[FairfieldLife] Female Russian(?) 'taters have...

2006-05-24 Thread cardemaister
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread TurquoiseB
I once posted a commentary that author and scientist (he's a Harvard grad) Michael Creighton had made on global warming. Putting aside what you or I may feel about the issue, the facts or the arguments of the piece weren't important to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't find your comment challenging. Your condescending comment reveals your intentions. Good luck with that agenda. The entire story, in 12 words, and handled with compassion in five more. Can't do better

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Were you supposed to be monitoring it, or were you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I once posted a commentary that author and scientist (he's a Harvard grad) Michael Creighton had made on global warming. Putting aside what you or I may feel about the issue,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues

[FairfieldLife] this time a celebrity has it right

2006-05-24 Thread shempmcgurk
This is classic Free-Market Economics: when a government gives its farmers subsidies it increases supply and thereby decreases price. The ones that are hurt most are the Third World farmers who are NOT getting subsidies and are getting LESS for their product.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I didn't find your comment challenging. Your condescending comment reveals your intentions. Good luck with that agenda.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: p...] Can one be falsely inspired and uplifted? Many proclamations, initiatives and themes of the TMO inspired many us in the past. At least some now seem empty -- a false inspiration. Inspired by a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Natural law at work?competion is better 4 us all,Wal_...

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: In a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I didn't find your comment challenging. Your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread Peter
I think the key here is simple authenticity regardless if the experience is good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant. Most spiritual movements like the TMO generate an atmosphere of subtle (and at times not so subtle) moodmaking that denies one's simple experience if it is not in accord with the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread Vaj
On May 24, 2006, at 3:17 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I once posted a commentary that author and scientist (he's a Harvard grad) Michael Creighton had made on global warming. Putting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread Vaj
On May 23, 2006, at 5:03 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 22, 2006, at 2:47 PM, authfriend wrote: The point is that she doesn't seem to have the requisite credentials to trash Vedic science. She's a scientist and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread Vaj
On May 23, 2006, at 5:06 PM, sparaig wrote: Insomuch as humans show the same patterns of behavior in every society, the analogy with Christian Fundamentalism may be useful. However, since Hinduism is usually a far more flexable and accomidating religion or set-of-religions than

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the key here is simple authenticity regardless if the experience is good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant. Most spiritual movements like the TMO generate an atmosphere of subtle (and at times not so subtle)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Natural law at work?competion is better 4 us all,Wal_Marts good news

2006-05-24 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The Internet, whatever else it may be, is NOT a suitable forum for satsang, or for any style of teaching that requires the student to perceive the overall vibe of the teacher and respond to it. The vibe just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread Peter
--- authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The Internet, whatever else it may be, is NOT a suitable forum for satsang, or for any style of teaching that requires the student to perceive the overall vibe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 23, 2006, at 5:03 PM, sparaig wrote: snip There's a guy who used to lecture at MUM/MIU who has a PhD in Indian Studies (I believe) who did his PhD work pointing out the cultural origins of the TM movement.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip The Internet, whatever else it may be, is NOT a suitable forum for satsang, or for any style

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 23, 2006, at 5:06 PM, sparaig wrote: Insomuch as humans show the same patterns of behavior in every society, the analogy with Christian Fundamentalism may be useful. However, since Hinduism is usually a

[FairfieldLife] Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
Since last night 11pm or so PST, there have been 25 posts. 15 of them stem from Shemp deciding now was a good time to revisit his views of what Judy posted in January. If that one post were kept at the poster's thought level, the ensuing low value (IMO) 14 posts would have not been posted. If

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/24/06 12:29 AM, new_morning_blank_slate at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there already a silent presumption that Tolle is realized -- and thus a parallel presumption that his words are valid and/or relevant? He says he is, and speaks as though he is. Do you find the words inspiring

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Natural law at work?competion is better 4 us all,Wal_Marts good news

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/22/06 2:23 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: reduces the price making it available 4 more of us to buy more of it as well that whole milk @ Wal-mart great news for many of us. now if Wal- mart could sell

