[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and the evidence that the CIA did indeed infiltrate the TMO is? Haven't you been paying attention? The evidence is that these TBs

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread Ingegerd
What about KGB. Did MMY accept that they were in the TMO. I do not know if they was or not. I only heard rumours. Ingegerd --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/26/05 8:52 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Par for the course during that time. Why do you think it was so easy to pay off the Spanish officials? It was the common thing to do. Probably still

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/26/05 9:05 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's perfectly plausible that some bored ultra-rich, extremely famous, extremely eccentric, black singer might dabble in ALL of TM- associated practices

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/26/05 7:35 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Prez Carter (he of the faith-healing sister who was himself an

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/26/05 12:30 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And we all know the story of Leon Weiner actually getting busted trying to carry cash from Mallorca to Switzerland. And Billy and

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about KGB. Did MMY accept that they were in the TMO. I do not know if they was or not. I only heard rumours. Ingegerd Almost certainly they were. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and the evidence that the CIA did indeed infiltrate

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about KGB. Did MMY accept that they were in the TMO. I do not know if they was or not. I only heard rumours. Ingegerd Almost certainly they were. How about

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: paying off the Spanish officials to get him out. Par for the course during that time. Why do you think it was so easy to pay off

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: paying off the Spanish officials to get him out.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
You might characterize the TMO as a religion, but the techniques themselves I have a hard time seeing as religious in nature. The TMO I could see more easily characterized as a religion, or a quasi-religion or a cult. But you have to consider the level of involvement of individuals. There is such

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Different states of consciousness may lead to different levels of ethics. MMY's point about an enlightened person behaving in a life-supportive way has nuances: in CC, one doesn't act in a way that harms one's own evolution. In higher states,

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: paying off the Spanish officials to get him out.

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about KGB. Did MMY accept that they were in the TMO. I do not know if they was or not. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
--- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/26/05 4:14 PM, Alex Stanley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ethics won't get you Enlightened. But without Ethics you will not get Enlightened. Want to know why?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Different states of consciousness may lead to different levels of ethics. MMY's point about an enlightened person behaving in a life-supportive way has nuances: in

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to clarify, this isn't a statement about you per se but about the nature of ethics. IMO, unethical behavior is almost *defined* by the

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Er,nope. It just means that its futile to single out a single organization or person for criticism when everyone else is doing it too. You really *don't* understand the concept of ethics, do you? :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Different states of consciousness may lead to different levels of ethics. MMY's point about an enlightened person

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Vaj
On Dec 26, 2005, at 10:07 PM, sparaig wrote:In Ken's parlance, 'acting unethical is still within dualities,  it's   merely the photographic negative of ethical activity.' Having said that it is possible to appear to be acting unethically   when actually the intent is to awaken. If you've ever

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Peter wrote: You might characterize the TMO as a religion, but the techniques themselves I have a hard time seeing as religious in nature. I, too, have a hard time seeing the techniques as religious. But there's been talk in this forum of the mantras being devas that the teacher

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to clarify, this isn't a statement about you per se but

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to clarify, this isn't a statement about you per se but

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Er,nope. It just means that its futile to single out a single organization or person for criticism when everyone else is doing it too. You

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Er,nope. It just means that its futile to single out a single organization or person for criticism when everyone else is doing it too. You

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Different states of consciousness may lead

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Different states of consciousness may lead

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter wrote: You might characterize the TMO as a religion, but the techniques themselves I have a hard time seeing as religious in nature. I, too, have a hard time seeing the techniques as religious.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
--- Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter wrote: You might characterize the TMO as a religion, but the techniques themselves I have a hard time seeing as religious in nature. I, too, have a hard time seeing the techniques as religious. But there's been talk in this

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/26/05 7:35 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Prez Carter (he of the faith-healing sister who was himself an evangelical Christian: http://www.alternet.org/story/18378/ ) was clearly an enemy of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Different states of consciousness may lead to different levels of ethics. MMY's point about an enlightened person behaving in a life-supportive way has nuances: in CC, one doesn't act in a way that harms one's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
--- markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Different states of consciousness may lead to different levels of ethics. MMY's point about an enlightened person behaving in a life-supportive way has

