[FairfieldLife] Re: What others want us to believe that Putin said

2007-02-12 Thread peterklutz
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz peterklutz@ wrote: Too bad about McCain. I've always considered the guy to have street credibility. Not anymore. He's gone over to the dark side.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx coshlnx@ wrote: http://www.tinyurl.com/38mf3l ++ It is not logical to say something is not so just because you have not expierienced it. N. If you were a TM teacher,

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if someone might mention this. I have seen it many, many times. With eyes open everything can dissolve into a grey field. Also happened notably when I was invited to a Shiva temple on Shivaratri - when

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dr Robert Svoboda has commented that there is an increased danger of cancer of those close to Enlightenment because as the individual identifies less tightly with his own ahamkar the individual cells of his body can have

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: Hey, for the people here practicing the TM-Sidhi program, what are you getting from your practice these days? When I do it I mostly space

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx coshlnx@ wrote: http://www.tinyurl.com/38mf3l ++ It is not logical to say something is

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: Hey, for the people here practicing the TM-Sidhi program, what are you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
On Feb 12, 2007, at 4:10 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if someone might mention this. I have seen it many, many times. With eyes open everything can dissolve into a grey field. Also happened notably when I was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think this is what Sam is challenging. He is one of the few skeptics who validates transcendent experiences. The experience is real, and he has had them too. What he is challenging is what people

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One reason I ask is because the question below relates to another question about the connection between pure consciousness and the relative world. The MMY line is that creation arises out of consciousness. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Direct perception and innocence are the keys here. Not intepretation or conclusion or imposition. Just as images of the universe from the Hubble space telescope are the result of innocence and direct perception, so

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Peter
--- hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the experience of my consciousness reaching to infinity and existing as seperate from me but being seperate from and also the engine for creation at the same time, and it's rather nice I have to say. Ramana Maharishi to hugheshugo: Find

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: Direct perception and innocence are the keys here. Not intepretation or conclusion or imposition. Just as images of the universe from the Hubble

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
On Feb 12, 2007, at 1:27 AM, shukra69 wrote: Dr Robert Svoboda has commented that there is an increased danger of cancer of those close to Enlightenment because as the individual identifies less tightly with his own ahamkar the individual cells of his body can have an less close

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread llundrub
Yeah, this quote coming from a supposed ayurvedic technician doesn't inspire much confidence. Lots of Svoboda stuff especially from the kundalini book is stupid and patently fictitious except to someone who hasn't ever studied the tantras. People who live by erroneous beliefs, only have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Your choice of metaphor is interesting, Jim. Do you remember the *history* of the Hubble telescope. It was delivered into orbit with astigmatism, its main mirror suffering from spherical aberration such that its

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread Peter
Yeah, i agree. That is a really moronic statement. Pseudo biology at its best. --- llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, this quote coming from a supposed ayurvedic technician doesn't inspire much confidence. Lots of Svoboda stuff especially from the kundalini book is stupid and patently

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread llundrub
In fact, one of the most powerful transcendence practices is any Garuda practice which is where one totally identifies with awakened power as manifesting transcendence to all sentient beings, and it's main function is that it eradicates cancers and other hard to cure illnesses. See the Palyul

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Vaj wrote: On Feb 11, 2007, Gillam wrote: The MMY line is that creation arises out of consciousness. I was wondering what sorts of experiences people are having that validate that hypothesis. If that's the experience you're told you should have, then people will eventually

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip However, I do not for a moment call my beliefs truth. I don't even know if they're true. And I probably never will. They are just what this particular self chooses to believe at a particular moment in time. They may

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread george_deforest
Rick Archer wrote: Bill Crist died today from brain cancer. He was on Purusha for decades. shukra69 wrote: Dr Robert Svoboda has commented that there is an increased danger of cancer of those close to Enlightenment because as the individual identifies less tightly with his own ahamkar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread curtisdeltablues
Sam Harris is such a great conversation starter! I think my statement was an epistemological assessment of the claim that one can have a subjective experience that can then make you confident that you know that Jesus is Lord. Of course people do it all the time. But in the systems of modern

