[FairfieldLife] Re: Krishna and Brahma(n)?

2007-03-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Krishna above Brahma(n) in Maharishi's book? Krishna or Brahma is Brahman's personal expression in creation, i.e. the personal God immanent in creation whose soul permeates and animates creation. Brahman is in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Krishna and Brahma(n)?

2007-03-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 27, 2007, at 7:16 PM, Mr. Magoo wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Is Krishna above Brahma(n) in Maharishi's book? Krishna or Brahma is Brahman's personal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Krishna and Brahma(n)?

2007-03-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Krishna above Brahma(n) in Maharishi's book? More to your point, I don't think you can use the term above or below (without confusion) to describe the essential Unity of all the Hindu pantheon, essentially they are

[FairfieldLife] The essential *Purusha*...essence of all the Vedic Gods.

2007-03-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
In Hinduism, Purusha is the Self which pervades the (created or manifest)universe. The Vedic divinities are considered to be the *human mind's interpretation* of the many facets of Purusha. According to the Rigvedic Purusha sukta, Purusha (the soul of the Universe)was dismembered by the devas

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi's Sanatana Dharma...full version.

2007-03-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
Yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi. All limbs must be practiced *simultaneously* as stated in his Gita page 363 Hardback. Yama, Niyama (akin to the 10 commandments), asana, and pranayama lead to pratyahara (withdrawal) which provide a 'meeting' ground for

[FairfieldLife] TM-Free Blog is like being on the set of One flew over the Cuckoo's nest...

2007-03-20 Thread Mr. Magoo
The only thing missing is the backround music and people dancing in the hallways. Everyone is so 'nice' there, but then I guess that's what happens when you're in recovery and taking all those meds! Let's see: John Knapp would make a good Nurse Racthet and Of course Paul, the hero, could be

[FairfieldLife] TMFree Blog like being on set of One flew over the Cuckoo's nest..

2007-03-20 Thread Mr. Magoo
The only thing missing is the backround music and people dancing in the hallways. Everyone is so 'nice' there, but then I guess that's what happens when you're in recovery and taking all those meds! Let's see: John Knapp would make a good Nurse Racthet and Of course Paul, the hero, could be

[FairfieldLife] Why some people 'hate' MMY......

2007-03-17 Thread Mr. Magoo
Mainly because he robbed them of their ignorance, and you know the old saying, Ignorance is Bliss. Some of these folks were 'happy' in the comfort of their ego-instigated desires and ambitions (sankalpas), and along comes MMY and steals all that 'peace' away by the application of the ointment of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why some people 'hate' MMY......

2007-03-17 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: I have had (friendly) emails on the side from quite a few of the posters here, and it is disturbing to see some of you post 'hate' mail against

[FairfieldLife] Re: Misrepresention by twisting the truth

2007-03-17 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, if I were to single out one person who has brought this forum into disrepute it would be Judy Stein. But you know that. She has done it to AMT, which is something of a wasteland. Do you want FFL to go the same

[FairfieldLife] Re: Misrepresention by twisting the truth

2007-03-17 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip but I do care that free-speech is jeopardised by the behaviour of the few. You know, I have never heard a sillier comment. I'm not sure I even understand it...free speech is a threat to free speech?, someone

[FairfieldLife] Re: Misrepresention by twisting the truth

2007-03-17 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps you really don't get it, so I'll explain just the once. Terrorism, the unpleasant combative, thrusting, in-your-face attitudes drive polite civil debaters away. That is what it is for, it is not about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why should being good and attaining enlightenment go together?

2007-03-13 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are at least three. :-) Descrimination is a function of intuition, however, whatever works for you, the proof is in the puddin'. :-) Another taught in some Buddhist traditions involves assessing one's *own*

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Great Global Warming Swindle

2007-03-12 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 11, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Mr. Magoo wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: A friend sent this to me and I just recently watched it. He believes the idea that Global Warming

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why should being good and attaining enlightenment go together?

2007-03-12 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Or is there a direct, provable and causal link between being 'good' and attaining enlightenment? I don't think there is any connection between the two, at all. Good question! It's all about Harmony, between

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why should being good and attaining enlightenment go together?

2007-03-12 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip which gets back to Krishna's Unfathomable is the course of action, even to the enlightened. One thing is certain, GOD knows what is right and wrong! So, you had better be sure you're doing the right thing or you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why should being good and attaining enlightenment go together?

