Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
Indeed. I remember working in the TMO Western Regional Office during the period when we had been instructed to round up and send back to Switzerland any unauthorized audio- and videotapes. This tape (Soma and the Gods) was top on the list. The fascinating thing is that none of these tapes

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and the Scorpion Nation

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
Cultmania 103. Always paint anyone who came to their senses and bailed on the cult insanity as dead wood and as having something wrong with them. From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 7:50

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread LEnglish5
Teh statistic was skewed. For one week, the homicide rate was double the average. THAT was what was picked up by the press and extrapolated for the entire 8 week period. True Believers want the research to be true Skeptics are often as desperate to be sure that it is false. The reality is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread salyavin808
That's got to be Cultmania 104. Always rationalise any contradictions in the guru's teaching, by pretending they don't exist if necessary. The lost Marshy tapes a fascinating story. When I worked at the academy one of my jobs was clearing out and cataloguing the video collection. There was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PHARRELL WILLIAMS - HAPPY (INDIA)

2014-04-03 Thread nablusoss1008
Perhaps people on this list should travel more. Because they don't wear dhotis or are filmed in front of Temples it can't possibly be from India :-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mdixon.6569@... wrote : What was missing were sadhus dancing to this at Kumbha Mela. On Wednesday, April

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread salyavin808
Ambiguous is as good as false. When you look at the actual US government data for the year, broken down week by week, you can't see any drops in crime levels, sure there are dips all over the place but the one in August is no bigger than the one in March so if you are claiming that coherence

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and the Scorpion Nation

2014-04-03 Thread nablusoss1008
Europe has but a small handful of teachers teaching independently. That's hardly a schism. There was little wrong with the deadwood that Maharishi got rid of by raising the prices and applying new structures, they just didn't contribute anymore. They didn't bail out but was forced out, which of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and the Scorpion Nation

2014-04-03 Thread salyavin808
Yup, make sure that the brainwashing has held by periodically testing the faith of the devotee. What number are we up to? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Europe has but a small handful of teachers teaching independently. That's hardly a schism. There

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and the Scorpion Nation

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and the Scorpion Nation   Yup, make sure that the brainwashing has held by periodically testing the faith of the devotee. What number are

[FairfieldLife] Warren's top 10 stock picks!

2014-04-03 Thread cardemaister
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[FairfieldLife] If the Media Reported on Game Of Thrones

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
For those of you who have watched the show and are looking forward to the next season of Game Of Thrones as much as I am, these are utterly hilarious. And in ways that totally nail the publications and reporters being parodied. Spoiler warning passed along if you haven't watched the show so far

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
I just found it interesting - as I said I think, somehow this particular document had escaped my attention. I was told during the sidhi prep courses that we produce soma in the stomach and only if we have soma being produced can we have experiences of higher states of consciousness. That's what

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
my revulsion is the idea that Marshy would teach this crap - as the writer of the article said, Marshy was the only one around who taught this stuff. It smacks of not just Hinduism but really superstitious Hinduism. If you can believe what Chopra wrote about M after he croaked, he was a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
And thank you for giving your memory of this - another piece of info I had no idea of - that the TM teachers could and did buy these tapes. On Thu, 4/3/14, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
when you have riots and murders in the place where the largest Dome numbers are at least 5 and a half percent of the population, that pretty much kills the idea the ME exists at all. On Thu, 4/3/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PHARRELL WILLIAMS - HAPPY (INDIA)

2014-04-03 Thread steve.sundur
I noticed the background in one scene were mall stores including Louis Vuitton and the like. Perhaps that's your idea of Indian. Looks to me like they probably didn't get much past the airport in any of the locations. On the other hand, I only watched a snippet of two of them. ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] If the Media Reported on Game Of Thrones

