Re: [FairfieldLife] Civil Speech and Behavior

2007-09-07 Thread Bronte Baxter
I speak as someone new to FFL who mostly lurks. I sometimes feel to share in a discussion but know that if I do, someone's sure to throw shit at me, and it just isn't worth it. I think a lot of women feel that way. It's why few women participate in this forum. As far as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Inspiring Visit to Baba Muktananda

2007-09-08 Thread Bronte Baxter
This is an interesting post. It reminds me of a question I've had a long time that maybe some people out there can answer. It's about kundulini. What are you supposed to do with it? Sometimes in my life when I've done a lot of meditation, back in the days of TM or later through other

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Inspiring Visit to Baba Muktananda

2007-09-09 Thread Bronte Baxter
Boy, I like that, Lurk. Enlightenment means you operate on a quantum level, not a Newtonian level. That's beautiful. Bronte - Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Policy and updated guidelines

2007-09-09 Thread Bronte Baxter
Rick wrote: These are all good points Judy and I agree with them. As you know, I have been very reluctant to institute such a policy, for many of the reasons you mention. I consider it to be an experiment, and I’ll drop it if it doesn’t work. At t this point, my idea of personal attacks

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Policy and updated guidelines

2007-09-09 Thread Bronte Baxter
Bronte wrote: I agree with Edg on this one. Rick, if you start to discriminate between blatant, abrasive personal attacks and milder personal insults, you really do step into the role of a judge. People are likely to get upset with you, comparing their remark, which you ruled against,

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Policy and updated guidelines

2007-09-09 Thread Bronte Baxter
Rick wrote: Sometimes it’s hard for me to tell what’s derogatory. When I first introduced this topic, Bob Brigante said, “Piss off, you idiot” and I took that as humor. Edg has a problem with Nabby’s “You need a checking.” The obvious implication is “you’re meditating incorrectly and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Policy and updated guidelines

2007-09-09 Thread Bronte Baxter
wrote: People don't have to read posts. They are not like bullets that intersect with your life without invitation. This analogy doesn't work for me. Bronte: They are, though. In my own experience, I made a post a couple weeks ago and got stuff back like bronte baxter -- the faggy guy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Inspiring Visit to Baba Muktananda

2007-09-09 Thread Bronte Baxter
You said it very well. It sounds pretty darn enlightened. Bronte lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Boy, I like that, Lurk. Enlightenment means you operate on a quantum level

Re: [FairfieldLife] Opinions and Truth

2007-09-11 Thread Bronte Baxter
Hi, New Morning - You're getting pretty deep here, fella. Interesting point about the holocaust opinion. I see myself as pretty open-minded, a respecter of opinions not my own. But I see red when somebody starts telling me they believe the holocaust never happened. So I guess I do

Re: [FairfieldLife] Opinions and Truth

2007-09-12 Thread Bronte Baxter
I remember that joke the way my dad used to tell it. When the little optimist woke up on his birthday and found a cartload of manure, what did he say? Answer: 'There's GOT to be a pony here somewhere!' I think that joke was the 1950's version of When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Opinions and Truth

2007-09-12 Thread Bronte Baxter
TurqB wrote: One of the values of working with a teacher who can blast you out of your socks with shakti is that when he does, there is nothing left. No beliefs, no opinions, no you to even *have* beliefs and opinions. You're washed clean, for a short time, and then the beliefs and the

[FairfieldLife] Self-Annihilation of Everything Worth Anything (Was From a realized devotee of RM ...)

2007-09-14 Thread Bronte Baxter
Turq and other guru enthusiasts, take a look at this quote posted for us by Ron from Sri Lakshmana Swami, a realized devotee of Ramana Maharishi. It provides a great example of why I look at gurus and what they teach quite differently than you do. Turb told me gurus don't speak against

Re: [FairfieldLife] Self-Annihilation of Everything Worth Anything (Was From a realized devotee of RM ...)

2007-09-14 Thread Bronte Baxter
comments below: --- Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Turq and other guru enthusiasts, take a look at this quote posted for us by Ron from Sri Lakshmana Swami, a realized devotee of Ramana Maharishi. It provides a great example of why I look at gurus and what they teach quite differently than

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 100s of scientists published evidence countering man-made global warming

2007-09-14 Thread Bronte Baxter
Regardless of who published the article, it's true that lots of scientists don't accept the new party line on global warming that is being now handed us as gospel. I've read articles from several sources along this same line (sorry, didn't copy and can't quote -- next time I see some, I'll send

[FairfieldLife] Hey, Turq

2007-09-14 Thread Bronte Baxter
Come on, buddy. I wasn't trying to lecture you. I was trying to answer the well-thought-out arguments you made a few days ago in answer to my post. You objected that day to my phrase, come on, guru fans, I'm ready for the snowballs, so today I changed it to guru enthusiasts, and still seem to

RE: [FairfieldLife] Self-Annihilation of Everything Worth Anything (Was From a realized devotee of RM ...)

2007-09-14 Thread Bronte Baxter
Rick wrote: It’s my observation that more enlightened people are more focused and determined in desiring and fulfilling desires. Bronte writes: Certainly they are. But I wasn't talking about enlightened people when I spoke about many sincere spiritual people having trouble.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Self-Annihilation of Everything Worth Anything (Was From a realized devotee of RM ...)

2007-09-14 Thread Bronte Baxter
Rick wrote: LOL, maybe we should get my enlightened people and your enlightened people together for a Sharks/Jets- style rumble. But seriously, if they agree with your characterization of true enlightenment, does that mean that they admit to having been neutered, or are you

[FairfieldLife] Edg my hero

2007-09-14 Thread Bronte Baxter
Edg, you are a sweetheart for sticking up for me. I like you a lot. You are a brain with a funny bone. But listen, I am not that emotionally scarred, no more than the rest of us. Nor am I a seeker at this point in my life. My passion doesn't come from harbored wounds or spiritual need but from

RE: [FairfieldLife] RICK -- A FLAMER STRIKES (Re: Hey, Turq)

2007-09-14 Thread Bronte Baxter
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter brontebaxter8@ wrote: Come on, buddy. I wasn't trying to lecture you. I was trying to answer the well-thought-out arguments you made a few days ago in answer to my post. You objected that day to my phrase, come on, guru fans, I'm ready

[FairfieldLife] Hi, Lurk

2007-09-14 Thread Bronte Baxter
Bronte wrote: I studied there for ten years. I left because it got into some weird stuff, like wild drinking as a path to enlightenment. Lurk wrote: How did that play out? Bronte: I didn't stick around to find out first-hand, but I have a number of friends who stayed in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hi, Lurk

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
Hey, Lurk, I relate. Being it is the thing, just living it. Good for you for seeing past the smoke and mirrors. Bronte lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bronte: What is your history, Lurk? I presume you once were into TM? What happened with that and afterwards?

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

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
Off-world, where did you get that stuff about the kundulini? Is it a strong feeling you get, something some teacher predicted, something you read somewhere? It sounds kind of extreme to me. I think a new time is coming, but I hope transformation doesn't have to burn us alive. Kundulini can come

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Light of Self Realization, plain and simple

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
Jim, your story is so simple and humble and shining and compelling. It brought tears to my eyes. This inspires me. Thank you for a drink of pure bliss. Bronte jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, let me try to figure this out…What happened to me, and my view of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Light of Self Realization, plain and simple

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
Can you describe some of the ways it grows and grows? I've wondered along these lines. When you're sharing the mind of God, as you put it, is it possible to know whatever you ask to? Like say you want to know what Bronte looks like, will you suddenly get an accurate picture in your head of me?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Light of Self Realization, plain and simple

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
Then Jim, would you tell us about angels? I would love that. I sort of collect people's angel experiences. What do they look like to you? What do you see them do? What personal interactions have you had with them? Do they really go around like Superman saving the day for people, saving them

[FairfieldLife] Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
and accept the fear. This will happen within the next 5 years planetwide. OffWorld off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Off-world, where did you get that stuff about the kundulini

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

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
: On Sep 15, 2007, at 3:00 AM, Bronte Baxter wrote: Off-world, where did you get that stuff about the kundulini? Is it a strong feeling you get, something some teacher predicted, something you read somewhere? It sounds kind of extreme to me. I think a new time is coming, but I hope

