[FairfieldLife] Re: The Two Mimansa

2011-03-22 Thread cardemaister
FWIW, in that connection 'uttara' is prolly translated rather to 'later' as opposed to 'puurva' (earlier). Well, uttara-miimaaMsaa = vedaanta...?? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: The theory behind yagyas. Very similar to Iamblichus' view in western theurgia

Re: [FairfieldLife] New research: TM improves standardized academic achievement

2011-03-22 Thread Peter L Sutphen
TM research with a control group! Oh happy day! Thank you Dr. Zygler. Peter On Mar 22, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com wrote: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03-transcendental-meditation-standardized-academic.html Physorg.com New research shows Transcendental Meditation

[FairfieldLife] neuro-physiology science and meditation

2011-03-22 Thread Buck
FW:highly recommend exploring the work of this brain researcher/physician/spiritual teacher.so helpful in many, many ways! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0sAROt7gSUfeature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0sAROt7gSUfeature=related

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 no_reply@... wrote: What part of give us money do you not understand? Chill. Nabs was looking at the Global Good News page about the yagya, which isn't so explicit: The Global Country leaders explained that, for the purposes of this global

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-22 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 no_reply@ wrote: What part of give us money do you not understand? Chill. Nabs was looking at the Global Good News page about the yagya, which isn't so explicit: The

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-22 Thread hermandan0
Haven't seen the Fb page. the email came directly through an official TM movement mail list. I know the sheer effontry of it is difficult to believe. Obviously you think it's wrong too or you wouldn't be trying to deny they are asking for money. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-22 Thread Peter
Only we have the knowledge of how to engage the managing intelligence of Nature so directly and so powerfully. And with that knowledge comes the responsibility to act. What hubris and fantasy. Like buying a starving family rudraksha beads. Wrong dharma. Also, aren't yagyas done to prevent

[FairfieldLife] Free Will? Article in NY Times

2011-03-22 Thread wayback71
Interesting article in today's Science section: Do You Have Free Will? Yes, It's the Only Choice. I am at work and can't sya more or provide the link- but check it out, esp Barry.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Free Will? Article in NY Times

2011-03-22 Thread Peter
You've always posted this email. --- On Tue, 3/22/11, wayback71 waybac...@yahoo.com wrote: From: wayback71 waybac...@yahoo.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Free Will? Article in NY Times To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 11:49 AM Interesting article in today's

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 no_reply@... wrote: Haven't seen the Fb page. the email came directly through an official TM movement mail list. I know the sheer effontry of it is difficult to believe. Obviously you think it's wrong too or you wouldn't be trying to deny

[FairfieldLife] Fun Beatle film for Netflixers

2011-03-22 Thread Bhairitu
We discussed this film a while back when it was about to be released and now it is available on Netflix WI. I watched it last night and found it quite entertaining. There are some clips of Maharishi in the film plus and real interesting notion of why they really went to Rishikesh. It's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will? Article in NY Times

2011-03-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: Interesting article in today's Science section: Do You Have Free Will? Yes, It's the Only Choice. I am at work and can't sya more or provide the link- but check it out, esp Barry. While it's an interesting and

[FairfieldLife] Thom Hartmann's The Big Picture on Libya and Nuclear

2011-03-22 Thread Bhairitu
Whatya all think about Obama getting involved with Libya without a vote of congress? Will this get Obama impeached? Discussion in the first segment about this with Ron Paul and John Nichols. Then Thom discusses nuclear safety and the fallacy of safe levels of radiation.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 no_reply@ wrote: What part of give us money do you not understand? Chill. Nabs was looking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will? Article in NY Times

2011-03-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: You've always posted this email. Maybe, but she didn't really post it. :-) The article I referred to in my earlier post, BTW, is probably not the one wayback was referring to. I enjoyed it, but after I had replied I

[FairfieldLife] If there is no free will...

2011-03-22 Thread turquoiseb
...then: * No one Judy Stein has ever accused of lying bears any responsibility for it, because they had no choice. * No one who has never missed a meditation or a dome session gets to feel the least bit proud of it, because it wasn't their choice to do that. * No one who has ever felt good

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will? Article in NY Times

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip I'm serious here. Those who believe that there is no such thing as free will, please put into words the benefit or up side of believing that. I just don't get it. Why does there have to be an up aide?? I'm a

[FairfieldLife] Re: If there is no free will...

