[FairfieldLife] Re: Harsh Transits and FFL

2009-03-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Ketu (who signifies the occult) seems to be stirring up some problems on FFL. The marshybots are on the march bringing up once again that TM is so unique and the bestess. Wow, is that disingenuous! It wasn't TM supporters

[FairfieldLife] How do you separate the TBs from the Blind TBs?

2009-03-30 Thread Duveyoung
Who's really a blind TB and who's merely an intellectual TB? Here's some simple questions that will sort out those TBs, methinks. 1. If I teach TM to someone without using the puja but I'm still using the mantras and the technique of Maharishi will the mantra/technique still work? 2. Without

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Slaxity

2009-03-30 Thread Vaj
On Mar 30, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Duveyoung wrote: I agree with the below. Any putting of the attention on body processes, can only lead to putting the attention on body processes -- reincarnation is assured. I would like you to write more about the better method. How is this taught? Edg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation vs. Vedantic Contemplation

2009-03-30 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Zoran Krneta krneta.zo...@... wrote: Those are 2 different types of practice for 2 different levels of consciousness. Cosmic consciousness: �The observer and the observed create a dualistic reality [witnessing]�� � DHYAN PPRACTICE Brahman

Re: [FairfieldLife] Meditation vs. Vedantic Contemplation

2009-03-30 Thread Vaj
On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Zoran Krneta wrote: Those are 2 different types of practice for 2 different levels of consciousness. Cosmic consciousness: “The observer and the observed create a dualistic reality [witnessing]…” – DHYAN PPRACTICE Brahman consciousness: “…and the higher step of

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you separate the TBs from the Blind TBs?

2009-03-30 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Who's really a blind TB and who's merely an intellectual TB? Here's some simple questions that will sort out those TBs, methinks. 1. If I teach TM to someone without using the puja but

Re: [FairfieldLife] How do you separate the TBs from the Blind TBs?

2009-03-30 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Duveyoung wrote: Who's really a blind TB and who's merely an intellectual TB? Here's some simple questions that will sort out those TBs, methinks. 1. If I teach TM to someone without using the puja but I'm still using the mantras and the technique of Maharishi

Re: [FairfieldLife] How do you separate the TBs from the Blind TBs?

2009-03-30 Thread Vaj
On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:07 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: 13. Who else besides Edg can make it through this silly list, or who even cares? Well, OffWorld. And he has the science to prove it, ROFLOL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Slaxity

2009-03-30 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: ..It is said that engaging in these breath- pausing lower absorptions leads to rebirth as an animal... Ha, ha, rebirth as an animal from 'improper' meditation, GMAB. Degenerating from the human species to a lower animal species

[FairfieldLife] Have you seen Achmed? (I guess you have...)

2009-03-30 Thread cardemaister
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go

[FairfieldLife] Effort? (Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch))

2009-03-30 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: I'm sorry I got sucked into this petty bullshit by those who live for petty bullshit. Nitpick: realize the Transcendent. There is nothing to reach. It has always been present, at every moment of everyone's life. There is no going to...one is always already there.

[FairfieldLife] Brasscheck TV: A skeptical look at global warming

2009-03-30 Thread Arhata Osho
Are the oil companies conspiring to keep us addicted to fossil fuels? No doubt. But Al Gore never talks about that, does he? Instead he talks about carbon taxes which keeps the oil companies in business - and further impoverishes an already struggling world population. Here's the real story

[FairfieldLife] Brave New Deal?

2009-03-30 Thread Richard J. Williams
The more I read about these plans, the more I wonder what the end game is supposed to be. The administration is acting serious: firing Wagoner, and threatening to cut off funds if Chrysler doesn't make a deal with Fiat. Then you read the report, and the government's statements seem . . .

[FairfieldLife] Heckuva Job, Timmy!

2009-03-30 Thread Richard J. Williams
You hit on the secret, Geithner, like the man in charge, his wife, and his followers, they care not a bit about US Sovereignty. Quite the contrary, they believe a Global Currency, like a UN 'Global test' for foreign policy, is a long overdue remedy to the inequity of America being on top for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Harsh Transits and FFL

2009-03-30 Thread Bhairitu
off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Ketu (who signifies the occult) seems to be stirring up some problems on FFL. The marshybots are on the march bringing up once again that TM is so unique and the bestess. Those

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kings, episode 3 (or 4, depending on how you count)

2009-03-30 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: David Shepherd is a naif, a country boy thrown into this maelstrom of intrigues and plotting against his will. But his star is on the ascendant, because he is seen as a player, one who has the blessings of the gods on his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Harsh Transits and FFL

2009-03-30 Thread Bhairitu
authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Ketu (who signifies the occult) seems to be stirring up some problems on FFL. The marshybots are on the march bringing up once again that TM is so unique and the bestess. Wow, is that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Slaxity

2009-03-30 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I agree with the below. Any putting of the attention on body processes, can only lead to putting the attention on body processes -- reincarnation is assured. I would like you to write more about the better method. How

[FairfieldLife] 4 Fingered Pianist!

