[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-19 Thread Buck
With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, I am the ocean. You should realize that just behind your consciousness is the Ocean of God. ~Paramahansa Yogananda --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-19 Thread marekreavis
It's funny to see how the TMO guys have begun to reassert tiny bits of individuality. Hagelin abandoning in this video the standard issue beige suit for a blue plaid jacket, though his unidentified companion maintains the movement uniform. I haven't watched a lot of Hagelin speaking but I was

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: ... But Nader is obviously a brilliant man and has applied a good deal of his energy to trying to make parallels between Vedic scriptures and some aspects of science. Maybe they made him up well for the taping, but he sure

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: ... But Nader is obviously a brilliant man and has applied a good deal of his energy to trying to make parallels between Vedic scriptures and some aspects

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: No, he ain't no 180 pounds. He ain't no sheep-sheerer neither and not worked at a real job in a long time. I'd wager a 105-pound shrimp wet. But I still like him regardless. I'd be in his corner rooting and I don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: ... But Nader is obviously a brilliant man and has applied a good deal of his

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: i agree with much of what you have said. I have never looked at Nader or Hagelin as scientists and that was not my argument in my posts. I see them smart men and as former scientists who are trying to make parallels

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread Vaj
On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:56 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Color me unimpressed. There may or may not be any value in spending a huge amount of time in Maharishi's presence, and neither I nor anyone here knows anything about his supposed state of consciousness. But I do not for a moment consider him a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread Vaj
On Apr 18, 2012, at 8:13 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Actually not. The Dalai Lama is on record as saying that science should be used to investigate Buddhist dogma, *but* that if the science winds up disproving the dogma, then it's the *dogma* that has to change, because it's wrong. Can you imagine

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: [...] i agree with much of what you have said. I have never looked at Nader or Hagelin as scientists and that was not my argument in my posts. I see them smart men and as former scientists who are trying to make parallels

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread sparaig
In fact, MMY's original theory was overturned by a PhD thesis published out of MIU many years ago. He assumed that the [apparent] breath suspension that often appears during Pure Consciousness episodes was driven by oxygen consumption, but it was shown, by analyzing the O2 consumption of people

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: Say what you want, but without those initial tweaks, which Hagelin gets full credit for from his co-authors, you wouldn't have seen Revised Flipped SU(5) make it to the cover of Discover magazine and so on. And those

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Say what you want, but without those initial tweaks, which Hagelin gets full credit for from his co-authors, you wouldn't have seen

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread sparaig
I mis-typed. scientists sometimes informally call a theory 'disproven when numerous studies fail to reject the null hypothesis... Just to nit my nit-pick... L.

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Say what you want, but without those initial tweaks, which

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: I mis-typed. scientists sometimes informally call a theory 'disproven when numerous studies fail to reject the null hypothesis... Just to nit my nit-pick... Oh, I didn't read that before my nit-pick. L.

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-18 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: Maybe MMY should have given Hagelin his weight in gold to sort out an experiment, *that* would have impressed the world. A lot more than his current job of conning his gullible flock for yagya donations

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: snip And he got to live there in the kind of style that we have all heard rumors of -- involving having his cooks prepare him seven different meals

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread obbajeeba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7movKfyTBII --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: I wonder whether, when he was given his weight in gold, he got to keep the money, or whether the TMO scarfed it up.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sparaig Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 10:53 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sparaig [...] At one point, I recall that Ted Wallace (one of the Wallace kids at least) was working with abu Nader on some research

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sparaig [...] At one point, I recall that Ted Wallace (one of

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread sparaig
It could have been for something as simple and straightforward as paying for his student loan for MIT: http://web.mit.edu/catalog/overv.chap4-costs.html Currently, it looks like a grad student would pay about $200,000 to get a PhD at MIT. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: It could have been for something as simple and straightforward as paying for his student loan for MIT: http://web.mit.edu/catalog/overv.chap4-costs.html Currently, it looks like a grad student would pay about

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-17 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: http://www.youtube.com/user/DrTonyNader?feature=watch Yep, he's come to a point in a career of

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/user/DrTonyNader?feature=watch Yep, he's come to a point in a career of having to leave the crown behind to get bigger-time on the spiritual teacher circuits. It is exciting to watch, kind of like in

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Duveyoung
To drop using the king title is to directly refute Maharishi's political agenda for the movement's future. To eschew it so nonchalantly and without any announcement about its being back-burnered, shows how shallowly these rajas look at their role playing. If you can't levitate or bring

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread marekreavis
Though Tony Nader isn't identified on these YouTube videos as being king or maharaja he stills comes across as some kind of pampered rich guy, maybe a baron or a count who lives in Luxemborg or some other tax-haven-supported, European principality. His talk, such as it was, wasn't anything

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: http://www.youtube.com/user/DrTonyNader?feature=watch Yep, he's come to a point in a career of having to leave the crown behind to get bigger-time on the

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread wgm4u
The question is-Who is the 'man' behind the mask? And if he came out, would he be welcomed? or would he become another persona non-Grata like a Charlie Lutes or a Jerry Jarvis or (insert your favorite name). Charlie used to say being 'spiritual' is just being natural, just being who you are,

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: http://www.youtube.com/user/DrTonyNader?feature=watch Yep, he's come to a point in

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread marekreavis
Maybe the turtleneck will be his signature style, enabling folks to recognize him at a glance. The crown and silk kaftan would even moreso establish a signature sartorial splendor. *** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, marekreavis reavismarek@... wrote: Maybe the turtleneck will be his signature style, enabling folks to recognize him at a glance. The crown and silk kaftan would even moreso establish a signature sartorial splendor. Trying not to be more unkind than

