[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MMY said something like, Before god, we should be just

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Patrick Gillam
a_non_moose_ff wrote: Locking ones happiness to where the rock goes will only bring pain. Happiness is a warm rock -- rolling the rock. I recall a section in Jack London's _Call of the Wild_ that discusses the dogs' unending yearning to pull the sleds. They don't care about the end point.

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- a_non_moose_ff wrote: What the project is doesn't matter. Its not the fruit of the action that paramount. Its the masters reaction. And the process of intense focus on one BIG thing. Its all a process to root out vasannas. Life itself seems to provide plenty of opportunities for action

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- a_non_moose_ff wrote: What the project is doesn't matter. Its not the fruit of the action that paramount. Its the masters reaction. And the process of intense focus on one BIG thing. Its all a process to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:12 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote:But you are mischaracterizing the mechanics I outlined, or misunderstanding them.  And its not a path for everyone, or most. Its for a few that want or need it. The key is intense focus on one Big thing, a project beyond oneself. All energy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Peter
--- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:59 PM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:43 PM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:12 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: But you are mischaracterizing the mechanics I outlined, or misunderstanding them. And its not a path for everyone, or most. Its for a few that want or need it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:40 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:12 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: But you are mischaracterizing the mechanics I outlined, or misunderstanding them. And its not a path for everyone, or most.

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- a_non_moose_ff wrote: And its not a path for everyone, or most. Its for a few that want or need it. The key is intense focus on one Big thing, a project beyond oneself. All energy focussed on that one big social, not personal, project. Attention on all other desires fades and the

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- a_non_moose_ff wrote: what specific achievements do you feel will bring you fulfillment? We may be talking about two different fulfillments. I'm talking about all the admitttedly fleeting stuff, from the satisfaction that comes from articulating a thought on Fairfield Life to fixing

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- a_non_moose_ff wrote: what specific achievements do you feel will bring you fulfillment? We may be talking about two different fulfillments. I'm talking about all the admitttedly fleeting stuff, from

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Patrick Gillam
What I'm picking up from a_non_moose's observation is that MMY-prescribed Big Projects are just that -- prescriptions for specific individuals. Like medical prescriptions, they could harm those for whom such a course is not indicated. Medicine is a poison when taken by the wrong people at

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Gillam wrote: --- a_non_moose_ff wrote: what specific achievements do you feel will bring you fulfillment? We may be talking about two different fulfillments. I'm talking about all the

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:40 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:12 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: But you are mischaracterizing the

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I'm picking up from a_non_moose's observation is that MMY-prescribed Big Projects are just that -- prescriptions for specific individuals. Like medical prescriptions, they could harm those for whom such a

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Gillam wrote: --- a_non_moose_ff wrote: what specific achievements do you feel will bring you fulfillment?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:35 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote:The second dimension of the discussion is whether MMY uses such a technique on the inner circle, and larger circles to a lesser degree,   and that this provides a quite rational explanation for what many view as "bizzare" behavior. You may feel

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:35 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote:A third dimension is my claim that I have experienced benefit from the above, (outer circles) and from parallel phenomenon when something in which I have had massive vassanic investment, was lost. You may claim I recieved no benefit from such. In

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:35 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: The second dimension of the discussion is whether MMY uses such a technique on the inner circle, and larger circles to a lesser degree, and that this provides a quite

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- a_non_moose_ff wrote: MMY said something like, Before god, we should be just like a dog, just estatically eager and happy to do whatever is 'asked' -- presented before us. Byron Katie would love it. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:35 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: A third dimension is my claim that I have experienced benefit from the above, (outer circles) and from parallel phenomenon when something in which I have had massive

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 12:50 PM, a_non_moose_ff wrote:Aol's SSRS hs an exercise he has people do "make a fool of yourself". He calls people to the stage and asks them to make as big a fool of themselves as they can. In front of a large audience. "No, be MORE silly, You can be sillier than That!" he

