[FairfieldLife] Mechanics of Enlightenment?

2007-08-04 Thread cardemaister
Did 'The Mechnanics of Enlightenment' have a picture of Guru Dev, where he sits in padmaasana, eyes crossed? http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/1717926

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Resumes TM Teaching in Great Britain'

2007-08-04 Thread shempmcgurk
Oh, goody! This means -- what? -- another 30 to 40 initiations a year! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS Maharishi Mahesh Yogi reopens his Transcendental Meditation Centres throughout the UK `My leaders will resume

[FairfieldLife] For those FFL Member photos -- American ingenuity to the rescue

2007-08-04 Thread TurquoiseB
Too fat? New HP cameras with slimming feature will take 10 pounds off how you look: http://tinyurl.com/j3a92 In related news, scientific study substantiates claims of enlightenment and visions of long- dead gurus. Researcher I.M. Bogus reports, Yup, they're claiming it, all right.

[FairfieldLife] Kundalini awake but not in spine

2007-08-04 Thread Ron
Hello, Right at the time that my Kundalini awoke, I noticed it was all over, I didn't say a word. I was with my Guru when this happened. It was my Guru that said (exactly at the time I was noticing it) that (paraphrased) it is said Kundalini is in the spine but this isn't the case, you see

[FairfieldLife] Fun

2007-08-04 Thread t3rinity
See http://static.scribd.com/docs/3q9ijytgerdp2.swf go to page 8 cartoon top right. One quote on this page: I was an atheist until I found out I was God. spotted on a T-shirt in Auroville.

[FairfieldLife] Vedic chanting and melismas?

2007-08-04 Thread cardemaister
Just been watching Rudraabhisheka on Maharishi Channel. My favourite part was a solo sung by a fellow, who looked quite a lot like a Muslim. Perhaps the impression was partly caused by the fact that he sang in a melismatic style which I haven't heard before in the context of Vedic recitation.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-04 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/3/07 8:18:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, buttsplicer @gmail.com writes: Don't be foolish to think that, Perhaps somebody just didn't think it was necessary to make repairs until it was too late. The funds are not there. Most of our infrastructure in the US dates

[FairfieldLife] A question for the group

2007-08-04 Thread do.rflex
Does anyone have or remember a pamphlet titled Vedas, Source of the Subtle Science? It was a publication issued by SRM in the very early days of the movement. Thanks

[FairfieldLife] savi-/nirvi-?

2007-08-04 Thread cardemaister
Does the distinction savikalpa/nirvikalpa correspond to sabiija/nirbiija of YS?

[FairfieldLife] Re: savi-/nirvi-?

2007-08-04 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does the distinction savikalpa/nirvikalpa correspond to sabiija/nirbiija of YS? Samadhi is of two kinds: * Savikalpa, Samprajnata or Sabija; and * Nirvikalpa, Asamprajnata or Nirbija. In Savikalpa or

[FairfieldLife] Re: A question for the group

2007-08-04 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have or remember a pamphlet titled Vedas, Source of the Subtle Science? It was a publication issued by SRM in the very early days of the movement. Thanks Yes...I have a copy!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Resumes TM Teaching in Great Britain'

2007-08-04 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, goody! This means -- what? -- another 30 to 40 initiations a year! 30-40? I admire your optimism. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel babajii_99@ wrote: STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS

[FairfieldLife] Re: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Analogy for US Economy

2007-08-04 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/3/07 12:12:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: you think the bridge collapsed due to structural failure willy? wow that's brillant. structural problems in the bridge were noted

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hunting for Gurus...ha, ha.

2007-08-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reporter goes to India in search of a Guru. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt3US50patw Priceless. PegLegSamism is not exclusive to FFL -- its well and thriving in India too! E: Enlightened J: john Paraphrasing ---

[FairfieldLife] Watch out Osama- Here comes Obama'

2007-08-04 Thread Robert
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 3, 2007 - var storeInfo = new Array (2); var cbsx = 1; storeInfo[1] = 'Pakistani protesters burn a U.S. flag to condemn U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama\'s remarks, Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, in

[FairfieldLife] World Guru vs unknown

2007-08-04 Thread Ron
From the Yahoo group Light_stands http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Light_Stands/message/17 Goraksha Part 1 Pranams, OM Namo Narayana - I liked your comments on your page about why neo advaita be your own guru philosophy is flawed, and I have passed it on to other discussion boards. However, I

[FairfieldLife] Re: A question for the group

2007-08-04 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Does anyone have or remember a pamphlet titled Vedas, Source of the Subtle Science? It was a publication issued by SRM in the very early days of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hunting for Gurus...ha, ha.

