[FairfieldLife] Re: Fake Gurus and the Attack of the Asuras

2006-03-06 Thread Marek Reavis
**Another take below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Always keep a light-saber handy. --- It is no surprise that Westerners mainly find false gurus. When you have cheated your own guru in the past why should you not be cheated on now? You get

[FairfieldLife] The Point (was Re: Mike Scozarri being sued)

2006-03-06 Thread Marek Reavis
**Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **SNIP** Maharishi: What I have taught, because it has its eternal authenticity in the vedic literature and you should know that, how many? 30 - 40 thousand teachers of TM I have trained and many of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mike Scozarri being sued

2006-03-06 Thread Marek Reavis
**Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: I was made a teacher in Fiuggi in June of 1972. I'm pretty sure I remember Jerry talking to us at some point about our

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mike Scozarri being sued

2006-03-05 Thread Marek Reavis
**Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday Ben Collins

2006-03-01 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a good one, Ben. Do a special puja or something. ** Happy Birthday, Ben. Marek Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7 lifetimes to reach Cosmic Consciousness..

2006-03-01 Thread Marek Reavis
**Comment below** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **SNIP** One disconcerting thing that was obvious very soon and persisted throughout these sessions was the almost absolute infrequency with which descriptions ever strayed outside of either established

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re MUM lawsuit

2006-02-28 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **SNIP** It's the insurance company that will need to pay for the defense, not MUM, and it's unlikely that the judgment would be so large that MUM would have to cough up any money to pay it off, although they might

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unusual laws

2006-02-24 Thread Marek Reavis
Not so sure about the other groups (below) but I think I'd like a little more information on the women-under-thirty agenda. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, foufou_fl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: But if I find myself

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unusual laws

2006-02-24 Thread Marek Reavis
double take on the anal-anal sex typo. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, foufou_fl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Not so sure about the other groups (below) but I think I'd like a little more information

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-17 Thread Marek Reavis
An excellent (most recent) post and a very productive dialogue. Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity no_reply@ wrote: I think

[FairfieldLife] Re: Money Smuggling, was: Actually, there are far more qualityposts now.

2006-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
I just have to say that wrongaroonie is one of the best comebacks I've heard in a long time. I'll be using it from now on. Thanks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Money Smuggling, was: Actually, there are far more qualityposts now.

2006-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: I just have to say that wrongaroonie is one of the best comebacks I've heard in a long time. I'll be using it from now on. Thanks. What confused you about it? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Money Smuggling, was: Actually, there are far more qualityposts now.

2006-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Great, thanks, I'll be more careful to stay out of the crossfire in the future. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: I'm confused by your question (below). I merely made

[FairfieldLife] Re: Actually, there are far more quality posts now.

2006-02-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Premanand Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **SNIP** I believe by advocating and living by the Shastras that Guru Dev believed he was serving the best good to those he taught. I believe too that MMY believed he served the best interest

[FairfieldLife] Re: Actually, there are far more quality posts now.

2006-02-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Premanand Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I tend to think that enlightenment confers inner contentment complete with a sense of wonder, sense of purpose and more. But on the strength of what I can gather, I am unconvinced

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Preach on, Brother. I agree with everything said below. And do feel like much of FFL has been hijacked and taken to an entirely different tone and tenor from what it used to be. There are several people whose posts I consistently open because I know that there will be something of value in what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Actually, there are far more quality posts now.

2006-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Thank you, I see it entirely differently now. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Preach on, Brother. I agree with everything said below. And do feel like much

[FairfieldLife] TMO trained pandits?

2006-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
Not sure if someone has posted this site before. The following quote was taken from a website ( http://www.jyotish-yagya.com/ ) on its staff page. Seems likely that these are TMO-trained pandits, and if so, are remnants of a now discontinued program. *** This image was taken in early 2005 in

[FairfieldLife] MOU Vedic/Hindu Celebration Animations

2006-01-28 Thread Marek Reavis
You can see new animations for selected celebration days in January and February (2006) at http://calendars.globalgoodnews.com/vedic/01.html for January and com/vedic/02.html for February. You can't download animations for any of the other months yet. Presuming that these animations are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ron's Birthday

2006-01-25 Thread Marek Reavis
Happy Birthday, Ron. The site ain't the same without you. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today is Ron FriedĀ¹s Birthday. He once held the title of most frequent poster on FFL. He still lurks here. Yahoo! Groups

[FairfieldLife] Re: phase transition maps and Gurus

2006-01-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 20, 2006, at 9:10 PM, qntmpkt wrote: being part of the Saivite Tradition of Shankara It would appear

