If you, like me, were unable to be in Puttaparthi for the seasonal festivities,
here are two reports :
New Years
http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/blissful-mother-inspirational-quotations/
Christmas
Always known as 'the spiritual Beatle', George Harrison earned further kudos
for his support of the Krishna movement and together with Ravi Shankar, created
a body of music to support that movement.
http://sathyasaimemories.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/old-video-of-sai-given-darshan/
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote:
On 12/31/2012 02:10 PM, card wrote:
This mightily reeks like some kinda Micro$oft
conspiracy:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/wireless/2422313011/ref=zg_tr_tab_t_tr
Microsoft has lots of money to hand out free
Just when you start thinking that no spiritual group can be more True
Believer and fanatical than the TMO, especially when it comes to
preserving the myth of its founder, along comes the Church of
$cientology to remind you that, as cults go, the TMO is a lightweight.
No south-facing entrances is
Freedom
Unboundedness
Self-Sufficiency
Bliss
Integrating
Self-Referral
Invincibility
Perfect Balance
Fully Awake
Within Itself
Total Potential
of Natural Law
Heaven
on
The Transcendental Meditation program, bringing the experience of
Transcendental Consciousness, pure consciousness, nourishes all areas of
life and purifies human awareness, rendering life worthy of reaching the
altar of Godone's own Godthrough one's own religion.
Just a reminder, cuz I don't want your enthusiasm for
the sport of TMO-bashing to land you on the Silent
Bench for a week. :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74 mjackson74@... wrote:
Are you kidding? The schism has already taken place - there
are former TM teachers all over
This was suggested almost 12 years ago [2001] and could certainly work today
[2013]:
Dear Fairfield Sidhas and Governors,
First, we would like to publicly apologize for ever having excluded from the
domes anyone who wanted to practice Maharishi's program there. We would like to
welcome
FW: 2013
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rickhome@... wrote:
I¹ve love to see a public announcement like the following from the
Department of the Development of Consciousness (the people who give out the
badges):
Dear Fairfield Sidhas and Governors,
First, we would
Reply to the examples below:
#6 - Doctor in Boone: My sister was engaged to one of the more prestigious
higher ups in TMO history (but they never married). While she was there, her
and my mom lived together. They told me of a doctor from somewhere out west, I
think Colarado or California,
The immediate urgent priority for national and world peace is to join the
Invincible America Assembly at MUM. Only 2000 meditators practicing meditation
in Fairfield/Maharishi Vedic City will bring security to America and defuse the
precarious escalation of conflict in the world.
-Buck in the
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39 Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
30 doctordumb...@rocketmail.com,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74 mjackson74@... wrote:
re-certification which in my opinion was one of the sleazier moves M ever
made -
Always touching when someone from outside the Movement has the best interest of
the TM-teachers at heart !
Anyway, the re-certification
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74 mjackson74@ wrote:
re-certification which in my opinion was one of the sleazier moves M ever
made -
Always touching when someone from outside the Movement
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount ffl.postcount@... wrote:
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39 Michael Jackson
Loving your optimism, Buck. Happiest of New Years to you and your family.
Off to Dome (-:
From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 6:00 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Hurt Community
9. Are these people SO weird that they don't even
*know* that they're weird?
No, they probably think that's the new normal. LoL!
http://www.illicitsnowboarding.com/2009/11/notorious-snowboarder-1-dr-f\
rederick_22.html
10. A guy in a suit sitting in a New York apartment wants
people to
But you're expecting them to swallow their pride and admit they are/were wrong.
Maharishi always taught that the enlightened don't do anything wrong, are
always right and all decisions are directed by Nature. You're asking them to
admit they aren't enlightened or in tune with the master. But
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74 mjackson74@... wrote:
Are you kidding? The schism has already taken place - there are former TM
teachers all over the place who either teach their own brand of meditation or
teach TM without the Movement and its re-certification which in my
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74 mjackson74@ wrote:
re-certification which in my opinion was one of the sleazier moves M ever
made -
Always touching when someone from outside the Movement
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote:
What do we know about what experiences are like in the absence of a
body that are not second hand descriptions from some other source? I
recall the actor Kirk Douglas being asked about experiences he had after
being in a
Well, if being dead is being enlightened and somehow a 'master' of it then this
man has succeeded. But I guess you can't fault the guy for trying, there are
certainly hordes of potential believers out there to convince, then and now. If
he was alive today I am sure FF would be on his list of
Feste37, My main bitch is that the promise was that we'd all get to be
psychologically healthy, wise, deep, good, righteous, just, positive,
supportive etc. etc. Jerry Seinfeld started off already accomplished -- he
simply cannot be used as an example.
