And, no group to meditate with near you? MJ, it is disconcerting that there would not be group meditation nearby you in the South. And like here in Fairfield that so many meditators disaffected by the negative or unconscionable aspects of our movement should not even come to meditation. I hear this often as I interview people about their spiritual practice. -Buck in the Dome
> > > It's very important the environment that we keep. Group meditations are > really important. In group meditations you get the advantage of the energy of > the other person, and the devotion of the other person, and the perseverance, > and the will of the other person, and you are absolutely inspired. So, group > meditations, seek them out! -SRF > > > > > Meditate with good companions. They will help you to churn the butter of > > Self-realization from the milk of your mind. Milk mixes with the waters of > > worldly delusion and cannot float above them. Butter readily floats on > > those treacherous water. > > > > Swami Sri Yukteswar > > > > > > > > I have relatives who recently traveled to San Francisco who stopped and > > > asked at a Zen temple if they could meditate silently along with the Zen > > > group there. They were invited right in, comforted with places to sit > > > and had really nice meditations along with the group, really good field > > > effect. Very spiritual. > > > > > > > > > > > Why shouldn't you strengthen your own vibrations through fellowship > > > > with people seeking Self-realization, and by group meditation with > > > > them? This practice will fortify your own spiritual convictions; you > > > > will find that many seemingly insuperable barriers in your life will > > > > crumble and dissolve in the waters of meditation. Your devotion and > > > > love for God [The Unified Field] will commingle with the devotion and > > > > love of others. Divine bliss will radiate from you, helping all persons > > > > you meet. [Meissner Effect]. > > > > > > > > Paramahansa Yogananda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We become like the people we mingle with, not only through their > > > > > conversation, but through the silent magnetic vibration that emanates > > > > > from them. When we come into the range of their magnetism we are > > > > > affected. > > > > > > > > > > Paramahansa Yogananda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MJ, I would bet there are old style silent [what they call > > > > > > un-programmed] Quaker meetings to sit with near you in the South. > > > > > > They are group meditation founded by the law of invisible vibratory > > > > > > exchange of group magnetism as we would recognize now to be the > > > > > > spiritual Meissner Effect [ME] of meditating in groups. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Group meetings to practice the techniques of meditation are > > > > > > > vitally important. Group meetings strengthen the individual > > > > > > > Self-realization that one has acquired in private at home. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paramahansa Yogananda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh and by the way Buck there ain't no meditation groups in > > > > > > > > > > these >parts. > > > > > > > > > >Everyone is too busy out trying to catch a photo of the > > > > > > > > > > space bros making crop circles, but so far no luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well sadly, it is about proper values. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Conservative meditator that I am, I should have these lost > > > > > > > > people at reading the discourses of Brahmananda Saraswati. > > > > > > > > Really MJ, these people's time should be so much better spent > > > > > > > > if only just sitting reading the discourses of Brahmananda > > > > > > > > Saraswati. Studying at: > > > > > > > > http://lbshriver.wordpress.com/guru-dev-lectures/ > > > > > > > > Jai Guru Dev [SBS], > > > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Great quote on group meditation, "the invisible vibratory > > > > > > > > > > exchange of group magnetism". Yes certainly, the > > > > > > > > > > spirituality of the Meissner Effect [ME] of meditation in > > > > > > > > > > group meditation practice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Group meditation is a castle that protects the new > > > > > > > > > > > spiritual aspirants as > > > > > > > > > > well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together > > > > > > > > > > increases the degree of > > > > > > > > > > Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of > > > > > > > > > > invisible vibratory > > > > > > > > > > exchange of group magnetism." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > â"Paramahansa Yogananda in Seeking God Together > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson > > > > > > > > > > > <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have to admit that I did always find meditating in > > > > > > > > > > > > group more fulfilling somehow than singular meditation. > > > > > > > > > > > > Now that is meditation mind you, not TMSP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just meditating. That is a fair observation. I > > > > > > > > > > > interview folks in the larger TM meditating community > > > > > > > > > > > here all the time and also when I travel and i commonly > > > > > > > > > > > find your sense about meditating v TMSP. Most people > > > > > > > > > > > here will say they are meditators [TM] but don't do the > > > > > > > > > > > TMSP when you ask about their spiritual practice. An > > > > > > > > > > > irony in the recent opening of a movement meditation hall > > > > > > > > > > > in downtown Fairfield is that they sought to not > > > > > > > > > > > accommodate meditators who would come to meditate. [Need > > > > > > > > > > > a Course Office TMSP Badge exclusively to meditate there] > > > > > > > > > > > They [the strict preservationists] seem determinedly out > > > > > > > > > > > of touch with the meditating community as it is. > > > > > > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - the Dome experience with Jack Bodger constantly > > > > > > > > > > > cracking his knuckles, people whoopin' and hollerin', > > > > > > > > > > > many sleeping, many just sitting there and watching the > > > > > > > > > > > flying (so-called flying) was a circus more than anything > > > > > > > > > > > else. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The one thing I did enjoy was the time Big Bopper Bevan > > > > > > > > > > > > stood up before the beginning of program to announce in > > > > > > > > > > > > an obviously peevish voice that coming over to him > > > > > > > > > > > > while he was "resting" after the flying to ask him > > > > > > > > > > > > questions was ABSOLUTELY NOT legitimate. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh and by the way Buck there ain't no meditation groups > > > > > > > > > > > > in these parts. Everyone is too busy out trying to > > > > > > > > > > > > catch a photo of the space bros making crop circles, > > > > > > > > > > > > but so far no luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 8:05 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers Welcome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Group meditation is a castle that protects the new > > > > > > > > > > > > spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. > > > > > > > > > > > > Meditating together increases the degree of > > > > > > > > > > > > Self-realization of each member of the group by the law > > > > > > > > > > > > of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > â"Paramahansa Yogananda in Seeking God Together > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson > > > > > > > > > > > > > <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you leaning in that direction yourself, Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > since you are realizing that Bevvie and Company are > > > > > > > > > > > > > > not going to let go the reins of power until the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Black Camel kneels outside their tent? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MJ, good question. Like many meditators I am a > > > > > > > > > > > > > practitioner and not necessarily a devotee. In > > > > > > > > > > > > > groups meditators commonly go where the field effect > > > > > > > > > > > > > of shakti is of the greatest benefit. [natural > > > > > > > > > > > > > tendency]. Like most I look to the TM movement just > > > > > > > > > > > > > to facilitate my meditation and to providing a group > > > > > > > > > > > > > meditation. Nothing more. Evidently I am much more > > > > > > > > > > > > > in line with Brahmananda Saraswati [Guru Dev] than > > > > > > > > > > > > > most any of the TM movement now on this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All wishing for the Maharishi-TM movement is that > > > > > > > > > > > > > they would do a better job of facilitating the group > > > > > > > > > > > > > program and the Meissner Effect of group meditation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > They have failed miserably at that and for that by > > > > > > > > > > > > > good science the leadership should be held > > > > > > > > > > > > > accountable for as a crime against humanity. Look > > > > > > > > > > > > > back at any of the glossy TM publications for the > > > > > > > > > > > > > last 40 years and it is the same guys in the > > > > > > > > > > > > > thumbnail photos in charge. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The obviously discouraging thing verified recently > > > > > > > > > > > > > when the Prime Minister answered questions last month > > > > > > > > > > > > > live in Fairfield is that he was unchanged. Was a > > > > > > > > > > > > > sinking feeling for the TM movement and all that the > > > > > > > > > > > > > re-certs are valiantly trying to do bringing TM back > > > > > > > > > > > > > watching him lead that so-called community meeting > > > > > > > > > > > > > particularly where he shut up the only person in the > > > > > > > > > > > > > room starting to bring up substantial points around > > > > > > > > > > > > > communal fear, lack of transparency, and the TM > > > > > > > > > > > > > anti-saint policy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It must be very discouraging for the progressive > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hagelin-ites trying to re-ignite a meditating > > > > > > > > > > > > > movement dealing with Bevan the stick in the mud when > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bevan holds the trump cards. Actually I know it is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Everyone from the top down is waiting for the fat guy > > > > > > > > > > > > > to retire or die. The black camel kneeling thing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > When that happens like in all post-charismatic > > > > > > > > > > > > > movements sensible things can get done by corporate > > > > > > > > > > > > > consensus afterwords. There is a lot of precedent in > > > > > > > > > > > > > history for that. But then TM'ers don't study > > > > > > > > > > > > > history to know, I am just a journalist. However, I > > > > > > > > > > > > > still like this YouTube clip the best to see what is > > > > > > > > > > > > > going on in TM now. It is very exciting. Of course > > > > > > > > > > > > > skip the advertisement in the beginning but see it > > > > > > > > > > > > > through to the finish: > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSl-6aC6GEQ > > > > > > > > > > > > > Spoiler: spot Orb to the end! > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:27 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers Welcome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > à> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear MJ; Yur evidently being jaded such by the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > past bad behavior of TM and its leaders, MJ given > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the science and experience of meditation now I am > > > > > > > > > > > > > > concerned that you are not in a group meditating. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have noticed that the Yogananda people are open > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to having people meditate along with them in their > > > > > > > > > > > > > > group meditations. They can have very powerful > > > > > > > > > > > > > > group meditations [field effect] that one can sit > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with when traveling away. Look for SRF on the web. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I was just up in Minneapolis and they have a real > > > > > > > > > > > > > > nice meditation place. Turns out that Yogananda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > taught there in the 1920's for some time and they > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have had a group meditation since. They have a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > silent practice that other meditators can sit in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with so long as you are not disturbing their > > > > > > > > > > > > > > practice. Look on the web for a place. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SRF group meditations might be a good tip for other > > > > > > > > > > > > > > notable disaffected meditators here too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and you believed him? What did you expect him to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > say that they are a bunch of elitist lying > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thieving crooks? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 1:27 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not All TM'ers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Welcome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ãâà> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Really nice TM Guru Purnima meeting in the Dome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > last nite for Badge holders or course office > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > vetted only. Nothing so secret though was said > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that the rank-and-file movement's meditator or > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > even just any public non-meditator would not have > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > been inspired by. Was evidently a lost > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > opportunity to have asked the old meditators of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the community back in like the old days. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, John Hagelin gave a wonderful > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > presentation of how the movement is doing. Much > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > progress has been made since he re-oriented > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > things from the time of Maharishi's death [2008]. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The movement is doing quite well in modern > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > retrofit. You all should take another look at > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.tm.org/about-us TM.org. TM is on a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > comeback and that is very exciting regardless of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > any of the past controversies. Moving forward, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Buck in the Dome > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are 100% right on this, Buck. Guru Purnima > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > should be open to all. I don't know what their > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > problem is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Reconciliation with its meditators?? The > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > leadership has lost itself once again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Incredible. This is a no-brainier, there > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are two easy days to invite people in on and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Guru Purnima is one of them. Instead the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > leadership wants to split and be contentious > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with people? It is badly incredible that at > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a time they are wanting for people they hold > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > out for an exclusivity over this! Shame on > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > them. They seem determined to bury the old > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > meditating movement in the exclusivity of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > their own fealty testing. This could have > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > been one of the easiest meetings to host in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the Domes for everyone and anyone wanting to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > celebrate Maharishi, meditating, or the work > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of the movement. They have failed once again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TM Guru Purnima; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All Meditators, Sidhas and Governors are > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > warm invited. Please bring your > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > current program badge* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kiKZjq0vTWg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
