[FairfieldLife] Re: Faith and Facebook: The Spiritual Pitfalls of an Online Existence

2011-03-01 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Flatley untilbeyond@... wrote: We've never seen an addiction this popular, or this addictive ever. People are sleeping with their device, and responding to shit in the middle of the night. It's more pervasive with the 15-25 year-olds. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

2011-02-27 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@... wrote: Well put. It isn't, and never was, a situation that could simply be labeled good or bad'. I still do TM in the morning, love it and thank MMY for it. Me, too. But I find some of the things he did...some known by many and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Groups As Immunization From Self-Analysis

2011-02-27 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: As Bhairitu has pointed out, I tend to think of weird shit while out walking. He doesn't, having immunized himself against it by jacking in to music. Me, I really *like* the free flow of thoughts that runs through my head

[FairfieldLife] Re: Groups As Immunization From Self-Analysis

2011-02-27 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: snip You've hinted (if I remember correctly) several times here about studies that indicate that there is a detectable time lag between the moment in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

2011-02-27 Thread wayback71
named her) to get this rolling. The file is called FFL Pets in the Files section. I will do this soon. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@ wrote: Well put. It isn't, and never was, a situation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Questions for Vaj

2011-02-27 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@... wrote: Thanks Steve. I kind of come and go here depending on whether anything of interest to me is being discussed or not. For quite some time, I threw insults here with the best (or worst) of them. Last year, at some point

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it be so bad if Maharishi was just a guy?

2011-02-27 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@ wrote: Yes, there's more. Yikes. That is something to look forward

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jacked In

2011-02-25 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: Sounds like a great walk - I enjoy popping in the headphones for a walk in the fog, or anywhere - building soundtracks for life is what I call it. I'll have to give Bruce Cockburn another listen, too. I'll sometimes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Letter re guns

2011-02-22 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Any feedback on this before I submit it as a letter to the editor of the Fairfield Ledger?: J. Mike McConeghey's letter, Gun bans miss target, infringe on rights, starts by stating that we all have a God-given right and duty

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-16 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Feb 15, 2011, at 4:53 PM, wayback71 wrote: I was completely

[FairfieldLife] Re: The TM Learning Process, or The Road To Fundamentalism

2011-02-16 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote: turquoiseb: [ Caveat: What follows is my opinion, and in fact my considered opinion, arrived at after decades of being part of the TMO from the inside and observing it and its members from the outside... So, you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-16 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Feb 16, 2011, at 8:33 AM, wayback71 wrote: I am still on their e-mailing list, but haven't visited the TM center since the mid-90's, having lost my appetite for any sort of dedicated spiritual activity

[FairfieldLife] Re: The three gunas idea, expressed in pseudocode

2011-02-15 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Feb 15, 2011, at 10:31 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Just as a followup, and hopefully the last word on the subject from my side, I want to try to clarify why I got involved in the recent discussion here. It was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-15 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Feb 15, 2011, at 7:25 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: Same reason I had less and less to do with the TMO over the years - I saw established arrogance and corruption. The last TM course I went on was that big Washington

[FairfieldLife] Re: ObamaBudget: War on the Poor

2011-02-15 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote: I hope all you whiners that think people are lazy find yourselves laid off or YOUR pensions cut. Have you thought this through, because none of what you said is even being considered by your elected leaders to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-15 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Feb 15, 2011, at 4:53 PM, wayback71 wrote: I was completely bummed - not what I wanted or expected, or had paid for. There was no explanation of what happened to my reservation or why, though even

[FairfieldLife] Re: ObamaBudget: War on the Poor

2011-02-15 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote: I hope all you whiners that think people are lazy find yourselves laid off or YOUR pensions cut. Have you thought this through, because none

[FairfieldLife] Re: Big Daddy In The Sky and his enlightened helpers

2011-02-14 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@ wrote: Which brings me back to the need (for me anyway) to rely on the brain I have to judge whether or not something is right or wrong or some shade in between.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Big Daddy In The Sky and his enlightened helpers

2011-02-14 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@ wrote: Where is Curtis? I really miss his presence here! Perhaps if you pray hard enough, he will return. Terrific! Post of the week.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
Doug, can you clearly and simply explain what exactly you are hearing from people in Ffld and what you yourself are experiencing? Also, have the TMO powers remarked on this? I am sure other organizations are going to want to take credit for changes in Egypt (once we are sure it is going

