Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Jesus Did Not Die For Our Sins.'

2007-09-04 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Jesus was a 1st Century Jewish apocalyptic prophet. He taught the immanent coming of the Kingdom of God. And he himself almost certainly pointed to the Son of Man as someone other than himself. In fact, almost all the stuff about Jesus saving the sins of the world etc. was added by Paul

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Jesus Did Not Die For Our Sins.'

2007-09-04 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Sorry, that's now www.teach12.com. Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jesus was a 1st Century Jewish apocalyptic prophet. He taught the immanent coming of the Kingdom of God. And he himself almost certainly pointed to the Son of Man as someone other than himself. In fact

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

2007-10-01 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Sattva Purushayoh Atyantasamkirnayoh Pure consciousness and the active intelligence of Buddhi (the Me) have absolutely nothing to do with one another. Bronte Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nah, it's more than that. Hitting the thumb with a hammer and reacting is Edg's meat

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

2007-10-03 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
is only conventionally meaningful anyway). BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- 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

[FairfieldLife] Hubert Dreyfus Quote

2007-10-03 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Professor Dreyfus once made the following statement in class, transcribed verbatim (if I recall correctly) around mid-February, 2000. Once upon a time Transcendental Meditation was a big thing and my best students were transcendental meditators and the persuaded me to sign up for my

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bad news for Bevan

2007-10-03 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
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 some real action. bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: new rajas today

2007-11-02 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Kinda funny. Warren Buffett is down to earth and, if you get the opportunity, he will talk to you just like he is anybody else. But he could buy all the Rajas, the entire TMO, as well as everything and everybody else associated with them if he wanted to (and on top of that he thinks he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Other Side of Spiritual Growth

2008-06-16 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
TM is a means to an end.nbsp; Take an already satisfying life.nbsp; Add TM.nbsp; Does it help?nbsp; OK.nbsp; Add other things TM-related.nbsp; Do they help?nbsp; OK.nbsp; By and large Enlightenment (capital E) is a myth.nbsp; It's like graduating from high school:nbsp; Hey that was just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Rationale for the Maharishi Effect

2008-02-04 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
When John Findlay visited M.I.U. in 1980, he endorsed the ME (there is a vidoetape of this in the MUM library). As a fellow of both the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and as Clark Professor of Metaphysics at Yale, Findlay arguably was the leading philosopher of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rationale for the Maharishi Effect

2008-02-04 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Personally I care alot more about the ME. Hagelin predicted the market going to 18,000 by the end of 2008. Does this count as a disconfirmable prediction? yifuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---The ME: still, no demonstrable Siddhis. In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick

[FairfieldLife] UU Fellowship in Fairfield

2008-02-22 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I just saw the note for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meeting this Saturday upstairs at Revelations from 6-8. This is exactly what Fairfield needs: freethinking townies and ruu's meeting face-to-face (and with nametags with your real name on them!) engaging in highflying rhetorical

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: UU Fellowship in Fairfield

2008-02-25 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Yes, there are plenty of unenlightened UU's. But the principles are what matter (you should read the post-1994 version). By the way it was a great first meeting w/ 2 dozen people, 60/40 townies/ruu's. sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi by himself outshines any roomful of the world's greatest individuals

2007-03-10 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I've never come close to meeting someone as important to me as Maharishi --David Lynch Maharishi by himself outshines any roomful of the world's greatest individuals --John Hagelin Statemants made on the Maharishi Channel 3:30 p.m. EST 10 March 2007 These are two guys I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi by himself outshines any roomful of the world'...

2007-03-11 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
€™ve never come close to meeting something as important as the yoni – Kirk John Haeglen when to himself outshines any roomful of the Greatest Maharishis - Kirk From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Chadwick Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 2

Re: [FairfieldLife] Yagya performance

2007-03-12 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick jochadw1@ wrote: Lou, thank you for the heartfelt response. My formal involvement in the movment ended before all of what you are talking about came into effect. I remember John during the time when he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to Curtis

2007-03-12 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Dick Cavett: What would you say to Hitler?) Maharishi: (pause) I would tell him to meditate. TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why should being good and attaining enlightenment go together?

