[FairfieldLife] Re: Lahiri Mahasaya on CC

2007-08-29 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is not so difficult to attain Life beyond death, or walking over water. During the practice of Pranayam when the breath becomes still, after two hours, how far one wants to go in water one can go, because, when

[FairfieldLife] So then, what's the purpose of the devil?

2007-08-29 Thread BillyG.
To tempt, of course! When we have met all of Satan's(maya)challenges we will have risen in stature and character and will be fit to enter the kingdom of God. Is that not the purpose of temptation...to build character? When all men have overcome, Satan's job will be finished, and he will simply

[FairfieldLife] Re: An Inspiring Visit to Baba Muktananda

2007-08-30 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Troll: And the moderator of a spiritual forum won't answer my simple question of What happened to all the money Me:(acting a bit trollish) If Rick would just accept his omniscient status conferred by his being

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dalai Lama on the practice of morality.

2007-08-31 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, quantum packet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There you go...morality as the *foundation* of spirituality, pretty much the same as Patanjali! Therefore, the path leading to liberation is comprised of the three higher trainings: the training of morality as the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrating the rising sunshine ,of Global Raam Raj, 28 August 2007

2007-09-01 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Can someone please tell me why I am bored stiff by Maharishi's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrating the rising sunshine ,of Global Raam Raj, 28 August 2007

2007-09-01 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Like I said, it isn't about the TM technique, it's about Maharishi. Advancement on the path doesn't mean you throw your brains out the window and ignore the weird abberations in people's behavior, even in Maharishi. I

[FairfieldLife] Spirit and it's reflection off matter (Prakriti) make the Hindu trinity..

2007-09-02 Thread BillyG.
Om (Prakriti, Mother Divine), Tat (the *refection* of Spirit off matter or Prakriti, the immanent Purusha/Brahm), and Sat (Pure unbounded Spirit, Brahman). Om-Tat-Sat. (Also Father, Son and Holy Spirit in Christianity). The parallels with MMY are; once we realize the reflection of Brahman off

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celebrating the rising sunshine ,of Global Raam Raj, 28 August 2007

2007-09-02 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Like I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dice reference in the Rig Veda

2007-09-02 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll bet (no pun intended) that alot of readers of FFL will remember that reference in Rig Veda about not playing with dice. I remember it from my 6-month course in which we read the Rig Veda for hours upon hours.

[FairfieldLife] MMY..may be his last puja.

2007-09-02 Thread BillyG.
On MMY channel..the most surreal thing I've ever seen (puja). You've got to admit he has dogged determination and incredible dedication to World Peace and Vedic knowledge up to the very end,. Talk about eternal optimism...amazing for someone in their 90's!

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY..may be his last puja.

2007-09-03 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BillyG. Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 9:29 PM To: FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY..may be his last puja.

2007-09-03 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: On MMY channel..the most surreal thing I've ever seen (puja). You've got to admit he has dogged determination and incredible dedication to World Peace

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY..may be his last puja.

2007-09-03 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pranamoocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Pranamoocher-(remind me not to get too close)Here is the link, unfortunately no fast forward and no reverse and on their time ONLY. I lucked out and it just started, keep trying. (Unless there is another way?)

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY..may be his last puja.

2007-09-03 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pranamoocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: B: Thanks for the link- I just glanced at Channel 1 and it is amazing to see how MMY looks in 206 compared to the usual press photos, even from several years ago. What is all the stuff on the tables surrounding all

[FairfieldLife] MMY , Yasoda and the baby Krishna.

2007-09-04 Thread BillyG.
Channel 3 MMY relating how Prakriti (Yasoda) gives birth to the child Krishna (Vishnu or dynamism) in the universe; symbolic embodiments of *formless* verities found in Hindu literature. Again, the Hindu trinity or the Father (Spirit, Brahman, Sat) and the Son (Vishnu/Krishna, dynamism, or Tat)

[FairfieldLife] www.lewisweiss.com still password protected...

