverty and environmental degradation in

[FairfieldLife] Re: civilizatons dated to hundreds of thousands of years earlier

2017-12-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Levitating stones? It also seems possible that the Egyptians used ramps. This shows it pictorially. http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramidlifts.htm http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramidlifts.htm ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : It

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Big Bang Never Happened,

2017-11-28 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Will we ever know for sure? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : a Brazilian scientist claims. https://www.yahoo.com/news/big-bang-never-happened-might-traces-earlier-universe-scientist-claims-103343290.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pope Reaffirms Conscience as the basis to resolve questions

2017-11-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Very nice...thank you John. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Emily, Here's how Stan Getz and Billy Evans play your song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tmbWGcQous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tmbWGcQous ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pope Reaffirms Conscience as the basis to resolve questions

2017-11-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
No, I cannot answer the question..."do *you* think.," nor any other questions I asked regarding what *you* think! I can answer the question for myself, but I was attempting to engage *you* in a conversation. I don't typically have conversations with myself, although I will admit to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pope Reaffirms Conscience as the basis to resolve questions

2017-11-13 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, we agree that the stage is being set, in one way or another. And, just to end with another question, do you think that the Pope is being manipulated by the Illuminati or Free Masons? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Emily, The Church is now in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pope Reaffirms Conscience as the basis to resolve questions

2017-11-13 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I agree with much that you say here—the Pope is posing reform—to church tradition, policy, and to the flock's way of considering doctrine and belief. You never answered my question re: whether you think this rises to the level of the Reformation. What do you think? In terms of ways it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pope Reaffirms Conscience as the basis to resolve questions

2017-11-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
There are an estimated Roman Catholics, 40% of which are in Latin America. "By writing a letter – and then making it public – did the four believe that they would corner Francis and get the answer they wanted? It is unlikely that he feels cornered. The four cardinals have now placed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Russian man claims he came from the past of Mars,

2017-11-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Johnperhaps the kid, who was a bit of a prodigy, has a vivid imagination? From your article: "It’s a wild tale, and the timeline of the entire thing doesn’t exactly match up with what we know thanks to space agencies and researchers from around the world, including Russia. In an

[FairfieldLife] Re: The New York Times: What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer

2017-11-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
“In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate,” Dan Hodges, a British journalist, wrote in a post on Twitter https://twitter.com/dpjhodges/status/611943312401002496?lang=en two years ago, referring to the 2012 attack that killed 20 young students at an elementary school

[FairfieldLife] Re: To say that adultery is okay under some circumstances is "heretical",

2017-11-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
* "is ridiculous" ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yes, I understand and understood the article. I agree about the conservative faction. My point was that the church's conservative definition on *what adultery is* and the punitive way they would seek to

[FairfieldLife] Re: To say that adultery is okay under some circumstances is "heretical",

2017-11-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, I understand and understood the article. I agree about the conservative faction. My point was that the church's conservative definition on *what adultery is* and the punitive way they would seek to impose religious condemnation and ridiculous and untenable in today's society. As the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scientific American: Study on Mindfulness Training for Teens Fails Important Test

2017-11-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"As the parent of any teenager can attest, adolescence can be a bumpy ride. " I don't believe there *is* a solution to adolescence, do you? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : https://goo.gl/QyFuHx https://goo.gl/QyFuHx Scientific American MENTAL HEALTH

[FairfieldLife] Re: To say that adultery is okay under some circumstances is "heretical",

2017-11-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
http://www.catholic.org/news/hf/faith/story.php?id=59123 http://www.catholic.org/news/hf/faith/story.php?id=59123 "The Catholic church simply does not accept divorce, and anyone divorced, who then remarries or starts a sexual relationship with a new person, is committing adultery under

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hacking Consciousness at Stanford University, Part 1

2017-11-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Many of my family members are Stanford grads so I had to do some research into this one. This is not a Stanford course, just fyi. (No credits, no cost.) It was a part of a free series of lectures given in 2013-2014 and billed as a course affiliated with the LifeWorks initiative. The reviews

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: "Segregation of the individual from the Cosmos is very unnatural,"

2017-10-31 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Lovely statements on the non-dual nature of cosmic intelligence. This is funny though, given the TM org's obsession with marketing and educating on TM's merits as a modern "science-based" technique. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : "If the individual

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why Robots with AI can be dangerous as Elon Musk fears

2017-10-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This seems obvious. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Their thinking process is not based on organic material, such as those based on the five elements, like the brain cells in the human brain. Thus, robots cannot identify with being a mammal or an animal with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vatican gets involved in nuclear talks

2017-10-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Will Trump and Kim Jong Un listen to good counsel? No. Also, TMers should gather and meditate at the Vatican to increase the ME for the countries involved in this standoff.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Issue: Do all scientists who conduct research on the Transcendental Meditation program practice the technique?

