[FairfieldLife] Best analogy, or stuff??
One of the best analogies(?) of human levitation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyqOTJOJSoU Starting at ~ 2:20
[FairfieldLife] Cool tech....
Gotta get me some of these: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/video/2013/apr/01/guardian-goggles-video
[FairfieldLife] Re: Girish Varma accused of sexual harassment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreenv=Z1nu_8IQd78NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreenv=Z1nu_8IQd78NR=1 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Meditate,Worship the Unified Field. Seek beauty; Give service, Knowledge pursue. Be trustworthy ever, in all that you do. Hold fast onto health, And your work glorify, And you will be happy, in the law of the Unified Field. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: Yea, I finally got a chance to reread it as well, and I think it was an easy mistake to make on my part. Thanks for the acknowledgement. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote: Rereading my original post I can see how you would think I was referring to Girish - but I was referring to Marshy From: seventhray27 steve.sundur@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:17 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Girish Varma accused of sexual harassment  Bravo Michael! I was wondering when you'd get up to speed. Now let me make sure I have it straight. Bevan and the rest had to know what Girish was up to, and they aided and abetted all his alleged activities. You are speaking of this as though you have first hand knowledge of this. An is it okay for me to use the word alleged, or is that just some old fashioned western concept. And, would it be a bit of fallacy to declare that Maharishi was a typical male Hindu and therefore misogynisitic and therefore declare that he embraces all attributes you have in quotes, (without a clickable link I might add).  I cannot take issue with the fact that there are no woman in positions of authority in the TMO. I think that would be well to be remedied if the movement can survive, but to take that fact and therefore draw the conclusions you make I think is unwarranted, and a stretch. But let's be real. That is your usual method of operation. And may I anticipate your retort. To seventhray and all those who are in deep denial about the real TMO, there is little hope you can climb out of you naive perceptions. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote: I think you are looking through gold tinted glasses - Bevan and all the rest who were close to Marshy had to know what he was up to, they condoned and abetted his womanizing, lying and defrauding people financially, so in that sense they are good custodians of his legacy - they Girish is a Marshy student who learned the tricks of a fake master at his uncle's knee - its is just more of the same behavior - nothing else. There never have been and never will be women in positions of power in the TM Movement because Marshy was a misogynistic man with fairly typical male Hindu views of women (kitchen and bedroom), but don't believe me, let's see what some Indian women have to say on the matter: For Indians, girls are a burden; the desire for male progeny is as natural to us as breathing. We utter prayers, make vows, observe fasts, bow before this or that divinity all for the cherished, penis-laden offspring, all so that we may not remain childless or burdened with the debit side of the accountââ¬the girl child. For burden she isââ¬practically every Indian, in almost every single region of India, barring a few areas where matrilineal systems existââ¬must be familiar with the idea that a girl is ââ¬Åparaya dhan,ââ¬ï¿½Ã¢â¬the treasure of anotherââ¬â¢s home. Exiled at birth, she already belongs to her in-laws, who are her ââ¬Åtrueââ¬ï¿½ family. The word ââ¬Åtreasureââ¬ï¿½ should not fool us. We are commodities, chattel, goods. Why else would we have to pay a groomââ¬â¢s family for the favor of taking the girl child off our sinful hands? from this page: http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/8529 Sons are taught that they are a blessing to be cherished and that women are there to serve them however they please. This is only echoed in Bollywood films, which are regrettably romanticized by the west, in which male protagonists depict their sexual prowess by sexually harassing the principal female character into submission. In the world of Indian melodramas, a no will inevitably turn to a yes after a few song and dance routines in the rain, of course. Women have no ally in the legislature either, as every major political party has candidates that have been charged with crimes against women, ranging from domestic abuse to rape. Additionally, Indian jurisprudence sanctions a virginity test to determine the credibility of the victim's statement. In the test, a doctor inserts two fingers into the woman's vagina to
[FairfieldLife] Re: He Is Risen!
[FairfieldLife] Nisargadatta is brahma(n)??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iamthat_goethean.jpg It seems to me the devanaagarii text reads something like: ahaM brahmaasmi (brahma + asmi) Why ain't it translated as I am brahma(n)?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi how do you feel about reincarnation?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@... no_reply@... wrote: I am opposed to it. Another time (holding a flower): One carnation is enough. jantUnAM narajanma durlabhamataH pu.nstvaM tato vipratA tasmAdvaidikadharmamArgaparatA vidvattvamasmAtparam.h . AtmAnAtmavivechanaM svanubhavo brahmAtmanA sa.nsthitiH muktirno shatajanmakoTisukR^itaiH puNyairvinA labhyate .. 2.. - Shrii Shankara Bhagavatpaada, Viveka-cuuDaa-maNi
[FairfieldLife] Highlights from Jazz at Lincoln Center Benefit for David Lynch Foundation
Jazz legends Raise Funds to Bring TM to At-risk Children and Adults __ o __ First see this excellent clip: The highlights of this benefit fundraising http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=MYBWbGs9t18 ~ http://www.tm.org/blog/people/jazz-legends-raise-funds-to-bring-tm-to-at-risk-children-and-adults/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best analogy, or stuff??
Some online dealers selling pyrolytic graphite: http://www.kjmagnetics.com/ http://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kjmagnetics.com%2Fs\ ession_token=J_rssJN0_zwxXMMq4YX6FwYr2Jd8MTM2NDgyMjg1MUAxMzY0ODA4NDUx http://scitoys.com/ http://scitoys.com/ http://digikey.com http://digikey.com If you know any good sellers, message cardemaister?? [:D] .And do not forget to drink water water water w e r a t Maharishi Ved water(copyright)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5JvNeVZf50feature=youtube_gdata_player http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5JvNeVZf50feature=youtube_gdata_player\ Magnet moves water (diamagnetism) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FvWtEdY4sEfeature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FvWtEdY4sEfeature=related who wants to move me? [;)] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ww-AeKyBfU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ww-AeKyBfU --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: One of the best analogies(?) of human levitation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyqOTJOJSoU Starting at ~ 2:20 transcript: Greetings fellow nerds. Quick question. [dialogue on screen] Most of you will answer C and you wouldn't be wrong, after all in everyday life you'd notice nothing unusual about water and magnetism. But interestingly enough the correct answer is B) water is actually slightly repelled by a magnet. This anti-magnetic property is called diamagnetism. However the effect is extremely weak, that's why most people don't know it's there. To see it we need to build an extremely sensitive detector. Luckily, this is brutally simple. Just get a basin of water and then put into it a Styrofoam block. It's going to move around a lot but this is actually a good thing. The Styrofoam floats and because it's so light even the smallest force will push it around. So try and build this away from drafts and moving air and be careful that your own breathing doesn't disrupt it. The water helps to dampen any stray motion. Now get a test tube and fill it with water and push it into the center of the Styrofoam. This is the water we're actually going to measure, not the water in the basin. Now steady it and when it's still, get a strong neodymium magnet and hold it as close as possible to the tube without touching it. Whoops, I hit it there, let me steady it... Ok let me try it again. Slowly, but surely, it's moving away from the magnet. It's an extremely weak effect, but it's happening. A perceptive viewer will also ask about the glass, and yes the glass is also diamagnetic and also contributes to the repulsive effect. Now it doesn't matter the orientation of magnet, there is no north or south in a diamagnetic material, it will always be repelled by the magnet. Now this video was time-lapsed, it actually moves a lot slower than this, I'll show you the actual speed at the end of this video. Moving on, I'm going to show this special material called pyrolytic carbon. Sometimes called pyrolytic graphite, it's made by heating a hydrocarbon to decomposition temperature without oxygen. Pyrolytic carbon is much more diamagnetic than water, and it's pushed around quite easily. In fact, it can even support it's own weight. I have here four strong neodymium magnets arranged with the poles facing up but like poles on opposite corners. This creates a magnetic weak spot in the center where the pyrolytic carbon can be stably levitated. As you can see with this sheet of paper, there is nothing underneath. It doesn't matter what side it is, as said before, diamagnetic materials are always repelled by magnetic fields. Let me move the camera. As you can see the sheet is levitating about a millimeter off the magnets and a sheet a paper can be easily passed around it. Whoops. It can support of a small piece of tissue. Superconductors are even stronger and levitate higher than water or pyrolytic carbon but currently require very cold temperatures. Pyrolytic carbon however works at room temperature and can be easily purchased online. I've listed some sellers in the video description. So that's the amazing property of diamagnetism. Please subscribe, rate and comment. Alright, so this is the actual speed of the diamagnetic water experiment. As you can see it's really weak.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best analogy, or stuff??
Another way of lifting up? [:D] [http://www.globalcountry.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Weight-in-go\ ld.jpg] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: One of the best analogies(?) of human levitation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyqOTJOJSoU Starting at ~ 2:20
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi how do you feel about reincarnation?
let's help out here it's Easter Monday http://ajaytao2010.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/adi-shankaracharya-vivek\ -chudamani-with-translation.pdf http://ajaytao2010.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/adi-shankaracharya-vivek-\ chudamani-with-translation.pdf http://ajaytao2010.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/adi-shankaracharya-vivek\ -chudamani-with-translation.pdf --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@ no_reply@ wrote: I am opposed to it. Another time (holding a flower): One carnation is enough. jantUnAM narajanma durlabhamataH pu.nstvaM tato vipratA tasmAdvaidikadharmamArgaparatA vidvattvamasmAtparam.h . AtmAnAtmavivechanaM svanubhavo brahmAtmanA sa.nsthitiH muktirno shatajanmakoTisukR^itaiH puNyairvinA labhyate .. 2.. - Shrii Shankara Bhagavatpaada, Viveka-cuuDaa-maNi
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi how do you feel about reincarnation?
Besides the fact that this may or may not be an accurate translation, lets discuss its from a different angles of thought(a 'provocative' question involving both gender and caste ) on the fact that birth within a male body(note: Sri Ramana, for example, this work an omitted this statement about being born in a body ) seems to have more possibilities for spiritual growth (at least as long as one believes to be the body)as indicated in this classic work by Sri Shankara. Vivekachudamani seems to suggest a few criteria 1) one you have to be born in a human body ( which excludes plants /animals ) and in a man'sbody ( which excludes women) and finally a brahmin ( which on the face of it seems to suggest a Class connotation) OTOH The following references to Rishikas in Rigveda may be of interest http://www.advaitin.net/MayainVedas.pdf http://www.advaitin.net/MayainVedas.pdf In the olden days , Sanyasis were not allowed to cross the seven seas - it was considered an 'offense ' but now we have them traveling all over the world and giving spiritual discourses The wise sees no difference between happiness and misery, man and woman, fortune and misfortune. it is a man-making religion that we need , the older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness Swami Vivekananda In case of great Rishis the meaning follows their words! Normally a person thinks of the meaning first and then frames the sentence as per that meaning. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@ no_reply@ wrote: I am opposed to it. Another time (holding a flower): One carnation is enough. jantUnAM narajanma durlabhamataH pu.nstvaM tato vipratA tasmAdvaidikadharmamArgaparatA vidvattvamasmAtparam.h . AtmAnAtmavivechanaM svanubhavo brahmAtmanA sa.nsthitiH muktirno shatajanmakoTisukR^itaiH puNyairvinA labhyate .. 2.. - Shrii Shankara Bhagavatpaada, Viveka-cuuDaa-maNi
[FairfieldLife] Extend your senses with Google Nose
http://www.google.com/landing/nose/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Extend your senses with Google Nose
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: http://www.google.com/landing/nose/ Cool. You can get them combined with my Guardian glasses. It's a must. [300]
Re: [FairfieldLife] Nisargadatta is brahma(n)??
I am That Thou art That All this is That That alone is That is very jealous of Brahman? From: card cardemais...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 4:16 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Nisargadatta is brahma(n)?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iamthat_goethean.jpg It seems to me the devanaagarii text reads something like: ahaM brahmaasmi (brahma + asmi) Why ain't it translated as I am brahma(n)?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Extend your senses with Google Nose
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: http://www.google.com/landing/nose/ Cool. You can get them combined with my Guardian glasses. It's a must. Combine Google Nose with the new Google Maps Treasure Hunt feature (click the Treasure icon in the upper right on Google Maps) and you can not only find buried treasure, you can tell what the pirates who buried it smelled like.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Nisargadatta is brahma(n)??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoaNGsyHwpo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoaNGsyHwpo [http://konekrusoskronos.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/grand-mosque_thumb.\ jpg?w=1006h=683] --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: I am That Thou art That All this is That That alone is That is very jealous of Brahman? From: card cardemaister@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 4:16 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Nisargadatta is brahma(n)?? Â http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iamthat_goethean.jpg It seems to me the devanaagarii text reads something like: ahaM brahmaasmi (brahma + asmi) Why ain't it translated as I am brahma(n)?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Renewal
That little critter! Nothing says Happy Spring better, IMO. Thanks again, Judy. And I'm also enjoying your exchanges with paligap even though I don't comprehend them completely. Now and then I glimpse just enough to appreciate the intellectual rigor that permeates such writing. Last but not least, I do envy you and Doc your ability to understand Robin's writing. I find myself wondering why he chose to share his thoughts about turq with FFL at this time and why he chose to have that exchange with Curtis. I'd appreciate any thoughts you have on this topic. From: authfriend authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 7:45 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Renewal --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Thanks, Judy, sweet and perfect image for the end of Easter day. My pleasure. Sorry the second image didn't come through--it was of a week-old baby giraffe from a story in tne NYTimes. Here's the link if you want to have a look: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/nyregion/baby-giraffe-brings-attention-to-connecticut-animal-sanctuary.html?ref=us http://tinyurl.com/d6esp9o More pictures and videos--including of the little critter standing up for the first time--here: http://leozoo.org/endangered-rothschild-giraffe/ From: authfriend authfriend@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 4:51 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Renewal  http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/03/31/face-of-the-day-124/  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/nyregion/baby-giraffe-brings-attention-to-connecticut-animal-sanctuary.html  Â
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Nisargadatta is brahma(n)??
This and That, the ocean and the drop tsunamis of everything and nothing colliding Atman and Brahmin walking hand in hand From: merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 6:29 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Nisargadatta is brahma(n)?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoaNGsyHwpo --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: I am That Thou art That All this is That That alone is That is very jealous of Brahman? From: card cardemaister@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 4:16 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Nisargadatta is brahma(n)?? Â http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iamthat_goethean.jpg It seems to me the devanaagarii text reads something like: ahaM brahmaasmi (brahma + asmi) Why ain't it translated as I am brahma(n)?