2007-09-04 Thread BillyG.
Typical movement behavior I suspect, after all we wouldn't want that knowledge (MMY's recent talks) getting out now would we! Heck, somebody might actually learn something, or worse yet might spread the teaching! Nope, it's better we keep this information sealed up tight (like all the rest of his

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Rolled the Buddha in Sitges

2007-09-05 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So. Moving to Spain. Where does one start? Probably back in August, juggling the preparation for the move with a month of 60-hour workweeks because my mathematical programming/optimization project started

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Rolled the Buddha in Sitges

2007-09-06 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: So. Moving to Spain. So, you moved to Spain and went out to a little bar and then you sat in a garden at 1:00 AM. And he played with his 'buddha', ahem, if you know what I mean! :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another MMY audio

2007-09-09 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MMY-Investigation into the nature of God Part 2 - Humboldt 25min http://www.box.net/shared/93q1nu873a The others recently added are from: MMY - Investigation into the nature of God Part 1 - 55min Humboldt MMY -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another MMY audio

2007-09-09 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MMY-Investigation into the nature of God Part 2 - Humboldt 25min http://www.box.net/shared/93q1nu873a The others recently added are from: MMY - Investigation into the nature of God Part 1 - 55min Humboldt MMY -

[FairfieldLife] Re: 3 videos of Byron katie doing the work in Israel on War

2007-09-09 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: online version HYPERLINK http://byronkatieinternational.c.topica.com/maahFPwabAW3xbT173oeaehtUg/her e HYPERLINK http://byronkatieinternational.c.topica.com/maahFPwabAW3ybT173oeaehtUg/; August 2007 The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another MMY audio

2007-09-09 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BillyG. Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 8:51 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Another MMY audio

[FairfieldLife] What happens when you vote for democrats....

2007-09-12 Thread BillyG.
About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you vote for democrats....

2007-09-12 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: In a message dated 9/12/07 12:31:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, wgm4u@ writes: If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty-million

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you vote for democrats....

2007-09-12 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives boo_lives@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: What happens when you vote for democrats....

2007-09-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/12/07 9:26:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My point being, no matter how you crack it, it's toast for the Republicans and a boon for Democrats, they know that, they promise

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Party

2007-09-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been too busy to read much of FFL for the last couple of days, and I'm missing out on some great threads. I just wanted to post an analogy that expresses my attitude toward the issue of cordial speech and behavior.

[FairfieldLife] Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin:

2007-09-13 Thread BillyG.
In order to be functioning from the 'Home of all the Laws of Nature', (Brahm) the Kundalini energy MUST be awakened, there is no other way. If you need a description of such an experience look in Revelation 1:1 thru 1:20 and it will give you a description of conscious transcending, since you don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why people have problems when Kundalini awakens

2007-09-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who is Tanmay and who is Ronvery confusing!! The reason why people have problems is most likely they are giving attention to thoughts of either the past or what if's for the future, then coloring those thoughts with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin:

2007-09-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: In order to be functioning from the 'Home of all the Laws of Nature', (Brahm) the Kundalini energy MUST be awakened, there is no other way. If you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin:

2007-09-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of off_world_beings Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:39 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dear Bevan and Dr.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin:

2007-09-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin:

2007-09-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rev 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Here's the meaty part; the trumpet is the Holy sound of the spinal chakras or the OM (pranava) sound one hears

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin:

2007-09-14 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, matrixmonitor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---This is ridiculous! There is no hidden kundalini message in this. It's a clear revelation concerning the Person of Jesus Christ. Don't invent your own New Age meanings. The point is very few have fully

[FairfieldLife] Bible account of transcending...according to St. John.

2007-09-14 Thread BillyG.
Revelations: 1:10 thru 1:20 Rev 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, I was meditating on God and heard the sound of the Cosmic OM, AUM reveberating in my consciousness. Rev 1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bible account of transcending...according to St. John.

