[FairfieldLife] Re: A 5pm Weekday Group Meditation also for Fairfield No-badge-nik Meditators

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

FW:  This "unaffiliated" group meditation at the church downtown on the 
Fairfield Square advertised in the Weekly Reader is not really wise. It sends 
the wrong message. Sure, the Quakers had something cool going on, but was it 
pure consciousness? Was it truly Vedic science? Did it reflect true indigenous 
culture?  Maybe, maybe not.
  
 But we *do* have someone who *did* reflect the deepest principles, and who did 
maintain an authentic,indigenous tradition, and, moreover, provided a way for 
the average human to experience these profound principles: Maharishi. Again, we 
don't want to mess with it. The deepest thinkers and philosophers of history 
struggled with this, and here Maharishi gave it to us in a neat, ready-to-use 
package: Transcendental Meditation. This knowledge is far too important, and 
too delicate. History has taught us, particularly in India, how far off-base 
people can get in their misinterpretation of this experience, an experience 
that is critical to the health of humanity. -
 

 Hi Friends 
 In support of the collective need for peaceful influences in our lives/world 
we are offering opportunities for a silence-based group meditation.

 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 You are welcome to sit for all or any part of the hour in silence.  
 
 Simply quietly enter, meditate and leave accordingly.
 


In the interest of providing time and space for an unaffiliated, silent, group 
meditation, a Fairfield society of meditating Friends is facilitating a time 
and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit furnishes a space for a weekday silent 
meditation from 5 to 6pm Monday through Friday. 
 

 wleed3 writes:

 THANKS 4 this post next time in town will avail my self of such  THANKS

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Group meditation for all meditators who are without current Dome badges to 
practice silent meditation together,
 continues on weekdays, 5pm
 at 51 N. Court in Fairfield, Iowa
 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :
 

 Compatible in silent practice? 
 Surely a lot of silent meditations can be respectfully practiced together in 
peace.  
 

 :Yogananda silent meditation, Chopra meditation, Oprah’s , Oneness, Sahaja, 
Mindfulness, Zen, Centering Prayer, others, even ™.   This particular 5pm group 
meditation in Fairfield, iowa happens to be a facilitated silent time for 
people to silently practice their meditation in a group with others.
-JaiGuruYou
 

 

 

 rajawilliamsmith writes:

 

 TM and Quaker meetings don't go together, when we sit down using TM
we use a mantra, learning TM we learn how to use that, we can meditate on bus 
or anywhere, but we are ignoring the outside noise. At a quaker meeting the, 
impulse to speak is defined  as the word of god.  If they want me to go to the 
Dome and give a speech during mediation, than maybe we can go to a Quaker 
meeting and tell them we are meditating.
The silents we have during a Quaker meeting is drawn deeper with the impulse to 
speak the word of god. but once someone says something its starts to be drawn 
away.  If they had to rename the Quaker meeting they should call them spiritual 
hacks.
 





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :
 

 Actually it seems you would like our Fairfield Quaker Meeting of meditators.  
Quaker Meetings can vary by character of the people in the meeting. Our 
Fairfield Quaker Meeting is a silent meeting.  A vocal satsang that often does 
go on mostly happens afterwards and it can be quite informing, spiritual and 
inspired in the words of it.  During the meeting itself the old adage regarding 
speaking out during meeting is that it is okay to an extent that speaking may 
add to the silence of the meeting.
  
Some number of years ago someone attended here who had come from meetings in 
San Francisco. In larger times of conflict Quaker Meetings can experience an 
influx of people new to the Society of Friends coming because of the social 
activism that Friends have been known for. Like, for the Friends peace and 
anti-war testimony. This occurred during the Gulf wars and before during the 
Vietnam war. This meditator who attended SF meetings before would come to our 
silent Fairfield meeting and proceed to use it as a forum to soapbox, coming in 
attendance with prepared notes to speak from.  This earnest attender was dealt 
with kindly by an old Hicksite Quaker who came to meditating in Fairfield from 
an old East coast Quaker meeting. 

 More to come on cultivating compassion, spirituality, and social-justice 
activism..  


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 What?? People speak "the Word of God" during silent Quaker meetings?  That's 
news to me (and a good reason for why I wouldn't get involved in that).  I'm 
suspicious of anybody claiming to know the "Word of God"
 

 In any event, thx for the nice intro into 

[FairfieldLife] Re: A 5pm Weekday Group Meditation also for Fairfield No-badge-nik Meditators

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

You are welcome to sit for all or any part of the hour in silence.  
 
