[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on how / when to meditate

2006-09-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yours in desperation, geezerfreak (who doesn't even have the guts to sign his own name...) OK Judy, time to come clean. The name's Bevan Morris. Perhaps you've heard of me? I'd really appreciate you're

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: The third eye is the portal to infinity, that's why it's important! Unfolding of the chakras unfold powers of morality, self control, chastity,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 7chakras as found in the Mundaka Upanishad...

2006-09-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The flame has seven licking tongues: Kali, the dark one; the terrible; the swift-as-thought; the crimson one; the smoky-colored; the sparkling one; and Devi, she who takes all forms. Whoever performs the sacrifice

[FairfieldLife] Re: Newsweek on Dawkins and Harris

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are alive my brother! Is that the new awake? :) Maybe its encroaching too much on born again. Still, being alive! seems way cooler than merely being awake. Of course being alive AND awake as i am sure

[FairfieldLife] Re: Newsweek on Dawkins and Harris

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are alive my brother! Is that the new awake? :) Maybe its encroaching too much on born again. Still, being alive! seems way cooler than merely being awake. Of course being alive AND awake as i am sure some

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm converting back to TM

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: I¹ve heard that people tend to sit in affinity groups in the domes: the Amma group, the Waking Down group, etc. How about the just plain old superior

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, I assume that intentional transcending is actually a different physical state than spontaneous transcending, and that the former is an illusion, while the latter is based on a simple physical change in how

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sahadeva=coccyx center=restraint (muladhara chakra) sahadeva (%{saha4-}) mfn. *with the gods*[emph. added] MBh. BhP. ; m. N. of a R2shi (with the patr. %{vArSAgira}) RV. i , 107 ; of a man (with the patr. %{zAJjaya})

[FairfieldLife] Re: Where the mantras come from!...

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Or do you believe that there are abodes where literal 4-armed deities roam? If you don't clearly know all those abodes and all the multi- armed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lynch's new film, maybe the quirkiest yet

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/htcdk (registration required) selected text below: 'Inland Empire' -- Just Don't Expect to See the 91 (freeway) . . . Huh? No mention of the Mission Inn, Palm Springs or California Speedway?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sthapathyaved homes in FL, OH

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FL: http://www.mandalaclub.com/page/page/1505387.htm OH: http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=305770Category=9 When you walk into a kitchen, you should feel hunger. When you walk into a bedroom, you should

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm converting back to TM

2006-09-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: I¹ve heard that people tend to sit in affinity groups in the domes: the Amma

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Of course, I assume that intentional transcending is actually a different physical state than spontaneous transcending, and that the former is an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 no_reply@ wrote: Sahadeva=coccyx center=restraint (muladhara chakra) sahadeva (%{saha4-}) mfn. *with the gods*[emph. added] MBh. BhP. ; m. N. of a R2shi (with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Of course, I assume that intentional transcending is actually a different physical

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on how / when to meditate

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: You live to argue, pointlessly. And you live to deceive. Hi kids,

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm converting back to TM

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: I¹ve heard

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interpreting Guru Dev

2006-09-04 Thread Paul Mason
Intriguing to find out how long it took Guru Dev to deliver the 'Shri Shankaracharya UpadeshAmrit' satsangs. I put my transcripts of the recordings of his satsangs into MSword to check the word count calculated his wpm, checked the word count of the SSUA satsangs, got a figure of about

[FairfieldLife] Fine structure constant?

2006-09-04 Thread cardemaister
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-structure_constant e^2 rajas? h-bar tamas? csattva? :0 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, the idea that the Pandavas represen 5 virtues ala Raja Yoga is impossible. They have to represent 5 chakras even though Chakra is never mentioned in the Gita or the Yoga Sutras Well, actually it is

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm converting back to TB-TM

2006-09-04 Thread dhamiltony2k5
That someone can sell a technique to help people relax does not automatically make them a saint. TurquoiseB writes: An excellent point. One of the *foundations* of the True Believer mentality is if this person taught me or told me one thing that has proved useful or true, then everything he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And according to Taimni, hRraya (heart) in III 35 refers to anaahata-cakra (an-aahata): Bhoja's comment on that suutra: hRdayaM shariirasya pradesha-visheSas tasminn adhomukha-svalpa- puNDariikaabhyantare

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm converting back to TB-TM

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug in FF writing: Turq, i do not know what precedence there may be for this, but for public safety is it not coming time to have the un-registered non- dome attending meditators up in Maharishi Vedic City and on

[FairfieldLife] Did he say something like this?

2006-09-04 Thread cardemaister
Once when the Beatles were somewhere in English countryside with Maharishi, they unexpectedly encountered a crowd of hysterical fans. Did Maharishi say something like this to the horrified boys: If you just stay behind me, they can't do anything to you.? To subscribe, send a message to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Did he say something like this?

