Many posts made to Fairfield Life seem intended to draw the unsuspecting
into long, drawn-out, multi-post arguments or discussions. Once
embroiled in one of these tarbaby arguments, newbs (and even many
veteran FFLers) find themselves stuck in what can only be described as
an enormous waste of
Transcendental Meditation: Oprah And Other Celebs Who Embrace The Practice
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/26/transcendental-meditation-oprah-winfrey_n_1379001.html
Frustrated by Yahoo's search engine, and your inability
to find *just* the right blast-from-the-past post that
will decimate your enemies and prove once and for all
time that you are RIGHT and they are WRONG (or that you
are highly evolved and they are lower than the lint in
an earthworm's navel)?
Here are some statistics from the National TM Communications Office on the
impact of the Oprah show:
Normal volume: 360 inquiries in 4 1/2 days
After Oprah volume: 7,394 inquiries in 4 1/2 days
Normal volume: 14,000 unique visitors to TM.org in 4 1/2 days
After Oprah volume: 180,610
On Apr 2, 2012, at 12:43 AM, Writer wrote:
Yes that is a great quote ... and brings to mind the idea that
Maharishi said several times that we really only transcend one
timethat kind of makes sense in a round a bout way.
Not really. Part of his natural rug salesmanship made him say
With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that
behind it is the great ocean, it could say, I am the ocean. You should
realize that just behind your consciousness is the Ocean of God.
~Paramahansa Yogananda
On Apr 1, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
Vaj, just what are the neurological correlates
of samadhi?
Vaj:
the primary text on enlightenment in the
Shankaracharya tradition of Patanjali-Advaita
harmonization...
The primary text on enlightenment in the
Shankaracharya
On Apr 1, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
P.S. Did anyone notice how Vaj avoided the quote
from B. Alan Wallace, the founder of the Shamatha
Project?
In the Vedic paradigm, the unified field is therefore
not only the source of matter, but also-because it is
pure consciousness-the
turquoiseb:
Marriage As Defined By The Bible...
In future, would you mind just posting a link
to your citations? Only newbies post 9,616
purloined words into a discussion text box.
When you link to a story or article, it saves
bandspace, and you won't be accused of pirating
and publishing
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that
behind it is the great ocean, it could say, I am the ocean. You should
realize that just behind your consciousness is the Ocean of God.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
Frustrated by Yahoo's search engine, and your inability
to find *just* the right blast-from-the-past post that
will decimate your enemies and prove once and for all
time that you are RIGHT and they are WRONG (or that you
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
Many posts made to Fairfield Life seem intended to draw the unsuspecting
into long, drawn-out, multi-post arguments or discussions. Once
embroiled in one of these tarbaby arguments, newbs (and even many
veteran FFLers)
awoelflebater:
You do work as a team, often
I've been reading messages on discussion groups
since 1998, and I can say without the least
hesitation, that Vaj, Barry, Curtis, and Robin
are four of the slickest willies I've ever run
across!
But, Ann, would it be too much trouble for you
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@... wrote:
Now with regard to that sample above and your comment just below, I just see
Curtis simply not accepting what Robin said, and in fact, saying Robin is
making a categorical distinction that does not exist.
curtisdeltablues:
Wow, Robin, great to hear from you!
It probably would have been more in
context if you had replied to Robin
when he posted his original message,
instead of playing word games in this
one.
Been a long time, what have you chosen
out of all our hours and hours of
Turq-Parts of the Bible are inaccurate, improperly edited or mis-understood;
the Torah is thousands of years old, clearly out of the context in which it was
designed, that's why there are other scriptures, not just the Bible to consult,
(and, of course your own common sense).
--- In
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
This is very clear and I appreciate your making this point.
Robin used many words to make essentially an ad hominem attack.
I think for people who never studied philosophy it seemed more
complex than it
http://tmwomen.org/
note lack of picture.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
snip
There are probably a few more stereotypes that common FFL
posts can be rendered down to, but these three cover pretty
much 80% of what is said here. For example, all but three of
one person's 26 posts so far this week
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
http://tmwomen.org/
note lack of picture.
Lack of picture where? There are plenty on the Web site.
