--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote:
These ex-TM people who spent a decade or less in the
TMO and then spend the rest of their lives coming to
terms with their cult indoctrination make me scratch
my head.
You're not a TRUE cultist until you've spent
at
http://www.octetort.com/2011/04/analysing-raikkonens-nascar-move.html
I can't wait for him to come in [the media center] and do an interview because
the one-word answers that you guys are going to get out of those questions is
going to be hilarious to watch. I might come in here for that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote:
These ex-TM people who spent a decade or less in the
TMO and then spend the rest of their lives coming to
terms with their cult indoctrination make me
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote:
These ex-TM people who spent a decade or less in the
TMO and then spend the rest of their lives coming to
terms with their cult indoctrination make
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote:
These ex-TM people who spent a decade or less in the
TMO and then spend the rest
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
As I suggested before, it's sorta like going to a
high school reunion and running into people for
whom high school was the high point of their lives.
You've got yer popular kids (those who became TM
teachers and worked for
Fwd from sherryle...@gmail.com
Hi Friends,
I am wanting to move from my present place of residence, and want to
know if anyone is aware of, or has, a room or two that I may rent,
maybe house sit. My preference is MSV, but would consider something
else if best to do. June 1st is the desired
On May 18, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote:
Perhaps a useful question is this: just how deep does the purity
of the teaching have to be to ensure that a meditator has a
correct experience of TM, or some other technique. From what
teachers told me, there seem to be two
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:27 AM, cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote:
http://www.octetort.com/2011/04/analysing-raikkonens-nascar-move.html
NASCAR. What a wonderful sport for FFL. Years and years of going around
in circles, wasting gas, polluting the air.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On May 18, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote:
Perhaps a useful question is this: just how deep does the
purity of the teaching have to be to ensure that a meditator
has a correct experience of TM, or some
On May 19, 2011, at 8:33 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On May 18, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote:
Perhaps a useful question is this: just how deep does the
purity of the teaching have to be to ensure that a meditator
--- On Thu, 5/19/11, turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Magical Puja Placebo
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 8:33 AM
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
Vaj vajradhatu@...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote:
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:27 AM, cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote:
http://www.octetort.com/2011/04/analysing-raikkonens-nascar-move.html
NASCAR. What a wonderful sport for FFL. Years and years of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@... wrote:
These ex-TM people who spent a decade or less in the TMO
and then spend the rest of their lives coming to terms
with their cult indoctrination make me scratch my head.
Coming to terms with it is exactly what they're
*not*
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
snip
You're not a TRUE cultist until you've spent
at least three decades in the cult.
Sorry Vaj, complete BS. The Universe does not require some authentic
transmission and lineage for self realization, or teaching. That imo is a
Buddhist Ego Trip. That is why US Buddhists are so ineffective, always fussing
with their made up credentials instead of making spiritual progress. To
It has nothing to do with your curiosity, about TM or cultism or anything
else. It's your psychological sadism, fueled by a desperate need to feel
superior to others, and marked by an extraordinary lack of self-knowledge.
That TM is just a convenient context for your sick behavior is made
Perhaps a useful question is this: just how
deep does the purity of the teaching have
to be to ensure that a meditator has a
correct experience of TM, or some other
technique...
Vaj:
The simple answer is it needs to be an intact
line with an appropriate delivery method. We
I think Barry and Vaj both have the mindset that if they are going to be
miserable, which they are, one, it can't be due to anything they are doing or
not doing, and two, if they are going to lead miserable lives, they will ensure
everyone else around them will too.
This idea that they are
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/19/keith-olbermann-on-letterman_n_864032.html
Like, obviously, Keith Olbermann, I just can't *wait*
for MSNBC to try to sue him for still using the name
Countdown.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius
anartaxius@ wrote:
I was not implying there are only two sides to this issue,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@
Vaj:
2. The puja Maharishi created is a hodge podge
of different goods, tacked onto one another...
It's the same puja performed by all the Dasanami
Sannyasins founded by the Adi Shankaracharya. I
heard this puja recited by the Shankaracharya of
Jyotirmath and at least three others including
Dude, haven't you figured out by now that the *you* you think you are is made
up too?? LOL, and as you say, Big Whoop.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On May 18, 2011, at 3:40 PM,
Vaj:
You cannot separate effects from those causes...
This is of course not a part of Indian metaphysics:
neither the Nyaya nor the Sankhya. All effects have
causes, but the cause is not always a part of the
effect, and sometimes the effect is not a part of
the cause. You need to get some
So, you are an Olbermann watcher - thought so. You
probably believe everything you see on TV. Go figure.
turquoiseb:
Like, obviously, Keith Olbermann, I just can't *wait*
for MSNBC to try to sue him for still using the name
Countdown.
