[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I was the one who invited you to display your intellectual fortitude by defending the TM is the best meme. You either do it or you don't. End of story.

[FairfieldLife] Re: WG: Colombian president receiving blessing of the older brothers

2010-08-10 Thread nablusoss1008
Very interesting, thanks for posting this ! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin vedamer...@... wrote: this article is made by David Nayan, one of the secretaries of Raja Luis.     Subject: great blog post about Colombian president receiving blessing of the older brothers  

[FairfieldLife] Re: When the date for the promised Apocalypse comes and goes...

2010-08-10 Thread seventhray1
I think the re-write started when the issue of did he actually say he was a celibate monk began. Once people started to parse on that, I'd say their feet fell out from under them, and they started down the slope. It's a biggie to have to process. Just defies any easy resolution. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: I think there are strong reasons and experience that Atman has nothing to do with morals. Atman can coexist with quite kinky prarabdha karma / lesh avidya. And per adjacent post, how can something totally non contextual

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:57 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Me: This has always been your oddest line of attack since as we both know I am the only one officially vetted and awarded with accolades as having understood it really well by both MIU and MERU. That said, my conversations with you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:56 PM, tartbrain wrote: Some Indians say you can tell if there is light emitting from the third eye. Of course that's a little hard to do on an Yahoo Group. ;-) My gaze cuts through 1/2 inch steel plate. Does that count? No, 1 inch Vedic steel is still the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:52 PM, emptybill wrote: Ritam-bhara prajna is not described this way by Vyasa so I am not sure where this interpretation comes from. Bill, it's hard to tell who or what you're responding to, but it seems you might be saying that 'ritam-bara prajna' a la MMY is at

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Don't Indulge in Past Life Stuff'

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
Amusing. But that little weasel mass murderer? Nah. He's probably still in one of the hot hells with a red-hot poker up his ass. However, he and his buddies did have cool uniforms. Modeled on the Jesuits I believe. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote: Heinrich?

[FairfieldLife] 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing :fueling the sense of moral superiority?

2010-08-10 Thread merudanda
Yesterday was* the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The ensuing inferno claimed more than 70,000 lives instantly (or days later due to burns and radiation sickness). Three days earlier another bomb had been detonated over Hiroshima, killing an estimated

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
Curtis: This has always been your oddest line of attack since as we both know I am the only one officially vetted and awarded with accolades as having understood it really well by both MIU and MERU... Means nothing to us average TMers Curtis. In fact, it often demonstrates how

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why does SSRS think he can get away with marauding a congregation?

2010-08-10 Thread Duveyoung
I don't see any reason to continue this ping-ponging. You're smart enough to be slippery, and my only wish is that I had the heart of Judy Stein to bring forth the issues and show how you're non-responsive in large regard. I don't have that kind of grit, and I've abandoned many a thread here

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Don't Indulge in Past Life Stuff'

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:40 PM, Robert wrote: Jerry said, to not indulge in past life stuff , right now... Because it would be like looking in the trash, Of things long gone... It's also dangerous to dwell too much on past stuff, Because you could actually recreate the same pattern,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Don't Indulge in Past Life Stuff'

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 9, 2010, at 11:22 PM, Peter wrote: SSRS has a past life technique called the Eternity Process. I did it once. Pretty interesting. In Dzogchen practice, there are series of practices called the Rushen (ROO-shen), which are techniques to directly understand how samsara and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why does SSRS think he can get away with marauding a congregation?