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once when the Beatles were somewhere in English countryside with Maharishi, they unexpectedly encountered a crowd of hysterical fans. Did Maharishi say something like this to the horrified boys: If you just stay

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Of course, I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on how / when to meditate

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak geezerfreak@ wrote: snip Hi kids, Judy here again. Oh dear, I had the best intentions and wanted so much to remove my rear end from my internet thrown and go

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on how / when to meditate

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I was also doing some dinner preparations for when some came over after I was finished working at 8:30. Some friends, that would be... To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Celebrities

2006-09-04 Thread MDixon6569
Has anybody noticed that celebrities usually die in three's? Glen Ford died the other day and this morning I saw that Steve Irwin the crocodile hunter died. Who will be number 3? __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrities

2006-09-04 Thread curtisdeltablues
I don't know about any imposed pattern of 3's but Steve was a saint in my world view. He was filled with the kind of wonder at life itself that Doug Henning used to pitch as an appropriate state of mind for the magical stuff he believed in. Steve was a living example of appreciating this amazing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrities

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody noticed that celebrities usually die in three's? If you really think that's true, you'll probably enjoy the plot of this recent book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0833030477?v=glance My advice is to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrities

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody noticed that celebrities usually die in three's? Glen Ford died the other day and this morning I saw that Steve Irwin the crocodile hunter died. Who will be number 3? Burning Man was #3. He was torched Sat night.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Celebrities

2006-09-04 Thread Peter
Man! Shot through the heart by an ocean going string-ray barb. Ouch --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody noticed that celebrities usually die in three's? Glen Ford died the other day and this morning I saw that Steve Irwin the crocodile hunter died. Who will be number 3?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrities

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: Has anybody noticed that celebrities usually die in three's? If you really think that's true, you'll probably enjoy the plot of this recent book:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread Bhairitu
sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: Or perhaps because chakras are grafted on after the vedic stuff he DOES consider important? Maharishi mentions marmas, and not chakras.

[FairfieldLife] MMY on Rudraksha Beads

2006-09-04 Thread rmy108
Does anyone have knowledge of any specific comments Maharishi has made regarding the benefits or uses of rudraksha beads? The only thing I ever heard was on my TTC in La Antilla where he said they were good for the body. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrities

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Man! Shot through the heart by an ocean going string-ray barb. Ouch Only 44 years old. Commercialized self-caricature that he became in recent years, he was still turning folks on to wildlife and the wild environment. Not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Celebrities

2006-09-04 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 9/4/06 11:08:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Man! Shot through the heart by an ocean goingstring-ray barb. Ouch--- [EMAIL PROTECTED]com wrote: Has anybody noticed that celebrities usually die in three's? Glen Ford died the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrities

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/4/06 11:08:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Man! Shot through the heart by an ocean going string-ray barb. Ouch --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])

[FairfieldLife] Conscious transcending thru the Ajna Chakra (third eye).....

2006-09-04 Thread wmurphy77
(Warning: Proceed at your own risk! This information for stout souls only!) Unless your have *consciously* experienced the holy AUM vibration and passed thru the omnipresent all seeing third eye to spiritual light and bliss you *have not transcended*even once! This is the secret, until

[FairfieldLife] Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Paul Mason
'Some people say that having taken a guru you should not make another. But this doctrine is not of the shaastra, this is [just] mind's imagination. The guru is gone to for [ones own] happiness. Up until when bhagavad (God, Vishnu, Shiva) is gained, up until then you can go and change guru. So

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interpreting Guru Dev

2006-09-04 Thread L B Shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver l_b_shriver@ wrote: snip Thanks LB. And its nice to have you back on FFL. (new.morning = akasha = omg, from past lives, if the style and themes were not a tip off.)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Conscious transcending thru the Ajna Chakra (third eye).....

2006-09-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Warning: Proceed at your own risk! This information for stout souls only!) Unless your have *consciously* experienced the holy AUM vibration and passed thru the omnipresent all seeing third eye to spiritual

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm converting back to TM

2006-09-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: I¹ve heard that people tend to sit in affinity groups in the domes: the Amma

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'Some people say that having taken a guru you should not make another. But this doctrine is not of the shaastra, this is [just] mind's imagination. The guru is gone to for [ones own] happiness. Up until when

[FairfieldLife] Re: Conscious transcending thru the Ajna Chakra (third eye).....

2006-09-04 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Warning: Proceed at your own risk! This information for stout souls only!) Unless your have *consciously* experienced the holy AUM vibration and passed thru the omnipresent all seeing third eye to spiritual light

[FairfieldLife] Re: Conscious transcending thru the Ajna Chakra (third eye).....

