Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread arhatafreespeech
Although, I have no intention, Shem(?) of bowing out or being censored. my yahoo group for anyone open to some really smart kind open people is 'superconsciousn...@yahoogroups.com'  The only rules are limit judgment and arguing needlessly and then their is compassion.  I suspect many here feel the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho wrote: > > Curtis > Telling me I'm not wanted here is fine. No need to say 'scoot'! It's not exactly > the way the Mararishi would respond. [snip] Uh, I wouldn't be too sure of that...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Arhata Osho wrote: > > > Canned, self promoting, and, spiritual pamphlets?? I've been doing > > this for 15 years > > with millions of people purely from truth and a passion and, this > > jud

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread shempmcgurk
The consensus of this group, Arhata, is, unfortunately, that they want to censor posts. Although I disagree with their rules, it is their right to do it. For example, I believe MY free expression has been curtailed here because I like to post a lot of one or two line responses. But the consen

[FairfieldLife] Great commercial

2009-01-07 Thread shempmcgurk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn8b1DL8NGo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread Arhata Osho
Thank you for your interest I haven't your name? Just a brief response here until later. Brief outline of my background: Graduated at University of Oregon 20 years on Wall st. primarily as an Account Executive in the Financial Field Had a vision to start a spiritual community/center which I did fr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho wrote: > > Curtis You are responding to the wrong person. "I am the eternal" wrote the post you are responding to. > Telling me I'm not wanted here is fine. No need to say 'scoot'! It's not exactly > the way the Mararishi would respond. You ma

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho wrote: > > Curtis > > It's ok if you're judgmental, but I haven't the time to go round and round> about misinterpretations that give you away. Again with the putdowns. You have a great rapport technique.   I'm sure you mean to be > producti

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread enlightened_dawn11
hi arhata, i just read some of your billboards on your website, to see what all the fuss is about. what i read were some basic statements about mindfulness and witnessing. what i read were attempts by you to wake people up to a new way of seeing the world. what i read were various essays about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread Arhata Osho
Curtis Telling me I'm not wanted here is fine. No need to say 'scoot'! It's not exactly the way the Mararishi would respond. You may be representative of consciousness here because of a collective 'belief system' that engenders fear that cloaks as judgment.  I get who you are, I'm just into dialog

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > I know you have given this topic some deep thought Judy and it shows. > > Interesting response. You put your finger on where the line is drawn > > between

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread yifuxero
--Sorry - first "learned" about Muktananda. The Mahareeshee uses the term "God"; but Willytex says people can't use that term. Lakshmanjoo uses it. Swami Lakshmanjoo on karma: "The first difference, therefore, between Kashmir Saivism and Vedanta is in their different understanding of karmay

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > I know you have given this topic some deep thought Judy and it shows. > Interesting response. You put your finger on where the line is drawn > between believing that such a non-dual state is possible and not. > > > Gee, I have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread Arhata Osho
Curtis It's ok if you're judgmental, but I haven't the time to go round and round about misinterpretations that give you away.   I'm sure you mean to be productive in what you write and if others feel so or not, let them speak up.  I only dialog from the heart and awareness as much as possible.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread yifuxero
--Venice Beach, the Rose Cafe, circa early 70's; the place where I first about Swami Muktananda. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho > wrote: > > > > Canned, self promoting, and, spiritual pamphlets??  I've been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Moral Reasoning for the unreasoning

2009-01-07 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" wrote: > > Not trusting the TMO or even myself because of my two years of med school (I > didn't go on because I just couldn't take being around sick people) and > loads of science training, I decided that the experiences I've been having >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread Arhata Osho
Sal Zeit Gesundheit!! On Jan 7, 2009, at 10:21 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: >> Arhata > > Gesundheit! LOL! Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 7, 2009, at 10:21 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: >> Arhata > > Gesundheit! LOL! Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho wrote: > Curtis >   The judgments you make below are fine, but they do befuddle dialog > a bit.  Asking you to tell your story befuddles you? < My writing is NOT intended as anything but what I feel to espress> So you are not trying to communic

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread Arhata Osho
Curtis   The judgments you make below are fine, but they do befuddle dialog a bit.  My writing is NOT intended as anything but what I feel to espress.. I love to comment on others if I see the opportunity Anyone who sees it as other has made their own misinterpretation of any intentions.  You see