2010-08-10 Thread Peter
Edg, do you really think I was slippery? Considering your tone in your original post, I was rather polite IMHO. Much of what you ask would be pure speculation on my part regarding SSRS. You also make a lot of assumptions and then react to your assumptions as if they're facts. I'll answer any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
As you already know, Vyasa's bhasya (YS 1.48- 1.50) and Shankara's vivarana discuss ritam-bhara prajna and it's autumnal lucidity (vaishaaradya) in some detail. However, Patanjali and Vyasa deal not only with cognition and certitude but also with the effect that this sanskara of ritam-prajña has

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: snip This has always been one of the games Judy's liked to play: unless you parse it in direct TM style and lingo, you are suspect. Nope, sorry. It's a matter of the concepts, not the lingo or style. (*Sometimes* le mot juste is

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread authfriend
Barry. Nobody believes anything you wrote in this post. Nobody believes *you* believe any of it. Everybody knows you're having a fit of pique because you fouled up badly in your two most recent Gotta Get Judy attempts and are not only not being permitted to sweep them under the rug, you're

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Don't Indulge in Past Life Stuff'

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
Fakir is cognate with faker for most Indians. They don't have the reputation for actually being al-FaqÄ«r ilá l-Lāh - those who seek for the knowledge of God. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Who Jerry might have been in a past life... I can't really say, at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: My understanding of this kind of siddhi is that it's on a need-to-know basis. What can be perceived via ritam isn't decided by the individual in question. Me: Maharishi sold it as volitional I'll leave that to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
emptybill: As you already know, Vyasa's bhasya (YS 1.48- 1.50) and Shankara's vivarana discuss ritam-bhara prajna and it's autumnal lucidity (vaishaaradya) in some detail... You've lost them - most people don't know that the Adi Shankara wrote a sub-commentary on Vyasa's Commentary on

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: But you're NOT sane. So these ploys are not going to work. Try that shit on Curtis; it seems to work on him. Me, I wrote you off as certifiably insane long ago, and have seen nothing since that tempts me to change my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
This has always been one of the games Judy's liked to play: unless you parse it in direct TM style and lingo, you are suspect... authfriend: Nope, sorry. It's a matter of the concepts, not the lingo or style. (*Sometimes* le mot juste is important for semantic clarity in expressing a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:21 AM, emptybill wrote: My take is that MMY discussed these two ideas synthetically, which might be a particularly Vedantic mode of interpretation, although not apparently Kevala Vedanta. It might be one of your hated Vaishnava ideas. ; ) I would suspect,

[FairfieldLife] The American Bar in Amsterdam

2010-08-10 Thread TurquoiseB
It's not nearly as pedestrian as it sounds. The American Bar is one of the most beautiful restaurants in Europe. A truly lovely Art Nouveau room, filled with sumptuous paintings and Medieval-themed frescos and stained-glass windows, and a veritable pleasure to dine in. But this afternoon I am

[FairfieldLife] Re: When the date for the promised Apocalypse comes and goes...

2010-08-10 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: I don't have anything to add except that was a thoughtful response and I enjoyed reading it. I may have some opinions about people who are convinced they know better about what is good for the rest of us serving up something

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:57 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Me: This has always been your oddest line of attack since as we both know I am the only one officially vetted and awarded with accolades as having understood it

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Don't Indulge in Past Life Stuff'

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
SSRS has a past life technique called the Eternity Process... Vaj: In Dzogchen practice, there are series of practices called the Rushen (ROO-shen)... According to my Dzogchen teacher, Sogyal Rinpoche, the author of the 'Tibetan Book of the Living and Dying', it's much more

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:56 PM, tartbrain wrote: Some Indians say you can tell if there is light emitting from the third eye. Of course that's a little hard to do on an Yahoo Group. ;-) My gaze cuts through 1/2

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: But you're NOT sane. So these ploys are not going to work. Try that shit on Curtis; it seems to work on him. Me, I wrote you off as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
Vaj: No, 1 inch Vedic steel is still the standard, sorry... You are again attempting to mislead, Vaj. Everyone knows that the Rigvedic Vedic civilization in India did not produce 'steel'. The Vedic culture was agrarian in nature and the Iron Age in India ended with the onset of

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: But you're NOT sane. So these ploys are not going to work. Try

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
This has always been one of the games Judy's liked to play: unless you parse it in direct TM style and lingo, you are suspect... Turq: In other words, unless you parrot Maharishi's words exactly the way she brags that she's been complimented for being able to do, you aren't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread pranamoocher
Would that be the 1 inch Vedic-steel standard Vaj mentioned? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: I'm obviously a spiritual slacker, because my gaze has never developed to that extent. There are some Tibetan Tantric techniques I practice that make my dick hard