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
I've read most of the books - thus far they are doing a damn fine job of bringing the books to life on the screen On Thu, 4/3/14, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] If the Media Reported on Game Of Thrones To:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread steve.sundur
Am I missing something, because isn't that what the 10th mandala is about in just about every verse. So even though it's been some 20 plus years since I listened to it, that's my recollection. Evidently that is something the Vedas concern themselves with. Do you consider this revelation?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
Its the ninth mandala actually, but it was never phrased so that I remember - also it is significant that M who always claimed publicly to offer a technique that is non-religious to covertly tell everyone inthe room point blank that the purpose of meditation is to refine the body so it produces

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and the Scorpion Nation

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
Sez Barry, making his first mistakes for today because he was so eager to take another shot that he didn't bother to read what Buck wrote: That doesn't mean much of the 'deadwood' isn't not loyal and many go to assemblies etc. IOW, the deadwood were NOT all people who came to their senses and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
BTW, here's the transcript of the tape: http://minet.org/www.trancenet.net/secrets/soma/soma2.shtml http://minet.org/www.trancenet.net/secrets/soma/soma2.shtml Answering my own question below: It's definitely the Trancenet writer's image, not Maharishi's, as you'll see if you read the

[FairfieldLife] SuperDooperStition

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods   my revulsion is the idea that Marshy would teach this crap - as the writer of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
TM teachers paid for pretty much *everything* they gave away at the TM centers or otherwise distributed or made available to meditators there. Tapes, promo materials, books, etc. Many people who never became TM teachers themselves seem to think that these materials were somehow provided by the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
Salyavin, I posted a link to the study. Have a look at it, please, in particular the explanation of the methodology. It's a lot more complicated than you think to determine whether the rate actually went down during the study period. The issue is whether, in the absence of the meditating group,

Re: [FairfieldLife] If the Media Reported on Game Of Thrones

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com To: fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com; FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If the Media Reported on Game Of Thrones   I've read most of the books - thus far

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
Jesus Christ! That's like saying wonder how blue the sky would be if I had not gotten out of bed at 6 am? Wonder how many people would eat a steak tonight If I had not bought that porterhouse at the store? it is nonsense. If as Sal has said they could show a SIGNIFICANT drop in ANYTHING besides

Re: [FairfieldLife] If the Media Reported on Game Of Thrones

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
I have read that tourism is up quite a bit in the areas where the series is filmed. One of the things you'll find in the books is a good deal of history and back story that don't make it into the series for obvious reasons. And if you think there is some brutal crap in the films, wait'll you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and the Scorpion Nation

2014-04-03 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Cultmania 103. Always paint anyone who came to their senses and bailed on the cult insanity as dead wood and as having something wrong with them. Gee, I guess that means that when I bailed on Robin 28 years ago and blew the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread dhamiltony2k5
What a bunch of manipulative honking you haters are doing against TM here. You are cherry-picking some 'god' comments and making your own assumptions just to make an argument. Reading the transcript, he's talking and using allegory to lay out an inquiry to make a scientific design. Taking

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : I just found it interesting - as I said I think, somehow this particular document had escaped my attention. I was told during the sidhi prep courses that we produce soma in the stomach and only if we have soma being produced can

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread awoelflebater
http://minet.org/www.trancenet.net/secrets/soma/index.shtml http://minet.org/www.trancenet.net/secrets/soma/index.shtml ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Its the ninth mandala actually, but it was never phrased so that I remember - also it is significant that M who

[FairfieldLife] Re: [Meditating] Fairfield, Iowa Life

2014-04-03 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Thanks for the encouragement, jr. Spring rains happening here today. Yep, I am running low of time indoors now with the end of winter here in Iowa. Still got some things remaining that are unfinished here. I never finished my paper on Quaker meditators coming to Fairfield. A long time ago I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : BTW, here's the transcript of the tape: http://minet.org/www.trancenet.net/secrets/soma/soma2.shtml http://minet.org/www.trancenet.net/secrets/soma/soma2.shtml Answering my own question below: It's definitely the Trancenet

