[FairfieldLife] Re: Countering a Post-Modern Spiritual Disabling of the Human Being..

Materialism, she says, is the new spirituality. He said people now lived in a time "when the lights of commerce cast the light of God into the shadows, when we are concerned for gifts, but cold toward those who are marginalised". During the service, he said Christmas had been "taken

[FairfieldLife] Re: Countering a Post-Modern Spiritual Disabling of the Human Being..

# Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific, or objective, efforts to explain reality. # The word "bling" refers to any unnecessary accumulation of metal http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=metal or jewellery which impresses the simple-minded.

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Tomorrow is the Global Day of Prayer...via Thich Nhat Hanh. Scroll down from the date of 2/8 https://www.bluecliffmonastery.org/news-and-updates/2017/2/8/global-day-of-prayer https://www.bluecliffmonastery.org/news-and-updates/2017/2/8/global-day-of-prayer ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Countering a Post-Modern Spiritual Disabling of the Human Being..

FW: "Our current life is beset by a cacophony of alarming and, at times, ominous noise. Cognizant of this scourge, Amma urged her disciples in the USA to conduct sessions of silent meditation. In sustained silence, our senses become more acute and attuned to see the world around us with

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Relative deprivation: An ambient stressor in the collective spiritual body, a lack of fulfillment, the lack of peace. But it is an elegant explanation for so much of the turmoil of the current political climate, when many groups seem to fear they could be losing out on what they once had.

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Fear and the spiritual 'body politic'.. ..the people of a nation, state, or society considered collectively as an organized group of citizens. “We have more than a political problem. We have an emotional problem, in that this moment scares us. It scares us. We have a psychological problem

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Notes from the morning Fairfield, Iowa Coffee Haus Satsangs, after meditation. This morning’s notes are about ambient collective Fear, the Energy of these times: Running conversation, There is a tremendous amount of fear in the collective. Fear of not having enough and that whatever people

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In sign of the time.. A Quick paraphrase edit: “..In a non-theistic ( non-spiritual) morality..Vice sells and that is patently degenerate. That is ‘creative genius’, because it can be done and it makes money? It is called the degradation of freedom that is run of the mill upper levels

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Fleetwood shares this: 'decline of global sattva?'. Yes, it can seem that way these days, because it is easier to feel resistance, which shrinks one's apparent world; less satisfying. However, as a wise man said, 'take it easy, take it as it comes'. Globally, we are in a period of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Countering a Post-Modern Spiritual Disabling of the Human Being..

“Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific, or objective efforts to explain reality.” Q: People saying they are disabled in a mental agitation and chaos by 21st Century media then define certainty, an objective ‘that’? A: "When push comes to shove, you can

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Dear Meditators, Sidhas, and Governors of Fairfield and Maharishi Vedic City, 1. We’ve stumbled upon an amazing and very timely video of Maharishi putting political events into perspective. We think you will be delighted — and in some cases much relieved — to hear what he has to say.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Countering a Post-Modern Spiritual Disabling of the Human Being..

FW, e-mail: News and media must produce and they have nothing solid to talk about! Nearly all is speculation & anxiety of anticipation to fill time and media/electronics. Unfortunately this mode of thinking is infectious to the masses of people... cluttering the minds of all to the

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Fear, the 'Social Question". The coming future.. “And that's the fear. The fear is that populism makes this not about an electoral ballot but really about the future, fundamentally of oneself within one society. And it - and populists winning, in particular, not only by having solutions

[FairfieldLife] Re: Countering a Post-Modern Spiritual Disabling of the Human Being..

Yes, the Domes in Fairfield quite evidently are activating spiritually too like spiritual places are for an individual or collective. There certainly is a reality to that. Like sitting in a gathered Quaker meeting In effect wages peace as places in the silence of their spiritual processes.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Countering a Post-Modern Spiritual Disabling of the Human Being..

"Where did we go wrong? The real mistake we commit lies in our inability to differentiate between requirements and luxuries."-Amma "Don't be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your candle and step forward." -Amma "Be like the honeybee who gathers only

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Yes. What seemed distinctly a single category splits in two when you learn about "spirit." Eventually it all come back together again. Materialism, Spirituality, Non-Duality, Monism. All the same. How many ways can you cut a deck of cards? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

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Thx, there's no clear-cut distinction between materialism and Spirituality, since any particular materialistic item or even can conceivably be transmuted into something allied toward the goal of Enlightening everybody in the Universe. (a Mahayana Buddhist goal). OTOH, a materialist can be

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Ammachi in Detroit, ‘Q and A’ satsang meeting. 11.23.16 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Transcription of rough handwritten notes.. Q:What of the fear, agitation, commotion, hatred and confusion that is individual and societal for the present time?

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Large turnouts for deep meditations with Ammachi this past Thanksgiving week in Detroit. A lot of people traveling from Fairfield there and old TM movement initiators from around the country. Ammachi moves on to San Jose for this week. see Amma.org for location. ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Countering a Post-Modern Spiritual Disabling of the Human Being..

Ammachi in Detroit ‘Q and A’ satsang meeting. Transcription of rough handwritten notes.. Q:What of the fear, agitation, commotion, hatred and confusion that is individual and societal for the present time? A: Amma answering, Swami translating.. [ ..her observation was that everyone has