[FairfieldLife] Re: new plan: NY Times ad invites Investors for 200 Hospitals!

2007-05-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is just astonishing ... from NY Times ad: Investors are Invited to Consider our program of $2.6 Billion to build 200 unique Hospitals and $0.65 Billion to build 210 Invincible Schools in 37 countries

[FairfieldLife] do watch this!

2007-05-08 Thread claudiouk
Myths about the developing world (with INCREDIBLE graphics)!! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4237353244338529080q=genre% 3Adocumentary+duration%3Along With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks a few myths about the developing world. Rosling is professor of

[FairfieldLife] Re: End the censorship, end the quotas

2007-05-08 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
Yes shemp, please, leave sooner rather than later. Tom T

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Lurk: Priceless. Somebody better tell Girish to release some funds. Nabluss, would this be appropiate, or maybe it's better to keep the place in this state of disrepair to encourage people to keep their eye's closed. That must be it. Jimmy F: So you prefer embalming to cremation? huh?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 5/7/07 11:33:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: riceless. Somebody better tell Girish to release some funds. Nabluss, would this be appropiate, or maybe it's better to keep the place in this state of disrepair to encourage people to keep their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Troubled past

2007-05-08 Thread curtisdeltablues
I guess we have to admit that understanding each other, and feeling understood by each other, is not one of our options Judy. I don't doubt that I contribute to the weirdness of it all. I think there is a fundamental lack of trust and rapport that makes real communication possible. It

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread Duveyoung
I'm not sure the TM movement owns it anymore. I seem to recall that they let it go rather than pay some taxes. All they care about is money. They tore down the chapel on MUM campus without even a sigh on their parts. They just do what they want to do, when in Rome destroy Rome like Godzilla

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: End the censorship, end the quotas

2007-05-08 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 8, 2007, at 7:04 AM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: Yes shemp, please, leave sooner rather than later. Tom T And what would that accomplish? Makes you feel superior in some way, does it? How do you know others don't feel the same way about you and your posts? Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: End the censorship, end the quotas

2007-05-08 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 8, 2007, at 7:04 AM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: Yes shemp, please, leave sooner rather than later. Tom T And what would that accomplish? Makes you feel superior in some way, does it? How do you know others don't feel the same way about you and your posts? Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: End the censorship, end the quotas

2007-05-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 8, 2007, at 7:04 AM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: Yes shemp, please, leave sooner rather than later. Tom T And what would that accomplish? Makes you feel superior in some way, does it? How do

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: keep the censorship, keep the quotas

2007-05-08 Thread WLeed3
shemp may leave ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feeding the world with organic agriculture

2007-05-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest george.deforest@ wrote: jim flanegin wrote: just like MMY predicted. I guess he IS right once in awhile, eh? http://tinyurl.com/ywdbob

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest george.deforest@ wrote: If you go to this link, you can see a whole bunch of photos taken just about 2 weeks ago of a group of TM students visiting

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip A favorite story I was told -- don't know if it's true -- was when the movement had a fire in an assembly hall, and the folding chairs were burned. The chairs had been rented, so Maharishi told someone to quickly

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest george.deforest@ wrote: If you go to this link, you can see a whole bunch of photos taken just about 2 weeks ago of a group of TM students visiting

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure the TM movement owns it anymore. I seem to recall that they let it go rather than pay some taxes. All they care about is money. They tore down the chapel on MUM campus without even a sigh on their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reflections on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras (for Richard J. Williams)

2007-05-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
John wrote: For the benefit of all in the forum, we would like to know where you got all of your knowledge of the Yoga Sutras? According to Patanjali, (circa 200 B.C.) the phenomenal world is based on three constituents, three gunas born of nature, which make up the field relative

[FairfieldLife] Re: This guy Girish is creepy

2007-05-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Taking money from well-meaning donators under the auspices of a non- profit organisation and then using it for your own personal gains IS bad. And it's not holy either. Om, Was Girish the bag-man when Maharishi stole the Kaplan money? ... For automatic deduction from a bank

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 8:05 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh So, if the story is true, then that shows the movement being perfectly willing to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reflections on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras

2007-05-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
According to Patanjali, the process of Yoga isolates the Purusha from the prakriti, using the Eightfold Path. Billy wrote: Yes, but there is the Purusha immanent or manifest IN creation, this is Brahm or the highest relative... According to Patanjali, Ishvara is the inner controller,

[FairfieldLife] My first post: getting real with myself

2007-05-08 Thread Gary Bond
Hello all, I'm new here. I do remember Rick and Carol Archer from MIU. Great folks. Here's my TM resume. Maybe some of us know each other. I started TM 1972 in Cleveland Went to MIU in Santa Barbara 1973 Teacher training in Vittel, France early 1974Drove one of the moving vans from Santa

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Tony Nader + the lord of the rings...