Interesting find, though.
And from no less an authority than the BBC. Then again, if their story
from yesterday is true and you're reading it in this screen capture
today, you're doing so from the afterlife, too. Harps and robes will be
passed out to the faithful just after the ceremony in which you are
neutered. Heretics,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote:
Tracking granddaughter's progress in gymnastics. New video on Youtube.
http://youtu.be/Ma2Sai4PeL8
She is such fun to watch, both her increasingly skilled
performances and her fascinating personality as she
practices the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Writer gs66214@... wrote:
Yes that is a great quote ... and brings to mind the idea that Maharishi said
several times that we really only transcend one timethat kind of makes
sense in a round a bout way. And might explain all the amzing things that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
wrote:
This is very clear and I appreciate your making this point.
Robin used many words to make essentially an ad hominem attack.
I think
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u no_reply@... wrote:
Turq-Parts of the Bible are inaccurate, improperly edited or mis-understood;
the Torah is thousands of years old, clearly out of the context in which it
was designed, that's why there are other scriptures, not just the Bible to
P.S. Did anyone notice how Vaj avoided the quote
from B. Alan Wallace, the founder of the Shamatha
Project?
Vaj:
Did anyone notice how Willy tried to connect B. Alan
Wallace to Keith Wallace,
Try to keep up, Vaj, I didn't mention Robert in my post.
I posted a quote from Burger's
I guess the strong reaction that Vaj has reminds me of the riff, that seems to
be between India and China in regards to spiritual matters;
In that the Buddhists of that region seem to feel that their why is supperior
to those teachings which originate in India, the Vedas and so on...
From my
It is a well known fact that neither Vyasa nor Bhoja
wrote anything about the siddhis being an impeditment,
as our resident Finnish Sanskrit expert has pointed
out on numerous occasions!
cardemaister:
Thank you, but please keep in mind that Sanskrit is
just my hobby! :D
A hobby
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
This is very clear and I appreciate your making this
I guess you could also conclude, that the religion of the China region has
gotten pretty weak, in terms of their embrassing capitalism as their religion,
mostly, and more or less outlawing Buddhism in Tibet...
While Indian religion thrives, in a thriving democracy, re-invigorated daily,
by the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote:
It is a well known fact that neither Vyasa nor Bhoja
wrote anything about the siddhis being an impeditment,
as our resident Finnish Sanskrit expert has pointed
out on numerous occasions!
Robert:
I guess the strong reaction that Vaj has reminds
me of the riff, that seems to be between India
and China in regards to spiritual matters;
What riff are you thinking exists between Indian
Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism?
In that the Buddhists of that region seem to feel
that
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@
wrote:
Now with regard to that sample above and your comment just
below, I just see Curtis simply not accepting what Robin
said,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote:
curtisdeltablues:
Wow, Robin, great to hear from you!
It probably would have been more in
context if you had replied to Robin
when he posted his original message,
instead of playing word games in this
one.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
Ann, Thanks for responding in detail even though you were busy.
What I am taking away is that if you don't judge me for
communicating in a friendly way with Barry and I don't judge
you for communicating in a
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of sparaig
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:27 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] first post-Maharishi website?
http://tmwomen.org/
note lack of picture.
They're building lots of
On Apr 2, 2012, at 11:06 AM, Robert wrote:
I guess the strong reaction that Vaj has reminds me of the riff,
that seems to be between India and China in regards to spiritual
matters;
In that the Buddhists of that region seem to feel that their why is
supperior to those teachings which
Oh, sure. Do I just cut them out? Will try next time.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote:
awoelflebater:
You do work as a team, often
I've been reading messages on discussion groups
since 1998, and I can say without the least
hesitation,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
snip
What fascinated me most about the whole Robin drive-by
Drive-by?? Posts that were an integral part of a
months-long series of exchanges between Curtis and
Robin?
That's just insane. But then Barry never read the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
snip
Well I did have fun chatting with him till I didn't. I think
part of the game was to get close to someone before unloading.