2007-03-12 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I once heard this guy defend the claim that mystics are ethical *par excellence* and, when I tried to argue with him after the lecture (I was probably 23 at the time), he trumped me out. Steven T. Katz 147 Bay State Road, Suite 301 Boston, MA 02215 T: (617) 353-8096; F: (617)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interdependence

2007-03-13 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Great book. Odin, Steve. Process Metaphysics and Hua-Yen Buddhism: A Critical Study of Cumulative Penetration vs. Interpenetration. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1982. Abstract This work establishes the first comprehensive transcultural dialogue between East Asian

[FairfieldLife] Deepak Speaks

2007-03-14 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Guru upset by Beatles' drug use WORLD BRIEFINGS By David Orr LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH March 6, 2006 NEW DELHI -- The spat between the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1968 became an instant pop legend as perhaps the most bitter breakup in the era of free love. Now, after almost four

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why should being good and attaining enlightenment go together?

2007-03-14 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Hubert Dreyfus (FAAAS; Past President, American Philosophical Association, Western Division) directed Denise Denniston's Ph.D. thesis on Heidegger at Berkeley. jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Ides of March?

2007-03-14 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
15 MARCH 1912-82: Sam ‘Lightnin’’ Hopkins 1932b: Arif Mardin (Atlantic soul producer) 1940b: Phil Lesh (bass, Grateful Dead) 1941b: Mike Love (Beach Boys) 1944b: Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) 1947b: Ry Cooder 1969: Goodbye Cream enters the UK LP charts at #1. 1975: Marc

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ides of March?

2007-03-14 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 15 MARCH 1912-82: Sam `Lightnin'' Hopkins 1932b: Arif Mardin (Atlantic soul producer) 1940b: Phil Lesh (bass, Grateful Dead) 1941b: Mike Love (Beach Boys) 1944b: Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) 1947b: Ry Cooder

Re: [FairfieldLife] Check out Hundreds of Proofs of God's Existence

2007-03-15 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Here's yet another: Editorial Reviews Book Description In recent years, the ontological argument and theistic metaphysics have been criticized by philosophers working in both the analytic and continental traditions. Responses to these criticisms have primarily come from philosophers

RE: [FairfieldLife] Deepak Speaks

2007-03-15 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Sorry to bore you old timers around here with this topic again. I got to ask Cythnia about this one time when she was promoting A Twist of Lennon on Larry King: she kept repeating that it was his [John's] disillusionment that brought him home, it was his disillusionment that brought him

Re: [FairfieldLife] Check out Hundreds of Proofs of God's Existence

2007-03-15 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
(just beacuse someone is mega-informed doesn't mean we can't understand them). Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 15, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Jonathan Chadwick wrote: Book Description In recent years, the ontological argument and theistic metaphysics have been criticized by philosophers

RE: [FairfieldLife] Deepak Speaks

2007-03-15 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Of Jonathan Chadwick Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 2:18 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Deepak Speaks Sorry to bore you old timers around here with this topic again. I got to ask Cythnia about this one time when she was promoting A Twist of Lennon on Larry

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inner Circle Breakout on Girls

2007-03-16 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Jayendra is the one who was charged with murder; he may be a Shankaracharya in a wider sense but he does not hold one of the four principal seats, nor has he ever been acknowledged by anyone who has claims on one. The guy you are refering to is... Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sorry Rick but maybe I had something to do with FFL going pearshaped

2007-03-18 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Just a suggestion on how the spirit of our house can be conducted... Recent Activity 11 New Members Visit Your Group New business? Get new customers. List your web site in Yahoo! Search. Y! GeoCities Share Interests Connect with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Because of Maharishi and TM

2007-03-22 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
In August, 1977, my small group in my SCI 100 course at MIU attempted to rewrite the goals of the world plan. I suggested two: “To take credit of governmental achievements” and “To maximize the intelligent use of zucchini.” Patricia Oates didn’t laugh and told me not to forget to wear my tie

[FairfieldLife] ME in Belfast?

2007-03-26 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
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Re: [FairfieldLife] ME in Belfast?

