Sometime in the 1980's, the Libyan Premier, Muamar Gaddafi approached india for two Nuclear Warheads. He said, in return he would supply unlimited amount of Oil. The Indian government wisely refused the offer.Premanand Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006
Please Note, the Vanarahs of Monkeys are incarnations of Devas. Vali was the incarnation of indra the king of the Devas. Hanuman incarnation of Vayu and so on. Ravana got a boon fromShiva that no celestial could kill him. So the Devas incarnated themselves as Monkeys to assist Vishnu who
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Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fake Gurus and the Attack of the Asuras
Nisargadatta said on more than one occassion that he preferred to
speak with Westerners rather than with Indians because the Westerners
were
Perhaps so -- and if so, who knows how many different ways what you
have said (below) could be reconciled with what Nisargadatta said or
if that makes any difference; both ways of understanding the monkey
(and bear) armies of the Ramayana speak to different ways of
interpreting the narrative. The
Thank you very much for the suggestion. I have the deepest respect
(and affection) for Nisargadatta and consider him one the big
influences in my life, perhaps second in my heart only to Maharishi
and Guru Dev. Coming upon him (here, of course, on FFL) only a few
years after I had re-begun
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+++ someone should point out that the west was started
after the
On Mar 7, 2006, at 3:08 AM, jyouells2000 wrote:If westerners are such asuras, why do modern gurus have to develop a following of western asuras and the bankrolls that they provide to even be heard in their homeland? Are *satvic* easterners more dense, than the asuras or what? Sometimes the smoke
When I visited Libya I found a most advanced and prosperous nation -
not a bunch of crazy terrorists.
In Iran I found people the friendliest of any country that I had
visited - not a country looking to alienate itself.
In Afghanistan I found a people curious about the outside world - not
a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While I don't know if Vimalananda would say that his eastern
counterparts were asurian incarnations (he might, I'm not sure),
he certainly did NOT have much flattering to say of the first
waves of swamis and yogis who came
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
First off, I don't think he is saying that westerners are asuras
as a flat, generic statement--he's pointing out the mechanism by
which *some* westerners--a handful really--are predisposed to
flights of ego and premature
On Mar 7, 2006, at 7:42 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:Not to mention judgmental, superior and, as I think Jim described so well, with a high degree of jerk-ness. I might add 'being a bigoted asshole,' but that's just me. :-) Well hopefully you'd have the common sense to read some of his teachings before
On Mar 7, 2006, at 8:28 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 7, 2006, at 7:42 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Not to mention judgmental, superior and, as I think Jim described so well, with a high degree of jerk-ness. I might add 'being a bigoted
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well then maybe you want to avoid Robert's books on
VImalananda.
I avoid books by Robert Svoboda period. I read one.
That's enough for a lifetime. :-)
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On Mar 7, 2006, at 9:07 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well then maybe you want to avoid Robert's books on VImalananda. I avoid books by Robert Svoboda period. I read one. That's enough for a lifetime. :-) I've never heard anyone say
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On Mar 7, 2006, at 9:07 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
Well then maybe you want to avoid Robert's books on
VImalananda.
I avoid books by Robert Svoboda period. I
On Mar 7, 2006, at 9:34 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 7, 2006, at 9:07 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: Well then maybe you want to avoid Robert's books on VImalananda. I avoid
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Always keep a light-saber handy.
---
It is no surprise that Westerners mainly find false gurus. When you
have cheated your own guru in the past why should you not be cheated
on now? You get what you pay for; that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Always keep a light-saber handy.
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It is no surprise that Westerners mainly find false gurus. When you
have cheated your own guru in the past why should you not be cheated
on now? You get what you pay for; that
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That comes across to me as spiritually elitist ego chow,
but I suppose it could also just be the paradox of Brahman.
I was going to make a similar comment, but couldn't
come up with anything nearly as good as
On Mar 6, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Always keep a light-saber handy. --- "It is no surprise that Westerners mainly find false gurus. When you have cheated your own guru in the past why should you not be
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That comes across to me as spiritually elitist ego chow,
but I suppose it could also just be the paradox of Brahman.
I was going to
**Another take below:
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Always keep a light-saber handy.
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It is no surprise that Westerners mainly find false gurus. When you
have cheated your own guru in the past why should you not be cheated
on now? You get
On Mar 6, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Marek Reavis wrote:Another take on Westerners seeking Indian wisdom was expressed more than once by Nisargadatta in the following way. He said that the Westerners had been soldiers in Lord Rama's monkey army; and that as their reward in assisting Rama in rescuing
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Sounds like Aghori Vimalananda had a bit of an ego too.
Unless, as Vaj suggests, all of this was tongue
in cheek, a joke. I'm unconvinced that's the case,
but I dunno.
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On Mar 6, 2006, at 11:33 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like Aghori Vimalananda had a bit of an ego too. Unless, as Vaj suggests, all of this was tongue in cheek, a joke. I'm unconvinced that's the case, but I dunno. My
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
He's a good read, esp. if you're tired of the mamby-pamby new age
schlock that passes as eastern wisdom these days.
There's probably something in Vimalananda to upset just abut
anyone.
But Aghori tantrics aren't for
On Mar 6, 2006, at 11:56 AM, jim_flanegin wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He's a good read, esp. if you're tired of the mamby-pamby new age schlock that passes as "eastern wisdom" these days. There's probably something in Vimalananda to upset just
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On Mar 6, 2006, at 11:56 AM, jim_flanegin wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
He's a good read, esp. if you're tired of the mamby-pamby new
age
schlock that passes as eastern wisdom
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That comes across to me as spiritually elitist ego chow,
but I suppose it could also just be the paradox of Brahman.
I was going to
On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:11 PM, jim_flanegin wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 6, 2006, at 11:56 AM, jim_flanegin wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: He's a good read, esp. if you're tired of the mamby-pamby new age
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On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:11 PM, jim_flanegin wrote:
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That comes across to me as spiritually elitist ego chow,
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