The first pirated HD-DVD movie to hit BitTorrent is
...
ta da
...
more fanfare while the presenter opens the envelope
...
SERENITY
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070115-8622.html
Mal and the Firefly gang would be proud.
=== Understanding Hinduism === Good and Evil
By Swami Abhedananda
Ramakrishna Vedanta Math
Culcutta
Abridged
Good and evil of this world of duality are unreal,
are spoken of by words, and exist only in the mind.
- Bhagavatam, XI, ch. XXII.
In the voluminous writings of Hindu
from the Style section of L.A. Times:
http://stylescenes.latimes.com/fashion/2006/12/eurythmics_foun.html
http://stylescenes.latimes.com/fashion/2006/12/eurythmics_foun.html
photo: Deepak Chopra, Ringo Starr (Beatles) and Dave Stewart
(Eurithmics)
at grand opening of upscale sex-toy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
=== Understanding Hinduism === Good and Evil
By Swami Abhedananda
Good rap on the illusory nature of good and evil, but...
Unlike the Western people of the present day, they had
nothing to learn...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
from the Style section of L.A. Times:
http://stylescenes.latimes.com/fashion/2006/12/eurythmics_foun.html
photo: Deepak Chopra, Ringo Starr (Beatles) and Dave Stewart
(Eurithmics) at grand opening of upscale
This despicable hanging, in the most barbaric way...
Who can wonder, why the Sunni population in Iraq, is repulsed;
We here, in America, a so used to violence, via Internet and TV.
It hardly matters to us, right?
But don't you feel that the rest of the Sunni nations, in the Middle East.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
This despicable hanging, in the most barbaric way...
Just as a question, why is a hanging in which the
hangee is decapitated during his fall, thus having
an instantaneous death, more barbaric than one in
which he
paste
Creating A Deeper Experience of Community: A Structured Conversation
A group of us have been meeting weekly for several months to discuss
what we can do to create a deeper experience of community in our own
lives here in Fairfield. On Saturday, January 20, we will host
a structured
The maharishi of merchandising LOL! Now there's two. :-)
On Jan 16, 2007, at 4:01 AM, george_deforest wrote:
from the Style section of L.A. Times:
http://stylescenes.latimes.com/fashion/2006/12/eurythmics_foun.html
photo: Deepak Chopra, Ringo Starr (Beatles) and Dave Stewart
On Jan 15, 2007, at 9:04 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote:
Story 1:
My dad was an alcoholic.
Story 2:
My dad was an alcoholic who sexually abused me from the time I was
around 4 or 5 until my early teens...
I find these stories fascinating. To be
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The maharishi of merchandising LOL! Now there's two. :-)
Speaking of creative merchandising, I followed links
in and around the article about the sex toy store and
found a few mentions of a new energy drink called
Motley Bird.
What the hell does Deepak Chopra know about
enlightenment?
--- george_deforest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
from the Style section of L.A. Times:
http://stylescenes.latimes.com/fashion/2006/12/eurythmics_foun.html
http://stylescenes.latimes.com/fashion/2006/12/eurythmics_foun.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What the hell does Deepak Chopra know about
enlightenment?
He seems to know a great deal more about making it
palatable to the masses than Maharishi does.
Imagine yourself a consumer of sorts who had never
heard of
On Jan 15, 2007, at 11:08 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
Sal, this is way outside my field. Seems unlikely, however, that one
non-profit could extend its charter and provide an umbrella for
another organization's fundraising project.
Thanks, Marek.
Sal
In a message dated 1/16/07 3:04:24 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
photo: Deepak Chopra, Ringo Starr
Fantastic! Ringo looks really good, doesn't look like Yassir Arafat anymore.
He must have seen some of those Hollywood plastic surgeons.
In the Spring of 1991, in my then-capacity as Secretary of the Board of Higher
Education and Campus Ministry of the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist
Church, I organized a luncheon dialogue meeting between M.I.U. senior
adminstrators and faculty, headed up by Lenny Goldman, and select
Bob
Your response, is, of course, ignorant and ignorant of the facts of
life and of the facts of the Prahlada story.
