Suurküla /soor-kuelae/ = big-village
Transcendental Meditation teacher Dr Jaan Suurküla from Estonia has seen a few
things in life.
Leaving his home country as a child, then finding his way back to it. Leaving
behind the Western medicine to embrace the wisdom of the integral approach
well...I can't agree with this analogy, though it works for most. Unfortunately
my father's first wife used to use psychiatrists against me, having me go, and
then lying openly about what they said, in order to build and sustain a
negative story about me, personally, to the family, and
I don't do any of that stuff - point being that once consciousness becomes
infinite, the goal of 'mindfulness' is accomplished, anyway. Even better,
because carrying the consciousness of Infinity, is, by definition, unlimited,
any situation can be recalled in perfect detail, if additional
You know, this reminds me of when I was at MIU - this is when I was still a
believer in TM and TM-ishness and it really surprised me that most, nearly all
of the foreign students were constantly bad mouthing the United States.
Certainly the Europeans did, the Swedes, the French, the Germans in
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FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
You know, this reminds me of when I was at MIU - this is when I was still a
believer in TM and TM-ishness and it really surprised me that most, nearly all
of the foreign students were constantly bad
Wow, that's extreme. But maybe the analogy does work. Is the US really that
out of control? I don't think so. But good for you to come through that intact.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
well...I can't agree with this analogy, though it works for
emptybill wrote: You might get lots of shakti but that is NOT jñâna.
Share asks: emptybill, what is the relationship between shakti and jñâna? Are
they interdependent?
On Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:47 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
You seem
I did a cursory check of the most admired countries. US was #22, just ahead
of Brazil. Lower than I expected.
On the other hand, I think you create a distorted picture of this lashing out
and denial.
Maybe if I moved around as you do, I'd feel no affinity towards any place
either.
the family gulag - lol - It wasn't all bad - dad was awesome. Anyway, yeah, you
are right - the analogy DOES hold. No, the US is not some malevolent force, out
to destroy its citizens. A lot is said about personal liberty here, and I
certainly see a tension between the centralizing forces in
Just musing here. I've lived my whole life in pretty much one place, even
though I've done a fair amount of traveling. Not too much in Europe other than
for TM courses, which as Barry has pointed out was somewhat limited in how much
of the country you actually saw.
But when I see videos
Yeah, pretty lame to be running down where you live - Just Move. Also applies
to finding endless things wrong in any facet of the external world - usually
indicates an internal adjustment is needed.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
You know, this reminds me of
Steve, that's interesting about Sweden. I read years ago that Europe has a
dwindling birth rate and economists have associated that with economic
challenges as the population ages.
On Friday, May 30, 2014 7:08 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Sometimes the questions arises in my mind, on this forum, Well what are you
for?
Christ Allmighty, we know what you are against.
Every so often, just sprinkle in something in the for column. (-:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
Yeah, pretty lame to
Good practical spiritual discussion in this whole thread. It [ mindful Being]
in gradient could also be called, 'spiritual discernment' that can be turned on
or cultivated sort of like a faculty. Being mindful, as in Being in it. A sort
of a vector of Apprehending or Discernment as something
Funny you should mention that Share, because the image I had in mind about
people in other countries looking like those I see everyday, is that of a
grandmother type, little pudgy, short white hair done at the hairdresser, with
her glasses attached to a chain. (-:
Seems like some areas have
A little addition - when I was at MIU America bombed someone - I forget who
now, but it was in response some aggressive act or other. All and I mean all
the foreigners at MIU were upset and disparaged the US openly - until Marshy
came out and praised the US for retaliating the way it did - he
A theater review in today's New York Times:
Songs of Devotion, Songs of Rapture
‘Early Shaker Spirituals,’ Plain-Spoken Tribute
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/theater/early-shaker-spirituals-plain-spoken-tribute.html
At this point Bevan, it would seem, is keeping himself circumstantially at the
lecturer-teacher level in his primary role to preserve and perpetuate
Maharishi's teaching and movement as Bevan sees it and also is attending to
help wrangle and secure Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaaraam Dr. Tony Nader in
Well, now we know that Barry also conceives of Europeans as a monolith.
I'd be willing to bet that many, if not most, Europeans have a view of the
U.S. that is significantly more nuanced than Barry's.
