[FairfieldLife] Benazir Bhutto's zeal for meditation

2008-02-04 Thread Rama Krishna
Everyone is familiar with the slain Pakistani leader ex- Pak PM Benazir Bhutto. But few are aware about her zeal for meditation. Here is an article by Roop Jyoti (ex-minister of state for finance., Nepal ) : http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/381/Comment/14340 In the summer of 1994, I got a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello and London Meditation Centre

2008-02-04 Thread claudiouk
I've been surprised by the bad press this London Meditation Centre is getting from FFL especially as another posting expressed hopes that David Lynch might be a catalyst for a more secular revival of TM, given that the TMO is now openly broadcasting it's religiousity and cultness on all

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch- please lead secular organization to teach TM

2008-02-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Clinton/Bush Years= Moral Decay of USA'

2008-02-04 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nelson Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 8:12 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Clinton/Bush Years=

Re: [FairfieldLife] Benazir Bhutto's zeal for meditation

2008-02-04 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 2/4/08 2:39:21 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Everyone is familiar with the slain Pakistani leader ex- Pak PM Benazir Bhutto. But few are aware about her zeal for meditation. Wow! What a Mahasamdhi! **Biggest Grammy Award

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello from the thieves at London Meditation Centre

2008-02-04 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that some people get het up about TM teachers who go indy and keep the money for themselves. But look at it another way, if you want the movement to survive then people have to be able to make a living as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Across the universe

2008-02-04 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We know you find that chorus of this great song SOO painful Curtis, but get used to it. It has now been spread across the universe, and it is the absolute kernal and power of this song and it was about TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch- please lead secular organization to teach TM

2008-02-04 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Clinton/Bush Years= Moral Decay of USA'

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Ruth wrote: So, you would rather have 47 million people uninsured? No, I would rather have universal employment, so that everyone could afford their own medical care. And it isn't the old people that are uninsured, it a mix of people. Old people are already insured through Medicare,

[FairfieldLife] Unified Field Everyone Invited, bring your program badge.

2008-02-04 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Dear Friends, Everyone is invited to attend the series of 12 lectures given by Raja John Hagelin on the scientific discovery of the Unified Field and its practical applications in every area of society to eradicate such intractable problems as violence, disease, and poverty. Dr. Hagelin is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I kinda doubt that's a consideration, because I've used on demand hot water heaters in a ski lodge at very high altitudes where the outside temperatures are probably in the Iowa range. The on demand heaters are,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 2/4/08 10:05:12 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We have to buy a new water heater. Electric models are not as economical to operate as gas models, but I’m wondering what will happen to the price of natural gas over the next 10-20 years. It is

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Clinton/Bush Years= Moral Decay of USA'

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Excellent retort, Ruth! ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willytex@ wrote: Ruth wrote: So, you would rather have 47 million people uninsured? No, I would rather have

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, where, exactly, in SBAL does Maharishi talk about demons? Curtis wrote: What kind of line are you trying to draw here Richard? That almost all of the Maharishi trained TM teachers are idiots

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, where, exactly, in SBAL does Maharishi talk about demons? Curtis wrote: What kind of line are you trying to draw here Richard? That almost all of the Maharishi trained TM teachers are idiots and stoopid schmucks who all failed to understand the process of effortless transcending?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
We lived in a house back East that was built in 1976 and no natural gas hook ups were allowed when it was built. When I moved in we had a 60 gallon electric hot water heater that was very expensive to run. Moved to 2 electric instant hot water heaters. Expensive as it required two 220 X 40 amp

Re: [FairfieldLife] Missing Posts

2008-02-04 Thread Vaj
On Feb 4, 2008, at 1:45 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I read FFL by email. I’m seeing people responding to posts I haven’t received, and which never seem to come in. Anyone else experiencing this? For instance, I’ve only gotten 5 posts from Barry since the week started. How many have you

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Judy wrote: You went on to quote me, apparently as one of the trolls, yet I went on to point out what you do, that anybody who doesn't think there's a lot about God in SBAL has never actually read it. Well, I never said that Maharishi didn't mention God in SBAL. What I was trying to point out

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gotta Get Barry Judy Stein Insanity Alert !

