[FairfieldLife] Re: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > > Re "And people on this forum have called me names for living in a > > polyamorous household.": > > Polyamory? Ah! I see you are a worthy disciple of Maharishi and are > determined to follow the master's example on how to order your love > life . .

[FairfieldLife] RE: new format sucks

2013-10-08 Thread cardemaister
Almost everything "affected" by Winshit 8 sucks? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: That's right - it does

[FairfieldLife] RE: A Chinese Explorer Discovered America?

2013-10-08 Thread jr_esq
Seraphita, I believe there are some historians who state that the Vikings might have discovered America as well. Well, the Brits had a chance to keep the colony here. But King George back then was too harsh on the colonists for his own good. I believe there was a Boston Tea Party which

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] A Chinese Explorer Discovered America?

2013-10-08 Thread jr_esq
Bhairitu, I've heard another version of this story. There are some researchers who believe that the ancient Polynesians may have reached Peru and California by boat. They were excellent sailors and used the night skies for direction and dead reckoning. So, the current accepted theory

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now

2013-10-08 Thread Michael Jackson
The new format stinks - try out a few things and see - for one thing, when you compose a new message, you can no longer have the address show up in your "To" field by typing the first letter, you have to type in the entire address now. On Wed, 10/9/13,

[FairfieldLife] new format sucks

2013-10-08 Thread Michael Jackson
That's right - it does

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] A Chinese Explorer Discovered America?

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
A Chinese discovered America? In an opium dream maybe. Dr John Dee, astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I, made a formal claim to North America on the back of a map drawn in 1577, noting that c.1494 (three years before Italian John Cabot) Mr Robert Thorn and Mr Eliot of Bristow, discovered Newfoun

[FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now

2013-10-08 Thread awoelflebater
Typical, I add a link and it clicks but takes you nowhere. You'll have to just do it the hard way: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Dozens+mental+disorders+exist/9011120/story.html BTW, I was given a preview of some new 'look' on neo today on my computer at work. It is quite different

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
TM and Quietist Pietistic [meditating] Fairfield, Iowa in companion as with other historic places like for instance on the Registry of National Historic Places, organized here A to Z.. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Other Meissner Effect [ME] group meditators... ---In Fai

[FairfieldLife] So You Can All Relax Now

2013-10-08 Thread awoelflebater
http://http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Dozens+mental+disorders+exist/9011120/story.html http://http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Dozens+mental+disorders+exist/9011120/story.html

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Other Meissner Effect [ME] group meditators... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Amana Colonies Long Meissner Effect group meditations every day. http://amanacolonies.com/pages/about-amana-colonies/history.php http://amanacolonies.com/pages/about-amana-colonies/history.php -

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Amana Colonies Long Meissner Effect group meditations every day. http://amanacolonies.com/pages/about-amana-colonies/history.php http://amanacolonies.com/pages/about-amana-colonies/history.php ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Brook Farm http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/parks/b

[FairfieldLife] RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
Nicely put. It reminds me of something I wanted to say about awoelflebater's post on another thread ("power naps"): "Now, these long-term, incessant meditators obviously have absolutely nothing else pressing in their lives to compel them to want to stand up and open their eyes.": We understand

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Brook Farm http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/parks/boston/brookfarmbrochure.pdf http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/parks/boston/brookfarmbrochure.pdf ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Pleasant Hill, Half hour silent meditation twice a day and daily group Meissner Effect [ME] medi

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Pleasant Hill, Half hour silent meditation twice a day and daily group Meissner Effect [ME] meditations http://www.shakervillageky.org/ http://www.shakervillageky.org/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Whittier, Iowa Hicksite Quakers, National Registry of Historic Places;

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Pleasant Hill, Half hour silent meditation twice a day and daily group Meissner Effect [ME] meditations http://www.shakervillageky.org/ http://www.shakervillageky.org/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Whittier, Iowa Hicksite Quakers, National Registry of Historic Places;

[FairfieldLife] RE: Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
Bhairitu: I've been saying for years that the Republicans want to trash the economy so that they and their cronies can buy it for pennies on the dollar and turn the rest of us into serfs. Mike Dixon: I've been saying pretty much the same thing about Democrats. Get everybody dependent on g

