---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote :
Dear Diane, you may not know this but this FairfieldLife at yahoo-groups list has been misappropriated by a number of people who with a culture of unkind abuse have methodically driven off most others who have expressed higher states of awareness. This is really not a very tolerant place for either diversity of experience or tolerance for diverse viewpoint. You may have to look further and elsewhere to find the depth that you wish to survey for. This FFL yahoo-group list as it has devolved is quite unfriendly to spiritual experience. Best of regards for your research project, -in Fairfield, Iowa Another serious hallucination from "Buck". This place was never "hijacked" but some people joined with - gasp - different opinions about what it all means, both the TM organisation and the experiences that result from regular spiritual practise. And it has to be said that the so-called neganauts (people with different opinions to Doug) have all talked at length about spiritual experiences with TM and various other techniques and drugs. In fact, the only ones that have never mentioned their own visions on the path are the three whiners who never stop trying to drag the place down. They know who they are. Funny that. So here's a challenge for you Doug, I've talked at length about my spiritual experiences, why don't you have a go and share the obviously vast amount of self-knowledge you must have gained from a lifetime sitting in the dome? Be the change you want to see on FFL.... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <arlingtonlife@...> wrote : Dear Friend of the TM Community, I am writing to ask for your assistance. My colleagues and I at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are conducting a fascinating anonymous, internet-based survey study to characterize experiences that some people have of Higher States of Consciousness — something that someone from a different spiritual tradition might all a personal encounter with The Divine. The study will permit a better understanding about the phenomenology, interpretation, and enduring effects of such encounters. Our hope is that, ultimately, we will receive thousands of responses to the survey so that we can better understand such experiences and how they may differ across faith traditions and occasioning events (e.g. prayer, meditation, spontaneously-occurring, nature experiences, drug-occasioned etc.). Although the survey takes 30+ minutes to complete (depending on the time taken on optional open-ended questions), we have received many spontaneous positive comments from survey respondents who have said that answering the survey questions prompted them to deepen their appreciation for these uplifting and meaningful experiences. REASONS TO TAKE THE SURVEY: 1. The survey is an opportunity to revisit an uplifting and personally meaningful experience. 2. Because the survey questions prompt deep reflection on a seminal transcendent experience, completing the survey may provide a fascinating topic of discussion among people interested in meditation, spirituality or religion. 3. By telling their story, individuals will be making an important contribution to science. We would sincerely appreciate it if you would consider taking the survey and letting others know about it. The survey link is here: Survey -- Higher States of Consciousness http://www.encounteringthedivine.org/ Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Contact information: rgriff@... mailto:rgriff@... Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine IRB approved application NA_00054696