[FairfieldLife] Feedback to the TM Movement
I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I don't remember his name. In casual conversation, told him I had not come from North Carolina to huff paint fumes. The next day, thinking the fumes would be better, I went to fly in the newly painted hall. It was better, but still not good. During the 10 a.m. experience time, Dr. Bevan Morris asked Dr. Doug Birx an introductory question, Is there a problem with the hall? I assumed that the trustee I had talked to called Dr. Morris. Dr. Birx stated no. Who could question the bliss emanating from this hall? he asked. He added that there were some problems, but they had been worked out. He completely dismissed the issue. Who knows why Dr. Birx moved us into a hall that could have sickened the whole men's flying group, but the result was they were exposed to toxic fumes for a week due to his decision. And when he was questioned about this, he did not admit a mistake had been made and remedy the situation by moving the sidhas to a safe space. Systemic Issues: The TM movement employs managers who are brilliant and well versed in the Vedas or special knowledge. However, this does not make them skilled managers. The problems that allowed this one example to unfold are systemic in the organization. People are good, and when good people make wrong decisions, it is usually due to responding to the stressors and structure of the system that is in place. I blame the systems under which they are managing, and the environment of not recognizing issues that should be addressed when they emerge. This one example reveals a lot about the dynamics of how the organization is managed. This dynamic is repeated a thousand fold up and down the organization, resulting in less than stellar results. No one holds the leadership accountable. And there is no mechanism in place for the rank and file to report problems, concerns, or issues. There is no mechanism for addressing problems. There is no
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Beautiful. Thanks for taking the time and having the courage to post this here. -Buck in the Dome --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@... wrote: I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I don't remember his name. In casual conversation, told him I had not come from North Carolina to huff paint fumes. The next day, thinking the fumes would be better, I went to fly in the newly painted hall. It was better, but still not good. During the 10 a.m. experience time, Dr. Bevan Morris asked Dr. Doug Birx an introductory question, Is there a problem with the hall? I assumed that the trustee I had talked to called Dr. Morris. Dr. Birx stated no. Who could question the bliss emanating from this hall? he asked. He added that there were some problems, but they had been worked out. He completely dismissed the issue. Who knows why Dr. Birx moved us into a hall that could have sickened the whole men's flying group, but the result was they were exposed to toxic fumes for a week due to his decision. And when he was questioned about this, he did not admit a mistake had been made and remedy the situation by moving the sidhas to a safe space. Systemic Issues: The TM movement employs managers who are brilliant and well versed in the Vedas or special knowledge. However, this does not make them skilled managers. The problems that allowed this one example to unfold are systemic in the organization. People are good, and when good people make wrong decisions, it is usually due to responding to the stressors and structure of the system that is in place. I blame the systems under which they are managing, and the environment of not recognizing issues that should be addressed when they emerge. This one example reveals a lot about the dynamics of how the organization is managed. This dynamic is repeated a thousand fold up and down the
[FairfieldLife] Re: Extend your senses with Google Nose
And, you can tell everyone about this combo by emailing them with Gmail Blue: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/introducing-gmail-blue.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: http://www.google.com/landing/nose/ Cool. You can get them combined with my Guardian glasses. It's a must. [300]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Beautiful. Thanks for taking the time and having the courage to post this here. -Buck in the Dome Ditto. In fact, worth saying again: *Beautiful*, Mr. Trowbridge. Perhaps it will be read by people with the ability to affect the changes of which you write. Doug, your last six words bothered me just a little. In what way? As in fearful of repercussions for expressing one's opinions? If so, do you really feel this way? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@ wrote: I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I don't remember his name. In casual conversation, told him I had not come from North Carolina to huff paint fumes. The next day, thinking the fumes would be better, I went to fly in the newly painted hall. It was better, but still not good. During the 10 a.m. experience time, Dr. Bevan Morris asked Dr. Doug Birx an introductory question, Is there a problem with the hall? I assumed that the trustee I had talked to called Dr. Morris. Dr. Birx stated no. Who could question the bliss emanating from this hall? he asked. He added that there were some problems, but they had been worked out. He completely dismissed the issue. Who knows why Dr. Birx moved us into a hall that could have sickened the whole men's flying group, but the result was they were exposed to toxic fumes for a week due to his decision. And when he was questioned about this, he did not admit a mistake had been made and remedy the situation by moving the sidhas to a safe space. Systemic Issues: The TM movement employs managers who are brilliant and well versed in the Vedas or special knowledge. However, this does not make them skilled managers. The problems that allowed this one example to unfold are systemic in
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
That's brilliantly put. I am wondering if you have sent this to anyone in the organization, since the wording of it suggests you are writing direct to the organization, not to the people in this Yahoo group. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@... wrote: I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I don't remember his name. In casual conversation, told him I had not come from North Carolina to huff paint fumes. The next day, thinking the fumes would be better, I went to fly in the newly painted hall. It was better, but still not good. During the 10 a.m. experience time, Dr. Bevan Morris asked Dr. Doug Birx an introductory question, Is there a problem with the hall? I assumed that the trustee I had talked to called Dr. Morris. Dr. Birx stated no. Who could question the bliss emanating from this hall? he asked. He added that there were some problems, but they had been worked out. He completely dismissed the issue. Who knows why Dr. Birx moved us into a hall that could have sickened the whole men's flying group, but the result was they were exposed to toxic fumes for a week due to his decision. And when he was questioned about this, he did not admit a mistake had been made and remedy the situation by moving the sidhas to a safe space. Systemic Issues: The TM movement employs managers who are brilliant and well versed in the Vedas or special knowledge. However, this does not make them skilled managers. The problems that allowed this one example to unfold are systemic in the organization. People are good, and when good people make wrong decisions, it is usually due to responding to the stressors and structure of the system that is in place. I blame the systems under which they are managing, and the environment of not recognizing issues that should be addressed when they emerge. This one example reveals a lot about
[FairfieldLife] TM Being Special
Some time ago I posed the question that if, as Marshy always claimed, TM is better, superior to all other meditations, how can that be so, what makes TM special? In addition to being reviled for supposedly setting up a condition which would allow me to take shots at the TMO, I was told that it was not the mantras that are successful, but rather the fantastic instruction on how to use said mantras. Complete horseshit. If that were the case, then you really could use any word as long as you used it the way Marshy told everyone to use his mantras. And we know that ain't right. The mantras are as good as any others but even you true believers have said the mantras are not superior to others, its the WAY they are used. But if its the instruction, then any word should do, so why have the mantras at all? So with TM being special, it has to either be the mantras or the way you use them or a combination - I don't see the instruction as being all that special - its not much different than other meditations including Deepak Chopra's Primordial Sound meditation and others where you are told to just not pay attention to thoughts and bring the awareness back to whatever when you notice you are on a thought. Thus we can see quite clearly that the idea that TM is a superior meditation, or as Marshy put it, the jet plane to enlightenment is complete nonsense, or to be more precise, a lie. Now of course if one believes Mark Landau, then one knows that mantras are repeated to actually receive the blessings of whatever goddess the sound is associated with - in other words its about doing a practice to git something, its about accrual of power, not transcending to gain enlightenment. Oh and Richard W, we all know the blabbity blab blab about all things TM coming from some Buddhist temple or other so no need to repeat it. And I was not setting up a situation to enable me to revile the Movement - I can do that all on my own. As I have said before, I am willing to believe anything, but not without evidence. Thus far, the evidence I have collected has shown me that Marshy was a liar, perhaps well intentioned in the beginning but soon after he left India he allowed himself to be seduced by the blandishments of the ego. The evidence I have also shows me that TM is a decent meditation, but no more special than anything else available and yet most of the claims made for it are false, such as enlightenment accruing from said practice and ability to fly etc, also all claims made of TM Sidhis are false (like world peace). The evidence is that TM has caused many problems on multiple levels for thousands of people, and that thousands of others have ceased the practice due to many reasons. Other evidence is that long term practice doesn't lead to any kind of superlative behavior as demonstrated by the TMO leaders and managers. Given the downside of TM, the evidence is that other meditations are far superior to TM since few of them have the kind of baggage that TM has.
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Renewal
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: (snip) Last but not least, I do envy you and Doc your ability to understand Robin's writing. No need; DrD and I have no special ability to understand Robin's writing. What we do have are an interest in what he has to say and a willingness to take the time to read his posts with attention. The only real barrier to understanding his writing is personal antagonism toward him. I find myself wondering why he chose to share his thoughts about turq with FFL at this time and why he chose to have that exchange with Curtis. You do? Really? I'd appreciate any thoughts you have on this topic. Since there's no mystery at all with regard to either question, my thoughts as to why you claim to have found yourself wondering about them is that it's a way of sneakily suggesting there was something somehow untoward about Robin choosing to share his thoughts about Barry with FFL at this time and about Robin's choosing to have that exchange with Curtis. If you will now choose to be straightforward as to why you think Robin should not have posted his thoughts about Barry or had that exchange with Curtis instead of pretending you're puzzled, perhaps we could have an honest discussion. You might also want to address why you chose to introduce the issue disingenuously. And while you're at it, you might want to think about your recent comments concerning holding grudges past the new year. After all, it's April now.
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Being Special
Michael, if you're going to bring this up again, and before reading responses from anyone willing to take the time, relax and open your mind to what you are about to read. No one here is trying to convince you of the efficacy of TM or convert you back to its practice. They're trying to help you move past this and find some peace in your life. More interpersed below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: Some time ago I posed the question that if, as Marshy always claimed, TM is better, superior to all other meditations, how can that be so, what makes TM special? In addition to being reviled for supposedly setting up a condition which would allow me to take shots at the TMO, I was told that it was not the mantras that are successful, but rather the fantastic instruction on how to use said mantras. Complete horseshit. If that were the case, then you really could use any word as long as you used it the way Marshy told everyone to use his mantras. And we know that ain't right. Sorry Michael, but your reasoning above doesn't make sense. The mantras used *aren't* special in that they're just meaningless sounds whose effects are known. They've been around and used for a long, long time. How do you get from that understanding that *any* word can be used? The effortless use of the mantra *is* what made TM different in the worldwide marketplace in the very beginning. There may have been other techniques just as effortless but this was the way that Maharishi chose to *market* his technique and he wasn't lying - it *is* effortless. Now there may be many techniques that advertise their effortlessness either from copying TM or the realization that it is a great marketing ploy. The mantras are as good as any others but even you true believers have said the mantras are not superior to others, its the WAY they are used. But if its the instruction, then any word should do, so why have the mantras at all? Again Michael, your reasoning doesn't make sense. Where is your bridge from mantras not superior to others (as in mantras I assume) to any word should do? So with TM being special, it has to either be the mantras or the way you use them or a combination - I don't see the instruction as being all that special - its not much different than other meditations including Deepak Chopra's Primordial Sound meditation and others where you are told to just not pay attention to thoughts and bring the awareness back to whatever when you notice you are on a thought. In the beginning, TM *was* different, and what made it different, its effortlessness, was copied by others. After all, Chopra was part of the TMO before he branched out on his own so doesn't it make sense that he would have incorporated what was best about TM into his own money-making endeavors? Other techniques may have been effortless also but they don't promote themselves as such. Thus we can see quite clearly that the idea that TM is a superior meditation, or as Marshy put it, the jet plane to enlightenment is complete nonsense, or to be more precise, a lie. I'm sure marketing to the general western masses has a lot of do with these claims. However different strokes for different folks as the saying goes. Now of course if one believes Mark Landau, then one knows that mantras are repeated to actually receive the blessings of whatever goddess the sound is associated with - in other words its about doing a practice to git something, its about accrual of power, not transcending to gain enlightenment. And why can't it be both? What's wrong with gitting something? Oh and Richard W, we all know the blabbity blab blab about all things TM coming from some Buddhist temple or other so no need to repeat it. Michael, the same could be said about your writing. And I was not setting up a situation to enable me to revile the Movement - I can do that all on my own. As I have said before, I am willing to believe anything, but not without evidence. No you're not, Michael. People have tried and what they've presented has fallen on deaf eyes. Of at least, a mind that wasn't open to other ways of thinking. I'm sorry to say this, but Michael, I'm beginning to sense that you're only interested in the dirt about anything that Maharishi and his movement has *ever* done (your recent request for stories about the Vedic Atoms was interpreted by me in this vein). And your thinking and/or belief that Maharishi and his movement did nothing whatsoever of benefit to thousands of people would be the greatest lie of all. Have you ever heard the expression throwing out the baby with the bathwater? Thus far, the evidence I have collected has shown me that Marshy was a liar, perhaps well intentioned in the beginning but soon after he left India he allowed himself to be seduced by the blandishments of the ego. The evidence I have also shows me that
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Being Special
LG, I was planning to make my own response to this post of Michael's, but I find you've made all the points I was going to make. Well done, thank you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 no_reply@... wrote: Michael, if you're going to bring this up again, and before reading responses from anyone willing to take the time, relax and open your mind to what you are about to read. No one here is trying to convince you of the efficacy of TM or convert you back to its practice. They're trying to help you move past this and find some peace in your life. More interpersed below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote: Some time ago I posed the question that if, as Marshy always claimed, TM is better, superior to all other meditations, how can that be so, what makes TM special? In addition to being reviled for supposedly setting up a condition which would allow me to take shots at the TMO, I was told that it was not the mantras that are successful, but rather the fantastic instruction on how to use said mantras. Complete horseshit. If that were the case, then you really could use any word as long as you used it the way Marshy told everyone to use his mantras. And we know that ain't right. Sorry Michael, but your reasoning above doesn't make sense. The mantras used *aren't* special in that they're just meaningless sounds whose effects are known. They've been around and used for a long, long time. How do you get from that understanding that *any* word can be used? The effortless use of the mantra *is* what made TM different in the worldwide marketplace in the very beginning. There may have been other techniques just as effortless but this was the way that Maharishi chose to *market* his technique and he wasn't lying - it *is* effortless. Now there may be many techniques that advertise their effortlessness either from copying TM or the realization that it is a great marketing ploy. The mantras are as good as any others but even you true believers have said the mantras are not superior to others, its the WAY they are used. But if its the instruction, then any word should do, so why have the mantras at all? Again Michael, your reasoning doesn't make sense. Where is your bridge from mantras not superior to others (as in mantras I assume) to any word should do? So with TM being special, it has to either be the mantras or the way you use them or a combination - I don't see the instruction as being all that special - its not much different than other meditations including Deepak Chopra's Primordial Sound meditation and others where you are told to just not pay attention to thoughts and bring the awareness back to whatever when you notice you are on a thought. In the beginning, TM *was* different, and what made it different, its effortlessness, was copied by others. After all, Chopra was part of the TMO before he branched out on his own so doesn't it make sense that he would have incorporated what was best about TM into his own money-making endeavors? Other techniques may have been effortless also but they don't promote themselves as such. Thus we can see quite clearly that the idea that TM is a superior meditation, or as Marshy put it, the jet plane to enlightenment is complete nonsense, or to be more precise, a lie. I'm sure marketing to the general western masses has a lot of do with these claims. However different strokes for different folks as the saying goes. Now of course if one believes Mark Landau, then one knows that mantras are repeated to actually receive the blessings of whatever goddess the sound is associated with - in other words its about doing a practice to git something, its about accrual of power, not transcending to gain enlightenment. And why can't it be both? What's wrong with gitting something? Oh and Richard W, we all know the blabbity blab blab about all things TM coming from some Buddhist temple or other so no need to repeat it. Michael, the same could be said about your writing. And I was not setting up a situation to enable me to revile the Movement - I can do that all on my own. As I have said before, I am willing to believe anything, but not without evidence. No you're not, Michael. People have tried and what they've presented has fallen on deaf eyes. Of at least, a mind that wasn't open to other ways of thinking. I'm sorry to say this, but Michael, I'm beginning to sense that you're only interested in the dirt about anything that Maharishi and his movement has *ever* done (your recent request for stories about the Vedic Atoms was interpreted by me in this vein). And your thinking and/or belief that Maharishi and his movement did nothing whatsoever of benefit to thousands of people would be the greatest lie of all. Have you ever
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Thanks Buck! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Beautiful. Thanks for taking the time and having the courage to post this here. -Buck in the Dome --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@ wrote: I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I don't remember his name. In casual conversation, told him I had not come from North Carolina to huff paint fumes. The next day, thinking the fumes would be better, I went to fly in the newly painted hall. It was better, but still not good. During the 10 a.m. experience time, Dr. Bevan Morris asked Dr. Doug Birx an introductory question, Is there a problem with the hall? I assumed that the trustee I had talked to called Dr. Morris. Dr. Birx stated no. Who could question the bliss emanating from this hall? he asked. He added that there were some problems, but they had been worked out. He completely dismissed the issue. Who knows why Dr. Birx moved us into a hall that could have sickened the whole men's flying group, but the result was they were exposed to toxic fumes for a week due to his decision. And when he was questioned about this, he did not admit a mistake had been made and remedy the situation by moving the sidhas to a safe space. Systemic Issues: The TM movement employs managers who are brilliant and well versed in the Vedas or special knowledge. However, this does not make them skilled managers. The problems that allowed this one example to unfold are systemic in the organization. People are good, and when good people make wrong decisions, it is usually due to responding to the stressors and structure of the system that is in place. I blame the systems under which they are managing, and the environment of not recognizing issues that should be addressed when
Re: [FairfieldLife] Feedback to the TM Movement
