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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : that's a pretty interesting beginning. Estes Park initiation. What did you think of Rinpoche? Dear Micheal, That was all pre-TM, and a long time ago. In the late 60's I couldn't get enough of the Self-Deveopment teachings coming around. Trungpa Rimpoche was probably the result of Paul Reps' writings. I was on a Yoga Retreats marathon. I probably, at that time, delved into Western self-development movements with equal gusto. That also led me towards TM, but first a stop at the University for 4 years' graduate work in Counseling Personal Development. Once Initiated in Jan '70, I stayed the Course. These days I help, when I can, with the publication of the TM works. I find it rewarding and am sometimes even appreciated. Now, Michael, tell me something I don't know about you. Probably best, however to stay away from your MUM years, as I think you may have covered some of that here. What else fills your life? Yours Truly, dannyboy From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina Dear Michael, Thank you for your personal interest. I began practicing TM in 1970. I had been investigating the spiritual landscape in NYC and California for a few years prior; including Swami Satchitananda (of Woodstock fame) and Trungpa Rimpoche. I'd been to some spiritual confluences in Colorado also. Read extensively (I am a consummate reader, something Maharishi kind of discouraged later, but that's my makeup). Once I decided that Maharishi had something (I'd read extensively again; SRM was on my block [WEA] and got my hands on a book of early lectures entitled Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So I drove out to the Ricky Mountain National Park where Maharishi was conducting TTC in a Boyscout Camp outside Estes Park. I rented a cabin (that was built for Summer visitors and therefore uninsulated and unheated, in a community of hippies. Roomed with a Canadian, but that's a story for another time. I head over to Maharishi's for an audience. Rick Archer was attending. After waiting awhile (you must know by now that I am an impatient sort), the Course Leader explains that Maharishi is making Teachers that day, but that he personally, along with his wife will initiate me next day. Bring fruit...you know the drill. I liked it and stayed in the Mountain cabin for months. Came out and went to Amherst for the one-monther. Then on to Europe for TTC. It's been a nice trip for me, so I am glad you asked about it, and I could relive it. I understand when you express your displeasure with TMSP rounds. It ain't always easy. Hope all is well. Your well deserved friend, Dan
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I like to write sometimes but not about TM or TM stuff. what fills my life these days is watching my daughter grow up and hoping she will use her graphic arts talents for something other than being a tatoo artist when she hits 21. From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : that's a pretty interesting beginning. Estes Park initiation. What did you think of Rinpoche? Dear Micheal, That was all pre-TM, and a long time ago. In the late 60's I couldn't get enough of the Self-Deveopment teachings coming around. Trungpa Rimpoche was probably the result of Paul Reps' writings. I was on a Yoga Retreats marathon. I probably, at that time, delved into Western self-development movements with equal gusto. That also led me towards TM, but first a stop at the University for 4 years' graduate work in Counseling Personal Development. Once Initiated in Jan '70, I stayed the Course. These days I help, when I can, with the publication of the TM works. I find it rewarding and am sometimes even appreciated. Now, Michael, tell me something I don't know about you. Probably best, however to stay away from your MUM years, as I think you may have covered some of that here. What else fills your life? Yours Truly, dannyboy From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina Dear Michael, Thank you for your personal interest. I began practicing TM in 1970. I had been investigating the spiritual landscape in NYC and California for a few years prior; including Swami Satchitananda (of Woodstock fame) and Trungpa Rimpoche. I'd been to some spiritual confluences in Colorado also. Read extensively (I am a consummate reader, something Maharishi kind of discouraged later, but that's my makeup). Once I decided that Maharishi had something (I'd read extensively again; SRM was on my block [WEA] and got my hands on a book of early lectures entitled Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So I drove out to the Ricky Mountain National Park where Maharishi was conducting TTC in a Boyscout Camp outside Estes Park. I rented a cabin (that was built for Summer visitors and therefore uninsulated and unheated, in a community of hippies. Roomed with a Canadian, but that's a story for another time. I head over to Maharishi's for an audience. Rick Archer was attending. After waiting awhile (you must know by now that I am an impatient sort), the Course Leader explains that Maharishi is making Teachers that day, but that he personally, along with his wife will initiate me next day. Bring fruit...you know the drill. I liked it and stayed in the Mountain cabin for months. Came out and went to Amherst for the one-monther. Then on to Europe for TTC. It's been a nice trip for me, so I am glad you asked about it, and I could relive it. I understand when you express your displeasure with TMSP rounds. It ain't always easy. Hope all is well. Your well deserved friend, Dan
