--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Exactly, sustainable living is the motivating factor here, > both within and without the TMO. Obviously most of us would > not have come without it, and there is a real feeling of > community as much of the stress due to the TMO/non-TMO stuff > fades away. I think you'd notice many positive changes if > you were to visit again.
I will definitely visit if karma finds me in the general area again, and given the weirdness quotient one tends to find in my karma, it just might. :-) Seriously, I am very grateful to the Fairfield folk on this forum. You have changed many of my feelings about my own TM experience, positively. There is a sense of *balance* here in most of the members of this forum that was IMO missing during my years with the movement. I'm an old Judo guy; it predates my involvement with TM, and was probably my first spiritual path in this lifetime. Judo guys appreciate balance. There are many memories of my time with TM that I cherish and rank among my highest moments -- the tsakli of my life -- and no matter what else I may say and believe about Maharishi, I thank him for providing them. It was a nice ride. I'm happy to see that it still is for many people, and I wish them well on their Way. BTW, if I seem a little out of character today, it's because I'm getting to listen to the first new Bruce Cockburn songs I've heard in over three years. Bruce is kind of a passion for me; in a very real sense (that of the poet whose words never fail to inspire), he has been one of my spiritual teachers almost as long as Maharishi. His cinematic writing style has influenced me greatly. And because his songs and the knowledge of how he lives his life encapsulate compassion so perfectly for me, it's difficult to listen to new ones without some of it rubbing off on me. :-) Here's one of them, called 'Mystery.' I know that song lyrics rarely come across in print without the music behind them, but you might be able to "hear" between the lines... You can't tell me there is no mystery Mystery Mystery You can't tell me there is no mystery It's everywhere I turn Moon over junk yard where the snow lies bright Snow lies bright Snow lies bright Moon over junk yard where the snow lies bright Can set my heart to burn Stood before the shaman, I saw star-strewn space Star-strewn space Star-strewn space Stood before the shaman, I saw star strewn space Behind the eye holes in his face Infinity always gives me vertigo Vertigo Vertigo Infinity always gives me vertigo And fills me up with grace I was built on a Friday and you can't fix me You can't fix me You can't fix me I was built on a Friday and you can't fix me Even so I've done okay So grab that last bottle full of gasoline Gasoline Gasoline Grab that last bottle full of gasoline Light a toast to yesterday And don't tell me there is no mystery Mystery Mystery And don't tell me there is no mystery It overflows my cup This feast of beauty can intoxicate Intoxicate Intoxicate This feast of beauty can intoxicate Just like the finest wine So all you stumblers who believe love rules Believe love rules Believe love rules Come all you stumblers who believe love rules Stand up and let it shine Stand up and let it shine > On Jul 22, 2006, at 3:50 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > By the way, congrats on this article. I've been to > > Fairfield only once, years ago, and didn't know all > > that much about it until I came to FFL. It sounds as > > if you've managed to create a very nice place there, > > in the unlikeliest of locations. I wish you who live > > there well with it in the future, whatever the > > fortunes of the TMO may turn out to be. Obviously, > > it is no longer the dominating factor in the town; > > living well is. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
