[FairfieldLife] Re: VERY SPECIAL MEETING IN THE DOME 3:00pm FRIDAY!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: I think what strikes me most is the pretentiousness of the whole thing. I mean the fact that Raja Nader Ram has to keep up this pretense (along with some of the other big names) that he is actually functioning from the home of all the laws

[FairfieldLife] Re: Public Webcast of the Press Conference for the David Lynch Foundation Benefit Concert - speakers and how to register for the webcast

I think it's adorable that they've been able to reach all of these children with TM. This simple form of meditation is a great beginning to the spiritual life and will change their outlook on life, some of them will go on to be great in some way.. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, micha

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Conference

thanks for the link that was great! David Lynch has the right approach, let's hope the Raja's don't torpedo the whole effort with their dos...I mean the last thing we need is a Renaissance pleasure fare for TM. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@

[FairfieldLife] Re: New Conference

Poor Edg..caught up in hyperbole, and wishful thinking to boot. I think you blew your wad on the wrong horse Edg! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > thanks for posting this-- [snip] it is wonderful to hear paul m. and ringo > > and the ot

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eh, Judy did you miss this: Questions about "empathy" for Judy

Playing the 'semantic' card is the cowards way out. Even if MMY himself defines the word Judy will take issue with it, if it suits her interest, of course! And don't bother to argue the word Religion because you'd end up in a morass of semantic gobbledygook, even though MMY himself has defined

[FairfieldLife] Re: VC pundits recitation

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > http://globalcountryofworldpeace.org/maharishi_vedic_pandits12.html > All that, yet we still get 'gay marriage' approved in Iowa, go figure? Do the Vedic pundit

[FairfieldLife] The story of Arjuna.

The historic narrative of Arjuna as described by MMY in his Bhagavad Gita clearly misses the point of the symbolic nature of the story. The Story of the BG is only loosely based on an historic event, secondary to the actual allegory Vyasa meant it to contain. If you haven't read an 'esoteric' read

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hmmm...parame vyoman?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > I guess almost everybody knows that 'parame vyoman' > according to Maharishi means 'beyond aakaasha'? > I didn't know that before I listened to > > http://www.spiritualregeneration.org/audios/1959_Glow.mp3 Beautiful, it remind

[FairfieldLife] Re: The story of Arjuna.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard M" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > After having read MMY's BG several times I almost didn't pick up this > > book:> >

[FairfieldLife] What does this mean?

"A thought rises from the field of ananda, from the unmanifest", MMY; hence you have the process of TM, the reversing of this process. **But whose thought is it that arises from the unmanifest?** He doesn't tell you! It's the *creators* thought of OM, from which all mantras originate and into wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hmmm...parame vyoman?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > > I guess almost everybody knows that 'parame vyoman' > > according to Maharishi means 'beyond aakaasha'? > > I didn't know that before I listened to > > > > h

[FairfieldLife] Chanting Hare Krishna 2X20 in schools in NOT a Religion.

After all, you don't have to believe in it for it to work, it's a *stand-alone* technique, come on! And taking communion regularly doesn't mean you're a practicing Catholic either...gads. I mean, I see Muslims chanting Hare Krishna and it doesn't conflict with their Religion, (Catholics, too) in f

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's place and date-of-birth

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" wrote: > > > > I have just put up a copy of the profile pages of one of Maharishi's > > passports at:- > > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/introduction.htm#MMYpassport > > I have also

[FairfieldLife] Raja Ram's big show....

One thing that bothered me about MMY was that he always presented himself with a facade as one who was enlightened, but never said if he was!! He may very well have been, but why not spill the beans and let everyone know? He wasn't candid and that made him very enigmatic. Now I think Raja Nader Ra

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM a religion?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > from the behind-the-TM-facade website: basicall, if it walks and > talks like a duck > > " > Is TM a Religion? I call it a Religious Sciencesounds more honest to me. You could make the argument that it isn't a Religion

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Ram's big show....

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: Circumstances being what they were, > neither admission could be of any benefit. Silence, though, could..." I would beg to differ, it is of grea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kirpal Singh on rising above bodily consciousness

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > "Summing up, we have to rise above body-consciousness and recognize > our own real Nature. This can be done by a process of inversion of > our attention and by contacting the Light of Life within us. When > once we taste this divine Be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Ram's big show....

