[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-02 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: I know many people who go to the dome and I cannot think of a single one who is controlled by the TMO. The whole idea seems ludicrous to me. I think it was cooked up by people who don't live here and have no real clue about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-02 Thread Vaj
On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:18 PM, iranitea wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: The examples you cite are not of people being controlled by the TMO. They are examples of people being excluded from the dome, which is quite different. No one is being

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-02 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: While it makes sense that dome admins want and need to have everyone compliant if they are to actually be doing 'the same program at the same time'. The not-so-obvious downside of this is people who practice, say Buddhism or

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-02 Thread Vaj
On Aug 2, 2012, at 8:35 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: While it makes sense that dome admins want and need to have everyone compliant if they are to actually be doing 'the same program at the same time'. The not-so-obvious downside of

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-02 Thread sparaig
Unless, of course, said authorities are attempting to *preserve* the beloved thing by enforcing rules that the person tacitly acknowledged were good when they were a full-fledged participant, simply by virtue of being a full-fledged participant. Now, you can argue that enforcing an unwritten

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-02 Thread Share Long
...@cox.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 8:25 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   Unless, of course, said authorities are attempting to *preserve* the beloved thing by enforcing rules that the person tacitly acknowledged

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-01 Thread Share Long
: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   When I first signed the agreement form, it as just short before we received the TM initiator initiation, I thought that it was a mere formality, and I thought that the term purity of the teaching related to teaching the 7 steps

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-01 Thread feste37
, 2012 9:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   When I first signed the agreement form, it as just short before we received the TM initiator initiation, I thought that it was a mere formality, and I thought that the term purity of the teaching

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-01 Thread iranitea
, Share. Everything will be fine for you I feel. From: iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 9:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   When I

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-01 Thread feste37
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   When I first signed the agreement form, it as just short before we received the TM initiator initiation, I thought that it was a mere formality, and I thought that the term purity of the teaching

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-01 Thread iranitea
. Everything will be fine for you I feel. From: iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 9:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-01 Thread feste37
, July 29, 2012 9:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   When I first signed the agreement form, it as just short before we received the TM initiator initiation, I thought that it was a mere formality, and I

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-01 Thread authfriend
, July 25, 2012 11:02 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-08-01 Thread authfriend
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   When I first signed the agreement form, it as just short before we received the TM initiator initiation, I thought that it was a mere formality, and I thought that the term

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-31 Thread sparaig
To Robin(x): suggest that you read this, especially in light of your relatively recent attempts to create a non-enlightened version of yourself: http://www.skepdic.com/mpd.html L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: Dear Robbie Boy, You made one

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-31 Thread Buck
Emily, You're new to this? To be fair, Turqb does provide the man on the street account of the Pundits here in Vedic City. I interview a lot of people and Turq is right on how a lot of people on the street here would say this. It's what we've lived with here in Fairfield and on FFL. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-31 Thread seventhray1
this evening. From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 3:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-30 Thread Share Long
, 2012 3:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: snip Share2: Well it's ok RC but you do seem to contradict yourself in some subtle way. I can't speak to a Unity experience, but I

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-30 Thread Robin Carlsen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote Dear Iranitea, Robin1: Multiple Personality. I was diagnosed recently, and have been fighting it. Iranitea: Robin, don't fight it. Because which Robin would fight it, and would all the other Robins agree? Try to take them into

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-30 Thread Robin Carlsen
Dear Robbie Boy, You made one big goof here. I am correcting you. Note: When the subjectivity of iranitea, on the other hand, cooperates somehow with the movement and intention of reality in a given second, and does not stick out and make a spectacle of itself, that means *you are not losing

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-30 Thread Susan
oy --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote Dear Iranitea, Robin1: Multiple Personality. I was diagnosed recently, and have been fighting it. Iranitea: Robin, don't fight it. Because

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-30 Thread Robin Carlsen
@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 3:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: snip Share2: Well it's ok RC but you do seem to contradict yourself

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: [...] Generally I agree with this. My only comment is to ask how much of that stockpile of money is liquid. 3.5 billion would yield at 3%, 105 million a year. That would take care of a lot. It would have to

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: [...] Generally I agree with this. My only comment is to ask how much of that stockpile of money is liquid. 3.5 billion would yield at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread Share Long
Share2 on a rainy Sunday morning almost autumnal in feeling very sweetly mournful this morning From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:47 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: And if I might suggest it, yours is a stupid attempt to keep from dealing with the real issue. *Whatever* amount of money the TMO has, it is *more than enough* to fully fund any attempt to gather the magic number of

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread iranitea
...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:02 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote: snip Robin4 tells us that the whole TM trip as a deception, and illusion, and side by side in the same post Robin1 tells that the initiation into TM is the most marvelous experience, to which we should always be committed and

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: [...] Do you really think it's *ethical* for an organization that claims to have the secret to achieving world peace, and that *clearly* has the money to fund such an effort themselves, to not do so? If so, please