Me: I am familiar with The Facts of Life and can prove it:
A group of girls attending a boarding school experience the joys and
the trials of adolescence under the guiding
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Bob
Your response, is, of course, ignorant and ignorant of the facts of
life and of the facts of the Prahlada story.
Me: I am familiar with The Facts of Life and can prove it:
A group of girls
On Jan 16, 2007, at 1:55 PM, sparaig wrote:
H... How's that explanation of Jewish belief in reincarnation
coming?
Sha'ar ha Gilgulim is rather interesting and would be a great topic!
H... How's that explanation of Jewish belief in reincarnation
coming?
Jonah and the Whale is a spot-on description of reincarnation - not
that there's anything wrong with that
And how will it be done? Spread neo-hinduism incorporating Yoga-lite
(i.e. Mantra Yoga) on modernity. The less mentioned about God the
better, then when this is established and modernity has tasted a
little bliss, full blown hinduism can hold sway.
So much for 'freedom' and 'democracy' (MMY-damn
TurquoiseB wrote:
Speaking of creative merchandising, I followed links
in and around the article about the sex toy store ...
here is the URL for the store itself, the LA branch
(you can follow links to the original London store)
http://www.cocodemerusa.com/about_la.aspx
In Love and God MMY proclaims Guru Dev had reached the Cosmic
Consciousness'the perfect expression of 'Purnamadah
purnamidam'. Now in the Gita he says CC is merely the basis of GC
which leads to UC, huh???
You mean Guru Dev was just in CC...go figure!
He also states that Brahmi-sthiti
On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:04 PM, wmurphy77 wrote:
In Love and God MMY proclaims Guru Dev had reached the Cosmic
Consciousness'the perfect expression of 'Purnamadah
purnamidam'. Now in the Gita he says CC is merely the basis of GC
which leads to UC, huh???
You mean Guru Dev was just in
On Jan 16, 2007, at 2:42 PM, Larry wrote:
H... How's that explanation of Jewish belief in reincarnation
coming?
Jonah and the Whale is a spot-on description of reincarnation - not
that there's anything wrong with that
Well and of course the Sermon on the Mt. in the NT.
...that would explain his concept of 'Self-Realization' now wouldn't
it, but if you use the word Soul, yikes that smarts of
Religion...can't do! So let's just call it CC. Gettin' the picture???
CC is Self Realization or realization of Spirit or Brahman in
relation to your SELF or SOUL! (Limited
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, allanrosenzweig
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's focus on building Fairfield Vedic City first, before
wasting
money on an expired and expensive notion of the center being in
Kansas.
Here is an interesting site http://Brahmasthan.US that says:
The
Alain Danielou (1907-1994) son of French aristocracy, author of
numerous books on philosophy, religion, history and arts of India and
perhaps the first European to boldly proclaim his Hinduness. He
settled in India for fifteen years in the study of Sanskrit. He had a
wide effect upon Europe's
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:04 PM, wmurphy77 wrote:
In Love and God MMY proclaims Guru Dev had reached the Cosmic
Consciousness'the perfect expression of 'Purnamadah
purnamidam'. Now in the Gita he says CC is merely
without mentioning the word Religion.hey, if you cut the head off
a dog, IT'S STILL A DOG! Personally I'm fine with TM being taught as a
Religion, although, I may have never started...
Comment below:
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:04 PM, wmurphy77 wrote:
In Love and God MMY proclaims Guru Dev had reached the Cosmic
Consciousness'the perfect expression of 'Purnamadah
purnamidam'. Now in the Gita
Jonathan it might not be that kind of meeting. Those kind of
movement people might also be asked to a grandjury hearing in a
discovery of the *disappearred*, preparatory to their indictments in
a crimes against humanity trial. You know, the *disappearred*
meditators, teachers,governors,
Sri Matre Namah,
Here is the Pujas Schedule for four days during Kumbhabhishekam in
Devipuram :
http://www.devipura m.com/events/ Kumbhabhishekam- English.pdf
http://www.devipura m.com/events/ Kumbhabhishekam- Telugu.pdf
Kindly forward the links to other devotees of Goddess
http://www.devipuram.com/events/Kumbhabhishekam-English.pdf
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:04 PM, wmurphy77 wrote:
In Love and God MMY proclaims Guru Dev had reached the Cosmic
Consciousness'the perfect expression of 'Purnamadah
purnamidam'. Now in the Gita he says CC is merely
It might be wise to understand that Vedic law is the first law which
supported the democracy of Harappa.