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > Can you define 'enlightenment' in one or two sentences? > > OffWorld Initially, we become Self-Realized, that is we Realize that we are indeed made in the image of God. Then, as you know, our consciousness expands to embrace the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kirpal Singh's journey to Rishikesh

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > sometime during the 40's: >> How many are there > who really give you an experience of how to rise above body- > consciousness? I don't know of anyone in TM who has risen above body consciousness for any length of time (not that th

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM a religion?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > A court can't rule that a teaching is "a religion" > in some universal sense, as if it had authorization > from God, or as if religion was a clearly definable > thing like a can of Coke. Here's MMY's definition of Religion: "The word

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM a religion?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > A court can't rule that a

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM a religion?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > Plus which, even if that *is* the purpose of religion, > it doesn't mean that anything that binds people back > to their source is therefore a religion. That's like > saying that the purpose of a horse is to draw a cart, > therefore anyt

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM a religion?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Note that Judge Adams's argument is vastly more > sophisticated and thoughtful than most of the > crude arguments presented here that TM is a > religion. The whole opinion is very much worth > reading, both for what it says about TM/S

[FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > > > > > --In other words, mind is a secondary witness to Witnessing; a fact > > > even the Neo-Advaitins can't d

[FairfieldLife] MMY on "immortality on the physical level". The Vedas booklet.

"As the metabolism is reduced the mind becomes finer and finer and the metabolism becomes further reduced, the mind transcends and gets to that state of TC. Simultaneously the body, the mind, the entire functioning of the inner machinery, ALL metabolic rate comes to **zero**. This is the state wher

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on "immortality on the physical level". The Vedas booklet.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:54 AM, BillyG. wrote: > > > "As the metabolism is reduced the mind becomes finer and finer and the > > metabolism becomes further reduced, the mind transcends and gets to > > that s

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on "immortality on the physical level". The Vedas booklet.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > It's not metabolism that has to come to stop, it's Identification that > has to reside within itself, and the metabolism will do whatever it > wants to do -- generally it will be true that it will settle down > markedly if no attention is

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on "immortality on the physical level". The Vedas booklet.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: snip > > MMY said the liberated beings live in the subtle 'Akasha tattwa' until > > the time of dissolution or pralaya. See: > > > > http://www.spiritualregeneration.org/audios/1959_Glow.mp3 > > I'll see your akasha tattwa and raise you

[FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > ---Yes, interesting!. Once, (half in jest), somebody told Charlie > Lutes something about "transcending". He replied with a > question: "Do you mean somebody physically dissolved into white > Light, disappearing from view?" (to para

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paul Mc Cartney, & the TMO

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" wrote: > > TMO issues aside, I would love to hear Paul McCartney & Mike Love duet > on 'Back in the USSR' - also to hear Paul Horn blow some airy flute & > what about Ringo & Paul working together again, that would be nice. > Someone compared th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paul Mc Cartney, & the TMO (P. Mason)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" wrote: > > JohnY - that's exactly what I meant!! > I have seen the decline of the teaching TM and it directly correlates > to the emergence of the aggressive World Planners and the > introduction of TMsidhis. Before that people were given a pre

[FairfieldLife] How woman misuse the power of attraction.

So here I am in Home Depot minding my own business and trying to buy a wall switch and I hear this, click, click,click and I turn and see this slim woman pushing a cart down the aisle. With the click, click, click of her heels I'm sure she was intent on getting attention. Though she was just of a

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:42 PM, BillyG. wrote: > > > Some day woman will team with men, and sex will be held to be a > > sacrament (like in the Catholic Church) and woman won't flaunt *it* in > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > I just *knew* that there was a reason I was > saving up my last post of the week. :-) > > And I could use it up by talking about what > a male ch

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 wrote: > Dr. Pete has given some very valuable advice regarding > a couple of chicken sandwiches and getting laid. This is great, the above is typical of the basic depravity of true value our culture has sunken to.what, sex IS love? GMAB

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > Some day woman will team with men, and sex will be held to be a > > sacrament (like in the Catholic Church) and woman won&

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: snip > I just played a gig at a nursing home and I got major ogled. With my > gray streaks in my hair I was a young chicken to these ladies, and > when I sang my blues full of innuendo and life, their eyes sparkled as > they caught

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > Last week I saw an oral surgeon for a consultation > about a problem tooth. He's about 10 years younger > than me, very attractive, and to my surprise I found > he was ogling me--and I ogled back. The mutual ogling > was quite appropria

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > It wouldn't be a problem for you BillyG if you weren't attached to it. > The attachment is within 'you'. The problem is 'yours'. And yours my friend, the attraction to the opposite sex

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > I still get ogled by men my own age and old

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > Give me a link to a picture of a woman who is in public and is dressed > in this manor you find so repulsive. I would like to see what you > consider "flaunting it." Have you been to the mall lately?