2007-03-12 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip So, you had better be sure you're doing the right thing or you will have

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Great Global Warming Swindle

2007-03-11 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend sent this to me and I just recently watched it. He believes the idea that Global Warming is influenced by humans is a big scam. And believe it or not, he's supposed to be a scientist. This is a program from the

[FairfieldLife] The answer as to the where abouts of Guru Dev's 'Spirit'...

2007-03-09 Thread Mr. Magoo
Brahmachari 'Swami' Satyanand speaking c1967 about Guru Dev's 'nirvana',:- snip just a half a minute or two seconds after, a flash came and it appeared to me that Guru Dev was scolding me; What a fool you are! You have been with me for all these many months and years, and you heard my

[FairfieldLife] Re: The answer as to the where abouts of Guru Dev's 'Spirit'...

2007-03-09 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Lovely. I think that's a wonderful insight into the nature of omnipresence, as opposed to continued presence. One of the metaphors that the Rama guy I studied with used that I always liked was the teacher as

[FairfieldLife] A really silly comment......by none other than Mr. Knapp LSGM

2007-03-08 Thread Mr. Magoo
If you read the puja, however, what is actually happening is the initiator is bringing Guru Dev, the Maharishi's dead teacher, to my awareness. To the Maharishi, Guru Dev was a still living presence in the Absolute. So I've often wondered if the Maharishi thought of the Puja as being a sort of

[FairfieldLife] Re: A really silly comment......by none other than Mr. Knapp LSGM

2007-03-08 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip In the intro to Love and God, p. 11, with reference to Guru Dev, Maharishi says We only pray Him to keep on guiding us, implying that he considers Guru Dev to still be playing a active role from wherever he is.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A really silly comment......by none other than Mr. Knapp LSGM

2007-03-08 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: In the intro to Love and God, p. 11, with reference to Guru Dev, Maharishi says We

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Self, Atman, as Absolute Ego

2007-03-07 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: Interesting talk on Peace where the acceptance of Absolute Self (Atman) is an impediment to accepting our connection to the World. Absolute Self is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Self, Atman, as Absolute Ego

2007-03-07 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:39 AM, Mr. Magoo wrote: I think VAj is a little mixed up, perhaps 'Bob' is too, he's trying to talk about the pseudo-soul or the ego. The Atman is the *Reality* and the *EGO* (sense created

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Self, Atman, as Absolute Ego

2007-03-07 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 7, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Mr. Magoo wrote: Some Mahayana Buddhist sutras and a number of Buddhist tantras, however, strongly insist upon the ultimate Reality of the Atman when it is equated with the essential

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Self, Atman, as Absolute Ego

2007-03-07 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:39 AM, Mr. Magoo wrote: I think VAj is a little

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Self, Atman, as Absolute Ego

2007-03-07 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: Interesting talk on Peace where the acceptance of Absolute Self (Atman) is an impediment to accepting our connection to the World. Absolute Self is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poor gullible morons at TM-Free Blog.............

2007-02-28 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, it is not the final word. When you get to the fully enlightened state you have to fight this guy. http://tinyurl.com/2w2zd5 then you are ready. OffWorld Quite good

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poor gullible morons at TM-Free Blog.............

2007-02-28 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The question is when on our journey do we confront the 'dweller on the threshold'? As soon as you start exercising/applying your spiritual will power, which is achieved thru regular meditation, but you must exercise

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poor gullible morons at TM-Free Blog.............

2007-02-28 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusos108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Conquering this 'foe' therefore is the first step in spiritual progress and is referred to as 'Yama'...or brahamacharya (celibacy) in Patanjali's eight limbs of Yoga. The question is when on our journey

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poor gullible morons at TM-Free Blog.............

2007-02-28 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So do you see Self realization as the end or the beginning of the journey? As MMY says, Self-Realization (CC) is the basis of God-Realization which culminates in Unity, Brahman. Self Realization is realization of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poor gullible morons at TM-Free Blog.............

2007-02-28 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think what nablusos108 is saying is that there is no need for will to be exercised once the arrow is pulled back through meditation. Nonsense..for any progress, either material or spiritual, spiritual will must be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poor gullible morons at TM-Free Blog.............

2007-02-28 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think we may be saying similar things. I am just saying it all unfolds naturally. There is no need to take ownership of the process. Even the free will you speak of is something that is expressed naturally in

[FairfieldLife] Poor gullible morons at TM-Free Blog.............