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:20 PM, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: > > > > > I feel blessed to have received hugs from Ammachi every year since > > 1988. > > > Must find infidel. Must report infidel to Development of Consciousness

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread I am the eternal
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:20 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > I feel blessed to have received hugs from Ammachi every year since > 1988. Must find infidel. Must report infidel to Development of Consciousness office. Infidel has not been assimilated. Infidel is dangerous to the collective. Infidel m

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" > wrote: > > > > I remember MMY talking about "free will" he said > > we have free will when we are no longer a "football" > > of life and our will becomes the will of God. The > > en

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: OM

2009-01-07 Thread Richard Williams
> > Is the syllable 'Om' mentioned in the Rig > > Veda, the Brahma Sutra, Bhagavad Gita, or > > in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras? > > BillyG wrote: > "All this is OM, that hum, which is the first > silent sound, first silent wave that starts > from that silent ocean of unmanifested life." > MMY > A

[FairfieldLife] Re: OT: Good news on the Prostate Cancer Front

2009-01-07 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" wrote: > > Some of you can't be reached any other way then blasting out to the whole > group. Please pardon me if you have no interest in this post. > > My friend the citizen sidha appears to have been doing his program right or > having m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho wrote: > > Canned, self promoting, and, spiritual pamphlets??  I've been doing > this for 15 years > with millions of people purely from truth and a passion and, this >  judgment is > a new one!  Thank you!  Something I've wrote has provoked > i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread I am the eternal
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Arhata Osho wrote: > Canned, self promoting, and, spiritual pamphlets?? I've been doing > this for 15 years > with millions of people purely from truth and a passion and, this > judgment is > a new one! Thank you! Something I've wrote has provoked > insecuritie

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread Arhata Osho
Canned, self promoting, and, spiritual pamphlets??  I've been doing this for 15 years with millions of people purely from truth and a passion and, this  judgment is a new one!  Thank you!  Something I've wrote has provoked insecurities and that's good as it's an opportunity for those who see it

[FairfieldLife] OT: Good news on the Prostate Cancer Front

2009-01-07 Thread I am the eternal
Some of you can't be reached any other way then blasting out to the whole group. Please pardon me if you have no interest in this post. My friend the citizen sidha appears to have been doing his program right or having me in IA (where things magically appear) has helped get some results. First a

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > The easy, instantaneous in-flight correction of a bird in response to > wind turbulence is a wonderful analogy, and thanks for that. > > It would seem to me that very few animals (if any, but perhaps some of > the large primat

[FairfieldLife] From the NYTimes, 1.7.09

2009-01-07 Thread Marek Reavis
800 bus atheist ad campaign in London. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/world/europe/07london.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, arhatafreespe...@... wrote: > > Maharishi Group: > Ref.: to my daily I page consciousness messages, >  the last 2 being 'Old People' and >  'Reinvent Yourself' > If this is the kind of participation that goes on in this group, > and who don't even know the mean

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Marek Reavis
The easy, instantaneous in-flight correction of a bird in response to wind turbulence is a wonderful analogy, and thanks for that. It would seem to me that very few animals (if any, but perhaps some of the large primate cousins) besides humans have the sense of separation that characterizes h

[FairfieldLife] Fw: I have asked the moderators to ban you if you don't stop spamming the group

2009-01-07 Thread arhatafreespeech
Maharishi Group: Ref.: to my daily I page consciousness messages,  the last 2 being 'Old People' and  'Reinvent Yourself' If this is the kind of participation that goes on in this group, and who  don't even know the meaning of 'spam' or 'click off', you should count  me out or, offer an explanation

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > Comment below: > > ** > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 > wrote:[in reply to:] Do you think that the > universe has a way that we have to behave and then it approves > and gives us "nature support"? >

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-01-07 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 2009 562 messages as of (UTC) Wed Jan 07 23:25:27 2009 53 Robert 43 enlightened_dawn11 37 curtisdeltablues 37 TurquoiseB 33 I am the eternal 29 authfriend 26

[FairfieldLife] Re: Support a Maharishi Vedic Pandit

2009-01-07 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, michael wrote: > > https://vedicpandits.org/Video/INTRO9/Creating_World_Peace.html > Do I get a photo and letter from my pundit every month telling me how he is doing?

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote:[in reply to:] Do you think that the universe has a way that we have to behave and then it approves and gives us "nature support"? **snip > unmistakably. however most people understand that to be a code of > b

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reinvent Yourself!