For sure, you could find some Americans who think the U.S. is just fine as it
is. But
That was to MJ, right?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
Sometimes the questions arises in my mind, on this forum, Well what are you
for?
Christ Allmighty, we know what you are against.
Every so often, just sprinkle in something in the for column. (-:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
I don't do any of that stuff - point being that once consciousness becomes
infinite, the goal of 'mindfulness' is accomplished, anyway. Even better,
because carrying the consciousness of Infinity, is, by definition,
Great find, thanks. It is fun they found the Shakers that way. Seems it is a
good quick theatrical retelling of the life-cycle of life found and lost in a
spiritual group. The Shaker movement is a great example of mysticism and
spirituality found and revived in a moment and lost. I've had some
From: steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
I did a cursory check of the most admired countries. US was #22, just ahead
of Brazil. Lower than I expected.
On the other hand, I think you create a distorted picture of this lashing out
and denial.
Maybe if I
On 5/29/2014 9:02 PM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I completely agree, Steve. I have lived many places, other than the
US, and as frustrated and alienated as I get with the US, I continue
to feel a deep loyalty to the whole experiment and culture, here.
Being a
There is a lot of scholarship going on around Mother Ann and the Shakers now.
In watching I feel a great contemporary look in to the life-cycle of what was
Shakerism is to look in on the Ammachi movement now. Very similar modalities
and explosive growth of an organization. Someone just posted a
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
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FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
You know, this reminds me of when I was at MIU - this is when I was still a
believer in TM and TM-ishness and it really surprised me that most,
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote :
A theater review in today's New York Times:
Songs of Devotion, Songs of Rapture
‘Early Shaker Spirituals,’ Plain-Spoken Tribute
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/theater/early-shaker-spirituals-plain-spoken-tribute.html
I have no idea if this article is credible but it does relate to our recent
discussion of guns:
http://libertycrier.com/nearly-every-mass-shooting-last-20-years-shares-one-thing-common-weapons/
On 5/29/2014 9:28 PM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
As you say, the end result is fullness of mind, anyway, even when it
is empty.
This sounds like a Zen koan - /a mind full of thoughts but empty of
thoughts at the same time?/ That might cause a lot of strain in
Last year I was at a conference and heard a paper delivered on the introduction
and use of printing presses within Shaker communities to publish the Shaker
songs as a means of unifying a spreading and diversifying movement.. Very much
like Maharishi buying the Heidelberg color presses at a time
I don't make things up. Unlike Barry, I don't have to.
I'm an amateur medievalist. One of the books I came to
France to write is based on the Cathars (also known as
the Albigensians), a religious sect that flourished in
the 12th and 13th centuries. They had an interesting
approach to teaching,
From: dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Last year I was at a conference and heard a paper
delivered on the introduction and use of printing presses within
Shaker communities to publish the Shaker songs as a means of unifying
a spreading and diversifying
When walking, just walk. When eating, just eat. When sleeping, just sleep.
When sitting just sit.
Richard, I think this is the result of rather than the cause of being
established in Being. I could be wrong.
On Friday, May 30, 2014 9:01 AM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com
Nablusoss, thanks so much for posting this. It made me wait for an opportunity
which came today, an email from the Democratic Party. I have unsubscribed to
their newsletter list and fortunately was able to tell them why, this bill! For
me, it's the final straw!
On Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:42
On 5/30/2014 6:48 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
emptybill wrote: You might get lots of shakti but that is NOT jñâna.
Share asks: emptybill, what is the relationship between shakti and
jñâna? Are they interdependent?
That's a Sanskrit term used in Hindu Tantra.
Ann, thanks so much for posting this. Mindfulness sounds exhausting to me! All
that continual manipulation of attention! Plus Kabat-Zinn himself says that all
the contents of attention are fleeting. So why bother to focus on them?! Just
let attention go where it goes naturally, to a field of
On 5/29/2014 5:47 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Also, I seen no evidence that Govinda lived in retreat for 3 years, 3
months, 3 days to complete the traditional ngondro preparatory
practices of 100 thousand full-body prostrations/100, 000
Buddha-Dharma-Sangha
On 5/29/2014 5:47 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
You might get lots of shakti but that is NOT jñâna.