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
Fortunately for me, I kept an open mind and NEVER compromised my objectivity like these morons did! I've read most the great Masters from the East and the esoteric traditions from the West. Been meditating now for almost 39 years, (started at 16) I experienced the bliss MMY and all the Yogis talk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poor gullible morons at TM-Free Blog.............

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, taskcentered [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Dear Mr. Magoo, It's unfortunate, but you prove by your hostility exactly what so many have said before, that for many TM simply does not lead to spirituality as understood in Christianity, Judaism, Islam

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although I believe that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has used deceptive means to spread the teaching of transcendental meditation, I am confident that his motives have been well intended. Although I have voiced criticism of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Poor gullible morons at TM-Free Blog.............

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alright Magoo, we have your potting shed surrounded. Come out with your hands up. We know you're in there, don't make us have to kick this potting shed door down. I swear to God, it wasn't me, it was that nasty

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: Although I believe that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has used deceptive means to spread the teaching of transcendental meditation, I am confident

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quotes from the characters created by playrights are often wrongly attributed to the writer himself/herself. Although the question and answer was intended to be provocative it was not intended serve as a guide to my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Though Paul certainly has no need for outside support, I feel compelled to respond to this thread and offer mine. What is so disappointing in following this particular thread is that, despite Paul's attempt to clarify

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita = Balance

2007-02-26 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: amarnath wrote: i feel what America needs right now is a 1,000 Gandhis, Maybe what America needs right now are 2,000 Arjunas. In my opinion, we don't need any more pacifistic Gandhis right now. Because of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita = Balance

2007-02-26 Thread Mr. Magoo
many beautiful Awakened teachers; if you want, find one without a personal agenda, someone who wants nothing, expects nothing from you; but is willing to give of himself freely. om santi, anatol --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Ghandi was not a Pacifist! /was: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries...

2007-02-26 Thread Mr. Magoo
. This is my 2cents, my opinion. Your opinion may be different. Om santi, anatol PS ~ from below ...make no mistake about it, God knows what is good and what is evil!! my comment: do you? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita = Balance=Gandhi

2007-02-26 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip A good question. Such declarations always remind me of the great quote by Gordon Charrick: You know you've created God in your own image when he hates the exact same people that you do. Hathought you had me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Never cut TM program

2007-02-26 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffia1120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: Never cut your program. For every little section you take out of your program, you take out an equal amount out of your happiness and success

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita = Balance

2007-02-26 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This could be used as a justification for suicide bombers to blow themselves up, seeking to banish the evil of the soldiers occupying their land. Of course it could.doesn't mean they won't be held

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ghandi was not a Pacifist! /was: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries...

2007-02-26 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: Amar-Ghandi was NOT a pacifist! According to Yogananda who knew him personally he (Ghandi) maintained it is better to resist with physical force than

[FairfieldLife] Righteous and unrighteousness wars......Swami Yogananda.

2007-02-26 Thread Mr. Magoo
Though force in itself is an evil, when employed against a greater evil, the lesser of the two evils becomes in this world of relativity an act of righteousness. But this is not a free license to resort to force or retaliation. For example, there is a great difference between a righteous and an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ghandi was not a Pacifist! /was: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries...

2007-02-26 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: Amar-Ghandi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita

2007-02-25 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. Magoo wrote: But you must remember MMY's Gita was never meant to be the final word on the subject.read the disclaimer in the introduction!! Billy - Yogananda teaches a meditation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita

2007-02-25 Thread Mr. Magoo
quantity increased, (hence you see a dope like me 38 years and still meditating) but now I practice ALL eight limbs of Maharishi Patanjali's Yoga, do you? And yes, I'm beginning to make progress, real progress!!! snip Mr. Magoo says, Thanks...but, what's your alternative, now that you've bailed on TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Santa Rosa Program Update

2007-02-24 Thread Mr. Magoo
Ha, ha, ha..that is the funniest post I've ever seen, liberalism in action! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only in California Update on Center Events still on Hold Santa Rosa Maharishi Enlightenment Center 2425 Cleveland

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita

2007-02-24 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well lots of folks dipping a toe in my waters. snip Thanks...but, what's your alternative, now that you've bailed on TM?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Best snowboarding video ever

2007-02-23 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from another website: http://tinyurl.com/36sd2k Amazing...and, how he overcame doubt and fear, the two great enemies holding man back from his innate infinite potential. And *faith* shall move mountains.WOW!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita

2007-02-23 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip Then I read Maharishi's Gita for the last time -- this was years ago now -- and I found that Maharishi's use of language was intolerably fuzzy. He didn't use the words consciousness, witness, self, being, spiritual,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yogananda on contacting your guru after he has died

2007-02-23 Thread Mr. Magoo
practice the faith s/he was born into. jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Feb 22, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Mr. Magoo wrote: A friend of mine does this toohe keeps a picture of Guru Dev

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita

2007-02-23 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Then I read Maharishi's Gita for the last time -- this was years ago now -- and I found that Maharishi's use of language was intolerably fuzzy. He didn't use the words consciousness, witness, self, being,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Gita Commentaries compared to Advaita

2007-02-23 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any distinction between these states of consciousness is ultimately an illusion. ...and apparently one you don't get!

[FairfieldLife] MMY's Gita merely a cursory translation surrounding Ch2vs45......

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
If you really want to read the Bhagavad Gita with it's Religious/Spiritual context still in tact read Swami Yogananda's two volumn set, an ambitious project but a remarkable translation! If you think you've read the Gita because you've read MMY's, think again. MMY doesn't even begin to unfold the

[FairfieldLife] Transcendental meditation (dhyana) is true Religion....

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
If MMY had come to the west teaching all of Patanjali's *eight* limbs of Yoga, TM would have never gained the popularity it did! MMY sought to 'seduce' the west by giving them a taste of the simplest form of their own awareness, and teach one limb of yoga, TM, as a science! It almost

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Gita merely a cursory translation surrounding Ch2vs45......

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: If you really want to read the Bhagavad Gita with it's Religious/Spiritual context still in tact read Swami Yogananda's two volumn set, an ambitious

[FairfieldLife] Esoteric meaning of 'Kurukshetra' in Gita allegory...

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
(Kuru, from the Sanskrit root kri=work, material action and ksetra= field). This field of action is the human body with its physical, mental and soul faculties, the field (kurukshetra) on which all activities of one's life take place. Gita/Yogananda's

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Gita merely a cursory translation surrounding Ch2vs45......

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: If you really want to read the Bhagavad Gita with it's Religious/Spiritual

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Gita merely a cursory translation surrounding Ch2vs45......

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusos108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip... Maharishi once said; Before this Knowledge (TM) was made available, Yoganandas teaching was the most effective. You know Yogananda, huh ? There was a soft glow of love and respect in the way Maharishi spoke

[FairfieldLife] A good illustration of the dramatic difference between the two Gita's...

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
From Yogananda's Gita: (Kuru, from the Sanskrit root kri=work, material action and ksetra= field). This field of action is the human body with its physical, mental and soul faculties, the field (kurukshetra) on which all activities of one's life take place. Gita/Yogananda's From Maharishi's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yogananda on contacting your guru after he has died

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
Nice...but MMY is NOT a guru! But then maybe you know that, MMY had a Guru, but alas WE do not have a guru, but may want one some day when the time is right!! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In chapter 4, verse 34, in the second to last paragraph

[FairfieldLife] Re: A good illustration of the dramatic difference between the two Gita's...

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: From Yogananda's Gita: (Kuru, from the Sanskrit root kri=work, material action and ksetra= field). This field of action is the human body with its

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yogananda on contacting your guru after he has died

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I had my experiences with Brahmananda Saraswati in mind when I posted this. A friend of mine does this toohe keeps a picture of Guru Dev in front of him and sometimes asks it questions, (he may even pray to

[FairfieldLife] Re: A good illustration of the dramatic difference between the two Gita's...

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip That's interesting. Yeah, kuru certainly is a form from the root kR, but like bhava, it's the second person imperative singular form of that verb, as in: yogasthaH kuru karmaaNi IMO, interpreting kuru in

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Gita merely a cursory translation surrounding Ch2vs45......

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 22, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Mr. Magoo wrote: If you really want to read the Bhagavad Gita with it's Religious/Spiritual context still in tact read Swami Yogananda's two volumn set, an ambitious project

[FairfieldLife] Re: A good illustration of the dramatic difference between the two Gita's...

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you not read what I wrote? Yeah...and don't take my word for it, it was just a teaser, so to speak, see for yourself. In the first place, what you quoted is from the two guys' *commentaries*, not their

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Gita merely a cursory translation surrounding Ch2vs45......

