This comment is growing whiskers, Mike.
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Allahu akbar!
From: vox_9
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 1:57 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi's Yoga
"Avoid the danger that lies ahead". - YS, 2-16
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/yogasutr.htm
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/yogasutr.htm The
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The Threads of Union Translation by BonGiovanni 1. on
In the current presidential election, I'm voting for an independent.
I don't really trust either Trump or Clinton - probably neither one can be
relied upon to keep their word. This isn't the 21st century I was promised by
Barack Obama.
Thank God we have a separation of powers in the
Uh-huh. As you know, Step Six isn't what anybody sane would think of as
"getting down on your hands and knees." There are no such poses in the Sun
Salutation.
Nor is Step Six "the whole point of the exercise." The whole point of the Sun
Salutation is the sequence of all 12 poses.
Neither
Oh, and by the way:
A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden-disinformation.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden-disinformation.html
A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False
There are several versions of the Sun Salutation set of poses - one of the most
popular instruction sets is presented by certified instructors of The Art of
Living Foundation USA founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who learned hatha yoga
directly from the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
There are
I was going to point out much of what olliesewuz has written below, but given
what he has written, I can be brief:
Doug,
Regardless of what one thinks of jyotish/MMY, or (God help us), ideas arising
from a Fairfield coffee house discussion group, your message below is contrary
to MMY's
Maharishi was *not* a jyotish. Planetary mantras are free and open for
anyone to use.
On 08/30/2016 10:07 AM, jamesalan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I was going to point out much of what olliesewuz has written below,
but given what he has written, I can be brief:
Doug,
Regardless of
Putting skepticism aside it seems way more interesting to entertain these ideas
of jyotish. While more strictly experienced as a conservative transcendental
meditationist who is not as interested in all the ‘add-ons’ of Maharishi’s
teachings I do feel open to the consideration that jyotish
Mahesh Yogi formulated a six month course on yoga asanas followed by a second
course with more advanced postures for use in a one year course. According to
Maharishi, yoga asanas are "...a reliable practice from the ancient tradition
of yogis."
He recommended yoga asanas as a way to keep
Allahu akbar!
From: vox_9
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 1:57 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi's Yoga Asanas
Mahesh Yogi formulated a six month course on yoga asanas followed by a
second course with more
Yep, a good perspective to have, though I think modern life and technology has
rendered any forecasting ability of jyotish or Western astrology, impractical.
Using common sense and intuition, we get it right more often than not. And if
not, better next time around. PS No problems discussing or
Mahesh Yogi formulated a six month course on yoga asanas followed by a second
course with more advanced postures for use in a one year course. According to
Maharishi, yoga asanas are "...a reliable practice from the ancient tradition
of yogis."
He recommended yoga asanas as a way to keep
Kahlua at bar!
On 08/30/2016 11:58 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Allahu akbar!
*From:* vox_9
*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Actually, evidently people who are really good at it have a facility with it
that is like a siddhi. With a lot of experience with it study of it becomes
something intuitive. It is like a way [modality] of thinking, like some people
are really good at mathematics or open to physics.
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Neither Sri Sri nor Maharishi would be happy with your attempt to distort and
demean the Sun Salutation by pretending it's about "getting down on your hands
and knees." Other yogis would just laugh at you as a clueless Westerner.
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Sun Salutation – The Perfect Yoga Workout
Step six, Ashtanga Namaskara or the "Salute With Eight Points", as taught by
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a direct disciple of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi:
"Gently bring your knees down to the floor and exhale. Take the hips back
slightly, slide forward, rest
“just for the record, the fact that we have tides doesn't validate the notion
of "vibrational influence of the heavenly bodies on subtle systems of the human
being." What the tides validate is the gravitational influence of the moon on
the oceans.”
This is precisely the thought that
Intuition plays a very important role though it is also useful to know
the science of reading a horoscope. Some folks who barely know
astrology but have good intuition can often do better predictions than
those who have only mastered the rules. Many village astrologers in
India can do good
FYI, Doug, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "meditationist" means
"person who writes meditations."
Also, just for the record, the fact that we have tides doesn't validate the
notion of "vibrational influence of the heavenly bodies on subtle systems of
the human being." What the
Any sane person would pray to the gods for release from ignorance if they
realized the full extend of their bondage. A yogi salutes the Sun God at least
twice a day, morning and evening without fail.
And, any intelligent person would give thanks to Surya for bringing to earth
life support
Shot: tequila.
Chaser: beer.
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Kahlua at bar!
On 08/30/2016 11:58 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... mailto:mdixon.6569@...