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Peter wrote: The TMO has always related higher levels of consciousness with increased moral behavior, but the research is pretty weak in this area. Have you actually leafed through the journals to review research on TM and moral behavior, Peter? I somehow got the impression the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Peter wrote: But what is a religion? I certainly see how someone would call the practice of TM religious because the bija mantras are associated with certain Hindu dieties, but does that make it a religion? Ask a hindu if TM is a religion and he'll think the very question is absurd. Is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- authfriend wrote: Gillam wrote: Yet people in the know tell me [the mantra] is an ishta-deva -- the god one prays most (Wikipedia). People in *what* know? People with knowledge of what? I can't cite posts, but I seem to recall that people who've seen lists of ishta devas have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
--- Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- authfriend wrote: Gillam wrote: Yet people in the know tell me [the mantra] is an ishta-deva -- the god one prays most (Wikipedia). People in *what* know? People with knowledge of what? I can't cite posts, but I seem to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
--- Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter wrote: But what is a religion? I certainly see how someone would call the practice of TM religious because the bija mantras are associated with certain Hindu dieties, but does that make it a religion? Ask a hindu if TM is a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
--- Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter wrote: The TMO has always related higher levels of consciousness with increased moral behavior, but the research is pretty weak in this area. Have you actually leafed through the journals to review research on TM and moral

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Archer
on 12/27/05 9:13 AM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's also how it seems to be done everywhere by tmers who have worked closely with mmy. A recent example in Canada being Governors Corp, headed up by former personal secretaries John Cowhig and his buddy and by tm-sidhis

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Archer
on 12/27/05 9:44 AM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- authfriend wrote: Gillam wrote: Yet people in the know tell me [the mantra] is an ishta-deva -- the god one prays most (Wikipedia). People in *what* know? People with knowledge of what? I can't cite posts, but I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Vaj
On Dec 27, 2005, at 10:13 AM, markmeredith2002 wrote: It's also how it seems to be done everywhere by tmers who have worked closely with mmy.  A recent example in Canada being Governors Corp, headed up by former personal secretaries John Cowhig and his buddy and by tm-sidhis administrator greg

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about KGB. Did MMY accept that they were in the TMO. I do not know if they was or not. I only heard rumours. Ingegerd Almost

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Peter wrote: I'd have to look at it again. But I remember whenever I looked at it I was always bothered by some aspects of it. Do you have a reference? Unfortunately, no. I spent some time Googling but couldn't find a study you could read on the web. (I seldom find studies I can

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about KGB. Did MMY accept that they were in the TMO. I do

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Peter wrote: According to the Sri Tantra (i think its that one) the bija mantras used in TM are the seed form of specific devatas(Saraswati and Lakshmi). The effect of the mantra, according to MMY, would be two-fold. The enlivening of that specific value of nature in one's life through

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Richard J. Williams
Patrick Gillam wrote: I can't cite posts, but I seem to recall that people who've seen lists of ishta devas have seen the TM mantras on the list. From what I've read, Mr. Gillam, almost all the TM bija mantras are derived from the path of Sri Vidya, a tantric tradition in South India, that

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How important we must be that the CIA and the KGB bothered with our little spiritual group...I guess we must have been on to something SO earth-shattering that these organisations took an interest in us. Yup.

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about KGB. Did MMY accept that they were in the TMO. I do

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- authfriend wrote: Gillam wrote: Yet people in the know tell me [the mantra] is an ishta-deva -- the god one prays most (Wikipedia). People in *what* know? People with knowledge of what? I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter wrote: But what is a religion? I certainly see how someone would call the practice of TM religious because the bija mantras are associated with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics is a requirement for Enlightenment

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter wrote: The TMO has always related higher levels of consciousness with increased moral behavior, but the research is pretty weak in this area.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The general public (whomever they are!) seem to like simple answers with black and white distinctions. Unfortunately life is not like that. Last year I read in one of David Brooks' columns in the New York Times that the

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How important we must be that the CIA and the KGB bothered with our little spiritual group...I guess we must have been on to

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread TurquoiseB
How important we must be that the CIA and the KGB bothered with our little spiritual group...I guess we must have been on to something SO earth-shattering that these organisations took an interest in us. Yup. That's exactly my take on all this as well. The clinging to the

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How important we must be that the CIA and the KGB bothered with our little spiritual group...I guess we must have been on to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- authfriend wrote: The more abstract the understanding of the nature of devas, the less religious they seem. Sort of like Christ the divine/human center of the Christian religion, versus the universal Christ as a mode of consciousness. I've been trying to remember if I've ever heard

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly, I think Barry should reflect the internal dynamic that causes him to lash out at a calm and rational discussion of TMO history that may or may not have basis in fact. Wanting to continue to believe that

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How important we must be that the CIA and the KGB bothered with our little spiritual group...I guess we must have been on to something SO earth-shattering that these organisations took an interest in

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly, I think Barry should reflect the internal dynamic that causes him to lash out at a calm and rational discussion of TMO

