[FairfieldLife] Re: Dylan on PBS

2005-09-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the neil young version at Bob-Fest. I agree with most of what you say, and my life mirrors yours in many respects -- though I was in high school when highway 61 blaseted onto the scene, and in jr high when the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars

2005-09-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Don't take this all so seriously, Judy. I don't know about these other guys, but I'm just majorly amused tonight at you pretending

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dylan on PBS

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Part two is next week, I think. Don't miss it. Did you see two hours or one hour last night? I have a two hour version on tonight. Is there an additional 2 hour segment (four hours total)? Or is 2 hours the whole thing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars

2005-09-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK. I think you're suggesting that it's something of an infinite regress, that one can be overshadowed by the desire not to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Packed crowd hears David Lynch Filmmaker shares zeal for transcendental medi

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
The Ann Arbor News Packed crowd hears David Lynch Filmmaker shares zeal for transcendental meditation Monday, September 26, 2005 BY JENN MCKEE News Arts Writer http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/aanews/index.ssf?/base/features-0/1127745609242440.xmlcoll=2 If you arrived on time to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dylan on PBS

2005-09-27 Thread uns_tressor
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] But today, I read them as words, as poetry, sans music. And you know what? As a pure, words only poet, Dylan is a bit sophmoric and trite, IMO. Even

[FairfieldLife] Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
A: No, thats not quite the angle that struck me as so funny. The deliciousness of the phrase is more a mu experience, a la whats wrong with this picture. J: What's wrong with the picture of somebody not wanting to be overshadowed? You've got me curious--can you articulate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Coeds in Tears

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Contorversial? I thought that's the policy most colleges had. Sal On Sep 26, 2005, at 8:45 PM, akasha_108 wrote: At the University of California, Berkeley, a new controversial policy forbids romantic or

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars

2005-09-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Don't take this all so seriously, Judy. I don't know

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip To hold, as some appear to, that we meditate for 20-30 years and then one day, the room goes from total darkness to total light, is funny, in a charming way. So to the extent people keep insisting IT is already

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip On the other hand, when neo-advaitists sell a dichotomous view of enlightenment, and on top of that proclaim You just need to BELIEVE, Peter, and you CAN fly (as in Peter Pan), Just BELIEVE it and you ARE

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip To hold, as some appear to, that we meditate for 20-30 years and then one day, the room goes from total darkness to total light, is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip To hold, as some appear to, that we meditate for 20-30 years

[FairfieldLife] Re: A scolding for Maharishi...

2005-09-27 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, even if I don't express it clearly in writing, it's not about the sex per se, it's about ethics, and honesty and how that effects

[FairfieldLife] Stabilize the View

2005-09-27 Thread Vaj
Great advice from another list today: The masters stress that to stabilize the View in meditation, it is essential, first of all, to accomplish this practice in a special environment of retreat, where all the favorable conditions are present; amid the distractions and busyness of the world,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Packed crowd hears David Lynch Filmmaker shares zeal for transcendental medi

2005-09-27 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Ann Arbor News Packed crowd hears David Lynch Filmmaker shares zeal for transcendental meditation Monday, September 26, 2005 BY JENN MCKEE News Arts Writer

[FairfieldLife] Black and White Views on Sex

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
Yup, what he said. All this justification of possibly Maharishi's, Bevan's and Haglin's behavior - I just don't get it. You wouldn't expect that stuff from your friends, or business associates, or even honorable enemies. JohnY Since some of my recent posts may be rolled up in the all this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Packed crowd hears David Lynch Filmmaker shares zeal for transcendental medi

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But they have to get 'scholarships' in order for the official TMO to teach them to mediatate. What is wrong with this picture? A sort of elitist materialistic welfare spirituality boggling. I mean I understand

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars

2005-09-27 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK. I think you're suggesting that it's something of an infinite regress, that one can be overshadowed by the desire not to be overshadowed. But that's the nature of the beast, part of why ignorance is so

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars

2005-09-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip So long as we do *not* appreciate *this* moment as a god-given gift we have not yet fully unwrapped and understood -- that long do we find it to be shrouded in darkness, ignorance, fear, suffering, and so on: the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars

2005-09-27 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip So long as we do *not* appreciate *this* moment as a god-given gift we have not yet fully unwrapped and understood -- that long do we

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
Akasha: : snip To hold, as some appear to, that we meditate for 20-30 years and then one day, the room goes from total darkness to total light, is funny, in a charming way. So to the extent people keep insisting IT is already there, they are correct -- to a degree.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Akasha: : snip To hold, as some appear to, that we meditate for 20-30 years and then one day, the room goes from total darkness to total light, is funny, in a charming way. So to the extent

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip To hold, as some appear to, that we meditate for 20-30 years and then one day, the room goes from total darkness to total light, is funny, in a charming way. So to the extent people keep insisting IT is already there, they are correct -- to a degree.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars

2005-09-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip So long as we do *not* appreciate *this* moment as a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Akasha: : snip To hold, as some appear to, that we meditate for 20-30 years and then one day, the room goes from total

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip J: I ask because I've said in a number of posts that the longer I meditate, the less overshadowed I am. I apologize, I dont always read all of your posts. (Mostly during periods when its you said, no you said

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Akasha: : snip To hold, as some appear to, that we

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't recall having read anyone saying here that you meditate for many years with no discernible change and then suddenly be in CC, at least not as the standard pattern with TM. But I could have missed it. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip To hold, as some appear to, that we meditate for 20-30 years and then one day, the room goes from total darkness to total light, is funny, in a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Black and White Views on Sex

2005-09-27 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, what he said. All this justification of possibly Maharishi's, Bevan's and Haglin's behavior - I just don't get it. You wouldn't expect that stuff from your friends, or business associates, or even honorable

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma Will Provide One Million U.S. Dollars

2005-09-27 Thread Rory Goff
Rory: How do you know this is impossible, Judy, if you haven't tried it? Judy: Oh, for heaven's sake, of course I've tried it. Rory: Yes? With whom? I hope you had company. Most people find it far easier and more effective the first few times if they are accompanied by a guide, rebirther

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just BELIEVE Peter, and You CAN Fly!

2005-09-27 Thread akasha_108
Judy: I don't recall having read anyone saying here that you meditate for many years with no discernible change and then suddenly be in CC, at least not as the standard pattern with TM. But I could have missed it. Its diologues over the past 3-4 years. And its not an explicit claim. But

[FairfieldLife] Re: Packed crowd hears David Lynch Filmmaker shares zeal for transcendental medi

2005-09-27 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But they have to get 'scholarships' in order for the official TMO to teach them to mediatate. What is wrong with this picture? A sort of

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