Mr. Trowbridge, it's always a pleasure to read such clear and reasonable and impassioned writing. Thank you for posting this here. I am sorry for your experience in 2007 and appreciate how you're attempting to bring good from it. I also LOVE the concept of a sentence or phrase that is used to guide every decision such as was used at Black Mountain Center. Will let my brain percolate on that with reference to contemporary TMO. I tend to think of negativity and or conflict like a cut on the finger. Good to give it as much attention as it needed to set up the conditions needed for healing. Then live life. The attention and healing conditions needed for a paper cut will probably be vastly different than that required for a finger caught in a car door and dangling by a tendon. From your last 2 paragraphs it sounds like, but I could be making a connection you do not intend, that the larger issue is such that it could be remedied by what you call a separation of Church and state. First, I'd be very interested to hear what you think the larger, hidden issues are. I think you are onto something here and have my own opinions, but welcome hearing ideas enriched as they would be by your unique and qualified perspective. And from at least one poster on FFL, I get the impression that there is a bit of the separation you suggest. At least as far as teaching TM is concerned. I'm not a TM teacher so cannot speak from experience about how this fairly recent set up is working. It sounds like one TMO leader is focused on purity of the teaching and another is focused getting the TM message out. Thanks again and I hope you will continue posting here. All the best, Share From: jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 7:25 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Feedback to the TM Movement I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
I sent this as an email to Dr. Hagelin, and have never heard a word. I forgot I wrote it, and thought maybe with a few people on this site it would ring a bell. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote: That's brilliantly put. I am wondering if you have sent this to anyone in the organization, since the wording of it suggests you are writing direct to the organization, not to the people in this Yahoo group. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@ wrote: I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I don't remember his name. In casual conversation, told him I had not come from North Carolina to huff paint fumes. The next day, thinking the fumes would be better, I went to fly in the newly painted hall. It was better, but still not good. During the 10 a.m. experience time, Dr. Bevan Morris asked Dr. Doug Birx an introductory question, Is there a problem with the hall? I assumed that the trustee I had talked to called Dr. Morris. Dr. Birx stated no. Who could question the bliss emanating from this hall? he asked. He added that there were some problems, but they had been worked out. He completely dismissed the issue. Who knows why Dr. Birx moved us into a hall that could have sickened the whole men's flying group, but the result was they were exposed to toxic fumes for a week due to his decision. And when he was questioned about this, he did not admit a mistake had been made and remedy the situation by moving the sidhas to a safe space. Systemic Issues: The TM movement employs managers who are brilliant and well versed in the Vedas or special knowledge. However, this does not make them skilled managers. The problems that allowed this one example to unfold are systemic in the organization. People are good, and when good people
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Thanks Sharelong60. I feel very strong about the beauty of the TM practice, and the widespread agreement among so many meditators, and TM teachers of weaknesses in the organization. Thanks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Mr. Trowbridge, it's always a pleasure to read such clear and reasonable and impassioned writing. Thank you for posting this here. I am sorry for your experience in 2007 and appreciate how you're attempting to bring good from it. I also LOVE the concept of a sentence or phrase that is used to guide every decision such as was used at Black Mountain Center. Will let my brain percolate on that with reference to contemporary TMO. I tend to think of negativity and or conflict like a cut on the finger. Good to give it as much attention as it needed to set up the conditions needed for healing. Then live life. The attention and healing conditions needed for a paper cut will probably be vastly different than that required for a finger caught in a car door and dangling by a tendon. From your last 2 paragraphs it sounds like, but I could be making a connection you do not intend, that the larger issue is such that it could be remedied by what you call a separation of Church and state. First, I'd be very interested to hear what you think the larger, hidden issues are. I think you are onto something here and have my own opinions, but welcome hearing ideas enriched as they would be by your unique and qualified perspective. And from at least one poster on FFL, I get the impression that there is a bit of the separation you suggest. At least as far as teaching TM is concerned. I'm not a TM teacher so cannot speak from experience about how this fairly recent set up is working. It sounds like one TMO leader is focused on purity of the teaching and another is focused getting the TM message out. Thanks again and I hope you will continue posting here. All the best, Share From: jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 7:25 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Feedback to the TM Movement  I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas
[FairfieldLife] Re: Renewal
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: (snip) Last but not least, I do envy you and Doc your ability to understand Robin's writing. No need; DrD and I have no special ability to understand Robin's writing. What we do have are an interest in what he has to say and a willingness to take the time to read his posts with attention. The only real barrier to understanding his writing is personal antagonism toward him. I find myself wondering why he chose to share his thoughts about turq with FFL at this time and why he chose to have that exchange with Curtis. You do? Really? I'd appreciate any thoughts you have on this topic. Since there's no mystery at all with regard to either question, my thoughts as to why you claim to have found yourself wondering about them is that it's a way of sneakily suggesting there was something somehow untoward about Robin choosing to share his thoughts about Barry with FFL at this time and about Robin's choosing to have that exchange with Curtis. If you will now choose to be straightforward as to why you think Robin should not have posted his thoughts about Barry or had that exchange with Curtis instead of pretending you're puzzled, perhaps we could have an honest discussion. You might also want to address why you chose to introduce the issue disingenuously. Good luck. And while you're at it, you might want to think about your recent comments concerning holding grudges past the new year. After all, it's April now.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
What's this? Problems in a perfect organisation? I thought nature was organising things for the TMO? If you can't trust the teaching that people meditating together spontaneously create harmony then what can you trust? My advice is to quit now before it's too late. The TMO is like it is because that's how Marshy wanted it to be. He chose the people in charge and trained them with everything they know. It isn't a democracy, it never was. I was told that if I didn't like it I knew where the door was. And that the TMO isn't there for my benefit, it's there to change the world. And they won't ever embrace transparency. It was a principle of Marshy that the people who didn't need to know things didn't find out about them. Can you imagine an honest statement about the situation with Marshy's family in India at the moment? You've got to be dreaming! That'd be like admitting that it's all a load of crap. They'll keep quiet about it and pray no one reads the Times of India. Or FFL. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@... wrote: I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I don't remember his name. In casual conversation, told him I had not come from North Carolina to huff paint fumes. The next day, thinking the fumes would be better, I went to fly in the newly painted hall. It was better, but still not good. During the 10 a.m. experience time, Dr. Bevan Morris asked Dr. Doug Birx an introductory question, Is there a problem with the hall? I assumed that the trustee I had talked to called Dr. Morris. Dr. Birx stated no. Who could question the bliss emanating from this hall? he asked. He added that there were some problems, but they had been worked out. He completely dismissed the issue. Who knows why Dr. Birx moved us into a hall that could have sickened the whole men's flying group, but the result was they were exposed to toxic fumes for a
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Renewal
I wrote those questions in order to better understand what and or who I don't understand, and to do so with as little reactivity on my part as possible. The only preconceived idea I have about Robin's motives is that he has said a few times, and here I will have to paraphrase, he has said that he likes to help people test their relationship to reality. I am assuming that that is why he wrote the analysis of turq and that is why he had an exchange with Curtis. I would like to understand more clearly if that is what is still motivating him. I asked your opinion because I think you understand him best. I hold no grudge towards Robin and I am glad he returned to FFL. From: authfriend authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Renewal --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: (snip) Last but not least, I do envy you and Doc your ability to understand Robin's writing. No need; DrD and I have no special ability to understand Robin's writing. What we do have are an interest in what he has to say and a willingness to take the time to read his posts with attention. The only real barrier to understanding his writing is personal antagonism toward him. I find myself wondering why he chose to share his thoughts about turq with FFL at this time and why he chose to have that exchange with Curtis. You do? Really? I'd appreciate any thoughts you have on this topic. Since there's no mystery at all with regard to either question, my thoughts as to why you claim to have found yourself wondering about them is that it's a way of sneakily suggesting there was something somehow untoward about Robin choosing to share his thoughts about Barry with FFL at this time and about Robin's choosing to have that exchange with Curtis. If you will now choose to be straightforward as to why you think Robin should not have posted his thoughts about Barry or had that exchange with Curtis instead of pretending you're puzzled, perhaps we could have an honest discussion. You might also want to address why you chose to introduce the issue disingenuously. And while you're at it, you might want to think about your recent comments concerning holding grudges past the new year. After all, it's April now.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Renewal
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: I wrote those questions in order to better understand what and or who I don't understand, and to do so with as little reactivity on my part as possible. The only preconceived idea I have about Robin's motives is that he has said a few times, and here I will have to paraphrase, he has said that he likes to help people test their relationship to reality. I am assuming that that is why he wrote the analysis of turq and that is why he had an exchange with Curtis. I would like to understand more clearly if that is what is still motivating him. Share, as I said, if you would be willing to be straightforward about your objections to Robin's posts, I might be willing to share my thoughts with you. I will not do so otherwise. You underestimate the degree to which it's possible to discern what you're really thinking from what you write. I asked your opinion because I think you understand him best. You have no need of my or anyone else's opinion. As I said, there is no mystery as to why he wrote the posts you cite. There's no mystery as to why you pretend otherwise either, although you've done your best to hide your thoughts. I hold no grudge towards Robin With as little reactivity on my part as possible. Uh-huh. Now, what would that reaction to his posts be that you're trying to keep from expressing? and I am glad he returned to FFL. Which is why you're asking *me* to explain why he wrote those posts. Uh-huh. From: authfriend authfriend@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Renewal  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: (snip) Last but not least, I do envy you and Doc your ability to understand Robin's writing. No need; DrD and I have no special ability to understand Robin's writing. What we do have are an interest in what he has to say and a willingness to take the time to read his posts with attention. The only real barrier to understanding his writing is personal antagonism toward him. I find myself wondering why he chose to share his thoughts about turq with FFL at this time and why he chose to have that exchange with Curtis. You do? Really? I'd appreciate any thoughts you have on this topic. Since there's no mystery at all with regard to either question, my thoughts as to why you claim to have found yourself wondering about them is that it's a way of sneakily suggesting there was something somehow untoward about Robin choosing to share his thoughts about Barry with FFL at this time and about Robin's choosing to have that exchange with Curtis. If you will now choose to be straightforward as to why you think Robin should not have posted his thoughts about Barry or had that exchange with Curtis instead of pretending you're puzzled, perhaps we could have an honest discussion. You might also want to address why you chose to introduce the issue disingenuously. And while you're at it, you might want to think about your recent comments concerning holding grudges past the new year. After all, it's April now.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Easter Today, The Christ Resurrected
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Xeno wrote: (snip) Who here wants their miserable little life to continue forever? You're sure it'll be just a continuation of your miserable little life forever, are you? Well, actually no. But I imagine some think of it this way. That somehow, if one lives forever, that will be better than the same thing lasting a short time. My point was that there are more ways of thinking of eternal life for the individual than as a continuation of one's miserable little life forever. Of course. There are many ways to imagine this. My question is 'does eternal life have anything to do with individuality?' If a person who thinks of themselves as an individual entity, a soul, entertains the idea of immortality, can they meaningfully conceive of eternity free of that conceptual model? You mean the conceptual model in which eternal life for the individual is just a continuation of one's miserable little life forever? Er, yes. That's what I was saying, you see, when I wrote, There are more ways of thinking... etc. The words 'Of course' were meant to acknowledge what you said. Yes, I know that. ??? That wasn't what I was addressing. I was asking what conceptual model you were talking about. If it was the continuation of one's miserable little life forever, I was puzzled because I had just addressed that, pointing out that it was hardly the only conceptual model available. One could also imagine having a very happy fulfilled life that one would also want to continue indefinitely. My point is, is it possible for a person who thinks of themselves as an individual entity to accurately visualise an eternal state that does not contain individuality as its centrepiece? That immortality, undeath, is not a function of some individuality surviving? Does 'eternal life' as it is called, even have a conceptual model that can underscore its nature? Since we don't know whether eternal life is a reality, much less what its nature would be if it is, one conceptual model is as good as another. My point is that the continuation of one's life, whether miserable or happy, is not the only possible way of conceptualizing eternal life, except in the most general sense: the maintenance of one's existence as oppposed to its extinction. Eternal life need not resemble one's earthly life at all. It may have no temporal component, or spatial component, for that matter. It may have no physical component. It may have no sensory component, at least as we know it. There may be no such thing as action as we know it. Individuality may be of a very different order. It's astonishing to me that anyone would expect eternal life to be just like one's present life, only forever. That strikes me as a truly massive failure of the imagination. I've been reading an amazing book by Carlos Eire titled A Very Brief History of Eternity. His discussion of the role that the concept of eternity played in the life of pre-Reformation Europe is spellbinding and revelatory. To refer to it as merely a concept in this context is to significantly understate the case. It may have had its disadvantages, but the spiritual richness bestowed by belief in eternity and eternal life during that period is incontestable. Did we lose more than we gained when Martin Luther appeared on the scene?
[FairfieldLife] Orange agni??
Is this real??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZp_q_7IExA
[FairfieldLife] Highlights from Jazz at Lincoln Center Benefit for David Lynch Foundation
Jazz legends Raise Funds to Bring TM to At-risk Children and Adults. Excellent five-minute clip of the highlights of this benefit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=MYBWbGs9t18 and the written form and the same video: http://www.tm.org/blog/people/jazz-legends-raise-funds-to-bring-tm-to-at-risk-children-and-adults/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Orange agni??
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: Is this real??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZp_q_7IExA No, but this is: http://youtu.be/DD5UKQggXTc
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Thanks John, beautiful post in it's positivity. And unique on this forum because you are one of perhaps only 5 posters here altogether that does TM regularily and have a non-agressive take on the TMO. So your idea of sending it here was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic, it will unfortunately only fuel more vile attacs on the TMO from the regulars here, most of whom have not done TM in decades. Aside from that it is impossible to disagree with you on any point, except for perhaps the most important; your idea that the The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. and reach the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. This is the goal. This is what the TM organization is about. This is a widespread misunderstanding due largely to being stuck in Maharishi's old thinking or having been exposed only to this timeframe of Maharishi's philosophy on video, strategies that were perfect until about 1985. As the Age of Enlightenment grew and became an irreversible process the old thinking based on the individual was replaced with the concern for groups, and ultimately the whole world. Already in 1980, after having prevented the WWII during the winther of 1979, Maharishi said From today no more meditators are necessary. Thus Maharishi's focus shifted and the TMO as we know it became in many ways obsolete, left unattended also by it's own Founder simply because it had no more function other than being the safekeeper of the purity of the teaching. No small task, but the real job of securing permanent world peace was given to the Rajas and the Vedic Pundits, a responsebility that remains theirs to this day. So my advice to you would be to stay calm and carry on. Continue with your beautiful programme, knowing that some obstacles like bad smell or bad food or whatever will be thown into the mix at regular intervals, they don't matter much. Forget about the mismanagement of the TMO, it is irrelevant for you. Forget that the TMO must become in better shape to save the world, they won't and their task isn't. Let them do their bit as you do yours, life is too short to waste on such small things. One last thing; please see as many as possible of Maharishi's newest tapes that are available on youtube. Perhaps what I've stated above will be clearer. Thank you again for your well meaning post. Jai Guru Dev
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: Thanks John, beautiful post in it's positivity. And unique on this forum because you are one of perhaps only 5 posters here altogether that does TM regularily and have a non-agressive take on the TMO. So your idea of sending it here was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic, it will unfortunately only fuel more vile attacs on the TMO from the regulars here, most of whom have not done TM in decades. Aside from that it is impossible to disagree with you on any point, except for perhaps the most important; your idea that the The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. and reach the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. This is the goal. This is what the TM organization is about. This is a widespread misunderstanding due largely to being stuck in Maharishi's old thinking or having been exposed only to this timeframe of Maharishi's philosophy on video, strategies that were perfect until about 1985. As the Age of Enlightenment grew and became an irreversible process the old thinking based on the individual was replaced with the concern for groups, and ultimately the whole world. Already in 1980, after having prevented the WWII during the winther of 1979, Maharishi said From today no more meditators are necessary. Thus Maharishi's focus shifted and the TMO as we know it became in many ways obsolete, left unattended also by it's own Founder simply because it had no more function other than being the safekeeper of the purity of the teaching. No small task, but the real job of securing permanent world peace was given to the Rajas and the Vedic Pundits, a responsebility that remains theirs to this day. So my advice to you would be to stay calm and carry on. Continue with your beautiful programme, knowing that some obstacles like bad smell or bad food or whatever will be thown into the mix at regular intervals, they don't matter much. Forget about the mismanagement of the TMO, it is irrelevant for you. Forget that the TMO must become in better shape to save the world, they won't and their task isn't. Let them do their bit as you do yours, life is too short to waste on such small things. One last thing; please see as many as possible of Maharishi's newest tapes that are available on youtube and are available here: http://www.youtube.com/user/maharishichannel Perhaps what I've stated above will be clearer. Thank you again for your well-meaning post. Jai Guru Dev
[FairfieldLife] Re: Extend your senses with Google Nose
April 1st. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four. - Mark Twain --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: And, you can tell everyone about this combo by emailing them with Gmail Blue: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/introducing-gmail-blue.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: http://www.google.com/landing/nose/ Cool. You can get them combined with my Guardian glasses. It's a must.
