My several readings of the Gita with Maharishi's translations had left me
unclear about the basis of ALL THIS.
After finally getting Advaita grasped enough, I read his Gita again, and
it was disappointing to see Maharishi but fuzzily use words like being,
consciousness, awareness,
Thank you dear Ann - I have been enjoying your posts, especially your
cartoons - the last 2 that you posted in response to our emotionally
stunted empty baby.
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 8:27 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:
Thank you for your comments Seraphita - you are spot on Gandhi, another
aspect though that his fasting to coerce others could be treated as being
violent, being passive aggressive. And then one could argue that he was not
the only one responsible for India's independence. You guys had already
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Thrill of the chaste - excellent title! Thanks for the link.
Back in my TM days, I knew a woman who had two Ph.D.s
(and was once told directly by Maharishi with regard to this
accomplishment, Good...that will make you a better
conversationalist for
Bagunnara, Ravi
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:
I had to come out of lurkdom to thank you for this beautiful video dear
Seraphita. I have long railed against Gandhi, Teresa and
Barry sez: I will reply to this, because for once I agree with Judy. :-)
WOW, I think we should celebrate this. Maybe a meeting is in place. Paris?
http://www.hulkshare.com/nuchi/nuchi-ft-troy-ave-celebration-master
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote:
--- In
Oh the Satsanga of old of the [Christian] West, Like the so called mystic and
“separatist” groups of so much history in the European West.
There was home [isolated] on the range and now there is Om on the satsanga of
the Christian West.
Empty writes:
This Rock Catholic Evangelical magazine
http://laughingsquid.com/hell-no-a-horror-movie-starring-characters-that\
-make-good-decisions/
http://laughingsquid.com/hell-no-a-horror-movie-starring-characters-tha\
t-make-good-decisions/
but he never screwd 'em!! Alas, another icon falls.
On Fri, 10/18/13, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date:
Churchill didn't much like him either.
On Fri, 10/18/13, s3raph...@yahoo.com s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bullshit - Holier than Thou
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, October 18, 2013, 3:37 AM
Ann, I have held my Granny when she expressed fear of dying and kept vigil
overnight when my step sister was dying after a 6 week long illness in 1992
when she was 42. I was shocked into total denial when the brother of my SO
informed me that Gere had died of a heart attack. There was no
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
And though I see why Castaneda's followers may have lied
about his passing, I do not see why those who post death
notices would lie about the passing of a loved one. Certainly
they could just remain silent about that detail if it was a
turq, I experience FF as a special place. I'm not sold on that idea. That's an
important distinction IMO. We have differing opinions about the TMO. That's all.
On Friday, October 18, 2013 6:35 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long
It does sometimes work the other way - I knew a man - Richard Kilmer, he was a
very fine architect and worked on the Men's Dome - I told one of his stories
here before - he told me he was the one who decided the Dome needed a hand rail
for more elderly people and kids to get up the stairs and
turq, dummy or not, one thing I get is that some people are just as invested in
trashing the TMO as they say others are in not trashing it!
On Friday, October 18, 2013 6:56 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote:
turq, I experience FF as a special place. I'm not sold on that idea.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote:
And by the way what exactly were Invincibility Courses? I had
never heard of them.
Not invincibility courses, IMMORTALITY COURSES.
They were long after my time, but as I remember from things
said on a.m.t., they may have been
A structured exercise program may be as good or better than frequently
prescribed drugs
for some common cardiovascular ailments, a large meta-analysis has found.
'Exercise As Preventive Medicine'
New York Times:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote:
And by the way what exactly were Invincibility Courses? I had
never heard of them.
Not invincibility courses, IMMORTALITY COURSES.
They were long after
The ObamaCare disaster is not just a management failure, it's a firing
incident. Where I used to work, a system failure this large would be a
cause for instant dismissal:
*Clean off your desk and get out, you're fired! Officer, escort this
person off the premises. And, don't you ever come back!
Maybe it's time for a third party in the next presidential election, like a
Natural Law Party, a Green Party, or a Libertarian Party. It looks like
we've got a single party in the U.S., in all but name. Maybe it's time to
throw the bums out!
The GOP is not, in any meaningful sense, a
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote:
Actually they'd probably agree, thinking that rounding is the BEST thing they
can do!
That is my point Share. And why would they think that? Because there is
nothing else pressing in their lives that they would like to do
Yeah, I get it. It's kind of fun, in a weird sort of way, to troll to a
spiritual discussion groups and post insulting and inflammatory messages
in order to try to get a reaction from members - once or twice.
But, for twenty years? Go figure.