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Yogananda's Gita, you must remember was not published until 1995, MMY had not even read it or was aware of it. MMY's came out in 1967! Although I like your quote from MMY about Yogananda. In English it was not

[FairfieldLife] Re: A good illustration of the dramatic difference between the two Gita's...

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: snip I think the post speaks for itself Judy, that type of translation difference is prevalent 'throughout' the books, one is *esoteric* and the other

[FairfieldLife] Re: A good illustration of the dramatic difference between the two Gita's...

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Guffaw. MMY's translation is dry. The commentary isn't. Did you mean to refer to the commentary? After you read Yogananda's Gita I think you will agree there in no comparison, Yogananda's is clearly superior,(in

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's Gita merely a cursory translation surrounding Ch2vs45......

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusos108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Maharishis commentaries to the 18 chapters are there, done. The next 12 chapters will be published when the time is ripe. Charlie use to read from the advanced chapters that were NEVER published..that is

[FairfieldLife] Re: A good illustration of the dramatic difference between the two Gita's...

2007-02-22 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusos108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: Truly an inspired effort which makes MMY's tedious, I'm sorry; your agenda is but tedious. You are not reading Maharishis BG, probably because your

[FairfieldLife] To suggest TM is not a Religion is ridiculous ignorance on your part!

2007-02-19 Thread Mr. Magoo
Not only is TM a part of the eternal Religion of the Vedas (Sanatana Dharma) but is only, I repeat, only ONE limb (dhyana) of Patanjali's *eight* limbs of Yoga. The fact that TM is *marketed* as not being a Religion is one thing, (MMY said you can teach TM in whatever form you wish), but to deny

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Fairfield is all bliss

2007-02-19 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Police and Sheriff Reports 2/19/07 From the weekend police log: Yuriy Chernenko, 29, of Fairfield reported theft in the fifth degree at the MUM building 140, room 322. Sergiy Gudoshyn

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Fairfield is all bliss

2007-02-19 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 19, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Mr. Magoo wrote: Doesn't mean TM doesn't work just that it's purported 'immeditate' benefits are exaggerated, such as transcending to pure TC And what does that stand for...toilet

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Fairfield is all bliss

2007-02-19 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this indicated by the theft, the violence, or both? Would other forms of wrong action indicate the level of Samadhi to which one had transcended or failed to transcend? So, you mean, you don't realize that Saints

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Fairfield is all bliss

2007-02-19 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 19, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Mr. Magoo wrote: Just goes to show that most TM'ers don't transcend to savikalpa samadhi, that takes time! My guess is that most don't even get to the first stage of withdrawal which

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Fairfield is all bliss

2007-02-19 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mr. Magoo Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:35 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Fairfield is all

[FairfieldLife] Re: What I Believe

2007-02-19 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: You have a gift Amigo, I can't stop laughing, where's Delia? All glory to Steve Martin, I am but an innocent loudspeaker. You lost me

[FairfieldLife] Re: What I Believe

2007-02-19 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: To suggest TM is not a Religion is ridiculous ignorance!

2007-02-19 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Magoo wgm4u@ wrote: Not only is TM a part of the eternal Religion of the Vedas (Sanatana Dharma) but is only, I repeat, only ONE limb (dhyana) of Patanjali's *eight* limbs

[FairfieldLife] Re: Burning Incense Releases Cancer-Causing Chemicals

2007-02-04 Thread Mr. Magoo
Nice postI've always kinda wondered about it. I have been burning some Japanese incense with 'less' smoke called 'morning star', kind of a different vibration but still very good quality. BillyG. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: News articles on

[FairfieldLife] Re: The chakras and Aum mentioned in the Bible...

2007-01-25 Thread Mr. Magoo
Revelation 3:14 ...these things saith the 'Amen', the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rama krishna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello ! i read this message (from mdixon dt.Wed Jan 24, 2007 ) wherein it was stated that aum

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT WILL FAIRFIELD IOWA LOOK LIKE BY THE END OF 2007?

2007-01-24 Thread Mr. Magoo
Indeed, time will tell if its destined to be or a house of cards --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have a dome in Fairfield, Iowa. I don't understand some of the reaction from the original comments I made regarding dome policies. Doing the ME in

[FairfieldLife] The chakras and Aum mentioned in the Bible...

2007-01-24 Thread Mr. Magoo
Revelation 1:10 I was in the spirit (meditation) on the Lords day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. Aummm. Revelation 1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me, I saw seven golden candlesticks Revelation 1:16 And 'he' had in his right hand seven stars,