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
and God almighty David if you can read the transcript of the tape and believe he was talking science, then you have been breathing in too much GMO crop dust. On Thu, 4/3/14, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
you are hilarious! I recall someone on the sidhi preps asked something like that - a nurse I think she was and the Governors said the soma would be there, but would be too subtle to detect with current scientific equipment. On Thu, 4/3/14,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
Look, I happened to run across the reference because I was looking up what was out there on soma. I read the first page and then the transcript of the tape. It seems clear to me that he was in fact NOT using allegory. One has to remember, he was a devout Hindu, not a secular man. He really

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
Oh, dear. No, Michael. Would you say the same thing about placebo-controlled clinical trials of new drugs? Because it's the same principle. It's just that you can't have a D.C. in June and July with meditators (the drug) and a D.C. in June and July without meditators (the placebo) at the same

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
Actually, as I recall, they were planning to do some studies to see whether soma could be detected. Whether they ever did them, with no result, or called them off, I don't know. You are hilarious! I recall someone on the sidhi preps asked something like that - a nurse I think she was and the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PHARRELL WILLIAMS - HAPPY (INDIA)

2014-04-03 Thread nablusoss1008
So you saw a Louis Vuitton shop and gathered it couldn't be India ? If you have a valid passport perhaps you should travel more. According to the Turq only 15% of the Americans have a valid passport. Use it if you have one. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
Actually, Michael, his name is Doug not David. Just to help everyone keep track, etc. On Thu, 4/3/14, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and the Scorpion Nation

2014-04-03 Thread nablusoss1008
Whenever the Turq writes about cults here be sure to read it. He is after all the only member of this group that has been in a cult. Not only that, but with a cult-leader who claimed to be a Buddhist. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: salyavin808

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
Ann, I think it would be pretty involved and costly for the TMO to perform endoscopies on hundreds of sidhas in order to have a valid study about soma in the stomach! For one thing, I've always been put under when I have mine done. On Thursday, April 3, 2014 8:49 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
Judy, I've gotten the impression over the years that the TMO prefers to do non invasive procedures for finding the physiological correlates of long term TM and TMSP. One non invasive avenue they could take with regards to soma in the stomach, is to test long term TMers for good digestion,

Re: [FairfieldLife] If the Media Reported on Game Of Thrones

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
Another great Game Of Thrones LOL-fest from the same guy at BuzzFeed who wrote the other one. Same spoiler warning applies. 12 Charts Only Game Of Thrones Fans Will Understand From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
Steve, one of the meta issues that fascinates me about all this is how in Catholicism we supposedly ingest the body and blood of Christ. What it suggests to me is something that the mythologist Joseph Campbell might notice, that in all cultures around the world, there's some notion of ingesting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods   And then there's the whole issue of scientists' finding brain cells in the stomach... Not a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
Actually, they wouldn't have to do endoscopies on hundreds of sidhas. Why would you need that many? Remember, what they'd be looking for is an unfamiliar substance never before documented to exist in the human stomach. All you'd need would be a few samples of the substance. Then you'd have to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
turq, read it and weep: There are over 100 million brain cells in your gut... http://www.bbc.com/news/health-18779997 On Thursday, April 3, 2014 9:56 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
Right, Judy and that's another reason why the whole issue seems extremely challenging. Theoretically they could even find soma in the blood. But, as you say, it would have to be identified as soma, etc. As I mentioned in another post to you, I think it's more practical to make predictions about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
Michael, one way I think about all this is in terms of energy, vibration, resonance and amplification. Indra can be thought of as the word that some people use to describe an energy or frequency that is all around us. A scientist might designate it by a certain amount of hertz or a certain

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Actually, as I recall, they were planning to do some studies to see whether soma could be detected. Whether they ever did them, with no result, or called them off, I don't know. You are hilarious! I recall someone on the sidhi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
Steve, pretty funny that in the midst of all these Soma and the Gods posts, I received an ad with Subject line: This stuff is God in a bottle! On Thursday, April 3, 2014 6:41 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote:   Am I missing something, because isn't that what the 10th

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Ann, I think it would be pretty involved and costly for the TMO to perform endoscopies on hundreds of sidhas in order to have a valid study about soma in the stomach! For one thing, I've always been put under when I have mine