I personally, if anything, after 30
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote:
Well, if being dead is being enlightened and somehow a
'master' of it then this man has succeeded. But I guess
you can't fault the guy for trying, there are certainly
hordes of potential believers out there to convince,
Mjackson740,
I think any intent is devolving, but if one is going to insist on being
one, (an individuality) then bhakti is probably a safe way to spend your
identity dollar. Ramana Maharshi says that the mantra must be accompanied by
the devotional substrate-dynamic, so I'm going to go with
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote:
Who were these white trash rednecks? Did these type of people have a
tendency to want to become TM teachers? What makes you think types like these
would never enter the Movement again due to the re-certification process?
Turq, thank you for compliment that I never would have been accepted as a
student of Mr. Lenz. I'm also sure we wouldn't have resonated (-:
From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 9:22 AM
Wonder no more. Shoot the sucker into space:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsDZbRankCs
Yay and thank you! Just as long as you don't think I'm as perfect as I think
you are. And yes, I'm sure you have quirks and flaws too (-:
Thanks too for Les Miz rec. My ex told me it's a real tear jerker and he's
pretty Aquarian, by which I mean unemotional. If he says it's a tear jerker, I
Hey Edg,
Nice post. I especially liked part
That is something I've never thought of. Now, at the risk of sounding
stupid, is this sort of the encapsulated version of Advaita. I've
never really understood it before, or had the motivation to try to
figure it out. But you've come up with such
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
Yay and thank you! Just as long as you don't think I'm as perfect
as I think you are. And yes, I'm sure you have quirks and flaws too
(-:
That's me, in spades!
Thanks too for Les Miz rec. My ex told me it's a real tear jerker
and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote:
What do we know about what experiences are like in the absence of a
body that are not second hand descriptions from some other source? I
recall the actor
Have you incorporated as yourself? I was in consulting, but wasn't a free
agent.
From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 7:28 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 2012 --
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my
family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share here,
starting with the picture here.
http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0090009/photos/73243621@N07/8332978823/
I spent major part of the evening
Xeno, I'm thoroughly enjoying the back and forth you're having with Edg. Thank
you both. I'm replying to 3 of your posts here, no particular order. Mostly
I'm commenting but have one question at the end.
I too appreciate Adyashanti's model of head, heart and gut. I'm thinking those
3
New post on Buddha at the Gas Pump
http://s.wordpress.com/i/emails/blavatar-default.png
http://batgap.com/?author=1
http://batgap.com/anita-moorjani/ 151. Anita Moorjani
by http://batgap.com/?author=1 Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote:
Well, if being dead is being enlightened and somehow a
'master' of it then this man has succeeded. But I guess
you can't fault the guy for trying,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@ wrote:
Who were these white trash rednecks? Did these type of people have a
tendency to want to become TM teachers? What makes you think types like
these
Nice pictures Ravi. Thanks for sharing. God Bless your Grandmother!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote:
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India
with my family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to
share here, starting
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote:
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my
family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share here,
starting with the picture here.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 wrote:
Hey Edg,
Nice post. I especially liked part
That is something I've never thought of. Now, at the risk of sounding
stupid, is this sort of the encapsulated version of Advaita. I've
never really understood it before, or had the
Edg,
Thank you for that. A lot to contemplate. And again, part
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 wrote:
Hey Edg,
Nice post. I especially liked part
That is something I've never thought of. Now, at the
Happy New Year, Ravi!! Why did you take a picture of the dandruff fighting
shampoo billboard though?? An allegory for purity in the New Year perhaps? ;-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote:
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing
On 01/01/2013 02:06 AM, card wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote:
On 12/31/2012 02:10 PM, card wrote:
This mightily reeks like some kinda Micro$oft
conspiracy:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/wireless/2422313011/ref=zg_tr_tab_t_tr
Microsoft has
California has over 900. I think in order to make a new law you need to
do away with two. America has too many laws and it is stifling things.
Happy New Year, 2013, to all! Wishes for peace, prosperity, love, harmony and
spiritual growth to everyone, and a continuing good natured ruckus here, as
usual!!