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Whittier, Iowa Hicksite Quakers, National Registry of Historic Places; Settlement era Iowa Meissner Effect [ME] Group Meditation: https://sites.google.com/site/ffhamfampage/clients/whittier-quaker-meeting-house https://sites.google.com/site/ffhamfampage/clients/whittier-quaker-meeting-hou

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Zoar http://www.ohiohistory.org/museums-and-historic-sites/museum--historic-sites-by-name/zoar-village http://www.ohiohistory.org/museums-and-historic-sites/museum--historic-sites-by-name/zoar-village ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: [Pietist, belief in the power of individ

[FairfieldLife] RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
[Pietist, belief in the power of individual meditation [Quietism] on the divine [Unified Field] – a direct, individual approach to the ultimate spiritual reality of the [Unified Field] – ] ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: In a coming future, meditating Fairfield, Iowa very lik

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
In a coming future, meditating Fairfield, Iowa very likely shall also come to be on the National Registry of Historic Places along with other important spiritual practice communities of American and Western history. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Going forward meditating Fairf

[FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
Re "And people on this forum have called me names for living in a polyamorous household.": Polyamory? Ah! I see you are a worthy disciple of Maharishi and are determined to follow the master's example on how to order your love life . . . :-) I'm curious though: what happens if one of the lad

[FairfieldLife] Shadows and Echoes music video

2013-10-08 Thread doctordumbass
This is built from pictures I took of the past, in April, 2005, mostly at an open air museum, in San Jose, CA. The same scene brings up different associations, depending on its colors: Shadows and Echoes (2:26) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0VBDiUt28s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0

[FairfieldLife] RE: Enlightenment Ain't For Sissies: the computer game

2013-10-08 Thread anartaxius
The big El is elusive because it is hiding everywhere and in plain sight all at the same time. Because it looks exactly like what you see, touch, taste, hear, and feel, it disguises itself as everyday life. If everyday life is somehow not completely fulfilling, one may be tempted to look for som

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Going forward meditating Fairfield, Iowa is blazing still its contemporary and revolutionary commentary on 21st Century materialism and spiritual and religious American community. Jai Brahmananda Saraswati! -Buck, in the Dome ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Yes, meditating Fa

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Chinese Explorer Discovered America?

2013-10-08 Thread Bhairitu
And sailors from India may have populated South America in the first millennia when they were blown off coarse. Sorta explains the temple you find there. On 10/08/2013 05:15 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: In a new book, an author claims it to be true. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/chin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-08 Thread Bhairitu
So you would prefer to keep all your income and pay toll roads, pay a company for fire protection, pay out of pocket for your medical care? If you've been paying attention, those here who have Single Payer healthcare have indicated it isn't free but it is far less than you're getting rooked wi

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread merudanda
May it be allowed to question with all due respect, kowtau and hand kisses to my Lady of the Lake Jude your references. You mentioning as a source for Dr.Domash article your battleground where you fought so brave for purity and integrity...when there is the article as a whole avaible at mu

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread iranitea
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Judy: "Shut up, Richard. I'm not disputing anything. " She's just such a sweetie, isn't she? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: It sure is looking like the authfriend is disputing the fact that Swami Karpatri was a member

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-08 Thread Mike Dixon
Sooner or later, it's anybody that pays income tax. From: Bhairitu To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Debt Ceiling Matters   By "other people's money" do you mean the "wealth hoarders" like the Koch's, the Waltons, e

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Wed 09-Oct-13 00:15:04 UTC

2013-10-08 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 10/05/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 10/12/13 00:00:00 287 messages as of (UTC) 10/09/13 00:07:52 37 Richard J. Williams 27 Share Long 25 Bhairitu 24 turquoiseb 23 awoelflebater 21 s3raphita 21 authfriend 18 doctord

[FairfieldLife] A Chinese Explorer Discovered America?