2007-09-14 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the beginning was the Weda, and the Weda was with the Totality, and the Weda was Totality. John 1:2 See...I told ya! Chewbacca also knew all of these things!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin:

2007-09-14 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Describe your experience of Kundalini, precisely and unpoetically. OffWorld I've NEVER experienced the awakening of the kundalini! I only know about it theoretically.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin:

2007-09-14 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've NEVER experienced the awakening of the kundalini! I only know about it theoretically. I haven't been following this conversation carefully, but might your never having experienced it account for your having a

[FairfieldLife] Today is Ganapati's (Ganesh's) Birthday...(Hindu).

2007-09-15 Thread BillyG.
Purportedly Ganesh is the remover of obstacles and rules the first Chakra or the Muladhara Chakra. Hence obeisance must be paid to the one God or deity, in this form in order to progress and be successful in Yoga especially when it comes to awakening the serpent fire (kundalini). Generally I

[FairfieldLife] MMY stops teaching kundalini....in 1970!

2007-09-16 Thread BillyG.
Why? Too Religious (Hindu)? or could it be that when Siddhas realize they aren't raising their kundalini (due to lack of tangible experience vis-a-vis kundalini as described by MMY in lecture Kundalini) they're NOT functioning from the home of all the laws of nature?! And if they're NOT

[FairfieldLife] Re: the doors of Kuber are opening

2007-09-17 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from Raja Konhaus of California: now the doors of Kuber -- the impulse of intelligence responsible for nourishing the world through wealth -- are opening. We're finding that financial support is coming from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Citta manas?

2007-09-20 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 19, 2007, at 8:17 AM, cardemaister wrote: Anyone know what's the difference, if any, between citta and manas Citta and manas are container and contents respectively. Citta is the entire mind-field

[FairfieldLife] Re: AV Eggs?

2007-09-21 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does aayur-veda say about eggs? http://www.incredibleegg.org/health.html Ghandi apparently put them in the category of milk products suggesting that infertile eggs were OK to eat. I don't think he ate them

[FairfieldLife] Re: AV Eggs?

2007-09-21 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: What does aayur-veda say about eggs? http://www.incredibleegg.org/health.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: AV Eggs?

2007-09-21 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: cardemaister wrote: What does aayur-veda say about eggs?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Ego an I or a Me?

2007-09-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, brontebaxter8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what is the ego, an I or a Me? Me is something that things are done to. I is a doer. snip Yes, Vedic philosophy seems so unlimited. It speaks eloquently of the Unlimited. But it teaches you that to live

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Ego an I or a Me?

2007-09-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill wrote: The soul is a pure reflection of God called the Jivatma, when in the beginning when it was tempted by Lucifer (maya/avidya) in the Garden of Eden (pure innocence) it was warned not to eat of the tree

[FairfieldLife] Re: Video: India on America

2007-09-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnlMnf7t4t4 Too bad she can't danceI wonder, how much better would the world be without America? I guess everybody would be happier and war would just disappearmaybe someday

[FairfieldLife] Re: I don't care what you call it...

2007-09-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and I'm sorry, given whatever Hindu or Newage stuff you wish to project upon it, there is nothing quite like meeting someone *far* too young and *far* too beautiful for you in a bar -- in this case, the Corner Bar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Signposts that MMY is not enlightened

2007-09-24 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3. Speaking about Kundalini and explaining it is said to be at the base of the spine, I believe this statement is from MMY's lecture on Kundalini, as such I think you make an interesting point, is MMY functioning from Aham

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding Judy's Comment/ Is Ego an I or a Me?

2007-09-24 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter brontebaxter8@ wrote: I replied to this once. Somehow it never posted, so here goes again: From Judy, quoting Bronte: To claim that the ego

[FairfieldLife] Re: Signposts that MMY is not enlightened

2007-09-24 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 24, 2007, at 11:35 AM, BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron sidha7001@ wrote: 3. Speaking about Kundalini and explaining it is said to be at the base of the spine, I believe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Signposts that MMY is not enlightened

2007-09-24 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey ! How do you KNOW that Bush isn't the Hitler of today ? ;-) Hey, you're right, I give, Bush is the next Hitler! Especially since his term will expire next year! :-OOO

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Ego an I or a Me?