 Simply quietly enter, meditate and leave accordingly.
 


In the interest of providing time and space for an unaffiliated, silent, group 
meditation, a Fairfield society of meditating Friends is facilitating a time 
and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit furnishes a space for a weekday silent 
meditation from 5 to 6pm Monday through Friday. 
 

 wleed3 writes:

 THANKS 4 this post next time in town will avail my self of such  THANKS

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Group meditation for all meditators who are without current Dome badges to 
practice silent meditation together,
 continues on weekdays, 5pm
 at 51 N. Court in Fairfield, Iowa
 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :
 

 Compatible in silent practice? 
 Surely a lot of silent meditations can be respectfully practiced together in 
peace.  
 

 :Yogananda silent meditation, Chopra meditation, Oprah’s , Oneness, Sahaja, 
Mindfulness, Zen, Centering Prayer, others, even ™.   This particular 5pm group 
meditation in Fairfield, iowa happens to be a facilitated silent time for 
people to silently practice their meditation in a group with others.
-JaiGuruYou
 

 

 

 rajawilliamsmith writes:

 

 TM and Quaker meetings don't go together, when we sit down using TM
we use a mantra, learning TM we learn how to use that, we can meditate on bus 
or anywhere, but we are ignoring the outside noise. At a quaker meeting the, 
impulse to speak is defined  as the word of god.  If they want me to go to the 
Dome and give a speech during mediation, than maybe we can go to a Quaker 
meeting and tell them we are meditating.
The silents we have during a Quaker meeting is drawn deeper with the impulse to 
speak the word of god. but once someone says something its starts to be drawn 
away.  If they had to rename the Quaker meeting they should call them spiritual 
hacks.
 





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :
 

 Actually it seems you would like our Fairfield Quaker Meeting of meditators.  
Quaker Meetings can vary by character of the people in the meeting. Our 
Fairfield Quaker Meeting is a silent meeting.  A vocal satsang that often does 
go on mostly happens afterwards and it can be quite informing, spiritual and 
inspired in the words of it.  During the meeting itself the old adage regarding 
speaking out during meeting is that it is okay to an extent that speaking may 
add to the silence of the meeting.
  
Some number of years ago someone attended here who had come from meetings in 
San Francisco. In larger times of conflict Quaker Meetings can experience an 
influx of people new to the Society of Friends coming because of the social 
activism that Friends have been known for. Like, for the Friends peace and 
anti-war testimony. This occurred during the Gulf wars and before during the 
Vietnam war. This meditator who attended SF meetings before would come to our 
silent Fairfield meeting and proceed to use it as a forum to soapbox, coming in 
attendance with prepared notes to speak from.  This earnest attender was dealt 
with kindly by an old Hicksite Quaker who came to meditating in Fairfield from 
an old East coast Quaker meeting. 

 More to come on cultivating compassion, spirituality, and social-justice 
activism..  


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 What?? People speak "the Word of God" during silent Quaker meetings?  That's 
news to me (and a good reason for why I wouldn't get involved in that).  I'm 
suspicious of anybody claiming to know the "Word of God"
 

 In any event, thx for the nice intro into various facets of Compassion - a 
difficult topic to get a handle on due its vastness and starkly different 
approaches.  But the way things are shaping up especially including the 
scientific evidence, ..
 ...
 Old model of reality:
   1. Meditate and "take it as it comes"
   2. No deliberate attempt to incorporate mood making, but if moods 
spontaneously arise, follow (1) and the usual TM instructions.
   3. No particular attention need given to Compassion, since the practice 
itself will result in many benefits that include that, along with overall 
happiness and better health.
 

 New Model of reality.
   1. Complementary benefits of meditation along with Compassion.  This can 
involve TM or other forms of meditation, and
  2. Deliberate attempt to cultivate Compassion, with mood making playing a 
role initially at least. After a degree of Compassion sets in, it tends to have 
a self-expanding quality radiating as a subtle form of Shakti into the 
environment and to all people.
  3. There need not be a particular appearance of Compassion (such as giving $ 
and food to the poor, helping to rebuild the devastated homes of those in need, 
doing volunteer work and disaster relief.
  4. The reason for the "there need not"...in (3) may be 

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[FairfieldLife] Re: FF meditator memoriam

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

 Nancy Glassco passed away in May. Nancy lived in Fairfield for 34 years most 
of that time rounding,
 Including the Creating Coherence Program and the Invincible America Assembly. 
She was 95 and 8 months old.
 