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I like to write sometimes but not about TM or TM stuff. what fills my life these days is watching my daughter grow up and hoping she will use her graphic arts talents for something other than being a tatoo artist when she hits 21. Mike, Thanks for this. We have a lot in common (in addition to our both coming on to TM which, in itself is improbable). My son is an artist too. I have written about him here. Traing at Music and Art and later U of Wisconson Art History, and later Pratt Institute Art Education. Tough career choice. He does have a two-person show coming up in March, and I wish him well. And I do wish your daughter well. You need to be patient and 'open'. I have found the art path to be windy (from a perspective like yours and mine). I sometimes falsely compare it to my daughter, who's career more closely aligns with mine, although she's found more success than I. Now I am glad to have saved your Post for last. I knew I'd enjoy it most. Where's home? d From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : that's a pretty interesting beginning. Estes Park initiation. What did you think of Rinpoche? Dear Micheal, That was all pre-TM, and a long time ago. In the late 60's I couldn't get enough of the Self-Deveopment teachings coming around. Trungpa Rimpoche was probably the result of Paul Reps' writings. I was on a Yoga Retreats marathon. I probably, at that time, delved into Western self-development movements with equal gusto. That also led me towards TM, but first a stop at the University for 4 years' graduate work in Counseling Personal Development. Once Initiated in Jan '70, I stayed the Course. These days I help, when I can, with the publication of the TM works. I find it rewarding and am sometimes even appreciated. Now, Michael, tell me something I don't know about you. Probably best, however to stay away from your MUM years, as I think you may have covered some of that here. What else fills your life? Yours Truly, dannyboy From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina Dear Michael, Thank you for your personal interest. I began practicing TM in 1970. I had been investigating the spiritual landscape in NYC and California for a few years prior; including Swami Satchitananda (of Woodstock fame) and Trungpa Rimpoche. I'd been to some spiritual confluences in Colorado also. Read extensively (I am a consummate reader, something Maharishi kind of discouraged later, but that's my makeup). Once I decided that Maharishi had something (I'd read extensively again; SRM was on my block [WEA] and got my hands on a book of early lectures entitled Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So I drove out to the Ricky Mountain National Park where Maharishi was conducting TTC in a Boyscout Camp outside Estes Park. I rented a cabin (that was built for Summer visitors and therefore uninsulated and unheated, in a community of hippies. Roomed with a Canadian, but that's a story for another time. I head over to Maharishi's for an audience. Rick Archer was attending. After waiting awhile (you must know by now that I am an impatient sort), the Course Leader explains that Maharishi is making Teachers that day, but that he personally, along with his wife will initiate me next day. Bring fruit...you know the drill. I liked it and stayed in the Mountain cabin for months. Came out and went to Amherst for the one-monther. Then on to Europe for TTC. It's been a nice trip for me, so I am glad you asked about it, and I could relive it. I understand when you express your displeasure with TMSP rounds. It ain't always easy. Hope all is well. Your well deserved friend, Dan
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We live in South Carolina - daughter is 14 and her mother had a mandatory guidance counselor meeting with student, parent and counselor. The idea was to try to give the kids some sense of direction in terms of their post high school future. So guidance lady asks my daughter if she has any idea of what she might like to do after high school, daughter says Well, I want to either be a tattoo artist or a psychiatrist. The counselor just sat there open mouthed and didn't know what to say. Daughter says she said psychologist but mom swears she said psychiatrist At any rate, I am hoping she will become a staff artist working for Blizzard Entertainment so I can get free World of Warcraft stuff. From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I like to write sometimes but not about TM or TM stuff. what fills my life these days is watching my daughter grow up and hoping she will use her graphic arts talents for something other than being a tatoo artist when she hits 21. Mike, Thanks for this. We have a lot in common (in addition to our both coming on to TM which, in itself is improbable). My son is an artist too. I have written about him here. Traing at Music and Art and later U of Wisconson Art History, and later Pratt Institute Art Education. Tough career choice. He does have a two-person show coming up in March, and I wish him well. And I do wish your daughter well. You need to be patient and 'open'. I have found the art path to be windy (from a perspective like yours and mine). I sometimes falsely compare it to my daughter, who's career more closely aligns with mine, although she's found more success than I. Now I am glad to have saved your Post for last. I knew I'd enjoy it most. Where's home? d From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : that's a pretty interesting beginning. Estes Park initiation. What did you think of Rinpoche? Dear Micheal, That was all pre-TM, and a long time ago. In the late 60's I couldn't get enough of the Self-Deveopment teachings coming around. Trungpa Rimpoche was probably the result of Paul Reps' writings. I was on a Yoga Retreats marathon. I probably, at that time, delved into Western self-development movements with equal gusto. That also led me towards TM, but first a stop at the University for 4 years' graduate work in Counseling Personal Development. Once Initiated in Jan '70, I stayed the Course. These days I help, when I can, with the publication of the TM works. I find it rewarding and am sometimes even appreciated. Now, Michael, tell me something I don't know about you. Probably best, however to stay away from your MUM years, as I think you may have covered some of that here. What else fills your life? Yours Truly, dannyboy