2007-08-04 Thread Lsoma
In a message dated 8/3/2007 7:55:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bravo The truth will set you free. I love India but some of India needs help like America. Neil Young wrote in his song Looking for a Leader - America is beautiful but she has an ugly side.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Watch out Osama- Here comes Obama'

2007-08-04 Thread shempmcgurk
Tomatoe, Tomahto, Osama, Obama, Let's call the whole thing off.

[FairfieldLife] Hugging Amma Q and A

2007-08-04 Thread Ron
Mata Amritanandamayi Devi: ___ Amma on the Guru ___ Satsang and spiritual books have the power to turn our minds towards good thoughts. That alone, however, will not enable us to go forward with steady steps. Ordinary physicians will examine the patient and prescribe medicines. But

[FairfieldLife] The Sorry State of Yahoo Mail

2007-08-04 Thread Bhairitu
In June I dropped Earthlink (sometimes referred to as Earthstink) for ATT Yahoo DSL. Earthlink failed to provide a suitable upgrade package for more speed especially in the upstream area and ATT could. Since ATT uses Yahoo's mail servers I switched most all of my Yahoo groups to the Yahoo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrating invincibility

2007-08-04 Thread Patrick Gillam
Barbara, I assume you attended the Guru Purnima celebration at the Tower? How was it? And does the Tower do anything - emit light, ring chimes... ? Great picture here: http://www.beingandseeing.com/tower/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stokes and Barbara Dickins [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] 'Om Namah Shivaiya - Pray for the Poor People of Baghdad'

2007-08-04 Thread Robert
War-ravaged country's national grid nearing collapse Aug 04, 2007 02:31 PM Associated Press BAGHDAD – Iraq's electricity grid could collapse any day because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provincial officials who are unplugging local power stations from the

Re: [FairfieldLife] savi-/nirvi-?

2007-08-04 Thread Vaj
On Aug 4, 2007, at 9:34 AM, cardemaister wrote: Does the distinction savikalpa/nirvikalpa correspond to sabiija/nirbiija of YS? Roughly. Savichara and Nirvachara would be more precisely correspondent to Sa- bija and Nir-bija IIRC and used in the yoga system. The words savikalpa and

Re: [FairfieldLife] A question for the group

2007-08-04 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 8/4/07 8:51:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone have or remember a pamphlet titled Vedas, Source of the Subtle Science? It was a publication issued by SRM in the very early days of the movement. Thanks Yes, A blue pamphlet.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A question for the group

2007-08-04 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/4/07 8:51:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone have or remember a pamphlet titled Vedas, Source of the Subtle Science? It was a publication issued by SRM in

[FairfieldLife] Re: A question for the group

2007-08-04 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have or remember a pamphlet titled Vedas, Source of the Subtle Science? It was a publication issued by SRM in the very early days of the movement. Thanks ** When the Beatles went to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Resumes TM Teaching in Great Britain'

2007-08-04 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, goody! This means -- what? -- another 30 to 40 initiations a year! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel babajii_99@ wrote: STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS Maharishi Mahesh Yogi reopens his

[FairfieldLife] Re: A question for the group

2007-08-04 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Does anyone have or remember a pamphlet titled Vedas, Source of the Subtle Science? It was a publication issued by SRM in the very early days

[FairfieldLife] need feedback on MMY audios

2007-08-04 Thread matrixmonitor
Thanks, Vaj and the anonymous contributor of those MMY audios. I forwarded the addresses to Jerry Jarvis and to my surprise, he asked me to call him, which I did. Had a 20-30 minute discussion on various TM - program themes and we talked about Ramesh Balsekar (whom we don't like since he did

[FairfieldLife] Re: need feedback on MMY audios

2007-08-04 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Vaj and the anonymous contributor of those MMY audios. I forwarded the addresses to Jerry Jarvis and to my surprise, he asked me to call him, which I did. Had a 20-30 minute discussion on various TM -

[FairfieldLife] Re: need feedback on MMY audios

2007-08-04 Thread shempmcgurk
Thanks so much for the Jerry Jarvis news, matrixmonitor. I am disappointed to hear that he doesn't want to participate. Jerry is someone that many of us respected in our earliest years in the TMO and miss his presence (he seemed circa 1978 to just disappear altogether). I wonder if you could

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: need feedback on MMY audios

2007-08-04 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BillyG. Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:10 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: need feedback on MMY audios How exciting to be able to talk to Jerry after all of these years, we all loved

[FairfieldLife] Re: need feedback on MMY audios

2007-08-04 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BillyG. Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:10 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: need feedback on MMY audios