--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Actually, as I recall, perhaps incorrectly, that you wished I would
> never use your name again.
I replied to your post in which you had said I and others are making
claims to enlightenment, or higher states of c
Vaj:
As a certified 24 "groupie", I can state that it doesn't get any funnier
than that.
That was the best!! Nice find.
PM
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 24 as done with 1994 technology
>
> http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1788161
>
As you please.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> OK, let's compare and contrast the quality of this first post:
>
> > > > > Oh, goodie. Story time. Tell us the one again about the
> infinitely
> > > > > radiant Pride. Ot the ones where particl
Actually, the brilliance is all yours. I simply, clumsily, connected a
few dots to the great -- cross-training, put it all in the ring --
vision that you presented.
I have never followed UFC -- too engrossed in womens tennis and alpine
skiing perhaps. But I have gained an appreciation for it from
OK, let's compare and contrast the quality of this first post:
> > > > Oh, goodie. Story time. Tell us the one again about the
infinitely
> > > > radiant Pride. Ot the ones where particlees collide in this
big
> > > > chamber and go "boom boom"! Or one about dragons. I love the
ones
> > > > a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin"
wrote:
> if
> > they find themselves fortunate enough to experience the death of
all
> > illusion, their previous ridicule might be a somewhat humbling and
> >
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
if
> they find themselves fortunate enough to experience the death of all
> illusion, their previous ridicule might be a somewhat humbling and
> embarrassing memory.
And then tomorrow, a deeper set of illusion may d
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff"
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Oh, goodie. Story time. Tell us the one again about the infinitel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "As for those who ridicule such dialogues, it occurs to me that if
> they find themselves fortunate enough to experience the death of
all
> illusion, their previous ridicule might be a somewhat humbling and
>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin"
> wrote:
> > It occurred to me while writing my previous reply that it must
> sound
> > like quite a foreign language to some. Nonetheless to be able to
> > cl
"As for those who ridicule such dialogues, it occurs to me that if
they find themselves fortunate enough to experience the death of all
illusion, their previous ridicule might be a somewhat humbling and
embarrassing memory."
Wow, enlightened, BUT embarrassed. That sounds pretty bad to me. I
gues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> It occurred to me while writing my previous reply that it must
sound
> like quite a foreign language to some. Nonetheless to be able to
> clarify and express elements of consciousness is too precious an
> opportu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff"
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning
wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Oh, goodie. Story time. Tell us the one again about the
infini
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Oh, goodie. Story time. Tell us the one again about the infinitely
> > radiant Pride. Ot the ones where particlees collide in this big
> > ch
Brilliant New!
Although it can be argued that MMY stacked the deck on TM research he
never argued against the principle or legitimacy of prove. Same with
the sidhis. That was his boldest move of all. Defining sidhis as
markers of your state of consciousness took away the claims that real
yogis
This seems to be a quite powerful and apt analogy to spiritual
traditions and their "one punch knockouts" of ignorance and bondage. A
UFC of masters of pure traditions would be interesting. More to the
point would be having them come up against cross-training masters.
I liked the story Jerry used
Those are some violent fantasies you have there. You might want to
get that checked. In the meantime I'll put you down for a "no" for
any evidence in your corner other than shop worn claims from 1960's
editions of "I'm a Badass Karate Guy" magazine. And I'm gunna put you
down for a "no" about eve
This seems to be a quite powerful and apt analogy to spiritual
traditions and their "one punch knockouts" of ignorance and bondage. A
UFC of masters of pure traditions would be interesting. More to the
point would be having them come up against cross-training masters.
I liked the story Jerry use
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
>
> Oh, goodie. Story time. Tell us the one again about the infinitely
> radiant Pride. Ot the ones where particlees collide in this big
> chamber and go "boom boom"! Or one about dragons. I love the ones
> about dra
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am very familiar with full contact tournaments. They have many
more
> rules than a mixed martial arts matches. It is a great sport. But
we
> started the discussion about actual fighting without rules abo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Tell that to Arjunalol !3 million people drawn up on the
> battlefield ready for COMPLETE anihilation, and he is in the middle
> of it prayin' to jesus for help.
If 3 million warriors had come bent on a
I am very familiar with full contact tournaments. They have many more
rules than a mixed martial arts matches. It is a great sport. But we
started the discussion about actual fighting without rules about
takedowns. One punch one kill is a fantasy perpetuated by people who
stay our of the Octago
> Erik wrote:
> > SaaMkhya-suutras: any takers?