2007-03-26 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I get it - these improvements here at FairfieldLife are also a product of the ME. Ad Hoc arguments are pretty cool, don't you think? Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Updated: 11:56 a.m. ET March 26, 2007 BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The leaders of Northern Ireland

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How a Three-Word Mantra Has Undermined America

2007-03-27 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Big - son of a Polish diplomat; Harvard Ph.D. at 24, then assistant professor there; currently distinguished professor of foreign policy at Johns Hopkins. But of course how could he stand up to the likes of Karl Rove? From Wikipedia: 'In the fall of 1969, Rove entered the University of Utah

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How a Three-Word Mantra Has Undermined America

2007-03-27 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
. And it looks like W. is proving him right if you listen to the military and not the neocon geeks. Listen to the military (and I mean the republicans). Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathan Chadwick wrote: currently distinguished professor of foreign policy at Johns

RE: [FairfieldLife] Llundrub, cool it

2007-03-28 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
The original agreement included the understanding that the group was being moderated, hence rules such as these were always a possibility. Perhaps you should read over again the conditions of what you *accepted* when you joined. llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don’t want to

RE: [FairfieldLife] Llundrub, cool it

2007-03-29 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
to be a legitimate member would be approved to join and would not be put on moderated status and could get away with posting 50 messages a day, posting profanity, posting their daily jyotish spam message, you name it. --- Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The original agreement included

Re: [FairfieldLife] Question for the astrologers / Jyotishi here

2007-03-31 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I believe it is called Lent leading to Holy Week. I have always had experiences during this time. Word to the wiser - Jesus dies next Friday. TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been noticing something on the many spiritual forums on which I participate during the last few days,

Re: [FairfieldLife] The sin of slaughter-excerpt, Charles Leadbeater

2007-03-31 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Charles Leadbeater, a former Anglican priest, claimed Krishnamurti was the World Teacher 90 years ago . . . Leadbeater had arrest warrants against him for child molestation in England and America. By Zuerrnnovahh-Starr Livingstone http://educate-yourself.org June 1, 2005 BillyG. [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS: JUNE 30, 2004

2007-03-31 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Last week, Maharishi said that students at his Vedic universities will have the ability to achieve anything through the power of thought. Maharishi said the world has no need to see this as miracles, but said that these miracles will in fact become normal, daily occurrences when people are

[FairfieldLife] Banned from the Dome

2007-04-06 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Stuck Inside Geodesic Walls Sent Inside Forever Never Seeing No One Nice Again Like You Maha, You! Maha You! If I Ever Get Out Of Here Thought Of Giving It All Away To A Legitimate Charity All I Need Is A Fifth A Day If I Ever Get Out Of Here . . . Well, The Rain Exploded With A Mighty

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: RESULTS of SURVEY - Who has good experiences from TM?

2007-04-09 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
A word of appreciation - I've enjoyed being on this forum the past few months. Many of us have had alot of great experiences. Let's face it - the message M. had to offer 40-30 years ago was crucial. We've all come a long way since then. It's a part of history. When I was a teenager, drugs

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Universe in a Single Atom

2007-04-10 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Dialogue on The Universe in a Single Atom Mind and Life XIV: A Dialogue on The Universe in a Single Atom April 9-13, 2007, Dharamsala, India In addition to being a scientific autobiography, the Dalai Lama's book The Universe in a Single Atom: the Convergence

Re: [FairfieldLife] The D Word

2007-04-12 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
If doubt apears, it should not be considered the negation of faith, but as an element which was always and is always present in the act of faith. Existential doubt and faith are poles of the same reality, the state of ultimate concern. Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith (Perrienial

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Black Racism=Imus' Firing..'

2007-04-13 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Imus is rich. Those women are not. They are world-class scholarship athletes with a chance. And when it comes to men in their lives my bet is that they're treated with respect. Imus is in the socio-economic elite and is out of touch. Satellite radio may not want him as they cater to a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Black Racism=Imus' Firing..'

2007-04-14 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
The minute the Imus racism thing came out Howard Stern said Imus was toast. Stern believes that all along CBS has just been waiting for a pretext to unload him. authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip With black

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM good news site blames US gun culture

2007-04-18 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I remember a great bumper sticker that was popular on the M.I.U. campus in the winter of 1977-78: Support the Right to Arm Bears. Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the conservative argument: arm the good guys. This, from the city where I work: http://tinyurl.com/ys7gvp

[FairfieldLife] In search of a true master

2007-04-18 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
True gurus are available in every religion. They may not be in the ordinary world of strife, for such a world does not want them nor have they any use for such a world. They may sometimes be found even in the midst of strife, as strife cannot injure them. Go, therefore, in search of a