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 no_reply@... wrote: No need to fly in with Mission Accomplished banner. Been there, done that, got the program blankie. Sat Yuga began on Guru Purnima 2005. There was a parade; there were elephants; there were bagpipes and the

[FairfieldLife] Re: NAMAH OR NAMAHA

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marcio tmer1306@... wrote: what is yo mama? Street speak for , literally, Your Mother. Yo means your. It is an abbreviated insult about a street guy's mother. Instead of saying, I f'xxxed your mother the other night - you just say - yo mamma.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Blossoming of Pure Consciousness

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: A message to those who, mistakingly, think that Maharishi's Global Movement is on the decline. Enjoy ! http://www.globalcountrycourses.com/events/spring2011/Announcement.html#\ p1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Blossoming of Pure Consciousness

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: A message to those who, mistakingly, think that Maharishi's Global Movement

[FairfieldLife] Re: Blossoming of Pure Consciousness

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: A message to those who, mistakingly, think that Maharishi's Global Movement is on the decline. Enjoy ! http://www.globalcountrycourses.com/events

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
of the impurity of the people there. So many to blame, so few willing to accept it. I don't knowit all gets so complicated :) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: Doug, can you clearly and simply explain what exactly you are hearing from people in Ffld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:03 PM, feste37 wrote: Of course, having said that, Mahesh did admire some of the most evil people. That's a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Blossoming of Pure Consciousness

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote: snip I don't think I could tolerate the lingo, they might pull out Larry Domash on me again

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:03 PM, feste37 wrote: Of course, having said that, Mahesh did admire some of the most evil people. That's a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: On Feb

[FairfieldLife] Re: Absolute Silence

2011-02-13 Thread wayback71
better too than the magical thinking trap. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Crowds rejoice as Mubarak steps aside

2011-02-12 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 02/12/2011 12:04 PM, wayback71 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: On 02/11/2011 04:16 PM, Tom Pall wrote: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: On 02/11

[FairfieldLife] Does God exist? Or is that seizure? Or superstition?

2011-02-12 Thread wayback71
Book review in New York Times today of In the Valley of the Shadow by James Kugel. He is a Hebrew Bible scholar at Harvard, diagnosed with cancer some years ago, lived, and is now 61. His new book sounds interesting and he wonders if the recent books and ideas about disproving God and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Crowds rejoice as Mubarak steps aside

2011-02-12 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 02/11/2011 04:16 PM, Tom Pall wrote: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: On 02/11/2011 10:20 AM, merudanda wrote: But if detailed prognostication is foolish and presumptuous, some things

[FairfieldLife] Re: Crowds rejoice as Mubarak steps aside

2011-02-12 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 02/12/2011 12:04 PM, wayback71 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: On 02/11/2011 04:16 PM, Tom Pall wrote: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: On 02/11

[FairfieldLife] Re: Crowds rejoice as Mubarak steps aside

2011-02-12 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 02/12/2011 03:00 PM, wayback71 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: Gerald Celente predicts a total collapse and that we'll wind up with a simpler way of living with locally grown

[FairfieldLife] Re: How To Become A Successful Guru In America

2011-02-09 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: snip Plus, as much of a TB I might ever have been behind TM, it's good to be reminded that there are levels of denial and TB-dom that I never ventured

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Night To Remember, And Cherish

2011-02-09 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: This one is for wayback, whose questions got me to thinking about time spent with spiritual teachers, and what I thought of it, this many years on. In doing so, I uncovered many pleasant memories of time spent with

[FairfieldLife] Cult apologists (was Re: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology)

2011-02-09 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: --- On Wed, 2/9/11, metoostill metoostill@... wrote: From: metoostill metoostill@... Subject: [FairfieldLife] Cult apologists (was Re: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology) To:

[FairfieldLife] Re: How To Become A Successful Guru In America

2011-02-09 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: This is a very long interview, but worth the listen. You can also find this on Youtube in 10 minute bits. Jason Beghe is an actor who spent several decades in Scientology. There is something very raw, open and compelling

[FairfieldLife] Re: The status of Charlie Lutes

2011-02-06 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: --- On Sun, 2/6/11, cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: From: cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The status of Charlie Lutes To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date:

[FairfieldLife] Re: The status of Charlie Lutes

2011-02-06 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Feb 6, 2011, at 9:34 AM, wayback71 wrote: Obviously Blazing Balls of Brahman and the powerful darshan MMY had and the fine technique he taught trump behavior in the grand scheme of things, There is nothing