2017-10-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
If you click on "show message history" at the bottom of the message you are replying to, then we can see which person you are replying to. If you are replying to me, I ask you the following question: Why are you meditating? Not, why do you do TM. Rather, what inspires you to meditate?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Issue: Do all scientists who conduct research on the Transcendental Meditation program practice the technique?

2017-10-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: "It would be interesting to get researchers of the different schools of meditation from their varying points of view (bias?) together in the same room talking together in considerate ways." It's hard to believe this hasn't happened! "Interfaith dialogue" is the wave of the future.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dr. Rosenthal, PhD, explains the key difference between Mindfulness and the Transcen dental Meditation® technique.

2017-10-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Now, this *is* funny! And, of course the good doctor would say this! Here's what Harvard says: https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/meditation-offers-significant-heart-benefits https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/meditation-offers-significant-heart-benefits ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Issue: Do all scientists who conduct research on the Transcendental Meditation program practice the technique?

2017-10-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, nowhere do I see the four Ph.D's that you clipped from TM websites! So, I guess one might say that those statements are not "independent" ones! That's what I supposed. I'm always in favor of digging deeper into a claim, so am happy to see you doing that. Now, why are we

[FairfieldLife] Re: Endorsements from Independent Scholars-Maharishi Effect

2017-10-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Correction! ...the evidence is in that meditation assists the mind/body/spirit in *explainable* (and unexplainable) ways. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Excellent series of posts! Wouldn't it be amazing to have a conversation with Dr. Pamela Peeke? I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Endorsements from Independent Scholars-Maharishi Effect

2017-10-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Excellent series of posts! Wouldn't it be amazing to have a conversation with Dr. Pamela Peeke? I see that you have clipped out your accolades below. If you got them from a TM website, than they are not necessarily "independent." If these people are part of the TM organization

[FairfieldLife] Re: the quality of research on TM

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's important to look deeper. Here is the reality of one of the studies. What is claimed as "published" was apparently, from what I could find, a one-page pdf of the study that they hoped to have published and had published online ahead of time.

[FairfieldLife] Re: [twitter]TM and smoking!

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"FACT: 50% of smokers quit smoking 2 years into #TranscendentalMeditation https://twitter.com/hashtag/TranscendentalMeditation?src=hash. That's 3 x higher quit rate than with therapy." H.from Wikipedia In the U.S., for example, the rate of unassisted quitting fell from 91.8% in

[FairfieldLife] Re: is TM a cult?

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
And another correction: In this case, it would seem that the TM org and/or MMY followers would qualify as part of a "religious movement" with Melton. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : About J. Gordon Melton's work as a cult apologist (according to this

[FairfieldLife] Re: is TM a cult?

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
About J. Gordon Melton's work as a cult apologist (according to this article): http://www.apologeticsindex.org/m06.html http://www.apologeticsindex.org/m06.html His views are that organizations such as Scientology, Children of God, Jonestown, etc. are not cults but rather "new religious

[FairfieldLife] Re: is TM a cult?

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Correction: The definition David Orme-Johnson has adopted from J. Gordon Melton (his own personal definition). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : From your link: The word “cult” has many meanings, but in recent decades it has often been used with a negative

[FairfieldLife] Re: is TM a cult?

2017-10-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From your link: The word “cult” has many meanings, but in recent decades it has often been used with a negative connotation to point out a group that others would like to see removed from society. This use of the term is expressed by the prominent religious scholar J. Gordon Melton: "My

[FairfieldLife] Re: Did Satan Create Catholicism?

2017-10-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, agreed. "cult" and "fundamentalist" can be pejorative terms, particularly "cult." Jeffress is spouting nonsense. Did you listen to the youtube video? He's claiming some pretty ridiculous things such as worshipping fish gods (methinks he misinterprets history's reason symbol of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Did Satan Create Catholicism?

2017-10-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The term "cult" or "cult-like" as Jeffress is professing. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Certainly, it could be said to fall under the definition. So does TM. So do many religions/movements. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult

[FairfieldLife] Re: Did Satan Create Catholicism?