Cold and clear today - New Year's Day plans: Going to visit my father-in-law
with my wife later on, for lunch, and then have dinner
My new year's eve movie was Cosmopolis which I rented on DVD. This is
David Cronenberg's latest and I was not disappointed. It is loaded with
stars which as they liked to say in the making of extra which is BTW
as long as the movie itself which clocks in a 1 hour 50 minutes, they
will all
On 01/01/2013 08:21 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote:
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my
family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share here,
starting with the picture here.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote:
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with my
family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share here,
starting with the picture here.
Ravi, Happy New Year to you as well, and thank you for sharing these pictures!
It is so much fun to see a glimpse of other cultures and countries and
families. The very best to your entire family. Em.
From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com
To:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote:
My new year's eve movie was Cosmopolis which I rented on DVD.
Mine was a clean, ripped-from-Bluray copy of Cloud Atlas,
which was definitely an improvement from the first time I
saw it. Still a very challenging film, and still
They are one of the worst in terms of trashing and trying to destroy the lives
of people who leave the Cult. There was an article in the New Yorker last year
by a member of the inner circle who left that was fascinating, yet devastating
in what was evident between the lines. Katie Holmes did
Thanks Ann and Steve. My maternal grandmother is my only surviving grandparent
- though I wasn't attached to her it was hard to watch her but I did enjoy the
time I spent with her - she's been asking me to visit India for a while.
On Jan 1, 2013, at 10:21 PM, seventhray27
On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:29 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
On 01/01/2013 08:21 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote:
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with
my family - mother, sisters and their families - I have pictures to share
here, starting with the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote:
Xeno, I'm thoroughly enjoying the back and forth you're having with Edg.Â
Thank you both. I'm replying to 3 of your posts here, no particular order.Â
Mostly I'm commenting but have one question at the end.Â
I
Thanks dear Em - there's a dramatic contrast in the Indian culture now. I'm
surrounded by kids in this apartment complex and kids even as young as 8 spend
lot of time on Facebook and YouTube. My older sister was relating a hilarious
incident about how an 8 year old complained to her about her
Thanks Jim - wish you the same as well. That picture was shot by my
nephew, I included it because I liked it. My iPhone 5 - as you can
imagine is real attractive to the kids and they spend lot of time on it
:-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote:
Happy New Year,
Happy New Year Dr. !
How is it possible to be retired, I thought you were a youngish man ?
AND; still have the Jaguar ? :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote:
Happy New Year, 2013, to all! Wishes for peace, prosperity, love, harmony and
spiritual
On 01/01/2013 10:49 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote:
My new year's eve movie was Cosmopolis which I rented on DVD.
Mine was a clean, ripped-from-Bluray copy of Cloud Atlas,
which was definitely an improvement from the first time I
saw
On 01/01/2013 11:03 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote:
On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:29 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
On 01/01/2013 08:21 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote:
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in India with
my family - mother, sisters and their families - I have
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@
wrote:
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in
India with my family - mother, sisters and their families - I have
pictures to share here,
On Jan 2, 2013, at 1:30 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
On 01/01/2013 11:03 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote:
On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:29 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
On 01/01/2013 08:21 AM, Ravi Chivukula wrote:
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing
I went on my morning walk at the waterfront park. On the back half of
my walk I heard ambulance, police and fire sirens. Thought maybe
someone might have had a heart attack downtown. As I got closer to the
end of my walk I noted that the ambulance was actually at the entrance
of the park
I really like that photo of you with your grandmother Ravi - you do not look so
stern. It looks balmy there, with temperatures in the mid 70s to the mid 80s
°F. It is 35°F here, and will be 11°F (about -12°C) tomorrow morning. See,
I am a frozen human being no matter how you look at it.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@... wrote:
Yes you have talked about it before. Well Kerala's too humid whereas
Hyderabad is well inland. I vowed in 2007 after 3 trips and an 18 month stay
to not return to Ammachi's ashram in India again. I did enjoy
Ravi and his Grandmother
For those that did not click on the link in his email, or read his
email.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/8335547538/in/photostream/lightbox/
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/8335547538/in/photostream/lightbox/
Hmmm... wrong house system??
Such a blessing to behold her; so sweet to see him looking so happy.
From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 4:22 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Ravi and his Grandmother
Ravi and
On 01/01/2013 02:25 PM, card wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/8335547538/in/photostream/lightbox/
Hmmm... wrong house system??
You want whole house not Placidus. Your chart?
California is the epitome of the direction this country is going in. It has
the highest debt of any state, with a total of over 600 billion, and 1 out of
every 9 people are on food stamps.
The scary part about it is that a lot of people there are moving to other
states now. They are
Just more of the same ol' same ol' for me, although US Cellular did finally get
the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Galaxy S2. I can't say as
I've noticed any difference, but the upgrade was totally smooth. I didn't even
have to re-login to Google; it remembered my login and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.ravi@
wrote:
Happy New Year to everyone at FFL. I'm currently vacationing in
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote:
On 01/01/2013 02:25 PM, card wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@ wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/8335547538/in/photostream/lightbox/
Hmmm... wrong house system??
California has always led the rest of the country culturally, and I am sure we
will be in better shape economically soon, now that Jerry Brown is Governor,
again. One of the few true civil servants, that guy.
Also, the Republicans here are almost nonexistent politically (30% maybe), so
So where did you get that 600 billion figure? It was only 28 billion as
of last September. I'm just sitting here waiting for the place to
collapse and it ain't gonna be any better in any other state when that
happens or I will have neighbors I don't like or get along with. I
don't exactly
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39 Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
33 doctordumb...@rocketmail.com,
Thanks! I am 58, and did not plan to retire until 62, but the demands of life,
family, work, and all were becoming truly impossible, unsustainable. So on
the last Monday evening of November 2012, I built a spreadsheet using
reasonable assumptions, and saw that permanent retirement was
Ha! That was funny - Barry2 and I posted responses with an identical timestamp!
What I wanted to say too, is one thing that aids creativity is natural beauty,
and we have that amazing Pacific coastline here, the bays, the rivers,
estuaries, mountains, valleys, and it all seems to relax people.
Not to mention that housing prices are beginning rise again or recoup.
Also when I moved here 20 years ago the U-Haul guy was so happy to see
me because he now had another truck to rent to folks fleeing. It's a cycle.
On 01/01/2013 04:55 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
Ha! That was
Can you tell me the name of the movie director who is a Buddhist monk and film
director and I think interested in soccer? He made a lovely film about a young
man who left his village to go to America and had a long and slow trip of it
all. I can't find his name. Want to see more movies by
This guy, perhaps?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634897/
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote:
Can you tell me the name of the movie director who is a Buddhist monk and
film director and I think interested in soccer? He made a lovely film about
a young man who
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote:
¨
I feel really grateful for TM and all my time in it, and I was lucky enough
to manage grad school and a career a bit later. But I still get why
Below are two links to show the state debt is in the hundreds of billions, not
28 billion.
What you are probably doing is mistaking annual budget for total debt. Much
like people who spout that Clinton paid off the national debt and had a
surplus. Clinton never paid off any national debt,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote:
California has always led the rest of the country culturally, and I am sure
we will be in better shape economically soon, now that Jerry Brown is
Governor, again. One of the few true civil servants, that guy.
If
I've been here 20 years and so far, so good! I don't know what the guy from the
eastern part of the state is complaining about - Their property taxes are a
third of what mine are.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@...
wrote:
--- In
I saw it on the newsand i'm sure he's not complaining about something
irrelevant or imaginary, and property taxes aren't the only tax that exists.
My life is pretty good here in the United States for the last 20 years too, but
that doesn't prevent me from recognizing a disaster when I see
Yep, must've moved here around the same time you did (Nov.'93) - then things
waffled around for a few years, until they exploded and imploded within a span
of 3 or 4 years - The Bubble...
The cycle seems to work here, as tough as it is to adjust to, because each
cycle brings a significant wave
Well, nowhere else for me to go, so I will begin digging the shelter for the
apocalypse in my backyard, and in general fortifying the place. I have a van I
could turn into a Mad Max machine - weld on some extra steel plate, beef up the
suspension, bullet-proof glass all around, gun ports, and
Dear Dr.; there are actually also quite a lot of people here in Fairfield
invibed in these very same retirement values. Have Come about it in the same
way through the movement and meditating. Most meditators are spiritual and not
Rajas. Of course the monied people got all the attention over
2013
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote:
I was wondering how the original pre-TM citizens of Fairfield and Jefferson
county feel about it all.
Jack,
Great sociological question about
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