2013-10-08 Thread jr_esq
In a new book, an author claims it to be true. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/chinese-explorer-may-have-discovered-america-before-columbus--according-to-new-book-201051307.html http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/chinese-explorer-may-have-discovered-america-before-columbus--according

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Yes, meditating Fairfield as a spiritual practice community was never conceived an amusement park. Even right now it is a living artifact of 20th Century American spiritual experience and community. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Feste37 makes a very important distinction

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Feste37 makes a very important distinction here. Fairfield clearly is even now a historic American pietist spiritual practice community rooted in the practices of Quietism. -Buck Feste37 writes, “Fairfield is not a theme park, dummy.” ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Fair

[FairfieldLife] RE: Ishvara - The Transcendental Person

2013-10-08 Thread emptybill
Reply to Iran I Tea Although I read Aurobindo's Life Divine and Synthesis of Yoga, the real heart of his yoga appeared in his collection known as Letters on Yoga. This collection that gave me the first taste of yoga-bhakti with its “opening upwards to the Adya Shakti” (i.e. the Divine Mother

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: They want your attention because they feed off of you

2013-10-08 Thread Share Long
turq, as I've said before, I think it's hardwired into our brains that attention equals life, survival. Not only for the individual but also for the species. And the DNA that species is host to. Powerful conditioning. Until we experience that attention or awareness is something we have innately.

[FairfieldLife] The best cure for a hangover

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
Best cure for a hangover? Sprite, scientists claim. For years people have argued over what they believe is the essential remedy after a heavy night - from a strong coffee to a hair of the dog. http://tinyurl.com/o2re4d4 http://tinyurl.com/o2re4d4

[FairfieldLife] RE: US Adults Score Below Average in Test

2013-10-08 Thread cardemaister
IMHO, one of the main reasons for the success of Finland might be the writing system which is nothing short of as phonetic as the Latin alphabet allows... But I might be all wrong with that! One common factor between Japanese and Finns might also be shyness and reservedness which might promo

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread iranitea
Richie wrote "Now, if the Adi Shankara wrote the Sounda, then he must have included the fifteen bijas contained within, would he not?" The crucial word here is IF, Richard, as scholars agree that he never wrote it. But there is no doubt of the fact that Shri Vidya found entry into the Dasan

[FairfieldLife] US Adults Score Below Average in Test

2013-10-08 Thread jr_esq
But the US government alters the playing field by offering the "Genius" visa to foreigners who have the qualifications necessary to fill highly skilled jobs in the USA. Nonetheless, kudos to Japan and Finland for topping the tests in three categories. http://news.yahoo.com/us-adults-sc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-08 Thread Bhairitu
By "other people's money" do you mean the "wealth hoarders" like the Koch's, the Waltons, etc? On 10/08/2013 11:41 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: Yeah, I've been saying pretty much the same thing about Democrats. Get everybody dependenton government assistance and they'll vote for whoever offers them t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-08 Thread Mike Dixon
Yeah, I've been saying pretty much the same thing about Democrats. Get everybody dependent on government assistance and they'll vote for whoever offers them the most or vote against anyone that threatens that assistance. Now that's serfdom. However, sooner or later, you run out of other peoples

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
You're way advanced then, compared to the others posting on FFL. Apparently most of the informants here are still practicing a kindergarten beginner's meditation, if anything, and taking power naps. Go figure.' http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/482 On 10/8/2013 12:53 PM, Share Long wrote: Ric

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-08 Thread Bhairitu
I've been saying for years that the Republicans want to trash the economy so that they and their cronies can buy it for pennies on the dollar and turn the rest of us into serfs. On 10/08/2013 09:54 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: The Tea Party doesn't appear to care for the welfare of the America

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Share Long
Richard, I'm pretty good at holding savasana (-: From: Richard J. Williams To: Richard J. Williams Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 8:03 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions   Wouldn't it be great if others would do a little researc

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread authfriend
Michael wrote: When this happens: "the man who changed the entire scope and direction of scientific research by compelling science to recognize in its own terms and by its own methods the existence and reality of a new state of consciousness" You know he's referring here to pure consciou

[FairfieldLife] Enlightenment Ain't For Sissies: the computer game

2013-10-08 Thread turquoiseb
Fascinating article: http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/5889/the-rush-to-solve-grand-th\ eft-auto-vs-biggest-mystery/ It's made me think that TB TMers who want to reach the maximum numbe

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread Share Long
Two of the peeps are married to each other though I suspect they are polycelibate (-: And the third is married to another person who I don't know so well but who is also on the rounding course. All four of these people seem pretty happy to me. Go figure! Fro

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Michael Jackson
you knew him better than I did, but nah, it wasn't revolutionary, just another con man using the best con man's trick in the world, i.e. the best cons are ones that contain some truth, or have something that is of some value. Let's not forget that the term con artist means confidence artist. A

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > 3 people in this situation that I know best are all married. And people on this forum have called me names for living in a polyamorous household. :-) > > From: "s3raphita@..." s3raphita@... > > Â > Re

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma will be knifed by a former follower??