2007-09-27 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter brontebaxter8@ wrote: Bill wrote: The soul is a pure reflection of God called the Jivatma

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on Phase Transition

2007-09-30 Thread BillyG.
Personally I think it's all wishful thinking, it would be nice if it actually were true. I mean, you know the Purushas actually functioning from the home of all the laws of nature, but I doubt any of them have even fully transcended once! (Don't forget, kundalini is the path of transcending,

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on Phase Transition

2007-10-01 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip To attribute the actual changes only to Maharishi's efforts is more than silly, in my view. At best, Maharishi's movement is a part of, a manifestation of, the much larger phenomenon. What we need is 8000 Maharishis

[FairfieldLife] I was NOT functioning from the Home of all the laws of nature

2007-10-01 Thread BillyG.
In my short stay in the dome in the 80's I'm sure I was counted as being one Siddha in the dome, and I can say that I am NOT enlightened and therefore was NOT functioning from the Home of ALL the Laws of Nature, far from it! So you do the math, how could the ME effect possibly be accurate? Now if

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on Phase Transition

2007-10-01 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Sure, you can become 'part' of the bullshit - and then perhaps you no longer see

[FairfieldLife] Re: I was NOT functioning from the Home of all the laws of nature

2007-10-01 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think we can affect the universe by touching down on the deepest layer of consciousness and thinking thoughts from there. That's one thing TM had right. We may not be established in pure consciousness, but that

[FairfieldLife] Re: I was NOT functioning from the Home of all the laws of nature

2007-10-01 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter brontebaxter8@ wrote: I think we can affect the universe by touching down on the deepest

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Archer/ The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realization

2007-10-01 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sattva Purushayoh Atyantasamkirnayoh Pure consciousness and the active intelligence of Buddhi (the Me) have absolutely nothing to do with one another. Except that one (Intelligence) is a reflection of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bad news for Bevan

2007-10-03 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should also say that about fat old Gurdjieff - oh I'm sure you could have kicked his ass as well. Since your in the mood for lowbrow descrimination against overweight people, why not call up Howard Stern for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking the path alone

2007-10-07 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, the guru is only a guide and it has been stated here that one must walk the path alone ultimately. This is no way means that while one is with the Guru, the evolution is not in full force until one is walking the

[FairfieldLife] Ramakrishna and MMY on the nature of Brahman...

2007-10-07 Thread BillyG.
Once a salt doll went to measure the depth of the ocean. It wanted to tell others how deep the water was. But this it could never do, for no sooner did it get into the water than it dissolved. Now, who was there to report the ocean's depth? What Brahman is cannot be described. In samadhi one

[FairfieldLife] Re: Definitions sahaha, Sarrvikalpa, Nirvikalpa

2007-10-07 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Om Namo Narayan Sahaja means effortless and continuous - (not simply the result of being in sitting meditation) This is rather a continous state of Consciousness versus an experience that comes and goes. Sarvikalpa -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Definitions sahaha, Sarrvikalpa, Nirvikalpa

2007-10-07 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, purushaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It reminds me of the saying by Christ Jesus that: Whoever finds his life (ego) will lose it (Cosmic Awareness), and whoever loses his life (litte ego) for my sake will find it (Cosmic Consciousness). You added

[FairfieldLife] Re: Joni Mitchell's transmission of enlightenment

2007-10-07 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip While I do feel it might be safe to say some people have had some awakening or some realization, it's very likely these are huge exaggerations on the part of a few people. So which is it Vaj...I'm confused?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interesting translation of III 38

2007-10-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 13, 2007, at 1:48 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 13, 2007, at 1:05 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj

[FairfieldLife] Diksha Initiation vs. regular Initiation.

