[FairfieldLife] Re: Design Competition for TM Logo

2012-07-07 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --

[FairfieldLife] Re: Design Competition for TM Logo

2012-07-07 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > -- In FairfieldLife@ya

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kundalini experience means nothing whatsoever

2012-07-07 Thread iranitea
I like Tirunvannamalai better that Pondy, but there is something at Aurobindos Samadhi I don't find at Ramanas. Maybe its just different strokes for different people. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In Fairf

[FairfieldLife] Re: Design Competition for TM Logo

2012-07-07 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin wrote: > > > > Design Competition for TM Logo and Favicon Date limit 16 July 2012 > > > > These are the specific directions are that our icon and logo should > reflect: > > > > * It should ha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kundalini experience means nothing whatsoever

2012-07-06 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > > > > > > Why kundalini shakti

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kundalini experience means nothing whatsoever

2012-07-06 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > > > > Why kundalini shakti experiences mean nothing at all about > > > awakening/enlightenment. > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Sutrabhashyakritau vande (was Re: The Stagirite Beats Up on The Veda and SCI)

2012-07-04 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > Dear Iranitea, > > I am going to ask you a question which mystically defeats me, iranitea. ?? mystically defeats > What is the rationale, the strategy, the motive behind your having so > selectiv

[FairfieldLife] Re: Relationships: "master-disciple" or "guru-groupie?"

2012-07-04 Thread iranitea
appeal to majority) it just calls you to be aware of your mind-states. I think what would distinguish mindfulness from other practices, is to look at your mind in a more or less objective way. > > From: iranitea > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.c

[FairfieldLife] Sutrabhashyakritau vande (was Re: The Stagirite Beats Up on The Veda and SCI)

2012-07-04 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > Well, Shankaram Shankacharyam Keshavam Badarayanam > Sutrabhashyakritau vande Bhagavantau punah punah > > Dear Iranitea, > > I well remember that singing the Sanskrit that Maharishi taught us

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Robo boy and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi...'

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > > Why would anyone have any kind of feeling... > Other than 'Pure Thankfulness' for someone who... > Brought them to 'Enlightenment'... > > One thing you could observe about Maharishi... > Was his total love for his teacher... > Swami Brah

[FairfieldLife] Re: Relationships: "master-disciple" or "guru-groupie?"

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > It is true, that there is also an element of positive thinking > > ingrained in the TM instructions, Share would be a good example >

[FairfieldLife] Sutrabhashyakritau vande (was Re: The Stagirite Beats Up on The Veda and SCI)

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Relationships: "master-disciple" or "guru-groupie?"

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > > > I agree that selfless serv

[FairfieldLife] Sutrabhashyakritau vande (was Re: The Stagirite Beats Up on The Veda and SCI)

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, &q

[FairfieldLife] Re: Relationships: "master-disciple" or "guru-groupie?"

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > I doubt anyone familiar with Barry's posts here is > terribly impressed by his promotion of mindfulness > to control afflictive emotions, since it's so > obviously utterly ineffective where he's concerned. Good one Judy! Now you have

[FairfieldLife] Sutrabhashyakritau vande (was Re: The Stagirite Beats Up on The Veda and SCI)

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > >> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "em

[FairfieldLife] Sutrabhashyakritau vande (was Re: The Stagirite Beats Up on The Veda and SCI)

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > Jason> > > > The only place to begin is at the beginning - with Shankara's> > commentaries on the original Upanishads. He does not discuss attaining> > some kind of Unity Co

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
el joyful during yogic flying but must admit, not THAT > joyful.  At least, not yet (-: > > OTOH, I'd much rather feel THAT joyful with my loving, beloved guy, if you > know what I mean. > Sure. > > ____ > From: iranitea > To: Fairf

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" wrote: > > Share Long please say more about your statement, "I LOVE yogic flying. It's > my favorite part of program." > > Why is this so? How does the flying sutra make you feel? > Maybe here is the explanation: http://tinyurl.com/7uq6o2j Th

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Stagirite Beats Up on The Veda and SCI