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread curtisdeltablues
I'm glad you responded too Turq. There is so much in this material. I will have to think about the line between how we use tools for being confident in our knowledge in philosophy and how we use them in our personal belief systems. At first I thought I just disagreed with you about what we can

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
On Feb 12, 2007, at 11:26 AM, george_deforest wrote: Rick Archer wrote: Bill Crist died today from brain cancer. He was on Purusha for decades. shukra69 wrote: Dr Robert Svoboda has commented that there is an increased danger of cancer of those close to Enlightenment because as the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill Crist died today from brain cancer. He was on Purusha for decades. Bill had neuroplasty (brain surgery) about a year ago, an attempt to remove the cancer. He probably was one of the first members of Purusha.

[FairfieldLife] Age of Aquarius?

2007-02-12 Thread george_deforest
from the 1969 rock opera Hair by Galt McDermott Lyrics for: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (recorded by 5th Dimension) When the moon is in the seventh house, And Jupiter aligns with Mars ... Then peace will guide the planets, And love will steer the stars. Chorus: This is the dawning of the Age of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
curtis writes snipped: At first I thought I just disagreed with you about what we can be confident about in our knowledge from subjective experience, but then I felt like you were making a different distinction concerning how we form our own beliefs. It is quite a vigerous dance with a lots of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: Direct perception and innocence are the keys here. Not intepretation or conclusion or imposition. Just as images of the universe from the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it would be hard for anyone to know what Sam has experienced through his meditation practice. It might be more than a sense of silence or a moment of peace. Perhaps, like me, he has had experiences

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
For me the Sidhis are now known to be part of my DNA. I have seen them there vibrating. I also know my DNA to be the DNA of all creation. I can no longer do them or find them as they are now me, who I am. As are all of the mantras/advanced techniques. My meditation consists of sitting in silence

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I don't think this is what Sam is challenging. He is one of

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if someone might mention this. I have seen it many, many times. With eyes open everything can dissolve into a grey field. Also happened notably when I was invited to a Shiva temple on Shivaratri -when I

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me the Sidhis are now known to be part of my DNA. I have seen them there vibrating. I also know my DNA to be the DNA of all creation. I can no longer do them or find them as they are now me,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Archer wrote: Bill Crist died today from brain cancer. He was on Purusha for decades. shukra69 wrote: Dr Robert Svoboda has commented that there is an increased danger of cancer of those close to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread curtisdeltablues
Nice quote, I think that Sam's point is that the line has been crossed in society from mind your own business about my personal beliefs to a need to challenge the type of beliefs that is supporting some pretty hideous actions. There are too many tribes of monkeys for this to work but it makes me

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
On Feb 12, 2007, at 12:31 PM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: For me the Sidhis are now known to be part of my DNA. I have seen them there vibrating. I also know my DNA to be the DNA of all creation. I can no longer do them or find them as they are now me, who I am. As are all of the

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mainstream20016 Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:09 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Jim Flanegin writes snipped: Are you kidding me?? That it is OK to die of cancer when on the cusp of enlightenment? Finish the job, for God's sake, and begin enjoying life as a realized being NOW. Do the job in front of you. TomT: No way to know he was not finished and just living out the rest

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 12:31 PM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: For me the Sidhis are now known to be part of my DNA. I have seen them there vibrating. I also know my DNA to be the DNA of all creation. I can no longer do them or find them as they are now me, who I am. As

Re: [FairfieldLife] Age of Aquarius?