From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina Dear Michael, Thank you for your personal interest. I began practicing TM in 1970. I had been investigating the spiritual landscape in NYC and California for a few years prior; including Swami Satchitananda (of Woodstock fame) and Trungpa Rimpoche. I'd been to some spiritual confluences in Colorado also. Read extensively (I am a consummate reader, something Maharishi kind of discouraged later, but that's my makeup). Once I decided that Maharishi had something (I'd read extensively again; SRM was on my block [WEA] and got my hands on a book of early lectures entitled Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So I drove out to the Ricky Mountain National Park where Maharishi was conducting TTC in a Boyscout Camp outside Estes Park. I rented a cabin (that was built for Summer visitors and therefore uninsulated and unheated, in a community of hippies. Roomed with a Canadian, but that's a story for another time. I head over to Maharishi's for an audience. Rick Archer was attending. After waiting awhile (you must know by now that I am an impatient sort), the Course Leader explains that Maharishi is making Teachers that day, but that he personally, along with his wife will initiate me next day. Bring fruit...you know the drill. I liked it and stayed in the Mountain cabin for months. Came out and went to Amherst for the one-monther. Then on to Europe for TTC. It's been a nice trip for me, so I am glad you asked about it, and I could relive it. I understand when you express your
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From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com We live in South Carolina - daughter is 14 and her mother had a mandatory guidance counselor meeting with student, parent and counselor. The idea was to try to give the kids some sense of direction in terms of their post high school future. So guidance lady asks my daughter if she has any idea of what she might like to do after high school, daughter says Well, I want to either be a tattoo artist or a psychiatrist. The counselor just sat there open mouthed and didn't know what to say. Daughter says she said psychologist but mom swears she said psychiatrist Be a liberated Dad and remind her that she can be *both* a psychiatrist and a tattoo artist. I, for one, would love to see the tattoos a full-time shrink would create. :-)
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what type of art is she inclined toward? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : We live in South Carolina - daughter is 14 and her mother had a mandatory guidance counselor meeting with student, parent and counselor. The idea was to try to give the kids some sense of direction in terms of their post high school future. So guidance lady asks my daughter if she has any idea of what she might like to do after high school, daughter says Well, I want to either be a tattoo artist or a psychiatrist. The counselor just sat there open mouthed and didn't know what to say. Daughter says she said psychologist but mom swears she said psychiatrist At any rate, I am hoping she will become a staff artist working for Blizzard Entertainment so I can get free World of Warcraft stuff. From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I like to write sometimes but not about TM or TM stuff. what fills my life these days is watching my daughter grow up and hoping she will use her graphic arts talents for something other than being a tatoo artist when she hits 21. Mike, Thanks for this. We have a lot in common (in addition to our both coming on to TM which, in itself is improbable). My son is an artist too. I have written about him here. Traing at Music and Art and later U of Wisconson Art History, and later Pratt Institute Art Education. Tough career choice. He does have a two-person show coming up in March, and I wish him well. And I do wish your daughter well. You need to be patient and 'open'. I have found the art path to be windy (from a perspective like yours and mine). I sometimes falsely compare it to my daughter, who's career more closely aligns with mine, although she's found more success than I. Now I am glad to have saved your Post for last. I knew I'd enjoy it most. Where's home? d From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : that's a pretty interesting beginning. Estes Park initiation. What did you think of Rinpoche? Dear Micheal, That was all pre-TM, and a long time ago. In the late 60's I couldn't get enough of the Self-Deveopment teachings coming around. Trungpa Rimpoche was probably the result of Paul Reps' writings. I was on a Yoga Retreats marathon. I probably, at that time, delved into Western self-development movements with equal gusto. That also led me towards TM, but first a stop at the University for 4 years' graduate work in Counseling Personal Development. Once Initiated in Jan '70, I stayed the Course. These days I help, when I can, with the publication of the TM works. I find it rewarding and am sometimes even appreciated. Now, Michael, tell me something I don't know about you. Probably best, however to stay away from your MUM years, as I think you may have covered some of that here. What else fills your life? Yours Truly, dannyboy From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina Dear Michael, Thank you for your personal interest. I began practicing TM in 1970. I had been investigating the spiritual landscape in NYC and California for a few years prior; including Swami Satchitananda (of Woodstock fame) and Trungpa Rimpoche. I'd been to some spiritual confluences in Colorado also. Read extensively (I am a consummate reader, something Maharishi kind of discouraged later, but that's my makeup). Once I decided that Maharishi had something (I'd read extensively again; SRM was on my block [WEA] and got my hands on a book of early lectures entitled Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So I drove out to the Ricky Mountain National Park where Maharishi was conducting TTC in a Boyscout Camp outside Estes Park. I rented a cabin (that was built for Summer visitors and therefore uninsulated and unheated, in a community of hippies. Roomed with a Canadian, but that's a story for another time. I head over to Maharishi's for an audience. Rick Archer was attending. After waiting awhile (you must know by now that I am an impatient sort), the Course Leader explains that Maharishi is making Teachers that day, but that he personally, along with his wife will initiate me next day. Bring fruit...you know the drill. I liked it and stayed in the Mountain cabin for months. Came out and went to Amherst for the one-monther. Then on to Europe for TTC. It's been a nice trip for me, so I am glad you asked about it, and I could relive it. I