2009-03-30 Thread arhatafreespeech
  I hope all of you will be able to open this video. It is great. Just click on the link below.     An amazing story from Korea .. HeeAh Lee was born with several physical deformities. She only had two fingers on each hand. And her legs ended at her knees. Her doctors didn't expect

Re: [FairfieldLife] Leaving Computers on overnight= $2.8 Billion a Year!

2009-03-30 Thread Bhairitu
Working link: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/130078 From the article: Admittedly I don't think much about it at all. I leave my laptop running overnight because I know it'll take five minutes or more to get things going in the morning -- not just booting up, but launching the various apps I

[FairfieldLife] Sightings of Jesus

2009-03-30 Thread Arhata Osho
As further evidence for my contention that Believing is Seeing, here's the latest roundup of Jesus sightings collected on YouTube: http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JvjGIkl2yDY http://www.freedomofspeech.netfirms.com/

[FairfieldLife] Paxil (anti-shy drug)

2009-03-30 Thread bob_brigante
How a month and a half on Paxil taught me to love being shy. http://slate.com/id/2143243 http://slate.com/id/2143243

[FairfieldLife] Re: 4 Fingered Pianist!

2009-03-30 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, arhatafreespe...@... wrote:   I hope all of you will be able to open this video. It is great. Just click on the link below.     An amazing story from Korea .. HeeAh Lee was born with several physical deformities. She only

[FairfieldLife] Aspartame Poison in Diet Crap

2009-03-30 Thread arhatafreespeech
My name is Cathy Alexander, age 52, from Tennessee. Here is my story: MY BATTLE WITH ASPARTAME POISON.  In 2005 I had an operation on my abdomen, and there were 100 days of recovery time. A week after I got up one morning and my legs folded under me. I could not walk and my mind was so

Re: [FairfieldLife] Effort? (Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch))

2009-03-30 Thread Kirk
I always thought the TM technique was so much more than effortless. - Original Message - From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 11:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Effort? (Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Harsh Transits and FFL

2009-03-30 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Ketu (who signifies the occult) seems to be stirring up some problems on FFL. The marshybots are on the march bringing up

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brave New Deal?

2009-03-30 Thread John
Given the competitive market, the government should leave the two companies alone. If they can't fix their problems, then let them file for bankruptcy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: The more I read about these plans, the more I wonder what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Harsh Transits and FFL

2009-03-30 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Ketu (who signifies the occult) seems to be stirring up some problems on FFL. The marshybots are on the march bringing up

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-03-30 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 2009 500 messages as of (UTC) Mon Mar 30 23:46:29 2009 48 authfriend jst...@panix.com 42 sparaig lengli...@cox.net 35 raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com 33

[FairfieldLife] spontaneous meditating?

2009-03-30 Thread Nelson
With all the knowledge and experience here assembled, have there been many cases of someone having a meaningless sound come to them which produced the same results as official initiation?

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you separate the TBs from the Blind TBs?

2009-03-30 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Who's really a blind TB and who's merely an intellectual TB? Here's some simple questions that will sort out those TBs, methinks. 13. What is your True Belief? Vaj: I never taught anyone TM but I'm sure it's dangerous.

Re: [FairfieldLife] spontaneous meditating?

2009-03-30 Thread I am the eternal
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Nelson nelsonriddle2...@yahoo.com wrote: With all the knowledge and experience here assembled, have there been many cases of someone having a meaningless sound come to them which produced the same results as official initiation? I was never certain that I

Re: [FairfieldLife] 4 Fingered Pianist!