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: ...then: * No one Judy Stein has ever accused of lying bears any responsibility for it, because they had no choice. Bears any responsibility to whom/what? * No one who has never missed a meditation or a dome session

Re: [FairfieldLife] If there is no free will...

2011-03-22 Thread Bhairitu
On 03/22/2011 09:57 AM, turquoiseb wrote: ...then: * No one Judy Stein has ever accused of lying bears any responsibility for it, because they had no choice. * No one who has never missed a meditation or a dome session gets to feel the least bit proud of it, because it wasn't their choice

[FairfieldLife] Urgent Relief for Japan

2011-03-22 Thread merlin
 PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS   Giving Our Strong Support to the People of Japan   Dear Meditators, As you are all aware, the situation in Japan is critical The death toll has reached 7,000, with another 10,000 still missing. The devastation from the earthquake is

[FairfieldLife] Free Will as related to M.O.

2011-03-22 Thread turquoiseb
Modus Operandi, the patterns that a person displays so often -- and over so long a period -- that they tend to identify that person, and who or what they are. Just for fun, let's relate a hypothetical M.O., as displayed by a hypothetical poster to Fairfield Life, to that same hypothetical

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will as related to M.O.

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
Why do the gunas loathe Barry? It's amazing how many times they've forced him to look like a total idiot by demonstrating a lack of understanding of determinism. It's a shame the gunas don't allow him to look at more than the first lines in Message View of the posts of the folks they require him

Re: [FairfieldLife] Free Will as related to M.O.

2011-03-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 22, 2011, at 1:53 PM, turquoiseb wrote: Just for fun Yeah, this is a blast, Barry. :) let's relate a hypothetical M.O., as displayed by a hypothetical poster to Fairfield Life, to that same hypothetical poster's core belief. That core belief, stated often by the hypothetical

[FairfieldLife] Re: If there is no free will...

2011-03-22 Thread feste37
My small contribution to this thread: Like most people, I always feel free in the moment to make any choice. I can decide to take a course of action or not take it. Nothing seems to constrain me. But when I look back at past events, particularly major events in my life, I have a feeling of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will as related to M.O.

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
Uh-oh. The gunas can't stand Sal either. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Mar 22, 2011, at 1:53 PM, turquoiseb wrote: Just for fun Yeah, this is a blast, Barry. :) let's relate a hypothetical M.O., as displayed by a hypothetical poster

[FairfieldLife] Re: If there is no free will...

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: My small contribution to this thread: Like most people, I always feel free in the moment to make any choice. I can decide to take a course of action or not take it. Nothing seems to constrain me. But when I look back at past

[FairfieldLife] Re: If there is no free will...

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: snip You know my position on this is that you can't prove either. We don't get to split ourselves into multiple individuals to see how the different choices work (you'd need alternate universes too). So whose to say that the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will? Article in NY Times

2011-03-22 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: You've always posted this email. This article just came out today. Maybe, but she didn't really post it. :-) So I can't take some credit for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will? Article in NY Times

2011-03-22 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: It's ok - I just wanted you to see - and I felt a tad proud, to be honest (taking credit for what I did not do or find) - that this discussion is still being had by lots of people in various fields. It seems people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will as related to M.O.

2011-03-22 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Modus Operandi, the patterns that a person displays so often -- and over so long a period -- that they tend to identify that person, and who or what they are. Just for fun, let's relate a hypothetical M.O., as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will? Article in NY Times

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip Don't you find that interesting -- that the pro- ponents of a theory as radical and as counter- intuitive as There is no free will cannot come up with a single benefit to believing in that theory? Doesn't anybody find

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will? Article in NY Times

2011-03-22 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: It's ok - I just wanted you to see - and I felt a tad proud, to be honest (taking credit for what I did not do or find) - that this discussion is

[FairfieldLife] Barack Obama's Song?

2011-03-22 Thread Vaj
Perhaps it's ime to change the title. He's a rebel and a runner He's a signal turning green He's a restless young romantic Wants to run the big machine He's got a problem with his poisons But you know he'll find a cure He's cleaning up his systems To keep his nature pure Learning to match the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will as related to M.O.