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Now I hadn't thought of that - I'll talk it over with her and see what she thinks. From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com We live in South Carolina - daughter is 14 and her mother had a mandatory guidance counselor meeting with student, parent and counselor. The idea was to try to give the kids some sense of direction in terms of their post high school future. So guidance lady asks my daughter if she has any idea of what she might like to do after high school, daughter says Well, I want to either be a tattoo artist or a psychiatrist. The counselor just sat there open mouthed and didn't know what to say. Daughter says she said psychologist but mom swears she said psychiatrist Be a liberated Dad and remind her that she can be *both* a psychiatrist and a tattoo artist. I, for one, would love to see the tattoos a full-time shrink would create. :-)
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She has no favorites as to what she looks at or enjoys - her own art, she's all over the place, sometimes she likes painting in acrylics, other times she sits in front of the tv while we are watching a movie and lo and behold in half an hour there is a fine portrait of one of the characters in the movie. From: steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina what type of art is she inclined toward? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : We live in South Carolina - daughter is 14 and her mother had a mandatory guidance counselor meeting with student, parent and counselor. The idea was to try to give the kids some sense of direction in terms of their post high school future. So guidance lady asks my daughter if she has any idea of what she might like to do after high school, daughter says Well, I want to either be a tattoo artist or a psychiatrist. The counselor just sat there open mouthed and didn't know what to say. Daughter says she said psychologist but mom swears she said psychiatrist At any rate, I am hoping she will become a staff artist working for Blizzard Entertainment so I can get free World of Warcraft stuff. From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I like to write sometimes but not about TM or TM stuff. what fills my life these days is watching my daughter grow up and hoping she will use her graphic arts talents for something other than being a tatoo artist when she hits 21. Mike, Thanks for this. We have a lot in common (in addition to our both coming on to TM which, in itself is improbable). My son is an artist too. I have written about him here. Traing at Music and Art and later U of Wisconson Art History, and later Pratt Institute Art Education. Tough career choice. He does have a two-person show coming up in March, and I wish him well. And I do wish your daughter well. You need to be patient and 'open'. I have found the art path to be windy (from a perspective like yours and mine). I sometimes falsely compare it to my daughter, who's career more closely aligns with mine, although she's found more success than I. Now I am glad to have saved your Post for last. I knew I'd enjoy it most. Where's home? d From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : that's a pretty interesting beginning. Estes Park initiation. What did you think of Rinpoche? Dear Micheal, That was all pre-TM, and a long time ago. In the late 60's I couldn't get enough of the Self-Deveopment teachings coming around. Trungpa Rimpoche was probably the result of Paul Reps' writings. I was on a Yoga Retreats marathon. I probably, at that time, delved into Western self-development movements with equal gusto. That also led me towards TM, but first a stop at the University for 4 years' graduate work in Counseling Personal Development. Once Initiated in Jan '70, I stayed the Course. These days I help, when I can, with the publication of the TM works. I find it rewarding and am sometimes even appreciated. Now, Michael, tell me something I don't know about you. Probably best, however to stay away from your MUM years, as I think you may have covered some of that here. What else fills your life? Yours Truly, dannyboy From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina Dear Michael, Thank you for your personal interest. I began practicing TM in 1970. I had been investigating the spiritual landscape in NYC and California for a few years prior; including Swami Satchitananda (of Woodstock fame) and Trungpa Rimpoche. I'd been to some spiritual confluences in Colorado also. Read extensively (I am a consummate reader, something Maharishi kind of discouraged later, but that's my makeup). Once I decided that Maharishi had something (I'd read extensively again; SRM was on my block [WEA] and got my hands on a book of early lectures entitled Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So I drove out to the Ricky Mountain National Park where Maharishi was conducting TTC in a Boyscout Camp outside Estes Park. I rented a cabin (that was built for Summer visitors and therefore uninsulated and unheated
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On 9/6/2014 6:23 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: Now, Michael, tell me something I don't know about you. HE WILL NEVER EVER AGAIN BE ALLOWED TO BAKE BREAK ON THE MUM CAMPUS.