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
Maharishi sold it as volitional... authfriend: I'll leave that to empty bill to sort out; I wasn't really able to follow what he was saying, and I'm not sure which of us he was responding to. Hopefully he'll explain further... Emptybill was refering to Shankara's Vivarana on

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread authfriend
He's just going to keep digginghis hole, isn't he? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip IMO she has renewed her efforts to try to suck me and a few other posters who had written her off in the past, hoping to suck them into the same back-and-forth she

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip In other words, unless you parrot Maharishi's words exactly the way she brags that she's been complimented for being able to do, you aren't doing justice to them. Actually I've been complimented for being able to put the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
pranamoocher: Would that be the 1 inch Vedic-steel standard Vaj mentioned?... No it's Tibetan teaching that Turq is making a claim to, not Vedic. Turq apparently has very little actual knowledge of Tibetan practices - or at least, he won't reveal his source. Maybe it's a secret teaching

[FairfieldLife] Re: The American Bar in Amsterdam

2010-08-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip It's not just the hubris of a human being feeling that they have the right to say, I know, within a certain category of experience, which is the Best such exper- ience. Actually, a human being has the right to say

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 10, 2010, at 11:55 AM, WillyTex wrote: Maharishi sold it as volitional... authfriend: I'll leave that to empty bill to sort out; I wasn't really able to follow what he was saying, and I'm not sure which of us he was responding to. Hopefully he'll explain further...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
Gupta! Gupta! Everyone knows that Thokcha is the real source. Goes back to at least 1000 b.c. Phurba are still made from it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Vaj: No, 1 inch Vedic steel is still the standard, sorry... You are again attempting to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The American Bar in Amsterdam

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
The deeper level that I just don't get is why anyone would *want* to claim that they had experienced the Best of any given category of experience... authfriend: Maybe somebody will eventually make that claim here. Hasn't happened yet that I've seen... Maybe for the same

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
emptybill: Gupta! Gupta! Pala! Pala! The Tibetan 'Phurbhu' wasn't invented until after the Pala Dynasty in India. Phurba are still made from it... The outlines of the history of Buddhism in Tibet from this time are well-known. At this early time also, from the south came the influence

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
It is totally authentic and has been defended as such by a number of scholars. However others scholars, such as T. S. Rukmani consider the author to be one of the many Shankaracharya-s who lived after the original Adi-Shankara. It is quite an interesting and detailed read if you like to study

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
I think one of our big differences in how we relate to Judy is that I am still interested in Maharishi's teaching... Turq: I really *DO* think she's crazy as a shithouse rat, and have very little interest in conversations with shithouse rats, even if the rats are civil... Wow!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 10, 2010, at 12:50 PM, emptybill wrote: It is totally authentic and has been defended as such by a number of scholars. However others scholars, such as T. S. Rukmani consider the author to be one of the many Shankaracharya-s who lived after the original Adi-Shankara. It is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
Emptybill was refering to Shankara's Vivarana on Vyasa's Commentary on Yoga Sutras - a must read for any student of Advaita and Yoga. Vaj: As long as they realize it's far from being considered authentic. You are supposed to read the book BEFORE you post your comments, Vaj. Even

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
Phurba! Phurba! Tex you're only off by about 1500years.Indra carried a kila (phurba) in the Rig Veda. Thokcha/Thogchag(meteoric iron) goes back at least to the Zhang Zhung empire. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: emptybill: Gupta! Gupta! Pala! Pala!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
emptybill: ...some scholars consider it to be no more authentic, as a work by Adi-Shankara, than Saundarya Lahiri - which is quite beautiful but definitely not by Adi-Shankara. Maybe so, but there's no historical evidence that an Adi Shankara established 'four maths' either. So, we have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 10, 2010, at 1:15 PM, WillyTex wrote: Emptybill was refering to Shankara's Vivarana on Vyasa's Commentary on Yoga Sutras - a must read for any student of Advaita and Yoga. Vaj: As long as they realize it's far from being considered authentic. You are supposed to read the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 10, 2010, at 1:25 PM, emptybill wrote: Phurba! Phurba! Tex you're only off by about 1500years.Indra carried a kila (phurba) in the Rig Veda. Thokcha/Thogchag(meteoric iron) goes back at least to the Zhang Zhung empire. Yeah, the kila (and thus the phurba) go WAY back to old

