Ok, I'm down with that.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > It was a joke Steve - but I still say that what the TMO presents is like watching Lawrence Welk and what the TMO actually does is like watching a Black Veil Brides video > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: seventhray27 > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 7:05 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment...in your own words > > >  > MJ, you'll latch on to anything that you think will discredit the despised TMO.  Sometimes you just plain make a fool of yourself. > I had a bite of rare steak the other night that made me transcend. How can we spin that? How bout TM makes people bloodthirsty. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > Oh Share I love this! I wish I could see Bob Roth and his TMO buddies response to the statement that TM transcending thru TM and smoking pot sometimes give the same experience! Thanks for posting this! > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Share Long > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" > > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 2:43 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Enlightenment...in your own words > > > > > > à> > Carol me and many of my long term TM friends could care less if we're enlightened.àBut I want to respond to your exchange with Emily about backpacking, walking the dog, etc. > > > > I remember the first time I meditated in March 1975 I thought, oh, I've had this > > before.àIt was very familiar to me.àFrom sometimes getting in the zone > > when I played sports.àSometimes snoozing in the hammock in the backyard > > after work.àSometimes from dancing to my favorite music.àBody surfing!àSometimes from > > marijuana.àAnd I definitely wanted that relaxed but alive experience > > in a natural way.àI think that's what I get with TM.à> > > > I really like > > Maharishi's analogy for this:àmeditating is like dipping a cloth in the dye where the cloth is your nervous system and the dye is Being or pure consciousness or what Doc calls Silence.àThen engaging in daily > > activity is like putting the cloth in the sun.àThe color fades, but not completely.àWhat color is left after fading in the sun, that color is > > permanent.àThen dip in dye again, then fade again, over and over until > > one day the color is totally permanent.àBeing or Silence is permanently experienced along with all other states.àMaharishi calls it restful > > alertness and for me that phrase captures its quality of being both settled and potentially full of activity. à> > > > I'd say practicing TM makes the whole process not necessarily faster but more reliable.à> > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Carol > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 12:45 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Enlightenment...in your own words > > > > > > à> > I'm curious to hear/read different folks descriptions of what it is like to have the Silence permeate other areas of your life. > > > > And why is this state of grounded in the self and permanent silence called "Enlightenment?" > > > > Thanks! > > > > PS: Jim (doctordumbass) stated in his own words regarding Enlightenment: > > "It is anything but a static state, first experienced as always being grounded in the Self, or permanent silence. Once a person is established in Silenc within, the enlightenment begins to "infect" everything else. The Silence within can no longer be overshadowed, destroyed, or disrupted. Sounds crazy, huh?:-)" > > He stated that here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/333754 > > > > *************** > > >