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > > > > That's it Jason! There is no unity but a satanic one. It's only a > > "demonic unity" offered to us by the fallen angels posing as "false > > gods". They try to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Stagirite Beats Up on The Veda and SCI

2012-07-03 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" wrote: > > > > > You like Belafonte? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzK3FBRczRo > > Banana boat and rum song. NO > --- "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > Hey, Em. How was the beach? Meet any cabana boys? > > http://youtu.be/c5QfXjsoNe4 > > NO

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2012-06-30 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > Yogic Flying can be fun, but beware of the trap a friend of mine fell into, > where, if he didn't have enough time to do full program, he put Yogic Flying > ahead of TM practice... > > He eventually ended up joining ISKON. > > > L

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2012-06-30 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2012-06-30 Thread iranitea
ut above and beyond all that, what comes across > > in person is a full heartedness that is even more touching given the > > responsibility he has been willing to take on. > > > > And for all his being called Maharaj, etc., to me he seems to take himself > > very

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2012-06-29 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > I LOVE Dr. Nader.  I don'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2012-06-29 Thread iranitea
't already know. It is boring. ____ > From: iranitea > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 3:44 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmananda Saraswati passes on his Jiva to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2012-06-29 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > The true story from someone who was at the deathbed of Guru Dev: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdoEduxgRsY > > > > > An elderly man talking about an event f

[FairfieldLife] "Maharishisez" (was Re: TV review: "The Newsroom")

2012-06-29 Thread iranitea
t; Curiosity satisfied? (-: Yes, thank you > Share > Actually Share, I made one mistake, instead of junk read chunk. This comes when you are not a native English speaker, and there might be people taking advantage of this. And of course, what I write was mostly tongue in check. ;-) Have a n

[FairfieldLife] "Maharishisez" (was Re: TV review: "The Newsroom")

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 06/28/2012 04:58 PM, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > >> As for flooding the forum, seems to me that can be done with even just

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sam Harris Book

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > > > Where TF do these things come from? They seem > > > to originate with people who use email -- > > > possibly of a certain type -- to respond to > > > FFL posts... > > > > Alex Stanley: > > The header of Share's

[FairfieldLife] "Maharishisez" (was Re: TV review: "The Newsroom")

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > As for flooding the forum, seems to me that can be done with even just ONE > post. Share, I must admit that this sentence keeps me thinking. How do you do this, flood the forum with one post? I think quite a few here would be intere

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Revolt on Heavenly Mountain

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > Well, Mother Meera came to Fairfield (FF) at least twice (that I can > > remember). > > Right. And these "saints" just love the energy in Fairfield. Quess who

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Nora ques to Barry

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey wrote: > > > > This is getting creepy. > > > > Really really creepy. > > Thanks for noticing. > > What I find heartening is that this week, possibly > as a result of my "modest proposal,"

[FairfieldLife] "Maharishisez" (was Re: TV review: "The Newsroom")

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > Evidently the other way aroun

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Revolt on Heavenly Mountain

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Revolt on Heavenly Mountain

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Revolt on Heavenly Mountain

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > Heavenly Mountain meditators tell the TM.org to butt-out. > > > > Word on the street here, A notice was recently put up in the TM meditation > > hall > > in Boon

[FairfieldLife] "Maharishisez" (was Re: TV review: "The Newsroom")

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
Thursday, June 28, 2012 6:26 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] "Maharishisez" (was Re: TV review: "The Newsroom") > > >   > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoo

[FairfieldLife] "Maharishisez" (was Re: TV review: "The Newsroom")

2012-06-28 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long > wrote: > > > > Ok, Barry, you made me laugh. And that's good enough for me. > It was the bit about TM quotes being tossed like grenades. God > knows why that tick

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread iranitea
lready know who is > > > who.  This seems to be based on the past and thus a contradiction.  > > > > > > > --- iranitea wrote: > > > > This short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEnaEMMAO_s can be seen as > > a metaphor for FFL, about a group

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > It's very simple. I suggest it as an alternative to the > > same old same old, which many of us *claim* to be tired of: > > > > Treat that which is interesting w

[FairfieldLife] How is your relationship to thought.