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dave Barry

2014-04-03 Thread anartaxius
Ann, I think this is probably my favourite Dave Barry piece, because it highlights the differences in the way different human minds interpret experience.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
I am, you may be surprised to learn, in 100 percent agreement with you and Doug on this. I'd add that IMO, Maharishi understood Life, the Universe, and Everything on the purely metaphysical level, the common denominator, as it were, of science and religion and every other area of human

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dave Barry

2014-04-03 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : Ann, I think this is probably my favourite Dave Barry piece, because it highlights the differences in the way different human minds interpret experience. Yes, and might explain some of the goings on here at FFL. I also love

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
Judy, this reminds me of when I was a really new TMer in Dec 1975 and Maharishi attended a physics conference at MIU and someone said, about the alleged connection between TM and physics: Maharishi, what if it turns out NOT to be true. And I'm paraphrasing what Maharishi said: then we will

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dave Barry

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
For what should be obvious reasons, this two-parter is one of my all-time Dave Barry faves: Parlez-vous Français? An Aesthetically Challenged American in Paris (Part II) From: anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Question on Religion

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
So during the pundit riot events, I saw the R-1 Visa thing where the pundits are designated as religious workers, and the federal guidelines say they have to be sponsored by a non-profit religious organization or an outfit that is affiliated with a religious organization. And I got to thinking

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dave Barry

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
Thanks, Ann and turq, I LOVE Dave Barry and in my mischievous moments, thought it would be fun if he visited FF (-: On Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:42 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   For what should be obvious reasons, this two-parter is one of my all-time Dave Barry faves:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
thanks for telling that - do you recall if Marshy blew out the candle for her Highness? Wonder what other tapes were in there, p'raps Marshy praising Adolf? On Thu, 4/3/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re:

Re: [FairfieldLife] If the Media Reported on Game Of Thrones

2014-04-03 Thread Bhairitu
Game of Thrones was not my cuppa tea so I didn't even watch it when I had HBO. I'm sure there will be a lot more complaining this year because in the US you often pay a $90 or more tax a month to watch HBO. That is in the form of your monthly cable or satellite bill. If the past Thrones

Re: [FairfieldLife] [Fairfield] Logically Preparing

2014-04-03 Thread Bhairitu
Yeah, welcome to the mid-west, home of killer tornadoes. Trade one disaster for another. Chances of survival with an earthquake are much higher than those of surviving a tornado. On 04/02/2014 08:38 PM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: I certainly feel that as meditators you should all move

Re: [FairfieldLife] [Fairfield] Logically Preparing

2014-04-03 Thread nablusoss1008
Rory is leaving Fairfield to live in Florida, and perhaps also the Pundits are leaving. The Americans better start going to the Domes asap to avert the danger that has not yet come. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Yeah, welcome to the mid-west, home of killer

[FairfieldLife] Marshy's First Guru [1 Attachment]

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
Well folks, I found it. Photographic document showing Marshy interacting with his very first guru. That's Marshy on the left.

Re: [FairfieldLife] [Fairfield] Logically Preparing

2014-04-03 Thread Share Long
Nablusoss, I love it when I get FF news from people in other countries! Plus, Rick just posted that Rory was resuming satsang on Wednesday nights! On Thursday, April 3, 2014 12:49 PM, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:   Rory is leaving Fairfield to live in Florida, and perhaps

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread salyavin808
As you accuse me of being unobjective I'm not going to bother reading the link you posted. I've thought long and hard about this stuff for years, read all the research (even had a set of the collective papers). I've probably read it before anyway but even if I haven't everything I say about it

[FairfieldLife] ehyeh asher ehyeh: possible translations!

2014-04-03 Thread cardemaister
14 And God said unto Moses, [1] I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, [2] I AM hath sent me unto you. [1) Or I AM, BECAUSE I AM ; Or I AM WHO AM ; Or I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE 2) Heb Ehyeh ; From the same root as Jehovah (without nikkud cholem over the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
Like I have said and TB'ers ignore - Fairfield, Iowa - 300 pundits, at least 200 other TMSP'ers doing program twice a day. Fairfield Iowa current population 9,476 people - about 5 1/2% of the population doing TMSP - FAR more than square root of 1%. Fairfield Iowa, crime free? Accident Free?