> >
> > Anyone know, why are saaMkhya-suutras thought to be written as late
as 14th or 15th century A.D?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Willytex:
>Sage Patanjali, who compiled the 'Y
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > > w
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Janet Luise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnDrbagYm24
>
Thanks, Janet Luise, for the joy. Hope you and Tom are well. How's Tom's bro,
Bill ?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I thought you were a pro science guy. You know peer reviewed
studies?
> The review of martial arts has been settled in the octagon ring.
The
> videos I showed were challenge matches by brave Shotokan f
In a message dated 11/25/2007 6:51:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnDrbagYm24
Thanks, that was the most beautiful message I have received in weeks so full
of love & a fine reflection of U as well. THANKS
***
> ... but if you think those videos that Curtis posted are Shotokan,
> then you know nothing of Shotokan as you claimed.
>
> Those videos Curt posted are an insult to Shotokan.
>
> THIS IS SHOTOKAN (that I learned, and these are just people trying to
> qualify for black belt or 2nd dan)
> htt
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff"
wrote:
> > Yes, nicely put (if I do say so mySelf *lol*); the omnipresent
gold-
> > light/angels/deities/etc. would be the subjective (and by that I
> > mean "real
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> THIS IS SHOTOKAN (that I learned, and these are just people trying to
> qualify for black belt or 2nd dan)
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZlAFJHEu8go
Boy, to the utterly untrained eye, that's pretty
darned impres
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Uhu, unlikely.
> > > ( 3 years of intense karate training, ful
24 as done with 1994 technology
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1788161
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
> wrote:
> in daily life one's mind and body be trained and
> > developed in a spirit of humility,
>
> Yup. Describes you perfectly.>>
No , I failed the test
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
in daily life one's mind and body be trained and
> developed in a spirit of humility,
Yup. Describes you perfectly.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Shotokan, not yer sloppy bar-room brawlers.
> >
> > Shotakan is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Uhu, unlikely.
> > > ( 3 years of intense karate training, ful
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Uhu, unlikely.
> > > ( 3 years of intense karate traini
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It's been a kind of revelation, realizing that
> random violence is *not* an ever-present possi-
> bility. I walk where I want, when I want, in all
> types of neighborhoods and at all hours of the
> night and day, and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Having studied Shotokan for a number of years
> > before investigating other styles, I have to
> > agree with Curtis about its applicability in
> > the real world. It's similar to what someone
> > said about M
On Nov 25, 2007, at 2:14 PM, new.morning wrote:
MMY uses a parallel management and organization change method, similar
to Mao (and perhaps some western businesses).
(snip)
Mao's famous saying, could also easily be Mahesh's:
"A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the truth."
-Chairman Mao
Oh, goodie. Story time. Tell us the one again about the infinitely
radiant Pride. Ot the ones where particlees collide in this big
chamber and go "boom boom"! Or one about dragons. I love the ones
about dragons!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > W
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That's the problem then. The universe either includes all, or it
ain't the universe.
Just read the article, eh?
That's the problem then. The universe either includes all, or it ain't the
universe. G. Spencer Brown puts it well in his "Laws of Form":
"It seems hard to find an acceptable answer to the question of how or
why the world conceives a desire, and discovers an ability, to see
itself, and appear
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Having studied Shotokan for a number of years
> > before investigating other styles, I have to
> > agree with Curtis about its applicability in
> > the real world. It's similar to what someone
> > said about
Having studied Shotokan for a number of years
> before investigating other styles, I have to
> agree with Curtis about its applicability in
> the real world. It's similar to what someone
> said about Maharishi and the Rajas earlier
> today -- the idea of being able to fight is
> a great deal more
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I don't understand what he means by an "external agency." Where is
there an agency external to the universe?
(a) God, or (b) laws of nature. Probably would be
clearer if you read the article we're talking
abou
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, nicely put (if I do say so mySelf *lol*); the omnipresent gold-
> light/angels/deities/etc. would be the subjective (and by that I
> mean "real") equivalent of attaining lightspeed and essential
> identity with th
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
> wrote:
> >
> > Shotokan, not yer sloppy bar-room brawlers.
>
> Shotakan is a venerable ancient art. Certainly better than barroom
> brawlers. However
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff"
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff"
> wrote:
> > > I wrote a paper on this very subject while working on my
> Master's at
> > >
Invincible America:
Call to action; July 2006
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/107519
Except, ejected August 2006
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/104974
Except rejected, August 2006
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/108879
Rejected: http:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff"
wrote:
> > I wrote a paper on this very subject while working on my
Master's at
> > Harvard Divinity School... That was in 1980 or so, right after
> > constant im
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff"
wrote:
> > I wrote a paper on this very subject while working on my
Master's at
> > Harvard Divinity School... That was in 1980 or so, right after
> > constant im
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Uhu, unlikely.
