[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-17 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: The / a lesson from witnessing this huge QA parade was that: 1) experiences were natural, they were not something to make a big fuss about, no

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-17 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Not true. Different states of consciousness exist; I have experienced many of the ones Maharishi talked about. What I am not sold on is that any of them were higher. I am content to interpret my experiences as merely

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: Turq, I am unable to keep up these conversations in real time, but I have some comments in the exchanges below. Dude, that subject is so last week by now. What you are asking about are multiple experiences

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: Turq, I am unable to keep up these conversations in real time, but I have some comments in the exchanges below. I'll follow up a little, now that I've had my coffee, and try to explain to you why I'm not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: I agree - this is odd, to say the least - that your Master (at the time) would not say something to you quietly just to acknowledge the experience

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Thanks for your reply. I have nothing to say about it because, after all, what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Thank you for your reply. Not informative for my curiosity about these things. I was just curious. I had not intended to 'lock horns' on this one, as you put it. However, I suppose if someone wanted to really get you to talk more openly about things, the spiritual technique of waterboarding

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: My favorite such moment, just as a suddenly-triggered- memory aside, took place in Amsterdam. Me and a bunch of other guys had gone there to teach

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: As it turned out, at the height of this experience he was giving advanced techniques and I got to go up and sit by his side, literally

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: when people didn't respond to his announced enlight- enmentitudeness the way he wanted them to. As elaborated in an adjacent post, the 10,000 QA at the mic between MMY and those on the course were often about experiences.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread turquoiseb
Tart, *not* wishing to argue with you or diminish what you say in any way, just presenting a Deva's Advocate position the same way Curtis might, do you notice that the personalized feedback I have highlighted below, along with my occasional comments in brackets, is a lot like cold reading of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Tart, *not* wishing to argue with you or diminish what you say in any way, just presenting a Deva's Advocate position the same way Curtis might, do you notice that the personalized feedback I have highlighted below, along

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread WillyTex
when people didn't respond to his announced enlight- enmentitudeness the way he wanted them to... tartbrain: 3) one generally didn't talk about their experiences outside of the QA with MMY. Progress was being made was the only important thing. No need to talk about it or broadcast

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread WillyTex
turquoiseb: I *did* experience what I experienced... Perception is reality?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote: when people didn't respond to his announced enlight- enmentitudeness the way he wanted them to... tartbrain: 3) one generally didn't talk about their experiences outside of the QA with MMY. Progress was being

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: My favorite such moment, just as a suddenly-triggered- memory aside, took place

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: when people didn't respond to his announced enlight- enmentitudeness the way he wanted them to. As elaborated in an adjacent post, the 10,000 QA at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-16 Thread seventhray1
Damn, I'm good. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Tart, *not* wishing to argue with you or diminish what you say in any way, just presenting a Deva's Advocate position the same way Curtis might, do you notice that the personalized feedback I have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote: IMplicit in MMY's theory of 7 states of consciousness is the fact that there's no end-point to growth, and therefore there's no such thing as the 7th state... authfriend: Plus which, as I've always understood

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Most spiritual teachers do have the ability to do number two and a number here might argue they experienced number 2 or what is usually called darshan even with Maharishi. The guy did have some shakti after all. If some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Most spiritual teachers do have the ability to do number two and a number here might argue they experienced number 2 or what is usually called darshan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Most spiritual teachers do have the ability to do number two and a number here

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: IMplicit in MMY's theory of 7 states of consciousness is the fact that there's no end-point to growth, and therefore there's no such thing as the 7th state. For that matter, even within CC, there's room for growth since

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread Bhairitu
On 06/15/2011 03:16 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: Most spiritual teachers do have the ability to do number two and a number here might argue they experienced number 2 or what is usually called darshan even with Maharishi. The guy did

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Most

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Thanks for your reply. I have nothing to say about it because, after all, what is there to say? It was your subjective experience and thus essentially

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Turq, I am unable to keep up these conversations in real time, but I have some comments in the exchanges below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: Nice idea. I have never

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread seventhray1
Wayback. Warning!, Warning!, Warning!. Where is the scientific evidence? Where is the objective verification? Don't you know this is simple MOODMAKING or RANDAM BRAIN ACTIVITY. You are goring some sacred cows by describing this experience. For what it's worth, I've also had nice

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: As I said, from my side I never experienced anything similar with him. Looking back, I can't say that I ever noticed anything in the way of darshan from him. I will allow that it could have been too subtle for me to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-15 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: I agree - this is odd, to say the least - that your Master (at the time) would not say something to you quietly just to acknowledge the experience you were having. It never occurred to me before that MMY seemed not to talk to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: There is another way of teaching. It is possible, for teachers who are capable of such things, to talk about states of consciousness while putting on the SOC in question and then radiating or broadcasting it so

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Nice idea. I have never encountered this, although I have encountered one teacher that could in the space of a few days get a fair number of persons to experience a shift in SOC, if only temporary, but it was not like a broadcast. If you have encountered such teachers of the second kind, do

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: Nice idea. I have never encountered this, although I have encountered one teacher that could in the space of a few days get a fair number of persons to experience a shift in SOC, if only temporary, but it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: And what are the mechanics behind the ability to broadcast an SOC? I have no earthly idea. I report only on my subjective experience

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: This morning's cafe rap is purely informative. In it I'll springboard off of one of my favorite quotes of recent years and how I think it's relevant to two vastly different forms of spiritual teaching, and why I prefer

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip It was in a very real sense a hands on demo of Maharishi's Knowledge is different in different states of consciousness. As a result of having had this experience, I would reword MMY's statement as Reality is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread sparaig
IMplicit in MMY's theory of 7 states of consciousness is the fact that there's no end-point to growth, and therefore there's no such thing as the 7th state. For that matter, even within CC, there's room for growth since there are plenty of TMers who have been tested in physiological studies who

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: IMplicit in MMY's theory of 7 states of consciousness is the fact that there's no end-point to growth, and therefore there's no such thing as the 7th state. Plus which, as I've always understood it, the whole thing is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread WillyTex
IMplicit in MMY's theory of 7 states of consciousness is the fact that there's no end-point to growth, and therefore there's no such thing as the 7th state... authfriend: Plus which, as I've always understood it, the whole thing is a continuum anyway... This has been pointed out by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread WillyTex
There is another way of teaching... Bhairitu: If some folks didn't experience maybe they hit him on a bad day or their nervous system was just too coarse to experience it... Well, I suppose that MMY had that certain something, in order influence Barry to stay in the TMO for ten or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread emptybill
You're talking stupid conjecture again Willy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote: IMplicit in MMY's theory of 7 states of consciousness is the fact that there's no end-point to growth, and therefore there's no such thing as the 7th state...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread WillyTex
emptybill: You're talking stupid conjecture again Willy. Well, so nobody made any claims about listening to any of MMY public recordings, I assumed nobody had ever heard them. It's just interesting that of all the informants making claims here, that none of them own a copy of his records,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Two Approaches To Spiritual Teaching - Theory vs. Practice

2011-06-14 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Jun 14, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Most spiritual teachers do have the ability to do number two Taken by itself, that is easily the sentence of the week. LOL.