2008-02-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No matter *what* I do, you will continue to obsess on me, as you are clearly doing here. Let me put it this way: That you are an obnoxious, dishonest, hypocritical phony will be pointed out by me (and others) for as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Missing Posts

2008-02-04 Thread Duveyoung
I read posts here almost DAILY that have refs to previous posts that I didn't read yet but most-of-which do get published here later. Looks like the emails get to some folks faster than online posts are exhibited.er, sometimes. Recent days, I see my posts almost instantly after hitting the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread curtisdeltablues
What kind of line are you trying to draw here Richard? You are talking with people who know his complete teaching. If you are trying to argue that this one book doesn't discuss all of his teaching, fine. But if you are trying to run the PR party line on a bunch of trained

[FairfieldLife] Re: AMA is BigMed ('The Clinton/Bush Years= Moral Decay of USA')

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Maybe the U.S. should have government trained doctors to go along with a government controlled health care system. Why not? The U.S. government sure did a fine job managing relief for Katrina victims. The shortage will worsen as 79 million baby boomers reach retirement age and demand more

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ruthsimplicity Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:38 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric I lived in a place with an on demand water heater. It was much more expensive to

[FairfieldLife] Bliss

2008-02-04 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Definition given by Chopra: When one feels good for no reason. As a matter of fact one wonders how one could feel good when all that stuff is in the fan and one still feels good. TOm

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread curtisdeltablues
Nice post Edg. It captures the nudge nudge wink wink environment of our first exposure to TM. In my personal interview I alarmed the teachers also by telling them that I had read Meditations of MMY before my intro, so I was taking TM for God realization. I was only 16 but I caught the body

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Edg wrote: When Richard the War Monger says, Which just goes to prove that, contrary to what Edg implied, Maharishi didn't talk much about religion, gods, angels or demons when he composed SBAL, he reveals exactly that he's a troll and not a person involved in a dialog. So, where,

[FairfieldLife] Group recommendation

2008-02-04 Thread Rick Archer
People in this group might enjoy HYPERLINK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eternalbliss/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/e ternalbliss/. There’s no actual discussion going on. Just some quotes posted every few days which some might find useful. Rick Archer President SearchSummit HYPERLINK

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Here's another question that has nothing to do with the usual topics of FFL, but FFL is a handy place to get advice on just about everything, since

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch- please lead secular organization to teach TM

2008-02-04 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Just fooling around : Obama's grandmother

2008-02-04 Thread cardemaister
A retired Finnish prosecutor, Mrs. Ritva Santavuori (Santa-vuori [sun-tah-voo-orry]: Sand-berg, renamed by some to Sonta- vuori Shit-berg), a regular in a TV morning show, was just fired from that show because of her racist statements about Obama's grandmother, Mrs. Madenlyn Dunham. :0

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, are we responsible for Richard's sickness? ( TM has never been secular

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Edg wrote: TM has never been secular The practice of TM has always been secular. There are no demons mentioned in SBAL and no gods or angels have been mentioned by name or even described. There are no gods, angels, demons, in TM practice. If TM was a religion, the Maharishi would have said so.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread curtisdeltablues
Richard, My point was only concerning certain specific content. Plenty of sidhas who are into the teaching can understand MMY's teaching better than some teacher who isn't intellectual or very into it. I was a case in point as an MIU grad who was super into the teaching before going to TTC.