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho wrote: > > Bizarre response! Thanks, I hope it was entertaining. Yes. > That's an interesting speculation! Then why respond as such? Because you were preaching to the choir. > Is there judgment here? Yes.  interpretation.> Wh?

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
I know you have given this topic some deep thought Judy and it shows. Interesting response. You put your finger on where the line is drawn between believing that such a non-dual state is possible and not. > Gee, I have a hard time imagining a *more* > mysterious statement than that! A world whic

[FairfieldLife] Support a Maharishi Vedic Pandit

2009-01-07 Thread michael
https://vedicpandits.org/Video/INTRO9/Creating_World_Peace.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Moral Reasoning for the unreasoning

2009-01-07 Thread Patrick Gillam
Thanks for this. I like to read these first-hand experiences. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" wrote: > [snip] > With the massive ego that grows > more each day and the realization >that I know God, that I look out and see > myself looking back at me, I think I can > u

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > -snip- > > > you are talking about an organization > > > that believes to its core that an enlightened

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reinvent Yourself!

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > Some of us already know who we REALLY are. It isn't that big a deal. > > > Curtis, you're talking about the spectrum called "personality," right? > Not something beyond the physical, right? Isn't our persona

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > wrote: > > > > > It is an unresolved issue in philosophy. It is > > > mostly used as a way to tr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reinvent Yourself!

2009-01-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Questions: when did you finally become you? when did you finally > conclude that you had finally concluded about who you are? how does > change impact your certainties? aging must mellow all so how does > that jibe witcha? do you have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reinvent Yourself!

2009-01-07 Thread Duveyoung
"curtisdeltablues" wrote: Some of us already know who we REALLY are. It isn't that big a deal. Curtis, you're talking about the spectrum called "personality," right? Not something beyond the physical, right? Word schmerds, eh? If you have the time, I would dwell with a serious intent on your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reinvent Yourself!

2009-01-07 Thread Arhata Osho
Bizarre response!  Most in this group know who they are beyond polarity? That's an interesting speculation! Then why respond as such? Is there judgment here? Dialog would better find a more accurate  interpretation.  Arhata --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, arhata

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reinvent Yourself!

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, arhatafreespe...@... wrote: > > An ad? That's a new one! I'm with Bhairitu on this one, his feedback was valid. I'm glad you are happier surfing then whatever you did on Wall Street. That doesn't mean that I am in some box just because you finally really GOT

Re: [FairfieldLife] Reinvent Yourself!

2009-01-07 Thread arhatafreespeech
An ad? That's a new one! Now this is an ad, IMO. Arhata, I would suggest being more discrete like just having a link to your website as part of your signature or if someone asked then explaining what you offer and a link.  This however, if I were a moderator, looks more blatant.  Of course othe

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
> Not a chance in hell that Curtis can define "resolved," but at least > when he tries, we all get closer to what our own private definitions > really are by comparing our POVs with his. That is a nice reputation to try to live up to Edg. This is my goal: to articulate where I stand on issues and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Reinvent Yourself!

2009-01-07 Thread Bhairitu
Now this is an ad, IMO. Arhata, I would suggest being more discrete like just having a link to your website as part of your signature or if someone asked then explaining what you offer and a link. This however, if I were a moderator, looks more blatant. Of course others might say there is TMO

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > > > But if MMY was a philosopher, wouldn't we have to say his position > > was ("officially"): Try to obtain enlightenment; but in the meantime > > "follow the dictats of you

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
> This is because (philosophically speaking) he was an ethical > pessimist: the reasoning mind is inadequate to figure out real moral > dilemmas. MMY follows Plato (Socrates): good acts are based on good > knowledge (bad acts are based on ignorance, not "evil tendencies"). > Without Knowledge, your

[FairfieldLife] Moral Reasoning for the unreasoning

2009-01-07 Thread I am the eternal
Not trusting the TMO or even myself because of my two years of med school (I didn't go on because I just couldn't take being around sick people) and loads of science training, I decided that the experiences I've been having over the years might just be the result of neurological or mental defect.