[FairfieldLife] File - FFL Acronyms
BC - Brahman Consciousness BN - Bliss Ninny or Bliss Nazi CC - Cosmic Consciousness GC - God Consciousness MMY - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi OTP - Off the Program - a phrase used in the TM movement meaning to do something (such as see another spiritual teacher) considered in violation of Maharishi's program. POV - Point of View SBS - Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, Maharishi's master SCI Science of Creative Intelligence SOC - State of Consciousness SSRS - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Pundit-ji) SV - Stpathya Ved (Vedic Architecture) TB - True Believer (in TM doctrines) TNB - True Non-Believer TMO - The Transcendental Meditation organization TTC TM Teacher Training Course UC - Unity Consciousness WYMS - World Youth Meditation Society later changed to World Youth Movement for the Science of Creative Intelligence was founded by Peter Hübner in Germany, as a national TM outlet competing with SIMS, Students International Meditation Society YMMV = Your Mileage may vary To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Thank you, a beautiful response, and I will carry on. I go by my own experiences. This has always been my guide, and my experiences daily have been magnificent. The program is pure gold. Thanks, --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Thanks John, beautiful post in it's positivity. And unique on this forum because you are one of perhaps only 5 posters here altogether that does TM regularily and have a non-agressive take on the TMO. So your idea of sending it here was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic, it will unfortunately only fuel more vile attacs on the TMO from the regulars here, most of whom have not done TM in decades. Aside from that it is impossible to disagree with you on any point, except for perhaps the most important; your idea that the The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. and reach the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. This is the goal. This is what the TM organization is about. This is a widespread misunderstanding due largely to being stuck in Maharishi's old thinking or having been exposed only to this timeframe of Maharishi's philosophy on video, strategies that were perfect until about 1985. As the Age of Enlightenment grew and became an irreversible process the old thinking based on the individual was replaced with the concern for groups, and ultimately the whole world. Already in 1980, after having prevented the WWII during the winther of 1979, Maharishi said From today no more meditators are necessary. Thus Maharishi's focus shifted and the TMO as we know it became in many ways obsolete, left unattended also by it's own Founder simply because it had no more function other than being the safekeeper of the purity of the teaching. No small task, but the real job of securing permanent world peace was given to the Rajas and the Vedic Pundits, a responsebility that remains theirs to this day. So my advice to you would be to stay calm and carry on. Continue with your beautiful programme, knowing that some obstacles like bad smell or bad food or whatever will be thown into the mix at regular intervals, they don't matter much. Forget about the mismanagement of the TMO, it is irrelevant for you. Forget that the TMO must become in better shape to save the world, they won't and their task isn't. Let them do their bit as you do yours, life is too short to waste on such small things. One last thing; please see as many as possible of Maharishi's newest tapes that are available on youtube and are available here: http://www.youtube.com/user/maharishichannel Perhaps what I've stated above will be clearer. Thank you again for your well-meaning post. Jai Guru Dev
[FairfieldLife] Free Man In Paris, v2.05
As much as I love the Netherlands, and spending time with my extended family there, it is *also* an utter delight to be back in Paris, and to be having dinner in a sidewalk cafe (covered and heated, of course, because it's still almost as cold here as it was there -- global colding, and all that), and enjoying both the food and the ambiance. The highlight of my time back home revolves around the time I get to spend with young 4-year-old Maya. We have a weekend routine, in which she comes downstairs in the mornings while the rest of the family gets to sleep in, and we watch Mayamovies together on my computer. This morning we watched the classic Disney Cinderella and a Winnie The Pooh movie, and the morning before we watched Despicable Me (always a delight) and a bunch of Nick Park's wonderful Wallace Gromit movies. We chat and do film crit all the way through them, which the other members of my family don't appreciate as much as Maya and I do, as they fear they'll never be able to take her to an actual movie theater because she'll want to talk about the movie all the way through it. My bad. :-) But anyway, back to here and now, and Paris. It's happy hour in this cafe/restaurant, and the crowd reflects this. At a table next to mine, there are three French women -- two from the traditional French gene pool, one clearly from a more Moroccan gene pool, and they are drinking coffees (2-for-the-price-of-one) and chatting amongst themselves quietly and with admirable French restraint. Across the terrace, however, sit a group of seven clearly American Girls. They're all in their early twenties, and my bet is that their daddies have paid for them to study abroad and they have just returned from their Easter vacations, and have gotten together here tonight to compare notes on their respective adventures, or the lack thereof. They are all taking advantage of the twofer happy hour discount to get tanked on cocktails, while smoking cigarettes the way that people in their early twenties smoke them, as if cigarettes are 'way cool and 'way French, and as if they won't kill them. In contrast to the French women, all of the American girls are talking FAR TOO LOUDLY, and far too animatedly. They've clearly been here in Paris long enough to have picked up the French habit of gesticulating madly while talking, but somehow when the French do it, it's cool and sexy, and when the American Girls do it, it...uh...isn't. Their conversations, which I cannot help but eavesdrop on even across the cafe because they're talking SO FUCKING LOUDLY, all seem to have to do with the guys they hooked up with while on vacation, and why none of them measured up to their fantasies. The French girls much nearer to me, whom I have to go out of my way to eavesdrop on because they're talking quietly, more like actual human beings talk, seem to be talking philosophy. Then again, they're just on their second cuppa coffee, not on their fourth or sixth set of happy hour cocktails. If there is a lesson to be drawn here in the difference between two cultures, I leave it to you to draw it...I'm just reporting on what I see and hear. Finally the END OF HAPPY HOUR arrives, and the American girls are out of here like shit through a goose. The French women remain, still talking (as far as I can tell) about Sartre and l'existentialisme. Go figure. Meanwhile the Moroccan cafe owner collects the glasses (many) and the tips (few) from the American Girls' table, and shrugs. He's clearly been in the biz for some time, and knows that some people are drawn to his cafe/restaurant only for the happy hour. Me, I was drawn back here because they serve an admirable magret de canard (duck breast) with gratin dauphinois et salade, and for a quite reasonable price. I also like the place because their house wine is good and their coffee is even better. Does that make me easy to please and possessed of low standards? Perhaps. Your call, which doth not affect me in the least. Some on this particlar forum (FFL) might not be satisfied with a good meal and entertaining cafe scenery. Judging from what they regularly post, they might only be satisfied with their evening out if they could characterize it as being SO SPIRITUAL, and reflective of the OH SO ADVANCED states of consciousness they claim to live in. Me, I'm easier to please. Good food, good wine, interesting people to watch and comment on, and I'm happy. No specialnessitudeness here, and none needed. Just everyday life, in everyday Paris. YMMV.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Kim Jung Un is Angry with Willy
I guess the Illuminati are also an aspect of the karma of the human race. Hey John, does jyotish do charts for cities? Would it be possible to know if Austin is really a likely target? From: John jr_...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 12:31 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Kim Jung Un is Angry with Willy Or from the Illuminati. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Or North Korea is taking orders from the US Military Industrial Complex. All kinds of money to be made with a big war and maybe setting off a nuke (false flag) in Austin would get the fearful American sheep to march in step to support a big war. On 03/29/2013 06:19 PM, John wrote: Kim Jong Un's actions don't fit with his ayurvedic body constitution. IMO, he's a puppet of the North Korean Army generals. He's a type that would prefer to eat than fight. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: So what did Willy do to piss off the Jong Un? http://www.kvue.com/news/NKorea-orders-rocket-prep-after-US-B-2-drill-200590371.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Paris, v2.05
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: As much as I love the Netherlands, and spending time with my extended family there, it is *also* an utter delight to be back in Paris, and to be having dinner in a sidewalk cafe (covered and heated, of course, because it's still almost as cold here as it was there -- global colding, and all that), and enjoying both the food and the ambiance. The highlight of my time back home revolves around the time I get to spend with young 4-year-old Maya. We have a weekend routine, in which she comes downstairs in the mornings while the rest of the family gets to sleep in, and we watch Mayamovies together on my computer. This morning we watched the classic Disney Cinderella and a Winnie The Pooh movie, and the morning before we watched Despicable Me (always a delight) and a bunch of Nick Park's wonderful Wallace Gromit movies. We chat and do film crit all the way through them, which the other members of my family don't appreciate as much as Maya and I do, as they fear they'll never be able to take her to an actual movie theater because she'll want to talk about the movie all the way through it. My bad. :-) But anyway, back to here and now, and Paris. It's happy hour in this cafe/restaurant, and the crowd reflects this. At a table next to mine, there are three French women -- two from the traditional French gene pool, one clearly from a more Moroccan gene pool, and they are drinking coffees (2-for-the-price-of-one) and chatting amongst themselves quietly and with admirable French restraint. Across the terrace, however, sit a group of seven clearly American Girls. You know, we should start a regular pool on how far Barry will get into his next vignette before he starts to rag on one of his favorite targets.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Paris, v2.05
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: As much as I love the Netherlands, and spending time with my extended family there, it is *also* an utter delight to be back in Paris, and to be having dinner in a sidewalk cafe (covered and heated, of course, because it's still almost as cold here as it was there -- global colding, and all that), and enjoying both the food and the ambiance. The highlight of my time back home revolves around the time I get to spend with young 4-year-old Maya. We have a weekend routine, in which she comes downstairs in the mornings while the rest of the family gets to sleep in, and we watch Mayamovies together on my computer. This morning we watched the classic Disney Cinderella and a Winnie The Pooh movie, and the morning before we watched Despicable Me (always a delight) and a bunch of Nick Park's wonderful Wallace Gromit movies. We chat and do film crit all the way through them, which the other members of my family don't appreciate as much as Maya and I do, as they fear they'll never be able to take her to an actual movie theater because she'll want to talk about the movie all the way through it. My bad. :-) It seems really fine, Barry, that at your stage in life you have the chance to love and help care for a young child. Nothing like it - you get to relive the wonder of childhood all over again! You have the time to do this and that is great. Maya is a lucky girl. BTW, I also love all the Wallace and Grommit movies, and especially the shorts that were done years ago. Did you see the one where the animals in a zoo talk about what their lives are like? Also, just a comment - and you know this is not antagonistic. I wonder why you wrote the last paragraph? Who cares if others are interested or not in your travels or in only posting spiritual things? It came across to me as if you are fishing around to push some buttons. What you wrote before was really of a different flavor altogether and stood on its own quite nicely. But anyway, back to here and now, and Paris. It's happy hour in this cafe/restaurant, and the crowd reflects this. At a table next to mine, there are three French women -- two from the traditional French gene pool, one clearly from a more Moroccan gene pool, and they are drinking coffees (2-for-the-price-of-one) and chatting amongst themselves quietly and with admirable French restraint. Across the terrace, however, sit a group of seven clearly American Girls. They're all in their early twenties, and my bet is that their daddies have paid for them to study abroad and they have just returned from their Easter vacations, and have gotten together here tonight to compare notes on their respective adventures, or the lack thereof. They are all taking advantage of the twofer happy hour discount to get tanked on cocktails, while smoking cigarettes the way that people in their early twenties smoke them, as if cigarettes are 'way cool and 'way French, and as if they won't kill them. In contrast to the French women, all of the American girls are talking FAR TOO LOUDLY, and far too animatedly. They've clearly been here in Paris long enough to have picked up the French habit of gesticulating madly while talking, but somehow when the French do it, it's cool and sexy, and when the American Girls do it, it...uh...isn't. Their conversations, which I cannot help but eavesdrop on even across the cafe because they're talking SO FUCKING LOUDLY, all seem to have to do with the guys they hooked up with while on vacation, and why none of them measured up to their fantasies. The French girls much nearer to me, whom I have to go out of my way to eavesdrop on because they're talking quietly, more like actual human beings talk, seem to be talking philosophy. Then again, they're just on their second cuppa coffee, not on their fourth or sixth set of happy hour cocktails. If there is a lesson to be drawn here in the difference between two cultures, I leave it to you to draw it...I'm just reporting on what I see and hear. Finally the END OF HAPPY HOUR arrives, and the American girls are out of here like shit through a goose. The French women remain, still talking (as far as I can tell) about Sartre and l'existentialisme. Go figure. Meanwhile the Moroccan cafe owner collects the glasses (many) and the tips (few) from the American Girls' table, and shrugs. He's clearly been in the biz for some time, and knows that some people are drawn to his cafe/restaurant only for the happy hour. Me, I was drawn back here because they serve an admirable magret de canard (duck breast) with gratin dauphinois et salade, and for a quite reasonable price. I also like the place because their house wine is good and their coffee is even better. Does that make me easy to please and possessed of low standards? Perhaps. Your call, which doth not affect me in the least. Some on this particlar forum
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Paris, v2.05
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: It seems really fine, Barry, that at your stage in life you have the chance to love and help care for a young child. Nothing like it - you get to relive the wonder of childhood all over again! You have the time to do this and that is great. Maya is a lucky girl. BTW, I also love all the Wallace and Grommit movies, and especially the shorts that were done years ago. Did you see the one where the animals in a zoo talk about what their lives are like? Also, just a comment - and you know this is not antagonistic. Nor do I take it as such. Merely as an opportunity... I wonder why you wrote the last paragraph? Who cares if others are interested or not in your travels or in only posting spiritual things? It came across to me as if you are fishing around to push some buttons. What you wrote before was really of a different flavor altogether and stood on its own quite nicely. Go back and read what I wrote. Did I mention anyone by name? If anyone reacts -- or more accurately, given this forum, overreacts -- to what I wrote, it seems to me that they are projecting their *own* self-importance and narcissism into what I wrote. I wrote generically. Those who react as if they had been personally insulted have responded almost as if -- almost -- their own sense of self-importance leads them to believe that what I wrote was ALL ABOUT THEM. If that's the way they feel they have to react to a generic and non-specific rap, so be it. Me, I was just rappin'...