2013-10-08 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Soothsayers in the ancient world also got a bad reputation. In > their case they encountered the superstition(?) that someone > predicting a bad event was perhaps setting in motion a magical > current that would actually trigger the disaster. Maybe

[FairfieldLife] Why the Debt Ceiling Matters

2013-10-08 Thread jr_esq
The Tea Party doesn't appear to care for the welfare of the American economic system just so long as Obamacare is defunded. Why do they take the risk of toppling down the entire country for the sake of their ideology? Something doesn't smell right. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/opin

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Upward Mobility

2013-10-08 Thread Share Long
Richard, basically I think of these places with very high housing costs as being unsustainable. Especially as the population becomes dominated by retirees. It'll be interesting to see what happens to real estate in these expensive areas of the country. From:

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Uh oh, now I'm in trouble! Seraphita, I'm retired and I live in a small rural town. So I have time for all this. My power naps are like 10 minutes and only if I've had insomnia the night before, so not every day. My asanas don't take very long,

RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: 3 people in this situation that I know best are all married. Well, that's one good way to be able to ignore your spouse. "Honey, I'll be in the Absolute for the next 7.5 hours if you need me, where I can neither see or hear you and I sure as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Bhairitu
Back in the mid 1980s I attended a Commodore computing show. I talked Jay Balakrisnan, the developer of the HES BAL Assembler. His dad came to the US back in the 1930s or 40s to teach the Hollywood folks yoga. He probably taught them meditation too. http://en.inforapid.org/index.php?search=

Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread Share Long
3 people in this situation that I know best are all married. From: "s3raph...@yahoo.com" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 11:09 AM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?   Re "But I am in

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Bhairitu
The origins of the bija mantras are lost in antiquity. You're making up myths if you think SBS "discovered" them. I've referenced Woodroffe's "Garland of Letters" which was published in 1922 as one example. It's also believed he didn't write those books but were written by an Indian friend

RE: [FairfieldLife] Amma will be knifed by a former follower??

2013-10-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cardemais...@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 3:27 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Amma will be knifed by a former follower?? On a Finnish astrology forum, "Yep

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
Re "But I am in awe of people who are doing TMSP for 7 1/2 hours per day. And have been doing so for 7 years!": 7 1/2 hours per day! They've moved on from being householders and are well on their way to being recluses by the sound of it! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Uh oh, n

[FairfieldLife] RE: Amma will be knifed by a former follower??

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
Soothsayers in the ancient world also got a bad reputation. In their case they encountered the superstition(?) that someone predicting a bad event was perhaps setting in motion a magical current that would actually trigger the disaster. Maybe sometimes it's a good idea to shoot the messenger!

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread Share Long
Uh oh, now I'm in trouble! Seraphita, I'm retired and I live in a small rural town. So I have time for all this. My power naps are like 10 minutes and only if I've had insomnia the night before, so not every day. My asanas don't take very long, nor does my pranayama. I prefer activity to sitting

[FairfieldLife] Before there was the Internet...

2013-10-08 Thread turquoiseb
...there was this other thing that brought knowledge to your doorstep, allowed you to browse it and choose what to read and what not to, and thus broaden your view of the world. http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/10/08/to-the-bookmobile-the-library-o\ n-wheels-of-yesteryear/

[FairfieldLife] FFL Messages on holding pattern?

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
I just posted two messages onto this site and the one I sent last appeared first on the webpage. I presume that's because the later-arriving post was aimed at a thread that was "trending" so you have to wait five minutes or so before your turn crops up. I assume there isn't actually a human b

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
When I mentioned the TV series Jerry Hall's Gurus I hadn't realised it had already been broadcast - way back in 2003. The fact that it's not available on DVD and no one has posted it onto YouTube suggests you're probably right: it's dire. For a taster there's a short (12 minute) clip here sh

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread authfriend
Oh, I think I get it now. That's a pretty fucked-up comment, merudanda. Have you joined the Troll Patrol? Merudanda wrote: May it be allowed to question with all due respect, kowtow and hand kisses to my Lady of the Lake Jude your references. You mentioning as a source for Dr.Domash artic

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread doctordumbass
Barry, seems to think that running half a mile, and quitting, is the same as completing the Marathon. I hope he doesn't apply the same principle when having sex: Girlfriend #43: "You mean THAT'S IT?!?! Done, already?...sure, call me tomorrow...", as she rolls her eyes, and switches off her p

Re: [FairfieldLife] Amma will be knifed by a former follower??