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Light of Self Realization, plain and simple

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
Jim wrote: God's management of the Universe isn't directly comprehensible, and yet there are ways to gain access into that mind, ways to sense it, feel it, and merge with it. Its all about transforming boundaries, stories, limitations into freedom and infinity. Bronte writes:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Love, the Ramtha School and Kundulini

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
Bronte writes: The fact that your guru presumed to send a message to me brings up the emotion of irritation and anger, and I'm looking at that to see what goes. I realize I do have the opinion that gurus in general are part of a racket aimed at exploiting seekers. I have little

[FairfieldLife] Angels

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
Jim Flanigan wrote: I mean no offense at all, though your perspective on angels is almost as if they are curiosities that you wish to study. Bronte writes: Nonsense. That's your misinterpretation. I haven't told you my own angel experiences or why they are important in my life.

[FairfieldLife] Angels

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
Who is SSRS? Why do you respect him? Perhaps angels appear a variety of ways, depending on how people expect to see them. new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see many, many, many of them

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Angels

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
So are you slim, blonde and sunshiney? jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Flanigan wrote: I mean no offense at all, though your perspective on angels is almost as if they are curiosities

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Light of Self Realization, plain and simple

2007-09-15 Thread Bronte Baxter
Jim: Brahman is *always* the beginning of the road, Always new, always fresh, always like the dawn, through the full ripeness of the day-- not static at all. I have no idea what comes next, except to say it is new, wonderful, and fulfilling.: -) Bronte: Got it. Good explanation,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Light of Self Realization, plain and simple

2007-09-16 Thread Bronte Baxter
, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you describe some of the ways it grows and grows? I've wondered along these lines. When you're sharing the mind of God, as you put it, is it possible to know whatever you ask to? Like say you want to know what Bronte looks like, will you suddenly get

Not Fair, Nabloss (Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hi, Lurk)

2007-09-16 Thread Bronte Baxter
Hey, Nabby, I respect your right to think differently and I enjoy reading your unique perspective much of the time. But that remark is unfair and you're getting personal. Lurk made a statement from his heart in response to a question from me. It's judgmental and beyond your scope of knowledge

Re: [FairfieldLife] Kilogram losing mass

2007-09-16 Thread Bronte Baxter
Wow! That IS news! I'm no scientist but it sounds pretty freaky indeed! I don't find it unsettling though. If it's true that the planet is moving into a new age, and all of us with it, this could be part of the transformation of matter. I wonder why it's happening? I've read other places

About Bunnies (Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hi, Lurk)

2007-09-16 Thread Bronte Baxter
Lurk: What about the rabbits, or bunnies? Are they affectionate? Can they be litter box trained? Do they get along with the cats geese? Do you keep the bunnies and geese in a pen? Do you live in metropolitan setting, or rural one? Bronte: The bunnies are adorable -- very funny and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Kilogram losing mass

2007-09-16 Thread Bronte Baxter
Bronte wrote: I've read other places that the earth is slowing losing its magnetism (nothing mainstream here, but private unapproved scientists have been saying so). Maybe that's related to the kilogram thing somehow. Judy wrote: But why would it be affecting only that single kilogram

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Confusion between mantras and deities in meditation

2007-09-16 Thread Bronte Baxter
Indra The Unifying Value of the Self which unifies all the laws of nature in order to promote evolution (the Power of dharma) Indrani or Sachi The feminine power of unification and evolution Hmm. If gods are simply anthropomophisms invented by the sages to explain concepts they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter brontebaxter8@ wrote: Off-World, this is absolutely exciting. I've always wanted to talk to someone who was having red-hot, metal-melting kundulini on an almost daily basis. I have so much I want to ask. So here goes, with inserted questions below

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
About the fear and emptiness ... what is it that's empty? What is the fear OF? That you will burn up? I The fear is of anihilation. It seems like anihilation, like something else could take over that is not me, but I have come to the point of facing that very powerful sense, and not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Kilogram losing mass

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
? authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Judy wrote: Actually, that the earth is losing its magnetic field *is* mainstream; see this article on CNN.com from 2003: http://tinyurl. com/yzfv