2007-05-08 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone asked me to post this: From: joerg dao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 4:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tony Nader + the lord of the rings... Hi Rick, maybe you

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Tony Nader + the lord of the rings...

2007-05-08 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of boo_lives Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:13 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: Tony Nader + the lord of the rings... PS - when is king tony going to get around to picking a queen and

[FairfieldLife] Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-08 Thread boo_lives
From: http://yogadawg.com/news1.htm Brent Showhoggen For Yoga Entertainment Due to the surge in the popularity of Yoga, income has plummeted to all time lows for a group of Gurus that where once popular during the 1960 and early 1970s. As more and more disciples of these gurus are showing up in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reflections on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras

2007-05-08 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Patanjali, Ishvara is the inner controller, higher than even the subtlest relative. In some circles Ishvara represents Brahman and his consort Prakriti, wherein is found his immanent nature

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread Peter
Watch it pal, I was married in that chapel! --- Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure the TM movement owns it anymore. I seem to recall that they let it go rather than pay some taxes. All

[FairfieldLife] Re: YouTube - Criss Angel levitation

2007-05-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a big fan of closeup with natural objects. I think the problem is that so much of magic is really lame compared to special effects. It takes a personality to sell it, and that seems to be lacking in most

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Watch it pal, I was married in that chapel! Yeah, so what? The Hindu temple in London, where Petra and I were married, was a factory before it was a temple. About 6 years later, they moved into these new digs:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
boo_lives wrote: ...only live Gurus would be allowed on the tour. Good one, but Osho is dead the last time I checked, boo boo.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-08 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: boo_lives wrote: ...only live Gurus would be allowed on the tour. Good one, but Osho is dead the last time I checked, boo boo. First I didn't write the article as is clear from the link I provided, and

[FairfieldLife] message from purusha

2007-05-08 Thread george_deforest
A message to all Sidhas from the Maharishi Purusha Program At the Invincible America Assembly Purusha is having a remarkable, deeply fulfilling experience at the Invincible America Assembly and we invite all Sidhas to come. Last November, 120 members of Purusha arrived from Maharishi's home

[FairfieldLife] Re: Troubled past

2007-05-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess we have to admit that understanding each other, and feeling understood by each other, is not one of our options Judy. I don't doubt that I contribute to the weirdness of it all. I think there is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Prediction vs. Jumping on Bandwagon (was-Feeding the world...)

2007-05-08 Thread Kenny H
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pretty much like everything Maharishi does. Anyone remembers his electrical car project in the '80s ? Now electrical cars could help save this planet... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@

[FairfieldLife] Re: YouTube - Criss Angel levitation

2007-05-08 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2eFL5-TiSQ A comment on that: SirLunchbocks (8 months ago) marked as spam That is an opinion I can deal with! Finally, someone that really believes in the power of TM (transcendental

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread rmy108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/7/07 11:33:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: riceless. Somebody better tell Girish to release some funds. Nabluss, would this be appropiate, or maybe it's better to keep the

[FairfieldLife] Vedic God and Volga Region

2007-05-08 Thread cardemaister
A Turkic people, the Khazars, ruled southern Russia through the 8th century. They were important allies of the Byzantine Empire and waged a series of successful wars against the Arab caliphates. A statue of a Vedic god recently excavated in the Volga region points to a link to India around

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reflections on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras

2007-05-08 Thread matrixmonitor
--Precisely!. Among the impersonalist viewpoints, one can merge 3 circles into an overlapping area: 1. Saivite Hinduism (TM fits in here), 2. Buddhism, and 3. Neo-Advaita. Then refer to the standard Advaita-Vedanta texts, such as that Yoga Vasistha, Patanjali, Shankara, Ramana Maharshi

Re: [FairfieldLife] message from purusha

2007-05-08 Thread Peter
Sounds like they're all reading from the same brochure! Where's the f***ing juice in these experiences? They all need to get laid and eat some chicken or something. --- george_deforest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A message to all Sidhas from the Maharishi Purusha Program At the Invincible

[FairfieldLife] Re: message from purusha

2007-05-08 Thread Marek Reavis
Must be the Taste of Tapioca course. Very bland and not likely to upset the stomach. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like they're all reading from the same brochure! Where's the f***ing juice in these experiences? They all need to get laid