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Master Fwap told me that most people who have been enlightened in their previous incarnations would normally begin to regain their past-life enlightenment -if they lived at sea level-at around the age of twenty-nine, when

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
...some scholars consider it to be no more authentic, as a work by Adi-Shankara, than Saundarya Lahiri - which is quite beautiful but definitely not by Adi-Shankara. Vaj: The 'Adi-Shank. wrote the Saundaryalahari' myth is really for the Shankara fanboys and some Hindu fundie

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
TM volk will be a bit baffled by the disparity betweem M.'s typology of seven states and the two 7-stage typologies found in Yogavasishta. Likewise for the one found in Jivanmuktiveveka and the further one found in Madhusuudana Saraswati, the last great Advaitin. His Gita commetary, Gudaartika

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 10, 2010, at 1:53 PM, WillyTex wrote: Objective scholars don't take it seriously as his. That pretty much leaves you out of the discussion! Not really, as there are probably not that many other people here who were initiated into the Saudaryalahari.

[FairfieldLife] Non-Violence Vow from Deepak

2010-08-10 Thread Rick Archer
http://www.itakethevow.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
That pretty much leaves you out of the discussion! Vaj: Not really, as there are probably not that many other people here who were initiated into the Saudaryalahari. The key word here is 'objective' scholar, Vaj. The Saundaryalahari by the Adi Shankara contains at least three TM bija

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 10, 2010, at 2:03 PM, emptybill wrote: TM volk will be a bit baffled by the disparity betweem M.'s typology of seven states and the two 7-stage typologies found in Yogavasishta. Likewise for the one found in Jivanmuktiveveka and the further one found in Madhusuudana Saraswati, the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
emptybill: TM folk will be a bit baffled by the disparity betweem M.'s typology of seven states and the two 7-stage typologies found in Yogavasishta. Likewise for the one found in Jivanmuktiveveka and the further one found in Madhusuudana Saraswati... TMers are not concerned with the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Violence Vow from Deepak

2010-08-10 Thread Bhairitu
Rick Archer wrote: http://www.itakethevow.com Pacifist thinking does not always create change. Things are already getting deep. Betting to raise hell than the live in slavery.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
Ring of Fire series? I don't see it on google. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 10, 2010, at 1:25 PM, emptybill wrote: Phurba! Phurba! Tex you're only off by about 1500years.Indra carried a kila (phurba) in the Rig Veda.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
His discussions on the inter-dynamics of consciousness seem to be a variation of or heavily influenced by Trika. Probably from his talks with Swami Laksmanjoo. In the Rishikesh days they apparently had many discussions. As far as his Br. Sutra days, I don't know about them. What else have you

[FairfieldLife] Iowa Nat'l Guard off to where?

2010-08-10 Thread Bhairitu
Hey what do Iowans think about their National Guard members being sent to Afghanistan? The NG was never meant for empire building. http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/10/4858546-iowa-national-guard-soldiers-leave-for-biggest-deployment-since-wwii-

[FairfieldLife] shankara's vivaraNa on vyAsa bhAShya of yoga sUtra-s

2010-08-10 Thread cardemaister
http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/1998-October/031078.html On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: 1. In his works, Shankaracharya spends much of the time refuting the views of other schools. (Particularly Samkhya which was the most serious rival amongst the astika