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neat. thanks ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : She has no favorites as to what she looks at or enjoys - her own art, she's all over the place, sometimes she likes painting in acrylics, other times she sits in front of the tv while we are watching a movie and lo and behold in half an hour there is a fine portrait of one of the characters in the movie. From: steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina what type of art is she inclined toward? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : We live in South Carolina - daughter is 14 and her mother had a mandatory guidance counselor meeting with student, parent and counselor. The idea was to try to give the kids some sense of direction in terms of their post high school future. So guidance lady asks my daughter if she has any idea of what she might like to do after high school, daughter says Well, I want to either be a tattoo artist or a psychiatrist. The counselor just sat there open mouthed and didn't know what to say. Daughter says she said psychologist but mom swears she said psychiatrist At any rate, I am hoping she will become a staff artist working for Blizzard Entertainment so I can get free World of Warcraft stuff. From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I like to write sometimes but not about TM or TM stuff. what fills my life these days is watching my daughter grow up and hoping she will use her graphic arts talents for something other than being a tatoo artist when she hits 21. Mike, Thanks for this. We have a lot in common (in addition to our both coming on to TM which, in itself is improbable). My son is an artist too. I have written about him here. Traing at Music and Art and later U of Wisconson Art History, and later Pratt Institute Art Education. Tough career choice. He does have a two-person show coming up in March, and I wish him well. And I do wish your daughter well. You need to be patient and 'open'. I have found the art path to be windy (from a perspective like yours and mine). I sometimes falsely compare it to my daughter, who's career more closely aligns with mine, although she's found more success than I. Now I am glad to have saved your Post for last. I knew I'd enjoy it most. Where's home? d From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : that's a pretty interesting beginning. Estes Park initiation. What did you think of Rinpoche? Dear Micheal, That was all pre-TM, and a long time ago. In the late 60's I couldn't get enough of the Self-Deveopment teachings coming around. Trungpa Rimpoche was probably the result of Paul Reps' writings. I was on a Yoga Retreats marathon. I probably, at that time, delved into Western self-development movements with equal gusto. That also led me towards TM, but first a stop at the University for 4 years' graduate work in Counseling Personal Development. Once Initiated in Jan '70, I stayed the Course. These days I help, when I can, with the publication of the TM works. I find it rewarding and am sometimes even appreciated. Now, Michael, tell me something I don't know about you. Probably best, however to stay away from your MUM years, as I think you may have covered some of that here. What else fills your life? Yours Truly, dannyboy From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina Dear Michael, Thank you for your personal interest. I began practicing TM in 1970. I had been investigating the spiritual landscape in NYC and California for a few years prior; including Swami Satchitananda (of Woodstock fame) and Trungpa Rimpoche. I'd been to some spiritual confluences in Colorado also. Read extensively (I am a consummate reader, something Maharishi kind of discouraged later, but that's my makeup). Once I decided that Maharishi had something (I'd read extensively again; SRM was on my block [WEA] and got my hands on a book of early lectures entitled Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So I drove out to the Ricky Mountain National Park where Maharishi was conducting TTC in a Boyscout Camp outside Estes Park. I rented a cabin (that was built for Summer visitors and therefore uninsulated and unheated, in a community
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : We live in South Carolina - daughter is 14 and her mother had a mandatory guidance counselor meeting with student, parent and counselor. The idea was to try to give the kids some sense of direction in terms of their post high school future. So guidance lady asks my daughter if she has any idea of what she might like to do after high school, daughter says Well, I want to either be a tattoo artist or a psychiatrist. The counselor just sat there open mouthed and didn't know what to say. Daughter says she said psychologist but mom swears she said psychiatrist At any rate, I am hoping she will become a staff artist working for Blizzard Entertainment so I can get free World of Warcraft stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I like to write sometimes but not about TM or TM stuff. what fills my life these days is watching my daughter grow up and hoping she will use her graphic arts talents for something other than being a tatoo artist when she hits 21. Mike, Thanks for this. We have a lot in common (in addition to our both coming on to TM which, in itself is improbable). My son is an artist too. I have written about him here. Traing at Music and Art and later U of Wisconson Art History, and later Pratt Institute Art Education. Tough career choice. He does have a two-person show coming up in March, and I wish him well. And I do wish your daughter well. You need to be patient and 'open'. I have found the art path to be windy (from a perspective like yours and mine). I sometimes falsely compare it to my daughter, who's career more closely aligns with mine, although she's found more success than I. Now I am glad to have saved your Post for last. I knew I'd enjoy it most. Where's home? d