[FairfieldLife] Re: Question about Amma

2013-08-26 Thread doctordumbass
That reminds me, the next time you, or someone else goes, can you PA-LEEZE pick me up one of those, Don't F*ck With AMMA, t-shirts? The one where she has dreads, and is posing with the AK-47. Size XL, and in dark blue if they have it. I think they are a fifty dollar donation. Thanks! --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question about Amma

2013-08-25 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: I know some of you have done some Amma stuff there in Iowa and elsewhere. I wonder what if anything you got from these events and did you feel what you got was directly from Amma herself or from the group

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question about Amma

2013-08-25 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: But the food and the western devotee girls were delicious, well worth the jungle ride ! Note to self: Nabby is a cannibal.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question about Amma

2013-08-25 Thread Richard J. Williams
But the food and the western devotee girls were delicious, well worth the jungle ride ! Alex Stanley: Note to self: Nabby is a cannibal. Maybe the female devotee ladies are on the other side of the canteen. Go figure. People at the newly inaugurated Amma canteen at Flower Market in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question about Amma

2013-08-25 Thread emilymae.reyn
MJ...I attended a three day event with my two children a few years ago in a fairly desperate state. Did everything that was offered. Very commercialized. Did receive an energy hit from the first hug that was palpable - didn't feel like love and compassion, but it was energy. In terms of what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-11 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhamiltony2k5 Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 10:53 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-10 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: She also said that anyone who was doing the things I was alluding to wasn't a jivan mukta, So Rick, do you think he is a Maharascalrishi ego and, not a jivan mukta? While with Amma in Michigan last week, I asked her

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-10 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhamiltony2k5 Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 10:53 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma --- In HYPERLINK mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.comFairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you actually know Rick, Nabby? nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: How do you sleep at night?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Wow, Rick you basically lied to Amma ! You essentially

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander mailander111@ wrote: Do you actually know Rick, Nabby? nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or should I admire Nabby's fund- amentalist rage, personified in the desire that anyone who doesn't believe every word of Maharishi's PR the way he does should die off? The meaning of die off is isolation, dead to the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread do.rflex
: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 10:38 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Question to Amma On Dec 8, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Rick Archer wrote: She

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jyotsna2 Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:10 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma Hi Rick, I was there and glad that you asked the question. Even though Amma's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread Angela Mailander
Well, Nabby, I've never seen Rick when he didn't radiate bliss all over the place. Running into Rick in Ff is like the sun coming out between clouds. I'm sure, therefore, that he actually does sleep blissfully. I'm also pretty certain that moral outrage never got anyone to heaven. Send

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isolated in an enviornment with only a few people to rely on, thus learning the importance of loyalty the hard way. Dude, LOOK AROUND. How many people do you see around you who are still loyal to Maharishi? I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Nabby's attitude towards betrayal and disloyalty is not an isolated phenomenon. It has been carefully TAUGHT to TMers for decades. It was never TAUGHT (or even taught) to me.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jyotsna2 Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:10 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma Hi Rick, I was there and glad that you asked the question. Even though Amma's response was tempered there, I know

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Isolated in an enviornment with only a few people to rely on, thus learning the importance of loyalty the hard way. Dude, LOOK AROUND. How

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip Nabby's attitude towards betrayal and disloyalty is not an isolated phenomenon. It has been carefully TAUGHT to TMers for decades. It was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip Nabby's attitude towards betrayal and disloyalty is not an isolated phenomenon. It has been carefully TAUGHT to TMers for decades. It was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread jyotsna2
: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:10 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma Hi Rick, I was there and glad that you asked the question. Even though Amma's response was tempered there, I know there was a Yoga Journal interview some years

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyotsna2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Why do you believe anyone is in a different state of consciousness than you are? And if you have a reason to think it is different,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread Angela Mailander
Deltablues question is not only good, it's brilliant. And it goes right to the heart of the whole shooting match. TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyotsna2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 9, 2007, at 12:25 PM, jyotsna2 wrote: It's explicitly stated many places that the guru is only a mirror relecting back to us our own state. What we project onto others is many times our own love, bliss, etc. coming back to us. It's also explicitly stated that anyone that parrots back