If this is what Curtis genuinely believes, it's the worst
misjudgment of another
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote:
Robert:
I guess the strong reaction that Vaj has reminds
me of the riff, that seems to be between India
and China in regards to spiritual matters;
What riff are you thinking exists between Indian
The term is gymnastics skills or moves. There's a series of ten levels.
Levels 1-3 are non-competition levels. Her coach is getting her ready
for competition by scoring her performance. So when you see her stick
it and hold her arms up, she's waiting for her score. She's currently
at level 3
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote:
curtisdeltablues:
Wow, Robin, great to hear from you!
It probably would have been more in
context if you had replied to Robin
when he posted his original message,
instead of playing word games in this
By ordinary definition of sentience, the answer is NO. But in the
understanding from the vedic viewpoint, any planet does have consciousness. As
a matter of fact, the stars that we see in the Milky Way and the rest of the
universe are forms of consciousness giving us humans the beacon of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote:
By ordinary definition of sentience, the answer is NO. But in
the understanding from the vedic viewpoint, any planet does
have consciousness. As a matter of fact, the stars that we see
in the Milky Way and the rest of the universe
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of John
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:44 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Do Sentient Living Planets Exist?
By ordinary definition of sentience, the answer is NO. But in the
And you should see the line of people stacked- up outside of the Woodland's SV
Peace Palace waiting to get initiated!
From: Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 4:44 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Oprah Show
For the record, when I occasionally rap about the
efficiency of allowing people to get their emotional
buttons pushed as a mechanism to encourage them to
demonstrate who they are vs. trying to tell others
who they are, this is what I'm talking about:
From: Ira Roffel [mailto:irasrof...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 9:45 PM
Dear Quiet Zone Supporters - Great Job this week!
Thanks to so many of you who came forward this week to help. We are really
close! We raised over $16,200. Many came from donations ranging form $50 to
$2500.
I hope they have a bit of advertising planned for that slot. Easiest would be
to provide the URLs for tm.org and experiencetheself.org/
L
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote:
And you should see the line of people stacked- up outside of the Woodland's
SV
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
http://tmwomen.org/
note lack of picture.
Lack of picture where? There are plenty on the Web site.
Interesting find, though.
No picture of MMY on
snip
The Golden Rule, as it's found in practically every religion,
is more subtle and sophisticated than you think and takes far
more sensitivity to people's differences to implement than
does your version. It also involves deep examination of one's
own virtues and flaws, of what determines how
It did produce this gem:
egotistical hollowness of Curtis's approach
I'm sensing the radioactive emissions from a dying star here. A tail of the
dragon chasing exercise,skin popping water in a syringe for the memory rush of
how things used to be.
Before the tar heroin baby blackout.
Do you ever read what you write?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
... Having entire courses have psychotic breaks?
[...]
Science tells us different. TM is virtually indistinguishable from
napping.
So doing something that is virtually indistinguishable
Your statement might have more merit if you acknowledged that you get *your*
buttons pushed on a regular basis and demonstrate *who you are* as often as
anyone else. These examples don't actually support your point, btw.
From: turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote:
By ordinary definition of sentience, the answer is NO. But in
the understanding from the vedic viewpoint, any planet does
have consciousness. As a matter of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of John
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:44 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Do Sentient Living Planets Exist?
Mmm, I think I may have hit a nerve, not just a button.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
It did produce this gem:
egotistical hollowness of Curtis's approach
I'm sensing the radioactive emissions from a dying star here. A tail of the
http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahs-next-chapter/Exclusive-Webisode-The-Architecture-of-TM-Town-Video
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote:
The term is gymnastics skills or moves. There's a series of ten levels.
Levels 1-3 are non-competition levels. Her coach is getting her ready
for competition by scoring her performance. So when you see her stick
it and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
snip
Did anyone notice how Willy tried to connect B. Alan Wallace
to Keith Wallace, the long discredited scientist who got
caught faking TM results in Scientific American all those
years ago?
From the authoritative tone in which
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
snip
Did anyone notice how Willy tried to connect B. Alan Wallace
to Keith Wallace, the long discredited scientist who got
caught faking TM results in
Judy, since you bailed out of our portion of this thread let me just deal with
that one point. I see the discussion has gone on with others, and I probably
will just lurk on those follow-ups.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
snip
We have to be careful here,
I would be interested to know too, if others think this is simply total
incoherence. The keyword is infinite correlation. I was not thinking about
death threats, that is Krishna's domain.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
On Apr 2, 2012, at 2:28 PM, sparaig wrote:
Do you ever read what you write?