The key word here is vijnana - /pure consciousness/. We already
possess basic knowledge - what is needed is a way to experience
/transcendental knowledge/ - in Tibetan the
You've shown yourself to be a responsible citizen.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Nablusoss, thanks so much for posting this. It made me wait for an opportunity
which came today, an email from the Democratic Party. I have unsubscribed to
their newsletter list
On 5/30/2014 5:36 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
I miss a few *places* in the United States, such as Big Sur and other
power places I love, but I do not miss the country itself, and feel no
affinity towards it at all. I am an American only through an
accident of
On 5/30/2014 6:57 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
On the other hand, figure in the original motive you supposedly had
for moving to Europe. Research purposes.
Maybe for purposes of convenience, you now indicate a different reason.
To research and write a book on the
I tried to make you see the transformative power of TM as witnessed in the
progressive change of quality in his radiance over the years. It's really quite
remarkable.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
At this point Bevan, it would seem, is keeping himself
Thank you Nablusoss, and hopefully I'm a citizen of the world, not just of one
town, one country...
On Friday, May 30, 2014 9:53 AM, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
You've shown yourself to be a responsible citizen.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@...
On 5/30/2014 7:03 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
And there are fifty different versions of that (aka states), to choose
from. Quite the carnival.
The nice thing about being here in the the land of the free, is that we
can go anywhere within the continental USA
On 5/30/2014 7:12 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Steve, that's interesting about Sweden. I read years ago that Europe
has a dwindling birth rate and economists have associated that with
economic challenges as the population ages.
The real problem in places like
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Ann, thanks so much for posting this. Mindfulness sounds exhausting to me! All
that continual manipulation of attention! Plus Kabat-Zinn himself says that all
the contents of attention are fleeting. So why bother to focus on
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 5/30/2014 6:57 AM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
On the other hand, figure in the original motive you supposedly had for moving
to Europe. Research purposes.
Maybe for purposes of
On 5/30/2014 9:19 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
When walking, just walk. When eating, just eat. When sleeping, just
sleep. When sitting just sit.
Richard, I think this is the result of rather than the cause of being
established in Being. I could be wrong.
On 5/30/2014 9:13 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I don't make things up. Unlike Barry, I don't have to.
It looks like Barry has done a 180. Go figure.
I'm kinda happy that my character in the book I'm writing is a
heretic to the heretics, because obviously I can't quite iden-
According to the email I got from Joe Biden this morning there are only
28 Democrats left. :-D
On 05/30/2014 07:27 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Nablusoss, thanks so much for posting this. It made me wait for an
opportunity which came today, an email from the
Yeah, Mindfulness as a formal practice tries to simulate the infinite nature of
the mind, as it is naturally experienced during enlightenment. Kinda like
faking an orgasm, to try and get the sense of a real one.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote :
---In
On 5/30/2014 8:05 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Here are a few key components of practicing mindfulness that
Kabat-Zinn and others identify:
* Pay close attention to your breathing, especially when you’re
feeling intense emotions.
* Notice—really notice—what
Ann, I get a daily newsletter called dailygood.org. Probably that's what you're
referring to...
On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:20 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Ann, thanks
Bhairitu, I bet they all work for Monsanto! I'm gonna google and see what
Hillary thinks of GMOs...
On Friday, May 30, 2014 11:01 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net
[FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
According to the email I got from Joe Biden this morning there are
He certainly has had no time to write an alternative novel, to compete with the
one he has been rewriting on here, forever, entitled, I think, therefore, I
am, Motherfucker, and don't you ever forget it, and another thing...
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote :
I
It is an enduring shame that after the world granted him the Nobel peace prize,
Obama has revealed himself, to be a common two-bit whore, for the corporations,
a little fascist bitch.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
The Monsanto Protection Act,
Mindfulness is just a form of continuous mental recollection of the field of
subjective experience – whether sensations or mentations, whether body, senses
or mind. It can be quite exhausting as you suggest and probably is exhausting
for many beginners. As a method for repeated refocusing of
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He certainly has had no time to write an alternative novel, to compete with the
one he has been rewriting on here, forever, entitled, I think, therefore, I
am, Motherfucker, and don't you ever forget it, and
Just yesterday I went to a farmer's home just outside of the town I live in to
do some computer service, and while there I asked him his opinion of Monsanto
and their policies. (He used to be a dairy farmer and now grows wheat and soy.)