From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : that's a pretty interesting beginning. Estes Park initiation. What did you think of Rinpoche? Dear Micheal, That was all pre-TM, and a long time ago. In the late 60's I couldn't get enough of the Self-Deveopment teachings coming around. Trungpa Rimpoche was probably the result of Paul Reps' writings. I was on a Yoga Retreats marathon. I probably, at that time, delved into Western self-development movements with equal gusto. That also led me towards TM, but first a stop at the University for 4 years' graduate work in Counseling Personal Development. Once Initiated in Jan '70, I stayed the Course. These days I help, when I can, with the publication of the TM works. I find it rewarding and am sometimes even appreciated. Now, Michael, tell me something I don't know about you. Probably best, however to stay away from your MUM years, as I think you may have covered some of that here. What else fills your life? Yours Truly, dannyboy From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina Dear Michael, Thank you for your personal interest. I began practicing TM in 1970. I had been investigating the spiritual landscape in NYC and California for a few years prior; including Swami Satchitananda (of Woodstock fame) and Trungpa Rimpoche. I'd been to some spiritual confluences in Colorado also. Read extensively (I am a consummate reader, something Maharishi kind of discouraged later, but that's my makeup). Once I decided that Maharishi had something (I'd read extensively again; SRM was on my block [WEA] and got my hands on a book of early lectures entitled Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So I drove out to the Ricky Mountain National Park where Maharishi was conducting TTC in a Boyscout Camp outside Estes Park. I rented a cabin (that was built for Summer visitors and therefore uninsulated and unheated, in a community of hippies. Roomed with a Canadian, but that's a story for another time. I head over to Maharishi's for an audience. Rick Archer was attending. After waiting awhile (you must know by now that I am an impatient sort), the Course Leader explains that Maharishi is making Teachers that day, but that he personally, along with his wife will initiate me next day. Bring fruit...you know the drill. I liked it and stayed in the Mountain cabin for months. Came out and went to Amherst for the one-monther. Then on to Europe for TTC. It's been a nice trip for me
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I got into The Masters and The Path and am digging it! I appreciate your having provided a voice recording of CW Leadbeater, allowing me to read in his voice, which is cool. So I'm digging it and it's cool. k? In return here's HW Ledbetter: Lead Belly Sings Goodnight Irene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn50JSI0W-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn50JSI0W-E Lead Belly Sings Goodnight Irene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn50JSI0W-E A folklorist, John Lomax and his son Alan Lomax, with funding from the Library of Congress recorded Huddie William Ledbetter, commonly known as Lead B... View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn50JSI0W-E Preview by Yahoo
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CW Leadbeater, the man who loved teen boys (which is the reason he was kicked out of the Theosophical Society to begin with and his ouster caused a split in the TS) and the one who made up out of whole cloth the bull manure about Maitreya being a master. A liar, boy lover and huckster - this is one of your heroes and you accuse me of making stuff up? But you love to adore someone who based his career on made up bullshit like Marshy and CW Leadbeater. In 1906, Leadbeater had been forced out of the Theosophical Society in shame and disgrace after admitting under oath to having performed sexual acts on young boys in his care. However, only a couple of years later, Annie Besant – who was soon to become the president of the Theosophical Society – invited Leadbeater back and readmitted him, much to the shock and disgust of many members. That Leadbeater never reformed his ways is apparent from the mass of accusations, eyewitness reports, complaints, court cases, and police investigations that continued to hound the rest of his Theosophical career around the world up to his death in 1934. His lifelong sexual obsession and abuse of boys has been well documented in many places, particularly in Gregory Tillett’s lengthy biographical study “The Elder Brother: A Biography of Charles Webster Leadbeater” and in this document containing verbatim legal transcripts, court reports, confessions, and graphic letters written by Leadbeater to boy proteges, at http://blavatskyarchives.com/ton2.pdf. In 1909, soon after having been readmitted and raised to a place of prominence by Besant, Leadbeater claimed that he had discovered via his supposed clairvoyant and spiritual powers that the coming of Maitreya was imminent. Now it must be explained that the “Coming of Maitreya” is initially a Buddhist doctrine. It is said that Gautama Buddha stated that the next Buddha would come 5,000 years after him and would be called or referred to by the Indian name of Maitreya. Since Gautama lived 2,600 years ago, this would mean that the Buddha Maitreya is not due to appear on the scene until another 2,400 years from now. But Leadbeater claimed that Maitreya was first of all going to appear as a Bodhisattva and World Teacher and then sometime later on would succeed Gautama as the Buddha. Even more surprisingly, he announced that Christ and Maitreya are one and the same person. According to him, this being – who he called the “Christ-Maitreya” or “Lord Maitreya the Christ” – was a highly advanced soul living in a physical body here on the physical plane, somewhere in the Himalayas, and that he had spiritually overshadowed and worked through “the Master Jesus” during the three years of the latter’s public ministry. Thus, according