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > Maybe he's a gasper. You little pest! Scram..

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > > > Taliban Billy > > > > You have outdone yourself Raunchy! > > Thanks. I can assure you, I

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > Your snip: > > now, no more flaunting it, boy you're gonna miss "the most precious > beautiful feelings in life"! (pssst. How pathetic!)> > > You snipped this quote dishonestly to manufacture your point. Here is > what I said

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > Barry, I've read that shoes are so pointed now, and > so small, that women are actually having surgery > to remove their little toe so they can fit. > > This is the stuff of horror movies. And what > kind of a surgeon would do that any

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Curtis, > > I'm going to go against type here. My type is that, herein at FFL, > I'm probably thought to be "in Billy's camp" in at least several minds > here. So, in keeping with my New Year's resolution to be sweeter, > kinder and mor

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" wrote: > > Billy, to me one of the most powerful images in the Hindu tradition re > the idea of the Divine is Ma Kali. All the elements that make up that > image combine to portray the wonderful and terrifying profligacy of > "Mother" nature

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > The ideal is to live according to God's will, as his servant, > > realizing our total dependence upon him, this is wis

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > Nice try at a dodge Billy. That spiritual psycho-babble doesn't work > on me. Claiming to know and act according to God's will still has > nothing to do with "humility", and your claim of it had nothing to do > with what is insid

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan wrote: > > I have always wondered what beauty is. Why are we attracted to > something beautiful and less to something plain. What are the > attribute of beauty and its inner essence? Why is one particular woman > in Home Depot or Nordstroms attactiv

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > There is nothing to compare with the superior bliss of spirit.> > > Billy, how long has it been? Really, years or decades now? >

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" wrote: > My question for Billy G and people (few) who think like him beliving in this > 'God' thing. My question is this - do you really believe that beliving in > God has made you happy? Happier than sex? And is sex separate from this > 'God' and

[FairfieldLife] Re: He sees the Self in ALL things (Was: How woman misuse the power of att...)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > do.rflex, Thanks for a tale of Tat Wale Baba, a man with a minimal > wardrobe...a loincloth and dreadlocks, can't be difficult to please. > His simple attire was fitting for his simple message. He wasn't > preachy about anything. The me

[FairfieldLife] Re: How woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > > Billy, > > > > Do you know the story of Vishwametra who was so powerful he could > > create a new reality with its own

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 10 Bulls of Zen

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho wrote: > > A classic > http://www.jaysquar e.com/ljohnson/ ox-herding. html  > > > http://www.freedomofspeech.netfirms.com/ > Funny you should bring this up, I am listening to Manly P. Hall's interpretation of it that you might enjoy.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Woman and Dakini, was how woman misuse the power of attraction.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2009, at 5:18 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > The following page contains scans that I made of > > several 17th-century tsakli (Tibetan miniature > > paintings) that hang on my walls. The four that > > are labeled 'Dakini' portray Y

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy, MMY was a Potentate! (new books on Maharishi ???)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > Billy, you're a puzzle to me, cuz ya agrees with me and then ya don't. > > So, point taken by you again with your noting that Maharishi got so > many to place their attentions on the inner life. That's at the top > of his Column Ahis

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy, MMY was a Potentate! (new books on Maharishi ???)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > Hey, haven't lost a thing; if anyone here is rich with > objectionalness, it's me. Heh. > > No, Billy, I don't understand MMY at all. (By the way, when I was a > hotshot gob'nor of the age of enlit, it was considered very bad to > only re

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy, MMY was a Potentate! (new books on Maharishi ???)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > perhaps after > > all MMY was just human, true it would have been nice had he said so!! > > > He did. > > MMY: "I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy, MMY was a Potentate! (new books on Maharishi ???)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bi

[FairfieldLife] Re: New video: Palestinian students learn Transcendental Meditation through David Lynch Foundation grants.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays wrote: > > Fwd: > > Palestinian students learn Transcendental Meditation through David > Lynch Foundation grants. See interviews at > http://www.mum.edu/videos/palestine_peace_project. > > Jai Guru Dev > > Craig Shaw > Research Librarian > Offic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Prosperity and spirituality

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > > OK, I got it. Maharishi told us that the eight limbs of Yoga are really the > legs of a table. Pull one, you pull the whole table and the other limbs go > with the table. I don't remember that, you mean all you have to do is prac

[FairfieldLife] Re: Prosperity and spirituality

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal wrote: > An entire Humboldt residence course tape (which later became a MERU >>tape > with Pacabel and the duck floating by) was devoted to this. Unlike many of > the tapes, I don't recall this tape starting off with a question to > Maharish

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy, MMY was a Potentate! (new books on Maharishi ???)

wrote: > >>> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > >>>> perhaps after > >>>> all MMY was just human, true it would have been nice had he > >>>> said so!! > >>> > >>> He did. &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy, MMY was a Potentate! (new books on Maharishi ???)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > perhaps after > > > all MMY was just human, true it would have b

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy, MMY was a Potentate! (new books on Maharishi ???)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy, MMY was a Potentate! (new books on Maharishi ???)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" wrote: > > BC is exploring the fullness and texture of motion found in the stillness of > CC :) I like to put it this way; when you realize the spark of God that exists as your own soul in its fullness, that is CC. When that singular experience grows

[FairfieldLife] All of Patanjali's 8 limbs or *means* must be practiced-MMY

If you read MMY's Bhagavad Gita Appendix on Yoga you will find this comment, quote: "With the continuous practice of all these limbs, or means, simultaneously, the state of Yoga grows simultaneously in all the eight spheres of life" MMY HB pg363 Notice he uses the term *means*, this is very s

[FairfieldLife] Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs or *means* must be practiced-MMY

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 6, 2009, at 7:55 PM, BillyG. wrote: > > > If you read MMY's Bhagavad Gita Appendix on Yoga you will find this > > comment, quote: "With the continuous practice of all these limbs, or > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs or *means* must be practiced-MMY

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Fairfield Lifer wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:55 PM, BillyG. wrote: > > I think MMY kind of felt the ends justified the means, and teaching a > > little Yoga in a simple manner would be more popular than teaching the > > com

[FairfieldLife] Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs or *means* must be practiced-MMY

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" wrote: > I always thought that he meant that, yes, practise of any of the 8 > limbs leads to enlightenment but the 8th limb -- samadhi -- is the > one to go to first. And by practising TM, you get the benefit of > simultaneous practise of al

[FairfieldLife] Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs or *means* must be practiced-MMY

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > I think MMY made it clear that he felt that TM was the missing element in > EVERY culture. One already had exercise, spiritual/religious guidelines > /worship, etc, but not TM. > > So why reinvent the other wheels? > > > L. So why didn

[FairfieldLife] Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs or *means* must be practiced-MMY

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > So why didn't MMY recommend in his formal teachings > > that TM was meant to be practiced *in conjunction* > > with

[FairfieldLife] TM is the essence of Religion.

TM doesn't *stand alone*, it's the practical aspect of the overall "eternal Religion,.. represented by the Vedas". MMY The Vedas You have six systems of Indian Philosophy, Yoga (TM) is the practical aspect, Sankhya, Vedanta and the others basically represent the theoretical aspect. Religion mean

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of "attachment?" (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

re most wanting > fulfillment. If the breath is controlled, all other processes that > might ordinarily allure the monkey to leap elsewhere are perfectly > disempowered. If you hold your breath, the ego immediately is there > pretending to be the one controlling the breath, but oops, the

[FairfieldLife] Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs or *means* must be practiced-MMY

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of "attachment?" (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > > > A little lengthy but, it reminds me of MMY's

[FairfieldLife] The confusion caused by the bubble diagram.

Most TM'ers think they are actually transcending to Pure Consciousness (i.e. Brahman or unmanifest Being), in the daily 2X20 meditation they practice. Nothing could be further from the truth! The illustration of the thought bubble coming up from the source of thought is essentially correct, however

[FairfieldLife] Re: The confusion caused by the bubble diagram.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > thanks for bringing this up-- something which i have been thinking > about as well lately. i think the beauty and power of the bubble > diagram is that it suddenly made consciousness comprehensible in a > simple and elegant way

[FairfieldLife] Re: The confusion caused by the bubble diagram.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > thanks for bringing this up-- something which i have been thinking > about as well lately. In addition, I've come to conclude that when MMY said thought comes from the source of thought he was talking about the Holy AUM vibratio