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dunno, I think there are lots better stories to illustrate these tendencies. Back in mid 80's (I believe) some of the Purushas were out on some initiative, and here in the Midwest, one of the guys, Mark, (don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Or was it, again, Lurk the uninformed ...? Whatever... Now, you gotta admit, that has a nice ring to it. Lurk The Uniformed. Makes me feel like a great Spartan warrior. lurk

[FairfieldLife] Re: My first post: getting real with myself

2007-05-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Gary Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip It seems that this intense ongoing scrutiny is in itself cultlike because it occupies your time, heart, and emotions. Leave it and go on with your important lives. You've got better things to do. Why do I get

Re: [FairfieldLife] message from purusha

2007-05-08 Thread Vaj
On May 8, 2007, at 6:50 PM, Peter wrote: Sounds like they're all reading from the same brochure! Where's the f***ing juice in these experiences? They all need to get laid and eat some chicken or something. Meat and potatoes, with more meat than potato would be my recommendation. ;-)

[FairfieldLife] Beads on ONE String - the beginning of a Spiritual “youtube”

2007-05-08 Thread Janet Luise
RIght now Tom Hickey (MIU Philosophy prof. early 80's) giving a 9 minute talking head intro is the only thing UP but we'd love to have YOUR spiritual movies, audio pictures. Sent whatever you'd like to share with the world directly to 7 whose email is on the front page. Beads on one string

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-08 Thread Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really -- It's A No-Brainer.
YogaDawg seems to be The Onion of yoga news, eh? Very funny! *Tantra Psychology *http://TantraPsychology.learn.to http://tantrapsychology.learn.to/ I teach you Tantra Secrets. You don't do it? It still secret. ~ Master Hai Dai Ho, of the Yeo Ha Ho School of the Laughing Buddah ~ On 5/8/07,

[FairfieldLife] Re: My first post: getting real with myself

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Gary Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I'm new here. I do remember Rick and Carol Archer from MIU. Great folks. Here's my TM resume. Maybe some of us know each other. I started TM 1972 in Cleveland Went to MIU in Santa Barbara 1973

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-08 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: boo_lives wrote: ...only live Gurus would be allowed on the tour. Good one, but Osho is dead the last time I checked, boo boo. I think Maharishi is the only one still alive who was teaching in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-08 Thread coshlnx
-- right, but for all practical purposes, the TM Movement is virtually dead. The only thing that will resusitate it is a practical demonstration of Sidhis, not butt bouncing. Otherwise, ordinary people won't be convinced of the benefits of Being. Movies like the X-Men, Spiderman, Superman,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- right, but for all practical purposes, the TM Movement is virtually dead. The only thing that will resusitate it is a practical demonstration of Sidhis, not butt bouncing. Otherwise, ordinary people won't be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-08 Thread sinhlnx
--Below: people should have respect for MMY. I do have respect for him everyday when I play a powerful video of him and 15 Pundits doing the traditional puja followed by a powerful puja to Mahalakshmi; and, I have respect for MMY for teaching me TM, through my initiator. However, I have

[FairfieldLife] VM as TM, outside the TM.org

2007-05-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
This link is interesting trend. That court ruling, that Transcendental Meditation was not unique. Noteworthy link George, things to come? Moving on .org,on with teaching meditation, retreats, teacher training otherwise etc. vs. Selling 'peace bonds' support of an old TM the old way,

[FairfieldLife] 'Twisting Scripture by James W. Sire'

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
Quoting a passage from this Christian book: Scriptural statements, stories, commands or symbols which have a particular meaning or set of meanings when taken within the intellectual and broadly cultural framework of the Bible itself are lifted out of that context, placed within the frame

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peace Love: Maharishi is the original hippie!? What can we do with those youngins' who are just interested in stupid unspiritual stuff; Then again, on the other side of the globe, we have youngins' who want to

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I dunno, I think there are lots better stories to illustrate these tendencies. Back in mid 80's (I believe) some of the Purushas were

[FairfieldLife] Re: recent photos of rishikesh

2007-05-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip So you are insinuating that Maharishi is an unethical crook? Was Mark the possibly French dude the actual one to write the check to the craftsman, or was he just an anti-social seeker? Jim, I'm just relating

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sixties Gurus Go On Tour

2007-05-08 Thread sinhlnx
--- Due to the vast amount of bad karma in the world today, it will take more than a few Angels to turn things around. TM should be practiced by at least 100 million people, in order to significantly increase the world's Sattva. In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED]