[FairfieldLife] The Gospel of Judas

2012-04-27 Thread shainm307
If anyone has time, you should watch The Gospel of Judas on Netflix. It's interesting what the Villians role can be. As Jesus said, you will will be greater than the others Judas.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Remote TM checking - would Skype be effective?

2012-04-27 Thread Buck
Yep it also could be done remmotely by mere mortals using Skype. The procedure is mechanical. Two mortals could sit down apart and be hooked up and complete a meditation checking via skype in form and the procedure should work fine. Like any teacher/checker can sit at the front of a big

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Unified Field

2012-04-27 Thread Buck
While beauty and youth are in their full prime, And folly and fashion affect our whole time; Oh, let not the phantom our wishes engage; Let's live so in youth that we blush not in age. Early, my God, without delay I haste to seek Thy face; My thirsty spirit faints away Without Thy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mahamudra and Dzogchen: Thought-Free Wakefulness

2012-04-27 Thread Richard J. Williams
Vaj: Mahamudra and Dzogchen: Thought-Free Wakefulness Meditation is based on thinking. Thus, there's probably not a single person on the entire planet that doesn't meditate. We all pause at least once or twice a day to take stock of our own mental thought contents. And, we're all

[FairfieldLife] Re: The MindÂ’s Own Physician

2012-04-27 Thread Richard J. Williams
Anyone can practice anything 'mindfully', such as taking a walking or mopping the floor... Vaj: Get mopping then! First, you must sweep, then you can mop. Just sweep your mind free from all thoughts; when you do that, then work on eliminating your samskaras (built up karma)!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-27 Thread Richard J. Williams
It is entirely possible that TM will be found better on some measures, and mindfulness will be found better on some measures... turquoiseb: Mindfulness, not so much. It can be -- and has been, in many cases -- divorced from its spiritual back- ground and presented as just a simple

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mahamudra and Dzogchen: Thought-Free Wakefulness

2012-04-27 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: Yaoshan, the great master Hongdao, was sitting. A monk asked him, In steadfast sitting, what do you think? Yaoshan said, Think not thinking. The monk asked, How do you think not thinking? Yaoshan replied,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-27 Thread Richard J. Williams
azgrey: I'm not selling anything but more than anyone I have met in this incarnation I believe you would benefit from Mindfullness training... So, what would be the benefit of adding 'Mindfullness' to his program? Note to Lawson: Whatever you do, Lawson, do Not let your mind get full;

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-27 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, how many tools such as mantras and yantras do you think the average person needs in order to live the spiritual life? Vaj: I don't know - how many? I'll promise to write it down this time. Answer: It takes zero mantras and yantras in order to live the spiritual life. In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation Can Speed Up the Brain

2012-04-27 Thread Richard J. Williams
Have you ever taken formal instruction in Mindfulness meditation Lawson? Considered it? sparaig: My own belief and experience is that long-term TM practice automatically creates mindfulness, without the baggage... It might be a good time to review a little Indian history.

[FairfieldLife] Google outta the loop?

2012-04-27 Thread cardemaister
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-26/tech/31404858_1_google-and-android-app-store-amazon Amazon used the base layer of Android to build its own operating system and layered on links to its own services. Google doesn't have its app store or any of its services on the Kindle Fire.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mahamudra and Dzogchen: Thought-Free Wakefulness

2012-04-27 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@ wrote: Yaoshan, the great master Hongdao, was sitting. A monk asked him, In steadfast sitting, what do you think? Yaoshan said, Think not thinking.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mahamudra and Dzogchen: Thought-Free Wakefulness

2012-04-27 Thread martyboi
The world is as you areMMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: House Assholes Pass CISPA

2012-04-27 Thread ultrarishi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: We can hope that Obama DOES veto this law and just wasn't speaking through his hat. This bill is far worse than SOPA: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/26/5-ways-cispa-could-be-worse-than-sopa-for-internet-activists/

[FairfieldLife] The Dutch are not immune to dumbass conservatives

2012-04-27 Thread turquoiseb
As of May 1st, foreigners will no longer be able to buy weed in Dutch coffee shops. I report on this not because it affects me in any way, but because it's a perfect example of the dumbass conservative mindset that's fucking up the planet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17865151 The way

[FairfieldLife] Re: The invention of rounding

2012-04-27 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
While I have never seen it, I have read for years that in Zen, periods of meditation are interspersed with periods of walking, a practice called 'Kinhin'; the process of interleaving meditation with some form of activity has been around in this tradition for a long time. So a question to be

[FairfieldLife] Libertango

2012-04-27 Thread John
This is a clip from the European Jazz Trio. The pianist is playing some unusual chord voicings. Needless to say, he's using the rootless chords to let the bass player drive the bottom notes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK3NE8w1B-0feature=related