Interesting article by David Gibson in Politics Daily
about the recent Scientology setbacks. I have high-
lighted one passage below, but because reposts will
remove the highlighting, I reproduce it here for what
should be obvious reasons (duh...it's relation to the
TMO and its struggles to survive
While I am not surprised that Nabby didn't deal with
this AT ALL, I think it's an interesting subject that
deserves another shot at generating discussion.
As I pointed out below, and as Nabby's silence demon-
strates, what he was doing in his screed was *redefining*
Maharishi's teachings to suit
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote:
Helsinki ranked as one of the murder capitals of the world per capita -
just .003% behind New York, and 4.5 times worse than Belfast.
This is true. There is traditionally a lot of violence among the Finns.
Most
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/84394
Presumably he would have read over this list
of criteria before allowing it to be distrib-
uted to future TM Teachers, yes? Possibly he
contributed to
This is truly hilarious. Got a good laugh. I also linked it elsewhere, where
discussions of problems in guru/disciple relationships have been going hot:
http://groups.gaia.com/integralislands/conversations/view/493328#493603
Here is another more profound decent discussion on this topic:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sudenkorento2000 irmeli.matts...@...
wrote:
This is truly hilarious. Got a good laugh.
Cool. That was my intention. I just read the
latest Dan Brown book and my way of getting
the bad taste out of my mind was by imagining
what he would do with the TM
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote:
Interesting, I did have a series of experiences that were
exactly like those described in the seven states lecture.
I would like to have know if I
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote:
snip
The words Maharishi found to describe the seven
states of consciousness presented a simple,
understandable paradigm. His purpose was to
provide
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote:
snip
The words Maharishi found to describe the seven
states of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/user/maharishichannel
http://www.youtube.com/user/maharishichannel
So Maharishi gets asked a question that he doesn't understand and
then uses that as a springboard for his own views. I call that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote:
snip
The words Maharishi found to describe the seven
states of consciousness
On Oct 28, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Hugo wrote:
As I've said numerous times before, what's very noticeable in TMers
is their experience of enlightenment never strays beyond what they
were told or taught.
Interesting, I did have a series of experiences that were
exactly like those described in
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote:
Dear Friend Barry of Sitges,
Actually, Ammachi used the diamond in the shit analogy
even last summer in a homily talking about the very same
spiritual question thing while here in Iowa.
Good for her. I
On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:53 AM, raunchydog wrote:
O.K. I'll bite. Who are the traditional Hindu yogis you're talking
about that supposedly have a fuller definition of CC hallmarks than
than Maharishi? Exactly what would a fuller definition be and
exactly what hallmarks are you talking about?
On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:31 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
But we see it here all the time. Maharishi taught *strongly*
that after enlightenment the drop merges with the ocean
and there is no more relative existence, on any plane. But
Bevan and others followed his death almost immediately with
claims that
the economy
experienced a short-lived uptick in growth.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
This particular rap is probably not universal,
in that people who have not paid their dues in
the TM movement would think that I was making
up stuff like enormous ice elephants and yogic
flying and yagyas performed to
Vaj writes;
On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:31 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
But we see it here all the time. Maharishi taught *strongly*
that after enlightenment the drop merges with the ocean
and there is no more relative existence, on any plane. But
Bevan and others followed his death almost immediately
No one in America should ever be afraid
to walk down the street holding the hands
of the person they love.
~ Barack Obama
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the first major
piece of federal gay rights legislation, a milestone that activists compared to
the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:31 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
But we see it here all the time. Maharishi taught *strongly*
that after enlightenment the drop merges with the ocean
and there is no more relative existence, on any plane. But
On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:14 AM, do.rflex wrote:
After Hutchison announced her campaign, Perry worked to label her as
a Washington insider. His staff dubbed her Kay Bail Out for
Congress' approval of the stimulus plan, flew a banner over her
kickoff event encouraging her to release tax records
---Victory for Obama Over Military Lobby---
New York Times - When the Obama administration proposed canceling a host of
expensive weapons systems last spring, some of the military industry's allies
in Congress assumed, as they had in the past, that they would have the final
say.
But as
yifuxero wrote:
A true humanitarian MMY could never hold a candle to.
Have you or Dr. Oz been awarded any humanitarian awards?
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was entitled to a number of awards
and attained worldwide recognition during his lifetime.
He was awarded the Man of Hope Award, by City of
John wrote
Ehud Olmert could face war crimes arrest
if he visits UK...