[FairfieldLife] Repair the past

2007-04-18 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Repair the past... You know Justice is a big word - it' is a big thing in the world. Objective things are not small things like microbes, they go according to law, as the law has accustomed them to go. Remember as you sow, so you will reap. Not only people reap, but also families and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gums don't kill people, the lack of gums kills people

2007-04-19 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Some Form of Gum Disease Affects About 75 Percent of Adults Over Age 35 You may have heard the adage To keep your teeth, take care of your gums. That’s good advice. Signs of gum disease: gums that bleed when you brush your teeth red, swollen or tender gums gums that have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SEXY ROMPS OF THE BEATLES' GIGGLING GURU

2007-04-19 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Tillich was perhaps the leading Protestant theologian of the 20th Century. From his description of God as the “Ground of Being” to his concept of “ecstatic reason” (not to mention his conventionally-conflicted sex life), Tillich has much in common with M. Tillich was famous, appearing on the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: SEXY ROMPS OF THE BEATLES' GIGGLING GURU

2007-04-20 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So from this link you posted, what it shows is that Mia Farrow thought Maharishi liked her, but never tried to have sex with her. Wow, what kind of man is he !? OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Problem of Consciousness

2007-04-21 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Interestingly, one of the key commentators who represents a world-class alternative (i.e. phenomenological and existential) stream amidst this debate, is Hubert Dreyfus at UC Berkeley, who by the way directed Denise Denniston's Ph.D. dissertation (I once heard Dreyfus say that that since all

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: when one looks to the sky for rain, the rain falls

2007-04-26 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
This is really great advice. Thank you. TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Ginder one of the co-founders of Neuro Linguistic Programing, took this view I think. He was one of my hypnosis

[FairfieldLife] Lotus amid Corn

2007-04-26 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
A lotus amid the Iowa corn A new Midwestern town has the teachings of a well-known maharishi at its heart. By Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 10, 2006 WHEN I booked my trip last April to attend a conference on Transcendental Meditation at the Maharishi

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'American Justice Upholds Dignity of Meditation'

2007-04-27 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
M. is an important contributor within a long line of people who have brought meditation to the west. Call him what you will - another Madame Blavatsky or whatever - you have to give him that. He'll be remembered. Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: American

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'American Justice Upholds Dignity of Meditation'

2007-04-27 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As someone who inspired hundreds of thousands of people to Seek the Kingdom of Heaven within, Maharishi is unparalelled, IMHO. Perhaps so. - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible new car smell?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ever wonder where the prudery in the TMO came from?

2007-04-27 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I've taught one version or another of a three-credit, college-level ethics course nineteen times during the past two decades, and at this point I am convinced I do not know what either 'ethics' or Ethics really is. One interesting comprehensive philosophical-ethical view that is making a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ever wonder where the prudery in the TMO came from?

2007-04-28 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
] wrote: Jonathan Chadwick wrote: One interesting comprehensive philosophical-ethical view that is making a comeback these days (mostly in Catholic circles, but not exclusively so) is natural law theory. Believe it or not, M.'s version is both deeper and better (or at least less

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Statically Pure vs Dynamically Evolving Spiritual Traditions

2007-04-28 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest george.deforest@ wrote: Jonathan Chadwick wrote: One interesting comprehensive philosophical-ethical view that is making a comeback these days (mostly in Catholic circles, but not exclusively so) is natural law theory

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: status of women in Global Country

2007-04-29 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
How do TBers such as Susan Levin and Denise Denniston respond to this? ...deny females access to higher education... Both these wmoen are UCBerkeley Ph.D.'s for garsh sakes. Frankly I need to hear from them. claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two daughters

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven On Earth

2007-04-29 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I've known Frank Cordaro from Des Moines for about 25 years and he would never treat those kids like that. He would talk to them like people. He would assume they were screwed down and out by the system and that's why they're doing what they're doing. But he would express his point of view

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Case for Modifying The Five Post Limit

2007-04-30 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I propose modifying the requirement to a permanent final 7-post limit. Cosmically speaking, 7 is a much better number than 5 (I'm serious). Musically speaking, as progfreaks in general (and fans of King Crimson in particular) already know: if it ain't in seven then ya ain't in heaven. And

Re: [FairfieldLife] Posting limits (Rick, Sal)

2007-05-04 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
See, spontaneous right action: it is supposed to be seven. Read the Handbook. authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Went over by 2 without realizing it. Recent Activity 2 New Members

[FairfieldLife] Airport Shuttle

2007-05-11 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Is there still somebody in FF who runs a shuttle to and from the CR airport? - We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Airport Shuttle

2007-05-12 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Thanks, Rick. Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Chadwick Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 11:50 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Airport Shuttle

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: GM electric car around the corner.