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
[Bronte: The only guidance needed is one's own inner guidance. It's the nature of the human spirit to wake up.] Ron: My comments, coming from my path will mirror that of Ramana Maharishi's admonisions. Bronte: I disagree with almost everything of the philosophy of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Kilogram losing mass

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
Judy: Well, to start with, I think I was confused as to what you meant by spinning. You mean spinning *in place*, right? If so, isn't it the string it's suspended by winding up and then unwinding that causes the weight to stop spinning and change direction? Bronte: The analogy isn't

[FairfieldLife] Gyroscope question ( Re: Kilogram losing mass)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
uns_tressor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bronte: I've wondered about that point myself, but how about this angle? If you take a pendalum hanging from a string and spin it, it goes a while in one direction. Then, to my

[FairfieldLife] Corn Mazes versus Crop Circles (Re: New Cropcircles)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
Judy: And here's one that was just discovered in Michigan: http://www.gullmead owfarms.com/ Bronte: No, that is not a crop circle -- it's a corn maze -- a human-created pattern in a field that customers are invited to pay a few dollars to come in and explore, for fun and

[FairfieldLife] For Edg (Re: Kilogram losing mass)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
Edg: Bronte - you might find it helpful to google this issue. I'm thinking you don't understand the difference between the magnetic poles switching and the ball, that the earth is, suddenly switching the direction of its spinning. Bronte: Edg, it appears that you see me as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
---Sure, one can get Enlightened without a Guru; likewise, one can learn how to play the violin without a teacher. (as Borak would sayNOT !). Bronte: Curious, I know lots of people who've taught themselves musical instruments. -

Re: [FairfieldLife] Corn Mazes versus Crop Circles (Re: New Cropcircles)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
I see. Okay, I bit. A good one on me. - Bronte curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Judy: And here's one that was just discovered in Michigan: http://www.gullmead owfarms.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] For Edg (Re: Kilogram losing mass)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
Bronte: Edg, it appears that you see me as stupid. Edg: No! Lacking information, er, ya, but ain't nothing to do with your IQ. I lack tons of information in every field. Bronte: It's just that when you question if a person can't see the difference betweeen two obviously

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
tells Poonja he's already Enlightened. Poonja got it and became Enlightened on the spot. But then, RM was a teacher, wasn't he? In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Bronte Baxter brontebaxter8@ ... wrote: ---Sure, one can get Enlightened without a Guru; likewise, one can learn how to play

[FairfieldLife] Hierarchy Schmierarchy (Re: New Cropcircles)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
Quotation from the space-brothers interview article: JF: There are so called abductions and cattle mutilations. Should one take them seriously? What is this in relation to UFOs? BC: The question of abductions and cattle mutilations is part of the general cover-up. They are a way of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
the benefits in anything/everything, and discard what's useless. So, you believe that people can get Enlightened without a Guru. OK, name one such person. That's your challenge for today. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bronte: My friend, what should I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
on their own, but they're alweays listening to music, so the music is their guru. The odds of going from avidya to realization without help from the Absolute in some form or shape is just about nil. --- Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bronte: My friend, what should I call you? I can't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Hierarchy Schmierarchy (Re: New Cropcircles)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
Sounds pretty funny, Pete, I'll order it. - Bronte Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quotation from the space-brothers interview article: JF: There are so called abductions and cattle mutilations. Should one take them seriously

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bronte Baxter Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 6:51 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin

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

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
you guys. - Bronte off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 15, 2007, at 3:00 AM, Bronte Baxter wrote: Off-world, where did you get that stuff about the kundulini? Is it a strong feeling you get

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
Off-World: Keep us in touch how it goes with your experience. I am glad mine made some sense to you. Things are happening in world consciousness, and I think we will see massive changes in our lifetimes. Remember to wear your seatbelt ! Bronte: My boyfriend always reminds me.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off-World's Kundulini Experience (Was Dear Bevan and Dr. Hagelin)

2007-09-17 Thread Bronte Baxter
Righto, brother, and no hard feelings in the bargain. Honest sharing of thoughts is good, however it turns out. I look forward to chatting more with you in the future. - Bronte Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well Bronte, The honesty of this situation is I have presented my

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

2007-09-22 Thread Bronte Baxter
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 of knowledge of Good and evil or surely it would die (be subject to the wheel of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Am I an I or a Me?

