tato dakshiNahastasya a~NgushhThenaiva pi~Ngalaam.h .. 36.. nirudhya
puurayedvaayumiDayaa tu shanaiH shanaiH . yathaashaktyavirodhena tataH
kuryaachcha kumbhakam.h .. 37.. punastyajetpi~Ngalayaa shanaireva na
vegataH . punaH pi~Ngalayaapuurya puurayedudara.n shanaiH .. 38..
dhaarayitvaa
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote:
tato dakshiNahastasya a~NgushhThenaiva pi~Ngalaam.h .. 36.. nirudhya
puurayedvaayumiDayaa tu shanaiH shanaiH .
(Transliteration modified:)
Then (tataH) right-hand's (dakSiNa-hastasya) an.guSThena (with the thumb;
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
The most interesting studies on TM started to appear in 1980
with the first Pure Consciousness study. The latest study cited
in that passage was 1980. A
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Apr 19, 2012, at 3:32 PM, sparaig wrote:
The most interesting
On Apr 19, 2012, at 3:34 PM, sparaig wrote:
Read that passage that Vaj quoted. The researchers who conducted
this experiment are the same ones who wrote that chapter. They see
no reason to include TM in any experiment for the reasons they give
in that chapter.
Where do they say that
On Apr 19, 2012, at 8:15 PM, sparaig wrote:
Convenient. The same researchers have said that they won't pay
attention to the Pure Consciousness research until there is a
Western theory that explains why it is of value.
That makes sense. No one's ever shown that there is such a thing as
On Apr 19, 2012, at 9:37 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote:
I think the problem other researchers (non-TM org researchers) have
with TM research is TM research usually seems to be conducted
primarily to find positive things about TM. There are some positive
things about TM.
But they are
On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:50 AM, sparaig wrote:
Well, R. Keith Wallace's original PhD thesis from 1970 suggested
this, but the claim hasn't been made in decades that I am aware of.
Keith Wallace was found to be using fraudulent methodology and was
forced to retract most of his claims. So
On Apr 20, 2012, at 7:00 AM, sparaig wrote:
Now Vaj is right about falling asleep in TM, but if someone has
been practicing TM for many, many years, does this still happen or
happen as often?
IMpossible to say. How much and how often you sleep would be
dependent on the current sleep
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
Similarly, the initial claim
that TM produces a unique state of consciousness
different
On Apr 20, 2012, at 8:12 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
Ahem. Just a sampling from various TM org websites:
http://www.tmscotland.org/stress-transcendental-meditation.html
Many scientific research studies have clearly shown that the
level of rest gained during Transcendental Meditation is deeper
than
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
Similarly, the
MIT reviews Vic Stenger's new work, God and the Folly of Faith.
http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N19/stenger.html
Victor Stenger has written a wickedly powerful book, so sharp and
heretical that had it been published four centuries ago, the author
would have been extra-crispy by the time the
I'm surprised they didn't include TM
on the list.
Xenophaneros Anartaxius:
Not every researcher is familiar with TM...
So, I wonder why the researchers didn't
include many Hindu meditation techniques?
Samatha, Vipassana
Samatha
Not specified
Zen
Kriya
Vipassana
Ahem. Just a sampling from various TM org
websites:
authfriend:
Not one of which is relevant to the point I
was making...
So, whoever said you couldn't experience
enlightenment while peacefully nodding in and
out of waking state anyway?
According to MMY, TM just provides the ideal
So Vaj's guru will go to jail for rape and
giving AIDS to a number of people.
authorfriend:
C'mon, Nabby, the dude died--of AIDS--in 1990.
Now you can see why I call Vaj one of the slickest
willies on the internet. Nobody but an clown would
call himself a 'Vajradhatu', and then totally
That sleep-like stages may occur during TM says
nothing whatsoever about whether TM produces a
unique state of consciousness different from sleep,
let alone *refutes* that claim...