Don't you just hate Jews like Ehud Olmert!
TurquoiseB wrote:
More on Scientology's woes...
It is a common fact in the history of religions
that cults of worship form around revisioned dead
gurus and messiahs. Why should Fred Lenz devotees
be any different?
Already, on their website, Ramalila, devotees like
Barry Wright are singing
On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
17 people signed up. The toe reader made about $700 that day.
And PT Barnum is laughing his ass off...
Sal
TurquoiseB wrote:
This particular rap is probably not universal,
in that people who have not paid their dues in
the TM movement...
So, upon what authority do you assume for having
'paid your dues'? I've seen no evidence that you
were authorized to teach Vedanta for the Swamis
of the
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
20 POINTS - EXPERIENTIAL CRITERIA OF C.C.
The more I go over these 20 points, the more I watch Rick's interview,
the more I realize that I am hurtling into this state. There is a lot
of stress flying off which at times
Sal Sunshine wrote:
Not bad, not bad at all
Governor Ma Ferguson, a Democrat, first elected female
governor in the United States. She was born in Bell County,
Texas in 1875.
Her husband, James Edward Ferguson, also a Democrat, was
the governor from 915 to 1917, was impeached, convicted,
Bhairitu wrote:
TurquoiseB wrote:
For those of you who miss Battlestar Galactica,
it's back. At least a full-length movie is back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYV7WeaDP_8
Directed by Edward James Olmos, it's set at the
beginning of Cylon War, and fills in some of
the gaps between
Sal Sunshine wrote:
On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Rick Archer wrote:
17 people signed up. The toe reader made about $700 that day.
And PT Barnum is laughing his ass off...
Sal
$700 a day isn't bad. There must be no recession in Fairfield. Maybe
you ought to go take a weekend workshop and
TurquoiseB wrote:
Long experience has taught me that anything posted
by certain individuals will be a steaming pile of
dogshit...
This is a great big pile of bullshit, Barry!
I also warned Jerry about Barry B. Wright, who was
passing out leaflets on Hollywood Boulevard promising
I suppose it depends on how much the diamond is of value to you. If
you are rich with lots of diamonds you could ignore the diamond and walk off,
but if you are poor with no diamonds you got to do the messy job washing the
crap off the diamond and taking it.
--- On Thu, 10/29/09,
If this holds, a lot of LQG is essentially ruled out.
J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241
j.d.harring...@nasa.gov
David Harris
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, Calif.
650-926-8580
david.har...@slac.stanford.edu
Lynn Cominsky
Sonoma State University, Rohnert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
17 people signed up. The toe reader made about $700 that day.
Seventeen seekers in sneakers
Hoping to get good advice
Went to an intuitive reader
Divining their toes for a price
Four dollars a pop
Believe it or not
Taking
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:31 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
But we see it here all the time. Maharishi taught *strongly*
that after enlightenment the drop merges
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/user/maharishichannel
http://www.youtube.com/user/maharishichannel
So Maharishi gets asked a question that he
Novel Evolutionary Theory For The Explosion Of Life
ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2009) The Cambrian Explosion is widely
regarded as one of the most relevant episodes in the history of life on
Earth, when the vast majority of animal phyla first appear in the fossil
record. However, the causes of its
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6455493/Exploding-star-from-13-billion-years-ago-caught-on-camera.html
Great Halloween pun at MIU: It's 1979 or
1980, and Mark O'Connor finds a way to
produce a single red glow on a pair of
sunglasses, like a cyborg's eye. His line:
Cylons in the Hall of Knowledge.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote:
Bhairitu wrote:
TurquoiseB
I've seen so many tapes where CC is described as a flat, suffering
situation in which you are unbounded but nothing else is. There's
this major disconnect between you and the rest of creation, kind of
like you're living like a bubble boy. The 20 features of CC don't
describe such a state. They
I wondered where that list came from. Sorry
to have already spaced who posted it. Vaj,
was that you? Can you tell us?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride
bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote:
I've seen so many tapes where CC is described as a flat, suffering
situation in which
There's a theory that states life on earth originated from microorganisms
embedded on space rocks that were sent off from nearby exploding stars in the
distant past. It is presumed that there was life already present from the
planets near these stars. Hence, the microorganisms already had the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote:
Vaj writes;
On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:31 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
But we see it here all the time. Maharishi taught *strongly*
that after enlightenment the drop merges with the ocean
and there is no more
Worst. Album. Ever.