to this line of thought, Jesus and Christ are two distinct beings. Apparently unperturbed by or oblivious to the fact that equating Maitreya with Christ is offensive to the majority of both Buddhists and Christians, Leadbeater declared that the coming of Maitreya – or, in other words, the Second Coming of Christ – was near and that he was intending to make his reappearance on the world scene by means of overshadowing another individual, this time a young Indian man called Jiddu Krishnamurti who Leadbeater had seen playing on the beach near Theosophical Society headquarters in Adyar, India, one day and taken a shine to. Much to the distress of Krishnamurti’s father – who considered Leadbeater to be a predatory menace and corrupting influence towards all young boys – Leadbeater and Besant eventually managed to seize custody of the boy and the next twenty years were spent carefully grooming and training him – some might instead be inclined to call it brainwashing – for his eventual “mission.” Maitreya in the Light of Real Theosophy Maitreya in the Light of Real Theosophy Some frequent search terms used by visitors to both this site and our sister site at are Blavatsky and Maitreya, Theosophy Maitreya, and What did Blavatsky say abou... View on blavatskytheosophy... Preview by Yahoo From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 3:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina I got into The Masters and The Path and am digging it! I appreciate your having provided a voice recording of CW Leadbeater, allowing me to read in his voice, which is cool. So I'm digging it and it's cool. k? In return here's HW Ledbetter: Lead Belly Sings Goodnight Irene Lead Belly Sings Goodnight Irene A folklorist, John Lomax and his son Alan Lomax, with funding from the Library of Congress recorded Huddie William Ledbetter, commonly known as Lead B... View on www.youtube.comPreview by Yahoo
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-in-the-light-of-real-theosophy/ Some frequent search terms used by visitors to both this site and our sister site at are Blavatsky and Maitreya, Theosophy Maitreya, and What did Blavatsky say abou... View on blavatskytheosophy... http://blavatskytheosophy.com/maitreya-in-the-light-of-real-theosophy/ Preview by Yahoo From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 3:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina I got into The Masters and The Path and am digging it! I appreciate your having provided a voice recording of CW Leadbeater, allowing me to read in his voice, which is cool. So I'm digging it and it's cool. k? In return here's HW Ledbetter: Lead Belly Sings Goodnight Irene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn50JSI0W-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn50JSI0W-E Lead Belly Sings Goodnight Irene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn50JSI0W-E A folklorist, John Lomax and his son Alan Lomax, with funding from the Library of Congress recorded Huddie William Ledbetter, commonly known as Lead B... View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn50JSI0W-E Preview by Yahoo
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I stand publicly corrected! In my defense, not that there can be much of a defense in this case, it was all those years of TMSP that made me so dysfunctional. From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : CW Leadbeater, the man who loved teen boys (which is the reason he was kicked out of the Theosophical Society to begin with and his ouster caused a split in the TS) and the one who made up out of whole cloth the bull manure about Maitreya being a master. A liar, boy lover and huckster - this is one of your heroes and you accuse me of making stuff up? But you love to adore someone who based his career on made up bullshit like Marshy and CW Leadbeater. Mikey, I think you need to become a better reader. There are remedial programs available for reading deficiencies like yours. Don't be ashamed for being slow, there is no stigma for those who try. I thanked s3erifina for her generosity. I wrote that HW Ledbetter is one of my heroes. I even included a photograph of Ledbetter, so you wouldn't get yourself confused again. This was a follow up to my heartfelt post describing my love of some Bluesmen who had really lived a life and developed such skill that they could express their soul thru their music. In response, you write, for a second time, about some sexual deviancy. What's on your mind? Giving up trying to help lost causes, d P.S. Where do you find the words that you paste into your Posts. Do the words look nice? In 1906, Leadbeater had been forced out of the Theosophical Society in shame and disgrace after admitting under oath to having performed sexual acts on young boys in his care. However, only a couple of years later, Annie Besant – who was soon to become the president of the Theosophical Society – invited Leadbeater back and readmitted him, much to the shock and disgust of many members. That Leadbeater never reformed his ways is apparent from the mass of accusations, eyewitness reports, complaints, court cases, and police investigations that continued to hound the rest of his Theosophical career around the world up to his death in 1934. His lifelong sexual obsession and abuse of boys has been well documented in many places, particularly in Gregory Tillett’s lengthy biographical study “The Elder Brother: A Biography of Charles Webster Leadbeater” and in this document containing verbatim legal transcripts, court reports, confessions, and graphic letters written by Leadbeater to boy proteges, at http://blavatskyarchives.com/ton2.pdf. In 1909, soon after having been readmitted and raised to a place of prominence by Besant, Leadbeater claimed that he had discovered via his supposed clairvoyant and spiritual powers that the coming of Maitreya was imminent. Now it must be explained that the “Coming of Maitreya” is initially a Buddhist doctrine. It is said that Gautama