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:35 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: The second dimension of the discussion is whether MMY uses such a technique on the inner circle, and larger circles to a lesser degree, and that this provides a quite

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 1:51 PM, authfriend wrote:It is also similar in some ways to the chapter in Steve Brigg's  book (which I believe Rick had posted a while back) where M.  deliberately tries to test him, or so he claims. He fails the test  because he has not surrendered to everything his guru

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 1:51 PM, authfriend wrote: It is also similar in some ways to the chapter in Steve Brigg's book (which I believe Rick had posted a while back) where M. deliberately tries to test him, or so he claims.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 2:41 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 1:51 PM, authfriend wrote: It is also similar in some ways to the chapter in Steve Brigg's book (which I believe Rick had posted a while back) where M.

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MMY said something like, Before god, we should be just like a dog, just estatically eager and happy to do whatever is 'asked' -- presented before us. There you have it, in a nutshell. That's how he expected the

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MMY said something like, Before god, we should be just like a dog, just estatically eager and happy to do whatever is 'asked' --

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 2:41 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 1:51 PM, authfriend wrote: It is also similar in some ways to the chapter in

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MMY said something like, Before god, we should be just like a dog, just estatically eager and happy to do whatever is 'asked' --

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 4:29 PM, authfriend wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 2:41 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Jan 9, 2006, at 1:51 PM, authfriend wrote: It is also

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 4:29 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 2:41 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I'm picking up from a_non_moose's observation is that MMY-prescribed Big Projects are just that -- prescriptions for specific individuals. Like medical prescriptions, they could harm those for whom such a

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Gillam wrote: --- a_non_moose_ff wrote: what specific achievements do you feel will bring you fulfillment?

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I'm picking up from a_non_moose's observation is that MMY-prescribed Big Projects are just that -- prescriptions for

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:35 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: The second dimension of the discussion is whether MMY uses such a technique on the inner circle, and larger circles to a lesser degree, and that this provides a quite

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:35 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: A third dimension is my claim that I have experienced benefit from the above, (outer circles) and from parallel phenomenon when something in which I have had massive

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 11:35 AM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: A third dimension is my claim that I have experienced benefit from the above, (outer circles) and from parallel phenomenon when something in which I have had massive

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:30 PM, authfriend wrote:You just said, when I asked for documentation, that it had been shared here, and that it was in previous posts you'd read.  Now you say it was shared with you privately.  Which is it?Both. "Appreciation of Hitler" can mean a lot of things, depending

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MMY said something like, Before god, we should be just like a dog, just estatically eager and happy to do whatever is 'asked' --

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread Vaj
On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:30 PM, authfriend wrote: I was hoping Rick would  get back to us on it, because frankly it was one of the most  bizarre thing I had ever heard. "Just when you thought it couldn't  get any weirder". It does. Then all this world government and  reports from inside people that

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:30 PM, authfriend wrote: snip Which inside people are these? Is world domination a phrase being attributed to MMY, and if so, in what context was he using it? What did he mean by it? Yes by some.

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-09 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Gillam wrote: --- a_non_moose_ff wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-08 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:43 PM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though I think there is something very powerful in giving up, and rooting out, the

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-08 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:43 PM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-08 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- a_non_moose_ff wrote: This is the real meaning of The Myth of Sisyphus, IMV. Pushing the rock up the hill, only to have it fall down, time and time again, is really a process of ripping out vasanas. Interesting, in the light of your experience. Although I would have thought the opposite

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-08 Thread Vaj
On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:59 PM, a_non_moose_ff wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:43 PM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though I think there is something very powerful

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-08 Thread Vaj
On Jan 8, 2006, at 9:10 PM, a_non_moose_ff wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 8, 2006, at 8:43 PM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vassanas

2006-01-08 Thread a_non_moose_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- a_non_moose_ff wrote: This is the real meaning of The Myth of Sisyphus, IMV. Pushing the rock up the hill, only to have it fall down, time and time again, is really a process of ripping out vasanas.