2006-09-04 Thread wmurphy77
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 no_reply@ wrote: (Warning: Proceed at your own risk! This information for stout souls only!) Unless your have *consciously* experienced the holy AUM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Conscious transcending thru the Ajna Chakra (third eye).....

2006-09-04 Thread wmurphy77
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 no_reply@ wrote: (Warning: Proceed at your own risk! This information for stout souls only!) Unless your have *consciously* experienced the holy AUM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Conscious transcending thru the Ajna Chakra (third eye).....

2006-09-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 no_reply@ wrote: (Warning: Proceed at your own risk! This information for stout souls

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on how / when to meditate

2006-09-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak geezerfreak@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Purity

2006-09-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Purity this was in answer to a question from an educator about how long it would take students in New York to see concrete, tangible results through TM:   [Maharishi:] After each 20 minutes, he shows the results. To accumulate results to rise to Unity consciousness may take whatever

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interpreting Guru Dev

2006-09-04 Thread Marek Reavis
L B, As always, I feel both better informed and more sure of where I stand for having heard from you. Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: 'Some people say that having taken a guru you should not make another. But this doctrine is not of the shaastra, this is [just] mind's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interpreting Guru Dev

2006-09-04 Thread jim_flanegin
I just want to make one point regarding the the discussion on interpreting Guru Dev. Why interpret at all? It is like interpreting the sun. I think sometimes we can get so intellectually caught up in experiences that we become nearly blind to the experience itself. Live it for what it is. If

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: 'Some people say that having taken a guru you should not make another. But this doctrine is not of the shaastra, this is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: 'Some people say that having taken a guru you should not make

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interpreting Guru Dev

2006-09-04 Thread Paul Mason
The only interpreting that should be done on Guru Dev is in the choice of word to use for translating a Hindi or Sanskrit word. So the word 'parivartana' is interpreted as 'change' or 'transfer'. So it is unlikely that he meant 'interchange' or 'mutability' or 'reduction'. However he used the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: 'Some people say that having taken a guru you

[FairfieldLife] The man in the painting speaks!

2006-09-04 Thread Paul Mason
For those who wonder what significance Guru Dev has for them, that is for them to figure, after all each and every one of them had their fruit, flowers handkerchief ( money?) offered to his portrait. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interpreting Guru Dev

2006-09-04 Thread L B Shriver
Response below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just want to make one point regarding the the discussion on interpreting Guru Dev. Why interpret at all? It is like interpreting the sun. I think sometimes we can get so intellectually caught up in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Purity

2006-09-04 Thread Peter
During the '79 Amherst course I had a very deep experience that made it very clear that every little intentention towards spirituality/God no matter how minor or insignificant on the surface of the mind had profound effects on a deeper level of life. I realized that even intending to do an asana

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus on 9/4/06 2:26 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As Alex pointed out, though, the quote doesn't appear to be relevant to this group, since MMY is not the kind of personal guru that Guru Dev was referring to. I'm sure Paul

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY on Rudraksha Beads

2006-09-04 Thread Peter
--- rmy108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have knowledge of any specific comments Maharishi has made regarding the benefits or uses of rudraksha beads? The only thing I ever heard was on my TTC in La Antilla where he said they were good for the body. If you have them, wear

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/4/06 2:26 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As Alex pointed out, though, the quote doesn't appear to be relevant to this group, since MMY is not the kind of personal guru that Guru Dev was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **Snip** Since everyone on this forum has dealt with the issue of where they (and others they may disagree with) stand regarding their relationship with Maharishi, whether as their guru, or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lynch's new film, maybe the quirkiest yet

2006-09-04 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: http://tinyurl.com/htcdk (registration required) selected text below: 'Inland Empire' -- Just Don't Expect to See the 91 (freeway) . . .

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'Some people say that having taken a guru you should not make another. But this doctrine is not of the shaastra, this is [just] mind's imagination. The guru is gone to for [ones own] happiness. Up until when

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY on Rudraksha Beads

2006-09-04 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 9/4/06 11:25:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone have knowledge of any specific comments Maharishi has made regarding the benefits or uses of rudraksha beads?The only thing I ever heard was on my TTC in La Antilla where

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus on 9/4/06 3:36 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Seelisberg, Mahesh quipped *if your guru isn't giving you what you want, get a different guru* -- I'm sure I've mentioned this before. I hadn't seen Paul's massage, so

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/4/06 2:26 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As Alex pointed out, though, the quote doesn't appear to be relevant to this group, since MMY is not the kind of personal guru that Guru Dev was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/4/06 3:36 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Seelisberg, Mahesh quipped *if your guru isn't giving you what you want, get a different guru* -- I'm sure I've mentioned this before. I hadn't seen

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY on Rudraksha Beads

2006-09-04 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Sep 4, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Peter wrote: --- rmy108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have knowledge of any specific comments Maharishi has made regarding the benefits or uses of rudraksha beads? The only thing I ever heard was on my TTC in La Antilla where he said they were good for