[FairfieldLife] Re: The status of Charlie Lutes

2011-02-06 Thread wayback71
, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: snip Yes, but it is really difficult to separate the Enlightened state from behavior for most people - especially those who were never around him to see that Blazing Ball. I had some incredible darshan and shifts into higher states in his presence but I still

[FairfieldLife] Re: Astrology is a science: Bombay HC

2011-02-03 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Feb 3, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Bhairitu wrote: suspect like Ayurveda there are a bunch soured people on FFL who didn't get the results they expected or even had an inexperienced jyotishi do their chart. It's a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lie To Me does The Social Network

2011-02-02 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote: Well, I guess we can tell from the responses below how many FFL informants saw the movie 'The Social Network'. LoL!!! turquoiseb: Unlike The Social Network, this TV episode is fiction, and able to make it

[FairfieldLife] Re: The worst films of the year thread :-)

2011-02-01 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Feb 1, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Bhairitu wrote: On 01/31/2011 02:43 PM, Vaj wrote: On Jan 31, 2011, at 7:04 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Your turn. What movies did you loathe this year? My problem is 1) I watch so many damn

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick has some competition.

2011-02-01 Thread wayback71
Rick, Some blond babes or studly young guys may up your viewer numbers. You could try for an article in Yoga Journal or an NPR piece, or New Yorker article. What about writing a book based on these interviews. You could organize it in many ways - even by tradition or background of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News vs. reality - Amsterdam

2011-01-30 Thread wayback71
O-Reilly and Fox News have hurt America's reputation in the world. They make us look like complete morons, which I think we might be. But they make us look even worse, and they encourage morons to be be more so. On another note somewhat related to Amsterdam, on NPR M. Hertzgaard, the author

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News vs. reality - Amsterdam

2011-01-30 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: O-Reilly and Fox News have hurt America's reputation in the world. They make us look like complete morons, which I think we might be. LOL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News vs. reality - Amsterdam

2011-01-30 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: O-Reilly and Fox News have hurt America's reputation in the world. They make us look like complete morons, which I think we might be. But they make us

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News vs. reality - Amsterdam

2011-01-30 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: It's one of the most multicultural environments -- and *gracefully

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News vs. reality - Amsterdam

2011-01-30 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: O-Reilly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News vs. reality - Amsterdam

2011-01-30 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: Saw and loved Good Night and Good Luck, too. The Kings Speech made me feel that same respect for the clear thinking and dignity and eloquent speech

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News vs. reality - Amsterdam

2011-01-30 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: Whoever wrote that speech did a fine job. Did you see the movie? I did see the movie. And I think the problem for me was that it came

[FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge to Nabby

2011-01-28 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@... wrote: Yes, I had a real champ for a surgeon, and this time the out of control flutter was completely taken care of. Another long ass procedure (5 hours including an ETT study) but, aside from feeling a bit sore, I have a new

[FairfieldLife] Grounds for dismissal (was Re: The Dome Numbers)

2011-01-18 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@... wrote: Most likely. And I probably went with a buddy or two down the short road to town. Can't say for sure about this since we're talking, what, 35+ years ago? I do remember that this was not in the depths of rounding, this was

[FairfieldLife] Re: PTSD: 18 veteran suicides/day, 50% reduction in symptoms in 4 wks thru TM

2011-01-18 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Jan 18, 2011, at 4:44 PM, shukra69 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:20 AM, Dick Mays wrote: Reduction of PTSD Symptoms in Veterans with

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2011-01-17 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@... wrote: Here's the quote: Tellingly, about 1/4 of the group thought it was hilarious. The rest were horrified and made it clear that this enlightenment business was NO laughing matter. I think that was probably the moment that the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Crazy Talk

2011-01-10 Thread wayback71
Good article. There are always people around with serious mental illness. But here in the USA they can get guns, and so can anyone who feels angry or irate or powerless. That is the real problem - easy access to guns. From what I recall reading, people with mental illness are much much more

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Wants to Fly on MUM Campus

2011-01-10 Thread wayback71
Are you kidding about this? The TMO deciders were going to allow this film to be shown on campus? Have they seen it? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: The film was going to be shown. Official posters were up in the Student Union. But it got cancelled,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anti-Immigrant Backlash -- the biggest problem of our time

2011-01-09 Thread wayback71
Barry, there is an excellent book by Ian Buruma, a Dutch/American author, called Murder in Amsterdam: the Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance. He wrote it about 6 years ago, but it is still entirely relevant and mentions all the Dutch politicians still working today and their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bogus E-Mail from Google ??