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread jyotsna2
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 9, 2007, at 12:25 PM, jyotsna2 wrote: It's explicitly stated many places that the guru is only a mirror relecting back to us our own state. What we project onto others is many times our own love, bliss,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deltablues question is not only good, it's brilliant. And it goes right to the heart of the whole shooting match. TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 9, 2007, at 2:02 PM, jyotsna2 wrote: And I suppose your cynicism is just my own cynicism coming back to me. Thanks for showing me how unattractive it is. No free popcorn here. No problem, jyot--hey, what can I say? It's not me, it's those awful Vedic demons acting up again. :)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Isolated in an enviornment with only a few people to rely on, thus

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Always take the diamond and leave the turd. - The Lost Sutras of Patanjali The ever free, liberated and released Ones will always see Brahamn in the diamond and the turd. Even in the turd and shit-faced. Even while

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread Vaj
On Dec 8, 2007, at 12:09 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Always take the diamond and leave the turd. - The Lost Sutras of Patanjali The ever free, liberated and released Ones will always see Brahamn in the diamond and the turd.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 8, 2007, at 12:09 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: Always take the diamond and leave the turd. - The Lost Sutras of Patanjali The ever free,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 8, 2007, at 12:33 PM, Rick Archer wrote: But in the end, someone ended up a Buddha. As is always the case isn't it? Buddha knows itself, by itself alone. The drunk womanizer and the charity driven saint never become

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread off_world_beings
Wow, Rick you basically lied to Amma ! You essentially indicated that your previous guru had done bad things, and that you benifited from his teachings. The first part has no evidence for it, therefore you were very deviously saying that although your guru benifited you, but that he was a bad

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of off_world_beings Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 1:53 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma Wow, Rick you basically lied to Amma ! You essentially indicated that your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread shempmcgurk
You should have asked her why she feels it so important to put up a tote board whenever she is doing a hugging marathon. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While with Amma in Michigan last week, I asked her my perennial question. Here's how it went:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Always take the diamond and leave the turd. - The Lost Sutras of Patanjali Leave the gun, take the canolli -- Peter Clemenza from The Godfather

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: [snip] Always take the diamond and leave the turd. - The Lost Sutras of Patanjali Leave the gun, take the canolli -- Peter Clemenza from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While with Amma in Michigan last week, I asked her my perennial question. Here's how it went: Amma, I asked you this question 6 or 7 years ago but was not entirely satisfied with the answer, so I'd like to ask

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, Rick you basically lied to Amma ! You essentially indicated that your previous guru had done bad things, and that you benifited from his teachings. The first part has no evidence for it, therefore you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you sleep at night? Blissfully. You'll se how long that lasts. If it is not just another lie ofcourse.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread Angela Mailander
Do you actually know Rick, Nabby? nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you sleep at night? Blissfully. You'll se how long that lasts. If it is not just another lie

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Wow, Rick you basically lied to Amma ! You essentially indicated that your previous guru had done bad things, and that you benifited

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Always take the diamond and leave the turd. - The Lost Sutras of Patanjali Watch the Donut, not the hole Burl Ives lurk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread amarnath
: [FairfieldLife] Question to Amma On Dec 8, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Rick Archer wrote: She also said that anyone who was doing the things I was alluding to wasn't a jivan mukta So not even in CC is the translation. What are your thoughts and feelings

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread jyotsna2
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 10:38 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Question to Amma On Dec 8, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Rick Archer wrote: She also said that anyone who was doing the things I

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shempmcgurk Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 2:47 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma You should have asked her why she feels it so important to put up a tote board

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: [snip] Always take the diamond and leave the turd. - The Lost Sutras

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Amma

2007-12-08 Thread Angela Mailander
amarnath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amma says, One way for all is dangerous. Well, that sounds like wisdom to me. And I'd never trust a guru who says otherwise. Did any of you see Ken Wilber's video in which he talks about devotion to guru in a green and post green era not being something