[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread hermandan0
What part of "give us money" do you not understand? "To this end, we invite you to join us in establishing a special emergency fund to create a very large, sustained Yagya for Japan." "We need everyone—hundreds of people—to contribute whatever they can. This will be vastly more powerful and effec

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thom Hartmann: there is no such thing as a safe level of radiation

2011-03-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 03/21/2011 07:40 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > BTW, Bhairitu, nothing I said contradicted anything > > either Gunter or Hartmann said. You need to reread > > what I wrote, more carefully this time. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Thom Hartmann: there is no such thing as a safe level of radiation

2011-03-21 Thread Bhairitu
On 03/21/2011 07:40 PM, authfriend wrote: > BTW, Bhairitu, nothing I said contradicted anything > either Gunter or Hartmann said. You need to reread > what I wrote, more carefully this time. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bh

[FairfieldLife] A Genius of the Tennis Pro Circuit

2011-03-21 Thread John
But can she win a championship? http://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/blog/busted_racquet/post/French-tennis-star-Marion-Bartoli-says-she-has-a?urn=ten-wp165

[FairfieldLife] Large Nature Quaking

2011-03-21 Thread Buck
When the rivers went "retro-grade": https://sites.google.com/site/ffhamfampage/home/nature-quaking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thom Hartmann: there is no such thing as a safe level of radiation

2011-03-21 Thread authfriend
BTW, Bhairitu, nothing I said contradicted anything either Gunter or Hartmann said. You need to reread what I wrote, more carefully this time. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > On 03/21/2011 06:03 PM, auth

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thom Hartmann: there is no such thing as a safe level of radiation

2011-03-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 03/21/2011 06:03 PM, authfriend wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > >> Thom Hartmann interview with Paul Gunter, Director of Reactor > >> Oversight > >> Beyond Nuclear: > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why is America so anxious?

2011-03-21 Thread whynotnow7
I figure it attracted you and Maharishi, so its gotta have something going for it ... I was reading up on Dutch social policy - sounds like a really sustainable economic model, and a lot of fun too, though I am not big for winters. This was the article fum da NYTee I was reading: http://www.nyt

[FairfieldLife] Colton Burpo goes to Heaven, sees Jesus

2011-03-21 Thread yifuxero
interesting NDE. Met Jesus, John the Baptist, deceased relatives. https://www.examiner.com/religious-spiritual-mysteries-in-national/colton-burpo-goes-to-heaven?render=print

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Thom Hartmann: there is no such thing as a safe level of radiation

2011-03-21 Thread Bhairitu
On 03/21/2011 06:03 PM, authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> Thom Hartmann interview with Paul Gunter, Director of Reactor >> Oversight >> Beyond Nuclear: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OozzNNHHxE > If there's no such thing as a safe level of radiation,

[FairfieldLife] A War Nobody Wants to Own

2011-03-21 Thread John
Why did Obama authorize the US military to lead the air assault of Libya and just as quickly hand the control of the war to someone else? Now, it appears that none of the allies wants to carry the burden of this war. This goes to show that the planning for this fiasco was not well organized.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Large Maharishi Yagyas being organized to provide urgent relief for Japan + message from Raja Hagelin, Konhaus, Kaplan and Prime Minister Dr Morris

2011-03-21 Thread Robert
Thank you, Ravi Yogi...love to you, also. R. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > > > Well, it's hard to fill the shoes of this Master... > > This Master, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Beatles Guru, Mystic, Spiritual > Leader, Enlightened Being... > > Whose going to fill tho

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thom Hartmann: there is no such thing as a safe level of radiation

2011-03-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Thom Hartmann interview with Paul Gunter, Director of Reactor > Oversight > Beyond Nuclear: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OozzNNHHxE If there's no such thing as a safe level of radiation, then we would all be in danger even if we'd n

Re: [FairfieldLife] How Dumb are We?