by Michael Dare
[http://images.q4music.com/content/mojo/news/christmas_in_the_heart.jpg]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Heart_dylan_lp.jpg
Whether or not you like Bob Dylan could very much depend upon whether
you've heard Blood on the Tracks, which is a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
But, it might be time, after thrity years, to wake
up from the dream - visit an exit counselor like
Mike Doughney - and just put all this cultish
behavior behind you. Find some meaningful work
and stop dwelling in the
This article appears to come out of Arthur C. Clark's novel. IMHO, it would be
safer and cheaper to let robots explore the other worlds within and without the
local planetary system.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6452022/Robot-armies-will-explore-alien-worlds.html
I think I posted it a long time ago, but perhaps It's just a ride could
re-post it.
The concept is panspermia, and, no, an exploding star pretty much vaporizes
planets instead of blowing them apart. The present theory is that life is
splashed off of planets by meteor impacts. There's a lot of unknowns still;
space radiation might be too harsh given the amount of rock between
This theory suffers by having no answer to the question: Where are they? The
universe is old enough such that it should have had many advanced civilization
by now that could produce robots that can manufacture clones of themselves and
be able to do space travel. These robots would probably be
I had asked if anyone had a copy a while back and I believe Judy had
heard of it during a residence course (or somewhere) and may have
posted some notes. More recently Rick posted it in a cleaned up
version, attributed to the La Antilla TTC.
On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:02 PM, jpgillam wrote:
I
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
I wondered where that list came from. Sorry
to have already spaced who posted it. Vaj,
was that you? Can you tell us?
Vaj, probably the only professional, yet so simple, TM/MMY hater on FFL.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote:
Worst. Album. Ever.
by Michael Dare
[http://images.q4music.com/content/mojo/news/christmas_in_the_heart.jpg]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Heart_dylan_lp.jpg
Whether or not you like Bob Dylan could
Worst. Album. Ever.
Nabby wrote:
Nice, I will buy it tomorrow...
Me too - I love Bob Dylan.
Sometimes John just wakes up in the morning hating
everything and everyone. So, he goes online to find
something hateful to post. From what I've read, John
hates Christians, especially Mormons
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
I had asked if anyone had a copy a while back and I believe Judy had heard
of it during a residence course (or somewhere) and may have posted some
notes. More recently Rick posted it in a cleaned up version, attributed to
Re: (below snip)...ok, then what? the end to evolution? Die then no more
existence?
Does this attainment of Silence confer any relative advantages, such as an
increase in one's money supply? How about healing diseases and preventing
diasters?
...
The snip:
Vaj, I know html versus plain text
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/
This will make you very angry. How can this be allowed to go on? They're all
crooks. A must watch.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
Sal Sunshine wrote:
Not bad, not bad at all
Governor Ma Ferguson, a Democrat, first elected female
governor in the United States. She was born in Bell County,
Texas in 1875.
Her husband, James Edward Ferguson,
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/10/bioshock-2-2/
significant impact on economy~~
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-27-jobs_N.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-27-jobs_N.htm
~~ Economy grows in 3Q, signals end of recession~~
http://news.yahoo.co Economy grows in 3Q, signals end of recession
m/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi
So if the Silence MMY touts is so great, how come there aren't Super Heroes
who go around saying I've realized the Self. Simple!...doesn'
t capture anybody's fascination or interest. Boring.
In the movie Vampire's Apprentice, one of the characters can grow a long
tail at will. That's her
Rick Archer wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/
This will make you very angry. How can this be allowed to go on? They're all
crooks. A must watch.
I'm afraid whatever they pass for health reform will be a joke. This
country is a joke. Laissez-faire capitalism is a joke. George
Deepak Chopra used to quote in his John Diliard/Chopra weekend
traveling seminars something to the effect that I look out and see
those around me growing old therefore I decide to grow old. Can
anyone provide me with an (American English) citation?
--
Life is not what you see, but what you've
Sounds like the Peale Upanishad:
...