Buddha stated that the next Buddha would come 5,000 years after him and would be called or referred to by the Indian name of Maitreya. Since Gautama lived 2,600 years ago, this would mean that the Buddha Maitreya is not due to appear on the scene until another 2,400 years from now. But Leadbeater claimed that Maitreya was first of all going to appear as a Bodhisattva and World Teacher and then sometime later on would succeed Gautama as the Buddha. Even more surprisingly, he announced that Christ and Maitreya are one and the same person. According to him, this being – who he called the “Christ-Maitreya” or “Lord Maitreya the Christ” – was a highly advanced soul living in a physical body here on the physical plane, somewhere in the Himalayas, and that he had spiritually overshadowed and worked through “the Master Jesus” during the three years of the latter’s public ministry. Thus, according to this line of thought, Jesus and Christ are two distinct beings. Apparently unperturbed by or oblivious to the fact that equating Maitreya with Christ is offensive to the majority of both Buddhists and Christians, Leadbeater declared that the coming of Maitreya – or, in other words, the Second Coming of Christ – was near and that he was intending to make his reappearance on the world scene by means of overshadowing another individual, this time a young Indian man called Jiddu Krishnamurti who Leadbeater had seen playing on the beach near Theosophical Society headquarters in Adyar, India, one day and taken a shine to. Much to the distress of Krishnamurti’s father – who considered Leadbeater to be a predatory menace and corrupting influence towards all young boys – Leadbeater and Besant eventually managed to seize custody of the boy and the next twenty years were spent carefully grooming and training him – some might instead be inclined to call it brainwashing – for his eventual
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Michael, I admire your response. You are a man of honor (but we do disagree on a few things). Let's hope that we can enjoy our time together in this world. Sincerely, Dan
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Thanks Dan - just out of curiosity when did you start TM and how did you get into it? From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina Michael, I admire your response. You are a man of honor (but we do disagree on a few things). Let's hope that we can enjoy our time together in this world. Sincerely, Dan
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Dear Michael, Thank you for your personal interest. I began practicing TM in 1970. I had been investigating the spiritual landscape in NYC and California for a few years prior; including Swami Satchitananda (of Woodstock fame) and Trungpa Rimpoche. I'd been to some spiritual confluences in Colorado also. Read extensively (I am a consummate reader, something Maharishi kind of discouraged later, but that's my makeup). Once I decided that Maharishi had something (I'd read extensively again; SRM was on my block [WEA] and got my hands on a book of early lectures entitled Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So I drove out to the Ricky Mountain National Park where Maharishi was conducting TTC in a Boyscout Camp outside Estes Park. I rented a cabin (that was built for Summer visitors and therefore uninsulated and unheated, in a community of hippies. Roomed with a Canadian, but that's a story for another time. I head over to Maharishi's for an audience. Rick Archer was attending. After waiting awhile (you must know by now that I am an impatient sort), the Course Leader explains that Maharishi is making Teachers that day, but that he personally, along with his wife will initiate me next day. Bring fruit...you know the drill. I liked it and stayed in the Mountain cabin for months. Came out and went to Amherst for the one-monther. Then on to Europe for TTC. It's been a nice trip for me, so I am glad you asked about it, and I could relive it. I understand when you express your displeasure with TMSP rounds. It ain't always easy. Hope all is well. Your well deserved friend, Dan
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that's a pretty interesting beginning. Estes Park initiation. What did you think of Rinpoche? From: danfriedman2002 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] I Want to Publicly Thank s3erifina Dear Michael, Thank you for your personal interest. I began practicing TM in 1970. I had been investigating the spiritual landscape in NYC and California for a few years prior; including Swami Satchitananda (of Woodstock fame) and Trungpa Rimpoche. I'd been to some spiritual confluences in Colorado also. Read extensively (I am a consummate reader, something Maharishi kind of discouraged later, but that's my makeup). Once I decided that Maharishi had something (I'd read extensively again; SRM was on my block [WEA] and got my hands on a book of early lectures entitled Meditations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So I drove out to the Ricky Mountain National Park where Maharishi was conducting TTC in a Boyscout Camp outside Estes Park. I rented a cabin (that was built for Summer visitors and therefore uninsulated and unheated, in a community of hippies. Roomed with a Canadian, but that's a story for another time. I head over to Maharishi's for an audience. Rick Archer was attending. After waiting awhile (you must know by now that I am an impatient sort), the Course Leader explains that Maharishi is making Teachers that day, but that he personally, along with his wife will initiate me next day. Bring fruit...you know the drill. I liked it and stayed in the Mountain cabin for months. Came out and went to Amherst for the one-monther. Then on to Europe for TTC. It's been a nice trip for me, so I am glad you asked about it, and I could relive it. I understand when you express your displeasure with TMSP rounds. It ain't always easy. Hope all is well. Your well deserved friend, Dan