On 10/18/2013 6:34 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In
“Though thou perform the meritorious deed of meditation but once, thee
annihilate forever the countless offenses thy hast piled up.”
-Old Meditation saying.
So evidently it would be very good to at least do asanas more vigorously.
Regularly.
I do asanas every morning before I go to the Dome to meditate.
Don't you?
-Buck
In order to maintain balance in the Universe, I don't do asanas before not
going to the dome to meditate. You're welcome.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
So evidently it would be very good to at least do asanas more vigorously.
Regularly.
I do
Ann, I think that the rounders have done what we all do. They have chosen
activities that they think are most worthwhile given that we all have limited
time.
On Friday, October 18, 2013 8:17 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com
awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
---In
MMY had a fondness for the Kashmere Trika philosophy - I guess that's
why he and students visited the Swami Laksmanjoo up in Kashmere on 1968
TTC. Kashmere Saivism is an absolute idealism, just like Adwaita
Vedanta. The main difference is the interpretation given to the term
'maya'.
Swami
Barry wrote:
(snip)
There is simply NOTHING that any of its detractors
could make up about the TMO that is worse or more
damning than stuff it's already done.
Well, heck, you made this up:
I would suggest that sponsoring Immortality
Courses that promise you'll never die if you
Richard can you give more detail about how these two systems view maya? Maybe
it'll help me stay out of the rabbit hole!
On Friday, October 18, 2013 9:12 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com
wrote:
MMY had a fondness for the Kashmere Trika philosophy - I guess that's why he
A guy who, through the simple force of his personality, could free a
whole sub-continent from the rule of the British Empire, is very
impressive indeed, even if he wore a bed sheet and slept with girls. I
guess it's all a matter of what is right and what is wrong, not about
the clothes you
Wow, did nobody ever teach the old meditators grammar?
“Though thou perform the meritorious deed of meditation but once, thee
annihilate
forever the countless offenses thy hast piled up.”
-Old Meditation saying.
That's worse than Barry's attempts at Olde English.
We do not know exactly what plant, of all the plants available to them,
that Adam and Eve ate of, while in the Biblical Garden of Eden
(Genesis 3:6).
It has been suggested that it was a fruit that Eve partook of, perhaps
an apple, which certainly shows a certain amount of Euoro-centrism.
My questions to emptybill are: what does Cyril of Alexandria mean by the sin of
one? Also, if all sin is illness, does that mean that the orthodox fathers
believe that all illness is indicative of sin?
On Friday, October 18, 2013 9:23 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com
wrote:
Richard, you're my hero for saying this. I mean jeez, we're all a mix of good
and bad. Can't we all just acknowledge the good and help heal the bad, or
whatever one wants to call it?
On Friday, October 18, 2013 9:18 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com
wrote:
A guy who,
What I mainly object to is trashing people that a person does not even know
either in person or even online!
On Friday, October 18, 2013 9:13 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com
authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Barry wrote:
(snip)
There is simply NOTHING that any of its detractors
could make up
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote:
Ann, I think that the rounders have done what we all do. They have chosen
activities that they think are most worthwhile given that we all have limited
time.
Is there an echo in here or do you just feel like repeating what I
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, j_alexander_stanley@... wrote:
In order to maintain balance in the Universe, I don't do asanas before not
going to the dome to meditate. You're welcome.
Ditto here.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
So
The voice over belongs to Brother David Steindl-Rast
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=gXDMoiEkyuQvq=medium
It took only about an hour for this thread to go down the tubes. Now
that's better!
On 10/18/2013 10:10 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, j_alexander_stanley@... wrote:
In order to maintain balance in the Universe, I don't do asanas before
not going
Yes Richard, we are a bit slow this morning. We'll try and speed it up next
time. But it would be helpful if you could clarify which tube you want it to go
down.
On Friday, October 18, 2013 8:24:14 AM, Richard J. Williams
pundits...@gmail.com wrote:
It took only about an hour for this
Who is on those pictures, Daddy?
He replied, The Virgin Mary and Jesus.
She picked up the icon, kissed it and hugged it to her chest exclaiming, Oh,
daddy, they love you so much!
Then, he told me, We understood. It's all about affection.
If it's really all about affection who needed
Because Ceasar Chavez hadn't come along yet, unless he was the snake in the
tree.
From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Pope Francis technique
We do not know exactly what
What connection, if any, does the story of the three wise men presenting
gifts to the infant Jesus, have to do with the fact that even today we
decorate trees during our most Holy Day of the year, just like it was the
same Asian Tree of Plenty? A cargo cult?