Sometimes, sometimes not - a definite evil when writing on cellphones...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
... Having entire courses have psychotic breaks?
[...]
Science
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
snip
Did anyone notice how Willy tried to connect B. Alan Wallace
to Keith
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote:
Everything is a tentacle of the cosmic octopus, although some of us are just
suckers on the tentacles.
I would like to think, in vedic terms, that It is part of me and I am part of
It. And, we are in It together in
GSA chief resigns following excessive spending claims
Monday - 4/2/2012, 6:45pm ET
[MarthaJohnson.jpg]
http://www.wtop.com/emedia/wtop/24/2417/241729.jpg
Johnson, second from left, looks on as President Obama signs the
Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 into law
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@... wrote:
Judy, since you bailed out of our portion of this thread let
me just deal with that one point. I see the discussion has
gone on with others, and I probably will just lurk on those
follow-ups.
--- In
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM9v9iv6dZo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote:
Everything is a tentacle of the cosmic octopus, although some of us are
just
suckers on the tentacles.
I would like to think, in vedic
The guy is BSing. He doesn't really know if this method will work, nor is he
sure about the validity of his hypothesis.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM9v9iv6dZo
On Apr 2, 2012, at 7:41 PM, John wrote:
The guy is BSing. He doesn't really know if this method will work, nor is he
sure about the validity of his hypothesis.
One can only hope.
So, you didn't really mean that it was virtually undistinguishable from
napping...
OK, thanks for clearing that up.
L.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 2, 2012, at 2:28 PM, sparaig wrote:
Do you ever read what you write?
Sometimes, sometimes
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM9v9iv6dZo
http://metabunk.org/threads/317-Debunked-FunVax-Pentagon-Briefing-on-Removing-the-God-Gene
http://tinyurl.com/7e25zaz
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On Apr 2, 2012, at 8:03 PM, sparaig wrote:
So, you didn't really mean that it was virtually undistinguishable from
napping...
OK, thanks for clearing that up.
TM is virtually indistinguishable from napping. Courses with people going
bonkers, not so much.
Johanna Quass again in a competition last month performing on the parallel
bars. What a woman.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/johanna-quaas-86-year-old-gymnast-cottbus-world-cup_n_1397152.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
snip
Here's what I said to you:
If I've said it once, I've said it a dozen
On 04/02/2012 04:50 PM, Vaj wrote:
On Apr 2, 2012, at 7:41 PM, John wrote:
The guy is BSing. He doesn't really know if this method will work, nor is he
sure about the validity of his hypothesis.
One can only hope.
God knows they'd like to try. :-D
On 04/02/2012 04:00 PM, wgm4u wrote:
GSA chief resigns following excessive spending claims
Monday - 4/2/2012, 6:45pm ET
[MarthaJohnson.jpg]
http://www.wtop.com/emedia/wtop/24/2417/241729.jpg
Johnson, second from left, looks on as President Obama signs the
Telework Enhancement
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote:
The term is gymnastics skills or moves. There's a series of ten levels.
Levels 1-3 are non-competition levels. Her coach is getting her ready
for
From: Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stages of Samadhi in Patanjali's Maharishi's
Teaching
On Apr 2, 2012, at 12:43 AM, Writer wrote:
Yes that is a
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/319522/20120326/transcendental-meditation-oprah.htm
http://youtu.be/Uh0CMcLiRkw
WowRaj I feel your pain! WOW You spend all this time attacking with all
these negative thoughts...
But I do not k now of any scientest who feels that they completely understand
enlighenment nor samadhi nor in fact the brain itself for that matter. IN the
latest issue of Discover
WowVaj I feel your pain! WOW You spend all this time attacking with all
these negative thoughts...
But I do not k now of any scientest who feels that they completely understand
enlighenment nor samadhi nor in fact the brain itself for that matter. IN the
latest issue of Discover
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