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: My understanding of this kind of siddhi is that it's on a need-to-know basis. What can be perceived via ritam isn't decided by the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 10, 2010, at 4:59 PM, emptybill wrote: Ring of Fire series? I don't see it on google. It's full title is Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey. It's about the 10 year journey through the Indonesian islands with the Blair brothers. Here's the Wikipedia entry:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
On Aug 10, 2010, at 5:23 PM, emptybill wrote: His discussions on the inter-dynamics of consciousness seem to be a variation of or heavily influenced by Trika. Probably from his talks with Swami Laksmanjoo. In the Rishikesh days they apparently had many discussions. As far as his

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread WillyTex
emptybill: ...you're only off by about 1500 years. Indra carried a kila (phurba) in the Rig Veda... History books! History books! According to Claudia Müller-Ebelling, the 'kila' or 'purbhu' is anything that approximates a vertical form. So, a purbhu is just another phallic symbol

[FairfieldLife] What's happened to FairfieldRife?

2010-08-10 Thread Tom Pall
I am amazed at the turn FFL has taken. Actually discussing consciousness. Actually (except for the Bickersons) putting forth arguments for and against following the teachings of MMY, quoting scholarly texts, logic and scriptures in the process. I'm truly amazed. Perhaps it's the Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife Visiting with the Saints

2010-08-10 Thread Buck
[tn_baPUJI ON PORCH.JPG]

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do YOU view Maharishi?

2010-08-10 Thread Buck
Union Come, brothers and sisters who love one another And have done with years that are gone; How often we've met Him in sweet, heav'nly union, Which opens the way to God's throne. With joy and thanksgiving we'll praise Him who loves us, While we run the bright, shining way; Tho' we part here

[FairfieldLife] Chopra ordained as Buddhist

2010-08-10 Thread Vaj
Maharishi lineage holder Deepak Chopra ordained into Thai Buddhist Order. It's amazing Deepak was so selfless as to share this and have his son film it: http://tinyurl.com/2a77o2u LINK

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-08-10 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Aug 07 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Aug 14 00:00:00 2010 296 messages as of (UTC) Tue Aug 10 23:39:06 2010 27 authfriend jst...@panix.com 23 emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com 23 Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com 22

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
Thanks for the link. I see that I can rent it on Netflix. I'll take a look. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 10, 2010, at 4:59 PM, emptybill wrote: Ring of Fire series? I don't see it on google. It's full title is Ring of Fire: An Indonesian

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote: Master Fwap told me that most people who have been enlightened in their previous incarnations would normally begin to regain their past-life

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptyb...@... wrote: TM volk will be a bit baffled by the disparity betweem M.'s typology of seven states and the two 7-stage typologies found in Yogavasishta. Likewise for the one found in Jivanmuktiveveka and the further one found in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-Violence Vow from Deepak

2010-08-10 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Rick Archer wrote: http://www.itakethevow.com Pacifist thinking does not always create change. Things are already getting deep. Betting to raise hell than the live in slavery. I thought hell WAS the endless cycle of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Liberals Still Overwhelmingly Back Obama

2010-08-10 Thread Bhairitu
do.rflex wrote: On the national poll we'll release this week 85 percent of liberals approve of the job Obama is doing to 12 percent disapproving; 88 percent support his health care plan looking back with only 7 percent opposed. Not only are those numbers good, but they're steady.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: I think there are strong reasons and experience that Atman has nothing to do with morals. Atman can coexist with quite kinky prarabdha karma /

[FairfieldLife] The Shuttered room

2010-08-10 Thread Yifu Xero
http://io9.com/photogallery/LoveArt/1002402561 and HP Lovecraft: http://io9.com/photogallery/loveart/1002402574/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Iowa Nat'l Guard off to where?

2010-08-10 Thread jpgillam
The Iowa National Guard has always been a notoriously power-mad bunch. It's either ship them overseas or try to stop another takeover of Nebraska. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Hey what do Iowans think about their National Guard members being sent to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The American Bar in Amsterdam

2010-08-10 Thread tartbrain
That's the best post ever! :) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: It's not nearly as pedestrian as it sounds. The American Bar is one of the most beautiful restaurants in Europe. A truly lovely Art Nouveau room, filled with sumptuous paintings and

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's happened to FairfieldRife?

