On 04/16/2013 01:02 PM, Share Long wrote: > noozguru when I get to the Dome the ones there seem to be meditating already. > The sleepers tend to be the ones rushing in from work at the last minute. > If I haven't slept well the night before, or eaten sugar, I can need a 20-30 > minute nap before the Dome. It does make the difference between an alert or > sleepy experience.
Many of the folks who needed a nap before evening program worked stressful office jobs (probably to pay off their Sidhis course). > > > As for Americans preferring the vata pacifying tastes sweet salty unctious, > written in thread about ques vegetarians are tired of, I'd say it makes sense > given how vata deranging our culture is. Maybe that also explains why people > in less frantic cultures like spicy food? Pungent foods are often explained as helping to keep parasites out the system. I actually had to order out of the back of menus in India. The back pages offered Chinese food. > > from latest post about eating carbs to keep serotonin levels up: do you eat > rice and bread too? Don't fats help with serotonin levels? Are carbs good > for slow or fast metabolism? Rice and bread. And popcorn! It's mainly refined carbs that might put weight on me. But then it's also a slow metabolism that will put weight on me. > > I googled NLP 10 pound period but got no good info. What is that? Listen to Obama speak. Notice how strongly he emphasizes the end of his sentences. NLP is neuro linguistic programming. The emphasis is very annoying and I know he is conscious of the effect it will have on most people except those of us who know what is going on. > > you wrote in time travel thread: In 1968 I had a vision about fascism in 40 > years. Never thought much about it but look what happened over the last > decade! Also had a vision of the Chinese invading and now China pretty much > owns the US. > me: Do you think the Chinese are greedy? > > from two explosions: I like what you said about astrology being like a > weather report. > > from death for MJ: I was laughing because I often say that if we knew the > maintenance involved in taking care of an aging body, we just might have > purchased another kind of vehicle. > > > ________________________________ > From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 6:07 PM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Good Coffee like Equal Rights > > > > > On 04/15/2013 02:18 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: >> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: >>>> No, no. That is definitely not right. You know even his holiness >>>> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi actually directed us while with him on a course one >>>> time, he kind of snapped at someone saying, "You've slept enough! If you >>>> fall asleep in meditation take some stimulants like coffee or tea". I >>>> would swear on a stack of BVgita's piled high that is the quote. I heard >>>> it straight from him. It is very effective advice about good meditation >>>> practice. >>>> -Buck >> I've meditated in domes and meditation-halls all over the world for decades >> and can confirm that this is an american problem. You'll find people dozing >> off everywhere, particularily in 3'rd world countries, but not to the extent >> than in the US. I was also astonished to see that the Sidhas in America >> seldom went to bed before 12 and that in an excited state having watched TV >> or goofing around all evening. Not to be surpirised that they therefore will >> "catch up" the lack of sleep in the Domes. >> >> In an Ideal Society Sir Alex Stanley will have extended power to whip all >> these immature souls to bed no later than 10 PM :-) >> >> > Back in the late 1970s folks arrived early enough to take the > recommended brief nap before the group program. That was to keep folks > from falling asleep during the program. Did that go away with ayurveda > (no day sleeping)? > > I don't think Alex has an authoritarian bone in his body. > > >