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Ellie Ditzel died yesterday morning.
 Wednesday May 24

 Ellie first moved to the meditating community in Fairfield, Iowa in 1975. 
There will be a gathering of her friends this Saturday afternoon May 27 from 2 
to 4 p.m. at Revelations Coffeehouse. 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Vaidya Mishra

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Paul Handelman
 
 April 11,1949 - March 20, 2017
 

 Carl Wonneman, 75
 Obit, Fairfield Ledger:
 Died March 11, 2017
 Born May 27, 1943
 Served four years in the United States Navy in the Underwater Demolition 
Program as a “frogman”. 
 Received a MBA from Maharishi International University. 
 

 Yep, someone recently was telling me there were about a 100 people who became 
TM teachers out of St. Louis, Columbia, Kansas City and the Cape. Carl seems to 
have also been of the Missouri TM cohort for a time.
 

 His friends called him, 'Big-Beefy'. Tim Hildebrandt told a story about Carl 
saying one time when they were teaching TM in the St. Louis area they were in 
rough area using a motel to initiate in. They went out for a meal and on coming 
back Carl's tape recorder was missing from the room. He went out to his car, 
got a baseball bat and went down a few doors banging on a door to where some 
guys were hanging out saying to them that he was missing his tape recorder and 
was going out for a while but that the tape recorder better be back when he 
returns or.. "heads will roll". The tape recorder was back in its place when he 
got back. 
 

 Wait.  Karl ( Carl) Wannaman?  I knew him.  He was part of the Cape Giradeau, 
Mo. contingent if it is who I am thinking of. Would have been friends with 
George Todt and Tim Hildebrandt, (deceased). 

 I would not have pegged him as the Navy Seal type, though, or a healer, for 
that matter, but he was a nice fellow.

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 
 Carl W0nneman passed away last night. An old devotee of Maharishi, very much a 
part of the Fairfield, Iowa Meditating Satsanga. A cultivated spiritual guy, a 
healer. He was a Navy Seal before there were Navy Seals, went to Viet Nam. He 
met Maharishi while surfing and walking on the beach one day in Malibu. Later 
he went to TM teacher training. For a while Maharishi made him a checker of 
advanced techniques. In his later years he was resident in Fairfield and very 
much present in the meditating community. The last couple of years he was 
confined in a nursing home in Fairfield. I am grateful to have known him, he 
taught me the night technique the way Maharishi taught it to him.  I will miss 
him.   “Free at last, he is free, thank god almighty he is free at last”. 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_g4jkPqUw 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_g4jkPqUw
 


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 John Ong 1927-2017
 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 On Being. This is pretty good, you'll laugh.
 Withering Into the Truth  
 http://onbeing.org/blog/withering-into-the-truth/ 
http://onbeing.org/blog/withering-into-the-truth/
 
 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Obits,
 Rod Magoon 
 David George
 

 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Gary Malmgren,
 A friend to everyone.
 The sweetest man in the Dome. 
Sept. 11, 1945 - Jan. 8, 2017

 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Eulogy, 
 Meditators; it's been a long time, it's been a sacrifice at times to have been 
here. You came bravely, proudly. You're a special group. You've found in one 
another a bond that exists possibly only among siblings. You've shared 
community, held each other in dire moments. You've seen friends in their death 
here and we have all suffered together at times to be here. I'm proud to have 
meditated with each and every one of you. You all who came and joined the 
Fairfield, Iowa group meditation deserve long and happy rest in peace.

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Amalia Bright passed away yesterday.  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Hi Friends
 Our dear friend William James Duke passed into the Life Eternal today at 
2:54pm as the Supermoon was preparing to rise.  It was a powerful, graceful 
transition.  The cremation ceremony will be Friday at Behner’s Funeral and 
Crematorium…in the afternoon ( time TBA).  A reception will follow at the home 
of Catharine Castle (time and address TBA).
  