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Jesus Nabby you are so full of it - you think Marshy prevented WWIII??? Who told you, Benji Creme? Hundreds of people in the Domes can't even prevent murders right on campus. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 3:28 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement Thanks John, beautiful post in it's positivity. And unique on this forum because you are one of perhaps only 5 posters here altogether that does TM regularily and have a non-agressive take on the TMO. So your idea of sending it here was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic, it will unfortunately only fuel more vile attacs on the TMO from the regulars here, most of whom have not done TM in decades. Aside from that it is impossible to disagree with you on any point, except for perhaps the most important; your idea that the The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. and reach the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. This is the goal. This is what the TM organization is about. This is a widespread misunderstanding due largely to being stuck in Maharishi's old thinking or having been exposed only to this timeframe of Maharishi's philosophy on video, strategies that were perfect until about 1985. As the Age of Enlightenment grew and became an irreversible process the old thinking based on the individual was replaced with the concern for groups, and ultimately the whole world. Already in 1980, after having prevented the WWII during the winther of 1979, Maharishi said From today no more meditators are necessary. Thus Maharishi's focus shifted and the TMO as we know it became in many ways obsolete, left unattended also by it's own Founder simply because it had no more function other than being the safekeeper of the purity of the teaching. No small task, but the real job of securing permanent world peace was given to the Rajas and the Vedic Pundits, a responsebility that remains theirs to this day. So my advice to you would be to stay calm and carry on. Continue with your beautiful programme, knowing that some obstacles like bad smell or bad food or whatever will be thown into the mix at regular intervals, they don't matter much. Forget about the mismanagement of the TMO, it is irrelevant for you. Forget that the TMO must become in better shape to save the world, they won't and their task isn't. Let them do their bit as you do yours, life is too short to waste on such small things. One last thing; please see as many as possible of Maharishi's newest tapes that are available on youtube. Perhaps what I've stated above will be clearer. Thank you again for your well meaning post. Jai Guru Dev
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Amen! From: salyavin808 fintlewoodle...@mail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 11:35 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement What's this? Problems in a perfect organisation? I thought nature was organising things for the TMO? If you can't trust the teaching that people meditating together spontaneously create harmony then what can you trust? My advice is to quit now before it's too late. The TMO is like it is because that's how Marshy wanted it to be. He chose the people in charge and trained them with everything they know. It isn't a democracy, it never was. I was told that if I didn't like it I knew where the door was. And that the TMO isn't there for my benefit, it's there to change the world. And they won't ever embrace transparency. It was a principle of Marshy that the people who didn't need to know things didn't find out about them. Can you imagine an honest statement about the situation with Marshy's family in India at the moment? You've got to be dreaming! That'd be like admitting that it's all a load of crap. They'll keep quiet about it and pray no one reads the Times of India. Or FFL. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@... wrote: I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I don't remember his name. In casual conversation, told him I had not come from North Carolina to huff paint fumes. The next day, thinking the fumes would be better, I went to fly in the newly painted hall. It was better, but still not good. During the 10 a.m. experience time, Dr. Bevan Morris asked Dr. Doug Birx an introductory question, Is there a problem with the hall? I assumed that the trustee I had talked to called Dr. Morris. Dr. Birx stated no. Who could question the bliss emanating from this hall? he asked. He added that there were some problems, but they had
Re: [FairfieldLife] Feedback to the TM Movement
The TMO has a sentence that guides all things - Give us more money, keep your heads down, don't question what we do and keep them checks coming, and know that something gd is happening!!! From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Feedback to the TM Movement Mr. Trowbridge, it's always a pleasure to read such clear and reasonable and impassioned writing. Thank you for posting this here. I am sorry for your experience in 2007 and appreciate how you're attempting to bring good from it. I also LOVE the concept of a sentence or phrase that is used to guide every decision such as was used at Black Mountain Center. Will let my brain percolate on that with reference to contemporary TMO. I tend to think of negativity and or conflict like a cut on the finger. Good to give it as much attention as it needed to set up the conditions needed for healing. Then live life. The attention and healing conditions needed for a paper cut will probably be vastly different than that required for a finger caught in a car door and dangling by a tendon. From your last 2 paragraphs it sounds like, but I could be making a connection you do not intend, that the larger issue is such that it could be remedied by what you call a separation of Church and state. First, I'd be very interested to hear what you think the larger, hidden issues are. I think you are onto something here and have my own opinions, but welcome hearing ideas enriched as they would be by your unique and qualified perspective. And from at least one poster on FFL, I get the impression that there is a bit of the separation you suggest. At least as far as teaching TM is concerned. I'm not a TM teacher so cannot speak from experience about how this fairly recent set up is working. It sounds like one TMO leader is focused on purity of the teaching and another is focused getting the TM message out. Thanks again and I hope you will continue posting here. All the best, Share From: jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 7:25 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Feedback to the TM Movement I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely
[FairfieldLife] to Remember at Easter
It is good at Easter to remember the one who swallowed the poison, died for the sins of the world and resurrected himself over the course of a year by the reverberations of the Veda within himself, not minding or complaining at all. Jai Maharishi! The attending physician felt that Maharishi was clinically dead. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/the-maharishi-years-the-u_b_86412.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Kim Jung Un is Angry with Willy
Share, Kim Jong Un just threatened the USA with a nuclear attack. This is due to the transits of Saturn and Rahu in Libra, which is the 8th house of death from Pisces, the homeland of the USA chart. Understandably, that threat is enough for Obama to send B-2 bombers and F-22 jet fighters to South Korea for protection. Aside from the US combat troops in South Korea, I'm sure a Navy carrier in the Pacific is standing by for possible action. Also, it would be safe to assume that the US nuclear submarines have already programmed their nuclear missiles on key cities in North Korea. In short, Kim Jong Un has no leg to stand on. His belligerent and erratic actions only show that he is unstable mentally, which is shown in his birth chart. He should realize that his army is not well fed to sustain a long protracted war. Further, his nuclear missiles are also not strong enough to reach the US mainland. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: I guess the Illuminati are also an aspect of the karma of the human race. Hey John, does jyotish do charts for cities? Would it be possible to know if Austin is really a likely target? From: John jr_esq@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 12:31 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Kim Jung Un is Angry with Willy  Or from the Illuminati. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Or North Korea is taking orders from the US Military Industrial Complex. All kinds of money to be made with a big war and maybe setting off a nuke (false flag) in Austin would get the fearful American sheep to march in step to support a big war. On 03/29/2013 06:19 PM, John wrote: Kim Jong Un's actions don't fit with his ayurvedic body constitution. IMO, he's a puppet of the North Korean Army generals. He's a type that would prefer to eat than fight. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: So what did Willy do to piss off the Jong Un? http://www.kvue.com/news/NKorea-orders-rocket-prep-after-US-B-2-drill-200590371.html
[FairfieldLife] Hey Buck!
Buck, I did a bunch of yard work today and my shoulder/back is pretty sore, so while I was waiting for my daughter and her mother to get back from a few errands so we could watch Warehouse 13, I decided to do my entire TM Sidhi program, minus the flying - it was pretty good, energywise, I even had the idea that I was in the Dome and I swear the energy got... well more something, let's say higher or brighter - could be a fantasy of course. I still despise Marshy, the TMO and hope Nabby, Feste, SeventhRay, and Dr DUmmy will get on that ship to Mars, but I just thought you might like to know I did TM Sidhi today. Yer Pal, MJ
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Paris, v2.05
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: It seems really fine, Barry, that at your stage in life you have the chance to love and help care for a young child. Nothing like it - you get to relive the wonder of childhood all over again! You have the time to do this and that is great. Maya is a lucky girl. BTW, I also love all the Wallace and Grommit movies, and especially the shorts that were done years ago. Did you see the one where the animals in a zoo talk about what their lives are like? Also, just a comment - and you know this is not antagonistic. Nor do I take it as such. Merely as an opportunity... I wonder why you wrote the last paragraph? Who cares if others are interested or not in your travels or in only posting spiritual things? It came across to me as if you are fishing around to push some buttons. What you wrote before was really of a different flavor altogether and stood on its own quite nicely. Go back and read what I wrote. Did I mention anyone by name? If anyone reacts -- or more accurately, given this forum, overreacts -- to what I wrote, it seems to me that they are projecting their *own* self-importance and narcissism into what I wrote. I wrote generically. Those who react as if they had been personally insulted have responded almost as if -- almost -- their own sense of self-importance leads them to believe that what I wrote was ALL ABOUT THEM. PSSST, Barry, Susan was the only one who reacted to that paragraph. And she's one of your biggest fans (of the few you have left). Ooopsie! If that's the way they feel they have to react to a generic and non-specific rap, so be it. Me, I was just rappin'...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
I too really enjoyed your post, Mr Trowbridge. It was genuine and so right on. Loved your points about conflict. In the name of being positive, so much has been overlooked, not dealt with, and repressed. At every level. And for those whose very livelihood revolved around all this for some years, it took a real toll. The frustration of trying to get a problem dealt with was incredible - because the person was considered to be unstressing or negative. A really unhealthy system evolved. Anyway, you said it all so well and I thank you for that. I suspect that in posting it here on FFL, it will be read by the people you are talking to. My guess is that the big issue on the inside is whether to try and mimic exactly how MMY ran the TMO or whether to modify that so as to appeal to more people. Not modify the teaching, but the organization, how it is run, the way rules are enforced, how to handle conflict. I think a lot will depend on how that unfolds now and in the next decade as Bevan and John and the rajas begin to retire. Not that the TMO needs to become a corporate place, but it is all so very fuzzy and odd and seemingly going to end with our generation unless things change. Too much garbage being dragged along to interest the younger generation. But TM is pure gold for you? Lucky guy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@... wrote: Thank you, a beautiful response, and I will carry on. I go by my own experiences. This has always been my guide, and my experiences daily have been magnificent. The program is pure gold. Thanks, --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Thanks John, beautiful post in it's positivity. And unique on this forum because you are one of perhaps only 5 posters here altogether that does TM regularily and have a non-agressive take on the TMO. So your idea of sending it here was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic, it will unfortunately only fuel more vile attacs on the TMO from the regulars here, most of whom have not done TM in decades. Aside from that it is impossible to disagree with you on any point, except for perhaps the most important; your idea that the The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. and reach the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. This is the goal. This is what the TM organization is about. This is a widespread misunderstanding due largely to being stuck in Maharishi's old thinking or having been exposed only to this timeframe of Maharishi's philosophy on video, strategies that were perfect until about 1985. As the Age of Enlightenment grew and became an irreversible process the old thinking based on the individual was replaced with the concern for groups, and ultimately the whole world. Already in 1980, after having prevented the WWII during the winther of 1979, Maharishi said From today no more meditators are necessary. Thus Maharishi's focus shifted and the TMO as we know it became in many ways obsolete, left unattended also by it's own Founder simply because it had no more function other than being the safekeeper of the purity of the teaching. No small task, but the real job of securing permanent world peace was given to the Rajas and the Vedic Pundits, a responsebility that remains theirs to this day. So my advice to you would be to stay calm and carry on. Continue with your beautiful programme, knowing that some obstacles like bad smell or bad food or whatever will be thown into the mix at regular intervals, they don't matter much. Forget about the mismanagement of the TMO, it is irrelevant for you. Forget that the TMO must become in better shape to save the world, they won't and their task isn't. Let them do their bit as you do yours, life is too short to waste on such small things. One last thing; please see as many as possible of Maharishi's newest tapes that are available on youtube and are available here: http://www.youtube.com/user/maharishichannel Perhaps what I've stated above will be clearer. Thank you again for your well-meaning post. Jai Guru Dev
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Thank-you for your taking the time to address these thoughts to Raja Hagelin. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@... wrote: I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I don't remember his name. In casual conversation, told him I had not come from North Carolina to huff paint fumes. The next day, thinking the fumes would be better, I went to fly in the newly painted hall. It was better, but still not good. During the 10 a.m. experience time, Dr. Bevan Morris asked Dr. Doug Birx an introductory question, Is there a problem with the hall? I assumed that the trustee I had talked to called Dr. Morris. Dr. Birx stated no. Who could question the bliss emanating from this hall? he asked. He added that there were some problems, but they had been worked out. He completely dismissed the issue. Who knows why Dr. Birx moved us into a hall that could have sickened the whole men's flying group, but the result was they were exposed to toxic fumes for a week due to his decision. And when he was questioned about this, he did not admit a mistake had been made and remedy the situation by moving the sidhas to a safe space. Systemic Issues: The TM movement employs managers who are brilliant and well versed in the Vedas or special knowledge. However, this does not make them skilled managers. The problems that allowed this one example to unfold are systemic in the organization. People are good, and when good people make wrong decisions, it is usually due to responding to the stressors and structure of the system that is in place. I blame the systems under which they are managing, and the environment of not recognizing issues that should be addressed when they emerge. This one example reveals a lot about the dynamics of how the organization is managed. This dynamic is repeated a thousand fold up and down the organization, resulting
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi how do you feel about reincarnation?
Pink is considered the colour of the sign Cancer in Jyotish. It has an influence of gentleness and refinement. The other pastels are nice too. A sattvik person likes to wear clothes of sattvik colours like yellow, blue, pink etc. Read more at: http://www.hindujagruti.org/hinduism/knowledge/article/how-do-the-colour-and-design-of-the-clothes-affect-the-person-wearing-it.html When a sattvik person wears raja-tama-predominant clothes, distressing vibrations are created. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: would that be a pink carnation, where every car in the country is pink? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@ no_reply@ wrote: I am opposed to it. Another time (holding a flower): One carnation is enough.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@... wrote: [...] For lack of a better expression, I would like to suggest that their needs to be a separation of church and state. The church is the purity of the knowledge, and the state is how TM is administrated, the organization. The organization should consider some of the principles I have suggested. There is nothing wrong with conflict. Conflict is just an opportunity to solve a problem. It is how something maladaptive, and disorganized becomes beautiful. At one point in time MMY directed that all TM centers would be run by the sidhi parliament, comprised of all the local meditators, while the teaching duties would remain with the TM teachers. The TM teachers, seeing their priesthood threatened, ignored him and insisted in running their centers, their way. Another time, MMY heard that TM teachers were making the puja a standard ritual in their own lives in all circumstances and released a video to be shown to all meditators everywhere, where he discussed why he had ensured that TM wasn't a religion. It was shown once, as far as I know, and then virtually every center in the world appears to have conveniently lost track of it, with many gung-ho TMers denying that it ever existed. L L
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Being Special
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: Some time ago I posed the question that if, as Marshy always claimed, TM is better, superior to all other meditations, how can that be so, what makes TM special? In MMY's own words about how TM is taught: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSvW9Ml9DQ Other evidence is that long term practice doesn't lead to any kind of superlative behavior as demonstrated by the TMO leaders and managers. Given the downside of TM, the evidence is that other meditations are far superior to TM since few of them have the kind of baggage that TM has. Most other organizations that teach meditation aren't designed to scale to the world level, and certainly not during the lifetime of the founder of said organization. That brings its own headaches. L
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
I would be most pleased if I thought Raja Hagelin just read my letter. I read the other day that someone said if one door closes then another door opens, or just open the closed door because that's how doors work. TMO can maximize all fronts all doors to get this amazing knowledge out. I was hoping by my post to attract some attention by someone who could help at least broach some of the questions. Nonetheless I am happy with my program, and continue to support the TMO. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@... no_reply@... wrote: Thank-you for your taking the time to address these thoughts to Raja Hagelin. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@ wrote: I would like to give feedback from the perspective of one who loves TM, but not how the organization is run. I have wanted to do so for many years. I feel I have a unique perspective to do so. I am not angry. I am not dependent on TM other than my wonderful program I practice. I have no ax to grind other than a genuine desire to see the organization succeed. I wish to help this organization from the point of view of one who is a family man, a professional who sees the divinity of my practice, and the missteps of the organization. My TM program is the only time during the day that I know my activity is perfect. It is a perfect program. It is a perfect activity. It is perfect knowledge. I have recently obtained all of the advanced techniques. I have missed maybe five meditations in 40 years only because I enjoy it. There is no other reason. Not for health, not for enlightenment, such is the joy and power of my program. I have just finished 34 years as a public school teacher in North Carolina, and I am still teaching. I have been married 30 years. I have two children. My wife meditates. My two children have been initiated. From the beginning, I have provided support to the TM Movement through the use of my house for lectures, initiations, and whatever I have to offer all these years. I am your biggest fan. I started TM on November 13th, 1971 and got the sidhis in `80 or `81 at MUM. I practiced my program by myself over the decades until 5 years ago, when I went to MUM to fly in the dome for a 7-week visit. I have gone ever 2 years during the summer thereafter. I have never taken one dime of grant money. I mention specific names and impressions in this letter, not to target individuals, but to show relevant examples of what concerns me. I also want to describe what could be done differently, especially if you want to have credibility with Americans. The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. 2007: This incident exemplifies so many of the elements of what is wrong with how the TM organization is managed. When I came 5 years ago, I was in the dome for the IA course for just a few days when the men's group had to move because workmen were replacing the roof. We moved to a flying hall near the swimming pool. Unfortunately, a mistake had been made in preparing the new hall. The floor and walls had been painted with a toxic, oil-based paint, and the odor was awful, awful. The air in the new hall was extremely noxious. Fans in the eaves of the building were run night and day. Sidhas pleaded with Dr. Doug Birx not to move us into this situation. He said it could not be helped. I spent one day in the new hall experiencing bliss with an underlying headache. I never have headaches. I walked and hitchhiked to Vedic City to do program for most of the week instead of going to this toxic hall. Once I was picked up by a Board of Trustees member. I don't remember his name. In casual conversation, told him I had not come from North Carolina to huff paint fumes. The next day, thinking the fumes would be better, I went to fly in the newly painted hall. It was better, but still not good. During the 10 a.m. experience time, Dr. Bevan Morris asked Dr. Doug Birx an introductory question, Is there a problem with the hall? I assumed that the trustee I had talked to called Dr. Morris. Dr. Birx stated no. Who could question the bliss emanating from this hall? he asked. He added that there were some problems, but they had been worked out. He completely dismissed the issue. Who knows why Dr. Birx moved us into a hall that could have sickened the whole men's flying group, but the result was they were exposed to toxic fumes for a week due to his decision. And when he was questioned about this, he did not admit a mistake had been made and remedy the situation by moving the sidhas to a safe space. Systemic Issues: The TM movement employs managers who are brilliant and well versed in the Vedas or special
[FairfieldLife] Re: Orange agni??
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: Is this real??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZp_q_7IExA Well, the fact that the title was written How to Make Fire Using Only a Orange instead of an orange I am not too confident this is for real. Plus, what was that rock that he put in the orange and there was an awful lot of time when the camera was not shooting the orange so anything could have been going on down there. So no, I don't think it is real. But maybe your question wasn't serious.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Paris, v2.05
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: As much as I love the Netherlands, and spending time with my extended family there, it is *also* an utter delight to be back in Paris, and to be having dinner in a sidewalk cafe (covered and heated, of course, because it's still almost as cold here as it was there -- global colding, and all that), and enjoying both the food and the ambiance. The highlight of my time back home revolves around the time I get to spend with young 4-year-old Maya. We have a weekend routine, in which she comes downstairs in the mornings while the rest of the family gets to sleep in, and we watch Mayamovies together on my computer. This morning we watched the classic Disney Cinderella and a Winnie The Pooh movie, and the morning before we watched Despicable Me (always a delight) and a bunch of Nick Park's wonderful Wallace Gromit movies. We chat and do film crit all the way through them, which the other members of my family don't appreciate as much as Maya and I do, as they fear they'll never be able to take her to an actual movie theater because she'll want to talk about the movie all the way through it. My bad. :-) But anyway, back to here and now, and Paris. It's happy hour in this cafe/restaurant, and the crowd reflects this. At a table next to mine, there are three French women -- two from the traditional French gene pool, one clearly from a more Moroccan gene pool, and they are drinking coffees (2-for-the-price-of-one) and chatting amongst themselves quietly and with admirable French restraint. Across the terrace, however, sit a group of seven clearly American Girls. You know, we should start a regular pool on how far Barry will get into his next vignette before he starts to rag on one of his favorite targets. Yes, he reminds me of myself when I was 9 years old. My family was transferred to Europe and I lived there until I was 17. At that time, as an impressionable and silly adolescent, I hated and looked down on all things American. It just wasn't cool to like Americans or the US. We lived in EUROPE and how incredible were we - all of us well-heeled kids of corporate American executives living the high life over there, snubbing our noses at those silly, ignorant, uncultured people Stateside. We were the cool ones, the ones who had access to European food, art, music. I was a little like Barry back then, grade 4 to grade 10, but luckily I have grown up just a wee bit. I still don't eat MacDonalds or shop at Walmart but damn I like a lot of things this side of the pond.