2007-02-12 Thread Bhairitu
george_deforest wrote: from the 1969 rock opera Hair by Galt McDermott Lyrics for: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (recorded by 5th Dimension) When the moon is in the seventh house, And Jupiter aligns with Mars ... Then peace will guide the planets, And love will steer the stars. Chorus:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread Bhairitu
tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: Jim Flanegin writes snipped: Are you kidding me?? That it is OK to die of cancer when on the cusp of enlightenment? Finish the job, for God's sake, and begin enjoying life as a realized being NOW. Do the job in front of you. TomT: No way to know he

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 12:31 PM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: For me the Sidhis are now known to be part of my DNA. I have seen them there vibrating. I also know my DNA to be the DNA of all creation. I can no

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
On Feb 12, 2007, at 2:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Of course as you konw Vaj siddhis as well as mantras work on the principles of the physics of sound or known as the science nada yoga. I suppose at a very low level they might effect the DNA. It is just sad that in these discussions there is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest george.deforest@ wrote: Rick Archer wrote: Bill Crist died today from brain cancer. He was on Purusha for decades. shukra69 wrote: Dr Robert

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mainstream20016 Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:09 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: Jim Flanegin writes snipped: Are you kidding me?? That it is OK to die of cancer when on the cusp of enlightenment? Finish the job, for God's sake, and begin enjoying life as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 2:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Of course as you konw Vaj siddhis as well as mantras work on the principles of the physics of sound or known as the science nada yoga. I suppose at a very low level they might effect the DNA. It is just sad that in these discussions

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sparaig Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:41 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Vaj [EMAIL

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread Bhairitu
sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: Jim Flanegin writes snipped: Are you kidding me?? That it is OK to die of cancer when on the cusp of enlightenment? Finish the job, for God's sake, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: was: 'It comes from...' now - Dome Air System is Great

2007-02-12 Thread peterklutz
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz peterklutz@ wrote: The air in the men's Dome is a spiritual version of the Nazi gas chambers. They will remain so until someone installs several industrial

[FairfieldLife] Re: Age of Aquarius?

2007-02-12 Thread george_deforest
yah, quite so, i succumbed to a little mood-making ;-) its just the dawning of the ~month~ of Aquarius (sidereal solar transit) ... with Jupiter aligned with Mars. but, i do like that song (nostalgia!) and here is a video link to it: 5th Dimension, on TV way back then

[FairfieldLife] was: Relax. Response precipitated Sidhis? now: TM instruction only settings

2007-02-12 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mainstream20016 Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:51 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] was: Moments of movement

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: Jim Flanegin writes snipped: Are you kidding me?? That it is OK to die of cancer when

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sparaig Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:41 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread curtisdeltablues
I think to propose that people will have perfect health just because they are enlightened is a bit ludicrous and probably displays a misunderstanding of what enlightenment is about. Then you need to straighten MMY out on this point cuz he uses it in his sales pitch all the time. Perfect health

RE: [FairfieldLife] was: Relax. Response precipitated Sidhis? now: TM instruction only settings

2007-02-12 Thread llundrub
I'm teaching a group of stoners how to cross over with Tara Mantra and they will live in a group and get stoned and radiate Tara vibes. How awesome they are!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread Bhairitu
curtisdeltablues wrote: I think to propose that people will have perfect health just because they are enlightened is a bit ludicrous and probably displays a misunderstanding of what enlightenment is about. Then you need to straighten MMY out on this point cuz he uses it in his sales pitch

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
On Feb 12, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I draw a distinction between the coincidental spontaneity of mantra siddhi and consciously sought after siddhi. In the case of the latter, shakti is aroused up a path other than the sushumna and directly awakens certain dalas, the petals of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: was: Relax. Response precipitated Sidhis? now: TM instruction only settings

2007-02-12 Thread claudiouk
Perhaps MMY's real achievement to date is his original target of multiplying himself. He has not bothered with fostering a mass movement but has focused on thoroughly embedding his own idiosyncratic vision on maybe a few hundred thousand die hard supporters. He is now leaving the Movement with

