Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
On 10/31/2014 2:45 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: All this nonsense of taking issue with the word used by organizations who deal with the arts to refer to their roster reminded me a a great story Maharishi used to tell about how he got his title/name Maharishi. /Remind us of the great story of how you got the name CurtisDeltaBlues when you've never even bee to the Delta and you are a white guy in DC. Thanks./
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 10/31/2014 2:45 PM, curtisdeltablues@... mailto:curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: All this nonsense of taking issue with the word used by organizations who deal with the arts to refer to their roster reminded me a a great story Maharishi used to tell about how he got his title/name Maharishi. Remind us of the great story of how you got the name CurtisDeltaBlues when you've never even bee to the Delta and you are a white guy in DC. Thanks. M: What makes you think I haven't been to the Delta? First of all that is a screen name and I chose it like you chose yours. Second it refers to the music style I specialize in so what exactly is your beef? Do you think that certain races should only play certain kinds of music created by people in their own race? Do you believe that black people should be ridiculed for playing classical music created by white Europeans? Do you know where all the rock you listen to came from? Did speeding up the blues turn it white?
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
On 10/31/2014 2:45 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: With all the careful parsing of words around here one would expect that the man chosen to be their authoritative master of all things spiritual would have gained his title through some profound process. At the very least one would assume that his own guru, the man who knew his spiritual progress best, would have been the one to give him the title great rishi. But you would be wrong because Guru Dev went to his watery grave without giving Maharishi any title at all. He was known as Bal Bramachari Mahesh (which basically means he who represses any dhoti tents) and this was how he signed his name on early papers. /Addressing the important issues! You changed the topic from what your face looks like to what your name is. But, Bal Brahmachari is a title given to Mahesh (his given name) by SBS. You're not even making any sense. The term Great Seer is not a name but an Indian honorific, sort of like Curtis, King of the Delta Blues in DC. Sometimes you come off as prejudiced against Hindus. Everyone knows that the name Rishi is also a male given name, and less commonly a Brahmin last name for many Indians. You are the last person to be poking fun at someone's name, Curtis. According to Vivekananda, the Sanskrit word rishi comes from seers of thought or mantra - secret words of power. You probably got all your mantras from MMY, like you got most of your songs from delta blues men. So that means that MMY was a seer of your mantras before you even heard of Sanskrit. As long as we are parsing names, the question is, how did he talk you into repeating non-sense gibberish names of the Hindu gods for twenty years and selling them to others for money? Your songs make more sense than you do sometimes. Go figure. Or, is it the technique of playing that's really important - not the name of the player? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi/
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
Curtis -- Nabs is just another monkey brain identification victim spitting out vile chunks of paranoia, hatred, and fear, so why are you so big on smacking him around? Gotta scratch my head about the angst you're embracing. Kinda has a hit the tar baby feel to it.like you started so now you can't quit kinda thingy. Not that you're not enjoying this, but just on the time wasted metric alone, I'm puzzled. Nabs ain't a gunna quit if he thinks he can get one more word out of you by any means.especially if the means are mean. Nabs is sick, lost, bereft of clarity and fucking doomed to be Nabs forever. Ya gotta pity this poor fucker. You want me to post another trikking video so he can make fun of that for a while, or do we both fly to Fairfield and kidnap and hold Alex hostage until Rick bans Nabs from FFL?
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
On 10/31/2014 2:45 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: But then in South India a newpaperman came up with a catchy hook for his story about a guy from the North who had come to the South. By Maharishi's own account he referred to Mahesh as a great Maharishi from the North and Mr. Marketing himself, was off and running. He assumed the name the Newspaper gave him, which is a spiritual title usually given by one's master, from the newspaper. /Well, Mahesh did come from the North, and he did know a lot of mantras, so why wouldn't he assume the name meaning seer of mantras? He already had a given name Mahesh which means Lord Shiva which was given to him by his mother, so it's not really a stretch to add great when you realize that he knew more Sanskrit mantras than you did when he was ten years old. Apparently you can read or write no Sanskrit, so it's all relative, right? / That's right,the same guy who came up with: New Police Dog Takes a Bite Out of Crime and the provocative Aren't you 'Sari' you Forgot Your Wife's Birthday gave Maharishi his most important spiritual title. /Addressing the important issues: Maybe if you had not been in a trance-induction state so much of the time, you would have remembered your wife's birthday and you might still be happily married today. Go figure./
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title Curtis -- Nabs is just another monkey brain identification victim spitting out vile chunks of paranoia, hatred, and fear, so why are you so big on smacking him around? Gotta scratch my head about the angst you're embracing. Kinda has a hit the tar baby feel to it.like you started so now you can't quit kinda thingy. Not that you're not enjoying this, but just on the time wasted metric alone, I'm puzzled. Nabs ain't a gunna quit if he thinks he can get one more word out of you by any means.especially if the means are mean. Nabs is sick, lost, bereft of clarity and fucking doomed to be Nabs forever. Ya gotta pity this poor fucker. You want me to post another trikking video so he can make fun of that for a while, or do we both fly to Fairfield and kidnap and hold Alex hostage until Rick bans Nabs from FFL? If we're going to go to all the trouble of kidnapping Alex, we should hold out for a package deal -- have Rick ban Richard Williams first, *then* Nabby. Priorities, man!