[FairfieldLife] Free Man In Fairfield, v1.0
Despite being the laziest person on the planet, overeating at Rory and Rena's Easter potluck, sleeping like crap, and dragging my sorry carcass out of bed at 7am, I actually had a very productive day. First project: I decided to upgrade the iMac that serves up http://alex.natel.net/ from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. And rather than simply running the downloaded upgrade app, I extracted the install data from the download and used it to create a bootable USB flash drive. That way, I always have bootable media from which to reinstall the OS, even if the hard drive shits the bed. Second project: Putting together an EP-960 Teeter Hang Up inversion table. The written instructions that come with it are worthless, and just as I was about to call up the company and rip 'em a new one, I remembered the DVD that came with it. So, I fired it up, and sure enough, the DVD has a chapter that perfectly demonstrates proper assembly. Duh. Getting back to the potluck... Law of Nature: The positively absolutely unmistakably *BEST* way to cook boneless skinless chicken breast is sous vide at 140 deg F for 3 hours. My favorite source of external validation is cooking outstanding food for potlucks, and potlucks chez Rory and Rena are great because they are a meat-friendly household. So, on Saturday morning, I cooked a couple organic chicken breasts at 140 deg F for 3 hours and then popped the bag into the fridge until Sunday morning. I then made some balsamic vinegar reduction, using a recipe I found online that called for balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Big mistake. Law of Nature: The *ONLY* ingredient in a balsamic vinegar reduction is balsamic vinegar. The soy sauce and sugar ruined it, so I tossed it down the drain and made a fresh batch in accord with Natural Law. Rena was going to make roast lamb, and I suggested she buy some Crosse Blackwell mint sauce, which is a vinegar based mint sauce, instead of that godawful, radioactive green, jelly crap. She couldn't find any, so I made my own version of it. I made a cider vinegar reduction, sweetened it with jaggery, and infused mint leaves in the hot reduction. I woke up Sunday morning and did my usual Sunday ritual: had my coffee, turned on the far infrared sauna, and watched CBS Sunday Morning from inside the sauna. After that, I hit the kitchen. First task: make lime-ginger flash pickles. Inspired by this video: http://youtu.be/yuDFFJ2mazg I make a pickling liquid from either fresh squeezed lemons or limes and then use a vacuum canister and the vacuum port on my foodvac to vacuum infuse the liquid into the cucumber slices. This time, I used limes, and for the first time, used the single-gear juicer to make fresh ginger juice to add to the citrus. In the future, I won't add quite so much ginger, as the pickles were a bit medicinally bitter. I almost didn't bring them to the potluck, but I'm glad I did because people LOVED them. Second task: make the chicken breast hors d'oeuvres. I cut the chicken breast into neat little rectangles and topped them with fresh basil and/or fresh tarragon and half a cherry tomato, with a toothpick holding them together. Then I drizzled them with the balsamic vinegar reduction. I tried one and was totally blown away... unbelievably delicious. What's great about cooking chicken at 140 degrees is that very little liquid separates out; it's fully cooked, and any microorganisms are destroyed, but the meat is not subject to higher temperatures where the proteins contract and express out all the moisture. At the potluck, the chicken breast was a HUGE hit; people raved about it, and they polished off the entire platter.
[FairfieldLife] The Short Freecycle Guide
From: jeffersoncountyiafreecy...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [JeffersonCntyFC] File - The Short Freecycle Guide Date: April 1, 2013 3:14:48 PM CDT ==SHORT VERSION OF FC GUIDELINES == **Keep it FREE, Keep it LEGAL, Keep it APPROPRIATE for All Ages!!! **No SPAM, POLITICS, OFF-TOPIC, TRADES, BARTERS, SELLING, ETC. **Please limit what you post to TANGIBLE ITEMS that would otherwise be thrown out and end up in the landfill. If it is trash, then trash it! If it is still useable, then offer it on Freecycle. **Subject lines: Keyword first: OFFER, WANTED, TAKEN, RECEIVED. Including a pickup location in OFFERs is required. General area please. **No curbside pickups offering an item to first-one-here-gets-it, listing a specific address or location. Items must belong to you or you must have permission to post for the item's owner. See full policy on this topic at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JeffersonCountyIAFreecycle/files/ **Once a month limit to repeating same item in a WANTED message. **Reply to Message Sender only, not to whole group **Honor your agreement with the other person in the exchange. Recipients, show up on time with the proper equipment for transporting the item. Givers, meet your recipient on time and have the item ready for pickup. Transactions are between Offerer and Recipient and will not be mediated or arbitrated by Freecycle administrators, moderators, or representatives. **Choose your RECIPIENT any way you want to, then notify that one person and keep a waiting list of other responders. **Don't include your exact STREET ADDRESS or PHONE NUMBER in a message to the full list -- keep safety issues in mind!! **PETS -- yes, you can offer and request pets for adoption here, but you can't try to find a potential mate for breeding purposes. Please don't offer or request farm animals or animals intended as food for humans or other animals. Read the information in our files. See full policy on this topic at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JeffersonCountyIAFreecycle/files/ **New Member's messages are MODERATED to keep spam off list. **UNSUBSCRIBE: How-to Information is at the end of every email you receive from the list. To read the full guidelines that are sent to each new member, visit the Admin files section at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JeffersonCountyIAFreecycle/files/ Copyright (c) 2003-2007 The Freecycle Network (http://www.Freecycle.org). All rights reserved. Freecycle and the Freecycle logo are trademarks of The Freecycle Network in the United States and/or other countries.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Paris, v2.05
Good food, good wine, interesting people to watch and comment on, and I'm happy...YMMV. If you're ridin' on a gravy train instead of walkin' down lover's lane You can't make hay boy cause your goin' the wrong way boy You gotta get a little honey it's better than money If you ain't lovin' than you ain't livin' 'If You Ain't Lovin, You Ain't Livin', Lyrics: http://tinyurl.com/cwz5c53 George Strait - If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCoSH-V_akI
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Paris, v2.05
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: It seems really fine, Barry, that at your stage in life you have the chance to love and help care for a young child. Nothing like it - you get to relive the wonder of childhood all over again! You have the time to do this and that is great. Maya is a lucky girl. BTW, I also love all the Wallace and Grommit movies, and especially the shorts that were done years ago. Did you see the one where the animals in a zoo talk about what their lives are like? Also, just a comment - and you know this is not antagonistic. Nor do I take it as such. Merely as an opportunity... I wonder why you wrote the last paragraph? Who cares if others are interested or not in your travels or in only posting spiritual things? It came across to me as if you are fishing around to push some buttons. What you wrote before was really of a different flavor altogether and stood on its own quite nicely. Go back and read what I wrote. Did I mention anyone by name? If anyone reacts -- or more accurately, given this forum, overreacts -- to what I wrote, it seems to me that they are projecting their *own* self-importance and narcissism into what I wrote. I wrote generically. Those who react as if they had been personally insulted have responded almost as if -- almost -- their own sense of self-importance leads them to believe that what I wrote was ALL ABOUT THEM. If that's the way they feel they have to react to a generic and non-specific rap, so be it. Me, I was just rappin'... No you're not. You're all alone in a crowded restaurant eating your dinner at a table for one. Maybe you have your computer with you or are taking notes - mental ones at least. But you focus on the irritants in the room, those women who are of the same nationality that you are. You focus on them and you find every which way to illustrate how crass, and uninteresting and pedestrian they are. Because? Because this is what you do. Then you take time out of your dinner or when you find yourself alone back at your French apartment and make a point of finding all the ways that you can create a portrait of what you hated about the evening. But you didn't hate it. You loved the fact that you could use some American women as fodder for just one more opportunity to write the same things you always write. And what you write is just window dressing for the guts of the thing. The guts are the opportunity to rag on people who you think you know inside and out, people who you have seen a thousand times before, people who aren't worth the air they breath. YOU are a suave and experienced world traveller (Curtis?), you are THE MAN and most of all, you are beyond and above the boringness of people like those Americans you made a great point of studying in that restaurant. But you are just a visitor, a guest, in France like they are, you are an American, like they are, and you are looking for any opportunity to come up with reasons why you are better than them. Try again.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Fairfield, v1.0
Alex, have I ever said I loved you? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: Despite being the laziest person on the planet, overeating at Rory and Rena's Easter potluck, sleeping like crap, and dragging my sorry carcass out of bed at 7am, I actually had a very productive day. First project: I decided to upgrade the iMac that serves up http://alex.natel.net/ from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. And rather than simply running the downloaded upgrade app, I extracted the install data from the download and used it to create a bootable USB flash drive. That way, I always have bootable media from which to reinstall the OS, even if the hard drive shits the bed. Second project: Putting together an EP-960 Teeter Hang Up inversion table. The written instructions that come with it are worthless, and just as I was about to call up the company and rip 'em a new one, I remembered the DVD that came with it. So, I fired it up, and sure enough, the DVD has a chapter that perfectly demonstrates proper assembly. Duh. Getting back to the potluck... Law of Nature: The positively absolutely unmistakably *BEST* way to cook boneless skinless chicken breast is sous vide at 140 deg F for 3 hours. My favorite source of external validation is cooking outstanding food for potlucks, and potlucks chez Rory and Rena are great because they are a meat-friendly household. So, on Saturday morning, I cooked a couple organic chicken breasts at 140 deg F for 3 hours and then popped the bag into the fridge until Sunday morning. I then made some balsamic vinegar reduction, using a recipe I found online that called for balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Big mistake. Law of Nature: The *ONLY* ingredient in a balsamic vinegar reduction is balsamic vinegar. The soy sauce and sugar ruined it, so I tossed it down the drain and made a fresh batch in accord with Natural Law. Rena was going to make roast lamb, and I suggested she buy some Crosse Blackwell mint sauce, which is a vinegar based mint sauce, instead of that godawful, radioactive green, jelly crap. She couldn't find any, so I made my own version of it. I made a cider vinegar reduction, sweetened it with jaggery, and infused mint leaves in the hot reduction. I woke up Sunday morning and did my usual Sunday ritual: had my coffee, turned on the far infrared sauna, and watched CBS Sunday Morning from inside the sauna. After that, I hit the kitchen. First task: make lime-ginger flash pickles. Inspired by this video: http://youtu.be/yuDFFJ2mazg I make a pickling liquid from either fresh squeezed lemons or limes and then use a vacuum canister and the vacuum port on my foodvac to vacuum infuse the liquid into the cucumber slices. This time, I used limes, and for the first time, used the single-gear juicer to make fresh ginger juice to add to the citrus. In the future, I won't add quite so much ginger, as the pickles were a bit medicinally bitter. I almost didn't bring them to the potluck, but I'm glad I did because people LOVED them. Second task: make the chicken breast hors d'oeuvres. I cut the chicken breast into neat little rectangles and topped them with fresh basil and/or fresh tarragon and half a cherry tomato, with a toothpick holding them together. Then I drizzled them with the balsamic vinegar reduction. I tried one and was totally blown away... unbelievably delicious. What's great about cooking chicken at 140 degrees is that very little liquid separates out; it's fully cooked, and any microorganisms are destroyed, but the meat is not subject to higher temperatures where the proteins contract and express out all the moisture. At the potluck, the chicken breast was a HUGE hit; people raved about it, and they polished off the entire platter.
[FairfieldLife] Rk Veda sound recording resources???
Maharaja revealed that the Veda is expressed in human physiology under the guidance of Maharshi; and that there is a correspondence between the Mandalas of the Rk Veda and the 10 Mandals, like 4th is the digestive system and 2nd is musculo-skeletal etc, but from the very nice and clear Maharishi Pundit recitals we still only have like at most the first one or two suktas of each mandal available even with the Individual is Cosmic course a search of the available recordings turns up nothing more at present: http://vedic-arts.com/AdvSearch.jsp does anyone here know of a better quality recording available than this: https://vedavichara.com/vedic-chants/rig-veda.html which is not so great sound quality by comparison, also it is divided in Ashtakas, not helpful from the point of view of the medico-healing experiment based on Mandals.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Paris, v2.05
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: Good food, good wine, interesting people to watch and comment on, and I'm happy...YMMV. If you're ridin' on a gravy train instead of walkin' down lover's lane You can't make hay boy cause your goin' the wrong way boy You gotta get a little honey it's better than money If you ain't lovin' than you ain't livin' Amen 'If You Ain't Lovin, You Ain't Livin', Lyrics: http://tinyurl.com/cwz5c53 George Strait - If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCoSH-V_akI
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
well once about the movement Maharishi said It takes a thorn to remove a thorn but I think the thorn being removed was Kali Yuga so if Kali Yuga is coming to an end then there should be no longer a need or excuse for the movement to be thorn-like any longer! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@ wrote: [...] For lack of a better expression, I would like to suggest that their needs to be a separation of church and state. The church is the purity of the knowledge, and the state is how TM is administrated, the organization. The organization should consider some of the principles I have suggested. There is nothing wrong with conflict. Conflict is just an opportunity to solve a problem. It is how something maladaptive, and disorganized becomes beautiful. At one point in time MMY directed that all TM centers would be run by the sidhi parliament, comprised of all the local meditators, while the teaching duties would remain with the TM teachers. The TM teachers, seeing their priesthood threatened, ignored him and insisted in running their centers, their way. Another time, MMY heard that TM teachers were making the puja a standard ritual in their own lives in all circumstances and released a video to be shown to all meditators everywhere, where he discussed why he had ensured that TM wasn't a religion. It was shown once, as far as I know, and then virtually every center in the world appears to have conveniently lost track of it, with many gung-ho TMers denying that it ever existed. L L
Re: [FairfieldLife] Free Man In Fairfield, v1.0
Fabulous Alex! I will try this for a boneless, skinless chicken breast (although I like the skin, I sometimes buy them). 9.5 times out of 10 I overcook them and they come out dry - sauce or no sauce. They can be undercooked one minute and overcooked the next. I had given up. From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 6:03 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Free Man In Fairfield, v1.0 Despite being the laziest person on the planet, overeating at Rory and Rena's Easter potluck, sleeping like crap, and dragging my sorry carcass out of bed at 7am, I actually had a very productive day. First project: I decided to upgrade the iMac that serves up http://alex.natel.net/ from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. And rather than simply running the downloaded upgrade app, I extracted the install data from the download and used it to create a bootable USB flash drive. That way, I always have bootable media from which to reinstall the OS, even if the hard drive shits the bed. Second project: Putting together an EP-960 Teeter Hang Up inversion table. The written instructions that come with it are worthless, and just as I was about to call up the company and rip 'em a new one, I remembered the DVD that came with it. So, I fired it up, and sure enough, the DVD has a chapter that perfectly demonstrates proper assembly. Duh. Getting back to the potluck... Law of Nature: The positively absolutely unmistakably *BEST* way to cook boneless skinless chicken breast is sous vide at 140 deg F for 3 hours. My favorite source of external validation is cooking outstanding food for potlucks, and potlucks chez Rory and Rena are great because they are a meat-friendly household. So, on Saturday morning, I cooked a couple organic chicken breasts at 140 deg F for 3 hours and then popped the bag into the fridge until Sunday morning. I then made some balsamic vinegar reduction, using a recipe I found online that called for balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Big mistake. Law of Nature: The *ONLY* ingredient in a balsamic vinegar reduction is balsamic vinegar. The soy sauce and sugar ruined it, so I tossed it down the drain and made a fresh batch in accord with Natural Law. Rena was going to make roast lamb, and I suggested she buy some Crosse Blackwell mint sauce, which is a vinegar based mint sauce, instead of that godawful, radioactive green, jelly crap. She couldn't find any, so I made my own version of it. I made a cider vinegar reduction, sweetened it with jaggery, and infused mint leaves in the hot reduction. I woke up Sunday morning and did my usual Sunday ritual: had my coffee, turned on the far infrared sauna, and watched CBS Sunday Morning from inside the sauna. After that, I hit the kitchen. First task: make lime-ginger flash pickles. Inspired by this video: http://youtu.be/yuDFFJ2mazg I make a pickling liquid from either fresh squeezed lemons or limes and then use a vacuum canister and the vacuum port on my foodvac to vacuum infuse the liquid into the cucumber slices. This time, I used limes, and for the first time, used the single-gear juicer to make fresh ginger juice to add to the citrus. In the future, I won't add quite so much ginger, as the pickles were a bit medicinally bitter. I almost didn't bring them to the potluck, but I'm glad I did because people LOVED them. Second task: make the chicken breast hors d'oeuvres. I cut the chicken breast into neat little rectangles and topped them with fresh basil and/or fresh tarragon and half a cherry tomato, with a toothpick holding them together. Then I drizzled them with the balsamic vinegar reduction. I tried one and was totally blown away... unbelievably delicious. What's great about cooking chicken at 140 degrees is that very little liquid separates out; it's fully cooked, and any microorganisms are destroyed, but the meat is not subject to higher temperatures where the proteins contract and express out all the moisture. At the potluck, the chicken breast was a HUGE hit; people raved about it, and they polished off the entire platter.