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > It is an unresolved issue in philosophy. It is > > mostly used as a way to train philosophical > > reasoning but the question itself is not > > answered by sa

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Duveyoung
"authfriend" wrote: > How could a question that is resolved only in UC be resolvable in philosophy when philosophy itself is dualistic? Edg: Words, words, words. Are we really still battling to be the ultimate definer of words? Like: resolvable. What COULDN'T that mean? My contentment that

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > But if MMY was a philosopher, wouldn't we have to say his position > was ("officially"): Try to obtain enlightenment; but in the meantime > "follow the dictats of your religion (or whatever)". > > This is because (philosophically spea

[FairfieldLife] Coulter vs. the counter-Coulters

2009-01-07 Thread shempmcgurk
Coulter vs. the Counter-Coulters By L. Brent Bozell III CNSNews.com | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 Ann Coulter's new book "Guilty" is out and two things are certain: It will surely be another best-seller, and she will once again drive the Left bonkers. No institution will be more offended tha

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > It is an unresolved issue in philosophy. It is > mostly used as a way to train philosophical > reasoning but the question itself is not > answered by saying "the guy is in UC." How could a question that is resolved only in UC

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" > wrote: > > > > > > > > I reme

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > I remember MMY talking about "free will" he said > we have free will when we are no longer a "football" > of life and our will becomes the will of God. The > enlightened person's will becomes "Thy will be done," > and this is right act

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > > You certainly can assume that. But my point is that > > you can believe the enlightened person is acting in > > accord with the laws of nature and still choose not > > to do what the person says--just as if you made the > > assu

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > > > I remember MMY talking about "free will" he said we have free will > > > when we are no lon

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
> You certainly can assume that. But my point is that > you can believe the enlightened person is acting in > accord with the laws of nature and still choose not > to do what the person says--just as if you made the > assumption you cite--without being inconsistent. > > In other words, it makes no

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > I remember MMY talking about "free will" he said we have free will > > when we are no longer a "football" of life and our will becomes the > > will of God. The enl

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > > As long as you are talking about an organization > > > that believes to its core that an enlightened

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 7, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Peter wrote: >>> "In tune with the universe" What does that even >>> mean? >>> >>> How can you be out of tune with it? Do you think that the >>> universe has a way that we have to behave and then it >>> approves >>> and gives us "nature support"? is TM the best way >>>

[FairfieldLife] the TM 'crap research'

2009-01-07 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Om. Good observation Pete, About TM crap research. 790 research papers `justifying' TM. A year ago the PR on TM was parading 300. Few months ago it was 600. Is probably 800 today now. If only half or even just a third of these papers weren't crap research as Pete points out here, they coul

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > I remember MMY talking about "free will" he said we have free will > when we are no longer a "football" of life and our will becomes the > will of God. The enlightened person's will becomes "Thy will be done," > and this is right action

[FairfieldLife] A fart tax for cows - humans next?

2009-01-07 Thread Richard M
Dairy farmers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania face a new tax owing to the noxious gasses from the rear ends of their cows. As we all know, we are all going to hell in a handcart owing to our emissions of *toxic* CO2. However, farts being high in methane, and methane being a significantly more power

[FairfieldLife] Black America's Moral Emmissary

2009-01-07 Thread Arhata Osho
Dr. King, McKinney and Obamaþ Glen Ford - glen.f...@blackagen daReport. com Wed 1/07/09 Black Agenda Report The global reputation of Black America has suffered greatly under George Bush, who deployed Black faces as fronts for his vicious brand of U.S. imperiali

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Peter
--- On Wed, 1/7/09, Hugo wrote: > From: Hugo > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in > brain) > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 11:25 AM > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 > wrote: > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > It's this idea that "nature" wants us to do *anything > at all* that baffles me. Me, too. > I think it comes from the same place that the ten > commandments and all other religious edicts come from. > No, not God but *claimed* to come fro

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread raunchydog
I remember MMY talking about "free will" he said we have free will when we are no longer a "football" of life and our will becomes the will of God. The enlightened person's will becomes "Thy will be done," and this is right action. If anyone else remembers this chime in. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoo

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > As long as you are talking about an organization > > that believes to its core that an enlightened being > > is "in tune with the laws of nature" and that such > > an en

[FairfieldLife] Re: I find this ironic

2009-01-07 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" wrote: > > > > Massachusetts is arguably the most liberal > > state in the union. After all, it has gay > > marriage and sends the likes of Ted Kennedy, John > > Kerry, and Ba

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What did you take with you from TM-Shiva

2009-01-07 Thread Richard Williams
> Longer mantras (e.g. the Great Compansion > Mantra of Kwan Yin, the Surangama Sutra > mantra,...etc) ime, are more suitable for > chanting... > In Buddhist practice, some longer mantras are called 'dharanis', but you don't really need to memorize long dharanis or sutras - a short tantric 'b

