so lets have those mythical smoking Governors come on here if they exist
No chance they will announce themselves here. I don't know any former teachers
in Colorado or Washington where it is currently legal to use.
In most states it is still illegal and by many former TM teachers seen as a
form
, 2015 3:49 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMers, Buddhists and Smoke
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote :
I know quite a number of Buddhists. Almost all that I know smoke (and I'm not
talking about Marbo or Fidel's Habanos).
Previously, I considered
while the fakers slip
out the back with their daughters.
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The only
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Then you were proly smoking a chara.
Yes, chara
Charas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charas
Charas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bari2 - so naive.
I know one living right in Fairfield, a former TM teacher, been to India,
trained with SSRS (although not a Kriya teacher) who smokes.
Says meditation is flat, featureless and boring. Transcendence just another
ordinary experience. Says SSRS's hollow and empty meditations
Bevan has crowed for
years about the lack of drug problem on campus.
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Once
4, 2015 9:08 PM
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While some Shaivas do it because they totally buy the mythology of Shiva
liking bhang, not all Shaivas smoke charas or drink bhang. No doubt those sadhu
that do it have their own declarations about their bhang
the elephants coat the skin to protect it from insects etc. I am talking
about M's analogy.
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but were just not aware of. Like getting off of the
moving train and jumping back on.
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so lets have those mythical
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so lets have those mythical smoking Governors come on here if they exist
and say if they are really
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Hear here. I'm a *former* governor. I was forced into retirement a few
years ago due to and advanced state of Ankylosing Spondylitis
You posted as if you were speaking of *active* TM teachers. Here you
mention a *former* TM teacher. There are lots of those around
(including myself) and I could care less what they do and whether they
smoke. In fact I could care less if the *active* teachers smoke. I
gave that up way back
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Thanks for linking Tolstoy's article.
Although I accept the gist of what he's claiming I have a few caveats:
His warnings against smoking tobacco seem overblown. Plenty of industrious,
virtuous individuals enjoyed a pipe: Spinoza, Freud, Einstein, . . .
In the same manner the seeing,
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You posted as if you were speaking of active TM teachers. Here you
mention a former TM teacher
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You posted as if you were speaking of *active* TM teachers. Here you
mention a *former* TM teacher. There are lots of those around
(including
: Sunday, January 4, 2015 3:49 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMers, Buddhists and Smoke
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote :
I know quite a number of Buddhists. Almost all that I know smoke (and I'm not
talking about Marbo or Fidel's Habanos).
Previously, I
: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMers, Buddhists and Smoke
You won't find the real meaning of a guru mantra on the Internet. That's
for initiates. ;-)
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wrote:
Though the word Guru mantra (note) contains
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote :
I know quite a number of Buddhists. Almost all that I know smoke (and I'm not
talking about Marbo or Fidel's Habanos).
Previously, I considered this primarily a result of techniques that focused
primarily upon the surface
Hey, you are all not getting it.
I ain't talking about Marlboro's but weed, mary jane, ganja, smoke.
Re-read the first post and then reconsider your reply.
I got that. Many Sadhus do this, almost all Shaivas. I asked them, if they
didn't think that this was opposed to meditation, but was told that this is 'a
helper of meditations'. One of my very few exposures to weed was when the pipe
was going around, at a Sadhus place, and I inhaled in order to
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote :
Hey, you are all not getting it.
I ain't talking about Marlboro's but weed, mary jane, ganja, smoke.
Re-read the first post and then reconsider your reply.
Dope is another word for it. Re-read my reply, I quit it instantly. One
Then you were proly smoking a chara.
Charas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charas
Charas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charas
Charas is the name given to a hashish form of cannabis
Why didn't you just say ganja then. You were being abstruse.
On 01/04/2015 01:09 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Hey, you are all not getting it.
I ain't talking about Marlboro's but weed, mary jane, ganja, smoke.
Re-read the first post and then reconsider your reply.
Smoke is the current euphemism. But you didn't proffer an answer or explanation
to the question.
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Smoke is the current euphemism. But you didn't proffer an answer or
explanation to the question.
My bet is that those who enjoy smoking dope do so because they enjoy changing
their state of attention, and whatever
the ancient Shen Nong said that Marijuana is among the highest herbs for
constant consumption and leads to making the body light and to the perception
of spirit light, but this modern author says most people are harmed by their
marijuana consumption because they don't know how to balance its
The only reason I ever got from being in India is that it was a part of
some paths sadhana. I didn't ask what they thought they got out of it.
Maybe it just calms them more and provides deeper experiences. But
those who are a bit kapha wouldn't need that.
On 01/04/2015 04:15 PM,
Once again let's go back to the original question -
I know TM teachers who smoke. Considering their long-time experience doing
TM/Sidhi or Kriya/Sahaj techniques (or both), why do they feel the need to do
some smoke?
Answers I have heard:
1. my meditation experience went flat.
2.
KanaVape is a new cannabis e-cig (vape device) that's just come out. It does
not have any THC so doesn't make you high but is supposed to relax you.
Let me know if any of you try it and find it beneficial!
http://kanavape.com/ http://kanavape.com/
While some Shaivas do it because they totally buy the mythology of Shiva liking
bhang, not all Shaivas smoke charas or drink bhang. No doubt those sadhu that
do it have their own declarations about their bhang Litemint.
However, the question is about TM teachers now doing smoke and the reason
You actually know of any TM teachers doing smoke? The only reason I
can think is that they live in a state like Washington or Colorado and
treat it like some would an alcoholic drink not because of it being some
sacrament.
On 01/04/2015 06:08 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
very much reality.
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Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMers, Buddhists and Smoke Once again let's go
back to the original question -
I know TM teachers
Lawson sez:
I was just reading a posting on BrainPickings.org discussing an essay by
Tolstoy, Why do Men Stupefy Themselves, which suggests that use of drugs,
etc., is to stifle the voice of the conscience in order not to be aware of the
discord between one's way of life and the demands of
so lets have those mythical smoking Governors come on here if they exist and
say if they are really or if it about their osteoarthritis pain or what have
you.
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