2009-03-30 Thread Bhairitu
I once had a piano student with two fingers on each hand (thalidomide baby). I got him playing jazz chords and improvising. Just had to work out some fingerings for him to play. arhatafreespe...@yahoo.com wrote: I hope all of you will be able to open this video. It is great. Just

[FairfieldLife] For Turq: Asimov on why some people are more wrong than others

2009-03-30 Thread ruthsimplicity
http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It

[FairfieldLife] News from Dr. John Hagelin

2009-03-30 Thread Dick Mays
From: Dr. John Hagelin mailto:developm...@mum.edudevelopm...@mum.edu Dear Meditators, Sidhas and Governors, By now you have probably heard that the 6,000 tickets for the upcoming April 4th Benefit Concert sold out within minutes of going on public sale! This is one of the largest and most

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you separate the TBs from the Blind TBs?

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Who's really a blind TB and who's merely an intellectual TB? Here's some simple questions that will sort out those TBs, methinks. 1. If I teach TM to someone without using the puja but I'm still using the mantras and

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you separate the TBs from the Blind TBs?

2009-03-30 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: Who's really a blind TB and who's merely an intellectual TB? Here's some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brave New Deal?

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: Given the competitive market, the government should leave the two companies alone. If they can't fix their problems, then let them file for bankruptcy. (snip) When they came to the government for a bailout, well then, they were

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you separate the TBs from the Blind TBs?

2009-03-30 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:07 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: 13. Who else besides Edg can make it through this silly list, or who even cares? Well, OffWorld. And he has the science to prove it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How do you separate the TBs from the Blind TBs?

2009-03-30 Thread Bhairitu
Robert wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Who's really a blind TB and who's merely an intellectual TB? Here's some simple questions that will sort out those TBs, methinks. 1. If I teach TM to someone without using the puja but I'm still using the

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do you separate the TBs from the Blind TBs?

2009-03-30 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:07 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: 13. Who else besides Edg can make it through this silly

[FairfieldLife] 'Help Wanted/Outside the Box Types'

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090330/us_time/08599188817500

[FairfieldLife] The bohemian life is the only life worth living!

2009-03-30 Thread arhatafreespeech
 The bohemian life is the only life worth living! All other kinds of lives are only lukewarm; they are more ways of committing slow suicide than ways of living life passionately and intensely. In the past it was inevitable that the artist had to live in rebellion, because creativity is the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The bohemian life is the only life worth living!

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, arhatafreespe...@... wrote:  The bohemian life is the only life worth living! All other kinds of lives are only lukewarm; they are more ways of committing slow suicide than ways of living life passionately and intensely. In the past it was inevitable

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:21 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re:

[FairfieldLife] 'Dream a Little Dream for Me'

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
AS MAN BEGINS TO AWAKEN, HE CONTROLS AND TAKES OVER, AND IS NO LONGER A VICTIM OF HIS VISION, FOR HE HAS CONTROL OF HIS ATTENTION As man begins to awaken, he controls and takes over, and is no longer a victim of his vision, for he has control of his attention The whole vast world is no more

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal L.Shaddai@ wrote: snip I

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal L.Shaddai@ wrote: snip I go back again to just what is an intention and a subtle thought at the

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: Vaj thinks TM is inferior because we're not thinking the mantra 24/7. Apparently he prefers effort in his practice and it's his mission to argue that losing the mantra means TM is flawed. He tries mightily to squeeze TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: setting Buddhist sutras to rap music

2009-03-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_re...@... wrote: http://snipurl.com/ette0 http://snipurl.com/ette0 [www_globalpost_com] Not everyone's spiritual cuppa tea. Some might think that enlivening the music and the metaphors of the masses with a bit of spiritual tradition and

[FairfieldLife] 'A Really Big Shew, in NYC'

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
http://www.beatlesinindia.blogspot.com/

[FairfieldLife] Re: setting Buddhist sutras to rap music

2009-03-30 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: http://snipurl.com/ette0 http://snipurl.com/ette0 [www_globalpost_com] Not everyone's spiritual cuppa tea. Some might think that enlivening the

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: Get that? NO ONE WAS TESTED. TM teachers are technicians: Parrots repeating answers back. They're not gurus. Exactly. And TM defenders parroting those

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: It just occurred to me (tangentially) that part of the confusion between TM and other mantra meditation techniques has to do with the erroneous equation of these two principles: --It's better to go back to the mantra if

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: [...] I've seen the opposite. I've seen spiritual teachers who encounter a person who WON'T settle for pat answers with a sense of delight. The Dalai Lama breaks into a huge smile when this happens in one of his advanced

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: It just occurred to me (tangentially) that part of the confusion between TM and other mantra meditation techniques has to do with the erroneous equation

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: It just occurred to me (tangentially) that part of the confusion between TM and other mantra meditation techniques has to do with the erroneous equation