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Hugo wrote: > > > "In tune with the universe" What does that even mean? > > > > How can you be out of tune with it? Do you think that the > > universe has a way that we have to behave and then it approves

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > As long as you are talking about an organization > that believes to its core that an enlightened being > is "in tune with the laws of nature" and that such > an enlightened being cannot possibly perform "wrong > action," then there is NO

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 7, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Hugo wrote: > "In tune with the universe" What does that even mean? > > How can you be out of tune with it? Do you think that the > universe has a way that we have to behave and then it approves > and gives us "nature support"? Cmon, Hugo, haven't you ever heard the u

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > -snip- > > you are talking about an organization > > that believes to its core that an enlightened being > > is "in tune with the laws of nature" and that such > > an enl

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: -snip- > you are talking about an organization > that believes to its core that an enlightened being > is "in tune with the laws of nature" and that such > an enlightened being cannot possibly perform "wrong > action," -snip- so if we throw

[FairfieldLife] They laughed for two hours?!

2009-01-07 Thread cardemaister
http://goldendome.org/transcript.htm#Henry%20Clark It is funny how it seems to work out like that. About 108 days ago, we decided to build two domes instead of one and decided what size they were, and every one told us that this normally would take at least two and half years to construct. Maybe

[FairfieldLife] Re: I find this ironic

2009-01-07 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" wrote: > > > > Massachusetts is arguably the most liberal > > state in the union. After all, it has gay > > marriage and sends the likes of Ted Kennedy, John > > Kerry, and Bar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Myth of the Relaxation Response

2009-01-07 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > wrote: > > > > On Jan 6, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > From: David Orme-Johnson [mailto:davi...@] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:10 PM > > > To: Da

[FairfieldLife] Re: OM

2009-01-07 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard Williams wrote: > > > Like many mantras, this one begins with > > "Om". Om has no meaning, and its origins > > are lost in the mists of time... > > > Probably the first mention of the esoteric > syllabe 'Om' is found in the Mandukhya > Upanishad (cir

Re: [FairfieldLife] OM

2009-01-07 Thread Richard Williams
> Like many mantras, this one begins with > "Om". Om has no meaning, and its origins > are lost in the mists of time... > Probably the first mention of the esoteric syllabe 'Om' is found in the Mandukhya Upanishad (circa 800 AD), where it is said by Gaudapada to be a meditation symbol. http://en

[FairfieldLife] So ya want a miracle, eh?

2009-01-07 Thread Duveyoung
I take the below as a serious in-your-face-take-that-science challenge to today's understandings about how "mind" can be found operative in existence's subtlest realms. Even if it is only a case of some sort of radiation between molecules that has yet to be measured by a refined measuring device

[FairfieldLife] Re: I find this ironic

2009-01-07 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" wrote: > > Massachusetts is arguably the most liberal > state in the union. After all, it has gay > marriage and sends the likes of Ted Kennedy, John > Kerry, and Barney Frank to Congress. > > That's why I find it ironic that it is the > onl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Myth of the Relaxation Response

2009-01-07 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > with no control group you demonstrate nothing > other than symptoms of ADHD were reduced, but > you do not isolate the causal variable without > a frigging control group. I've understood that the purpose of exploratory studies is to justif

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2009-01-07 Thread Richard Williams
Alex wrote: > > I checked the logs, and you did delete two > > posts, but that still leaves you at 51. > > shemp wrote: > If one could get under the wire by deleting > the overage, we all should have been informed > of this loophole. > > Cut his balls off. > What? You mean you can delete the ove

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread Peter
When John talks about "moral reasoning" improving, I'm sure he's talking about some sort of assessment utilizing Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning. The irony is that there is a poor correlation between moral reasoning and moral behavior. For most of us, research indicates that we have morals o

[FairfieldLife] Ethical behavior (was Re: spirituality spot found in brain)

2009-01-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > > > > Ah, thank you Ruth. I was wondering given > > > the record. Improved 'moral > > > reasoning' is solemnly pointed to by > > > the Dr. in Hagelin's powerpoint > > > present. Moral reasonging. It is a > > > mouthful as he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Demo Of The Guitar Sidhi (was a great american guitarist)

2009-01-07 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > Miraculous competence! Amazing! > > http://tinyurl.com/6q6weu >