[FairfieldLife] Rationale for the Maharishi Effect

2008-02-04 Thread Rick Archer
From: David Orme-Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:08 PM To: David Orme-Johnson Subject: Rationale for the Maharishi Effect Dear Colleagues, The rationale for the Maharishi Effect, which holds that we exist in a field of consciousness through which

[FairfieldLife] Re: Missing Posts

2008-02-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read FFL by email. I'm seeing people responding to posts I haven't received, and which never seem to come in. Anyone else experiencing this? For instance, I've only gotten 5 posts from Barry since the week

[FairfieldLife] Missing Posts

2008-02-04 Thread Rick Archer
I read FFL by email. I’m seeing people responding to posts I haven’t received, and which never seem to come in. Anyone else experiencing this? For instance, I’ve only gotten 5 posts from Barry since the week started. How many have you actually posted, Barry? No virus found in this outgoing

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Duveyoung
Good call, Judy -- I was not at my best in the earlier posts about this issue, and I am guilty of wanting to be on both sides. I do like shaming the TMO for its pose of secularity, yet I was one of those very posers for decades. I haven't looked, but believe me, whatever I did post, I never once

[FairfieldLife] Rick, are we responsible for Richard's sickness? ( TM has never been secular)

2008-02-04 Thread Duveyoung
Richard J. Williams wrote: Anyway, I probably know more about the mechanics of conciousness than anyone else on the planet. And I think I know more about TM than the Maharishi himself, not to mention the majority of Maharishi trained teachers . . . In the encyclopedia, when you look up trolling,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, are we responsible for Richard's sickness? ( TM has never been secular

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Mr. Williams, though the practice of TM has always been secular it's source and inspiration has always been promoted by Maharishi within a spiritual context. That was more readily apparent when you attended teacher training courses. The Spiritual Regeneration Movement speaks for itself.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This discussion is so twisted by trollism. Ya know, Edg, you *could* have explained to start with what you tell us in this post. If you were just going to let people guess what your motivations in cornering your intro TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gotta Get Barry Judy Stein Insanity Alert !

2008-02-04 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip My opinion is to wonder why you -- and most Americans -- believe that you

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Curtis wrote: So Richard claims to know more about TM than MMY, but I claim to know more about his teaching than people who haven't gone through TTC. Maybe so, but you don't know more about TM than I do regardless of your TTC claims. The proof is here for anyone to read. So, what,

[FairfieldLife] Re: AMA is BigMed ('The Clinton/Bush Years= Moral Decay of USA')

2008-02-04 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the least known facts is that the American Medical Association and the US Government are keeping the number of doctors-produced-by-medical-schools LOW such that doctors are rare and the costs of their services

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread Bhairitu
ruthsimplicity wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I kinda doubt that's a consideration, because I've used on demand hot water heaters in a ski lodge at very high altitudes where the outside temperatures are probably in the Iowa range. The on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nuking Iran nie? (David Lynch-)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Edg wrote: This page contains a long series of posts about the Internet cables being cut. The majority of the folks think that something's fishy, but Bush doesn't dare start another war right now. George W. Bush has cut three internet cable to Asia! Now he's going to nuke Iran, and with

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is not uncommon to come across people who never took TTC who claim to understand MMY's teaching better than the teachers. And sometimes they love to argue about what it contains with from the perspective

[FairfieldLife] Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread Rick Archer
Here’s another question that has nothing to do with the usual topics of FFL, but FFL is a handy place to get advice on just about everything, since our membership is diverse and well-informed. We have to buy a new water heater. Electric models are not as economical to operate as gas models,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Here's another question that has nothing to do with the usual topics of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nuking Iran nie? (David Lynch-)

2008-02-04 Thread Duveyoung
http://tinyurl.com/3b8ckl This page contains a long series of posts about the Internet cables being cut. The majority of the folks think that something's fishy, but Bush doesn't dare start another war right now. We'll see. It's nice to find a thread at a site that has a lot of quality minds

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's another question that has nothing to do with the usual topics of FFL, but FFL is a handy place to get advice on just about everything, since our membership is diverse and well-informed. We have to buy a new

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Clinton/Bush Years= Moral Decay of USA'

2008-02-04 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ruth wrote: So, you would rather have 47 million people uninsured? No, I would rather have universal employment, so that everyone could afford their own medical care. Wouldn't that be nice! The problem is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello from the thieves at London Meditation Centre

2008-02-04 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eventually, when the donation money runs out, whoever is left in the official TMO will have to let teachers set their own prices, keep the money and earn a living because that is the only business model that works.