As in 'crosshairs', 'target or 'bull's eye', for
Not a bad selection:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/18/may-21st-doomsday-songs_n_863869.html#s280638title=Tchaikovsky_1812_Overture
My contribution would be this one. No panic, no
hysterics, just a bottle of champagne and a cool
rooftop from which to watch it all go down with
someone you
Although, this song might be a better candidate for
Best End Of The World Folk Song. Katie Goodman of
Broad Comedy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdn3O6aaMNcfeature=player_embedded
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
Not a bad selection:
On May 19, 2011, at 6:09 AM, Dick Mays wrote:
Fwd from sherryle...@gmail.com
Hi Friends,
I am wanting to move from my present place of residence, and want to know if
anyone is aware of, or has, a room or two that I may rent, maybe house sit.
My preference is MSV, but would consider
How many people live in Vedic City? And is anybody still moving there? The
reason I ask is I get the feeling it was almost a fad to move and live there,
which has since waned considerably.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote:
On May 19, 2011, at 6:09 AM,
That's putting it mildly, Jim.
I think I heard there's about 250 there.
Several people went bankrupt building
expensive homes they couldn't pay for.
Last time I checked the Assessor's page~~
which I do regularly to keep up on my
snooping :)~~I think I counted over a
dozen homes which had been in
Olbermann is so full of himself. Talk about self-importance!
From the HuffPo piece:
At some point...it's occurred to me that the best place for
me to start doing the news...would be at a place that's just
in the news business and nothing else, he said. Just a
company that's just news and we
What does it mean when you pronounce everyone else
is a cultist while missing that you might have
issues, yourself...
turquoiseb:
What does it mean when current cultists feel the
need to portray former cultists who are honest
enough with themselves to realized they were a
part of
I can't believe nobody's posted this yet:
http://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg
What does anyone do for a living there anyway? Sell each other
insurance? Or do they go out and plow the back 40 every day?
On 05/19/2011 09:47 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
That's putting it mildly, Jim.
I think I heard there's about 250 there.
Several people went bankrupt building
expensive
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@...
wrote:
I can't believe nobody's posted this yet:
http://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg
Badgers may be mean, but pandas are real dicks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_nAAwlD3bk
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 1:12 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Honey Badger Don't Care
I can't believe nobody's posted this yet:
Om, which (?) version is more read-able:
Version I:
Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi
to produce more fully developed individuals, by developing the potential
of consciousnesswithin every student through a higher educational system
of
Just in case no one clicked on this, it's really funny,
and so is its creator, Katie Goodman. I enjoyed it so
much I Googled 'Broad Comedy' and found her website:
http://www.broadcomedy.com/
The videos on this site are some of the funniest stuff
I've seen in ages. I am SO a fan of Saving My
Not really sure, but I think a fair amount
are independently wealthy.
Sal
On May 19, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
What does anyone do for a living there anyway? Sell each other
insurance? Or do they go out and plow the back 40 every day?
On 05/19/2011 09:47 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote:
http://blog.inner-active.com/2011/05/is-microsoft-really-about-to-buy-nokia-for-over-80-billion/
It means Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 and its superior software/UI will now be
partnered, possibly exclusively, with the world's best mobile hardware. Yes,
say what you want about Symbian, but Nokia
A guru explains the nature of Shiva in scientific terms. I was looking for the
vedic version of the multiverse which would be Vishnu sleeping in the causal
ocean. But I got this surprising perspective.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePpFIea6cE8
I'd say Craig Pearson needs to edit that mission statement. As I
learned when a student at Maharishi International University, the
mission statement is different from the strategies employed to
pursue that mission, and the strategies are different from the
tactics followed to implement the
SBAL:
PRANA AND THE BEING
Prana is the expression of the manifesting Being. It is the tendency of
the unmanifested to manifest. It can be said to be the impulse of the
abstract absolute Being. The Being is the absolute existence of
unmanifested nature. Its tendency to vibrate and manifest is
I don't know where Doug gets these different versions from but the one that
actually appears is not bad at all:
About the University
Mission Statement of the University
Maharishi University of Management was founded in 1971 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
to fulfill the highest ideals of education.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote:
Sorry Vaj, complete BS. The Universe does not require some authentic
transmission and lineage for self realization, or teaching. That imo is a
Buddhist Ego Trip. That is why US Buddhists are so ineffective, always
I am not surprised. Honestly it just doesn't sound like any fun at all. And it
snows!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote:
That's putting it mildly, Jim.
I think I heard there's about 250 there.
Several people went bankrupt building
expensive homes they
Hello Vaj- I could not help but respond to your post #277247.
Why do you continually feel the need to act like an expert about things you
know nothing about.
You say we now know two things. We do not know anything. We do not know
that Guru dev never authorized MMY to teach. We do not
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
So therefore we have an untrained and unauthorized student with no
line of transmission using a made up, but very clever device to fool
the unwary and to promote his own cause(s).
Is that all?
The further fact that Mahesh's
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardnelson108 richardnelson108@...
wrote:
snip
You say we now know two things. We do not know anything.
Typical Vaj, to preface one of the innumerable rumors
he's gathered so eagerly, or just something he's made
up, with We know that... It's a standard
Not to mention that you can go there almost any
day at all, even on weekends, and not see one person
outside. I have no idea where they hang out
or what gives as far as that goes. And, since it's still
a new development, there's very few trees there as well.