He just shook his head and looked away for a minute. Then
what the heck do they throw 'em in the canals for?
From: awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Onion nails it again
Barry reads only the posts that are about him. As to low standards, yes, in
terms of subject matter, it doesn't get much lower than Barry. But it's amusing
to push his buttons.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife]
From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
what the heck do they throw 'em in the canals for?
Some were stolen, and then tossed aside by the thieves. But interestingly
enough, about 3/4 of them were *blown* there by the rather fierce winds we
Yep, pretty evil to be f'ing with the country's bread basket, just to make a
buck. Hopefully, we won't have to chop their heads off. :-)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
Just yesterday I went to a farmer's home just outside of the town I live in to
do some
Barry studiously paints targets on himself, all day long, and then wails, with
self-pity, Why is everyone *shooting* at me??? - lol
More later, time to reload. :-) :-) :-)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife]
emptybill, re your first paragraph: imo continuous mental recollection is NOT
witnessing because recollection suggests that the object of awareness has
occurred in the past. Witnessing is ongoing.
I equate consciousness with awareness and agree with Maharishi that attention
is a beam of such.
Zeitgeist in Leiden--
Once again, the camera finds Barry, sitting by the canal, asking himself the
question with no answer. Face tilted up to the grey sky, he questions himself,
silently, and rigorously,
Though I studiously, and continuously, paint targets on myself, why is
everyone
Surface Pro 3
My dictionary, Share, gives the first meanings of recollection as
tranquility of mind and religious contemplation. Those are older,
specifically spiritual uses of the term that don't refer to remembering what is
past. I would assume that's how emptybill is using it with regard to
imo continuous mental recollection is NOT witnessing because recollection
suggests that the object of awareness has occurred in the past. Witnessing is
ongoing.
Apples and oranges, Share - witnessing, the initial sense of an expanded self,
beyond obvious boundaries, witnesses everything -
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SHARELONG60 WROTE:
Ann, thanks so much for posting this. Mindfulness sounds exhausting to me! All
that continual manipulation of attention! Plus Kabat-Zinn himself says that all
the contents of attention are fleeting. So why bother to focus on them?! Just
let attention go where it
But not to worry. Humans will be long gone before this collision would
actually occur.
https://screen.yahoo.com/new-york-times/colliding-galaxies-072923238.html
https://screen.yahoo.com/new-york-times/colliding-galaxies-072923238.html
On 5/30/2014 2:24 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Even Maharishi said techniques can take you only so far, so what are
the signs that indicate that the techniques one practices have reached
the limit of their utility for the purpose of enlightenment? Also,
after enlightenment,
I know nothing about any of them save they are high ranking government
officials/politicians in the UK who happen to do TM.
Rupert Murdoch does TM as well.
I'm sure that many people whose politics and behaviors I disagree with
immensely do TM.
The point wasn't about how nice
Mindfulness, it is also that place like after you have thought a sutra or
mantra and you are sitting as just quiet in samadhi in restful alertness.
Resourcing Awake in Being, then pinging the system with some vibration of
thought as the mantra or sutra and yet mindful as what comes out of
A saint? On a scale of transforming things spiritually one has spiritual
authors, lecturers, teachers, sadhus, swamis, gurus, sat gurus, and jagad gurus
ranging in each case from the inconsequential up to truly saintly in life
transforming status. Sat gurus and jagad gurus seem to have higher
You seem to believe that TM = mindfulness, and while that might be the case for
some people at some point in their practice, I'd suggest that TM is its own
thing, and trying to drag other terms from other tradition into the discussion
pollutes and distorts our understanding and potentially,
I don't know Barry. Why do you continue to reply to Nabby, or Doug? I guess
because they say something that you take issue with.
It's not complicated.
You could, if you wanted, turn it around and say, why do you say things that
are exaggerated, or designed simply to get a rise out of
Nice, clear audio. Possibly a couple of minutes missing.
Full Speech: Jim Carrey's Commencement Address at the 2014 MUM Graduation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V80-gPkpH6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V80-gPkpH6M
Full Speech: Jim Carrey's Commencement Address a...
techniques, after enlightenment? Yep, TM - I don't find there is any
settledness that needs to be reinforced, or have my attention on anything - but
I live a pretty active life, and as a result of my enlightenment, don't put a
lot of boundaries on myself. So if I spontaneously end up driving
You're absolutely right, auth. It can be thought of as re-collection, which
gets the sense over well.