 All blessings, jennifer
 
 
---In 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A 5pm Weekday Group Meditation also for Fairfield No-badge-nik Meditators

[wleed3 wle...@aol.com [FairfieldLife]]

THANKS 4 this post next time in town will avail my self of such Doug THANKS




In a message dated 05/28/17 05:47:34 Eastern Daylight Time, 
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com writes:



Group meditation for all meditators who are without current Dome badges to 
practice silent meditation together,
continues on weekdays, 5pm
at 51 N. Court in Fairfield, Iowa


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :




Compatible in silent practice? 
Surely a lot of silent meditations can be respectfully practiced together in 
peace.  


:Yogananda silent meditation, Chopra meditation, Oprah’s , Oneness, Sahaja, 
Mindfulness, Zen, Centering Prayer, others, even ™.   This particular 5pm group 
meditation in Fairfield, iowa happens to be a facilitated silent time for 
people to silently practice their meditation in a group with others.
-JaiGuruYou






rajawilliamsmith writes:



TM and Quaker meetings don't go together, when we sit down using TM
we use a mantra, learning TM we learn how to use that, we can meditate on bus 
or anywhere, but we are ignoring the outside noise. At a quaker meeting the, 
impulse to speak is defined  as the word of god.  If they want me to go to the 
Dome and give a speech during mediation, than maybe we can go to a Quaker 
meeting and tell them we are meditating.
The silents we have during a Quaker meeting is drawn deeper with the impulse to 
speak the word of god. but once someone says something its starts to be drawn 
away.  If they had to rename the Quaker meeting they should call them spiritual 
hacks.



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :


Actually it seems you would like our Fairfield Quaker Meeting of meditators.  
Quaker Meetings can vary by character of the people in the meeting. Our 
Fairfield Quaker Meeting is a silent meeting.  A vocal satsang that often does 
go on mostly happens afterwards and it can be quite informing, spiritual and 
inspired in the words of it.  During the meeting itself the old adage regarding 
speaking out during meeting is that it is okay to an extent that it may add to 
the silence of the meeting.

Some number of years ago someone attended here who had come from meetings in 
San Francisco. In larger times of conflict Quaker Meetings can experience an 
influx of people new to the Society of Friends coming because of the social 
activism that Friends have been known for. Like, for the Friends peace and 
anti-war testimony. This occurred during the Gulf wars and before during the 
Vietnam war. This meditator who attended SF meetings before would come to our 
silent Fairfield meeting and proceed to use it as a forum to soapbox, coming in 
attendance with prepared notes to speak from.  This earnest attender was dealt 
with kindly by an old Hicksite Quaker who came to meditating in Fairfield from 
an old East coast Quaker meeting. 


More to come on cultivating compassion, spirituality, and social-justice 
activism..  


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :


What?? People speak "the Word of God" during silent Quaker meetings?  That's 
news to me (and a good reason for why I wouldn't get involved in that).  I'm 
suspicious of anybody claiming to know the "Word of God"


In any event, thx for the nice intro into various facets of Compassion - a 
difficult topic to get a handle on due its vastness and starkly different 
approaches.  But the way things are shaping up especially including the 
scientific evidence, ..
...
Old model of reality:
  1. Meditate and "take it as it comes"
  2. No deliberate attempt to incorporate mood making, but if moods 
spontaneously arise, follow (1) and the usual TM instructions.
  3. No particular attention need given to Compassion, since the practice 
itself will result in many benefits that include that, along with overall 
happiness and better health.


New Model of reality.
  1. Complementary benefits of meditation along with Compassion.  This can 
involve TM or other forms of meditation, and
 2. Deliberate attempt to cultivate Compassion, with mood making playing a role 
initially at least. After a degree of Compassion sets in, it tends to have a 
self-expanding quality radiating as a subtle form of Shakti into the 
environment and to all people.
 3. There need not be a particular appearance of Compassion (such as giving $ 
and food to the poor, helping to rebuild the devastated homes of those in need, 
doing volunteer work and disaster relief.
 4. The reason for the "there need not"...in (3) may be explained by the 
powerful amount of Shakti radiated by some Gurus such as Ammachi.  This Shakti 
may manifest in countless ways for the benefit of humanity. The mechanisms 
behind such radiation may be too subtle for ordinary perception.  Thus, Gurus 
like Guru Dev, Aurobindo, Ramakrishna, and Ramana Maharshi on a superficial 
level may not seem Compassionate, but on a more subtle level their influence 
could have global implications of 

[FairfieldLife] Re: A 5pm Weekday Group Meditation also for Fairfield No-badge-nik Meditators

[dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Group meditation for all meditators who are without current Dome badges to 
practice silent meditation together,
 continues on weekdays, 5pm
 at 51 N. Court in Fairfield, Iowa
 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :
 

 Compatible in silent practice? 
 Surely a lot of silent meditations can be respectfully practiced together in 
peace.  
 

