[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-04 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: In peace we could arrange a meeting between the chief deniers on both sides? You know, meditation conflict resolution. Rick Archer manifestly is good at moderating. He knows the territory. In the name of a lasting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@... wrote: categorically deny that these states of consciousness are possible for anyone doing TM.You could even opine that TM practitioners can't go beyond asmita because they indulge in laya during meditation. Almost couldn't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: It's true that according to the last suutra of aSTaadhyaayii (a a [sic!]) Just for fun, the ten last ones of those some 4000[!] suutras of PaaNini: 8\.4\.59 vA padAntasya . 8\.4\.60 torli . 8\.4\.61 udaH sthAstambhoH

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: It's true that according to the last suutra of aSTaadhyaayii (a a [sic!]) Just for fun, the ten last ones of those some 4000[!] suutras of PaaNini: 8\.4\.59 vA padAntasya . 8\.4\.60 torli . 8\.4\.61 udaH sthAstambhoH

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: categorically deny that these states of consciousness are possible for anyone doing TM.You could even opine that TM practitioners can't go beyond 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: categorically deny that these states of consciousness are possible for anyone doing TM.You could even opine that TM practitioners can't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: categorically deny that these states of consciousness

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: It's funny, each given their own experience, could ultra-Buddhists and ultra-TM'ers get together to issue a joint-statement that meditation is good and that meditation not only ought to be practiced but that it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Vaj
On May 3, 2011, at 7:23 AM, turquoiseb wrote: It seems that both camps actively work at denying each the other's experience. Like a spiritual warfare is going on over the hearts and minds of the meditation market. What an incredible crock of horseshit. I can honestly state that I have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread WillyTex
Vaj: What I'm saying is that while there exists extraordinary evidence of extraordinary states of consciousness in the scientific record (of various yogis, etc.), currently no such extraordinary record exists for any TMers... Can you cite a double-blind, peer-reviewed, scientific

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: It's funny, each given their own experience, could ultra-Buddhists and ultra-TM'ers get together to issue a joint-statement that meditation is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread whynotnow7
So dude, let me get this right: In your non-spiritual life, you work for a company that produces tools for organizations to sell their products and services. But in your spiritual life, such things are verbotten. In your non-spiritual life, you pay your bills and earn your livelihood by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread WillyTex
Vaj: What I'm saying is that while there exists extraordinary evidence of extraordinary states of consciousness in the scientific record (of various yogis, etc.), currently no such extraordinary record exists for any TMers... Can you cite a double-blind, peer-reviewed,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: It's funny, each given their own experience, could ultra-Buddhists and ultra-TM'ers get together to issue a joint-statement that meditation is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Vaj
On May 3, 2011, at 4:43 PM, Buck wrote: Yep, that is essentially the argument put forward by the second introductory or 'preparatory' lecture. That concentration which is said by TM'ers to be Buddhism is no good by comparison. That is a deeply held belief of TM-TB's even today. Yet

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-03 Thread WillyTex
It seems that both camps actively work at denying each the other's experience. Like a spiritual warfare is going on over the hearts and minds of the meditation market. turquoiseb: I can honestly state that I have never encountered an organization that claims that its technique

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: snip My fave was when the TM Org issued press releases on their long waited for CC'er: he'd been found and they had the EEG's to prove it! And then the Enlightened One left, finding out he had a rare type of sleep disorder that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-02 Thread emptybill
Yeah, I'd be in. I'd like to have it stored so I could parade it around when we see the next contortion. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip My fave was when the TM Org issued press releases

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-02 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote: Yeah, I'd be in. I'd like to have it stored so I could parade it around when we see the next contortion. It's pretty convoluted, as many of Vaj's falsehoods are. You may have to spend some time with the discussion for it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-02 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote: Vaj, so what you are saying is that categorically no TM/TM-Sidhi practitioner could ever become enlightened because the technique(s) are fundamentally flawed. So all reports of enlightenment experiences are either lies

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-02 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: I say give 'em more rope and watch them hang themselves; I mean it's endlessly entertaining and chronic narcissism is relatively harmless. That's good to know. But you best stay tuned in should anything change. You are so

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj's Cosmic Consciousness

2011-05-02 Thread whynotnow7
...That took a left turn, but not an unappreciated one...funny that in a state of whatever-we-are-calling-it-these-days-I'll-settle-for-reality, not only does reality appear, in whatever manifestation, and so does enlightenment or self realization, disappear. Once we experience that the