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: snip Your extremely thoughtful discussion is amazing. Wayback, I disagree that Barry's discussion is thoughtful. In the first place, it's obviously mainly just an excuse to demonize me. In the second place, it doesn't take into

[FairfieldLife] Barack Obama's Song?

2011-03-22 Thread Vaj
Perhaps it's time to change the title. He's a rebel and a runner He's a signal turning green He's a restless young romantic Wants to run the big machine He's got a problem with his poisons But you know he'll find a cure He's cleaning up his systems To keep his nature pure Learning to match the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Urgent Relief for Japan

2011-03-22 Thread Joe
Our meditating brothers and sisters in Japan are calling to us for help; How about our non-meditating brothers and sisters in Japan Merlin? Seriously, this is the most shameful and corrupt appeal I've even seen the TMO attempt to foist. Instead of forwarding this corrupt appeal to a soul, or

[FairfieldLife] Re: OT: Faraday cage, Clearwire and cellphone dying

2011-03-22 Thread Tom Pall
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Tom Pall thomas.p...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to be spending massive amounts of time at Bank of America corporate headquarters, in their super secure data center. My cell phone dies quickly and tomorrow I'm bringing my charger. You see, we work in a

[FairfieldLife] Re: neuro-physiology science and meditation

2011-03-22 Thread Buck
Yep, interesting brain physiology of spirituality. Have this guy Dan Siegel (UCLA) and John Hagelin (MUM) ever gotten together and talked? Seems they could forge an alliance in effect saying the similar thing. Siegel seems a more secular version of TM-Hagelin by virtue of his clinical

[FairfieldLife] god yhvh and his wife

2011-03-22 Thread emptybill
God's Wife Edited Out of the Bible -- Almost God's wife, Asherah, was a powerful fertility goddess, according to a theologian. By Jennifer Viegas http://news.discovery.com/contributors/jennifer-viegas/ Fri Mar 18, 2011 07:00 AM ET THE GIST God, also known as Yahweh, had a wife named

[FairfieldLife] Re: Colton Burpo goes to Heaven, sees Jesus

2011-03-22 Thread John
It's interesting why the child did not see God the Father. Or, it could mean that He/She is really in those who make to heaven. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifuxero@... wrote: interesting NDE. Met Jesus, John the Baptist, deceased relatives.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will as related to M.O.

2011-03-22 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Modus Operandi, the patterns that a person displays so often -- and over so long a period -- that they tend to identify that person, and who or what they are. Just for fun, let's relate a hypothetical M.O., as

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-03-22 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Mar 19 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 26 00:00:00 2011 260 messages as of (UTC) Tue Mar 22 23:52:53 2011 46 authfriend jst...@panix.com 20 turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com 19 Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com

[FairfieldLife] We may not even be in Kali Yuga

2011-03-22 Thread wgm4u
a theory revolutionary to most of India. Sri Yukteswar maintained that the world has emerged from the lowest matter-bound age of Kali Yuga and, in a rising cycle of time, had entered the higher energy-oriented age of Dwapara Yuga. Who are you going to believe a God Realized Guru? or a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will as related to M.O.

2011-03-22 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Modus Operandi, the patterns that a person displays so often -- and over so long a period -- that they tend to identify that person, and who or what they

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will as related to M.O.

2011-03-22 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: The only I way that makes sense is if you assume people have more than 1 life. Otherwise, I see lots of good people suffer, including children and babies who have not yet disobeyed anything. And I see lots of very

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thom Hartmann's The Big Picture on Libya and Nuclear

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Whatya all think about Obama getting involved with Libya without a vote of congress? Very dumb, at least as it looks now. Will this get Obama impeached? Of course not. (Well, I wouldn't put any stupid stunt past the House

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Will as related to M.O.

2011-03-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip Just for fun, let's relate a hypothetical M.O., as displayed by a hypothetical poster to Fairfield Life, to that same hypothetical poster's core belief. That core belief, stated often by the hypothetical person, is

[FairfieldLife] Interview of James Braha

2011-03-22 Thread John
Hey Rick, You did an excellent job in making this interview. I was doing some research on jyotish and found this gem. So, I'm sharing this clip to the forum members who are not aware of your project. Regards, JR