I'm not even sure families with kids
On May 19, 2011, at 6:38 PM, richardnelson108 wrote:
Hello Vaj- I could not help but respond to your post #277247.
Why do you continually feel the need to act like an expert about things you
know nothing about.
You say we now know two things. We do not know anything. We do not
know
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On May 19, 2011, at 6:38 PM, richardnelson108 wrote:
Hello Vaj- I could not help but respond to your post #277247.
Why do you continually feel the need to act like an expert
about things you know nothing about.
You
A couple of assumptions I make:
1)Nobody other than MMY and GD know what their relationship was.
2)What GD wanted MMY to do or not to do is only known to them.
A couple of things I know:
1)For a murderous, con artist, MMY was certainly a blazing Ball of Brahman.
2)His non-functioning, useless
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote:
On May 19, 2011, at 6:38 PM, richardnelson108 wrote:
Hello Vaj- I could not help but respond to your post #277247.
Why do you continually feel the need to act like an expert about things you
know nothing about.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardnelson108 richardnelson108@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On May 19, 2011, at 6:38 PM, richardnelson108 wrote:
Hello Vaj- I could not help but respond to your post #277247.
Why do
Thanks Dude - very well put.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardnelson108 richardnelson108@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On May 19, 2011, at 6:38 PM, richardnelson108 wrote:
Hello Vaj- I could not help but respond to your
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote:
How many people live in Vedic City? And is anybody still moving there? The
reason I ask is I get the feeling it was almost a fad to move and live there,
which has since waned considerably.
Hi Jim,
The 2010 US Census
Thanks for the info Buck. The VC lifestyle sounds too specialized to attract
very many people. Yeah, I've seen the domes on the Google. Sounds like
Fairfield is a thriving place though. The Art Walk there reminds me of one
they've had for years in Santa Barbara along Cabrillo boulevard, next to
Dear Feste37, you and I are some of the only tru-believers here who would like
to see things work out for the movement. I hope they can succeed.
Now, both of us can read the movement stuff and be right with it and understand
what they are saying. But, I was taking a swing at reading it all
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote:
Thanks for the info Buck. The VC lifestyle sounds too specialized to attract
very many people. Yeah, I've seen the domes on the Google. Sounds like
Fairfield is a thriving place though.
Bevan lives out there in VC and
Richard,
Calm down and consider the facts long demonstrated here on FFL.
Vaj is a classic newsgroup troll ... someone whose only purpose is to
cause
everyone else to argue, to provoke readers to an emotional reaction
and
to disrupt normal on-topic discussion.
A concern troll is a false flag
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@
wrote:
I actually sometimes, when watching a sunrise imagine that
I am on a sphere, and the rotation of the Earth is bringing
me into view of
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P86w3jiXpHU/TN4Xv2bDPQI/Mqc/wLl96VxhZ1E/s1600/troll+2.jpg
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote:
Richard,
Calm down and consider the facts long demonstrated here on FFL.
Vaj is a classic newsgroup troll ... someone whose
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of emptybill
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:29 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Vaj- The Magical Puja Placebo
Richard,
Calm down and consider the facts long
I have to say, that in probably any court of law from Sudan to South
Carolina if Vaj were to make these points, the opposing attorney would
be saying objection your honor, this is speculation, or objection your
honor, this is heresay, and in nine out of ten cases the objection
would be sustained.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardnelson108
richardnelson108@... wrote:
And for those of us who have gotten something good out of what
Maharishi gave us and it changed our lives for the better...
SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY. YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT
Richard, I hate to say it, but I think
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardnelson108 richardnelson108@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On May 19, 2011, at 6:38 PM, richardnelson108 wrote:
Hello Vaj- I could not help but respond to your post #277247.
Why do
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
You can look on google earth.
I did, and on a little hill over looking VC, I saw a lone figure
sitting, with a thought bubble that said, One day. One day maybe
there're be a place for me here. It sort of looked like you
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardnelson108
richardnelson108@ wrote:
And for those of us who have gotten something good out of what
Maharishi gave us and it changed our lives for the better...
SHUT
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@...
wrote:
Nah. Richard called Vaj on two of his favorite lies. What's left?
Maharishi was a lecher? SOS.
I am concluding that Vaj is actually still a disciple of Maharishi.
Yes, I know the story told by Maharishi or Guru Dev about
Marvel and DC comic heroes in the Situation Room watching the Osama bin
Laden raid raises the question, why did they need Navy Seals to do the
takedown?
[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gPxf-pFqS6M/Tcp_Js9N7sI/AJA/s2Yr6oI2v\
Seems like the end of the world is upon us...?
But, what world is coming to an end?
Maybe it's the end of the 'Big Lie?'...
Perhaps its the time, when the light has gotten the upper hand...
And, the darknesses recedes on all sides, above and below...
A time of personal enlightenment, and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote:
Thanks for the info Buck. The VC lifestyle sounds too specialized to
attract very many people. Yeah, I've seen the domes on the Google.
Sounds
is Vaj really that infantile?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardnelson108
richardnelson108@ wrote:
And for those of us who have gotten something good out of what
Maharishi gave us and it changed our
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