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
On 10/31/2014 2:45 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Now I wonder how the World Teacher, got his special name... /SBS probably got his name from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mishra - Raja Ram, which means King Rama. He probably got his spiritual name from his teacher. It's not complicated. // // //What is complicated is why you don't give credit to Jesse Fuller, one of the first delta blues men to play as a one-man band? Go figure.// // //Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song San Francisco Bay Blues.// // //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Fuller// // //http://youtu.be/uBME_J0pf3o/
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
All this nonsense of taking issue with the word used by organizations who deal with the arts to refer to their roster reminded me a a great story Maharishi used to tell about how he got his title/name Maharishi. /Remind us of the great story of how you got the name CurtisDeltaBlues when you've never even bee to the Delta and you are a white guy in DC. Thanks./ // On 11/1/2014 12:09 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: M: What makes you think I haven't been to the Delta? First of all that is a screen name and I chose it like you chose yours. Second it refers to the music style I specialize in so what exactly is your beef? /My beef is that you made fun of Mahesh because of his name, but your name is every bit as humorous, even if you have been to the Delta - you went South. There's not much difference in CurtisDeltaBlues than Great Seer of Mantras - he went South. You saw the blues - he saw the mantras. It's not complicated./ Do you think that certain races should only play certain kinds of music created by people in their own race? Do you believe that black people should be ridiculed for playing classical music created by white Europeans? Do you know where all the rock you listen to came from? /Do you thin certain races should only have certain names in their own race? Do you think Indians should be ridiculed for having their own religion?/ Did speeding up the blues turn it white? /Most Indians are Caucasians just like you are./
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
I am certainly open to criticism for responding. I have mostly focused on things that interested me to discuss. He prolongs the points by giving writing prompts. This has been the longest interaction I have had with him and I was kind of curious about what was behind the flaming. I got my answer. I think I know what his deal is now and what I think is off about his cognitive functioning. I don't think pity comes up for me just because he is so personally nasty. I do believe his view is kind of important here. We really don't have anyone holding up the movement end of any discussion without so many personal qualifiers that pretty much negates the party line. He is pretty old school in the routine when he isn't just being lazy and going ad hominem. The funny thing is that he has to make shit up about me to shame me, but I just use the actual stuff he really does believe in to make my point about him! But if you are sending me a message as a voice of reason in crazy town I appreciate it. I am sure I will bail long before he tires of his routine. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Curtis -- Nabs is just another monkey brain identification victim spitting out vile chunks of paranoia, hatred, and fear, so why are you so big on smacking him around? Gotta scratch my head about the angst you're embracing. Kinda has a hit the tar baby feel to it.like you started so now you can't quit kinda thingy. Not that you're not enjoying this, but just on the time wasted metric alone, I'm puzzled. Nabs ain't a gunna quit if he thinks he can get one more word out of you by any means.especially if the means are mean. Nabs is sick, lost, bereft of clarity and fucking doomed to be Nabs forever. Ya gotta pity this poor fucker. You want me to post another trikking video so he can make fun of that for a while, or do we both fly to Fairfield and kidnap and hold Alex hostage until Rick bans Nabs from FFL?