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On May 23, 2006, at 5:06 PM, sparaig wrote: Insomuch as humans show the same patterns of behavior in every society, the analogy with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since last night 11pm or so PST, there have been 25 posts. 15 of them stem from Shemp deciding now was a good time to revisit his views of what Judy posted in January. If that one post were kept at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/23/06 9:33 PM, curtisdeltablues at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think my ability to know fluctuates at all to any significant degree day to day. Of course I don't mean this in any spiritual way, it is just that I have lost all interest in monitoring whatever quality I used to care

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since last night 11pm or so PST, there have been 25 posts. 15 of them stem from Shemp deciding now was a good time to revisit his views of what Judy posted in January. If that one post were kept at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TorguiseB writes snipped: Diggin' in the dirt looking for the cause of darkness is fine if that's your predilection in life, but I've had remarkable success with just turning on the light, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
Thanks for your comments. My questions are not leading ones. I don't have a goal I am trying to lead readers to. I could answer many of the questions from different angles with different answers. But I find such questions useful in clarifying core assumptions. Even the most interesting -- those

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/24/06 10:15 AM, new_morning_blank_slate at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your comments. My questions are not leading ones. I don't have a goal I am trying to lead readers to. I could answer many of the questions from different angles with different answers. But I find such

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not digging in the dirt is the rationale used by many sidhas here when they move into a S-ved home as a way of solving their marital communication problems, or do a yagya as a way to treat their chronic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Is being driven by and apparently obsessed with the past a sign of something good? Makes one wonder about the effectiveness of all these techniques people have been practicing for years. George

[FairfieldLife] entrance orientation in block of flats

2006-05-24 Thread claudiouk
A friend is buying a flat in a Victorian house just converted into three flats. The entrance to the house faces SOUTH; but the entrance to the flat faces WEST. Curious as to how bad this combination is from SV perspective.. What about the other flat with EAST-facing entrance - is it also

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: Since last night 11pm or so PST, there have been 25 posts. 15 of them stem from Shemp deciding now was a good time to revisit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 23, 2006, at 5:03 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On May 22, 2006, at 2:47 PM, authfriend wrote: The point is that she doesn't seem to have the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread curtisdeltablues
Rick, Thanks for taking the time to read what I wrote and for your reply. Revisiting these concepts in the light of people's experience in this group is valuable to me. I remember the TM party line about those words. Now I am interested in how people like yourself think about it with a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the key here is simple authenticity regardless if the experience is good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant. Most spiritual movements like the TMO generate an atmosphere of subtle (and at times not so subtle)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 23, 2006, at 5:06 PM, sparaig wrote: Insomuch as humans show the same patterns of behavior in every society, the analogy with Christian Fundamentalism may be useful. However, since Hinduism is usually a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: --- authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip The Internet, whatever

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On May 23, 2006, at 5:03 PM, sparaig wrote: snip There's a guy who used to lecture at MUM/MIU who has a PhD in Indian Studies (I believe)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 markmeredith@ wrote: Not digging in the dirt is the rationale used by many sidhas here when they move into a S-ved home as a way of solving their marital

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: Since last night 11pm or so PST, there have been

[FairfieldLife] Re: entrance orientation in block of flats

2006-05-24 Thread shirleybrahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend is buying a flat in a Victorian house just converted into three flats. The entrance to the house faces SOUTH; but the entrance to the flat faces WEST. Curious as to how bad this combination is from SV

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/24/06 10:28 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not digging in the dirt is the rationale used by many sidhas here when they move into a S-ved home as a way of solving their marital communication

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the key here is simple authenticity regardless if the experience is good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant. Most spiritual movements like the TMO generate an atmosphere of subtle (and at times not so subtle)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 5/23/06 9:33 PM, curtisdeltablues at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think my ability to know fluctuates at all to any significant degree day to day. Of course I don't mean this in any spiritual way, it is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlist@ wrote: TorguiseB writes snipped: Diggin' in the dirt looking for the cause of darkness is fine if

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since last night 11pm or so PST, there have been 25 posts. 15 of them stem from Shemp deciding now was a good time to revisit his views of what Judy posted in January. If that one post were kept at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: --- authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: --- authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 markmeredith@ wrote: Not digging in the dirt is the rationale used by many sidhas here when they move into a S-ved home as a way of solving their marital