> > > ( 3 years of intense karate training, full
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> wrote:
> >
> > Uhu, unlikely.
> > ( 3 years of intense karate training, full blooded perfect health,
> > Scottish with a tinge of English just for measu
I don't understand what he means by an "external agency." Where is there an
agency external to the universe?
I'd bet more than a buck that the "answer" involves consciousness.
curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ---
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "au
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> wrote:
> >
> > Uhu, unlikely.
> > ( 3 years of intense karate training, full blooded perfect health,
> > Scottish with a tinge of English just for measu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Uhu, unlikely.
> ( 3 years of intense karate training, full blooded perfect health,
> Scottish with a tinge of English just for measure, and not one ounce
> of fear within this physique. How about you? )
>
>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
MMY uses a parallel management and organization change method, similar
to Mao (and perhaps some western businesses).
Essentially, recreate the organization periodically. Destry the old
order, create new structures. In time, destroy them and recreate ...
SRM == > SIMS ==> Regional Coordinators =
Ok, I found some Shankara information on the web. Very Interesting.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister
wrote:
> >
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_%28illusion%29
> >
> > By Sri Sankarac
Proponents of the term [Stalinism] argue that it includes an extensive
use of propaganda to establish a personality cult around an absolute
dictator, as well as extensive use of the secret police to maintain
social submission and silence political dissent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism
Now see I have to show my complete and total ignorance here because I
really do not know what the heck "Shankara" is (I will look it up). I
do hope, as the years go by, that TM "takes care" of its advanced
students curriculum needs and if, just for example, there is a
recurrence of headaches or
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37"
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Good p
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Let's back up just a bit and go back to Davies's article.
Excellent, because this is where the most interesting point lies, his
formulation of the "third choice". I give his site a read to try to
understand what he
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Again, what's the difference between the religionist's
> "That's just how God wants it" and the scientist's
> "That's just the way it is"?
>
> A pick up truck of detailed pre-suppositions including, but not
>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_%28illusion%29
>
> By Sri Sankaracharya
>
> Though the emission of ejaculate onto sleeping garments or
> bedclothes is yielded by the natural experience of copulation in a
> w
Let's back up just a bit and go back to Davies's article.
He makes his point clear as crystal at the very end:
"It seems to me there is no hope of ever explaining why the physical
universe is as it is so long as we are fixated on immutable laws or
meta-laws that exist reasonlessly or are impose
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" wrote:
> > >
> > > Good post which I don't really have time to reply properly
> > > to, but I would sa
Uhu, unlikely.
( 3 years of intense karate training, full blooded perfect health,
Scottish with a tinge of English just for measure, and not one ounce
of fear within this physique. How about you? )
So how's your ground game? Seen any UFCs in the last decade?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.
Again, what's the difference between the religionist's
"That's just how God wants it" and the scientist's
"That's just the way it is"?
A pick up truck of detailed pre-suppositions including, but not
limited to: We know some of the qualities of God including what he
"wants", we know that these qual
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
> > > wrote:
> > >
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > One reader review quotes the last paragraph of the
> > book:
>
> > "Perhaps we have reached a fundamental
> > impasse dictated
> > by the limitations of the [waking st
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote:
> > >
> > > Your take on it is different than mine. I observe, hopefully
> > > without genera
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It is for the sake of the mystery that Meister Eckhart said, "I pray
to God that he may quit me of God."
More like, "If you meet the Buddha on the road,
kill him."
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> " What's the difference, other than that the religionists
> label the question mark "God" and the scientists don't
> label it? It's still the same unanswered question."
>
> This is the most interesting part of
It is for the sake of the mystery that Meister Eckhart said, "I pray to God
that he may quit me of God."
curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "
What's the difference, other than that the religionists
label the question mark "God" and the scientists don't
la
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wrote a paper on this very subject while working on my Master's at
> Harvard Divinity School... That was in 1980 or so, right after
> constant immersion in the omnipresent gold light/angels/deities/blah-
> blah-blah
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My original statements were
> 1) I see fascist elements in the TMO. That's not a matter of
discussion. I see what I see. Prolly cause I've got Hitler on the
brain.
At least as much in the way of "fascist el
Yes, I agree. Supportive. I never said causal and wouldn't. Causes are
impossible to speak of in the area of intellectual history.