2010-08-10 Thread emptybill
What kind of candy-ass groveling is that? Were you away from here so long you can't remember what it's like here? Or do you really wear old-timer plaques for dreadlocks? Men of meteoric iron people these parts and they don't do nicey-nicey. My mommy says she really likes your mommy. That's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Non-Violence Vow from Deepak

2010-08-10 Thread Bhairitu
tartbrain wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Rick Archer wrote: http://www.itakethevow.com Pacifist thinking does not always create change. Things are already getting deep. Betting to raise hell than the live in slavery. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Chopra ordained as Buddhist

2010-08-10 Thread Peter
Haha! We need to all go mug Deepak to bring him back to his true dharma and strip him of this commercial spiritual bullshit he foists upon others.   --- On Tue, 8/10/10, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net Subject: [FairfieldLife] Chopra ordained as Buddhist

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What's happened to FairfieldRife?

2010-08-10 Thread Peter
Fairfieldlife=The domain of Kali!!! It ain't for pussies, motherfucker! --- On Tue, 8/10/10, emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: From: emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: What's happened to FairfieldRife? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010,

[FairfieldLife] Re: When the date for the promised Apocalypse comes and goes...

2010-08-10 Thread seventhray1
curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: In the end he was able to get standing ovations on the spiritual teaching equivalent of fart jokes. (I'm not gunna top that No you're not!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra ordained as Buddhist

2010-08-10 Thread sgrayatlarge
Channel glasses and all --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Maharishi lineage holder Deepak Chopra ordained into Thai Buddhist Order. It's amazing Deepak was so selfless as to share this and have his son film it: http://tinyurl.com/2a77o2u LINK

[FairfieldLife] Fertile ground for the seeds of torment

2010-08-10 Thread yifuxero
(Most memorable quote from the Pinhead): Pinhead: Human dreams... such fertile ground for the seeds of torment. You're so ripe Joey, and it's harvest time. Joey: [crying] But this isn't fair! You can't! Pinhead: Save your tears. I'll reap your sorrow slowly. I have centuries to discover the

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: This time around I have noticed a commitment to keeping it civil and it is working for me. She isn't relating to me as an insane person at all so I have no complaints. It's been my observation from cursary

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's happened to FairfieldRife?

2010-08-10 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.p...@... wrote: I am amazed at the turn FFL has taken. Actually discussing consciousness. Actually (except for the Bickersons) funny putting forth arguments for and against following the teachings of MMY, quoting scholarly texts, logic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Liberals Still Overwhelmingly Back Obama

2010-08-10 Thread seventhray1
Why don't you just say it? Why are you talking in code? Just come out say, Raunchy, where are you? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: On the national poll we'll release this week 85 percent of liberals approve of the job Obama is doing to 12 percent

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread seventhray1
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: The variance of prarabdha karma resulting in a wide variance of lesh avidya, for me explains a lot about the variance of modern spiritual teachers. Tart, I suspect you are more thoughtful person than me. The above sounds

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra ordained as Buddhist

2010-08-10 Thread seventhray1
Don't think so. I think he is TB as far as his own press realeases are concerned. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: Haha! We need to all go mug Deepak to bring him back to his true dharma and strip him of this commercial spiritual bullshit he foists upon

[FairfieldLife] woman surrounded by ratlike creatures

2010-08-10 Thread yifuxero
http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/pp/pl/e2r.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: This time around I have noticed a commitment to keeping it civil and it is working for me. She isn't relating to me as an insane

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra ordained as Buddhist

2010-08-10 Thread Peter
I remember Chopra speaking next to Maharishi and he would make a point that was completely in conflict with Maharishi's teaching, completely oblivious to his misunderstanding and Maharishi would shift a little and look at him. I always thought, sure, he's a nice guy, but he doesn't have a