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : All this nonsense of taking issue with the word used by organizations who deal with the arts to refer to their roster reminded me a a great story Maharishi used to tell about how he got his title/name Maharishi. Remind us of the great story of how you got the name CurtisDeltaBlues when you've never even bee to the Delta and you are a white guy in DC. Thanks. On 11/1/2014 12:09 PM, curtisdeltablues@... mailto:curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: M: What makes you think I haven't been to the Delta? First of all that is a screen name and I chose it like you chose yours. Second it refers to the music style I specialize in so what exactly is your beef? My beef is that you made fun of Mahesh because of his name, but your name is every bit as humorous, even if you have been to the Delta - you went South. There's not much difference in CurtisDeltaBlues than Great Seer of Mantras - he went South. You saw the blues - he saw the mantras. It's not complicated. M:Well if you are saying that Maharishi picked his name for marketing purposes like I do, then we have no argument. But we both know that the title Maharishi means more the the spiritual world than guy who sells mantras. It is a title of respect and implies that a person is in the know. All my name does is identify the style of music I play I didn't call me God's gift to the Delta blues. But if you find my screen name humorous, more power to ya. I live to entertain. One does not expect that the Pope got his title from a copy guy however. Do you think that certain races should only play certain kinds of music created by people in their own race? Do you believe that black people should be ridiculed for playing classical music created by white Europeans? Do you know where all the rock you listen to came from? Do you thin certain races should only have certain names in their own race? Do you think Indians should be ridiculed for having their own religion? M: I don't know how that first question relates. Maharishi is a spiritual title with a lot of implications. He got it from a newspaper guy, not his teacher or even his students. I find that odd, yes. Kinda hype-y if you know what I mean. For the second part I believe that all religious ideas should be treated like we do witchcraft today by modern people. Claims like promoting oneself as a Maharishi should be treated like any other wacky self promotion. I am not pushed back by your attempt to make this a cultural issue. Most Indians I know feel the same way about their county's wacky superstitious beliefs that continues to hold back needed progress in that county. Just ask any Indian woman. Did speeding up the blues turn it white? Most Indians are Caucasians just like you are. M: The most enthusiastically racist people on earth. Just ask any South Indian.
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
On 11/1/2014 12:27 PM, Duveyoung wrote: Curtis -- Nabs is just another monkey brain identification victim spitting out vile chunks of paranoia, hatred, and fear, so why are you so big on smacking him around? Gotta scratch my head about the angst you're embracing. Kinda has a hit the tar baby feel to it.like you started so now you can't quit kinda thingy. Not that you're not enjoying this, but just on the time wasted metric alone, I'm puzzled. Nabs ain't a gunna quit if he thinks he can get one more word out of you by any means.especially if the means are mean. Nabs is sick, lost, bereft of clarity and fucking doomed to be Nabs forever. Ya gotta pity this poor fucker. You want me to post another trikking video so he can make fun of that for a while, or do we both fly to Fairfield and kidnap and hold Alex hostage until Rick bans Nabs from FFL? /We are already making fun of your name and title, but if you post a photo of your face, we can make fun of that too. Just send a photo of your face to MyFace, and we will make fun of it. I posted photos of my face so to give people a head start in poking fun at faces, but nobody else wants to play the game, so they change the subject to other people's names - that's not much fun when you have such a common name as Williams or Wright. How about: Will I Am or Berry Right? ///
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On 11/1/2014 12:36 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You want me to post another trikking video so he can make fun of that for a while, or do we both fly to Fairfield and kidnap and hold Alex hostage until Rick bans Nabs from FFL? If we're going to go to all the trouble of kidnapping Alex, we should hold out for a package deal -- have Rick ban Richard Williams first, *then* Nabby. Priorities, man! That seems to be your only solution to a religious debate - banning someone from the group because they don't agree with you, sort of like the Spanish Inquisition - and then not showing your face. You troll - I was posting to FFL long before you stalked me over here from Google Groups. Run to Alex, run to Alex, Shoki. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/724 Another example of cognitive dissonance: /So for me this is the same process. It's the *process *that is important -- // //the active challenging of one's assumptions and beliefs -- not the outcome. // //That *process* is what I suspect can trigger realization./ - TurquoiseB http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife/yahoogroups.com/msg20298.html http://www.mail-archive.com/fairfieldlife%40yahoogroups.com/msg20298.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
On 11/1/2014 1:17 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Claims like promoting oneself as a Maharishi /If MMY was really trying self-promotion with his name he could have used Mahesh as his title, which means God in Hindi. You can't get much more promotional than that. It is true that MMY saw mantras and taught them to you. You see blues songs and want to teach them to others. Both you and MMY went to the Delta. They are both spiritual trips. It's really not all that complicated./ should be treated like any other wacky self promotion. /It's not all that different from promoting blues songs or spirituals. Everyone knows that blues men are mostly wacky and that most of them were very religious as well.//Why pick on an Indian?/ I am not pushed back by your attempt to make this a cultural issue. Most Indians I know feel the same way about their county's wacky superstitious beliefs that continues to hold back needed progress in that county. Just ask any Indian woman. /All I am trying to do is point out the cognitive dissonance in some of your statements, not a criticism of your work. It's just funny when you go all prejudiced. For the record, I love your singing work and you've got a nice face. Did you know that Robert Johnson recorded all of his songs in a hotel ten blocks from where we live? He was a wacky religious guy, for sure, but a Maha Blues Singer.//In your //case, you are a Great Blues Singer who also knows a lot of Sanskrit mantras. Now that's wacky!/