2007-09-22 Thread Bronte Baxter
Bill wrote: The Divine is a mode of speech designed to shelter us from our frightful picture of a horrible, wrathful God. However is also shelters us from having to confront the Being at the heart of the most powerful experiences of deity found in the western tradition - all-consuming

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

2007-09-22 Thread Bronte Baxter
Christ said I and the Father are One where is the two in that? They are one but they are also two, as a branch can say I am the tree and still be a branch. You can experience being one with the Infinite yet an individual at the same time. -

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

2007-09-22 Thread Bronte Baxter
Ron wrote: I am not enlightened and can not say from direct experience - I can only pass along what 3 people here say in my path- then again, the honesty of the situation is unless it is known from direct experience, then it is a belief system- so you have my beliefs presented.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Peter's comment/ fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realization

2007-09-24 Thread Bronte Baxter
Peter wrote: Ron, unfortuanately you're wasting your breath on these mala covered samsarins who insist on individuality and can not recognize the function of the ego in this belief that somehow realization of That includes individuality. Poor deluded bhogis. Bronte: I would say it's

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

2007-09-24 Thread Bronte Baxter
I replied to this once. Somehow it never posted, so here goes again: From Judy, quoting Bronte: To claim that the ego is only a Me is to perceive only its limited expression. Such limited expression certainly needs dissolving for cosmic bliss to occur. But the Me only needs to

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

2007-09-24 Thread Bronte Baxter
differs from the others. Thus, semantics enters into the picture, true.. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter brontebaxter8@ wrote: I

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

2007-09-24 Thread Bronte Baxter
--- yagyax wrote: Obviously, the false I does vanish but this is only one component of what makes up a person, which distinguishes one person from another: MMY is not SSRS, etc. -- Peter wrote: What distinguishes MMY from SSRS are space/time qualities. Of course these are different

[FairfieldLife] To Yagyax / Love locates the heart of individual

2007-09-24 Thread Bronte Baxter
the question of there being individuals or not. Of course there are individuals!...but some think not. If individuals didn't exist, there would be no point in having Heaven on Earth. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Yagyax. Never saw you

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

2007-09-24 Thread Bronte Baxter
Hey, New Morning. I've been loving your posts on opinions that are 97.9 % true, rules of engagement for dialoging, etc. Your observations are very profound to me. Regarding this question, I'm not sure what you are asking -- this is thorny stuff to put into words, so abstract -- but

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Signposts that MMY is not enlightened

2007-09-24 Thread Bronte Baxter
Replying to New Morning's excellent questions (below) on this thread: It appears that all these people we hold up as enlightened masters wear the shine off their halos the more we get to know them. I say the reason is our concept of enlightenment. If all that means to us is that the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Signposts that MMY is not enlightened

2007-09-25 Thread Bronte Baxter
Pretty darn good questions again, New Morning. I think the various experiences come from our varying expectations. I went to see Amma, got real close to her, didn't do the hug thing. I was never impressed, felt no dharshan. Yet a friend of mine swears by her -- the dharshan for him is intense.

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

2007-09-25 Thread Bronte Baxter
Judy wrote: I think the notion of free will is an artifact of duality. Bronte writes: Wow, Judy. This statement of yours demonstrates that these aren't just semantic distinctions between us. I assume you are saying that from your perspective free will does not exist in higher

[FairfieldLife] To Judy again/ Signposts that MMY is not enlightened

2007-09-25 Thread Bronte Baxter
Judy wrote: Who here has been claiming the ego doesn't exist?? Who has suggested enlightenment involves annihilating your individual consciousness? ? I'm increasingly coming to think, Bronte, that you're defending your position against a big bunch of straw men.,___ Bronte

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Judy again/ Signposts that MMY is not enlightened

2007-09-27 Thread Bronte Baxter
Judy wrote: I totally agree with you that the notions that the ego doesn't exist or that enlightenment involves annihilating one's individual consciousness are outlandish. I just don't think anyone has been proposing such notions. Bronte writes: Okay, Judy. Thanks for clarifying your