2011-03-21 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 21, 2011, at 2:52 PM, do.rflex wrote: > > Quickie- How Dumb Are We? > > Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011 by Paddy > > > Absolute must read, but here's a taste. Anyone else remember civics class? > > They're the sort of scores that drive high-school history teachers to drink. > When NEW

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-03-21 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Mar 19 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 26 00:00:00 2011 204 messages as of (UTC) Tue Mar 22 00:05:02 2011 32 authfriend 19 Mike Dixon 15 Vaj 14 turquoiseb 11 seventhray1 10 Bhairitu 9 nablusoss1008 9 Ravi

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Two Mimansa

2011-03-21 Thread emptybill
Iamblichus insisted (contra Plotinus) that the soul (psyche) of a human being was so totally immersed within the cosmos that there was nothing left within it that was "undescended" ... which means "still transcendent". This may be akin to the dravidian and christian/semetic view but it is not the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > They also did not ask for donations for Yagyas for Japan but > > stated that it will be funded by the Brahmananda Saraswathi > > Fund. Dunno why, but it tends to make

[FairfieldLife] Thom Hartmann: there is no such thing as a safe level of radiation

2011-03-21 Thread Bhairitu
Thom Hartmann interview with Paul Gunter, Director of Reactor Oversight Beyond Nuclear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OozzNNHHxE

[FairfieldLife] OT: Faraday cage, Clearwire and cellphone dying

2011-03-21 Thread Tom Pall
I'm going to be spending massive amounts of time at Bank of America corporate headquarters, in their super secure data center. My cell phone dies quickly and tomorrow I'm bringing my charger. You see, we work in a Faraday cage and that drains my cell. I'm in need of Internet for my notebook. Wh

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Two Mimansa

2011-03-21 Thread Vaj
On Mar 21, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: > What is the difference between 'directly perceived' and 'sense'? He's referring to the accepted "proofs" (Skt., pramANa, "measuring up") for some thing or event. Objects and things that are directly perceived refers to the Sanskrit

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Two Mimansa

2011-03-21 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Vajvajradhatu108 wrote (that is, quoted): We call gods or spirits all those beings that cannot be directly perceived by us, but whose existence and presence we can sense... ...Our efforts to communicate with subtle beings... > What is the difference between 'directly perceived' and 'sense'? For

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why is America so anxious?

2011-03-21 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > They smoke pot, take drugs, and have access to the Red Light > district in Amsterdam. Those should keep you off the > anti-depressants. Jealous much? :-) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Interesting in

[FairfieldLife] The Two Mimansa

2011-03-21 Thread Vaj
The theory behind "yagyas". Very similar to Iamblichus' view in western theurgia and magia. >From "While the Gods Play: Shaiva Oracles and Predictions on the Cycles of History and the Destiny of Mankind" by Alain Danielou Translated from the French The Two Mimansa THE THIRD METHOD OF INQUIRY E

[FairfieldLife] Re: Large Maharishi Yagyas being organized to provide urgent relief for Japan + message from Raja Hagelin, Konhaus, Kaplan and Prime Minister Dr Morris

2011-03-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:30 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Large Maharishi Yagyas

[FairfieldLife] Man's responsibility by the Master —, through Benjamin Creme, 13 March 2011

2011-03-21 Thread nablusoss1008
The Master's article for Share International magazine, April 2011 Man's responsibility by the Master —, through Benjamin Creme, 13 March 2011 >From the earliest times, mankind has feared the natural disturbances of our planetary home. Cataclysms of unimaginable ferocity have destroyed huge areas o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why is America so anxious?

2011-03-21 Thread John
They smoke pot, take drugs, and have access to the Red Light district in Amsterdam. Those should keep you off the anti-depressants. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Interesting interview with the author of a new book on anxiety in > America. I tend to agree with a

[FairfieldLife] The Wayseer Manifesto

2011-03-21 Thread Rick Archer
I haven't watched this yet, but it looks like something that would be of interest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDaiFfY78a4 &feature=related

[FairfieldLife] 24/7 News: The More You Watch, The Worse You Feel

2011-03-21 Thread Joe
Marty KaplanDirector, Norman Lear Center and Professor at the USC Annenberg School Posted: March 21, 2011 12:58 PM The More You Watch, the Worse You Feel As if the triple whammy of the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster weren't enough to enthrall and terrify us, the war in Libya

[FairfieldLife] How Dumb are We?