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: It just occurred to me (tangentially) that part of the confusion between TM and other

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [...] I've seen the opposite. I've seen spiritual teachers who encounter a person who WON'T settle for pat answers with a sense of delight. The Dalai

[FairfieldLife] Effort? (Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch))

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Nab, If Vaj is SOLELY into one-up-manship, I can't see it. I love the game of one-up-manship if it's played lightly, but most posters here cannot control themselves enough to have a delightful and jocular banter, and

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [...] I've seen the opposite. I've seen spiritual teachers who encounter a person who

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: It just occurred

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [...] I've seen

[FairfieldLife] Q. for Vaj

2009-03-30 Thread cardemaister
Vaj, I'm just curious, where did you get the devanagari text for the TM-puja?

[FairfieldLife] Effort? (Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch))

2009-03-30 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: snip The best candidate for something truly effortless was when once the mantra was

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: snip To me, this thread is woefully needing a scholar to come forth and do proper

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Effort? (Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch))

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: snip The best

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread Vaj
On Mar 29, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Patrick Gillam wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: The pundit kindly replied 'oh, but don't you know you can never have effortlessness except in nondual meditation?' He briefly explained the difference between meditation with an object and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Q. for Vaj

2009-03-30 Thread Vaj
On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:57 AM, cardemaister wrote: Vaj, I'm just curious, where did you get the devanagari text for the TM-puja? Paul Mason has done a wonderful job of not only sharing the entire text, but also in finding out all the various sources it was hobbled together from. An

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread Vaj
Do me a favor Rauchy, don't try to read my mind: you really suck at it! On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:24 AM, raunchydog wrote: Vaj thinks TM is inferior because we're not thinking the mantra 24/7. This is not what I think. Apparently he prefers effort in his practice and it's his mission to argue

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: Note something interesting: those former TMers and former TM teachers who agree that Benson's Relaxation Response is the same as TM or that any ole yoga meditation teacher can impart the secret of the TM technique, are the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cuvee Restaurant in NOLA

2009-03-30 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Ok thanks for the come back. He had such a boyish look about him. Didn't have that grizzled appearance that you might have expected from someone working their career in NOLA. I think it said he was also a graduate of the CIA. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk kirk_bernha...@...

[FairfieldLife] Jewish Buddhism

2009-03-30 Thread Arhata Osho
Jewish Buddhism If there is no self, whose arthritis is this? Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated? Drink tea and nourish life. With the first sip ... joy. With the second ... satisfaction. With the third, peace. With the fourth, a Danish.

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: And effort is certainly misleading because even intent is too harsh a word. L. By the time you are intending that the mantra comes from a body part in an advanced technique, this discussion breaks down. As I said in

[FairfieldLife] Meditation vs. Vedantic Contemplation

2009-03-30 Thread Vaj
The observer and the observed create a dualistic reality [witnessing], while the aspirant's aim is to realize the Absolute Truth. Here meditation ends, and the higher step of contemplation helps one to realize that one's real self is the Self of all. One also realizes that the realities

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread Vaj
On Mar 29, 2009, at 10:44 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: below --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: snip And, even here at FFL we see long

[FairfieldLife] What is teaching?

2009-03-30 Thread TurquoiseB
Here's a topic for ya. Last night and this morning, several posters have waxed eloquent about what their view of teaching is. So what's yours? I haven't thought deeply about this, and may never :-), but here's what I come up with as on the fly I type this: Teaching is the process of leading a

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 29, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Patrick Gillam wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: The pundit kindly replied 'oh, but don't you know you can never have effortlessness except in nondual

[FairfieldLife] Press Release - 'Beatles inspire ambitious translation project'

2009-03-30 Thread Paul Mason
pdf of Press Release available at:- http://www.paulmason.info/PressRelease/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools

2009-03-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip The lack of interest in Vaj's perspective I see

[FairfieldLife] Re: Press Release - 'Beatles inspire ambitious translation project'

2009-03-30 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandp...@... wrote: pdf of Press Release available at:- http://www.paulmason.info/PressRelease/ This link doesn't work, Paul: The_Beatles_inspire_ambitious_translation_project_1.pdf

[FairfieldLife] David Lynch to hold press conference on friday 3.