2011-01-09 Thread wayback71
I use gmail and have not received this. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: I just got the following note allegedly from Google Gmail. It sounds so utterly bogus. Did any other Gmail user get such a note? Dear Gmail User, Due to the congestion in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Congresswoman shot in Arizona

2011-01-08 Thread wayback71
Judy, Giffords is alive as per CNN a few minutes ago. She is out of surgery and the drs are optomistic that she will live. She is communicating, but they are not saying the extent of the injury and how much her brain has been affected (she was shot in the head). The media did think,

[FairfieldLife] Re: About Advanced Techniques fertilizers

2011-01-07 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: to Vaj: So, you paid thousands of dollars to the TMO to get common, everyday words found in any Hindi dictionary for free, and you spent years and years taking courses to learn how to sleep while sitting on your butt,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earl Kaplan: Maharishi's darkness, draining student's consciousness

2010-12-30 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: Don't mind me, I'm answering my own question from the higher Self: Avidya itself is a kundalini blockage seen from the dynamic perspective of prana/shakti. Any localization of consciousness created through pragya-parad

[FairfieldLife] Re: Polar bears vs. the BBC

2010-12-30 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: BBC documentary filmmakers craftily send disguised robot cameras to observe polar bears, but the bears' curiosity makes hash of them. Very funny:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earl Kaplan: The Matrix and Maharishi Occult Powers to siphon off energy

2010-12-29 Thread wayback71
Hope all goes well.Looking forward to your posts again soon. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote: Sorry to sound so cagey about time. I'm awaiting heart surgery to correct an electrical problem caused by open heart (really open like out of my body on a plate)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heavenly Mountain is for sale to Mother Vi

2010-12-28 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.p...@... wrote: On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Buck dhamiltony...@... wrote: How many women are on Mother Divine anymore? Go out and count 'em. The few that are left, are they not okay up in Vedic City? What, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Heavenly Mountain is for sale to Mother Vi

2010-12-28 Thread wayback71
: Heavenly Mountain is for sale to Mother Vi To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 7:55 PM On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:43 PM, wayback71 waybac...@... wrote: The crash in about 1973 with Joe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Zen Roshi apologizes to students for sexual misconduct

2010-09-09 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Sep 9, 2010, at 11:05 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: Eido Shimano steps down as Abbot of the Zen Studies Society and issues apology letter after many years of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ten most intellectual colleges

2010-09-08 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Noticed this on Huffpost, and clicking through the list found that I attended one of them and have taken classes at two more. I know that at least one other person here attended one of the others. Anybody else?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Babaji's problem with Palin's power

2010-09-05 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Another possibility, Card, is that there is no such thing as support of Nature, and that the very concept is something made up by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Babaji's problem with Palin's power

2010-09-05 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: That was an interesting response. Many cool points, especially the one about the good guys and the others'! Gives me a LOST flashback

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Imperfect Teacher-David Spero

2010-09-02 Thread wayback71
Excellent find, Peter. Watch this video clip. folks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: I like this guy. Here's a nice video of him talking about the imperfection of the person of the guru. Very good stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XL3rT7pCr8

[FairfieldLife] my letter to Ms Huggins at library in Fairfield

2010-09-01 Thread wayback71
Dear Ms. Huggins, I am a long-time Governor of TM and still am devoted to the practice of TM and the Knowledge of Maharishi. I just read the book, Robes of Silk, Feet of Clay, and wrote about it on FairfieldLife. You should know that in the late 1970's I heard rumors that Maharishi had been,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith's book - I just read it

2010-09-01 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Joe: Then you lied constantly about what was in the book as anyone who has read it knows. It's all there, Joe, when you read between the lines. Where and how is a gal going to shave her legs at a yoga camp

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith's book - I just read it

2010-09-01 Thread wayback71
, at 6:49 PM, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Why would a gal at a yoga camp shave her legs and put on a mini-skirt and stand in front of a married man like Jerry and a celibate monk like Mahesh, Joe? It just doesn't make any sense. wayback71: It sure doesn't make sense, since

[FairfieldLife] Judith's book - I just read it

2010-08-31 Thread wayback71
I liked it for many reasons - and now I feel somehow closer to Maharishi. Judith is smart and honest and presents a balanced account, and was obviously in love with MMY. For those who are wondering whether to read it, I can tell you that Judith's account is dignified - no sleaze or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith's book - I just read it

2010-08-31 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wayback71 Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:33 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Judith's book - I just read

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judith's book - I just read it

2010-08-31 Thread wayback71
and money? Hell yes, but you wonder how safe anyone would be from the MMY family mafia if anyone dared to do it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: I liked it for many reasons - and now I feel somehow closer to Maharishi. Judith is smart and honest

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

2010-08-22 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: Well, if the point is to communicate to others to help them understand the benefits of TM, this is not the way to do it. It also grates on my sensibilities that values clear communication and the intent of actually

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do YOU view Maharishi?