[FairfieldLife] Regarding Judy's Comment on Free Will

2007-09-27 Thread Bronte Baxter
Judy wrote: I wonder if you missed a post I made a week or two ago about the Everything is perfect just as it is idea, in response to a post of yours about it. I've reproduced it below: Bronte writes: Yes, Judy, I did miss it, and I'm very glad you re-sent it. It is very

[FairfieldLife] Regarding Jim Flanegin's Comment on Free Will

2007-09-27 Thread Bronte Baxter
Flanegin wrote: Yep, from the standpoint of dualistic, relative life, multiple problems are seen, and must be solved, as they should be, living a dynamic and responsible life. From the non dual experience of Being though, even the change is seen and embraced as perfect. The union of the

[FairfieldLife] To Rick Archer/ On Reciting God's Name

2007-09-27 Thread Bronte Baxter
Rick Archer contributed: Repetition aloud of His name is better than praise. Better still is its faint murmur. But the best is repetition within the mind -- and that is meditation Better than such broken thought is its steady and continuous flow like the flow of oil or of a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Challenge -- say something true

2007-09-27 Thread Bronte Baxter
Yagyax wrote: Aristotle arrived at the conclusion that life is Bliss (he used the phrase Being-In-Itself ) on the basis of his own experience, as does (who's the person you're speaking on behalf of, Byron Katie?)? But I keep up on modern philosophical topics, and haven't seen one

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Regarding Jim Flanegin's Comment on Free Will

2007-09-27 Thread Bronte Baxter
Mathabrahman wrote: Everything's perfect, including the desire to make things better. Here, we could run into a genuine paradox; but we're dealing with karma and Dharma, areas which are innately unfathomable. Therefore, even Sages may fall short of expertise on the topic of what's perfect

[FairfieldLife] WHOOPS! A FLAME HAS IGNITED!

2007-09-27 Thread Bronte Baxter
And you have zero logic or rationale or ANY argument whatsoever behind anything you say, except to attack me. Pathetic little man you are. OffWorld Bronte writes: Uh-oh, Off-World, my dear kundulini wise man, the fire got a little too hot for you, bro. You broke into A

[FairfieldLife] To New Morning/ The Amazing Effects of Cognitive Therapy

2007-09-27 Thread Bronte Baxter
I've read and heard great stuff about this method. For one thing, it was used with clinically depressed patients in trials to see how it fared as therapy compared to antidepressants. Turns out it had equal and similar effects on brain chemistry! IMO, this is one of the most

[FairfieldLife] RE: To Rick Archer/ On Reciting God's Name

2007-09-28 Thread Bronte Baxter
Rick wrote: Gurus are just people who are farther up the mountain, or perhaps sitting on its summit. Bronte writes: If this is all they were, darlin', they wouldn't be intent on wearing crowns, having us prostrate ourselves at their feet, call on them to marry us, give our children

[FairfieldLife] To Rick Archer/ on The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realiza

2007-09-28 Thread Bronte Baxter
This was beautiful, Rick. I disagree with the devotional path and so many of your beliefs, but there must be something you are doing right to have such beautiful experiences. I feel the same about Flanegin. I learn from you guys at the same time as I debate you. My understanding is an

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: WHOOPS! A FLAME HAS IGNITED!

2007-09-29 Thread Bronte Baxter
Off-World: I am saying those things in a totally calm voice...can' t you tell? A flame is dropping bombs on people. Roughing a guy up verbally for acting like a dumbass is the enlightened thing to do. An unenlightened person would be all nice about it at all times. Though I am not enlightened

[FairfieldLife] DS, did you confuse Ron with Rick?/ re: DS responds to response to Rick Archer RE: Enlightenment

2007-09-29 Thread Bronte Baxter
Dear DS: Are you responding to Rick Archer or to Ron (Hridaya)? The comments below don't sound like Rick, and unless he sent you these questions privately, it isn't him, because such a post from him does not appear on the forum. You misconstrued me, Bronte Baxter, as being New Morning

[FairfieldLife] To Off-World/ DS Spreading lies about Ron Paul

2007-09-29 Thread Bronte Baxter
That flaming Scottsman Off-World wrote: It is clear what Ron Paul stands for, and that he will never be a dictator as you are trying to make out. He does not have that sort of energy, nor the charisma, to be a dictator. You're fearmongering is laughable, and will go nowhere. It is a joke

Re: [FairfieldLife] What's the Most....