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Except that, as I noted a few posts back, virtually everyone who wasn't explicitly aligned with the U.S. government suspected the CIA was spying on them. It didn't have anything to do with wanting to believe one was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- authfriend wrote: The more abstract the understanding of the nature of devas, the less religious they seem. Sort of like Christ the divine/human center of the Christian religion, versus the universal

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly, I think Barry should reflect the internal

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly, I think Barry should reflect the internal dynamic that causes him to lash out at a calm and rational discussion of TMO

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How important we must be that the CIA and the KGB bothered with our little spiritual group...I guess we must have been on to

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly, I think Barry should reflect the internal

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Except that, as I noted a few posts back, virtually everyone who wasn't explicitly aligned with the U.S. government suspected the CIA was

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Archer
on 12/27/05 12:44 PM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- authfriend wrote: The more abstract the understanding of the nature of devas, the less religious they seem. Sort of like Christ the divine/human center of the Christian religion, versus the universal Christ as a mode of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Archer
on 12/27/05 12:45 PM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly, I think Barry should reflect the internal dynamic that causes him to lash out at a calm and rational discussion of TMO history that may or may

[FairfieldLife] Evil Oprah

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
Killing wildlife AND contributing to global warming... - Oprah's Jet Grounded After Striking Bird Tue Dec 27, 8:12 AM ET SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Oprah Winfrey's private jet was forced to return to the city airport after its windshield was cracked in a collision

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/27/05 12:44 PM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- authfriend wrote: The more abstract the understanding of the nature of devas, the less religious they seem. Sort of like Christ the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Archer
on 12/27/05 1:31 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although on a Rishikesh TTC, Maharishi did say that you eventually do perceive the deity associated with your mantra. Wow. Then that kinda confirms my experience which I related in another post... He also said that

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry, but this is such bullshit I have to speak up. Anyone who was an activist back in the late 60s and early 70s might have suspected that *some* US government agency was monitoring their efforts, but almost

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry, but this is such bullshit I have to speak up. Anyone who was an activist back in the late 60s and early 70s might have

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry, but this is such bullshit I have to speak up. Anyone who was an activist back in the late 60s and early 70s might have

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Except that, as I noted a few posts back, in the early '70s virtually everyone who didn't explicitly align themselves with the U.S. government suspected they were being spied on by the CIA.

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/27/05 12:45 PM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly, I think Barry should reflect the internal dynamic that causes

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Except that, as I noted a few posts back, virtually everyone who wasn't explicitly aligned with the U.S. government suspected the CIA was

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
Oh, BTW, note how carefully Barry avoided my point. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Except that, as I noted a few posts back, virtually everyone who wasn't explicitly

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But, I still think the more interesting question is why merely discussing this topic is such a bee under Barry's bonnet. It's not, actually. I just find it interesting that Shemp is the only one here who is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Archer
on 12/27/05 1:34 PM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Related issues: Why MMY hated Carter and blamed him for spying, but loved Reagan. And Nixon. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread Sal Sunshine
That is what they did, and look what happened. Sal On Dec 27, 2005, at 12:57 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: ...and know what?  I certainly wouldn't mind if all the organisational schemes worked.  I think TM is the greatest thing since sliced bread...and if training mindless robotrons who bought

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/27/05 12:44 PM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- authfriend wrote: The more abstract the understanding of the nature of devas, the less religious they seem. Sort of like Christ the

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But, I still think the more interesting question is why merely discussing this topic is such a bee under Barry's bonnet. It's not,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/27/05 1:31 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although on a Rishikesh TTC, Maharishi did say that you eventually do perceive the deity associated with your mantra. Wow. Then that kinda

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Archer
on 12/27/05 2:05 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although on a Rishikesh TTC, Maharishi did say that you eventually do perceive the deity associated with your mantra. Sure. But is it an actual personified being, or is it how one's own perception translates the abstraction into

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Archer
on 12/27/05 2:23 PM, jyouells2000 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He also said that eventually your mantra goes on perpetually, whether or not you're meditating. Reminds me of something Irmeli described. Began to notice that on TTC in 1976. Tried to ask about it. Course leaders didn't have

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test

2005-12-27 Thread bbrigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 12/26/05 7:35 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Season's Greetings from Interfaith Charities International

2005-12-27 Thread bbrigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Peter wrote: You might characterize the TMO as a religion, but the techniques themselves I have a hard time seeing as religious in nature. I, too, have a hard time seeing the techniques as religious.

[FairfieldLife] Re: the false guru test - CIA and TMO

2005-12-27 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But, I still think the more interesting question is why

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