2017-10-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Certainly, it could be said to fall under the definition. So does TM. So do many religions/movements. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult Are you defining this term in a specific context? ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Roman Catholicism is a cult-like pagan religion,

2017-10-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
John, nicely stated. Thank you for clarifying that when you said his reported views are the reason that "Americans are confused about religion," you meant that Jeffress and evangelicals like him are confused—due to the fact that they are interpreting the bible in a limited way. Yes—a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Roman Catholicism is a cult-like pagan religion,

2017-10-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What is one of the reasons Americans are confused about religion? Which Americans? Which religions? Jeffress and other "Christian Nationalists" have been in the news more recently because they have circled their wagons around T.Rump in an effort to get their militant agenda forwarded.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shiva and quantum mechanics

2017-10-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"As the wise proverb observes, you should never make fun of a fellow human being, until you have bounced a mile in his buttocks." —Rex Murphy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Murphy on Doug Henning's Natural Law Party https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Natural_Law_Party ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
O.K. I get it. Here is simplified discussion that explains it in a way I can understand. It talks of how a person behaves when the gunas are "overcome" in a human being. Basically, it sounds pretty much like non-reactive detachment, objective assessment from a place of equanimity, a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-11 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Fascinating. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Thx, the definitiveness of MMY's assertion as stated before is his personal opinion. In the Kriya Yoga Tradition, even advanced Yogis who can leave their bodies at will may have karma to work out, in which case they

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-10 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It is true that one can only surmise about what one doesn't have direct experience of. I am not questioning the TM technique, transcending, or CC as a state of being. I was questioning whether innate qualities in a human being (gunas) can be dispelled. I was primarily curious as to your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-10 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
John, you write with a lot of clarity and responded to the "bondage" associated with being influenced by Gunas, as interpreted through MMY. Wikipedia says the following about Guna "Chapters 3, 7, 13, 14, 17 and 18 of Bhagavad Gita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita discuss

[FairfieldLife] Napa County Fires

2017-10-10 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/2-big-wildfires-prompt-evacuations-in-Napa-County-12262945.php#photo-14315131 http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/2-big-wildfires-prompt-evacuations-in-Napa-County-12262945.php#photo-14315131

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-10 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Just fyi, I wasn't questioning the first sentence here. I was questioning the second sentence and how you know this. "MMY was saying that the TM practice can lead one to cosmic consciousness and enlightenment. Thus, one is freed from the bondage of actions and Karma in this lifetime.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-09 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I see. I am extremely skeptical of such a claim for so many reasons that I won't get into them here. Its quite likely also we understand the word karma differently. MMY didn't coin the phrase, but perhaps he gave it his own definition, pursuant to the virtues of practicing TM. Thanks

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-08 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hmso this is talking of a "relative you." Good explanation. Thanks. So what you are saying is that the "relative you" is not the author of one's actions. Theoretically or philosophically you may be correct—the word "author" can be defined using different contexts, as you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-08 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hmmm.Does not Hinduism believe in the soul? Let's say, for discussion's sake, that I am equating the word "you" with soul. Then, *you* are the author of your actionsliving out, resolving and creating karma, influenced by the gunas, in spite of and despite countless contributing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-08 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Emily, The TM tradition and what MMY was saying are saying exactly the opposite of what you're saying. What did I say that is exactly opposite to what MMY and the TM tradition are saying? And then, why is what I said,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
John, regardless of how the gunas may affect you, that does not change that fact that you are the author of your actions. And in that Brahman exists eternally without change and in that the ultimate reality of the individual soul is identical with that of the Universe, then it is only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pad dock: *slamist?

2017-10-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Exactly. What credibility? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Carde, ISIS does not have a good reputation to keep in the first place. It spreads lies and recruits ignorant young people to kill for them in the name of a virulent form of Islam. ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

2017-10-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
1) You are the author of your actions. 2) Perhaps in living in the world of ordinary existence you *are* experiencing divine consciousness! "Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." Luke 17:21 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pad dock: *slamist?

2017-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Reported as a fact, not an opinion. FBI: Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock Didn't Have Any Connection to ISIS Associated Press http://time.com/author/associated-press/ Updated: Oct 02, 2017 12:03 PM ET http://time.com/4965058/las-vegas-shooting-isis/#

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Killing of History

2017-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I get it. Pilgar is a long-time activist and calls foul on western imperialism and denial thereof. In this article, Pilgar's outrage over the one line *in the beginning* of the documentary is way overblown and his mind seems to snap shut at the point Bank of America is id'd as a sponsor.

[FairfieldLife] Lee Pearson

2017-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Saw him today as part of a Chris Botti show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYp5wKQ29HE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYp5wKQ29HE

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trump Ignore pleas to calm tensions with N Korea

2017-09-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, based on the number of countries that have been trading with North Korea, I'd say he's partaking in international relations—as needed. "With the North Korean nuclear threat escalating https://www.axios.com/diplo-tweeting-and-the-cycle-of-escalation-with-north-korea-2481029200.html,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trump Ignore pleas to calm tensions with N Korea

2017-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
John, I beg to differ. Kim Jong Un has been the leader of his country far longer than Trump has ours. Kim has been dealing with international relations far longer than the 6 months that T.Rump has been on stage. T.Rump is the real beginner here and he has absolutely no idea of East Asia,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trump Ignore pleas to calm tensions with N Korea

2017-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Trump has a reptilian brain. He isn't "playing" anything and he has no strategy. His MO is simple and he does the same thing with every situation. Easy peasy to figure and predict. Kim Jong Un is not tethered to any reality we are familiar with and T.Rump's escalation should be denounced by

[FairfieldLife] Re: US has "declared" war against N. Korea

2017-09-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Kim is escalating the rhetoric. The US has not declared war. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Therefore, Kim's troops will shoot down any US bombers in its airspace.