2011-03-21 Thread do.rflex
Quickie- How Dumb Are We? Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011 by Paddy [dumb]

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > They also did not ask for donations for Yagyas for Japan but > > stated that it will be funded by the Brahmananda Saraswathi > > Fund. > > I think that may be a misu

[FairfieldLife] THE NEW YORK TIMES >> Look Who’s Meditating Now ...

2011-03-21 Thread merlin
Look Who’s Meditating Now ...   “I literally had an idea drop into my brain the other day while I was meditating which I think is worth millions of dollars.”   RUSSEL BRAND       Mr. Brand, 35, speaking passionately and sincerely about the emotional solace he has found in Transcendenta

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vedic vegetable garden: 'Never tasted anything so full, alive, and vital'

2011-03-21 Thread Mike Dixon
Yeah, but I was MORE blissed out writing it... so there! From: Peter L Sutphen To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" Sent: Mon, March 21, 2011 6:26:59 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Vedic vegetable garden: 'Never tasted anything so full, alive, and vital'  

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Obama Bluffing?

2011-03-21 Thread Mike Dixon
aw shucks. From: feste37 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, March 20, 2011 4:39:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Obama Bluffing?   Hey Mike, she called you "honeybunch"! She must really like you. She doesn't call anyone else that. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Richard Chorley, RIP

2011-03-21 Thread jpgillam
Just learned today that Richard Chorley passed away April 2010. Maybe a few of you old-timers knew Richard. I met Richard when I was an undergrad at Maharishi International University and Richard was on the Council of Executive Governors, a graduate program in educational administration. A few

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Large Maharishi Yagyas being organized to provide urgent relief for Japan + message from Raja Hagelin, Konhaus, Kaplan and Prime Minister Dr Morris

2011-03-21 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:30 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Large Maharishi Yagyas being organized to provide urgent relief for Japan + message from Raja Ha

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > They also did not ask for donations for Yagyas for Japan but > stated that it will be funded by the Brahmananda Saraswathi > Fund. I think that may be a misunderstanding. Contributions *are* being solicited; they are being made *to* t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > I think what is said about yagyas is accurate, and they work as described, > but I also completely agree with Joe that 1) If the TMO wants to do a yagya > for Japan, it should just go ahead and do it, and 2) the TMO has always acted

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" > wrote: > > > > I think what is said about yagyas is accurate, and they work > > as described... > > "As described" in the text, or "as described" in the painting? > The former talks

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why is America so anxious?

2011-03-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > The fascinating thing is that many who most feel the need > to "be in control" in social and work situations, and who > become anxious if they are not, when asked about their > deepest beliefs, tend to express a belief in God or some > oth

[FairfieldLife] Re: Large Maharishi Yagyas being organized to provide urgent relief for Japan + message from Raja Hagelin, Konhaus, Kaplan and Prime Minister Dr Morris

2011-03-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > Yep, that is proly a general consensus of the meditating community and of > even a lot of TM TB'ers. Lot of people gone away over that too. The > TM-Rajas ought to deal with that forthright. > > -Buck Why, who cares what the so-call

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" > wrote: > > > > I think what is said about yagyas is accurate, and they work > > as described... > > "As described" in the text, or "as described" in the painting? > The former talks v

[FairfieldLife] Re: Large Maharishi Yagyas being organized to provide urgent relief for Japan + message from Raja Hagelin, Konhaus, Kaplan and Prime Minister Dr Morris