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Thanks Richard. I always figured we had a similar love of the blues. That is very cool about the Robert Johnson hotel where he recorded. His first recording at the Gunter Hotel at 205 East Houston Street? His second session was in Dallas. I would like to visit there someday as a blues pilgrimage. My Delta pilgrimage was a bit of a disappointment other than the Sun Studio tour and playing two nights on Beale Street. The music I dig left there a long time ago. I don't express any prejudice when I goof on Maharishi. That is way AFTER my experiences, not before. They are well earned just like you own opinions. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 11/1/2014 1:17 PM, curtisdeltablues@... mailto:curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Claims like promoting oneself as a Maharishi If MMY was really trying self-promotion with his name he could have used Mahesh as his title, which means God in Hindi. You can't get much more promotional than that. It is true that MMY saw mantras and taught them to you. You see blues songs and want to teach them to others. Both you and MMY went to the Delta. They are both spiritual trips. It's really not all that complicated. should be treated like any other wacky self promotion. It's not all that different from promoting blues songs or spirituals. Everyone knows that blues men are mostly wacky and that most of them were very religious as well. Why pick on an Indian? I am not pushed back by your attempt to make this a cultural issue. Most Indians I know feel the same way about their county's wacky superstitious beliefs that continues to hold back needed progress in that county. Just ask any Indian woman. All I am trying to do is point out the cognitive dissonance in some of your statements, not a criticism of your work. It's just funny when you go all prejudiced. For the record, I love your singing work and you've got a nice face. Did you know that Robert Johnson recorded all of his songs in a hotel ten blocks from where we live? He was a wacky religious guy, for sure, but a Maha Blues Singer. In your case, you are a Great Blues Singer who also knows a lot of Sanskrit mantras. Now that's wacky!
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On 11/1/2014 2:25 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Thanks Richard. I always figured we had a similar love of the blues. That is very cool about the Robert Johnson hotel where he recorded. His first recording at the Gunter Hotel at 205 East Houston Street? His second session was in Dallas. I would like to visit there someday as a blues pilgrimage. My Delta pilgrimage was a bit of a disappointment other than the Sun Studio tour and playing two nights on Beale Street. The music I dig left there a long time ago. /You seek a great fortune [and] you will find a fortune –though it will not be the fortune you seek. But first,you must travel a long and difficult road – aroad fraught with peril… and pregnant with// //adventure… I cannot say how long this road shallbe. But fear not the obstacles in your path, for Fate //has vouchsafed your reward. /- Homer, The Odyssey Source: 'Analyzing the Coen’s O Brother! Where Art Thou? ' http://tinyurl.com/lgre8qo
Re: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 10/31/2014 2:45 PM, curtisdeltablues@... mailto:curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: With all the careful parsing of words around here one would expect that the man chosen to be their authoritative master of all things spiritual would have gained his title through some profound process. At the very least one would assume that his own guru, the man who knew his spiritual progress best, would have been the one to give him the title great rishi. But you would be wrong because Guru Dev went to his watery grave without giving Maharishi any title at all. He was known as Bal Bramachari Mahesh (which basically means he who represses any dhoti tents) and this was how he signed his name on early papers. Addressing the important issues! You changed the topic from what your face looks like to what your name is. But, Bal Brahmachari is a title given to Mahesh (his given name) by SBS. You're not even making any sense. The term Great Seer is not a name but an Indian honorific, sort of like Curtis, King of the Delta Blues in DC. Sometimes you come off as prejudiced against Hindus. Everyone knows that the name Rishi is also a male given name, and less commonly a Brahmin last name for many Indians. You are the last person to be poking fun at someone's name, Curtis. According to Vivekananda, the Sanskrit word rishi comes from seers of thought or mantra - secret words of power. You probably got all your mantras from MMY, like you got most of your songs from delta blues men. So that means that MMY was a seer of your mantras before you even heard of Sanskrit. As long as we are parsing names, the question is, how did he talk you into repeating non-sense gibberish names of the Hindu gods for twenty years and selling them to others for money? Your songs make more sense than you do sometimes. Go figure. Or, is it the technique of playing that's really important - not the name of the player? Rishi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi Rishi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi In the Vedas the term Rishi (Sanskrit: ṛṣi, Devanagari: ऋषि) denotes an inspired poet of Ṛgvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry. ... View on en.wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi Preview by Yahoo Ricky, sometimes you can write a smokin' post. Here is the thing for me: lots of people around this joint love to poke fun at and belittle others. MMY has certainly taken his share of below-the-belt hits around here. But when it comes to the equivalent being slung at the slinger there is hell to pay. All of a sudden we seem to have self-righteous posters getting all bent out of shape and indignant. I'm still of the (call me crazy) idea that if you're prepared to dish it out then be prepared to take it. There are a lot of disher outers here but not quite so many willing to receive in return.
[FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title
All this nonsense of taking issue with the word used by organizations who deal with the arts to refer to their roster reminded me a a great story Maharishi used to tell about how he got his title/name Maharishi. With all the careful parsing of words around here one would expect that the man chosen to be their authoritative master of all things spiritual would have gained his title through some profound process. At the very least one would assume that his own guru, the man who knew his spiritual progress best, would have been the one to give him the title great rishi. But you would be wrong because Guru Dev went to his watery grave without giving Maharishi any title at all. He was known as Bal Bramachari Mahesh (which basically means he who represses any dhoti tents) and this was how he signed his name on early papers. But then in South India a newpaperman came up with a catchy hook for his story about a guy from the North who had come to the South. By Maharishi's own account he referred to Mahesh as a great Maharishi from the North and Mr. Marketing himself, was off and running. He assumed the name the Newspaper gave him, which is a spiritual title usually given by one's master, from the newspaper. That's right,the same guy who came up with: New Police Dog Takes a Bite Out of Crime and the provocative Aren't you 'Sari' you Forgot Your Wife's Birthday gave Maharishi his most important spiritual title. Now I wonder how the World Teacher, got his special name...
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The World Teacher got his special name the same way he got his Unity -- he made it up, and people were so gullible they believed it. In other words, he followed in Maharishi's footsteps and did the same thing he'd done. :-) From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 8:45 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] How Maharishi got HIS title All this nonsense of taking issue with the word used by organizations who deal with the arts to refer to their roster reminded me a a great story Maharishi used to tell about how he got his title/name Maharishi. With all the careful parsing of words around here one would expect that the man chosen to be their authoritative master of all things spiritual would have gained his title through some profound process. At the very least one would assume that his own guru, the man who knew his spiritual progress best, would have been the one to give him the title great rishi. But you would be wrong because Guru Dev went to his watery grave without giving Maharishi any title at all. He was known as Bal Bramachari Mahesh (which basically means he who represses any dhoti tents) and this was how he signed his name on early papers. But then in South India a newpaperman came up with a catchy hook for his story about a guy from the North who had come to the South. By Maharishi's own account he referred to Mahesh as a great Maharishi from the North and Mr. Marketing himself, was off and running. He assumed the name the Newspaper gave him, which is a spiritual title usually given by one's master, from the newspaper. That's right,the same guy who came up with: New Police Dog Takes a Bite Out of Crime and the provocative Aren't you 'Sari' you Forgot Your Wife's Birthday gave Maharishi his most important spiritual title. Now I wonder how the World Teacher, got his special name...
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : The World Teacher got his special name the same way he got his Unity -- he made it up, and people were so gullible they believed it. In other words, he followed in Maharishi's footsteps and did the same thing he'd done. :-) No! Say it isn't so. You mean I wasted 3.5 years of my life following a man who wasn't enlightened? Then I stalked him for 25 years, finally found him here at this little dive called FFL and he is nothing but a vanity press publishing fraud? Not the World Teacher? Not the incarnation of Vishnu and not able to hover above the desert floor or levitate slowly off a couch amid the golden light of pure consciousness? Excuse me while I go slit my wrists. But first, could you send me another heart-palpitatingly gorgeous picture of your hunksome self? I want your face to be the last I see as I slip slowly away into the Absolute.