This is what the Catholic Encyclopedia has to say about it:
Recollection, as understood in respect to the spiritual life, means attention
to the presence of God
yes, and Barry too. Not Barry II, but the other one. (-:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote :
That was to MJ, right?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
Sometimes the questions arises in my mind, on this forum, Well what are you
Judy you are quite correct.
This was how I was using the term: as in the Latin term recollctus.- gathering
back again or bringing back to conscious mind the previous point of attention.
This is really quite old stuff in the Roman Catholic contemplative tradition,
based as it is upon the
I had a friend with whom I had lunch recently talk about the value of Ravi
Shankar's breathing exercises, i.e., the merging of the inward and outward
breath. He spoke so highly of it, that it almost made me want to consider it.
But that horse has sort of left the barn for me, so I don't think
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Premiering Friday 5/30 at 7 pm ET on Indie http://www.siriusxm.com/indie, Ch.
104
Bob Roth is the the Executive Director of the David Lynch Foundation, where he
has helped direct the introduction of the Transcendental Meditation (TM)
program to over 500,000 at-risk students in 130 public and
The Turq fellow behaves like any other Bimbo, they actually believe the world
is centered around them.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
He certainly has had no time to write an
Beautiful. Now that is where spirituality turns to sainthood in field effect.
What you can do with a human system is way more than transcending, like also
being of use in the lighthouse to others in life. -Buck
for example, I may do a TM, or 1/2 a TM, simply for its ability to clear
Judge Napo is a libertarian. If that makes him a fascist then you are a
neo-marxist terrorist. I need to give DHS your nom de guerre here on FFL to
the FBI so they can visit with you. You are probably on their
watch list anyway. Apparently they need to know you better ... as in the
biblical
The blog link on TM Mental Sinking is a hoot. Is is straight Gelugpa ideology
where fear of losing the object of attention causes them to try to grip it
tight and never lose it. This fear drives their practise of mantra-japa and
demonstrates why dhyana-samapatti is so admitedly difficult for
Oh wow! Now there's a ringing endorsement for TM! Rupert Murdoch!
From: lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Comedian Jim Carrey
Here's the link to Jim Carrey's 26-minute commencement address:
http://www.mum.edu/RelId/694468/ISvars/default/Full_Jim_Carrey_Address_Video_and_Transcript.htm
His address is fun and touching. The link also provides a transcript.
The Valedictorian follows his address with her own, and opens
Re I've seen someone levitate. Many times. In many settings . . .:
This is Rama we're talking about, no? What I was meaning to ask you before
was: did Rama ever give his followers (or just you perhaps) instructions on how
they also could levitate? Did Rama claim to be utilising Patanjali's
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :
I don't know Barry. Why do you continue to reply to Nabby, or Doug? I guess
because they say something that you take issue with.
It's not complicated.
You could, if you wanted, turn it around and say, why do you say
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Ann, I get a daily newsletter called dailygood.org. Probably that's what
you're referring to...
Yes, I realized that after I had written that. But I think you like good and
you like a daily dose of it so that is fine!
The version I saw from the iphone was 4 minutes longer. Censorship from MUM?
Of course not.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dickmays@... wrote :
Here's the link to Jim Carrey's 26-minute commencement address:
As I said before, some scholars claim that mindfulness as a practice is
quite a recent innovation in Buddhist circles and some older Buddhist
traditions think it is counterproductive:
2. Outside of zazen practice, in our daily life when we walk, talk, eat, sit,
lay down or work,
Carrey's presentation was motivational for action in life in a way that we
don't often get. It was pure spiritual wisdom and a call to spiritual action.
Great delivery. -Buck “You are ready and able [after graduating with
consciousness-based education at MUM] to do beautiful things in this
May be not. The stage was uber set up to film and record the commencement. Was
proly a lot of pressure, even for Bevan, to MC the introduction. Un-usual was
that Bevan read from prepared statements as his introduction of Carrey. Bevan
had a long introduction that he read. It was kind of
Thank you, Empty, for at last providing a little context. It was growing
painful watching people here other than Anartaxius talk about *something they
have never studied or practiced in their lives*, as if they not only knew what
it was but as if they knew all about it and had no need for it.
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