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[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: It just occurred to me (tangentially) that part of the confusion between TM and other mantra meditation techniques has to do with the erroneous equation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Press Release - 'Beatles inspire ambitious translation project'

2009-03-30 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: pdf of Press Release available at:- http://www.paulmason.info/PressRelease/ This link doesn't work, Paul:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Cuvee Restaurant in NOLA

2009-03-30 Thread Kirk
Fuck him I'll whip his ass and make him eat it. No lie. He does that challenge stuff for a living and has a panel of people helping him. I do it on my own with nobody but myself. And any Creole chef can kick any Texas chef's ass, CIA education or not. - Original Message - From:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch Benefit Concert to Push TM in Public Schools

2009-03-30 Thread Richard J. Williams
Judy wrote: It's disingenuous for you to lump me and raunchydog and ed11 in with Willytex, Curtis. Curtis wrote: Let's see, I was responding to Raunchy and Dicky boy directly, why would you feel threatened? You failed to respond, Curtis: let me rephrase the question: 'What would it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cuvee Restaurant in NOLA

2009-03-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk kirk_bernha...@... wrote: Fuck him I'll whip his ass and make him eat it. No lie. He does that challenge stuff for a living and has a panel of people helping him. I do it on my own with nobody but myself. And any Creole chef can kick any Texas

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation vs. Vedantic Contemplation

2009-03-30 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: The observer and the observed create a dualistic reality [witnessing], while the aspirant's aim is to realize the Absolute Truth. Here meditation ends, and the higher step of contemplation helps one to realize that one's

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is teaching?

2009-03-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip If that still seems to have failed and the person they are trying to convince that their answer is the right answer still does not rec- ognize their authority and agree with it, they move to Stage Two -- insinuating

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread Richard J. Williams
Answer straight up or expose yourself as a fraud. Duveyoung wrote: I did eight months of TTC, many ATRs, two SCI one-monthers in Arcata... Can you show any proof that you had any status in the TMO? Lots of people come to news-forums and like to brag about their spiritual achievements. Vaj,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation vs. Vedantic Contemplation

2009-03-30 Thread Kirk
I believe the best answer would be none. Do I win? Dear Swami, As an aspirant, I have a few questions. If you're really a good Swami you won't get bent out of shape if I don't agree with you or ask challenging questions. You might even learn something new, since the best teachers

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cuvee Restaurant in NOLA

2009-03-30 Thread Duveyoung
Kirk, Eh, would that be a mousse ya whip up or a zamboni or a parfait? I'd go with the zamboni with an airy froth texture to symbolize Bobby's insignificance that, when puffed up, can merely fill a Champagne glass. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk kirk_bernha...@... wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Cuvee Restaurant in NOLA

2009-03-30 Thread Kirk
But since this is appropo, I had a dream last night where a bunch of people were sitting around a card table and off on the side Bob Iacovone was watching. They put a ring down and before the thing even started I slammed my hand down on the ring and slipped it on my finger with Bob silently

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread Richard J. Williams
Judy wrote: Did you see where Vaj claimed it was wrong to allow the mantra to become fuzzy and vague, by the way? The Maharishi taught that the awareness of the Transcendent was 'effortless'; it doesn't take any effort to 'transcend'. All you have to do is provide the ideal opportunity and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation vs. Vedantic Contemplation

2009-03-30 Thread Duveyoung
Now the below is good stuff. You use a mantra to get to amness, samadhi, but once there, one contemplates amness (resides in amness without the manifestation of thinking) until grace swoops your identification onto Identity -- the Absolute. Perfectly clear explanation. Ramana teaches that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation vs. Vedantic Contemplation

2009-03-30 Thread Vaj
On Mar 30, 2009, at 9:58 AM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: The observer and the observed create a dualistic reality [witnessing], while the aspirant's aim is to realize the Absolute Truth. Here meditation ends, and the higher step of

[FairfieldLife] Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch)

2009-03-30 Thread Patrick Gillam
Thanks, Vaj. I've responded below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: On Mar 29, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Patrick Gillam wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: The pundit kindly replied 'oh, but don't you know you can never have effortlessness except in

[FairfieldLife] Effort? (Who's a TM teacher? (Re: Free Web Event: McCartney/Lynch))

2009-03-30 Thread Richard J. Williams
snip The best candidate for something truly effortless was when once the mantra was started it repeated itself without one feeling like one had had a hand in the continuing of the repetition. To me, this is merely less effort, not effortlessness, and it masks that the background

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Cuvee Restaurant in NOLA

2009-03-30 Thread Kirk
haha - Original Message - From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:04 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Cuvee Restaurant in NOLA Kirk, Eh, would that be a mousse ya whip up or a zamboni or a parfait? I'd go with the

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