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Bhairitu wrote: But when all is said and done it is just simple sound physics played out at a subtler level of the mind and nervous system. Bhairitu, if I may ask, what results are you getting from your TM-Sidhis practice?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- markmeredith wrote: I don't know about his final days, but not too long ago some friends of his went by his trailer and found him unable to get out of bed, lying in his urine, not having had food or any care for a few days. The friends apparently alerted MUM who started some

[FairfieldLife] Book on Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

2007-02-12 Thread bob_brigante
But the real uncertainty principle is more precise than that. It states that while some phenomena produce a definable range of possible outcomes, it is impossible to infer from the outcome which single unique event actually produced it. This has evolved, Mr. Lindley says, into a practical,

[FairfieldLife] Pt II -- EMF advice from Global Good News

2007-02-12 Thread bob_brigante
Counterbalancing electromagnetic radiation in Maharishi Sthapatya Veda buildings - Part II by Global Good News staff writer Global Good NewsTranslate This Article 12 February 2007 Continuing the discussion presented by Global Good News on 10 February—about counteracting the harmful effects

[FairfieldLife] Buddhist Geek: Get a PhD in Contemplative Science

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
Buddhist Geeks 4: Get a PhD in Contemplative Science. In our second podcast with Alan Wallace, he presents a new model for “professional” contemplatives. Instead of trying to transplant the monastic model to the West, Dr. Wallace suggests that contemplation become an actual profession.

[FairfieldLife] Buddhist Geeks: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
Buddhist Geeks 2: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha. In our first podcast featuring scholar-practitioner B. Alan Wallace we asked Dr. Wallace to give us the low-down on his spiritual journey, as well as describe the stages of deepening relaxation and vividness of attention leading to the

[FairfieldLife] Right wing nut job behind 24

2007-02-12 Thread bob_brigante
the maker of this Fascist cartoon: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070219fa_fact_mayer

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I draw a distinction between the coincidental spontaneity of mantra siddhi and consciously sought after siddhi. In the case of the latter, shakti is aroused up a path other than the sushumna and directly awakens certain dalas, the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pt II -- EMF advice from Global Good News

2007-02-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Counterbalancing electromagnetic radiation in Maharishi Sthapatya Veda buildings - Part II by Global Good News staff writer . . . This [their home or sanctuary] is where most people spend over 90 per cent of their

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Bhairitu
Patrick Gillam wrote: --- Bhairitu wrote: But when all is said and done it is just simple sound physics played out at a subtler level of the mind and nervous system. Bhairitu, if I may ask, what results are you getting from your TM-Sidhis practice? I no longer practice the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
On Feb 12, 2007, at 6:18 PM, Bhairitu wrote: The tantric mantras are much more used as tools for healing and solutions people may need for problems. I agree completely and for my own practice that's all I use action mantras for: physical or emotional healing, subjugation or pacification.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pt II -- EMF advice from Global Good News

2007-02-12 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Feb 12, 2007, at 5:19 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Counterbalancing electromagnetic radiation in Maharishi Sthapatya Veda buildings - Part II by Global Good News staff writer . . . This [their home or sanctuary] is where

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pt II -- EMF advice from Global Good News

2007-02-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: Counterbalancing electromagnetic radiation in Maharishi Sthapatya Veda buildings - Part II by Global Good News staff writer . . . This

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pt II -- EMF advice from Global Good News

2007-02-12 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 5:19 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: Counterbalancing electromagnetic radiation in Maharishi Sthapatya Veda buildings - Part II

[FairfieldLife] Medieval help desk

2007-02-12 Thread authfriend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRjVeRbhtRU

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread peterklutz
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vaj wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I draw a distinction between the coincidental spontaneity of mantra siddhi and consciously sought after siddhi. In the case of the latter, shakti is aroused

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Ramana Maharshi died from the big c, you know. When Gurdjieff died doctors said his internal organs were so deteriorated that he should have been dead a long time ago. When the ambulance finally carted him off to the hospital about a week before, he was wearing the most gaudy striped pajamas