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rudraksha Mala Beads

2006-01-20 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bdadvaitin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: These beads were made for wearing and that's just what they'll do... One of these days these beads are gonna bliss you right on through Hope so. I am looking to purchase a strand, probably online. Can anyone

[FairfieldLife] Re: Advice for Carrying the View

2006-01-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment right here at the top: Vaj, thank you for this post (below), and without trying to belabor the point I would just comment that, based on my reading of Nisargadatta, there is nothing in the following that I feel he would disagree with (leaving aside the specific stuff re mandalas and more

[FairfieldLife] Re: The New Advaitins

2006-01-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: re: previous post asking about the new Advaitins and if there's anything negative that can be said about them. I call them Neo- Advaitins. Most are non-progressivists in the traditions of Ramana Maharshi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Denmark Wooow !! ( from the black list to heaven)

2006-01-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **SNIP** Different cultures define caring in different ways. The TMO's founder is Hindu, and charity work isn't always the top of the list for Hindus, I guess due to the reincarnation/karma thing. Amma's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Denmark Wooow !! ( from the black list to heaven)

2006-01-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **SNIP** Apparently Nisargadatta's method of the abidance in the I Am *was* what his guru taught. Or he spoke very generally to his students and withheld the actual methods leading to the abidance in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Denmark Wooow !! ( from the black list to heaven)

2006-01-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Conversation continued at bottom: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Marek, I've been away for a bit and not following the action here. Nice post. Certainly gives a new take on Nisargadatta. Where did you learn these things about his guru, his

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Denmark Wooow !! ( from the black list to heaven)

2006-01-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 2, 2006, at 9:10 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: If Nisargadatta was speaking generally in those talks, withholding the real methods of realization then it would seem to me that he was a profound liar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Question below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 28, 2005, at 10:27 AM, Rick Archer wrote: on 12/28/05 8:41 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I was last at South Fallsburg with Purusha, they had visual forms of their devatas in their

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Very well said. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 23, 2005, at 12:28 PM, feste37 wrote: How about, teaching TM around the world to many thousands of people and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Observing Guru Dev's Birthday

2005-12-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was present when Maharishi talked about the future in terms of teachers leaving him. He described two signs to look for: 1) Strong verbal devotion to Guru Dev. 2) Starting to use other pictures of

[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL's Adult Yahoo Category

2005-12-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Very well said, Rick. Thanks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **MAJOR SNIPPAGE** Men of backbone don't spend their time trying to destroy things that others value. **SNIP TO END** Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

[FairfieldLife] Guru empowered mantras (was Re: TMO as a valid employer)

2005-12-19 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Premanand Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone recently said to me that cults can only sell scaffolding. Scaffolding can be a superfluous encumbrence unless there is that need for support whilst accessing difficult to reach places.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Parashakti Dead Mantras (was:TMO as a valid employer)

2005-12-19 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **SNIP** (I wrote:) Peter (and anyone else), What's your take on the spectrum of possible positive/negative effects of using for japa the big, public,

[FairfieldLife] I Am God (A good article re Bhagavad Gita)

2005-12-15 Thread Marek Reavis
= I am God: Autobiographical Fragments from the Bhagavad Gita = The Bhagavad Gita consists of seven hundred verses. Out of these, a massive 574 have been uttered by Krishna himself, giving us

[FairfieldLife] Re: The British in India

2005-12-14 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment/Question below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **SNIP** Besides the next time I see Guru Dev, I'm tattling on youHa Ha **SNIP TO END** Jim, if you don't mind sharing, is there any details regarding your interaction(s) with Guru Dev

[FairfieldLife] Re: The British in India

2005-12-14 Thread Marek Reavis
Thank you, Jim. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comment/Question below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Emotional Healing'

2005-12-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **SNIP** Tom has arranged for a $50,000 legal retainer to sue Ben the lier. If Ben posts a fully apologitic statement in which he admits in every line that he, and not Tom was wrong and he apologizes

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Emotional Healing'

2005-12-07 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **SNIP** Imagine the day in the life of a cetain 5 year old boy. An only child, so no siblings to confide in or get help from. The boy comes home from school. It's freezing cold, blizzard

[FairfieldLife] Re: 1998 experience NOT believed to be Dark Night of the Soul

2005-12-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, LB, much appreciated. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Desolate in Delhi My stay in the Valley of the Saints was drawing toward its inevitable close. I accepted this without concern, even though I could not remember having been as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yagna By Choice. It Works

2005-12-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, benjaminccollins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I suppose I should just let this all pass. But since Tom made some specific accusations I feel I should respond just to set the record straight. Professionally I am an adjunct faculty

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re cert techers returning and Investing in FF a joke, CAFO

2005-10-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If people think they are going to get enlightened by living in SV houses they are complete fools. Why MMY is shilling SV is

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