2012-06-21 Thread iranitea
What comes to my mind, seeing all the stories being perpetuated here, is the relationship to thought. Buddhism says: "One thought contains three thousand worlds". Some people here allegedly transcend regularly. So, if you transcend thought, would you then leave meditation with the same set of

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > You suggest that we ignore the past, which is admirable but mostly > impossible.  But then at the end you say that we already know who is who.  > This seems to be based on the past and thus a contradiction.  > This short video ht

[FairfieldLife] Re: My TM mantra dilemna--- help requested...

2012-06-21 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > Short beejs like the first technique work because they are > short and about anyone can give them. The longer ones, even though > easily learned, require a jump start by a teacher who knows how to do > that. In fact MMY started out t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" wrote: > IraniTea, look what he has written below. I think he > sub-consciously suppressed these feelings while he was with > Maharishi all these years and they are popping out now. > > > > --- maskedzebra no_re

[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL -- An Orgy Of Self Importance

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > Robin: This is a remarkable thought. And I believe there really is something > in it. Barry: I'm a nice guy. Where did I go wrong? I need you. Now let me > say a few words here. > > Renaldo drove it in even deeper. > > Letterma

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > It is very well known that all of RC's post have only one topic: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvDHwVM-PJI > > Now, that could be the reason. > > See what I mean about falsehoods? Yep. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fair

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > The question is whether iranitea feels he, iranitea, is > responsible for his own bad behavior on FFL. Since he's > one of Barry's groupies, and Barry, as we all know, takes > no responsibility w

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > The point is he wanted MMY to certify his 'enlightened > > > > state'. > > > > > > Right. And so...? > > > > That's the whole point. I think

[FairfieldLife] Master-Disciple or Rock Star-Groupie? (was Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...)

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > One day the rock star happened to say to the groupie > > > in passing, "Wow, dude...you're the m

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > With all due respect, I see any attempt to blame bad > behavior and bad decisions on "entities" or the "Dark > Side" or "astral beings" or being "possessed" as just > the person in question being unwilling to take respon- > sibility fo

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > [...] > > > > Point being, whatever MMY actually thought, he never > > gave Robin any reason to believe MMY didn't support him > > fully--until the MIU court case and th

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" babajii_99@ wrote: > > > > One of the 'Downfalls' of the path to Enlightenment... > > Is that the ego, in it's last desperate attempt to rem

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > > One of the 'Downfalls' of the path to Enlightenment... > Is that the ego, in it's last desperate attempt to remain control, gets > completely out of hand, and the individual can fall to the 'Dark Side' > attacking others, and bringing a l

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...

2012-06-20 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > > > > > > One of the 'Downfalls' of the path to Enlightenment... > > Is that the ego, in it's last desperate attempt to remain control, gets > > completely out of hand,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Wisdom of Chopra...

2012-06-18 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > I think it may also be time for a reminder to readers > that, given their TM-critic agenda, one would think > Vaj and Barry and iranitea would heartily *approve* of > Robin, since he's the most radically

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-18 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > Robin, the very moment you start to DEFEND your own > > enlightenment, there is already something wrong. > > I didn't read any of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-18 Thread iranitea
Robin, the very moment you start to DEFEND your own enlightenment, there is already something wrong. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > Dear Lawson, > > Just one thing you should know: By definition Unity Consciousness means the > individual intention for one's a

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is the dumbest, most samskaric job ever?

2012-06-18 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > It seems to me (especially skimming over the FFL posts > for the last few days) that it's the job of "apologist." > > Once one has set oneself (and one's self) up to perform > that task, it's almost possible to ever "quit" and take >

[FairfieldLife] Re: There is no such thing as "Enlightenment"

2012-06-18 Thread iranitea
lished the gita as a book of authority, everybody else started to comment on it after him. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > IIRC Shankara did not use the word Advaita for his philosophy, rather > it would have been called Sankhya at the time. Please al

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-17 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > I *like* this new, more saloon-like ambiance of spirituality. > > There is a Been-There-Done-That-ed-ness about it that I find > > also contains balance, and a greater sen

[FairfieldLife] Re: My TM mantra dilemna--- help requested...