[FairfieldLife] Must Pleez the Chineez
Seems that our overlords the Chinese demanded some changes in the forthcoming film World War Z: http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/fearing-chinese-censors-paramount-changes-world-war-z-exclusive-83316 So how are those Mandarin lessons coming?
[FairfieldLife] Gay man deserves credit for so much of TM success
Beatles is mostly a delusion of self-importance indulged in by the British, it is Merv who deserves huge credit http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/08/17/people-griffin-dc-idUKN1639738120070817
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Fairfield, v1.0
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Fabulous Alex! Â I will try this for a boneless, skinless chicken breast (although I like the skin, I sometimes buy them). Â 9.5 times out of 10 I overcook them and they come out dry - sauce or no sauce. Â They can be undercooked one minute and overcooked the next. Â I had given up. Â Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but you need a special water oven to cook sous vide. Chefs first started cooking this way using laboratory grade water baths, which cost $1000+. Some years ago, a company that makes digital temperature controllers came out with a $120 unit into which you plug in a crock pot or rice cooker, filled with water, and the controller turns the electricity on and off, keeping the water at exactly the temperature it's set at. That's the set-up I use, but there's now a company that makes a reasonably priced consumer water bath: http://www.sousvidesupreme.com/ Still kinda pricey, and for best results, you should have a foodvac for vacuum packing the food to be cooked. If you already own a crock pot, and you have $150 burning a hole in your pocket, you can still get the latest version of the unit I use: http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=8products_id=44
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Being Special
I am willing to believe anything, but not without evidence. laughinggull: No you're not, Michael. People have tried and what they've presented has fallen on deaf eyes. Of at least, a mind that wasn't open to other ways of thinking... Who would you believe? A very large group of people standing on the corner, who all said that they saw a 'big blue bus' just go by. Or, Another, very small group of people, standing on the same street corner, who all said that 'no big blue bus' came by.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Fairfield, v1.0
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: Alex, have I ever said I loved you? No, I don't believe you ever have. But, if the urge to do so becomes too overwhelming, I'll try to keep my manly pheromones to a minimum.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Easter Today, The Christ Resurrected
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Xeno wrote: (snip) Who here wants their miserable little life to continue forever? You're sure it'll be just a continuation of your miserable little life forever, are you? Well, actually no. But I imagine some think of it this way. That somehow, if one lives forever, that will be better than the same thing lasting a short time. My point was that there are more ways of thinking of eternal life for the individual than as a continuation of one's miserable little life forever. Of course. There are many ways to imagine this. My question is 'does eternal life have anything to do with individuality?' If a person who thinks of themselves as an individual entity, a soul, entertains the idea of immortality, can they meaningfully conceive of eternity free of that conceptual model? You mean the conceptual model in which eternal life for the individual is just a continuation of one's miserable little life forever? Er, yes. That's what I was saying, you see, when I wrote, There are more ways of thinking... etc. The words 'Of course' were meant to acknowledge what you said. Yes, I know that. ??? That wasn't what I was addressing. I was asking what conceptual model you were talking about. If it was the continuation of one's miserable little life forever, I was puzzled because I had just addressed that, pointing out that it was hardly the only conceptual model available. One could also imagine having a very happy fulfilled life that one would also want to continue indefinitely. My point is, is it possible for a person who thinks of themselves as an individual entity to accurately visualise an eternal state that does not contain individuality as its centrepiece? That immortality, undeath, is not a function of some individuality surviving? Does 'eternal life' as it is called, even have a conceptual model that can underscore its nature? Since we don't know whether eternal life is a reality, much less what its nature would be if it is, one conceptual model is as good as another. My point is that the continuation of one's life, whether miserable or happy, is not the only possible way of conceptualizing eternal life, except in the most general sense: the maintenance of one's existence as oppposed to its extinction. Eternal life need not resemble one's earthly life at all. It may have no temporal component, or spatial component, for that matter. It may have no physical component. It may have no sensory component, at least as we know it. There may be no such thing as action as we know it. Individuality may be of a very different order. It's astonishing to me that anyone would expect eternal life to be just like one's present life, only forever. That strikes me as a truly massive failure of the imagination. I've been reading an amazing book by Carlos Eire titled A Very Brief History of Eternity. His discussion of the role that the concept of eternity played in the life of pre-Reformation Europe is spellbinding and revelatory. To refer to it as merely a concept in this context is to significantly understate the case. It may have had its disadvantages, but the spiritual richness bestowed by belief in eternity and eternal life during that period is incontestable. Did we lose more than we gained when Martin Luther appeared on the scene? Nice response. You brought up a number of possibilities that did not occur to me. Without Luther, we would not have had Bach. What kind of spiritual richness might come from the idea that we have just one shot at it, and we have to succeed before we die? That seems to be the gist of enlightenment and the end of rebirth which then is understood in a completely different way than it is usually interpreted. At the same time eternal life might be exactly the same as what we experience every day.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Fairfield, v1.0
Ha ha ha...yes, I breezed over the term sous vide. I'm not that good a cook - just looked it up - sounds a bit complicated for my skill level. I just started cooking two years ago and then took last year off, mostly, except for a few good soups. Oh dear, oh dear. I'm ready to pick it up again though. Perhaps I'll just go with a traditional cooking method for a naked chicken breast (not leaving the meat alone to dry out while I go out and mow the lawn) and start playing around with reductionssmile. Your inspired post has inspired me From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 6:55 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Fairfield, v1.0 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Fabulous Alex! Â I will try this for a boneless, skinless chicken breast (although I like the skin, I sometimes buy them). Â 9.5 times out of 10 I overcook them and they come out dry - sauce or no sauce. Â They can be undercooked one minute and overcooked the next. Â I had given up. Â Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but you need a special water oven to cook sous vide. Chefs first started cooking this way using laboratory grade water baths, which cost $1000+. Some years ago, a company that makes digital temperature controllers came out with a $120 unit into which you plug in a crock pot or rice cooker, filled with water, and the controller turns the electricity on and off, keeping the water at exactly the temperature it's set at. That's the set-up I use, but there's now a company that makes a reasonably priced consumer water bath: http://www.sousvidesupreme.com/ Still kinda pricey, and for best results, you should have a foodvac for vacuum packing the food to be cooked. If you already own a crock pot, and you have $150 burning a hole in your pocket, you can still get the latest version of the unit I use: http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_infocPath=8products_id=44
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Being Special
Michael Jackson: Richard W, we all know the blabbity blab blab about all things TM coming from some Buddhist temple or other so no need to repeat it... So, let's sum up what we know. Most historians agree that the enlightenment tradition came from the pre-Vedic practices in India - there's no mention of Yoga in the Vedas and there's no mention of any bija mantra usage. The historical Buddha (circa 463 B.C) was the founder of the enlightenment tradition in India. Buddha taught yoga, what Eliade terms introspective 'enstasis'. Yoga was later systematized by Patanjali (circa 200 B.C.). This all explainedin Eliade's definitive book on yoga cited below. According to Eliade, the yoga system is unique to South Asia. Shakya the Muni defined 'enlightenment' as the dispelling of the illusion of the individual soul-monad. Patanjali pretty much agrees with this; Patanjali taught *isolation* of the Purusha from the prakriti by yogic means. Confusion arises from erroneously identifying words, objects, and ideas with one another; knowledge of the cries of all creatures comes through perfect discipline of the distinctions between them (Yoga Sutra 3.17). 'Yoga: Immortality and Freedom' by Mircea Eliade Princeton, Bollengen Foundation Second Edition 1969 Paper: 0-691-01764-6 The standard text on Yoga; scholarly; definitive, by the author of 'Shamanism', The Myth of the Eternal Return, History of Religious Ideas, etc. p. 264
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Being Special
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: Some time ago I posed the question that if, as Marshy always claimed, TM is better, superior to all other meditations, how can that be so, what makes TM special? In addition to being reviled for supposedly setting up a condition which would allow me to take shots at the TMO, I was told that it was not the mantras that are successful, but rather the fantastic instruction on how to use said mantras. Complete horseshit. If that were the case, then you really could use any word as long as you used it the way Marshy told everyone to use his mantras. And we know that ain't right. The mantras are as good as any others but even you true believers have said the mantras are not superior to others, its the WAY they are used. But if its the instruction, then any word should do, so why have the mantras at all? So with TM being special, it has to either be the mantras or the way you use them or a combination - I don't see the instruction as being all that special - its not much different than other meditations including Deepak Chopra's Primordial Sound meditation and others where you are told to just not pay attention to thoughts and bring the awareness back to whatever when you notice you are on a thought. Thus we can see quite clearly that the idea that TM is a superior meditation, or as Marshy put it, the jet plane to enlightenment is complete nonsense, or to be more precise, a lie. Now of course if one believes Mark Landau, then one knows that mantras are repeated to actually receive the blessings of whatever goddess the sound is associated with - in other words its about doing a practice to git something, its about accrual of power, not transcending to gain enlightenment. Oh and Richard W, we all know the blabbity blab blab about all things TM coming from some Buddhist temple or other so no need to repeat it. And I was not setting up a situation to enable me to revile the Movement - I can do that all on my own. As I have said before, I am willing to believe anything, but not without evidence. Thus far, the evidence I have collected has shown me that Marshy was a liar, perhaps well intentioned in the beginning but soon after he left India he allowed himself to be seduced by the blandishments of the ego. The evidence I have also shows me that TM is a decent meditation, but no more special than anything else available and yet most of the claims made for it are false, such as enlightenment accruing from said practice and ability to fly etc, also all claims made of TM Sidhis are false (like world peace). The evidence is that TM has caused many problems on multiple levels for thousands of people, and that thousands of others have ceased the practice due to many reasons. Other evidence is that long term practice doesn't lead to any kind of superlative behavior as demonstrated by the TMO leaders and managers. Given the downside of TM, the evidence is that other meditations are far superior to TM since few of them have the kind of baggage that TM has. If TM has failed you, has anything else taken its place and succeeded in whatever it is you are aiming at? Techniques and practices have a lifetime. Like a multi-stage rocket, where the lower stages fall away to get the payload in orbit, at some point spiritual machinations wear thin. But by then one should be close to a significant result.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Except that if such a video existed, it was a lie - TM as it is practiced by the leaders of the TMO IS a religion - a sightly altered form of Hinduism - just look at the celebrations they have all the time - all Hindu celebrations From: sparaig lengli...@cox.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 7:13 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@... wrote: [...] For lack of a better expression, I would like to suggest that their needs to be a separation of church and state. The church is the purity of the knowledge, and the state is how TM is administrated, the organization. The organization should consider some of the principles I have suggested. There is nothing wrong with conflict. Conflict is just an opportunity to solve a problem. It is how something maladaptive, and disorganized becomes beautiful. At one point in time MMY directed that all TM centers would be run by the sidhi parliament, comprised of all the local meditators, while the teaching duties would remain with the TM teachers. The TM teachers, seeing their priesthood threatened, ignored him and insisted in running their centers, their way. Another time, MMY heard that TM teachers were making the puja a standard ritual in their own lives in all circumstances and released a video to be shown to all meditators everywhere, where he discussed why he had ensured that TM wasn't a religion. It was shown once, as far as I know, and then virtually every center in the world appears to have conveniently lost track of it, with many gung-ho TMers denying that it ever existed. L L
[FairfieldLife] Re: Will LBS soon publish the words of Guru DEV? Some stand ready 2 assist him in that!!