Re: [FairfieldLife] ehyeh asher ehyeh: possible translations!

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
Yeah he also said he would kill anybody that pissed against the wall too. 1 Kings 16:11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread salyavin808
Indeed, and why bother? Anyone who has read the 9th Mandala of the Rig Veda will know it's a drink made from plant extracts. Soma (Sanskrit सोम sóma), or Haoma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haoma (Avestan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avestan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian

Re: [FairfieldLife] SuperDooperStition

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
This is first of all, quite funny and I think you should turn it into a novel - the premise is quite good. On Thu, 4/3/14, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] SuperDooperStition To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] SuperDooperStition

2014-04-03 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 8:49 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] SuperDooperStition   This is first of all, quite funny and I think you should turn it into a novel - the premise is quite good. Thanks. I had

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Bhairitu
Somehow the post title reminds me of Reuben and the Jets. (Or maybe Soma and the Gods would make a good band name). So the vedic seers were meth heads? :-D On 04/03/2014 11:47 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Indeed, and why bother? Anyone who has read the 9th Mandala of the Rig Veda will know it's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread salyavin808
Must have been something excitable, what with all the trouble they gave the black skinned Rakshasas in the Golden Age... I think Soma and the Gods would make an excellent band name. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Somehow the post title reminds me of Reuben and

[FairfieldLife] TM and utopianism

2014-04-03 Thread dhamiltony2k5
What is utopian-ism? “I went to a lecture at the U. of Ia. in Iowa City the other nite given by a visiting classicist professor and went out to dinner with him after. In discussing [Meditating] Fairfield, Iowa he broke from what we were saying at a point and declared that he [a classicist]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
First of all, you referred to the TM critics who portray Lawson as a cult apologist, not you specifically, Salyavin. I was thinking primarily of Barry and Michael in any case. What cult apologist is going to acknowledge that the study results were ambiguous? (Minor point, but we don't know

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and aspects of utopianism

2014-04-03 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Up more recently, TM and describing aspects of utopianism: Born in 1927, Norman Zierold grew up in the Amana colonies, a Germanic Utopian community in Iowa... . .. . “I remember how aspects of Utopia had colored my days from the very beginning, when I was born into a community that expected

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
You mean, anyone who has read the Ninth Mandala in the translation TM uses will know that's how the Ninth Mandala in that translation describes soma. But they won't necessarily know to what degree that description is symbolic/poetic/metaphorical rather than literal, or even whether the original

[FairfieldLife] Re: [Meditating] Fairfield, Iowa Life

2014-04-03 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Also did not get to finish utopian-ism and Fairfield neither. Dang. What is utopian-ism? Thanks though for the encouragement, jr. Spring rains happening here today. Yep, I am running low of time indoors now with the end of winter here in Iowa. Still got some things remaining that are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
Oh yeah! I had forgotten that all the demons in the vedas are said to be black skinned! That'll create controversy and sell more books and films! On Thu, 4/3/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread steve.sundur
Michael, with all due respect, you are not an expert on Hinduism, or even superstitious Hinduism for that matter. I think we saw that last week. So you have an opinion on the relationship of Soma and the Vedic Gods, but it is just your interpretation, unless you claim to be able to decipher

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Likewise, your notion that if there was anything to the Maharishi Effect, it should have immediately resulted in a huge decrease in the crime rate is absurd. Why? If it works for some why not everyone. Why does the unified

[FairfieldLife] Alien life?