2013-10-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
The assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 and of her son Rajiv in 1991 is said to have been foreseen by astrologers all over India. Almost all agreed that Mrs. Gandhi should have taken better care of herself that November! Some would-be assassins might have been prompted by these predictions,

RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread doctordumbass
Right, that is the clarity needed to see the combinations of the gunas, in activity. The underlying mechanics. Collectively, we've added a lot of rajas, and now sattva. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Doc, in Chap 4, vs 35 of the Gita, Maharishi explains that there is delusi

Re: [FairfieldLife] They want your attention because they feed off of you

2013-10-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, why are you trying to get my attention? Why are you always feeding off me and stalking me around the internet? I already paid you the $100 for the Rama seminar - what else do you want? What happened to all the money? Go figure. On 10/8/2013 12:14 AM, turquoiseb wrote: This subject line i

[FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
Re "I like power naps. But before I substitute TM with a nap, I'd want to see research that indicates that the nap was contributing to whole brain enlivening and coherence, not just to feeling refreshed.": Yes indeed. How do you find time to fit in two meditation sessions a day AND power naps?

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Ann: > Is there actually anyone here who actually cares? > It only took about one day for this thread to go down the tube. Go figure. What is that tube: the sewer tube, the calamari tube, the tube-a, the tuberus root? Whatever it is, it se

Re: [FairfieldLife] The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread Share Long
Seraphita, I like power naps. But before I substitute TM with a nap, I'd want to see research that indicates that the nap was contributing to whole brain enlivening and coherence, not just to feeling refreshed, though that is a good thing too. And I mean whole brain enlivening and coherence as i

[FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread doctordumbass
Us Americans have already chemicalized our power naps. Here we call them, "Starbucks". ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: A power nap is a short sleep which terminates before the occurrence of deep sleep or slow-wave sleep, intended to quickly revitalize the subject. Various dur

Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread Share Long
Doc, in Chap 4, vs 35 of the Gita, Maharishi explains that there is delusion in the state of tamas which is overcome by increasing rajas; delusion in the state of rajas is overcome by an increase of sattwa; but delusion in the state of sattwa, which is Arjuna's situation, can only be overcome by

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Amma will be knifed by a former follower??

2013-10-08 Thread cardemaister
Sorry, that thread about Amma was not astrology related... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Carde, Can you post Amma's birth data? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: On a Finnish astrology forum, "Yep" claimed Amma having said years ago that she (Amma) shall d

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A vision of Fairfield's future?

2013-10-08 Thread doctordumbass
Thank you for that additional information, Share. I have always loved formulas, or relationships expressed mathematically. They serve as an awesome foundation for further questions. I'll have to look for what you mentioned, in Maharishi's translation of the BG. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

[FairfieldLife] The power nap: an alternative to TM?

2013-10-08 Thread s3raphita
A power nap is a short sleep which terminates before the occurrence of deep sleep or slow-wave sleep, intended to quickly revitalize the subject. Various durations are recommended for power naps, which are very short compared to regular sleep. The short duration of a power nap is designed to p

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Maybe we should examine what Sri Vidya is: 'Knowledge that is structured in consciousness'. Does that ring a bell with anyone out there? Go figure. On 10/8/2013 8:19 AM, iranitea wrote: TurquoiseB: "I'd call the chutzpah of that pretty revolutionary, wouldn't you?" It actually IS, and I do

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
It kind of looked like you were disputing what I posted quoting the Wikipedia entry for Swami Karpatri. So, why didn't you tell us about Swami Karpatri being in the Sri Vidya sect? It looks like a fib by admission to me. Go figure. "And, um, I wouldn't take Richard's posts to confirm /anythin

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Ann: >Is there actually anyone here who actually cares? > It only took about one day for this thread to go down the tube. Go figure. On 10/8/2013 8:46 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: It sure i

[FairfieldLife] RE: Amma will be knifed by a former follower??