Also, is it a coincidence that the
Re Michael Jackson Churchill didn't much like him either.:
From Gandhi's To Every Briton of 1940:
I want you to fight Nazism without arms, or, if I am to retain the military
terminology, with non-violent arms. I would like you to lay down the arms you
have as being useless for saving you
“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man
whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree
that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the
midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good
The center piece of Zoar is the 3 acre religiously significant formal garden
featuring the center tree of life.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man
whom he had formed.
Is it possible for a dead king to appear in a dream to tell the location of a
hidden treasure? If this turns out to be true, does that mean that there is
life after death?
http://news.yahoo.com/india-digs-treasure-tip-hindu-holy-man-055603386.html
Unfortunately they said NO, it doesn't seem fair! Oh well, maybe Obama our
Messiah can fix this! ;-(
SHAKER TREE OF LIFE This Shaker drawing, known as the Tree of Life, is the
most famous of the all Shaker gift drawings. To the Shakers, fruit-bearing
trees represented the unspoiled loveliness of the Garden of Eden. It was
painted at Hancock Shaker Village in 1854. This is a limited edition
I like horror films, but this one seems a bit tame. My favourite Halloween
movie is probably 'Pumpkinhead' (1988) which is currently streaming on Netflix.
There is a certain spin on the concept of 'as you sow, so shall you reap' in
this film. It had a budget of US$3.5 million.
---In
Share wrote:
My questions to emptybill are: what does Cyril of Alexandria
mean by the sin of one?
He means Eve's disobedience.
(I'm sure emptybill will correct me if I get anything wrong.)
Also, if all sin is illness, does that mean that the orthodox fathers
believe that all
Are we still looking for meaning based on the recent political battle in
Washington DC? A western astrologer comments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yesvRvsKcJY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yesvRvsKcJY
Seraphita wrote:
Who is on those pictures, Daddy?
He replied, The Virgin Mary and Jesus.
She picked up the icon, kissed it and hugged it to her chest exclaiming,
Oh, daddy, they love you so much!
Then, he told me, We understood. It's all about affection.
If it's really all
But Judy, earlier in the same paragraph with the Cyril quote Rev Hughes states:
the Eastern Fathers assigned full responsibility
for the sin in the Garden to Adam and Eve alone.
So how is it a sin of one, I still wonder.
On Friday, October 18, 2013 12:21 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com
The 100% American is 99% idiot. ---George Bernard Shaw
The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves,
only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that
there may be something to them we are missing. ---Gamel Abdel Nasser
This will make you understand why Popeye the sailor man liked spinach so much.
http://knowyourlove.wordpress.com/spinach-for-sexual-health/
http://knowyourlove.wordpress.com/spinach-for-sexual-health/
Share wrote:
Xeno, you say that people stop short of enlightenment because it seems that no
progress is happening. And in the paragraph above that, you say that at some
point the words have to go. And yet it is the words, or the knowledge and
understanding that can help a person continue when
Wow, what a trenchant, perceptive analogy. Just devastates the notion that
insurance companies should cover people for preexisting conditions, don't it? I
mean, how can anybody be in favor of such coverage after that?
Say, Billy, how long had you been driving without insurance when your
I don't think I've ever seen a Bollywood horror film that wasn't a bit
tame. They're not too good at it or feel it must be tame since much of
Bollywood film is somewhat muted. I like Thai horror better which isn't
tame at all and they dig deep into their culture for the supernatural.
I've
But again to Judy: Death is the natural result of turning aside from God, says
Rev Hughes in the last sentence of the 5th paragraph under Approach of the
Orthodox Fathers. From this I would extrapolate that illness, according to the
Orthodox Fathers is also a natural result of turning aside
Xeno I also made an unhazy remark about taking it seriously in terms of action
but not in terms of thinking about it. By which I meant just what you're
talking about: continuing on no matter what!
On Friday, October 18, 2013 1:20 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com
anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:
Yeah, I think it kind of drives home the point! Obama care is Socialized
Medicine, it's not insurance anymore! Welcome to the DMV lines for health care,
and the cost is going to explode!
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Wow, what a trenchant,
So you'd rather pay extortion fees to the health insurance companies
than have Single Payer? Remember I don't like the way Obamacare is set
up either because it is still a giveaway to the big insurance companies
and does little to curb abusive overcharging for health care services.
Sorry,
Maybe it's time to review where our tradition comes from.
http://www.templenet.com/hima1.html
[image: Inline image 1]
The image of Shri Badri Narayana here is fashioned out of a Saligramam
stone. Shri Badri Narayana is seated under the badari tree, flanked by
Kubera and Garuda, Narada, Narayana
We are in the best of hands!
New errors in the ACA online program indicate technological problems
extend issues already identified. Maybe Obama should hit the reset
button. Uh, oh - that's not fully operational either. Go figure.