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: [...] Do you really think it's *ethical* for an organization that claims to have the secret to achieving world peace, and that *clearly* has the money

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread Robin Carlsen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote: Dear Iranitea, Multiple Personality. I was diagnosed recently, and have been fighting it. Robin0, Robin1, Robin2, Robin3, Robin4, and now (if you read my conversation with Share) Robin5 (Brahman Consciousness)—I actually

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread Buck
Iranitea, this essay of yours is extremely topical around here. There is a lot in play right now and this is so much of what the overt wrangling between strict Maharishi guideline preservationists on one hand and TM progressives of the meditating community on the other. There's an evident

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread Robin Carlsen
: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices snip Share1: Could it be that your knowledge is valid within the context of your enlightenment but maybe not useful to Maharishi and his vision? My own experience was that I realized that the emotional healing was not a priority within

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: [...] Do you really think it's *ethical* for an organization that claims to

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-29 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: Dear Iranitea, Multiple Personality. I was diagnosed recently, and have been fighting it. Robin, don't fight it. Because which Robin would

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: If this is such a priority and they really believe what they are saying, why don't they just bring in meditators from other countries to reach the goal?  Are there not 2000 flyers in the entire world?  In the name

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: If this is such a priority and they really believe what they are saying, why don't they just bring in meditators from other countries to reach the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: If this is such a priority and they really believe what they are saying, why

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread Emily Reyn
I agree - so why not just hit the stated mark of 2,000 flyers and move on from there?   From: sparaig lengli...@cox.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 5:58 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: If this is such a priority and they really believe what they are saying, why

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread Emily Reyn
existence or based on our assessment of their value to mankind.   From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 6:18 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread Emily Reyn
: authfriend jst...@panix.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 8:45 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread awoelflebater
Welcome back Judy. It just hasn't been the same without you. FFL has been like a bowl of chili without the chili powder and beans. Plus, some of the horses got out of the corral while you were gone and now I see you are saddled up and ready to bring 'em on home. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread feste37
Yeah, and while she was gone, we were kicking Barry's ass real good! (Somebody has to do it.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@... wrote: Welcome back Judy. It just hasn't been the same without you. FFL has been like a bowl of chili without the chili powder

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@... wrote: Welcome back Judy. It just hasn't been the same without you. FFL has been like a bowl of chili without the chili powder and beans. Thank you. At least some folks have avoided indigestion this past week, then. Plus,

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-28 Thread awoelflebater
Now here are the hot peppers in those enchiladas that I love to eat. Pass me some more. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: Welcome back Judy. It just hasn't been the same without you.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-27 Thread Buck
The Dome meditation numbers: http://invincibleamerica.org/tallies/ The immediate urgent priority for national invincibility and world peace is to join the Invincible America Assembly at MUM. Only 2000 Flyers in Fairfield/Maharishi Vedic City will bring security to America and defuse the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-27 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: I remained utterly devoted to Maharishi right up until I determined that my enlightenment was a form of profound mystical deceitfulness, a perfect hallucination. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NQn9HqMQ70

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-27 Thread Share Long
just plain Share: From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:47 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   Dear Share, I think I was unclear in making my

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-27 Thread Emily Reyn
would volunteer even to pick up and move.    From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 4:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   The Dome meditation numbers: http

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-27 Thread Robin Carlsen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: just plain Share: From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:47 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices Dear Share, I

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-27 Thread Buck
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 4:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   The Dome meditation numbers: http://invincibleamerica.org/tallies/ The immediate urgent priority for national invincibility and world peace is to join the Invincible

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread Share Long
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:02 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread feste37
I wondered how long it would be before the Nazis got dragged into it. Just one stop after the Stasi, it seems. The TM movement owns the domes and pays for them. The dome badge is free. The movement therefore makes the rules, and it can make them any way it chooses. Those who don't like it

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: I wondered how long it would be before the Nazis got dragged into it. Just one stop after the Stasi, it seems. I'm not sure about the Nazis getting dragged into it. Seems more like the dome police are emulating all sorts

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread feste37
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I wondered how long it would be before the Nazis got dragged into it. Just one stop after the Stasi, it seems. I'm not sure about the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: The TM movement owns the domes and pays for them. The dome badge is free. The movement therefore makes the rules, and it can make them any way it chooses. Those who don't like it don't have to go. It's really very simple.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread Robin Carlsen
is no argument to be made against them whatsoever. From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:02 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices Â

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread Robin Carlsen
appropriately—There simply is no argument to be made against them whatsoever. From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:02 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: I wondered how long it would be before the Nazis got dragged into

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread feste37
I have no intention of debating you further on this. What I like in your post is the sentence I will admit I know very little of all of this. Exactly. I couldn't have put it better myself. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: The TM movement owns the domes and pays for them. The dome badge is free. The movement therefore makes the rules, and it can make them any way it chooses. Those who don't like it don't have to go. It's really very

