We become like the people we mingle with, not only through their conversation, but through the silent magnetic vibration that emanates from them. When we come into the range of their magnetism we are affected.
Paramahansa Yogananda > > MJ, I would bet there are old style silent [what they call un-programmed] > Quaker meetings to sit with near you in the South. They are group meditation > founded by the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism as we > would recognize now to be the spiritual Meissner Effect [ME] of meditating in > groups. > > > > > Group meetings to practice the techniques of meditation are vitally > > important. Group meetings strengthen the individual Self-realization that > > one has acquired in private at home. > > > > Paramahansa Yogananda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh and by the way Buck there ain't no meditation groups in these > > > > > >parts. > > > > >Everyone is too busy out trying to catch a photo of the > > > > > space bros making crop circles, but so far no luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well sadly, it is about proper values. > > > > > > > > > > Conservative meditator that I am, I should have these lost people at > > > reading the discourses of Brahmananda Saraswati. Really MJ, these > > > people's time should be so much better spent if only just sitting reading > > > the discourses of Brahmananda Saraswati. Studying at: > > > http://lbshriver.wordpress.com/guru-dev-lectures/ > > > Jai Guru Dev [SBS], > > > -Buck > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Great quote on group meditation, "the invisible vibratory exchange of > > > > > group magnetism". Yes certainly, the spirituality of the Meissner > > > > > Effect [ME] of meditation in group meditation practice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Group meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual > > > > > > aspirants as > > > > > well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the > > > > > degree of > > > > > Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible > > > > > vibratory > > > > > exchange of group magnetism." > > > > > > > > > > > > â"Paramahansa Yogananda in Seeking God Together > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have to admit that I did always find meditating in group more > > > > > > > fulfilling somehow than singular meditation. Now that is > > > > > > > meditation mind you, not TMSP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just meditating. That is a fair observation. I interview folks in > > > > > > the larger TM meditating community here all the time and also when > > > > > > I travel and i commonly find your sense about meditating v TMSP. > > > > > > Most people here will say they are meditators [TM] but don't do the > > > > > > TMSP when you ask about their spiritual practice. An irony in the > > > > > > recent opening of a movement meditation hall in downtown Fairfield > > > > > > is that they sought to not accommodate meditators who would come to > > > > > > meditate. [Need a Course Office TMSP Badge exclusively to meditate > > > > > > there] They [the strict preservationists] seem determinedly out of > > > > > > touch with the meditating community as it is. > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - the Dome experience with Jack Bodger constantly cracking his > > > > > > knuckles, people whoopin' and hollerin', many sleeping, many just > > > > > > sitting there and watching the flying (so-called flying) was a > > > > > > circus more than anything else. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The one thing I did enjoy was the time Big Bopper Bevan stood up > > > > > > > before the beginning of program to announce in an obviously > > > > > > > peevish voice that coming over to him while he was "resting" > > > > > > > after the flying to ask him questions was ABSOLUTELY NOT > > > > > > > legitimate. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh and by the way Buck there ain't no meditation groups in these > > > > > > > parts. Everyone is too busy out trying to catch a photo of the > > > > > > > space bros making crop circles, but so far no luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > From: Buck > > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 8:05 AM > > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers Welcome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Group meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual > > > > > > > aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together > > > > > > > increases the degree of Self-realization of each member of the > > > > > > > group by the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group > > > > > > > magnetism." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > â"Paramahansa Yogananda in Seeking God Together > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson > > > > > > > > <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you leaning in that direction yourself, Buck since you > > > > > > > > > are realizing that Bevvie and Company are not going to let go > > > > > > > > > the reins of power until the Black Camel kneels outside their > > > > > > > > > tent? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MJ, good question. Like many meditators I am a practitioner > > > > > > > > and not necessarily a devotee. In groups meditators commonly > > > > > > > > go where the field effect of shakti is of the greatest benefit. > > > > > > > > [natural tendency]. Like most I look to the TM movement just > > > > > > > > to facilitate my meditation and to providing a group > > > > > > > > meditation. Nothing more. Evidently I am much more in line > > > > > > > > with Brahmananda Saraswati [Guru Dev] than most any of the TM > > > > > > > > movement now on this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All wishing for the Maharishi-TM movement is that they would do > > > > > > > > a better job of facilitating the group program and the Meissner > > > > > > > > Effect of group meditation. They have failed miserably at that > > > > > > > > and for that by good science the leadership should be held > > > > > > > > accountable for as a crime against humanity. Look back at any > > > > > > > > of the glossy TM publications for the last 40 years and it is > > > > > > > > the same guys in the thumbnail photos in charge. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The obviously discouraging thing verified recently when the > > > > > > > > Prime Minister answered questions last month live in Fairfield > > > > > > > > is that he was unchanged. Was a sinking feeling for the TM > > > > > > > > movement and all that the re-certs are valiantly trying to do > > > > > > > > bringing TM back watching him lead that so-called community > > > > > > > > meeting particularly where he shut up the only person in the > > > > > > > > room starting to bring up substantial points around communal > > > > > > > > fear, lack of transparency, and the TM anti-saint policy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It must be very discouraging for the progressive Hagelin-ites > > > > > > > > trying to re-ignite a meditating movement dealing with Bevan > > > > > > > > the stick in the mud when Bevan holds the trump cards. > > > > > > > > Actually I know it is. Everyone from the top down is waiting > > > > > > > > for the fat guy to retire or die. The black camel kneeling > > > > > > > > thing. When that happens like in all post-charismatic > > > > > > > > movements sensible things can get done by corporate consensus > > > > > > > > afterwords. There is a lot of precedent in history for that. > > > > > > > > But then TM'ers don't study history to know, I am just a > > > > > > > > journalist. However, I still like this YouTube clip the best > > > > > > > > to see what is going on in TM now. It is very exciting. Of > > > > > > > > course skip the advertisement in the beginning but see it > > > > > > > > through to the finish: > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSl-6aC6GEQ > > > > > > > > Spoiler: spot Orb to the end! > > > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > From: Buck > > > > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:27 PM > > > > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers Welcome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > à> > > > > > > > > Dear MJ; Yur evidently being jaded such by the past bad > > > > > > > > > behavior of TM and its leaders, MJ given the science and > > > > > > > > > experience of meditation now I am concerned that you are not > > > > > > > > > in a group meditating. I have noticed that the Yogananda > > > > > > > > > people are open to having people meditate along with them in > > > > > > > > > their group meditations. They can have very powerful group > > > > > > > > > meditations [field effect] that one can sit with when > > > > > > > > > traveling away. Look for SRF on the web. I was just up in > > > > > > > > > Minneapolis and they have a real nice meditation place. > > > > > > > > > Turns out that Yogananda taught there in the 1920's for some > > > > > > > > > time and they have had a group meditation since. They have a > > > > > > > > > silent practice that other meditators can sit in with so long > > > > > > > > > as you are not disturbing their practice. Look on the web > > > > > > > > > for a place. > > > > > > > > > SRF group meditations might be a good tip for other notable > > > > > > > > > disaffected meditators here too. > > > > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson > > > > > > > > > <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and you believed him? What did you expect him to say that > > > > > > > > > > they are a bunch of elitist lying thieving crooks? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > From: Buck > > > > > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:27 PM > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers Welcome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ãâà> > > > > > > > > > Really nice TM Guru Purnima meeting in the Dome last nite > > > > > > > > > > for Badge holders or course office vetted only. Nothing so > > > > > > > > > > secret though was said that the rank-and-file movement's > > > > > > > > > > meditator or even just any public non-meditator would not > > > > > > > > > > have been inspired by. Was evidently a lost opportunity to > > > > > > > > > > have asked the old meditators of the community back in like > > > > > > > > > > the old days. However, John Hagelin gave a wonderful > > > > > > > > > > presentation of how the movement is doing. Much progress > > > > > > > > > > has been made since he re-oriented things from the time of > > > > > > > > > > Maharishi's death [2008]. The movement is doing quite well > > > > > > > > > > in modern retrofit. You all should take another look at > > > > > > > > > > http://www.tm.org/about-us TM.org. TM is on a comeback > > > > > > > > > > and that is very exciting regardless of any of the past > > > > > > > > > > controversies. Moving forward, > > > > > > > > > > -Buck in the Dome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are 100% right on this, Buck. Guru Purnima should be > > > > > > > > > > > open to all. I don't know what their problem is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Reconciliation with its meditators?? The leadership has > > > > > > > > > > > > lost itself once again. Incredible. This is a > > > > > > > > > > > > no-brainier, there are two easy days to invite people > > > > > > > > > > > > in on and Guru Purnima is one of them. Instead the > > > > > > > > > > > > leadership wants to split and be contentious with > > > > > > > > > > > > people? It is badly incredible that at a time they are > > > > > > > > > > > > wanting for people they hold out for an exclusivity > > > > > > > > > > > > over this! Shame on them. They seem determined to > > > > > > > > > > > > bury the old meditating movement in the exclusivity of > > > > > > > > > > > > their own fealty testing. This could have been one of > > > > > > > > > > > > the easiest meetings to host in the Domes for everyone > > > > > > > > > > > > and anyone wanting to celebrate Maharishi, meditating, > > > > > > > > > > > > or the work of the movement. They have failed once > > > > > > > > > > > > again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TM Guru Purnima; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All Meditators, Sidhas and Governors are warm > > > > > > > > > > > > > invited. Please bring your > > > > > > > > > > > > > current program badge* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kiKZjq0vTWg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