2007-09-29 Thread Bronte Baxter
I would say, spiritualizing matter. Making it as perfect and free as the Infinite itself. How would you answer this question, Suzie? suziezuzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the greatest and most satisfying thing a person can accomplish in the material, relative world?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Rick Archer/ On Reciting God's Name

2007-09-30 Thread Bronte Baxter
with the same sick messages. IMO, of course, with all due respect to yours. - Bronte authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip At the start of this thread, you quoted Ramana Maharishi on the value of letting

[FairfieldLife] To Off-World - Another lost post

2007-09-30 Thread Bronte Baxter
Here's another email that I wrote way early this afternoon, and I don't see that it posted. - Bronte Note: forwarded message attached. - Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us.---BeginMessage---

[FairfieldLife] Regarding David Spero's Campaign Against Ron Paul

2007-09-30 Thread Bronte Baxter
David Spero quoted an article including this snip: Or the crazy-as-fuck John Birch Society, to which Paul is more than happy to grant the occasional interview and even speak at their dinners ... followed by a line calling Ron Paul a neo-Nazi. In a later post Spero says Paul is the

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Off-World/ DS Spreading lies about Ron Paul

2007-09-30 Thread Bronte Baxter
] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That flaming Scottsman Off-World wrote: It is clear what Ron Paul stands for, and that he will never be a dictator as you are trying to make out. He does not have that sort of energy, nor the charisma

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most Rapid and Direct Means to Eternal Bliss

2007-09-30 Thread Bronte Baxter
Interesting article. Bronte's comments in italics. The article states: 1. Before you learned the language that you now think in, the background of awareness was there. So was the essence of my individuality, which is beyond language. 2. Then you learned the word “I” in

[FairfieldLife] Come on already! /Re: Lurker notice in out Yahoo group

2007-09-30 Thread Bronte Baxter
Gimminee critters, Ron. Here you go again. You are a nice, sincere guy, but this proselytizing is a drag. Isn't it an edifice of the ego, that you are always decrying? Who are you to tell lurkers on this site that they are not welcome just to read the posts, and what authority do you

[FairfieldLife] Here's the REVISED parable

2007-10-01 Thread Bronte Baxter
How about this for a parable? A man met a man who told him about air. You can't live without it, he was told. But I already have air, said the first man. I am breathing every moment. No you aren't, said the second man. You can't possibly be breathing if you haven't had a teacher show you

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

2007-10-01 Thread Bronte Baxter
I think the domes have some effect, much as I have gripes against the movement. I used to teach school at MIU Elementary, often missing the domes because I was in rebellion at the time, or just plain busy correcting papers. Every day when superradiance time came, I felt an intense calm, an

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

2007-10-01 Thread Bronte Baxter
Of Bronte Baxter Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 7:32 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realization Christ said I and the Father are One where is the two in that? They are one but they are also

[FairfieldLife] To Peter/ The fallacy is that a *Me* can Gain Realization

2007-10-01 Thread Bronte Baxter
? I'm talking in a different way about the same thing. - Bronte Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bronte Baxter Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 7:32 PM

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

2007-10-01 Thread Bronte Baxter
Billy wrote: I think in order for it to be stronger than the nuclear force as Hagelin puts it, you have to be operating FROM the home of all the laws of nature, pure consciousness, not somewhere in the vicinity. Bronte writes: I agree. You can't smash the atom if you smash right next to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Most Rapid and Direct Means to Eternal Bliss

2007-10-01 Thread Bronte Baxter
Clip from the posted article (Bronte's commments in italitics): 1. Before you learned the language that you now think in, the background of awareness was there. So was the essence of my individuality, which is beyond language. 2. Then you learned the word “I” in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Pushing Pushing Daisies

2007-10-01 Thread Bronte Baxter
Stu, are you a script writer, a director, a cameraman or what? What is Pushing Daisies about? Is it a comedy? - Bronte Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stu wrote: For anyone who cares, you may want to look at my latest work. Pushing Daisies Wednesday night 7c/8 pm ABC. s. You

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