[FairfieldLife] Does Enlightenment exist as an absolute?

2009-07-26 Thread davidpalmer108
Does anyone have any thoughts or knowledge on this point? It sometimes bothers me that there might, in reality, never be an end to our evolutionary path. Maharishi himself said in late 2005 something like; we swim and swim, but never quite reach the goal, because it is infinite, but we can get

[FairfieldLife] Re: Can Machines Develop Consciousness?

2009-07-26 Thread davidpalmer108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: To All: Machines can play chess, and compute equations in nanoseconds. But at the present state of technology, it can't think and understand the meaning of, I think, therefore I am. But scientists are worried, nonetheless of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enjoy the Rose! - Indifference tothe thorns is Bliss! - or clouds dissolve

2009-07-20 Thread davidpalmer108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandp...@... wrote: David, Well, Guru Dev speaks of thorns as a means to distinguish the Acacia from the Mango, and he refers to the practice of spreading thorns to keep away monkeys from crops. Further, he uses the Hindi word for

[FairfieldLife] The Source Of Rising Consciousness is up TurqB's Ass!

2009-07-20 Thread davidpalmer108
We can all see that world consciousness is rising, but from whence? Maharishi said he tried to locate this source of the rise of world consciousness, and concluded that it was coming from everywhere at once. It must be obvious to those within, without, and on the fringe of the TM organization

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enjoy the Rose! - Indifference tothe thorns is Bliss!

2009-07-19 Thread davidpalmer108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, David Palmer davidpalmer108@ wrote: Yoga Sutras says that the Kleshas (mental thorns, obstacles to experience of aatmaa) are removed by effort and indifference, or application and non

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello from the UK

2009-07-18 Thread davidpalmer108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, davidpalmer108 davidpalmer108@ wrote: Someone was recently suggesting that transcending occurs through boredom. This is, of course, true - one is bored of more gross

[FairfieldLife] Enjoy the Rose! - Indifference tothe thorns is Bliss!

2009-07-17 Thread davidpalmer108
Thanks for your very friendly and encouraging responses to my first post. Someone said Ignorance is Bliss, and it is such a beautiful point that he made that I must elaborate on it.(Everyone is the Guru deep down, and it is locating His message, reflected in the speech of this or that nervous

[FairfieldLife] Hello from the UK

2009-07-15 Thread davidpalmer108
I came across your group by chance the other day, and have been trying to catch up with your insane banter ever since. How you treated that poor lady who thanked you for letting her join was quite scandalous, but I guess one must expect a tough initiation from a group like yours. Someone was