So, I'm not opposed to Obamacare - many of it's provisions are
The question is, why would God enslave Adam and Eve to work on a fruit
farm in the first place?
On 10/18/2013 10:48 AM, Mike Dixon wrote:
Because Ceasar Chavez hadn't come along yet, unless he was the snake
in the tree.
*From:* Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com
*To:*
Share wrote:
But again to Judy: Death is the natural result of turning aside from God,
says Rev Hughes
in the last sentence of the 5th paragraph under Approach of the Orthodox
Fathers. From
this I would extrapolate that illness, according to the Orthodox Fathers is
also a natural
Yeah, it's fun to join a spiritual group and make fun of them, for an
hour or two. But, for twenty years? Go figure.
On 10/18/2013 9:38 AM, Share Long wrote:
What I mainly object to is trashing people that a person does not even
know either in person or even online!
On Friday, October 18,
He says the carbon bubble will burst soon.
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/al-gore-carbon-bubble-going-burst-avoid-oil-121707563.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/al-gore-carbon-bubble-going-burst-avoid-oil-121707563.html
No shit!
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Yeah, it's fun to join a spiritual group and make fun of them, for an hour or
two. But, for twenty years? Go figure.
On 10/18/2013 9:38 AM, Share Long wrote:
What I mainly object to is trashing
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Yeah, it's fun to join a spiritual group and make fun of them, for an hour or
two. But, for twenty years? Go figure.
It's called endurance.
Better check your pension plans, probably invested in oil, among other things,
maybe even tobacco!
From: jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 12:51 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Al Gore: Avoid Oil Stocks
He says the carbon bubble
Sometimes rubbing elbows with Marshy was a liability
http://www.politics1.com/scranton-maharishi.htm
Thanks for this, Xeno - I read it once, but then had to mow the lawn, so now I
am back:
Dr -
I think this is pretty much a compact way of saying what I was talking about.
In a later post Share made a hazy remark about taking it seriously or not
seriously. I am not sure that would work.
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote:
What I mainly object to is trashing people that a person does not even know
either in person or even online!
You are going to be objecting a lot, as this seems to be one of the human
species main preoccupations. If you know of
Nope, running a marathon is endurance - OTOH, spanking a spiritual group for
twenty years is called obsession, but it doesn't smell like perfume.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
You're right, Xeno, it's at my own doorstep. All grist for the mill.
On Friday, October 18, 2013 3:46 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com
anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote:
What I mainly object to is trashing people that a person does not
This one is called, ‘Fifteen Places’ – artistic license, though the number is
close.
Used all video clips in this one, vs. animating any stills --
Here are the fifteen places, in no particular order -
(1) Mendocino, CA. (2) Capitola, CA. (3) Sea Cliff, CA. (4) Maui, HI. (5) San
Jose,
At least you're an honest socialist, (I know you have a grudge against the
rich), but anyway, apparently capitalism has lifted more out of poverty than
socialism ever has.or so they say.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
So you'd rather pay
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http://www.firstmilking.com/prostate_health.htm
http://www.firstmilking.com/prostate_health.htm
IOW, captialism didn't work for you. ;-)
Socialism is to maintain a commons or things everyone should have a
right to. You can have limited capitalism and socialism side by side
and some countries do. That's the way the US was supposed to work
before the white collar criminals gamed the
Zoar and the Zoarites : “These German “Come Outers” [separatists] were for the
most part mystics who had read the writings of Jacob Boehm, Gerhard Terstegen,
and Jung Stilling; they cherished different religious or doctrinal beliefs,
were stigmatized as fanatics, but were usually , I judge,
Zoar [Ohio] prospered for 80 years.
A seven pointed star of Bethlehem was chosen as the emblem and the acorn from
which the mighty oak grows was their symbol of strength.
The emblem of the separatists, a huge star in red, white and yellow. Members
wore similar emblems on their shoulders to
Re The writer is making a distinction between (Eastern) Orthodox Christianity
and Western Christianity and how and why they diverged after the first roughly
four centuries following Christ's death (and presumably his Resurrection).:
Yep - and I'm making a distinction between what Christ
One lapel pin I'd like to have is the Global Country of World Peace pin, the
one with the graphic of the rising sun with its Golden rays. A little bit
before LB Shriver passed away he gave me his SRM lapel pin, the intricate one
with the face of Guru Dev Brahmananda Saraswati embossed on it and
One can see how others might see this or that without necessarily going
along with it oneself, especially when it comes to what Christ realized and
taught, given that we have no historical record of same. Plus which, any
exposition of nondualism in plain speech is automatically highly suspect,
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