2012-06-17 Thread iranitea
Dear Stevef, first I want to congratulate you, you have come to the right place, here on this forum FFL, many experienced TM teachers hang out, many EX-teachers, and also many would be teachers are here, who are still faithfully practicing. So, help is sure to reach you. I will comment further

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL - mahavakyas

2012-06-17 Thread iranitea
the Mahavakyas confirm the identity between individual soul, atma, and Brahman. > My guess is that their power stems from the shaktipat of the Master as well > as from their own inherent high vibe. > Sure, they have to be taught by the guru at the right moment, when the disciple is read

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-17 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" wrote: > > > > > > Judy, you do at times have the tendency to go off on a > > tangent. > > > > The point is in the begining MMY didn't consider siddhis as > > important. Then for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-17 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" > > wrote: > > > > > > Whatever, I remember the lectures and can't help noticing > > > it all came to nought. > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-17 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" wrote: > > Face it Robin, you were *never* enlightened in the first > > place. > > Bingo! The conclusion is therefore: not the Maharishi was deceiv

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-17 Thread iranitea
usly or inadvertently, argues, propounds, > > opines in a context of personal cynicism, reactiveness, coldness, > > hostility, and cruelty, then I can't help it; I feel the universe > > disapproving of this, registering its sorrow that someone could believe > > they were

[FairfieldLife] The Unconscious exists study says

2012-06-17 Thread iranitea
Freud's Theory of Unconscious Conflict Linked to Anxiety Symptoms ScienceDaily (June 16, 2012) — A link between unconscious conflicts and conscious anxiety disorder symptoms have been shown, lending empirical support to psychoanalysis. An experiment that Sigmund Freud could never have imagined

[FairfieldLife] Re: A must book for sidhas?

2012-06-16 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=0415391156 > Looks like a great book.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" wrote: > > > > > > > > > Barry dosen't understand that Emily has true love and > > > concern

[FairfieldLife] Re: There is no such thing as "Enlightenment"

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > Where I am coming from, where I just spend the last 3 month,

[FairfieldLife] Re: There is no such thing as "Enlightenment"

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > emptybill: > > What is Advaita? > > > What is Yoga? > > Both Sankhya and Yoga are concerned with the two > principles: Purusha and prakriti. Prakriti is > composed of the 32 tattwas which are maintained > by the th

[FairfieldLife] Re: There is no such thing as "Enlightenment"

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > Where I am coming from, where I just spend the last 3 month, buses have sign-boards saying: Nagarjuna, there is a popular cement brand called Nagarjuna as well, I used to have philosophical discussions with my friend, walking on the str

[FairfieldLife] Re: There is no such thing as "Enlightenment"

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > emptybill: > > It gives an accurate account of Shankara's central > > teaching points and demonstrates the divergence > > between Shankara's original advaita and the yogic > > advaita that appeared after the fourteen

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
spoke the > > truth in both of her e-mails addressed to Mr Wright who is > > an intelligent and interesting person, by the way. > > > > > --- "Jason" wrote: > > > > > > > > > Robin, please note that Barry hates attention. You

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Robin - Down to Zero

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
day.../ [She'll] > keep [her] mind and play. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > Emily, I always think of this song, when I see your name here, you probably > > know it: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch

[FairfieldLife] Re: For Robin - Down to Zero

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
Emily, I always think of this song, when I see your name here, you probably know it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLQiFlgSVYs --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brp8Va8XVQw&feature=fvwrel > > > Dear Robin,  > > Such a great joy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > Bayern Munich Yep, I tried to translate it into English > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
gt; > > > Vaj, has it never occurred to you that your own obsession > > > with TM and MMY could be described this way? > > > > > Come to think of it, MY own obsession with TM and MMY could > > be described this way... > > To my mind, the obsession with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-15 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > Beautiful stuff, Barry. A life well-lived. What happened to Orange in those > first two games? The orange was squeezed out. > Are they mourning there in Amsterdam? Arjen Robben seemed angry at being > replaced. Is there an 'at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking News: New Fence will Block Arunachala’s Inner Path.