This has also been pointed out repeatedly to Vaj.
sparaig:
Well, R. Keith Wallace's original PhD
I have been characterized and vilified on this forum and
one other for many years as being anti-TM. I'm not. I
think that TM -- as a simple (nay, simplistic) form of
easily-learned meditation, without its accompanying
baggage -- is essentially a Good Thing. If the TMO were
to sell it for what it
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
Of course the lineal explanation is clear: if you're actually
experiencing PC, need for sleep dramatically decreases. Same with
witnessing: the well observed lineal pattern is if you're witnessing
during sleep, the
turquoiseb:
If the TMO were to sell it for what it
is worth (the same $35 I paid for it),
I'd have nothing bad about to say
about TM per se...
So, why did you give all that money to
Rama?
http://www.skepdic.com/rama.html
Eventually, thousands of people would pay
as much as $5,000 per
On Apr 20, 2012, at 11:25 AM, cardemaister wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
Of course the lineal explanation is clear: if you're actually
experiencing PC, need for sleep dramatically decreases. Same with
witnessing: the well observed lineal pattern is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote:
That's one thing the writer of Yoga-tattva-upanishad
seems to emphasize in connection with one of his techniques...
Card, this is mainly curiosity on my part, with regard
to your use of quotes above. You trip on words your
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
I have been characterized and vilified on this forum and
one other for many years as being anti-TM.
Of course, anti-TM hasn't been used in quite
some time on FFL to characterize Barry (except by
Barry himself in making claims
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote:
That's one thing the writer of Yoga-tattva-upanishad
seems to emphasize in connection with one of his techniques...
Card, this is mainly curiosity
On 04/20/2012 12:53 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
You know, that group here that, following Maharishi's lead, likes to
portray India as somehow reflecting his fantasies about how evolved and
sattvic it is and how it's a model of what society will be like if only
it pays for enough Maharishi brand
This is based on a true story about drug addicted attorney and his
partner that take on a case for an ER nurse who gets stuck with an
infected needle. In the process they uncover a large conspiracy. This
is an excellent film starring Chris Evans and shows what lengths big
pharma will go to
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote:
That's one thing the writer of Yoga-tattva-upanishad
seems to emphasize in
An informative video about how crazy the copyright laws have become:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFMl0stqai0
Occupy Hollywood!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote:
Buck fought the law and Buck won
7ray1,
Bear with patience, tribulaton,
Overcoming all temptation,
Till the glorious jubilee;
Soon it'll come with bursts of thunder,
Then we shall adore and wonder,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote:
An informative video about how crazy the copyright laws have become:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFMl0stqai0
Occupy Hollywood!
That is interesting. Not too long ago (months ago) you could quick look up
movie clips
(4/20) Fairfield Police Department Reminds Cyclists Of Bicycle Regulations And
Laws
The Fairfield Police Department would like to remind bicyclists that under city
ordinance 10.58.010 they must obey the rules of the road just as a motor
vehicle operator does or they’ll receive the same
Those bastards!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickmays@... wrote:
(4/20) Fairfield Police Department Reminds Cyclists Of Bicycle Regulations
And Laws
The Fairfield Police Department would like to remind bicyclists that under
city ordinance 10.58.010 they must obey the
Tom Gibbs, fool.com:
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Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) Lumia series, despite the software glitches, has been
received with strong sales in the U.S. market thus far. Unit sales hit 2
million within the first week of its launch, the device hit Amazon.com's
(NASDAQ: AMZN) top sellers list, and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 20, 2012, at 8:12 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
Ahem. Just a sampling from various TM org websites:
http://www.tmscotland.org/stress-transcendental-meditation.html
Many scientific research studies have clearly shown
On 04/20/2012 09:54 AM, Buck wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote:
An informative video about how crazy the copyright laws have become:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFMl0stqai0
Occupy Hollywood!
That is interesting. Not too long ago (months ago) you
Well, around here we have candidates for the Darwin awards riding the
wrong way in one-way bike lanes on one-way streets where no one is going
to be looking for them. In one case I had one of those idiots riding
the wrong way on the busy two-lane street nearby and I might have hit
him but I
On 04/20/2012 07:20 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
I have been characterized and vilified on this forum and
one other for many years as being anti-TM. I'm not. I
think that TM -- as a simple (nay, simplistic) form of
easily-learned meditation, without its accompanying
baggage -- is essentially a Good
On 04/20/2012 09:17 AM, Bhairitu wrote:
This is based on a true story about drug addicted attorney and his
partner that take on a case for an ER nurse who gets stuck with an
infected needle. In the process they uncover a large conspiracy. This
is an excellent film starring Chris Evans and
Has anyone tried this practice? Please, let us know about your experience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsEZylK8sDA
What? Are the Fairfield Police a bunch of stoners? What's the 4/20 all about?