- Original Message -
From: wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:50 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] MMY's race to impose
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alain Danielou (1907-1994) son of French aristocracy, author of
numerous books on philosophy, religion, history and arts of India and
perhaps the first European to boldly proclaim his Hinduness. He
settled in India
Little you peeps understand. Upon purnadiksha into Sri Vidya one is already
established in Brahman. This is the vow of of this Tantra as of some others.
So this question is rather funny.
- Original Message -
From: wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent:
Thanks Marek for a really fine reply!! The real significence of his
Bhagavad Gita is that Awareness in the state of Being alone makes the
whole field of devotion real, this is significent! (page 7 Preface)
The state of Being he is referring to is *Self-Realization* (or
realization of the soul as
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It might be wise to understand that Vedic law is the first law which
supported the democracy of Harappa.
And it was a democracy?...call MMY immediately!
Comment below:
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
**snip**
The real significence of his
Bhagavad Gita is that Awareness in the state of Being alone makes the
whole field of devotion real, this is significent! (page 7 Preface)
The state of Being he
He's cool too and you can talk to him at his Yahoo list Sri Yantra.
- Original Message -
From: cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:33 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Danielou on Sanskrit
Alain Danielou (1907-1994) son of
There's not supposed to be anything on the Brahmastan anyway.
- Original Message -
From: dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:29 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield is the Consciousness Brahmasthan of
the USA
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On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:47 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
Maharishi's articulation of states of enlightenment definitely seems
to have evolved over time; at first he spoke only of Cosmic
Consciousness (which was offered as the big E -- the be all and end
all of human evolution), and only later spoke of
TurquoiseB wrote:
The first pirated HD-DVD movie to hit BitTorrent is
...
ta da
...
more fanfare while the presenter opens the envelope
...
SERENITY
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070115-8622.html
Mal and the Firefly gang would be proud.
And the Blu-Ray versus HD-DVD crowd
On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:47 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
But partly because of that, what's always struck me as peculiar is
that Maharishi's programs and organizations are so devoid of bhakti.
With the exception of him teaching us the guru puja to Guru Dev (now
somewhat morphed -- at least in emphasis
On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:47 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
And that seems to be in contradistinction to what Guru Dev taught and
lived. If you go to Paul Mason's website on Guru Dev you learn that
Guru Dev taught primarily (at least to the masses) in terms of God and
the heart. You can listen to Guru
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Well, this is the stuff that FFL was made for, right?
The field of pure existence -- Being -- *is* the Self. Actually, the
Self is beyond both existence and non-existence. It is so rock-solid
and complete that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:47 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
Maharishi's articulation of states of enlightenment definitely seems
to have evolved over time; at first he spoke only of Cosmic
Consciousness (which was offered as the
On Jan 16, 2007, at 5:26 PM, sparaig wrote:
The seven states of consciousness are identified, according to the
MUM style guide, as:
http://resources.mum.edu/manuals/styleguide.pdf
Turiya Chetanå (Transcendental Consciousness)
Turiyåtit Chetanå (Cosmic Consciousness)
Bhagavad Chetanå (God
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The seven states of consciousness are identified, according to the
MUM style guide, as:
http://resources.mum.edu/manuals/styleguide.pdf
Turiya Chetanå (Transcendental Consciousness)
Turiyåtit Chetanå (Cosmic
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 16, 2007, at 5:26 PM, sparaig wrote:
The seven states of consciousness are identified, according to the
MUM style guide, as:
http://resources.mum.edu/manuals/styleguide.pdf
Turiya Chetanå
Comment below:
**
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
**snip**
He does mention bhakti, but it's more *transcendental bhakti* and is
present in the transitional refinement of GC. In other words it's
not
'falling down in the street with your tambourine
On Jan 16, 2007, at 5:50 PM, wmurphy77 wrote:
Indeed they are.: the commentaries of the Badarayana sutras.