2012-06-14 Thread iranitea
-to-this-blog/arunachala-and-the-inner-path/ > > Richard > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard" wrote: > > > > > > Arunachala's Inner Path is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking News: New Fence will Block Arunachala’s Inner Path.

2012-06-14 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard" wrote: > > Arunachala's Inner Path is a precious resource. This quiet path is used by > those who want the peace of Arunachala, which is not available on the road > route, and is used as a Pradakshina route by Westerners and Indians alike. A > n

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-14 Thread iranitea
Very well said, Vaj. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > The interesting thing about taking a test to look at our own various > `quirks', like the Myers-Briggs - of course the infamous "Minnesota" - the > MMPI - or the more recent DSM III/IV questionnaires, is that you realize

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-12 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-12 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-12 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > > > Now, try to judge for yourself: > > > http://www.al-is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-12 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Robin's posts weren't always easy to read, but if you > actually made the effort, they were exceptionally > meaty and perceptive. > A number of the smartest posters > on FFL were big fans of Robin, including raunchy and > feste a

[FairfieldLife] Tea Time

2012-06-12 Thread iranitea
People here are speaking of working in an Ammachis Ashram in India, how hard it would be. Incidentally, as it so happens, I also just came back working in India, not in Amma's Ashram though, but, hey it's not far apart, I meet people and work with them, who just came from Ammachi's Ashram working t

[FairfieldLife] Ekatva Bhavna

2012-06-12 Thread iranitea
Recently, when being abroad, I told a close friend that one of the clear distinct feelings I got when first entering the Sahasradala Chakra was that of a profound aloneness. My friend said there is a term for this in Jainism, so I looked it up. What I'm referring to here is specific to the crow

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-11 Thread iranitea
Barry, thanks for your kind and well meaning advice. I think you are right. I also enjoy, how you bring up spiritual topics here, like the ego and the wish to debate and win. Who else does it here? This is like a breeze of fresh air. And your articles are readable, not like the slaughterhouse th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-10 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > One thing I find off-putting past your decision to tea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-10 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > One thing I find off-putting past your decision to teach outside > > the purview of the TM is the fact that you don't practice what > > you teach. > > Not wishing to speak

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-10 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 06/10/2012 02:39 AM, iranitea wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > >> > >> > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > >>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-10 Thread iranitea
past overshadow the many interesting contributions you could make and > debates you could have. That won't be quite that easy, but I will keep it in mind. >  You have a lot to offer and it's nice to hear from you again. Thanks again. > > > __

[FairfieldLife] Re: S U P E R BLOG/ CLIP ON TM

2012-06-10 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" wrote: > (Judy:) > > And finally, to go back to the beginning, Ravi's > > "cranky behavor" and iranitea's claim that my > > expressing doubt about his notion of the TMO > > increasing the number of mantras so as to "obscure > > and deceive" the publi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-10 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > Thank you even Nabby, be assured, that the first thing I said to my > > initiates, is that they are prohibited from taking any of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL -

2012-06-10 Thread iranitea
compound until Maharishis funeral in 2008. (With the exception of historic MMY building, not even owned by the TM anymore in India) > Someone on this forum said Hagelin wanted TM to be made > available cheap, but MMY overruled him on it? I have no idea. > --- iranitea wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: S U P E R BLOG/ CLIP ON TM

2012-06-10 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" wrote: > > > > This is interesting. You actually justified Ravi's > > cranky behaviour as 'crazy wisdom' and 'holy madness'. > > I did no such thing. Yes you did. > Man, can't anybo

[FairfieldLife] Re: S U P E R BLOG/ CLIP ON TM

2012-06-10 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > > > So Willy why haven't we gotten this information > > > from the TMorg? > > > > Vaj: > > > > Because Willy is distorting the Transcendental > > Meditation tradition by making up fantasies. > > > You are mistaken: t

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