The Circle of Sophia makes a nice transcendent group meditation on Thursday nites.
> > There's also the daily group meditations at the Full Spectrum Center in > Fairfield. They are very nice as group meditations. > > > > > > "..we will meet for a guided group heart meditation on monday june 20th at > > 7:30pm. please plan to be on time so that we can finish before 9pm." > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > > > Not fair dude - The infrastructure problems the US faces are way bigger > > > than what the Dutch are doing. What the Dutch are doing is amazing and > > > revolutionary from an engineering perspective, but it remains one BIG > > > project - keeping the North Sea from coming in. Anything but trivial, > > > however compared in scale to what goes on in the US to maintain 300 > > > million souls, we do pretty well too. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > If meditation is good for the individual, it should also > > > > > be good for the collective. > > > > > > > > > > > Since meditation provides an effective, scientifically > > > > > > proven way to dissolve individual stress... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If meditation is so good for the individual, and > > > > you're an individual meditator, howcum all you can > > > > seem to focus upon are problems and manufactured > > > > outrage over those problems? > > > > > > > > Seems to me that a "collective" composed of people > > > > who think like "Buck" would be pretty much like > > > > the rest of American society. > > > > > > > > It also seems to me that if meditation did something > > > > beneficial for individuals, those individuals should > > > > be able to occasionally come up with a solution or > > > > two, and not just spend all their time bitching. > > > > Again, that just makes them ordinary Americans, doing > > > > nothing but bitching and waiting for someone else to > > > > fix things for them. > > > > > > > > I say this based on the latest news from the Nether- > > > > lands, where new initiatives have been put into place > > > > to prevent possible problems from flooding or rising > > > > ocean levels 20 to 30 years from now. The present is > > > > pretty much taken care of because of similar planning > > > > and foresight 20 to 30 years ago. Now *that* is a > > > > "collective" that seems to have something going for > > > > it. Whiny meditators like the "Buck" persona, not > > > > so much. > > > > > > > > We get it that you're upset about some of these things. > > > > Come up with a proposed solution to one or two of them > > > > and I'll believe TM's claims of it increasing the > > > > "creative intelligence" of practitioners. Do nothing > > > > but bitch, and you're just like everybody else. > > > > > > > > When was the last time you taught anyone to meditate, > > > > "Buck?" Seems to me that you're more a part of the > > > > problem you bitch about than its solution. > > > > > > > > > >