[FairfieldLife] Bliss

2008-02-04 Thread Vaj
Whenever you consider there is bliss, and the objective conditions for bliss occur, if you fall under the control of that by becoming arrogant or conceited, then that will fester as an obstruction to the spiritual path. Rather than thinking about what has caused this happiness, which most

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edg wrote: When Richard the War Monger says, Which just goes to prove that, contrary to what Edg implied, Maharishi didn't talk much about religion, gods, angels or demons when he composed SBAL, he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Across the universe

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Off wrote: ... it was about TM and Maharishi's Guru Dev. Almost everyone knows that the Beatles had come to Bangor, Wales to attend a seminar led by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who had risen in popularity because of his transcendental meditation techniques. Obviously the song is about the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willytex@ wrote: So, where, exactly, in SBAL does Maharishi talk about demons? Curtis wrote: What kind of line are you trying to draw

[FairfieldLife] AMA is BigMed ('The Clinton/Bush Years= Moral Decay of USA')

2008-02-04 Thread Duveyoung
One of the least known facts is that the American Medical Association and the US Government are keeping the number of doctors-produced-by-medical-schools LOW such that doctors are rare and the costs of their services become higher -- supply and demand. IQ-wise, one out of 100 persons is smart

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willytex@ wrote: Edg wrote: When Richard the War Monger says, Which just goes to prove that, contrary to what Edg implied, Maharishi didn't

[FairfieldLife] TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Duveyoung
This discussion is so twisted by trollism. I actually wanted to know MORE about what Maharishi really thought about angels and gods, so there I was asking Stan Crowe -- hoping that he'd admit that the dynamics of meditation involved incredible subtlety such that the forces of nature would be

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Curtis wrote: It is not uncommon to come across people who never took TTC who claim to understand MMY's teaching better than the teachers. Maybe so, but I run across people who make claims to be TM teachers, Governors, and Ministers all the time, who never attended a single TTC, CCP, or

RE: [FairfieldLife] Rick, are we responsible for Richard's sickness? ( TM has never been secular)

2008-02-04 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:36 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Rick, are we responsible for Richard's sickness? ( TM has never been secular) Richard has an astrally massive

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willytex@ wrote: So, where, exactly, in SBAL does Maharishi talk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My opinion is to wonder why you -- and most Americans -- believe that you NEED a storage tank to have hot water. I don't. None of my neighbors here in Spain do. None of my neigh- bors back in France did. Our

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip My opinion is to wonder why you -- and most Americans -- believe that you NEED a storage tank to have hot water. Well, actually, they don't believe this. Doesn't Barry know how to look up *anything*?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Peter
Richard, are you a TM teacher? A Governor? --- Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, where, exactly, in SBAL does Maharishi talk about demons? Curtis wrote: What kind of line are you trying to draw here Richard? That almost all of the Maharishi trained TM teachers

[FairfieldLife] Gotta Get Barry Judy Stein Insanity Alert !

2008-02-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip My opinion is to wonder why you -- and most Americans -- believe that you NEED a storage tank to have hot water. Well, actually, they don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ruthsimplicity Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 10:38 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread curtisdeltablues
Nabby: From your posts here your knowledge of Maharishis teaching is rather limited, to say the least. Your claim to be a TM-teacher means nothing whatsoever. Just because you have taken TTC obviously does not mean that you understood what he said there. Compared to many Sidhas I know your level

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello from the London Meditation Centre

2008-02-04 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The product is good enough that there's a black market in it. Black markets only happen when something is preventing the normal laws of economics from connecting suppliers with buyers. Presently the TMO is standing

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Duveyoung
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never was myself a TM teacher and personally I WAS interested in MMY's commentary on the Gita and his SBAL - as an underlying universal spiritual perspective to the practice of TM, but one which was not forced down your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gotta Get Barry Judy Stein Insanity Alert !