[FairfieldLife] Healthcare Call

2017-09-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From NY Times: If you’re one of those people who’s been calling senators and urging them not to take health coverage from millions of people, don’t stop. The Senate switchboard remains open: (202) 224-3121

[FairfieldLife] RE: Waging Radical Peace, A Call to Group Meditations

2017-09-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Also good is Ken Burn's documentary on the Vietnam War. And, the Fog of War is good too, a McNamara documentary. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Important perspective to Take. ..Watch of this Frontline documentary now.. Frontline 1996 The Gulf War

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From Allen West...

2017-09-18 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : What's my point? That would depend on the context in which this was sent. That's what I'm asking! Yes it would and *YOU* sent it. What were you trying to say? Quite frankly, I don't remember posting this video.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From Allen West...

2017-09-17 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I've seen this video before. Bottomline—she is showing that the radical elements within Islam are gaining in number. She is Muslim herself and considers herself a moderate. I didn't say she was a crackpot; I said Allen B. West was. Based on the idiotic title of the article (equating

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trump Agrees to be Impeached

2017-09-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yeahit takes "balls" to set a nuclear war in motion. Get down on your knees, Mike. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Trump would be the only person, I can think of, to have the balls to nuke NK first. From: "jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife]"

[FairfieldLife] Re: From Allen West...

2017-09-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What's your point? Be careful with anything that has Allen B. West's name on it; the guy is a crackpot. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Check out this article:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Watch The Killing of Farkhunda on Times Video

2017-09-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Farkhunda#Reaction_from_Islamic_scholars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Farkhunda#Reaction_from_Islamic_scholars What's your point Mike? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Watch The

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trump Agrees to be Impeached

2017-09-16 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ahhh, the Borowitz Report. Satire. Not "fake news." ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Trump appears to be playing high stakes political poker. From the outset, he would indeed be very popular to stun both Democrats and Republicans. If the senate votes

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Respite from Hurricane wreckage: Come to Fairfield, Iowa

2017-09-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That's funny. I do not hear the sounds of people writing on an internet forum. Hey, I will never be in favor of a military response to North Korea's posturing and bravado and threats. And, the more we threaten one, the worse off we are—we force ourselves into a box. T.Rump has no idea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Respite from Hurricane wreckage: Come to Fairfield, Iowa

2017-09-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Sounds like T.Rump! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : He is a madman. He thinks he can win it all. But the best he can get is most definitely, Mutually Assured Destruction. This is discussed in the latter chapters of the Gita. ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Respite from Hurricane wreckage: Come to Fairfield, Iowa

2017-09-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
One thing is for sure. If the U.S. and China (and other members of the international community) insist on or start playing "regime change" games, the likelihood that Kim Jong Un will attempt to defend his right to rule through military means becomes greater. ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spirituality

2017-09-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You have included a number of things here as examples of how you are defining "spiritual." MMY was Hindu. In Hinduism as in Christianity, the existence of a personal "soul" is assumed. So, are you saying that all persons are spiritual because they have a "soul" and a "birthright" to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Respite from Hurricane wreckage: Come to Fairfield, Iowa

2017-09-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I won't disagree with you there. Seems to me that Fairfield has a lot going for it as a robust and open-minded community with diverse interests and a range of economic opportunities. The word "spiritual" always amuses me. Re: "for spiritual people." How do you define "spiritual?"

[FairfieldLife] Re: Respite from Hurricane wreckage: Come to Fairfield, Iowa

2017-09-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I believe that climate change is bringing rising sea levels and contributing to worsening weather and storms that will continue to ravage coastal cities. However, Iowa is not exempt from extreme weather conditions or climate change. A monster tornado might roll through your town one day (I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Respite from Hurricane wreckage: Come to Fairfield, Iowa

2017-09-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
http://ppc.uiowa.edu/forkenbrock/extreme-weather http://ppc.uiowa.edu/forkenbrock/extreme-weather Iowa isn't exempt. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : A real estate investor visiting Fairfield, Iowa this week observes that investing in Fairfield on a five

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trump is Igniting Anger Over the Entire Nation

2017-08-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This is well-written. Without? Doesn't really make sense if defined as in the article below. https://vedanet.com/2012/06/13/the-three-gunas-how-to-balance-your-consciousness/ https://vedanet.com/2012/06/13/the-three-gunas-how-to-balance-your-consciousness/ ---In

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