[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-16 Thread Buck
Maybe one day the TMO will schism into two sects, the rationalists and the bhaktis, Well yes, the schism has happened. Have a look at the 'oldest' FFL messages using that 'oldest' button under messages, this stand-off with the President's Office and meditators gets chronicled through

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-16 Thread Buck
Maybe one day the TMO will schism into two sects, the rationalists and the bhaktis, Well yes, the schism has happened. Have a look at the 'oldest' FFL messages using that 'oldest' button under messages, this stand-off with the President's Office and meditators gets

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, futur.musik futur.musik@ wrote: A very clear thinker - from this comes a movement which provides millions with a technique for realization. Happy (belated) Birthday to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, futur.musik futur.musik@ wrote: A very clear thinker - from this comes a movement which provides millions with a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, futur.musik futur.musik@ wrote: A very clear

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
Yep, I'm an old long-time Iowa meditator an not included no more for lack of a badge. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
I was 17 when I was first on a course with Maharishi. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Yep, I'm an old long-time Iowa meditator an not included no more for lack of a badge. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
Yup, a bunch of my meditation courses were led by Maharishi himself. My relationship to him goes back a ways that way. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: I was 17 when I was first on a course with Maharishi. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Yep, I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
yep, not open or welcome to them neither. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Yeah, I got neighbors down the road here who were with Maharishi in California in the early 60's on courses with him too all along. 50 years meditators and they can't go to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
Yeah, I got neighbors down the road here who were with Maharishi in California in the early 60's on courses with him too all along. 50 years meditators and they can't go to movement celebrations for lack of a program badge neither. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Yup, a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
It is interesting that the President's Office here is nursing this legacy of theirs still, that they can't just host a meditator's celebration. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: yep, not open or welcome to them neither. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread merudanda
REINCARNATION AS FAMILY BUSINESS: since you had been in this kind [:D] of business Film Review: ..acquainted American audiences with the Tibetan Buddhist belief that the souls of great lamas are reincarnated in newborns (which means that perhaps in Buddhism, unlikeHinduism, one can progress from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Susan
Doug, I am really sorry you could not attend Maharishi's Birthday event in the Dome. I think you hit upon the way for the Raja's to extricate themselves form the problem they face (ie not letting people who have seen other saints in the Dome, and yet wanting to include everyone in certain

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: So, the birthday celebrations could be meditator events, and open to everyone. WIsh you could have gone. Having said this, I think it is rather interesting that your next post is about viewing Braco! Whether watching Braco

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: So, the birthday celebrations could be meditator events, and open to everyone. WIsh you could have gone. Having said this, I think it is rather

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: So, the birthday celebrations could be meditator events, and open to everyone.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread authfriend
Ditto, Susan. Although I wouldn't want to endorse it, I can sort of grasp the rationale for not letting folks who might conceivably be a risk for using non-MMY techniques to participate in program in the domes. But MMY's birthday celebration is not a matter of doing program, so what conceivable

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread futur.musik
Perhaps they ran out of *carob cake* and had to limit the audience somehow. Dumb PR move. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: Ditto, Susan. Although I wouldn't want to endorse it, I can sort of grasp the rationale for not letting folks who might conceivably be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
This stand-off that the President's Office makes with meditators, keeping them out of the high guru celebrations at January 12 and guru purnima in the summer, goes back nearly 20 years. To the early 1990's. It is interesting that the President's Office here is nursing this legacy of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
So, the birthday celebrations could be meditator events, and open to everyone. WIsh you could have gone. Having said this, I think it is rather interesting that your next post is about viewing Braco! Whether watching Braco online qualifies as seeing other saints I do

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: So, the birthday celebrations could be meditator events, and open to everyone. WIsh you could have gone. Having said this, I think it is rather interesting that your next post is about viewing Braco!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: So, the birthday celebrations could be meditator events, and open to everyone. WIsh you could have gone. Having said this, I think

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-14 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: So, the birthday celebrations could be meditator events, and open to everyone.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Happy January 12th Maharishi's Message to Peaceless and Sufferings (Handwritten text on the inside cover of Beacon Light of the Himalayas published in 1955) Oh ye of the peace less and suffering humanity! My

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread merudanda
Reincarnation Bank was originally set up for Elliott Trevesk who has now decided to give the banking facility to all believers of reincarnation Reincarnation Bank still rocks Gibraltar The name said it all. There was the Reincarnation Bank asking the public to deposit their valuables with them

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread turquoiseb
That's hilarious. Great find. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: Reincarnation Bank was originally set up for Elliott Trevesk who has now decided to give the banking facility to all believers of reincarnation... So would the password check involve a simple