2011-03-21 Thread Joe
So it takes money to run an organization. What does that have to do with this attempt to collect funds for a "Maharishi Yagya" to help Japan? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > > Snip) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Various FFL personages wrote concerning Maharishi Yagyas and the situation in Japan: science, action and reaction, etc. i.e., karma and how to avoid... Dr Herbert Benson did a nifty scientific experiment under a large grant from the Templeton foundation a few years ago. This was a double-blin

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" wrote: > > I think what is said about yagyas is accurate, and they work > as described... "As described" in the text, or "as described" in the painting? The former talks vaguely about "science and technology," whereas the latter makes it clear th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic vegetable garden: 'Never tasted anything so full, alive, and vital'

2011-03-21 Thread whynotnow7
They desperately need some new advertising angles. Their ads always run the same way with a breathless quote by someone talking about how the latest and greatest from the TMO has changed their life/blissed them out/made them feel enlightened/etc. The claims are always so over the top that menta

[FairfieldLife] Re: The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread whynotnow7
I think what is said about yagyas is accurate, and they work as described, but I also completely agree with Joe that 1) If the TMO wants to do a yagya for Japan, it should just go ahead and do it, and 2) the TMO has always acted in a cavalier way with donated money and that has permanently damag

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vedic vegetable garden: 'Never tasted anything so full, alive, and vital'

2011-03-21 Thread Peter L Sutphen
I got so blissed out reading this Vedic post while facing east that I was like, wow, samadhi! Peter On Mar 19, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: > > > I'm curious, how does a *vedic* garden make a vegetable taste better? Is it > really the vegetable or is it the person eating it, that b

Re: [FairfieldLife] The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread Vaj
On Mar 21, 2011, at 7:37 AM, turquoiseb wrote: No, no, Joe. It's you who should get your head examined. Or at the very least get a checking. Don't you understand that yagyas, like TM, are based on SCIENCE? Yes, but I can a get my yagyas much cheaper from other sources or at my local Hin

[FairfieldLife] The science of TM yagyas, illustrated

2011-03-21 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > How do these idiots sleep at night? ("Idiots" includes those > who cooked it up and those moronic enough to send one cent > to this entity that collects and distributes funds without > even minimal levels of transparency.) > > You want to help

[FairfieldLife] Why is America so anxious?

2011-03-21 Thread turquoiseb
Interesting interview with the author of a new book on anxiety in America. I tend to agree with at least one of his suggested reasons why people become so anxious: perceived lack of control. That's the factor I see that makes people flock to panaceas and "pat answers" and bogus "predictive technolo

[FairfieldLife] Does creation imply a creator or God?

2011-03-21 Thread Ravi Yogi
The scripture Tripura Rahasya beautifully explain this with a simple statement - "action implies intelligence", hence a creator or god exists. "Scriptures also say that the Primal Cause is an intelligent principle, and we know that action always originates from an intelligent source alone." "The Wo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Large Maharishi Yagyas being organized to provide urgent relief for Japan + message from Raja Hagelin, Konhaus, Kaplan and Prime Minister Dr Morris

2011-03-21 Thread Ravi Yogi
> Well, it's hard to fill the shoes of this Master... > This Master, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Beatles Guru, Mystic, Spiritual Leader, Enlightened Being... > Whose going to fill those shoes? > > And money, well money is money, and it takes money to keep the whole thing going, doesn't it? > So, they

[FairfieldLife] Barry and the neo-advaitins - the reincarnations of Soonga?

2011-03-21 Thread Ravi Yogi
I bought a couple of books on divine mother for a dear friend - one of them is "Tripura Rahasya" which is actually a classic one on advaita vedanta. I'm totally enjoying reading this book. Tripura stands for three cities and Rahasya for secret, three cities here symbolizing the three states of wa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Large Maharishi Yagyas being organized to provide urgent relief for Japan + message from Raja Hagelin, Konhaus, Kaplan and Prime Minister Dr Morris

2011-03-21 Thread Robert
Snip) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > > Thanks for the clarification - I really don't know much about TMO, so I > > should keep my mouth shut. The only thing I know is with the > > disappearance of a master most of the organizations just become dead > > institutio