2007-10-13 Thread BillyG.
In Diksha Initiation a Sat-Guru (true god-man) gives you some of his God Consciousness, in regular Initiation any human teacher can give you a meditation technique. The difference is in Diksha Initiation the initiate must *qualify* for the experience by his past spiritual sadhana (practice), and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Diksha Initiation vs. regular Initiation.

2007-10-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: after all these years of doing tm and if regular and sincere with it, I would submit there is a good chance that one would move rapidly by taking diksha under the terms specified below. Yes, as you correctly surmised, one

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Sri Chinmoy

2007-10-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Died Thursday at the age of 72 of a heart attack. Piece in the New York Times about devotees gathering in Briarwood, Queens, to pay their respects, and about the devotee community there: http://tinyurl.com/2us9hr

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Sri Chinmoy

2007-10-13 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: his music is a joke! We are s lucky MMY didn't torture us with this crap! Ha,hacount your blessings! :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Al Gore's Nine Inconvenient Errors

2007-10-16 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do.rflex wrote: Ah, but the many thousands of scientists world-wide who are the source of his information, do. ONE of the world's foremost meteorologists has called the theory that helped Al Gore

[FairfieldLife] Interesting video on Ajna chakra.

2007-10-17 Thread BillyG.
In this teaching Cosmic Consciousness is synonymous with MMY's Unity Consciousness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9cSuXLlOtAmode=relatedsearch=India%20Meditation%20Guru%20Yoga%20Enlightenment%20Samadhi%20Nirvana%20Buddha%20Babaji%20Kriya%20Hamsa%20Surya%20Yogiraj%20Siddhanath%20Yogi%20Master

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-18 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, kaladevi93 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, biosoundbill smithybill@ wrote: I think that the advanced techniques in TM where additional syllables are added to the mantra are not as powerful as the basic TM technique.

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-18 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: biosoundbill wrote: From your experience, am I correct in saying that `Om Shreem Maha Lakshmiyei Swaha' would be the most powerful of all 3 meditation mantras? Strictly speaking, none of these phrases

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-18 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably not one person, in the whole history of mankind, has ever been enlightened by repeating gibberish. BillyG wrote: You mean the powerful goo-goo gaa-gaa mantra? Agreed! According to Marshy

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-18 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bhairitu wrote: My guru has had to undo the damage that people got from just picking up some mantra from a book. Apparently your guru is a mere retired pilot from the Indian Air Force - hardly someone who

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-18 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, biosoundbill smithybill@ wrote: I think that the advanced techniques in TM where additional syllables are added to the mantra are not as powerful as the basic TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Associated Press story sweeps the US and the world

2007-10-18 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, michael florescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Lynch Associated Press story sweeps the US and the world by Global Good News staff writer Global Good News 18 October 2007 The Associated Press article 'Lynch promotes meditation on

[FairfieldLife] Corpus callosum physical counterpart to third eye/Ajna Chakra.

2007-10-20 Thread BillyG.
I was wondering if Raja Ram had included this in his work on the human physiology and the Universe...anybody know? Supposedly the third ventricle is the passage of the Sushumna leading to enlightenment or Unity Consciousness, interesting video (already posted) on this here: Supposedly this also

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-21 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the Hindu yogic tradition I practiced in, the gap or transcendent in TM speak is only just the beginning...and it's not truly transcendental consciousness, it's merely a thought-free state. It is however an important

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-21 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: In the Hindu yogic tradition I practiced in, the gap or transcendent in TM speak is only just the beginning...and it's not truly transcendental

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-21 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 21, 2007, at 9:43 PM, BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: In the Hindu yogic tradition I practiced in, the gap or transcendent in TM speak is only just the beginning

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some people will have carried an awakening from a previous life, so it's impossible to tell those who were previously awakened or if they awakened from their practice in this life without investigating. But usually if

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me, no effort or will whatsoever is involved. The whole thing is automatic, completely spontaneous. *Samyama* involves effort, but not dhyan. TM is Samyama! Effortless Dharana (poorly translated as

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's also not unusual for people to have imbalanced awakenings, esp. people working indiscriminately with sexual practices. This is also somewhat common among TMSP practitioners. It is important to have guidance in such

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sal Sunshine wrote: --anyone who doesn't know that bija mantras are used in TM So, Sal, where do you think the TM bija mantras come from? is a clueless nitwit who lives under a bridge. If you are

[FairfieldLife] Re: ...the first ruler of the universe...