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread merudanda
lol and you as a dog owner please consider this(really did mean no disrespect): Regarding dogs reincarnating. Can a dog come back in another life, and will it come back to its current owner? According to the website, many pet owners hope this is the case. Reminds of A.S. King's novel, The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: lol and you as a dog owner please consider this(really did mean no disrespect): Regarding dogs reincarnating. Can a dog come back in another life, and will it come back to its current owner? According to the website,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread merudanda
hilarious wouldn't Mu. or Woof. give your dog instant enlightment? ---so the scriptures says BTW You do teach your dog how to read?do you..? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@ wrote: lol and you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread merudanda
hilarious wouldn't Mu. or Woof. give your dog instant enlightment? ---Mu-so the scriptures says BTW You do teach your dog how to read?do you..? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@ wrote: lol and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread futur.musik
A very clear thinker - from this comes a movement which provides millions with a technique for realization. Happy (belated) Birthday to Maharishi! Thank you again for the life changing techniques of TM and TMSP, and the engineering ability to take this fragile technique and spread it world

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, futur.musik futur.musik@... wrote: A very clear thinker - from this comes a movement which provides millions with a technique for realization. Happy (belated) Birthday to Maharishi! Thank you again for the life changing techniques of TM and TMSP, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread futur.musik
I found myself speaking with him the other evening. Must've been the cognac...;-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, futur.musik futur.musik@ wrote: A very clear thinker - from this comes a movement which

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, futur.musik futur.musik@... wrote: I found myself speaking with him the other evening. Must've been the cognac...;-) How's he doing? What'd he have to say? If you talk to him again, please give him our best. (Well, the best of *some* of us, anyway!)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread obbajeeba
It is Friday the 13th! The 12th was very nice and special. The small group was auspiciously adhered with more than one and smaller than five, a very enjoyable and delicious celebration of simple foods. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread futur.musik
I was surfing around on my pc out in the studio and I remember his voice. Not out loud or anything, but in my head, kind of like the subtle sight only it works with all of the senses. I was surprised and then through the same process of thought I began speaking with him. Nothing memorable, just

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread merudanda
..is it not more convenient to be reincarnated into a dog? --easier to recognise the old outworn rag [:D] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@ wrote: lol and you as a dog owner please consider

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: ..is it not more convenient to be reincarnated into a dog? --easier to recognise the old outworn rag [:D] All this reminds me of a great sig line used years ago on a forum called alt.buddha.short.fat.guy by a poster who

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2012-01-13 Thread merudanda
the best? no postal or editing service necessary. Judy (ourfriend).. What'd he have to say? He has been said to have said that it will take the world 400 years to understand what he was saying- so take your time. We are organizing yagya on this occasion too. The price of the yagya for one day

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a teacher I admired once said so aptly, It's a DOS planet.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-17 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Letter from Mother Divine lady: snip to A glorious capital is being established there in the center of India to radiate an influence of peace to the whole world. Pictures of plans for this new Capital were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-17 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 16, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly what I have been saying, the carrot and the stick routine. Better to be the carrot than to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-17 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a teacher I admired once said so aptly, It's a DOS planet. Maharishi as Steve Jobs, aka Reality Distortion Field? Maharishi wouldn't know

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread TurquoiseB
Letter from Mother Divine lady: snip to A glorious capital is being established there in the center of India to radiate an influence of peace to the whole world. Pictures of plans for this new Capital were extremely inspiring and beautiful. Doesn't this just say it all? Pictures of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Letter from Mother Divine lady: snip to A glorious capital is being established there in the center of India to radiate an influence of peace to the whole world. Pictures of plans for this new Capital were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread Premanand Paul Mason
Since nature doesn't seem to be guided by morality, but by urge and by force, what on earth does 'in accord with total Natural Law' mean? It seems instead merely to be a euphemism meaning to agree with whatever MMY is saying at any one time. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bet in about 10 yrs the tmo will be marketing some kind of program to ensure an auspicious birth next time around. Either that or some kind of Bardo teaching borrowed from the Tibetan in which one has one

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 1/16/06 1:05:14 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I bet in about 10 yrs the tmo will be marketing some kind of program"to ensure an auspicious birth" next time around. Most of us startedwhen the central teaching was that tm was all that was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly what I have been saying, the carrot and the stick routine. Better to be the carrot than to chase it. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread Vaj
On Jan 16, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Alex Stanley wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly what I have been saying, the carrot and the stick routine. Better to be the carrot than to chase it. Rather be the carrot, the chaser and the space in between as a non-dual

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/16/06 12:53 PM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bet in about 10 yrs the tmo will be marketing some kind of program to ensure an auspicious birth next time around. Most of us started when the central teaching was that tm was all that was necessary and a 5 yr plan for CC

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Letter from Mother Divine lady: snip to A glorious capital is being established there in the center of India to radiate an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bet in about 10 yrs the tmo will be marketing some kind of program to ensure an auspicious birth next time around. snip Bingo! I can imagine several things: yagyas for before you actually die, yagyas for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread Peter
And who will read the funeral rights over the TMO? --- wayback71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bet in about 10 yrs the tmo will be marketing some kind of program to ensure an auspicious birth next time