I traced this years ago after I heard the first mention.
OK, let's just assume for simplicity sake Guru Dev was in UC and MMY
just calls everything Cosmic Consciousness, Thanks! :-)
On Jan 16, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
Comment below:
**
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
**snip**
He does mention bhakti, but it's more *transcendental bhakti* and is
present in the transitional refinement of GC. In other words it's
not
Comment below:
**
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
**snip**
True, in man, it is limited in its expression, (The silence which
is
experienced in cosmic consciousness, and which separates the Self
from
activity, is on an *infinitely* smaller scale,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Non sequitur. There's no mention nor any implication in my above
statement that is connected to your response. Turiyatita or jivan-
mukti are the traditional words for CC. It's well-known in what
style of literature
On Jan 16, 2007, at 6:44 PM, wmurphy77 wrote:
Actually it is more simply stated as that between a thimble full of
water representing Self Realization (CC according to MMY, sometimes),
A picture full of water representing GC (realization of the personal
formless 'consciousness' of the personal
Doug I guess I'm just naive. I had a great experience at M.I.U. but that's 30
years ago now. I met Hagelin when I was in high school and he was still an
undergraduate: he's a good guy. But who knows what all has gone on - certainly
I don't. But I'm still trying to look for the best in
What is Enlightenment? magazine: Among other things, we're looking into the
different advantages and disadvantages that men and women experience on the
spiritual path and whether or not the spiritual path and goal are the same for
men as for women.
Swami Bharati Tirtha: When one is doing
Number one: Yama, which includes the below,
Truthfulness
Non-violence
Non-covetousness
Celibacy
Non-acceptance of others possessions.
If you're waiting for limb number 8, Samadhi, to solve all of your
problems, think again! It is only thru samadhi that one is empowered
to practice the other
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 16, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
Comment below:
**
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
**snip**
He does mention bhakti, but it's more *transcendental bhakti* and is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 16, 2007, at 5:50 PM, wmurphy77 wrote:
Indeed they are.: the commentaries of the Badarayana sutras.
I traced this years ago after I heard the first mention.
OK, let's just assume for simplicity sake Guru
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Number one: Yama, which includes the below,
Truthfulness
Non-violence
Non-covetousness
Celibacy
Non-acceptance of others possessions.
If you're waiting for limb number 8, Samadhi, to solve all of your
problems,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
On Jan 16, 2007, at 5:50 PM, wmurphy77 wrote:
Indeed they are.: the commentaries of the Badarayana sutras.
I traced this years ago after I
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 no_reply@ wrote:
Number one: Yama, which includes the below,
Truthfulness
Non-violence
Non-covetousness
Celibacy
Non-acceptance of others possessions.
If
Sparaig, I'm certain Vaj wasn't mocking. Thanks for standing up for
me though.
And I have read Love God but it never moved me (even though I kept
hoping it would). I'd always kind of assumed that Maharishi and the
TMO were 'heart' oriented but an old friend of mine, an initiator who
later
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sparaig, I'm certain Vaj wasn't mocking. Thanks for standing up for
me though.
And I have read Love God but it never moved me (even though I kept
hoping it would). I'd always kind of assumed that Maharishi and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 no_reply@ wrote:
Number one: Yama, which includes the below,
Truthfulness
Non-violence
Maharishi also believes that such native shamanic traditions are
very important and must be preserved.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Pundits are just growing on trees. I always thought pundits could
just up
and go on all deities but was I wrong!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
snip
Maharishi's teaching have always been rather dry and academic, even
more so the last couple of decades. His circular expositions of
silence, and silence into silence, and silence out of silence, etc.,
etc., just
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