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
Allahu akbar!
From: vox_9
OM namah Surya!
There's a good reason most Christians go to church on the Sun's Day.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
Allahu akbar!
From: vox_9
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 1:57 PM
Neither Sri Sri nor Maharishi would be happy with your attempt to distort and
demean the Sun Salutation by pretending it's about "getting down on your hands
and knees." Other yogis would just laugh at you as a clueless Westerner.
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Many Muslims grow beards - it's a sign of devotion and submission, and one of
the only ways to get into Mecca in order to worship the black stone at the
Kaaba. It is incumbent on every pilgrim on the Haj to get down on their hands
and knees and pray.
Some will even kiss the stone, just for
I wonder why Magnesium is not included in their list, it also appears to be
having a hard time getting into plants!
The important point is to try and avoid stereotyping dominant white, male,
heterosexual Christian culture. These days the term "white person" just means a
person of European descent - a biological taxon.
There's really no black and white "race".
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If this fellow is not seriously mistaken, according to a recent reading using
Parashara's Light, in exactly four years, I will be the Prime Minister of India.
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Intuition plays a very important role though it is also useful to know the
A society slows down in recovery to environmental and human tragedies.
Examples are the Roman culture and the Mayan civilization. Can our culture
recover from religious wars?
This is what it looks like when society collapses
The only thing that is amusing about your yoga pose claims, is that in over two
decades of posting messages to these discussion groups, not once did you post a
comment to the discussion about your practice of hatha yoga. Go figure.
So, I conclude that your only reason for commenting now, is
As you know, I never claimed that the Ashtanga Asana was not a part of the Sun
Salutation.
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The only thing that is amusing about your yoga pose claims, is that in over
two decades of posting messages to these discussion
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Maharishi was not a jyotish. Planetary mantras are free and open for anyone to
use.
? My guess is that you don't agree with what I've said below, but neither of
your two statements supports or takes away from the point I made
"Two birds sat in a tree; one ate the fruit, another looked on." -
Shvetashvatara Upanishad (4.7)
It is a fact needing no further proof that the first sight of another person's
face can determine the outcome of an entire day.
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I will have to take your word for it, as I have seen no such evidence
personally.
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According to what I've read, astrology reveals the result of our past karma,
expressed in terms of what we call planetary influences. The horoscope simply
indicates the future. The future is just a reflection of the past.
Astrology reveals the consequence of our actions which we do not
You are not even making any sense anymore.
How would you know if the Ashtang Asana is part of the Surya Namaskar or not
if you've never included it in your practice? You seem confused to the point
where you've actually contradicted your own claim that there was no such pose
in the Sun
As you know, I never claimed that the Ashtanga Asana was not a part of the Sun
Salutation.
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You are not even making any sense anymore.
How would you know if the Ashtang Asana is part of the Surya Namaskar or
"All is suffering to the wise man." - Y.S. 2-15
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? My guess is that you don't agree with what I've said below, but neither of
your two statements supports or takes away from the point I made below. Nor
does the opposite of
An·thro·po·cene - "Relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed
as the period during which human activity has been been the dominant influence
on climate and the environment."
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37200489
I will have to take your word for it, as I have seen no such evidence
personally.
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Actually, evidently people who are really good at it have a facility with it
that is like a siddhi. With a lot of experience with it study of it
#
To be fair, it can be more than coffeehouse ‘chat’, quite a number of people
from Fairfield, Iowa have been trained in and are quite long experienced and
accomplished in jyotish astrology and now a number of top jyotish astrologers
in the West are of what is the old meditating community of
We should all pay very careful heed to the prediction in the Brihat Samhita:
"If a man or woman is seriously ill and his spouse's face looks shinning and
bright, he or she is sure to die."
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I was going to point out much of
It is known for radioactive wastes, plastic bottles and the domestic chicken,
the miniature descendant of the once ferocious dinosaurs of the previous
millions of years ago.
The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age
Today, Aug 30 Mercury retrograde in Virgo =Havoc in Communication
So says the coffee house Fairfield jyotish satsang.
Would be a difficult day to substantially engage others
or begin things,
however; a good day to stay in meditation.
-JaiGuruYou
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Thanks, but your post just now, at close to the speed of light, spread globally
and instantaneously, confirms, "Havoc in Communication"?? By focusing on the
objective, whatever it is, any environmental influences are minimized, so if
there is an issue, isn't it with the doer? Maharishi declared
And now Doug can claim that the fact that you're disagreeing with him is proof
of his contention that it's "a difficult day to substantially engage others."
;-)
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Thanks, but your post just now, at close to the speed of
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