I Touch Myself - Divinyls :-) Genre: punk pop baroque . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM
--- In [email protected], david allen <davaceta@...> wrote: > > Howdy back, Buck!   >  >  Yes i wuz a 'TM stormtrooper' ("Initiations by hook or by crook!") in N. > America before the 108 group was invented. Back then, things were pretty > much decided by regional coordinators. Unfortunately, there was no > complaint-department, no ombuds-type persons, nor initiator's-union to > address grievances. >  >  One recurring gripe was simply about getting advanced course-acceptance in > time to catch our dam' travel arrangements. We had operated local > residence courses for years, no problem.  Center staffers were prompt > and always nice with applicants, so they kept coming to courses -- it was > easy and fun.  Then a couple of 'Siddhas' arrived from Switzerland to > take-over the center.   After alienating most of the 'strong' > meditators, and generally screwing things-up, they disappeared back to > Europe.  Our invincible-center closed shortly afterwards.  Bye bye, boys... >  > Surely by now, two-way communication channels are well-established and > help with problems faced by teachers and administrators in the field.  >  Recalling all this stuff today, I also remember that we didn't touch > others very often.  Now, research is showing that friendly human contact > helps develop empathy in people.   Geeze, we could've used more of > that...  >  > > > --- On Thu, 2/21/13, Buck <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > From: Buck <dhamiltony2k5@...> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yer chatter is bulging my Inbox! > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 11:50 AM > > > >  > > > > Executive TM Governor? Were you an executive Gov back in Switzerland, Holland > or North America? Do you go back to the days of 108's? > > --- In [email protected], david allen wrote: > > > > > > > > Kyho, Iowans! > >  > > I keep thinking to get off this chatter-group, but only for the unexpected > > volume of messaging.  there are plenty of interesting topics to help get > > a wider perception of what You Folks are pondering out there.  And just > > curious, are there good career-opportunities in FF for aging > > "executive-governors"?  Finally grok-ing some of the diverse spiritual > > development advice & practices i've endured or enjoyed,  i might be a > > good candidate for any quiet, guidance-oriented opening in Fairfield, or > > environs. > >  > > As a registered craniosacral therapist, i figure that You All, like > > everybody, could use some quiet, extended-touch sessions. Using a > > fluidbody paradigme with an acquired, nature-oriented attention-span, my > > experiences as a recipient, and as a practitioner, seem alot like that > > described as the old Catharic rite of "Consolament". Reportedly the > > sacrament of spiritual baptism, it is described as an arcane method of > > human hand-touch ("imposition of hands") which helps to prepare recipients > > to confront the Great Mystery. It was advised for the clergy, often > > requested by dying Cathars, and especially by those expecting torture and > > immolation for heresy at the 'hands' of christian-mercenaries during the > > 1190 - 1220 CE Albigensian (first internal) Crusade conducted in Southern > > France, by the Roman Church. > >  > > Cathars and others sought Consolamentum to rehearse the experience > > infusion of Spirit and 'body-dropping'.  For myself, vivid Hubble-like > > perceptions of a Pleroma of un-winking stars; visceral cotton-lightness; > > endless radiant space; etc, all give confidence to advise looking closer > > into the BCST paradigme.  And maybe try some sessions.  They could > > help Us All settle deeply into silent and soothing somatic tempos -- just > > like when we were tiny, embryonic, aquatic prenates... > > >