From: Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 10:27 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Fwd: Fairfield Police Department Reminds Cyclists
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote:
I wouldn't blame Google. They bought YouTube and even one of
the three YouTube founders disdained the new copyright rules.
What you're talking about is fair use. YouTube doesn't go
looking for the infringing videos. The
On 04/20/2012 12:41 PM, turquoiseb wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote:
I wouldn't blame Google. They bought YouTube and even one of
the three YouTube founders disdained the new copyright rules.
What you're talking about is fair use. YouTube doesn't go
http://justpiper.com/2011/02/jps-review-brad-meltzers-decoded-apocalypse-in-georgia/
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote:
I'm surprised they didn't include TM
on the list.
Xenophaneros Anartaxius:
Not every researcher is familiar with TM...
So, I wonder why the researchers didn't
include many Hindu meditation techniques?
Who
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 19, 2012, at 3:34 PM, sparaig wrote:
Read that passage that Vaj quoted. The researchers who conducted
this experiment are the same ones who wrote that chapter. They see
no reason to include TM in any
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:50 AM, sparaig wrote:
Well, R. Keith Wallace's original PhD thesis from 1970 suggested
this, but the claim hasn't been made in decades that I am aware of.
Keith Wallace was found to be using
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 20, 2012, at 7:00 AM, sparaig wrote:
Now Vaj is right about falling asleep in TM, but if someone has
been practicing TM for many, many years, does this still happen or
happen as often?
IMpossible to
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote:
Tom Gibbs, fool.com:
More Phones
Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) Lumia series, despite the software glitches, has been
received with strong sales in the U.S. market thus far. Unit sales hit 2
million within the first week
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Apr 19,
On Apr 20, 2012, at 5:29 PM, sparaig wrote:
You quoted the Cambridge Handbook about TM. That is the authors' attitude on
the subject.
It’s not an “attitude”. It’s plainly citing evidence and what that evidence
shows.
Given that they believe what they say, why would they bother to include
On Apr 20, 2012, at 5:31 PM, sparaig wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:50 AM, sparaig wrote:
Well, R. Keith Wallace's original PhD thesis from 1970 suggested
this, but the claim hasn't been made in decades that I am
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 19, 2012, at 9:37 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote:
I think the problem other researchers (non-TM org researchers) have
with TM research is TM research usually seems to be conducted
primarily to find positive
On Apr 20, 2012, at 5:32 PM, sparaig wrote:
That might be the case, but again, it depends on the current nervous system.
SOmeone might have PC regularly every meditation period for years at a time,
and then suddenly, not have any PC episodes for years at a time.
At the level of PC the
On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:01 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote:
OK let me revise that statement: in my *opinion* you characterise TM as being
practically worthless, at least you give this impression just about every
time you write about it.
I just see it as a practice with no real pedigree,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 20, 2012, at 5:29 PM, sparaig wrote:
You quoted the Cambridge Handbook about TM. That is the
authors' attitude on the subject.
It's not an attitude. It's plainly citing evidence and
what that evidence shows.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 20, 2012, at 5:29 PM, sparaig wrote:
You quoted the Cambridge Handbook about TM. That is the
authors' attitude on the subject.
It's not an attitude. It's plainly citing evidence and
what that evidence shows.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On Apr 20, 2012, at 5:31 PM, sparaig wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:50 AM, sparaig wrote:
Well, R. Keith Wallace's original PhD thesis from 1970
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Returning now to meditate in the dome I am most pleased to see that the clamor
and long-going public pressure about TM'ers just going to the domes and laying
down to sleep as a meditation has paid off in a much improved discipline of
practice in the dome. At the least, people are now generally
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote:
Returning now to meditate in the dome I am most pleased to see that the
clamor and long-going public pressure about TM'ers just going to the domes
and laying down to sleep as a meditation has paid off in a much improved
discipline of
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