Damn! I think all of us on FFL should fill out this questionnaire.
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On Sun, 4/27/14, Duveyoung <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Questions for Rick
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2014, 9:19 PM
Questions for Rick
1. Do you still take the TM mantra as
instructed?
If so:
A. How many advanced
techniques?
B. Siddhis? All of
them?
C. How many did you
initiate and circa/when?
D. Can you still do the
puja with the meanings and feelings? How often do you do
puja?
E.
Have
you ever actually leaped into the air during the flying
siddhi and NOT
have done it mindfully
on purpose instead of the
leap having been "caused" mysteriously and
spontaneously-from-the-beyond-the-beyond?.
F. Do you have clear
cognition of the "flavors?"
G. When were you last
checked?
H. Do you get to bed
before 10 P.M.?
I. How much money in total
have you paid to the TMO?
J. When did you move to
FF?
2. Is your shit together?
3.
When
did you stop using the TM technique?
Why?
4.
What other gurus have you
followed whom you SINCERELY BELIEVED were enlightened?
If so:
A.
What spiritual practices do you do these days? How
often?
B. Still do hatha yoga?
C. What diet do you
follow?
D.
Other
than TM, did you make other major spiritual decisions that
you now regret or wish had been
tweaked a bit?
E. Still
seeking?
5. Are you
enlightened? When did you realize?
If so:
A. Are there any
differences in how you define "awareness,"
"being," "transcendent,"
"Self,"
and "the
Absolute?"
B. Is there an afterlife in
other realms or on other worlds?
C. Do you see astral
beings?
D. Do any of your friends
think you're enlightened? Have they surrendered to
you?
E. Do
rocks have consciousness or sentience of any sort?
F. Are
you able to do any siddhis that an
outside observer could measure?
6. Personal History
A. Age
B. Astrological signs:
Sun, Rising, Moon Do you watch your chart's daily
changes?
C. Married how long?
D. Children?
E. Education?
F. Work history?
G. Health?
F. Social life?
H. How smart are
you?
I. Where have you
traveled?
J. How has ordinary aging
made you wiser?
7. Off the top of your head -- without
looking at any listings -- which FFL members immediately
come to mind? (List up to ten)
8. Did Maharishi have sex with those
women?
9. Is Girish as
corrupt as most active FFL members suppose?
10. Has your badge been
"officially" pulled? Are you blocked from
campus?
11. After all
these interviews, has your nervous system developed an
intuitive ability to sort out these folks into "heavy
duty," "has had some experiences but isn't
enlightened," "hucksters," etc.?
12. Who is the most
enlightened person now living on the planet that you know
of/believe-in?
13. Who is
on your short list of "those you most want to
interview?"
14. Are
there folks in the TMO out to make your life miserable?
Any "offense" being conducted?
15. Do you think the rajas are a joke doomed
to be one of the TM movement's greatest
embarrassments?
16. If
you HAD TO choose NOW who had to die by firing squad:
A.
Curtis or
Marek?
B.
Turq or Judy?
C. Nabby or Shemp?
17. Did
you cry actual tears for L.B.?
18. Which TM leaders in the past got a raw
deal from Maharishi?
19.
Are you still harried by karma on a daily basis or is it
just me projecting?
20.
Have you even walked around FF for even 5 minutes without
having to wave to someone?
21. When they finally sell the domes, what
happens to FF's core? Does the community just dissolve
as everyone dies off?
22.
Do you feel that the FFL members as a group are
"getting anywhere?" Is the conversation here
still helpful and "worth it" as much as ever? Or
has its value evolved?
23. Which movement leader is/was:
A. Most
evil?
B. Most sattvic?
C. Most clueless?
D. Most intellectually
clear about spirituality?
24. If
you were 20 years old what spiritual path would you hope
you'd utilize?
25. Do
you believe any of the following are worthy of your time?
A.
Numerology?
B.
Palmistry?
C. Palm leaves?
D. Chiropractors?
E. Sauna therapy?
F. Fasting?
G. Ajur ved?
H. Modern medicine?
I. Lucid dreaming?
J. Reading scriptures?
Okay, that's enough....these were off the
top of my head and in no special order.
Edg
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
<rick@...> wrote :
Something Fax
Gilbert and I are going to do.
Buddha at the Gas Pump (BATGAP)
founder Rick Archer will himself be interviewed by Fax
Gilbert on Sunday, May 11 7:30-9 p.m., at the Fairfield
Public Library. The interview is sponsored by Waking Down
of Fairfield. ($5 donation)
BATGAP
is an internationally acclaimed series of dialogues where
Rick posts in-depth discussions (at batgap.com/) with
awakened and awakening people ranging from local
Fairfielders to notable spiritual teachers from around the
world. Since 2010, Rick
has posted over 225 of
these sessions and has seen his program grow in prestige and
popularity with each passing year. Because of his exposure
to the wide range of awakening modalities and spiritual
teachings alive in the world today, Rick is uniquely
situated to comment on what’s going on out there. It
promises to be a rich evening.
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