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GGN http://tinyurl.com/yoxxwo We have been administering the world for the last few years under the spell of the Constitution of the Universe, Thanks, just in time for Halloween! snipped, the usual stuff.

[FairfieldLife] Re: I think that the basic TM technique is more powerful than the advanced techn

2007-10-22 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The question is, where do the TM bija mantras come from? According to Swami Yogananda from the vibrations of the spinal chakras which, incidentally also make up the Sanskrit (Devanagari) alphabet. Fifty petals

[FairfieldLife] In TM, Samadhi requires long periods of silent meditation.

2007-10-23 Thread BillyG.
I remember in Mallorca MMY had us take 3 days of silence with limited food intake, we'd stay in our rooms for 3 days rounding. And then in the Fuiggi Fonte Theatre he said: You could meditate a million years and not reach CC unless you come to these courses, well that ended any speculation about

[FairfieldLife] Transcending body consciousness as described by St. John.

2007-10-23 Thread BillyG.
In Revelation St. John describes his experience of transcending body consciousness up thru the kundalini. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. Rev 1:10 St John was in meditation in the Spirit, leaving the realm of the body and senses, and

[FairfieldLife] MMY never finished 24 commentaries to his Bhagavad Gita.

2007-10-23 Thread BillyG.
In his introduction to the Bhagavad Gita MMY stated that, The present commentary should be regarded as a *general basis* for these twenty-four commentaries. If time allows, these commentaries will be written. What he is talking about is, Fundamentally there are four levels of consciousness

[FairfieldLife] Re: In TM, Samadhi requires long periods of silent meditation.

2007-10-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: I remember in Mallorca MMY had us take 3 days of silence with limited food intake, we'd stay in our rooms for 3 days rounding

[FairfieldLife] Re: In TM, Samadhi requires long periods of silent medita...

2007-10-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/23/07 12:03:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So,you know this idea that TM'ers are reaching Samadhi in their regular meditations 2X20 is just theory pertaining to the bubble

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY never finished 24 commentaries to his Bhagavad Gita.

2007-10-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They're out there. I remember people with them in a large stack. The only thing that kept them from proliferating more was this was back when photocopies were considered cheap if they were 25 cents a piece! On Oct 23,

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY never finished 24 commentaries to his Bhagavad Gita.

2007-10-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One wonders if he's even qualified to perform or write such a commentary. I'd be very surprised if that's the case. Certainly his 1/3-a-gita isn't that impressive. I guess we'll never know. His 1/3 Gita was primarly a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcending body consciousness as described by St. John.

2007-10-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, purushaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---Right, Gurus in which tradition are proficient in duplicating this type of experience? (that's a quiz): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Kirpal_Singh It will be the common experience of all who transcend to

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY never finished 24 commentaries to his Bhagavad Gita.

2007-10-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has Maharishi left the body? Is he planning to do so in the near future? Louis-MMY is in his mid 90's and is alive and well (as far as I know) and can be seen on the maharishichannel.org below:

[FairfieldLife] Re: In TM, Samadhi requires long periods of silent medita...

2007-10-23 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First of all, according to Vyaasa's Yoga-suutra-bhaaSya, yoga is samaadhi (yogaH samaadhiH). OTOH, according to PataƱjali yoga is nirodha of citta-vRtti's (yogash citta-vRtti-nirodhaH). Can one then conclude that

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