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 markmeredith@ wrote: Not digging in the dirt is the rationale used by many sidhas here when they move into a S-ved home as a way of solving their marital

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Creation Science debunked

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip And again, what Nanda calls Vedic Creationism does not appear to be what MMY teaches in that it doesn't propose to replace Darwinian evolution with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, Thanks for taking the time to read what I wrote and for your reply. Revisiting these concepts in the light of people's experience in this group is valuable to me. I remember the TM party line about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shirleybrahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark et al On the other hand, talk therapy with a good therapist can be invaluable. I grew up in a fairly typical and extremely dysfuntional home-too many kids, one parent clearly shouldn't have had any kids

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shirleybrahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark et al On the other hand, talk therapy with a good therapist can be invaluable. I grew up in a fairly typical and extremely dysfuntional home-too many kids, one parent clearly shouldn't have had any kids

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ooooh, I like this one: awareness of awareness!

2006-05-24 Thread curtisdeltablues
The concept of enlightenment is way over my head. I am just focusing on what we can articulate about our awareness and it's potential to grow. My biggest change in wellbeing comes from physical exercise. I wonder if wellbeing has any place in the discussion of what our awareness is and how it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: snip Is being driven by and apparently obsessed with the past a sign of something good? Makes one wonder about the effectiveness of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread shirleybrahman
Nearly all of my friends everywhere are TMers, whether lapsed, moved on to other orgs or like myself moved on to none at all and just living life. I do think my TM mantra every day, sometimes just lying down on my way to dreamland at night, sometimes I use other mantras, sometimes I just enjoy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread curtisdeltablues
So, if all this is extremely helpful and you haven't been involved in TM in 15 years, what are you doing here? Participation here is a waste of time for everyone, of course, but certainly for someone who outgrew TM 15 years ago and has had great experiences since... I know this was not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/24/06 11:19 AM, shirleybrahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FFLife is a way to see what's what. It's flavor has changed and since LB and DOug Hamilton, Phil Goldberg and a few others have stopped posting it's a lot less interesting, yet I find there is still something to be gained from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [It is useful to be] constantly being open to new data and new concepts. For example, maybe we often skip a poster which our theory predicts will waste our time. BUT, my point of the orignal post was,

[FairfieldLife] FW: Good News!- Education Tour a Great Success

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
Title: FW: Good News!- Education Tour a Great Success Huge demand? Good News! Archive http://mum.edu/goodnews/welcome.html Education Tour Creates Huge Demand for Transcendental Meditation Program in Schools US Peace Government president Dr. John Hagelin and a renowned panel of educators and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: [It is useful to be] constantly being open to new data and new concepts. For example, maybe we often skip a poster

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, if all this is extremely helpful and you haven't been involved in TM in 15 years, what are you doing here? Participation here is a waste of time for everyone, of course, but certainly for someone who

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, if all this is extremely helpful and you haven't been involved in TM in 15 years, what are you doing here? Participation here is a waste of time for everyone, of course, but certainly for someone who outgrew

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: [It is useful to be] constantly being open to new data and new concepts. For example, maybe we often skip a poster

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: [It is useful to be] constantly being open to

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Good News!- Education Tour a Great Success

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huge demand? perhaps not a demand for TM, but a demand for *something*. The seminar I participated in in Tucson had about 80 people show up. True, most of them were invited guests there at least partly for the free

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: So, if all this is extremely helpful and you haven't been involved in TM in 15 years, what are you doing here? Participation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: So, if all this is extremely helpful and you haven't been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip In a way, it's like that bar where the regulars had heard all the jokes so many times that they didn't even bother telling them any more. They

[FairfieldLife] Re: Driven by the Past -- A Sign of Deep Spirituality?