"new.morning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This ide
" What's the difference, other than that the religionists
label the question mark "God" and the scientists don't
label it? It's still the same unanswered question."
This is the most interesting part of it for me, facing the mystery. I
know some Christian monks who would be comfortable with your e
You make some excellent points which I will think about.
"new.morning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander
> wrote:
> >
> > I woul
My original statements were
1) I see fascist elements in the TMO. That's not a matter of discussion. I
see what I see. Prolly cause I've got Hitler on the brain.
2) I think the New Age may play into the hands of those leading us to fascism
because of the emphasis on personal development which
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > We take the fact that the universe is apparently orderly
> > as a given; but how is that different from taking the
> > existence of God as a given?
>
> But it wasn't a "given" in science. It is just somethin
I have been close to a member of one of these organizations. My
brother-in-law. Also, had I done what I was supposed to do at age 18, I would
have married into that whole world, and I knew very well what that world was
about and what my role in it would be. I mentioned in another post that thi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
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> > > That's all that happens, we try to understand and explain by
using
> > > reason, if a "law" fits for a while it is called a scientific
> > > truth, meaning that it's the most likely explanation for the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I guess Nokia is not very popular in the US, but
> perhaps some of you could comment on the
> usefulness/uselessness of this application, or whatever:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tweT57KCgc8
>
> www.gypsi
> We take the fact that the universe is apparently orderly
> as a given; but how is that different from taking the
> existence of God as a given?
But it wasn't a "given" in science. It is just something we are
uncovering about the world by studying it using the scientific method.
We didn't make i
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> As I understand his point, he's asking why there should
> be higher-order explanations of ontological facts in
> the first place. (That the explanations evolve as we
> learn more is beside the point.)
>
> Or to put it
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That's all that happens, we try to understand and explain by using
reason, if a "law" fits for a while it is called a scientific truth,
meaning that it's the most likely explanation for the observable
facts, if new facts comes to light the "laws" change. Nothing a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> After reading the op-ed piece I must admit that his
> interview on NPR was more impressive than this piece.
> Either I'm missing his point or his point is rather
> banal. He seems to need to take a good philosophy of
> scie
>> TomT:
> From Jean Klein "Transmission of the Flame" page 65
Understanding, being the understanding, is enlightenment
YES -- "Understanding" is probably a better word than "Knowledge" as
Now we both figuratively and literally Under-stand ourSelf, and it is
truly and simply a whole-body BEin
Rory Goff writes snipped:
But "to know itself as Self" is not like any other knowledge, which
is indeed dualistic and based on a comparison, on an either-or
discrimination.
That's why this Self-knowledge is so mind-blowing -- literally. It is
so ordinary and so special, so still and so dynami
do.rflex wrote:
> Clapping?
>
So, you read all the stuff from Maharishi, bought yourself
some Hush Puppies and a cheap suit in order to get that
"initiator look", during your early days in the TMO when
you were working for the Marshy, selling gibberish nonsense
syllables to poor students; but W
> > That's all that happens, we try to understand and explain by using
> > reason, if a "law" fits for a while it is called a scientific
> > truth, meaning that it's the most likely explanation for the
> > observable facts, if new facts comes to light the "laws" change.
> > Nothing anti-reason
Erik wrote:
> SaaMkhya-suutras: any takers?
>
> Anyone know, why are saaMkhya-suutra_s thought to be
> written as late as 14th or 15th century A.D?
>
> Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon:
>
> 1 sAMkhyasUtra n. N. of six books of aphorisms of
> the SñSa1m2khya philosophy (ascribed to Kapila , but
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" wrote:
> >
> > Good post which I don't really have time to reply properly
> > to, but I would say that your point that new-agers are "gullible
> > and trusting" and have
After reading the op-ed piece I must admit that his
interview on NPR was more impressive than this piece.
Either I'm missing his point or his point is rather
banal. He seems to need to take a good philosophy of
science course. To me he appears to be reifying the
"laws of physics". That is he's sepa
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I just heard Paul Davies, the author of the op-ed
> piece, interviewed on NPR the other day. He's a
> philosopher-scientist with some very subtle reasoning
> skills. I'm planning to pick-up his book: The Cosmic
> Jackpot: (s
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
> >
> > From an op-ed by Paul Davies in the NY Times:
> >
> >>The idea that the laws [of physics] exist reasonlessly is deeply
> anti-rational.>>>
>
> W
--- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One reader review quotes the last paragraph of the
> book:
> "Perhaps we have reached a fundamental
> impasse dictated
> by the limitations of the [waking state]human
intellect."
There we go!
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