Re: [FairfieldLife] Right wing nut job behind 24

2007-02-12 Thread Bhairitu
bob_brigante wrote: the maker of this Fascist cartoon: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070219fa_fact_mayer Interesting article. For those who love the guilty pleasure, 24 is two episode tonight.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
For us householders, as we get older its usually our kids and ESPECIALLY AN EMPATHICALLY CONFRONTATIONAL SPOUSE that force the issues on us. Is that support of nature? Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread Bhairitu
peterklutz wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vaj wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I draw a distinction between the coincidental spontaneity of mantra siddhi and consciously sought after siddhi. In the case of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it would be hard for anyone to know what Sam has experienced through his meditation practice. It might be more than a sense of silence or a moment of peace. Perhaps, like me, he has had experiences like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Medieval help desk

2007-02-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRjVeRbhtRU Hilarious! Thanks-

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I draw a distinction between the coincidental spontaneity of mantra siddhi and consciously sought after siddhi. In the case of the latter, shakti is aroused up a path

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx coshlnx@ wrote: http://www.tinyurl.com/38mf3l ++ It is not logical to say something is

[FairfieldLife] Bank Robbery in Fairfield

2007-02-12 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Just off the scanner in FF, the bank got robbed today. what were the dome numbers today?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geek: Get a PhD in Contemplative Science

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buddhist Geeks 4: Get a PhD in Contemplative Science. In our second podcast with Alan Wallace, he presents a new model for professional contemplatives. Instead of trying to transplant the monastic model to the West, Dr.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geeks: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buddhist Geeks 2: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha. In our first podcast featuring scholar-practitioner B. Alan Wallace we asked Dr. Wallace to give us the low-down on his spiritual journey, as well as describe the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you were a TM teacher, did you ever say in lectures, as you were taught to do, that it is impossible to transcend via concentration? Or that TM was the best, most effective method of meditation in the world, without having ever tried any other

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Flanegin writes snipped: Are you kidding me?? That it is OK to die of cancer when on the cusp of enlightenment? Finish the job, for God's sake, and begin enjoying life as a realized being

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geek: Get a PhD in Contemplative Science

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:20 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buddhist Geeks 4: Get a PhD in Contemplative Science. In our second podcast with Alan Wallace, he presents a new model for professional contemplatives. Instead of trying to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pt II -- EMF advice from Global Good News

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: Counterbalancing electromagnetic radiation in Maharishi Sthapatya Veda buildings - Part II by Global Good News staff writer . . . This [their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geeks: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buddhist Geeks 2: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha. In our first podcast featuring scholar-practitioner B. Alan Wallace we asked Dr. Wallace to give us the low-down on his spiritual journey, as well as describe the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geeks: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha

2007-02-12 Thread Vaj
On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:33 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Buddhist Geeks 2: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha. In our first podcast featuring scholar-practitioner B. Alan Wallace we asked Dr. Wallace to give us the low-down on his

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM-Sidhis practice

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Patrick Gillam wrote: --- Bhairitu wrote: But when all is said and done it is just simple sound physics played out at a subtler level of the mind and nervous system. Bhairitu, if I may ask, what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Right wing nut job behind 24

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bob_brigante wrote: the maker of this Fascist cartoon: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070219fa_fact_mayer Interesting article. For those who love the guilty pleasure, 24 is two episode

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I think it would be hard for anyone to know what Sam has experienced through his meditation practice. It might be more than a sense of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest from Sam Harris, 2-8-07

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx coshlnx@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geek: Get a PhD in Contemplative Science

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:20 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: Buddhist Geeks 4: Get a PhD in Contemplative Science. In our second podcast with Alan Wallace, he presents a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geeks: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:33 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: Buddhist Geeks 2: Alan Wallace on achieving Shamatha. In our first podcast featuring scholar-practitioner B.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist Geek: Get a PhD in Contemplative Science

2007-02-12 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:20 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: Buddhist Geeks 4: Get a PhD in

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