2014-04-03 Thread salyavin808
Ocean discovered on Enceladus may be best place to look for alien life Evidence from Cassini spacecraft suggests a large body of liquid water beneath the surface of Saturn's moon EnceladusResearchers have discovered a deep saltwater ocean on one of the many small moons that orbit Saturn

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread salyavin808
Are you for real? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : You mean, anyone who has read the Ninth Mandala in the translation TM uses will know that's how the Ninth Mandala in that translation describes soma. But they won't necessarily know to what degree that description

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread LEnglish5
Who says that the Maharishi Effect converts anyone? Here is MY understanding of the Maharishi Effect: TM, by its very nature, has a beneficial effect on the practitioners AND on their surroundings. Group TM, by the nature of synergy, has a greater effect than TM practiced outside of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: PHARRELL WILLIAMS - HAPPY (INDIA)

2014-04-03 Thread steve.sundur
Nab, I have no doubt. No doubt whatsoever that there are Louis Vuitton shops in India, as well as Channel and Gucci, and every other luxury brand. Malls in every part of the world are similar. But if I were trying to show something uniquely Indian, that is not what I would highlight,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread steve.sundur
You know Share, some people compare it to cannibalism. I don't. I don't see anything wrong with it. As rituals go, it seems as good a one as any. I don't know if it was corrupted along the way somehow. It's been a while since I've read the Bible, but supposedly that's the way it played out

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
you shot your erudite arguments all to hell by saying there were no grandiose claims - that's all TM is, is grandiose claims - spin don't have shit to do with it. marshy was a liar, a con artist, a Hindu fanatic and very superstitious. If you wanna argue superstition, try telling Turq that he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread steve.sundur
That is how I have generally understood these forces of nature described in the Vedas. I think I mentioned before, that for some reason I always associated the Troop of Maruts as perhaps rain bearing clouds. I would enjoy seeing connections being made. ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread steve.sundur
If Unity Consciousness is a reality, if God Consiousness is reality, in my opinion there would be some chemical produced that would be partly responsible for that. Soma sounds as good as any. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Steve, pretty funny that in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/2/2014 7:53 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: Soma and the Gods What would it take, MJ, for you to do a simple search on topics BEFORE you post your questions? Let's see now, how many years has it been since I've been posting messages about SOMA to Google Groups and Yahoo Groups? Ten years?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/2/2014 10:49 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: But do you really think they needed this to try to make a case of Hindu roots for TM? The roots of TM can be found in the ascetic tradition of the indigenous inhabitants of South India - based on the yoga tradition; the yogins and ascetics

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Michael Jackson
that is bullshit - that means that supposed enlightenment is NOT something that we already are, that we just don't pay attention to - that means that it is dependent on a chemical. On Thu, 4/3/14, steve.sun...@yahoo.com steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : Who says that the Maharishi Effect converts anyone? Not me, what are you talking about? Oh, I see I convert for evidence that means that you have to prove it before I take it seriously. I haven't seen any worth chucking out my

Re: [FairfieldLife] Research Shows Group Meditation Can Reduce Crime Rates

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
Have a go at answering the rest of the points I raised?? You mean, the ones where you put words in my mouth? OK... I can only assume you think I'm not objective because I don't agree with you about it. Wrong. You made that up. As I told you, I'm skeptical myself. But I have excellent

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread authfriend
Bit of a problem responding intelligently, eh, Salyavin? Are you for real? You mean, anyone who has read the Ninth Mandala in the translation TM uses will know that's how the Ninth Mandala in that translation describes soma. But they won't necessarily know to what degree that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread steve.sundur
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : you shot your erudite arguments all to hell by saying there were no grandiose claims - that's all TM is, is grandiose claims - spin don't have shit to do with it. marshy was a liar, a con artist, a Hindu fanatic and very

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread steve.sundur
Michael aside from the philosophical question of we are enlightened, we just aren't aware of it, what I am speculating is that if there are states of enlightenment, and I believe there are, there are likely to be unique chemicals that either help produce the state, or are a byproduct of it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Soma and the Gods

2014-04-03 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/3/2014 1:34 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: The whole IDEA of them is that these supposed gods and goddesses are so neurotic and so insecure that they'll respond to being praised by puny-ass humans praying to them and offering them fruit and hankies and large sums of cash. You probably

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