2010-08-05 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: he never showed an ounce of interest in real, in-depth study of the things he purported to teach, stopping at the most superficial,

[FairfieldLife] Re: My email to Judith after reading her book

2010-07-20 Thread wayback71
In support of Rick's information below: Back in 1977, I also heard about about the phone call to Charlie Donahue from Joe Clark. A fellow TM teacher who was very close to Charlie, Joe and the other Boston/Cambridge initiators from 1970 on told me about this one evening when we were quietly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another woman comes forward

2010-07-20 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another woman comes forward

2010-07-19 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: snip I just can't buy 100% into this victimhood stigma you wrap these

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ken Wilber on Trivedi

2010-06-28 Thread wayback71
Does anyone from the TMO stand and watch who enters the arena to see these saints? Are they writing down names and then reporting them back to headquarters? Do people still get called in and scolded or worse for seeing people like Amma, Trivedi? I wonder if those days have passed. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ken Wilber on Trivedi

2010-06-28 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wayback71 Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 4:28 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ken Wilber on Trivedi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thank You MIU

2010-06-27 Thread wayback71
Welcome, Don. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about your time at MIU, your thoughts on the people you knew in FFld, and just your general attitude. Thanks. You've had an interesting time of it, and your memories triggered mine, and put an upbeat, more lighthearted spin on even the less than

[FairfieldLife] Re: Correction - 119 Votes and Counting

2010-06-23 Thread wayback71
Calling all FFLifers and Lurkers. You can very easily vote for Rick's Oprah audition. Just clock the link below, watch the brief video and vote. So easy, so do it. He needs the votes. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Someone just pointed out to me the click

[FairfieldLife] Re: Putting the liberals to rest....Amen!

2010-06-15 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wgm4u Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 3:27 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Putting the liberals to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Putting the liberals to rest....Amen!

2010-06-15 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wayback71

2010-06-09 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Today is Wayback71's birthday. Have a good one! Aw, thanks

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wayback71

2010-06-09 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Today is Wayback71's birthday. Have a good one! Happy Cake Day Wayback, whoever you are. 71? What time of day were you borne? Certainly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Galactic Federation of Light - Norway Spiral Over Australia (JUNE 5TH 2010)

2010-06-05 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdZ0aFY20Jw Nabby, the newsclip from Australian TV says they contacted scientists and they are quite certain that it was a sighting of a spacecraft launched from CApe Canaveral an hour

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Age bashers -- please note

2010-06-03 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: For you folks who think that Dan's suicide was crazy nuts and are rather high strung about how New Agers are waxing on about Dan, I'm asking if you see that that's a religious position. Meaning that you're displaying

[FairfieldLife] Re: When did FUN become Off The Program?

2010-05-29 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote: I knew the Fun had ended when eating a Coup Denmark (Ice Cream Sunday) in town was cause for discipline. I remember that, too. Rules, and we were adults by then!! And so I snuck in to Arosa with a close friend and indulged

[FairfieldLife] Re: When did FUN become Off The Program?

2010-05-29 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@ wrote: I remember someone, possibly Rindy Schwartz, sternly saying This is not a time for funny business! I can't recall if I've asked before. Is Rindy

[FairfieldLife] Re: When did FUN become Off The Program?

2010-05-29 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Me? Less pissed? I must be slipping up. I should be more pissed, cuz every day in every way the world gets darker, but I'm wondering if we're all being thusly inured by being simply overwhelmed and unable to

[FairfieldLife] Re: When did FUN become Off The Program?

2010-05-29 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: Oh dear. All so very true. And depressing. I have a close friend who went to India for the first time this year. She will never return. Totally

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry Jarvis interview on the Radio

2010-05-27 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony...@... wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Ken Chawkin kchaw...@... Date: Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:45 PM Subject: Jerry Jarvis on KRUU-LP 100.1 FM Thursday, May 27 at 12:30pm and 6:30pm To: Friends News Group

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