[FairfieldLife] Re: The confusion caused by the bubble diagram.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" wrote: > > The bubble diagram was an intriguing way to conceptualize what was > going on in meditation for me for years. Now, however, I find it to > be major mental maya. The whole concept that you need to "go" > somewhere to experience transcen

[FairfieldLife] Re: Age of Aquarius

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrGLf4J33vU&feature=related > > Remember Hair? Well.. now we have a date, February 14th,2009. > The moon will be in the 7th house. Jupit

[FairfieldLife] Re: What will change about you when you realize enlightenment?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > I post this as an "open question" to FFL readers. > > I think it's an interesting question. If you believe > in enlightenment, and that it is within your grasp > in this lifetime, what about yourself do you believe > will *change* when y

[FairfieldLife] Laugh for the day....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NidZdGiyjCM

[FairfieldLife] Breaking the back of the devil thru spiritualized Will.

By practicing a form of meditation like TM one can 'spiritualize' their will, and only when the will has the power of the Spirit coming from, and in, the heart will success be ensured. A mere mental acknowledgment that one must change or an idealistic thought that losing weight would be nice or wh

[FairfieldLife] A theory of habit (Re: Breaking the back of the devil thru spiritualized Will.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: > > BillyG, > > Sounds to me like you're trying to find a way to make samyama an > operative dynamic of daily life. > > When it comes to "thinking oneself out of a problem," how about this > as a rul

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking the back of the devil thru spiritualized Will.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > well said. and by engaging this spiritualizing of the will, or > perhaps combining faith and desire, however we look at it, it grows > with practice. > > i recall when i was younger feeling somewhat tentative and alone in > m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking the back of the devil thru spiritualized Will.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > Have you even known morally lazy meditators? I have, > > as if meditation alone was going to transform them > > and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking the back of the devil thru spiritualized Will.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > I think your point is well taken, even though what > > MMY said was on the margins...it was there! > > "On the margins"?? It was a whole section in SBAL, > and TM teachers certainly heard a lot about it > during TTC, from what they sa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking the back of the devil thru spiritualized Will.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > I think your point is well ta

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whatever is done by Brahma is done by you

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "turiya89" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yogavasistha > > > > > > Manu: > > > > > > "Know that whatever is done by Brahma or Vish

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking the back of the devil thru spiritualized Will.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > thanks for the question-- i see what i wrote is confusing- here i am > talking about a devotional life and at the same time saying don't > look for God(dess). the missing piece was that despite what was > going on in my heart a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking the back of the devil thru spiritualized Will.

ed_dawn11 > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 > > > > > wrote: > > > > > I l

[FairfieldLife] Re: Several Maharishi Graduates Busted For Growing Pot

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2009/02/13/several-maharishi-graduates-busted-for-growing-pot/ > > http://is.gd/jOCY That's what happens when TM is taught in place of Religion! Ethics and morality don't magically appear after a few mo

[FairfieldLife] The third eye and the Pineal gland.

By opening this door, (the Ajna chakra) one consciously transcends to pure consciousness. MMY never spoke much about this because it is a very high state of spiritual development, and few (if any) meditators of any discipline have reached this lofty state of consciousness. Charlie used to say the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The third eye and the Pineal gland.

; the third eye which allows us to consciously transcend to pure > consciousness, but the opening of the next chakra, the crown, which > enables this. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." wrote: > > > > By opening this door, (the Ajna chakra) one

[FairfieldLife] Re: The third eye and the Pineal gland.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 19, 2009, at 12:04 PM, BillyG. wrote: > > > By opening this door, (the Ajna chakra) one consciously transcends to > > pure consciousness. MMY never spoke much about this because it is a > > very high

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vaj the devious and dishonest

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Feb 19, 2009, at 3:13 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > >> > >> I'm sorry, I would have to stand by what I said. > >> > >> Have you ever met a real yogi? > >> > >> On Feb 18, 2009, at 7:30 PM, sh

[FairfieldLife] Re: The third eye and the Pineal gland.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 wrote: > > again, i respectfully differ. all 7 must be open in order to achieve > CC, the result of which then ripens through devotion into GC, and > then further into UC. > > as long as any chakras are unopened, or uncleared, there cann

[FairfieldLife] Re: The third eye and the Pineal gland.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > ---The 3-rd eye chakra can open up into pure Consciousness (as say > the Sant Mat Gurus); when controlled out of body travel allows > the "Soul" (composite of subtle bodies minus the physical body); to > discard lower sheaths as it tra

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