 :Yogananda silent meditation, Chopra meditation, Oprah’s , Oneness, Sahaja, 
Mindfulness, Zen, Centering Prayer, others, even ™.   This particular 5pm group 
meditation in Fairfield, iowa happens to be a facilitated silent time for 
people to silently practice their meditation in a group with others.
-JaiGuruYou
 

 

 

 rajawilliamsmith writes:

 

 TM and Quaker meetings don't go together, when we sit down using TM
we use a mantra, learning TM we learn how to use that, we can meditate on bus 
or anywhere, but we are ignoring the outside noise. At a quaker meeting the, 
impulse to speak is defined  as the word of god.  If they want me to go to the 
Dome and give a speech during mediation, than maybe we can go to a Quaker 
meeting and tell them we are meditating.
The silents we have during a Quaker meeting is drawn deeper with the impulse to 
speak the word of god. but once someone says something its starts to be drawn 
away.  If they had to rename the Quaker meeting they should call them spiritual 
hacks.
 





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :
 

 Actually it seems you would like our Fairfield Quaker Meeting of meditators.  
Quaker Meetings can vary by character of the people in the meeting. Our 
Fairfield Quaker Meeting is a silent meeting.  A vocal satsang that often does 
go on mostly happens afterwards and it can be quite informing, spiritual and 
inspired in the words of it.  During the meeting itself the old adage regarding 
speaking out during meeting is that it is okay to an extent that it may add to 
the silence of the meeting.
  
Some number of years ago someone attended here who had come from meetings in 
San Francisco. In larger times of conflict Quaker Meetings can experience an 
influx of people new to the Society of Friends coming because of the social 
activism that Friends have been known for. Like, for the Friends peace and 
anti-war testimony. This occurred during the Gulf wars and before during the 
Vietnam war. This meditator who attended SF meetings before would come to our 
silent Fairfield meeting and proceed to use it as a forum to soapbox, coming in 
attendance with prepared notes to speak from.  This earnest attender was dealt 
with kindly by an old Hicksite Quaker who came to meditating in Fairfield from 
an old East coast Quaker meeting. 

 More to come on cultivating compassion, spirituality, and social-justice 
activism..  


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 What?? People speak "the Word of God" during silent Quaker meetings?  That's 
news to me (and a good reason for why I wouldn't get involved in that).  I'm 
suspicious of anybody claiming to know the "Word of God"
 

 In any event, thx for the nice intro into various facets of Compassion - a 
difficult topic to get a handle on due its vastness and starkly different 
approaches.  But the way things are shaping up especially including the 
scientific evidence, ..
 ...
 Old model of reality:
   1. Meditate and "take it as it comes"
   2. No deliberate attempt to incorporate mood making, but if moods 
spontaneously arise, follow (1) and the usual TM instructions.
   3. No particular attention need given to Compassion, since the practice 
itself will result in many benefits that include that, along with overall 
happiness and better health.
 

 New Model of reality.
   1. Complementary benefits of meditation along with Compassion.  This can 
involve TM or other forms of meditation, and
  2. Deliberate attempt to cultivate Compassion, with mood making playing a 
role initially at least. After a degree of Compassion sets in, it tends to have 
a self-expanding quality radiating as a subtle form of Shakti into the 
environment and to all people.
  3. There need not be a particular appearance of Compassion (such as giving $ 
and food to the poor, helping to rebuild the devastated homes of those in need, 
doing volunteer work and disaster relief.
  4. The reason for the "there need not"...in (3) may be explained by the 
powerful amount of Shakti radiated by some Gurus such as Ammachi.  This Shakti 
may manifest in countless ways for the benefit of humanity. The mechanisms 
behind such radiation may be too subtle for ordinary perception.  Thus, Gurus 
like Guru Dev, Aurobindo, Ramakrishna, and Ramana Maharshi on a superficial 
level may not seem Compassionate, but on a more subtle level their influence 
could have global implications of vast importance.


 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 FW: A WEEKEND no-badge group meditation, Hi Friends