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote: To drop using the king title is to directly refute Maharishi's political agenda for the movement's future. To eschew it so nonchalantly and without any announcement about its being back-burnered, shows how shallowly

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Duveyoung
Nabby, will you check me by phone? I need to know it's going to be a valid checking session, and YOU'RE the one FFLer who's sure to know his checking notes. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Vaj
On Apr 16, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Duveyoung wrote: Nabby, will you check me by phone? I need to know it's going to be a valid checking session, and YOU'RE the one FFLer who's sure to know his checking notes. There used to be an HTML based checking guide online where you could do it on your

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote: Nabby, will you check me by phone? I need to know it's going to be a valid checking session, and YOU'RE the one FFLer who's sure to know his checking notes. Please tape it, Edg. I for one can't wait to get to the to part

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Duveyoung
Vaj, Self checking -- who doesn't do it? I never thought my meditation instructions were not being honored, and yet there's always someone like Nabby who contends that a long time meditator can be off somehow and deeply into straining and forcing the mantra or whatever. As if. 49,640 hours

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Vaj
On Apr 16, 2012, at 12:34 PM, turquoiseb wrote: Please tape it, Edg. I for one can't wait to get to the to part where the TMer being checked says, I transcended for the entire 20 minutes...not a single thought in that time, and Nabby says, Yes, good, fine, etc. Now describe to me your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Vaj
On Apr 16, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Duveyoung wrote: Self checking -- who doesn't do it? I never thought my meditation instructions were not being honored, and yet there's always someone like Nabby who contends that a long time meditator can be off somehow and deeply into straining and forcing

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/user/DrTonyNader?feature=watch Note though, that he's not presenting himself as Raja etc but only as Tony Nader. No titles, no nothing. So, at least on the videos, he's not in a formal setting. L

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: http://www.youtube.com/user/DrTonyNader?feature=watch Note though, that he's not presenting himself as Raja etc but only as Tony Nader. No titles, no

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote: Nabby, will you check me by phone? Given your erratic outbursts I guess it would take some time. The rate from here with my subscription is about 1 dollar a minute. Can you afford that ? I need to know it's going to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread sparaig
What do you mean even he? I have never gotten the impression that he enjoys being king. In fact, I have always noted a slight discomfort when he's wearing his crown and such. As far as I am concerned, the crown thing is meant to prevent another Deepak Chopra where the TM organization expended

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: My bet is that the people who believe this have never actually checked another TMer's meditation, and learned that the supposedly Expert System designed to handle any eventuality...uh...can't, and that if you follow

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread sparaig
Eh, MMY liked him. Also, pampered rich guy may not be a proper description of him. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, marekreavis reavismarek@... wrote: Though Tony Nader isn't identified on these YouTube videos as being king or maharaja he stills comes across as some kind of pampered

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: What do you mean even he? I have never gotten the impression that he enjoys being king. In fact, I have always noted a slight discomfort when he's wearing his crown and such. As would be expected, in a relatively sane

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: Eh, MMY liked him. See my previous post. Also, pampered rich guy may not be a proper description of him. Ahem. Tony Nader was *LONG* after my time. I never encountered his holy countenance while still a part of the TMO, and

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Rick Archer
: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: Eh, MMY liked him. See my previous post. Also, pampered rich guy may not be a proper description of him. Ahem. Tony Nader

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip I mean, dude. Saudi Sheiks can't get away with this shit. You sound more than unusual bizzarre today Turq. Perhaps these people can be a help: http://www.aa-netherlands.org/drupal/amsterdam

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Vaj
On Apr 16, 2012, at 3:09 PM, sparaig wrote: Eh, MMY liked him. Also, pampered rich guy may not be a proper description of him. Intelligent and charming actually would. One thing that’s not mentioned enough is that the guess does beguile with intelligence and sincerity. He truly believes

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Vaj
On Apr 16, 2012, at 3:54 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I wonder whether, when he was given his weight in gold, he got to keep the money, or whether the TMO scarfed it up. A great interview question for you. :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: I wonder whether, when he was given his weight in gold, he got to keep the money, or whether the TMO scarfed it up. FWIW, from the press release announcing the event: Professor Nader will be seated on one side of a special

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Eh, MMY liked him. See my previous post. Also, pampered rich guy may not be a proper description of him. Ahem. Tony Nader was *LONG* after my

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip More seriously, isn't it fascinating the reverence that Nabby (and not just him) has (have) for the TM Checking Procedure? It's as if they really believe that all life's problems can be solved by getting a checking.

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: snip More seriously, isn't it fascinating the reverence that Nabby (and not just him) has (have) for the TM Checking Procedure? It's as if they really

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 5:04 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread sparaig
Assuming that this WAS part of MMY's purpose with the crown thing, it was based on personal experience with another charismatic (remember that this is abu Nader's first introduction to the general public) person whom he promoted high into the TM organization. Say what you will about Bevan

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Eh, MMY liked him. See my previous post. Also, pampered rich guy may not be a proper description of him. Ahem. Tony Nader was *LONG* after my

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 5:04 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king

[FairfieldLife] Re: King Tony drops the king schtick

2012-04-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip And he got to live there in the kind of style that we have all heard rumors of -- involving having his cooks prepare him seven different meals each night, so that he could peruse them and then reject all but one,