wleed3: Will LBS soon publish the words of Guru DEV? In reality, the aim of life is to stop the mind from involvement with this world. If one engages in the spiritual practice of Bhagavan and in thinking and speaking about Him, the mind will start dwelling on Him, and after some time, it will withdraw from samsara on its own. - Swami Brahmananda Saraswati http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/gurudev.htm 'Rocks Are Melting' The Everyday Teachings of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati [Jagadguru Shankaracharya, Jyotir Math, Himalayas, 1941-53] Translation Edited and Annotation by Cynthia A. Humes Edited and Introduction by L. B. Shriver Compiled by Rameswar Tiwari Clear River Press, 2001 http://tinyurl.com/6nl5ml
[FairfieldLife] Group Meditating
Strive to become one with the Unified Field in this lifetime. Have firm faith in the Vedas, shastras and all the laws of Nature and keep the company of those wise people who also have faith in them. Only then will the purpose of your life be fulfilled. -Buck in the Dome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Domes
[FairfieldLife] Re: Easter Today, The Christ Resurrected
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Xeno wrote: (snip) Who here wants their miserable little life to continue forever? You're sure it'll be just a continuation of your miserable little life forever, are you? Well, actually no. But I imagine some think of it this way. That somehow, if one lives forever, that will be better than the same thing lasting a short time. My point was that there are more ways of thinking of eternal life for the individual than as a continuation of one's miserable little life forever. Of course. There are many ways to imagine this. My question is 'does eternal life have anything to do with individuality?' If a person who thinks of themselves as an individual entity, a soul, entertains the idea of immortality, can they meaningfully conceive of eternity free of that conceptual model? You mean the conceptual model in which eternal life for the individual is just a continuation of one's miserable little life forever? Er, yes. That's what I was saying, you see, when I wrote, There are more ways of thinking... etc. The words 'Of course' were meant to acknowledge what you said. Yes, I know that. ??? That wasn't what I was addressing. I was asking what conceptual model you were talking about. If it was the continuation of one's miserable little life forever, I was puzzled because I had just addressed that, pointing out that it was hardly the only conceptual model available. One could also imagine having a very happy fulfilled life that one would also want to continue indefinitely. My point is, is it possible for a person who thinks of themselves as an individual entity to accurately visualise an eternal state that does not contain individuality as its centrepiece? That immortality, undeath, is not a function of some individuality surviving? Does 'eternal life' as it is called, even have a conceptual model that can underscore its nature? Since we don't know whether eternal life is a reality, much less what its nature would be if it is, one conceptual model is as good as another. My point is that the continuation of one's life, whether miserable or happy, is not the only possible way of conceptualizing eternal life, except in the most general sense: the maintenance of one's existence as oppposed to its extinction. Eternal life need not resemble one's earthly life at all. It may have no temporal component, or spatial component, for that matter. It may have no physical component. It may have no sensory component, at least as we know it. There may be no such thing as action as we know it. Individuality may be of a very different order. It's astonishing to me that anyone would expect eternal life to be just like one's present life, only forever. That strikes me as a truly massive failure of the imagination. I've been reading an amazing book by Carlos Eire titled A Very Brief History of Eternity. His discussion of the role that the concept of eternity played in the life of pre-Reformation Europe is spellbinding and revelatory. To refer to it as merely a concept in this context is to significantly understate the case. It may have had its disadvantages, but the spiritual richness bestowed by belief in eternity and eternal life during that period is incontestable. Did we lose more than we gained when Martin Luther appeared on the scene? Nice response. You brought up a number of possibilities that did not occur to me. Without Luther, we would not have had Bach. What kind of spiritual richness might come from the idea that we have just one shot at it, and we have to succeed before we die? That seems to be the gist of enlightenment and the end of rebirth which then is understood in a completely different way than it is usually interpreted. At the same time eternal life might be exactly the same as what we experience every day. See, nobody has a clue.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Nice post Wayback, JTowbridge, I did send the link to your FFL letter earlier this morning directly over to Dr. John Hagelin right after you posted it on FFL. He responded back to me immediately too before I went to the Dome. I'm just in from the day's farm work now. The work is going long in the fields with spring upon us now. I stopped earlier and meditated along in time with the large group tonite while I was on my tractor. Frankly the New TM Movement is incorporating more over-sight and process within its workings. It's dynamic and changing. Things started changing from back before and around when Maharishi died. There are different elements within it still including some strict preservationists who obstruct change but things are also progressive. I would say from talking with folks inside that some yet are essentially afraid to be more transparent in process because they fear someone like MJ coming along and being negative. But in a direction of more transparency is coming. The strict preservationists have nothing to fear but fear itself. I think your paper is a good common-sense advocacy for better management practices that are actively being figured out more by committee process as J Hagelin has been setting about engaging people in that kind of process. They are also waiting for a few more people to die off as there is an active preparing of a younger set going on to take over. These are very exciting times within TM. It is in re-set. I agree, may the Unified Field save the group meditation. -Buck --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: I too really enjoyed your post, Mr Trowbridge. It was genuine and so right on. Loved your points about conflict. In the name of being positive, so much has been overlooked, not dealt with, and repressed. At every level. And for those whose very livelihood revolved around all this for some years, it took a real toll. The frustration of trying to get a problem dealt with was incredible - because the person was considered to be unstressing or negative. A really unhealthy system evolved. Anyway, you said it all so well and I thank you for that. I suspect that in posting it here on FFL, it will be read by the people you are talking to. My guess is that the big issue on the inside is whether to try and mimic exactly how MMY ran the TMO or whether to modify that so as to appeal to more people. Not modify the teaching, but the organization, how it is run, the way rules are enforced, how to handle conflict. I think a lot will depend on how that unfolds now and in the next decade as Bevan and John and the rajas begin to retire. Not that the TMO needs to become a corporate place, but it is all so very fuzzy and odd and seemingly going to end with our generation unless things change. Too much garbage being dragged along to interest the younger generation. But TM is pure gold for you? Lucky guy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@ wrote: Thank you, a beautiful response, and I will carry on. I go by my own experiences. This has always been my guide, and my experiences daily have been magnificent. The program is pure gold. Thanks, --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Thanks John, beautiful post in it's positivity. And unique on this forum because you are one of perhaps only 5 posters here altogether that does TM regularily and have a non-agressive take on the TMO. So your idea of sending it here was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic, it will unfortunately only fuel more vile attacs on the TMO from the regulars here, most of whom have not done TM in decades. Aside from that it is impossible to disagree with you on any point, except for perhaps the most important; your idea that the The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. and reach the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. This is the goal. This is what the TM organization is about. This is a widespread misunderstanding due largely to being stuck in Maharishi's old thinking or having been exposed only to this timeframe of Maharishi's philosophy on video, strategies that were perfect until about 1985. As the Age of Enlightenment grew and became an irreversible process the old thinking based on the individual was replaced with the concern for groups, and ultimately the whole world. Already in 1980, after having prevented the WWII during the winther of 1979, Maharishi said From today no more meditators are necessary. Thus Maharishi's
[FairfieldLife] Just found this extra inspiring
I think she has quite a gift for speaking http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2013/02/04/malala-s-new-life.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
They are also waiting for a few more people to die off... Excellent strategy to avoid conflict. From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 8:33 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement Nice post Wayback, JTowbridge, I did send the link to your FFL letter earlier this morning directly over to Dr. John Hagelin right after you posted it on FFL. He responded back to me immediately too before I went to the Dome. I'm just in from the day's farm work now. The work is going long in the fields with spring upon us now. I stopped earlier and meditated along in time with the large group tonite while I was on my tractor. Frankly the New TM Movement is incorporating more over-sight and process within its workings. It's dynamic and changing. Things started changing from back before and around when Maharishi died. There are different elements within it still including some strict preservationists who obstruct change but things are also progressive. I would say from talking with folks inside that some yet are essentially afraid to be more transparent in process because they fear someone like MJ coming along and being negative. But in a direction of more transparency is coming. The strict preservationists have nothing to fear but fear itself. I think your paper is a good common-sense advocacy for better management practices that are actively being figured out more by committee process as J Hagelin has been setting about engaging people in that kind of process. They are also waiting for a few more people to die off as there is an active preparing of a younger set going on to take over. These are very exciting times within TM. It is in re-set. I agree, may the Unified Field save the group meditation. -Buck --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: I too really enjoyed your post, Mr Trowbridge. It was genuine and so right on. Loved your points about conflict. In the name of being positive, so much has been overlooked, not dealt with, and repressed. At every level. And for those whose very livelihood revolved around all this for some years, it took a real toll. The frustration of trying to get a problem dealt with was incredible - because the person was considered to be unstressing or negative. A really unhealthy system evolved. Anyway, you said it all so well and I thank you for that. I suspect that in posting it here on FFL, it will be read by the people you are talking to. My guess is that the big issue on the inside is whether to try and mimic exactly how MMY ran the TMO or whether to modify that so as to appeal to more people. Not modify the teaching, but the organization, how it is run, the way rules are enforced, how to handle conflict. I think a lot will depend on how that unfolds now and in the next decade as Bevan and John and the rajas begin to retire. Not that the TMO needs to become a corporate place, but it is all so very fuzzy and odd and seemingly going to end with our generation unless things change. Too much garbage being dragged along to interest the younger generation. But TM is pure gold for you? Lucky guy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@ wrote: Thank you, a beautiful response, and I will carry on. I go by my own experiences. This has always been my guide, and my experiences daily have been magnificent. The program is pure gold. Thanks, --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Thanks John, beautiful post in it's positivity. And unique on this forum because you are one of perhaps only 5 posters here altogether that does TM regularily and have a non-agressive take on the TMO. So your idea of sending it here was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic, it will unfortunately only fuel more vile attacs on the TMO from the regulars here, most of whom have not done TM in decades. Aside from that it is impossible to disagree with you on any point, except for perhaps the most important; your idea that the The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. and reach the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. This is the goal. This is what the TM organization is about. This is a widespread misunderstanding due largely to being stuck in Maharishi's old thinking or having been exposed only to this timeframe of Maharishi's philosophy on video, strategies that were perfect until about 1985. As the Age of Enlightenment grew and became an
[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEpCud53c2s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEpCud53c2s --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: They are also waiting for a few more people to die off...  Excellent strategy to avoid conflict.  From: Buck dhamiltony2k5@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 8:33 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement  Nice post Wayback, JTowbridge, I did send the link to your FFL letter earlier this morning directly over to Dr. John Hagelin right after you posted it on FFL. He responded back to me immediately too before I went to the Dome. I'm just in from the day's farm work now. The work is going long in the fields with spring upon us now. I stopped earlier and meditated along in time with the large group tonite while I was on my tractor. Frankly the New TM Movement is incorporating more over-sight and process within its workings. It's dynamic and changing. Things started changing from back before and around when Maharishi died. There are different elements within it still including some strict preservationists who obstruct change but things are also progressive. I would say from talking with folks inside that some yet are essentially afraid to be more transparent in process because they fear someone like MJ coming along and being negative. But in a direction of more transparency is coming. The strict preservationists have nothing to fear but fear itself. I think your paper is a good common-sense advocacy for better management practices that are actively being figured out more by committee process as J Hagelin has been setting about engaging people in that kind of process. They are also waiting for a few more people to die off as there is an active preparing of a younger set going on to take over. These are very exciting times within TM. It is in re-set. I agree, may the Unified Field save the group meditation. -Buck --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: I too really enjoyed your post, Mr Trowbridge. It was genuine and so right on. Loved your points about conflict. In the name of being positive, so much has been overlooked, not dealt with, and repressed. At every level. And for those whose very livelihood revolved around all this for some years, it took a real toll. The frustration of trying to get a problem dealt with was incredible - because the person was considered to be unstressing or negative. A really unhealthy system evolved. Anyway, you said it all so well and I thank you for that. I suspect that in posting it here on FFL, it will be read by the people you are talking to. My guess is that the big issue on the inside is whether to try and mimic exactly how MMY ran the TMO or whether to modify that so as to appeal to more people. Not modify the teaching, but the organization, how it is run, the way rules are enforced, how to handle conflict. I think a lot will depend on how that unfolds now and in the next decade as Bevan and John and the rajas begin to retire. Not that the TMO needs to become a corporate place, but it is all so very fuzzy and odd and seemingly going to end with our generation unless things change. Too much garbage being dragged along to interest the younger generation. But TM is pure gold for you? Lucky guy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@ wrote: Thank you, a beautiful response, and I will carry on. I go by my own experiences. This has always been my guide, and my experiences daily have been magnificent. The program is pure gold. Thanks, --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Thanks John, beautiful post in it's positivity. And unique on this forum because you are one of perhaps only 5 posters here altogether that does TM regularily and have a non-agressive take on the TMO. So your idea of sending it here was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic, it will unfortunately only fuel more vile attacs on the TMO from the regulars here, most of whom have not done TM in decades. Aside from that it is impossible to disagree with you on any point, except for perhaps the most important; your idea that the The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. and reach the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. This is the goal. This is what the TM organization is about. This is a widespread misunderstanding due largely to being stuck in Maharishi's old thinking or having been exposed only to this timeframe of Maharishi's philosophy on video, strategies that were perfect until about 1985. As the Age of Enlightenment grew
[FairfieldLife] Just stumbled on this
Awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DeNCm-nxgk
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement
Good one Steve. Smiley face. From: seventhray27 steve.sun...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 9:01 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEpCud53c2s --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: They are also waiting for a few more people to die off...  Excellent strategy to avoid conflict.  From: Buck dhamiltony2k5@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 8:33 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement  Nice post Wayback, JTowbridge, I did send the link to your FFL letter earlier this morning directly over to Dr. John Hagelin right after you posted it on FFL. He responded back to me immediately too before I went to the Dome. I'm just in from the day's farm work now. The work is going long in the fields with spring upon us now. I stopped earlier and meditated along in time with the large group tonite while I was on my tractor. Frankly the New TM Movement is incorporating more over-sight and process within its workings. It's dynamic and changing. Things started changing from back before and around when Maharishi died. There are different elements within it still including some strict preservationists who obstruct change but things are also progressive. I would say from talking with folks inside that some yet are essentially afraid to be more transparent in process because they fear someone like MJ coming along and being negative. But in a direction of more transparency is coming. The strict preservationists have nothing to fear but fear itself. I think your paper is a good common-sense advocacy for better management practices that are actively being figured out more by committee process as J Hagelin has been setting about engaging people in that kind of process. They are also waiting for a few more people to die off as there is an active preparing of a younger set going on to take over. These are very exciting times within TM. It is in re-set. I agree, may the Unified Field save the group meditation. -Buck --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: I too really enjoyed your post, Mr Trowbridge. It was genuine and so right on. Loved your points about conflict. In the name of being positive, so much has been overlooked, not dealt with, and repressed. At every level. And for those whose very livelihood revolved around all this for some years, it took a real toll. The frustration of trying to get a problem dealt with was incredible - because the person was considered to be unstressing or negative. A really unhealthy system evolved. Anyway, you said it all so well and I thank you for that. I suspect that in posting it here on FFL, it will be read by the people you are talking to. My guess is that the big issue on the inside is whether to try and mimic exactly how MMY ran the TMO or whether to modify that so as to appeal to more people. Not modify the teaching, but the organization, how it is run, the way rules are enforced, how to handle conflict. I think a lot will depend on how that unfolds now and in the next decade as Bevan and John and the rajas begin to retire. Not that the TMO needs to become a corporate place, but it is all so very fuzzy and odd and seemingly going to end with our generation unless things change. Too much garbage being dragged along to interest the younger generation. But TM is pure gold for you? Lucky guy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jwtrowbridge johnwtrowbridge@ wrote: Thank you, a beautiful response, and I will carry on. I go by my own experiences. This has always been my guide, and my experiences daily have been magnificent. The program is pure gold. Thanks, --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Thanks John, beautiful post in it's positivity. And unique on this forum because you are one of perhaps only 5 posters here altogether that does TM regularily and have a non-agressive take on the TMO. So your idea of sending it here was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic, it will unfortunately only fuel more vile attacs on the TMO from the regulars here, most of whom have not done TM in decades. Aside from that it is impossible to disagree with you on any point, except for perhaps the most important; your idea that the The goal of this organization is not to appeal to a particular leader or person, but to the widest possible audience who will appreciate and practice the TM program in its purity. and reach the widest possible audience who will appreciate and
[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Man In Fairfield, v1.0
Excellent. That's *real*, and a celebration of the little things in life that make life worth living. No one had to change the world, no one had to be all enlightened, and no one seemed in need of deeper meaning or importance. Just as you say about a balsamic reduction, the Law Of Nature of a good life reduction seems to be to just simmer life slowly, without adding all that other crap like spirituality and self-importance. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: Despite being the laziest person on the planet, overeating at Rory and Rena's Easter potluck, sleeping like crap, and dragging my sorry carcass out of bed at 7am, I actually had a very productive day. First project: I decided to upgrade the iMac that serves up http://alex.natel.net/ from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. And rather than simply running the downloaded upgrade app, I extracted the install data from the download and used it to create a bootable USB flash drive. That way, I always have bootable media from which to reinstall the OS, even if the hard drive shits the bed. Second project: Putting together an EP-960 Teeter Hang Up inversion table. The written instructions that come with it are worthless, and just as I was about to call up the company and rip 'em a new one, I remembered the DVD that came with it. So, I fired it up, and sure enough, the DVD has a chapter that perfectly demonstrates proper assembly. Duh. Getting back to the potluck... Law of Nature: The positively absolutely unmistakably *BEST* way to cook boneless skinless chicken breast is sous vide at 140 deg F for 3 hours. My favorite source of external validation is cooking outstanding food for potlucks, and potlucks chez Rory and Rena are great because they are a meat-friendly household. So, on Saturday morning, I cooked a couple organic chicken breasts at 140 deg F for 3 hours and then popped the bag into the fridge until Sunday morning. I then made some balsamic vinegar reduction, using a recipe I found online that called for balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Big mistake. Law of Nature: The *ONLY* ingredient in a balsamic vinegar reduction is balsamic vinegar. The soy sauce and sugar ruined it, so I tossed it down the drain and made a fresh batch in accord with Natural Law. Rena was going to make roast lamb, and I suggested she buy some Crosse Blackwell mint sauce, which is a vinegar based mint sauce, instead of that godawful, radioactive green, jelly crap. She couldn't find any, so I made my own version of it. I made a cider vinegar reduction, sweetened it with jaggery, and infused mint leaves in the hot reduction. I woke up Sunday morning and did my usual Sunday ritual: had my coffee, turned on the far infrared sauna, and watched CBS Sunday Morning from inside the sauna. After that, I hit the kitchen. First task: make lime-ginger flash pickles. Inspired by this video: http://youtu.be/yuDFFJ2mazg I make a pickling liquid from either fresh squeezed lemons or limes and then use a vacuum canister and the vacuum port on my foodvac to vacuum infuse the liquid into the cucumber slices. This time, I used limes, and for the first time, used the single-gear juicer to make fresh ginger juice to add to the citrus. In the future, I won't add quite so much ginger, as the pickles were a bit medicinally bitter. I almost didn't bring them to the potluck, but I'm glad I did because people LOVED them. Second task: make the chicken breast hors d'oeuvres. I cut the chicken breast into neat little rectangles and topped them with fresh basil and/or fresh tarragon and half a cherry tomato, with a toothpick holding them together. Then I drizzled them with the balsamic vinegar reduction. I tried one and was totally blown away... unbelievably delicious. What's great about cooking chicken at 140 degrees is that very little liquid separates out; it's fully cooked, and any microorganisms are destroyed, but the meat is not subject to higher temperatures where the proteins contract and express out all the moisture. At the potluck, the chicken breast was a HUGE hit; people raved about it, and they polished off the entire platter.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Just stumbled on this
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: Awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DeNCm-nxgk Excellent. Your one-word comment says it all.
[FairfieldLife] Uh-oh...Oprah's off the program
Here she is hangin' with Thich Nhat Hanh, one of them dreaded Buddhists. Nabby will have a cow. :-) [https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/72621_5973750436\ 23525_846568786_n.jpg]
