Rick, I noticed you said you went to Iran - was that with the peace creating
groups and would you share any of your experiences with us here?
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On Mon, 4/28/14, Rick Archer <r...@searchsummit.com> wrote:
Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Questions for Rick
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, April 28, 2014, 4:20 PM
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Duveyoung
Sent: Sunday, April 27,
2014 4:19 PM
To:
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Questions for
Rick Questions for Rick
1. Do you still take the TM
mantra as instructed?No. Using a mantra
Amma gave me about a dozen years ago, but doing it
TM-Style.
If so:
A. How many advanced techniques?Learned them all.
Don’t do them, except for maybe one involving
attention.
B. Siddhis? All of them?Learned them, did
them for 25 years. No longer.
C. How many did you initiate and
circa/when?About 1,000. Mostly
early 70’s.
D. Can you still do the puja with the meanings and
feelings? Yes.How often do you do puja?Did it mentally
recently, just to see if I remember it. Otherwise not in
years.
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?.
Not really. I
don’t dispute that some have, but I doubt Newtonian
physics has been violated by any in the TM
movement.
F. Do you have clear cognition of the
"flavors?"No. Never
did.
G. When were you last checked?Decades
ago.
H. Do you get to bed before 10
P.M.?No, usually about
10:30.
I. How much money in total have you paid to the
TMO?10’s of $ 1,000
counting all courses, etc. But got many on ATR
credit.
J. When did you move to FF?1987
2. Is your
shit together?A matter of
opinion.
3. When did
you stop using the TM technique? Why?Never did, unless
you count switching mantras. If so, then about 12 years
ago.
4. What other gurus have you
followed whom you SINCERELY BELIEVED were
enlightened?Amma
If
so:
A. What
spiritual practices do you do these days? How
often?Meditation, about
3-4 times a day, totaling about 3 hours.
B. Still do hatha yoga?Most
days.
C. What diet do you follow?Mostly vege, with
some chicken and fish in recent years.
D. Other than TM, did you make other major
spiritual decisions that you now regret or wish had been
tweaked a
bit?Not really. And I
don’t regret TM either.
E. Still seeking?“Exploring”,
“investigating”, “evolving” are better words than
“seeking”. The desperate, unfulfilled seeking energy is
gone.
5. Are you
enlightened? When did you realize? No. I don’t like
the term. Too static and superlative a term.
If
so:
A. Are there
any differences in how you define "awareness,"
"being," "transcendent,"
"Self,"
and "the Absolute?"I don’t clearly
differentiate the terms.
B. Is there an afterlife in other realms or on other
worlds?Yes.
C. Do you see astral beings?No, although I’ve
had a glimpse or two.
D. Do any of your friends think you're
enlightened? I hope
not.Have
they surrendered to you?No, but anyone who
wishes to do so is welcome to send me all their money.
E. Do rocks have consciousness or sentience of any
sort?Rocks are
consciousness.
F. Are you able to do any siddhis that an outside
observer could measure?No.
6. Personal
History
A. Age - 64
B. Astrological signs: Sun, Rising, Moon
Don’t know. Would
have to ask my wife.Do you watch your chart's daily
changes? - no
C. Married how long?
– 27 years
D.
Children? no
E. Education? MA in
SCI and MSCI
F. Work
history? TMO 25 years, computer
consulting, SEO
G.
Health? -
excellent
F. Social
life? Not much. Batgap has
exposed me to many new friends around the
world.
H. How smart
are you? Duh
I. Where have you traveled? All over the US, Europe, India,
Iran, Philippines
J. How has
ordinary aging made you wiser?
– hard to say.
7. Off the top
of your head -- without looking at any listings -- which FFL
members immediately come to mind? (List up to ten) – Judy, Barry, Alex, you,
Nabby,
Richard Williams, Buck/Doug, Michael
Jackson.
8. Did
Maharishi have sex with those women? The evidence is compelling. Multiple
1st-hand accounts, substantial circumstantial
evidence.
9. Is Girish
as corrupt as most active FFL members suppose? Probably
10. Has your badge been
"officially" pulled? YesAre you blocked from campus? no
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.? more and more so.
12. Who is the most enlightened
person now living on the planet that you know
of/believe-in? Probably
Amma
13. Who is on your short list of
"those you most want to interview?" Eckhart Tolle, Eben Alexander,
Barbara Marx Hubbard
14. Are there
folks in the TMO out to make your life miserable? Any
"offense" being conducted? No.
15. Do you think the rajas are a
joke doomed to be one of the TM movement's greatest
embarrassments? ‘Fraid so. a
symptom of MMY’s old age eccentricity.
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?They can shoot me
and let them live.
17. Did you cry actual tears for
L.B.? - no
18. Which TM leaders in the past
got a raw deal from Maharishi?
John Black, now a Raja
19. Are you
still harried by karma on a daily basis or is it just me
projecting?. Not harried. Life
is fun.
20. Have you even walked around
FF for even 5 minutes without having to wave to
someone? – Seldom go there,
but would probably wave if I did.
21. When they finally sell the
domes, what happens to FF's core? Does the community
just dissolve as everyone dies off? This presumes MUM will fold.
Hopefully it won’t.
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? Eye
of the beholder. If people enjoy it, they’ll keep doing
it.
23. Which movement leader
is/was:
A. Most
evil? – none of them. we’re all flawed individuals,
doing the best we can.
B. Most
sattvic?
C. Most
clueless?
D. Most
intellectually clear about spirituality? Can’t really answer the above.
Not tuned in to TMO enough these days.
24. If you were 20 years old what
spiritual path would you hope you'd
utilize?Would
probably hang out with one of the more clear teachers, such
as Adyashanti or Mooji. Might live in Amma’s ashram as
long as she’s still around. Hard to say.
25. Do you believe any of the
following are worthy of your time?
A. Numerology? no
B.
Palmistry? no
C. Palm
leaves? no
D.
Chiropractors? sometimes
E. Sauna
therapy? Never did it, but probably
F. Fasting? Yes, in the past
G. Ajur ved? Yes
H. Modern
medicine? Yes, depending on the issue.
I. Lucid dreaming? - You have it or you don’t,
right?
J. Reading
scriptures? - Yes
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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