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the
result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful;
perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is
better than no
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800355887/photo/970420678
On Oct 29, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Hugo wrote:
Channeling! Could there be a more perfect example of people
creating an illusion they take for reality simply on what
they expect to happen? Not forgetting we can have both
conscious and unconscious expectations. The mind is a funny
old thing for
Hillary says the Taliban is on the losing side of history.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#33524845
Jon Stewart Creates Sea Change on Middle East Coverage( NOTE: Be sure to
watch the Jon Stewart video clips on this issue linked below )
[user-pic] By M.J. Rosenberg
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/mjrosenberg - October
29, 2009, 9:25AM
Not long ago, no mainstream media
Fairfield Life Post Counter
===
Start Date (UTC): Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 2009
End Date (UTC): Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 2009
499 messages as of (UTC) Thu Oct 29 23:57:14 2009
50 authfriend jst...@panix.com
43 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com
41 WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com
35
Cosmic Pulse 2012 Shift Alert ~ October
Are You Taking on the Energies of the World, Empath?
Ascension Symtons, Tools Revelations
Blue Ray Awakening through Shekinah the Sacred Divine Feminine
The Blue Ray Beings are an ultra-sensitive empathic soul group like
the Indigos that came from many
A Sant Mat Guru, died in 1948.
http://ncane.com/n0d0
...
Statement of Kirpal Singh in 1954, birth anniversary of Sawan Singh, from Wiki:
Master Sawan Singh was not a man of the world, and was not bound to the bondage
of the body. He used to leave the world and its environments and traverse to
At the 3:24 mark of the following youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXt5xHWWKfwfeature=related
Hell no!
...but Sam Worthington is
http://screencrave.com/2009-10-29/new-avatar-trailer/
The practice of Loving Kindness was first taught by Buddha as an antidote to
fear. He sent a group of monks to meditate in a forest that was inhabited by
tree spirits. The spirits resented the presence of the monks and tried to drive
them away by appearing as horrible visions. The monks were
Barry of Sitges writes,
An even more relevant question, given my original topic
and the Subject heading, is why sidhas would be messing
with a practice (channeling) that Maharishi could not
possibly have been more emphatic in condemning?
From Squaw Valley onwards, during the entire time
thx for the teachings of the Buddha. Interesting contrast to Ayn Rand:
I swear - by my life and my love for it -- that I will never live for the sake
of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
Atlas Shrugged
I haven't decided yet which is true...probably somewhere in between; but on
Has always gone on in ways. For the TM-movement and a teaching, it is
like herding cats. Perennial warnings. Before it was Maharishi who taught
against it. Now will be noteworthy to see who has the stuff to speak
against it with perspective. Or, will it just be a doctrinal
I love posts like these!!!
Thank you
I'm going to re read it!!!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii...@... wrote:
The practice of Loving Kindness was first taught by Buddha as an antidote to
fear. He sent a group of monks to meditate in a forest that was inhabited by
So, this was an old-time TM organization
handout? Interesting. I became a teacher
in 1977 and graduated from MIU in 1981,
but this is the first I've seen such a
list. I wonder if it was shunted aside,
like the five to eight years prediction
regarding the attainment of cosmic
consciousness,
Probably a really good sign you're on your way is when you don't care
about such lists. ;-)
jpgillam wrote:
So, this was an old-time TM organization
handout? Interesting. I became a teacher
in 1977 and graduated from MIU in 1981,
but this is the first I've seen such a
list. I wonder if
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgil...@... wrote:
Doug Hamilton wrote:
Bring back Jerry Jarvis?
Rick Archer wrote:
He's back. He'll be giving a lecture at the
Santa Monica library sometime soon.
Last Sunday Jerry spoke in Lancaster,
Massachusetts, with
Could be, but the end result will be the same:
http://www.ncane.com/bsj
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@ wrote:
Doug Hamilton wrote:
Bring back Jerry Jarvis?
Rick Archer
So, these 300 little shits who don't want to meditate?
They don't really just let someone come to MIU up there now without first
having learned to meditate and also read the B. Gita? Would just be
fool-hearted trouble, evidently.
These university students, these children in
These university students, these children in rebellion. How prepared
spiritually were they before they enrolled. Were they meditators for any
length of time before they began their studies at the school?
Recently, about 300 students signed a petition vowing that they
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Probably a really good sign you're on your way is when you don't care
about such lists. ;-)
Indeed. A real good sign that you've meditated all these years and
don't come close to measuring up.
--
Life is not what you
Going back in this particular thread,
is a strong predeliction against it within TM. This was touched on in this
previous thread. There is a teaching this way in the TM community. Going
back to Guru Dev's. The warnings against the astral circus in that `trading
a diamond for a lump
88 matches
Mail list logo