2008-02-04 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I won't respond. I'll be off dancing. Or just off...

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curtis wrote: So Richard claims to know more about TM than MMY, but I claim to know more about his teaching than people who haven't gone through TTC. Maybe so, but you don't know more about TM than

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread claudiouk
Never was myself a TM teacher and personally I WAS interested in MMY's commentary on the Gita and his SBAL - as an underlying universal spiritual perspective to the practice of TM, but one which was not forced down your throat (unless perhaps you became a teacher?). Because of that it WAS OK

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
My point was that I can't find any reference in SBAL where the Maharishi talks about the demons of Hindu mythology. Did he mention this at your TTC? According to Ed, Maharishi mentions demons in SBAL. Vaj wrote: He probably was thinking of M's 1/3 of the Gita translation. Probably,

[FairfieldLife] VIDEO: David Lynch's Donovan's große Er folge in Etablierung eines Bewusstseinsbezogenen Schul-Systems: Donovan Unbesiegbarkeit Universitä t?=

2008-02-04 Thread michael
YouTube Broadcast Yourself™ David Lynch's Donovan's Peace creating activities Frank W. Lotz möchte dir ein Video zeigen Video ansehen Videobeschreibung You will see hear a interesting TV- Report(October 2007) on David Lynch's Donovan's activities in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Vaj
On Feb 4, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Vaj wrote: Most westerners would do well, for the sake of perspective, to look at what political movements these Vedic Fundies are associated with. I think they'd be downright shocked. Unless of course Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Anally or some other

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Clinton/Bush Years= Moral Decay of USA'

2008-02-04 Thread Roberto
(snip) Unlike the USA, Switzerland has tended to stay the hell out of other countries politically and militarily. That is a good point and, America would do well to see the connection. However, I doubt that was the deciding factor in Hitler's plan to take over everything. Perhaps

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just fooling around : Obama's grandmother

2008-02-04 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A retired Finnish prosecutor, Mrs. Ritva Santavuori (Santa-vuori [sun-tah-voo-orry]: Sand-berg, renamed by some to Sonta- vuori Shit-berg), a regular in a TV morning show, was just fired from that show because of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas vs. Electric

2008-02-04 Thread Vaj
On Feb 4, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My opinion is to wonder why you -- and most Americans -- believe that you NEED a storage tank to have hot water. I don't. None of my neighbors here in Spain do. None

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Edg wrote: But it was a big fat lie and every teacher knew that the mantras were the names and attributes of Gods that the Holy Tradition ADORED, and today, we openly SELL PRAYERS TO THESE GODS and call them yagyas. TM has nothing to do with Gods and a Holy Tradition and nothing to do with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Vaj
On Feb 4, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Curtis wrote: My point was only concerning certain specific content. My point was that I can't find any reference in SBAL where the Maharishi talks about the demons of Hindu mythology. Did he mention this at your TTC? According to Ed,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello from the London Meditation Centre

2008-02-04 Thread guyfawkes91
How many billion USD are in the Brahmananda Saraswati Trust and how many generations will it last, in your opinion ? For an organization dedicated to spreading its ideas in the world the only asset worth having is credibility. The movement doesn't need any money at all, it needs credibility.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Curtis wrote: My point was only concerning certain specific content. My point was that I can't find any reference in SBAL where the Maharishi talks about the demons of Hindu mythology. Did he mention this at your TTC? According to Ed, Maharishi mentions demons in SBAL.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, are we responsible for Richard's sickness? ( TM has never been secular

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Mr. Williams, though the practice of TM has always been secular it's source and inspiration has always been promoted by Maharishi within a spiritual context. There is no religion in the practice of TM. What you have been practicing was Guru Yoga and Neo-Hinduism. TM is totally secular, a