2013-10-08 Thread jr_esq
Carde, Can you post Amma's birth data? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: On a Finnish astrology forum, "Yep" claimed Amma having said years ago that she (Amma) shall die knifed by a former follower...

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread iranitea
Well, Kindergarten isn't such a bad thing, when it comes to meditation. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > what about it w

[FairfieldLife] Religion for dogs

2013-10-08 Thread iranitea

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: It sure is looking like the authfriend is disputing the fact that Swami Karpatri was a member of the Sri Vidya sect. Now, why would she do that and mislead us about the SBS affiliations with Sr

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > what about it was revolutionary? He wasn't the only Indian guru > who came to the states and europe to promote his schtick you know. It wa

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread authfriend
Merudanda wrote: May it be allowed to question with all due respect, kowtow and hand kisses to my Lady of the Lake Jude your references. You mentioning as a source for Dr.Domash article your battleground where you fought so brave for purity and integrity...when there is the article as a w

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: It sure is looking like the authfriend is disputing the fact that Swami Karpatri was a member of the Sri Vidya sect. Now, why would she do that and mislead us about the SBS affiliations with Sri Vidya? Obviously if Swami Karpatri was a Sri Vidy

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread merudanda
May it be allowed to question with all due respect, kowtau and hand kisses to my Lady of the Lake Jude your references. You mentioning as a source for Dr.Domash article your battleground where you fought so brave for purity and integrity...when there is the article as a whole avaible at

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread merudanda
May it be allowed to question with all due respect, kowtow and hand kisses to my Lady of the Lake Jude your references. You mentioning as a source for Dr.Domash article your battleground where you fought so brave for purity and integrity...when there is the article as a whole available at m

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread iranitea
TurquoiseB: "I'd call the chutzpah of that pretty revolutionary, wouldn't you?" It actually IS, and I do mean this in a rather positive way. The real innovation in TM is the packaging. It's in the language. None of the essential elements that constitute TM as a technique is new at all: the ma

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread authfriend
Shut up, Richard. I'm not disputing anything. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: It sure is looking like the authfriend is disputing the fact that Swami Karpatri was a member of the Sri Vidya sect. Now, why would she do that and mislead us about the SBS affiliations with Sri Vidya

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, it looks like Barry 2 is thinking the bija mantras have been around for ages. Does that men he thinks the bijas are eternal and came into the minds of the rishis spontaneously by the grace of Lord Shiva? Or, did the bija mantras have a human origin and were passed down from guru to chela i

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Wouldn't it be great if others would do a little research and post it here too, instead of wasting time arguing over semantics and playing childish 'gotcha' games and finking on their old friends. Is there anyone out there that can hold a yoga pose? LoL! and On 10/7/2013 8:24 PM, s3raph...@ya

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
It sure is looking like the authfriend is disputing the fact that Swami Karpatri was a member of the Sri Vidya sect. Now, why would she do that and mislead us about the SBS affiliations with Sri Vidya? Obviously if Swami Karpatri was a Sri Vidya he learned it from his guru SKS. Go figure. "He

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread authfriend
I wrote: (snip) ."..what Maharishi wanted known about the origins of Transcendental Meditation" (iranitea's italics) Iranitea wrote: Nicely and carefully phrased, Judy. That would be the streamlined party-line - any resemblance to truth is purely incidental. What would be "the

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > what about it was revolutionary? He wasn't the only Indian guru > who came to the states and europe to promote his schtick you know. It was revolutionary in that he found a way to present a technique of meditation designed for begin

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread iranitea
."..what Maharishi wanted known about the origins of Transcendental Meditation" Nicely and carefully phrased, Judy. That would be the streamlined party-line - any resemblance to truth is purely incidental. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Seraphita, if you're interested in w

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY and Siddha Tradtions

2013-10-08 Thread Michael Jackson
Jerry may not have wanted to make a travel programme but in many ways that seems to be just what the BBC wanted of her. And why not, you could ask: she's got looks, presence, a surprisingly sharp and unbubbly sense of humour, and looks like she's enjoying herself. Many viewers will want to be h

Re: [FairfieldLife] Power of giving without expecting a return

2013-10-08 Thread Share Long
Happy Navaratri, merudanda (-: From: merudanda To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 7, 2013 4:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Power of giving without expecting a return   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mk5TnsiHAM The True Corporations

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