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: [It is useful to be] constantly being open to new

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip In a way, it's like that bar where the regulars had heard all the jokes so

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree there's a severe limit to the progress that can be made with talk therapy that focuses on intellectual analysis of past hurts. But the fact remains that you can't transcend your way out of deep

[FairfieldLife] Healthful MUM Fitness, Exercise and Asana Programs

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Healthful MUM Fitness, Exercise and Asana Programs The Review, Vol. 21, #16, May 24, 2006 Copyright 2006, Maharishi University of Management http://www.mum.edu/TheReview 1. Dr. Schneider Publishes Book on Heart Health 2. Eco-Fair Keynote to Highlight Design Using Nature 3. Inaugural

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree there's a severe limit to the progress that can be made with talk therapy that focuses on intellectual analysis of past hurts. But the fact remains that you can't transcend your way out of deep

Re: [FairfieldLife] this time a celebrity has it right

2006-05-24 Thread Bhairitu
Yes American farming subsidies really hurt a lot of third world countries. In Jamaica dairy farmers have to dump milk because the country is forced to take American subsidized milk. There is a DVD documentary on this very subject called Life and Debt. It was made by the daughter of a former

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have several friends who Awakened recently, and they say that soon thereafter, the shit hit the fan. They began feeling guilt and other emotions that needed dealing with a thousand times more intensely than before

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/24/06 1:42 PM, new_morning_blank_slate at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have several friends who Awakened recently, and they say that soon thereafter, the shit hit the fan. They began feeling guilt and other

[FairfieldLife] Re: 24 adopted countries

2006-05-24 Thread peterklutz
whyich brings us back to the question which these countries are. Anyonre knows? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer fairfieldlife@ wrote: on 5/21/06 1:46 PM, peterklutz at peterklutz@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have several friends who Awakened recently, and they say that soon thereafter, the shit hit the fan. They began feeling guilt and other emotions that needed dealing with a thousand times more intensely than before

[FairfieldLife] Re: 24 adopted countries

2006-05-24 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: whyich brings us back to the question which these countries are. Anyonre knows? The Good Ones, obviously. :) Someone posted a list a while back. I think Netherlands, most of Scandanavia, Germany, some newer

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I have several friends who Awakened recently, and they say that soon thereafter, the shit hit the fan. They began feeling guilt and other emotions that needed dealing with a thousand times more intensely than

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread Vaj
On May 24, 2006, at 2:42 PM, new_morning_blank_slate wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have several friends who Awakened recently, and they say that soon thereafter, the shit hit the fan. They began feeling guilt and other emotions

Re: [FairfieldLife] Healthful MUM Fitness, Exercise and Asana Programs

2006-05-24 Thread Sal Sunshine
Yeah, to those of us who have had many years of dealing with TMO silliness, denial and generally extremely uptight behavior, the notion that many of them need to be more flexible is indeed surprising. Sal On May 24, 2006, at 1:08 PM, Rick Archer wrote: The category in which the highest

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer fairfieldlife@ wrote: I have several friends who Awakened recently, and they say that soon thereafter, the shit hit the fan. They began feeling

[FairfieldLife] Kai Druhl stirs things up in Smith Center, Kansas

2006-05-24 Thread george_deforest
Maharishi meets the Bible Belt Posted 5/23/2006 12:19 AM ET By Judy Keen, USA TODAY SMITH CENTER, Kan. � The land is flat, roads are straight and churches are plentiful in this town of 1,800 near the geographic center of the USA's lower 48 states. So here in traditional Kansas, the recent

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Self in each of us recognizes the Self in another. We are conscious of this to one degree or another, whether our Self has been fully awakened to us, or not. This is how someone somewhat Awake will

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Healthful MUM Fitness, Exercise and Asana Programs

2006-05-24 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The students' highest score is blood pressure, a component of cardiovascular fitness, with 98% of females rating excellent in both systolic and diastolic, and 68% of males rating excellent in systolic and 75% in

[FairfieldLife] Re: this time a celebrity has it right

2006-05-24 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes American farming subsidies really hurt a lot of third world countries. In Jamaica dairy farmers have to dump milk because the country is forced to take American subsidized milk. There is a DVD documentary on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/24/06 2:02 PM, new_morning_blank_slate at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have several friends who Awakened recently, and they say that soon thereafter, the shit hit the fan. They began feeling guilt and other

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 5/24/06 2:11 PM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I have several friends who Awakened recently, and they say that soon thereafter, the shit hit the fan. They began feeling guilt and other

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fundamentalist or reconstructionist med

2006-05-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 5/24/06 2:02 PM, new_morning_blank_slate at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or that the label Awakening has much of a common connotation to many -- and thus elucidates more than it obscures? I think most of

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