[FairfieldLife] 'Obama= Magnetic Force for Country'

2008-02-04 Thread Robert
Ethel Kennedy statement: Over these past few years, I’ve watched Senator Obama inspire Americans from all walks of life to believe in real change and a new sense of hope and possibility. He’s a magnetic force, drawing the nation together for the common good and galvanizing us all to help

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Duveyoung
Is anyone else besides the WAR MONGER thinking that I ever mentioned demons being in the SBAL? He was overwhelmingly answered by several other posters with several quotations from the SBAL with my exact words, but after such, this massively brain damaged person's query having been satisfied

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello from the London Meditation Centre

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Well said. Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many billion USD are in the Brahmananda Saraswati Trust and how many generations will it last, in your opinion ? For an organization dedicated to spreading its ideas in the world the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What kind of line are you trying to draw here Richard? You are talking with people who know his complete teaching. If you are trying to argue that this one book doesn't discuss all of his teaching,

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Rick Archer wrote: Congratulations, Edg. You finally got WillyTex. Heh. I would have and have used the word demons not devils; - Edg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163071

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Is anyone else besides the WAR MONGER thinking that I ever mentioned demons being in the SBAL? I would have and have used the word demons not devils; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163071

[FairfieldLife] Yes We Can Video (in NYTimes article about it)

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
That a political campaign can inspire something like this (the video) is something to feel hopeful about, and even somewhat exalted. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/obama-supporters-sing-yes- we-can/

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread suziezuzie
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edg wrote: But it was a big fat lie and every teacher knew that the mantras were the names and attributes of Gods that the Holy Tradition ADORED, and today, we openly SELL PRAYERS TO THESE GODS and call

[FairfieldLife] 'Obama Will Win Against a Divided Republican Party'

2008-02-04 Thread Robert
We got a taste of the so-called 'Southern Strategy', When Bill Clinton used it in South Carolina... But, because of Karl Rove politics- Backfired: The Republican Party is divided and depressed... Therefore, although many are thinking Obama- Can't win a general election; They are not

[FairfieldLife] Missing Posts

2008-02-04 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
The good news about the missing posts is that we only have to look at half of the Judy/Barry Exchange. There is a bright side to all happenings if we look deep enough.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Rationale for the Maharishi Effect

2008-02-04 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
When John Findlay visited M.I.U. in 1980, he endorsed the ME (there is a vidoetape of this in the MUM library). As a fellow of both the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and as Clark Professor of Metaphysics at Yale, Findlay arguably was the leading philosopher of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rationale for the Maharishi Effect

2008-02-04 Thread yifuxero
---The ME: still, no demonstrable Siddhis. In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When John Findlay visited M.I.U. in 1980, he endorsed the ME (there is a vidoetape of this in the MUM library). As a fellow of both the British Academy and the American

Re: [FairfieldLife] Yes We Can Video (in NYTimes article about it)

2008-02-04 Thread Angela Mailander
Ye!!! And I hope Robert is right about the depressed and divided Republicans. And I hope I am wrong in thinking, but what did the Democrats do when they won both houses? - Original Message From: Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yes We Can Video (in NYTimes article about it)

2008-02-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That a political campaign can inspire something like this (the video) is something to feel hopeful about, and even somewhat exalted. FWIW, I find it depressing in the extreme that a campaign built on very little

[FairfieldLife] Beatles Dueling Song Lyrics ( Across the universe)

2008-02-04 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fair is fair, right? I mean, if Off and Nabby can (as Curtis put it so accurately) gush all over one of John Lennon's songs as some kind of advocacy piece for Maharishi and TM, it seems fair and balanced to trot

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 2:25 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM) Is anyone else besides the WAR MONGER

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (secular organization to teach TM)

2008-02-04 Thread Vaj
On Feb 4, 2008, at 4:33 PM, Duveyoung wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never was myself a TM teacher and personally I WAS interested in MMY's commentary on the Gita and his SBAL - as an underlying universal spiritual perspective to the

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