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread feste37
Had you read the exchange a little more carefully, you would have seen that it was another poster who made the comparison to the Nazis. I merely commented on it. As to the questions you ask, I think that organizations should comply with the law, but I am unaware of any law that the TM movement

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: I have no intention of debating you further on this. What I like in your post is the sentence I will admit I know very little of all of this. Exactly. I couldn't have put it better myself. No debates, you obviously love it

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread feste37
Actually, I live within my own rules, which are not those of the TM movement. I do not go to the dome and do not have a valid badge, although I have no reason to believe I would be denied one, should I decide to apply. I just happen to think that the movement is entitled to set its own policies

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: Actually, I live within my own rules, which are not those of the TM movement. I do not go to the dome and do not have a valid badge, although I have no reason to believe I would be denied one, should I decide to apply. I just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread Mike Dixon
OMG! You sound Libertarian!   From: feste37 fest...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:27 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   Actually, I live within my own rules

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread Share Long
with my own flaws, makes it a little easier to navigate.  FWIW (-:    From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:02 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread Share Long
(-: Share  From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:37 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   Dear Share, I should just say that in the case of myself I

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread Buck
  Share in town and in Dome... Share, it's true there are very few TM-virgins in the Domes. From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:02 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread Buck
] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Hopefully guidelines facilitate what you are doing and don't get in the way of what you are doing. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Whittling the Dome guidelines Those parts in the Dome

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-26 Thread Robin Carlsen
. From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:02 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: [...] How would YOU go about achieving these goals, Barry? I would try not to alienate the hardcore TBs for a start. The more people realise

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: You are correct, in my opinion, that the various services are meant to be a revenue stream. Peter McWilliams sent me an email before he died, describing a conversation he had with MMY 35+ years ago about how the TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Whittling the Dome guidelines Those parts in the Dome admission guideline about pundits, joytish and yagyas really don't need to be there. They don't have much to do with running the meditation programs in the Domes. There evidently is

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: [...] How would YOU go about achieving these goals, Barry? I

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Whittling the Dome guidelines Those parts in the Dome admission guideline about pundits, joytish and yagyas really don't need to be there. They don't have much to do with running the meditation programs in the Domes. There

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Whittling the Dome guidelines Those parts in the Dome admission guideline about pundits, joytish and yagyas really don't need to be there. They don't have much to do with running the meditation programs in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread Buck
Hopefully guidelines facilitate what you are doing and don't get in the way of what you are doing. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Whittling the Dome guidelines Those parts in the Dome admission guideline about pundits, joytish and

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Om, waht oh. I may lose my Dome badge, again. I got called in by the chief inspector the other day over my religious activities with non-TM pundits. Well, since TM isn't a religion (nyuk), what should they expect? Maybe

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Om, waht oh. I may lose my Dome badge, again. I got called in by the chief inspector the other day over my religious activities with non-TM pundits.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Om, waht oh. I may lose my Dome badge, again. I got called in by the chief

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om, waht oh. I may lose my Dome badge, again. I got called in by the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread Buck
Whittling the Dome guidelines Those parts in the Dome admission guideline about pundits, joytish and yagyas really don't need to be there. They don't have much to do with running the meditation programs in the Domes. There evidently is something else going on in those paragraphs. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: When it comes to pundits, it's the same thing. Deal with the wrong kind, and it might look as if you were hiring people to chant and make

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread Buck
Yep, you got it. These clause about using non-TM movement religious services exclusively evidently were put in the guidelines as part of a business plan. It appeared in the Dome admission guidelines as part of a pitch to support the movement pundits exclusively. It got toned down a little

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread sparaig
You are correct, in my opinion, that the various services are meant to be a revenue stream. Peter McWilliams sent me an email before he died, describing a conversation he had with MMY 35+ years ago about how the TM Movement's growth was unsustainable. He too thought that these services were

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Yep, you got it. These clause about using non-TM movement religious services exclusively evidently were put in the guidelines as part of a business plan. It appeared in the Dome admission guidelines as part of a pitch to

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-25 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: You are correct, in my opinion, that the various services are meant to be a revenue stream. Peter McWilliams sent me an email before he died, describing a conversation he had with MMY 35+ years ago about how the TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-24 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Buck, do you ever ask yourself why you buck the system?   Bucking? Naw, I'm an Iowan, an old practicing mediator, and a pretty reasonable person. By experience and the science I'd like to see the numbers do well

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-24 Thread salyavin808
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Om, waht oh. I may lose my Dome badge, again. I got called in by the chief inspector the other day over my religious activities with non-TM pundits. If it goes badly they'll take my Dome badge away, again. It is still

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices

2012-07-24 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Om, waht oh. I may lose my Dome badge, again. I got called in by the chief inspector the other day over my religious activities with non-TM