Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-12 Thread Vaj
On Dec 12, 2008, at 7:43 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: Well, I don't have my 'serotonin meter' hooked up right now, so I can't answer your question accurately - I can tell you that I awoke from the long rest after having performed the 'Night Tech'. And after the first round this morning I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-11 Thread Vaj
On Dec 11, 2008, at 7:20 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: Om, that is succinct. Lack of Transparency, Money, power and sex mixed together. A turning point for me--and a good touchstone for any meditative org-- was to see up close how people who practice a certain teaching fully actually are. In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-11 Thread Vaj
On Dec 11, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Vaj wrote: In the 80's I popped in with an old friend at Purusha headquarters in the Catskills. You just 'popped in' to the Purusha headquarters in the Catskills with an old friend? How did you do that - I can't even get into the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-11 Thread Peter
-pure equnimity. --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:50 AM On Dec 11, 2008, at 7:20 AM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-11 Thread Vaj
On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:47 AM, Peter wrote: Vaj, its a little one-sided to classify everybody on Purusha as edogenous heroin addicts (interesting term, by the way) I spent a year on Purusha when it first started and just like the TMO in general and like anyother spiritual group you have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-11 Thread Vaj
On Dec 11, 2008, at 7:32 PM, sparaig wrote: Do you and Lawson know anything about this new funding for a research center? Or are you making assumptions based on what Vaj said? Dawn, on what do you base your assertion that 20 years of meditating experience is more or less required to draw

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-11 Thread Vaj
On Dec 11, 2008, at 9:40 PM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: a master of anything, be it painting pictures, customizing cars or doing TM takes at least 20 years. the thing that is so unprofessional to see by those with waking state funny names is that they haven't practiced TM for anything like 20

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-11 Thread Vaj
On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:21 PM, sparaig wrote: It's a matter of degree... ANY kind of relaxation can induce RIA. Tyically, normal relaxation only induces RIA (unstressing) in people with pathology. However, TM evokes a deeper level of relaxation than your average relaxation technique,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-11 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 11, 2008, at 9:21 PM, sparaig wrote: It's a matter of degree... ANY kind of relaxation can induce RIA. Tyically, normal relaxation only induces RIA (unstressing) in people with pathology. However, TM evokes a deeper level of relaxation than your average relaxation technique,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-10 Thread Vaj
One thing's very obvious from hearing Orme-Johnson's comments: someone affiliated with the TMO is listening to FFL and probably the TMFree blog...it just shows the power a forum of free speech like FFL, etc. can have. They're forced to respond (with rather lame answers) because the banter

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-07 Thread Vaj
On Dec 7, 2008, at 12:49 AM, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: Chapters 9 to 14 give a detailed description of the early years in which Maharishi established himself in England. The author passed through a variety of spiritual movements and spent about 8 to 10 years meditating with Maharishi and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-07 Thread Vaj
On Dec 7, 2008, at 2:51 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: [...] I am doubtful of this one's credentials, only having practiced TM 8- 10 years. that's what- 15%

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-07 Thread Vaj
On Dec 7, 2008, at 3:15 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Unfortunately, since TM research fails to show any signs of higher states of consciousness, but instead just continues to show relaxation/ alpha coherence benefits--all

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New section on TM and Cults posted on Truth About TM

2008-12-06 Thread Vaj
On Dec 6, 2008, at 9:11 PM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: Om, how would David O-J just answer a cult test about TM and the TM- orgs like: http://www.geocities.com/LeavingNityanandaInstitute/cult_test.htm http://www.cultnews.com/archives/000466.html Chapters 9 to 14 give a detailed description of