[FairfieldLife] 102,000 students in India TM schools

2006-09-04 Thread bob_brigante
http://excellenceinaction.globalgoodnews.com/ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: **Snip** Since everyone on this forum has dealt with the issue of where they (and others they may disagree with) stand

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on how / when to meditate

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: um, you are talking to yourself again (TurquoiseB -- Geezerfreak). That is odd, don't you think? Paranoia seems to affect the supposedly-awakened, too. :-) In other words, geezerfreak ain't me. I suspect that even

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gee, we just had a discussion about Guru Dev's views on who could and could not be a guru, and most here seemed to agree Guru Dev wasn't unimpeachable on that point at all. Out of all posters, and certainly readers,

Re: [FairfieldLife] 102,000 students in India TM schools

2006-09-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] 102,000 students in India TM schools on 9/4/06 4:23 PM, bob_brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://excellenceinaction.globalgoodnews.com/ So they say. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus on 9/4/06 4:04 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/4/06 2:26 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Seelisberg, Mahesh quipped *if your guru isn't giving you what you want, get a different guru* -- I'm sure I've mentioned this before. That appears consistent with the SBS quote The guru is gone to for [ones own]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lynch's new film, maybe the quirkiest yet

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: http://tinyurl.com/htcdk (registration required) selected text

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: 'Some people say that having taken a guru you should not make another. But this doctrine is not of the shaastra, this is [just] mind's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip All other quotes are available on the web site. Paul is hardly withholding anything (which ofcourse you did not say, but, IMO, implied.) You're quite mistaken on that point. How could he be withholding anything

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on how / when to meditate

2006-09-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: um, you are talking to yourself again (TurquoiseB -- Geezerfreak). That is odd, don't you think? Paranoia seems to affect the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/4/06 4:04 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 9/4/06 2:26 PM, authfriend at jstein@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 9/4/06 2:26 PM, authfriend at jstein@ wrote: As Alex pointed out, though, the quote doesn't appear to be relevant to this group, since MMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on how / when to meditate

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I have never posted on Fairfield Life using any ID but this one, TurquoiseB. And I don't have any plans to do so in the future. That kinda stuff is for pussies. I guess you've gotten braver, then, because you used

Re: [FairfieldLife] 102,000 students in India TM schools

2006-09-04 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Sep 4, 2006, at 4:23 PM, bob_brigante wrote: http://excellenceinaction.globalgoodnews.com/ http:// wwwdontbelieveeverythingyoureadbobespeciallywhenitcomesfromthetmo.com/ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: snip All other quotes are available on the web site. Paul is hardly withholding anything (which ofcourse you did not say, but, IMO, implied.)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Any comments on the substantive points I raised? I think they are important. Nah, I'm not inclined to get into any detailed discussions with you; they never seem to me to go much of anywhere, sorry. Liked your post

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: snip All other quotes are available on the web site. Paul is hardly withholding anything (which ofcourse you did not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on how / when to meditate

2006-09-04 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: um, you are talking to yourself again (TurquoiseB -- Geezerfreak).

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: snip Any comments on the substantive points I raised? I think they are important. Nah, I'm not inclined to get into any detailed discussions with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Paul Mason
'Bhagavad' is the word used in the text (I just double-checked). But of course the transcriber could have misheard or indeed the typesetter might have mispelled the word. But either way, Bhagavan or Bhagavad, same really, means 'Lord' or 'God' or 'OMnipotent One'. I wouldn't describe myself as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: snip Any comments on the substantive points I raised? I think they are important. Nah, I'm not inclined to get into

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interpreting Guru Dev

2006-09-04 Thread L B Shriver
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only interpreting that should be done on Guru Dev is in the choice of word to use for translating a Hindi or Sanskrit word. So the word 'parivartana' is interpreted as 'change' or 'transfer'. So it is unlikely

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'Bhagavad' is the word used in the text (I just double-checked). But of course the transcriber could have misheard or indeed the typesetter might have mispelled the word. But either way, Bhagavan or Bhagavad, same

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm converting back to TM

2006-09-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is opening the third eye (Ajna) necessary for enlightenment (CC)?

2006-09-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Of course, I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus on 9/4/06 4:39 PM, new.morning at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is puzzling is, refering to Ricks point, if one has a new teacher, why do theywant / seek / insist on being admitted back into the fold /practices/ ashram/aka domes

[FairfieldLife] Laurel Hardy-Reincarnated and Performing in NYC

2006-09-04 Thread artkonrad
Hi Fairfield Life, I haven't posted in over a year. Thought you would like an update on what my meditator friend Dr. Walter Semkiw is doing with his reincarnation research. He has published two books now, has established a research institute to bring more intense use of science into this

  1   2   >