2007-01-08 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
No kidding, many years ago I once cognized the following after rounding six hours a day for a month (Sid was quite a character: he looked just like Hagelin but dressed as a traditional cowboy with hat and leathers and significant sideburns that almost reached his nose): Waiting for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma's Apartment for rent

2007-01-08 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Just out of curiousity, does anyone know just how many peer-reviewed independent studies of SV have been published? And does this forum by chance have a South entrance? jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vajradhatu108 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mechanics of Yagyas

2007-01-09 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, llundrub llundrub@ wrote: So I know yagyas are the way of heyam dukam anagatam etc, but what are the mechanics exactly? I mean, do

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's 'goofy'? idea on karma!

2007-01-11 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
oBVIOUSLY YOUR PAST KARMA CHOSE YOU TO CHOOSE YOUR RELATIVES YOUR RELATIVES PAST KARMA CHOSE THEM TO CHOOSE YOU, SO . . . All You Need Is Love The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney) Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love. There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Nothing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: HB Maharishi the Existentialist

2007-01-12 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
By the way, Maharishi, I send the best to you from Paul McCartney who I saw last week, who - and I told him I was going to be with you and he wanted to wish you the best.” --Larry King to MMY on CNN 12 May 2002 Later in the interview MMY makes the following statement: “I have in my room

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Cosmic Consciousness or Personality Disorder

2007-01-13 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
suziezuzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ultimately, when Cosmic Consciousness is gained, and one is a witness to creation all the time and permanently, even the death of the body, ordinarily an overwhelming experience, has no meaning. Recent Activity 2 New Members

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Drunks

2007-01-14 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
See Socrates (i.e. Plato's dialogue Symposium). And nobody could give a lecture on enlightenment drunk like Alan Watts (Ted Solomon, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Iowa State, has a great story about this). And then there's the king of all recent spiritual alcoholics (unless you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Cosmic Consciousness or Personality Disorder

2007-01-14 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
in the mainline ecumenical X'n camp still going on about that. bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ultimately, when Cosmic Consciousness is gained, and one is a witness to creation all the time

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dad the Alcoholic

2007-01-15 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Instant karmas gonna get you Gonna knock you right on the head You better get yourself together Pretty soon youre gonna be dead What in the world you thinking of Laughing in the face of love What on earth you tryin to do Its up to you, yeah you Instant karmas gonna get you Gonna look you right in

Re: [FairfieldLife] How To Become a Modern Guru

2007-01-15 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
From the Shankaracharya's Web Page Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal To the ignorant, You are verily the holy Ganga, To the wise, You are the seat of Knowledge, To everyone, You bestow what is good, O Bharati Tirtha, I seek refuge in You! Inspiring Life Sri Bharati Tirtha, the present

Re: [FairfieldLife] Fairfield, meeting on FF

2007-01-16 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
In the Spring of 1991, in my then-capacity as Secretary of the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry of the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church, I organized a luncheon dialogue meeting between M.I.U. senior adminstrators and faculty, headed up by Lenny Goldman, and select

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield, meeting on FF

2007-01-16 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
here might be formed. Jai Guru Dev, -Doug in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the Spring of 1991, in my then-capacity as Secretary of the Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry of the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church, I

[FairfieldLife] Is enlightenment sexist?

2007-01-16 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
What is Enlightenment? magazine: Among other things, we're looking into the different advantages and disadvantages that men and women experience on the spiritual path and whether or not the spiritual path and goal are the same for men as for women. Swami Bharati Tirtha: When one is doing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment sexist? (or just cosmic debris)

2007-01-17 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Since someone brought up Zappa, he of course wrote this song after a brief encounter with Chimnoy who I believe Zappa met via Jean-Luc Ponty's Mahavishnu Orchestra connections. Jim gordon (drums) John guerin (drums) Aynsley dunbar (drums) Ralph humphrey (drums) Jack bruce (bass) Erroneous

[FairfieldLife] All Glory to Guru Dev? At least Paul Schilpp was impressed . . .

2007-01-17 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
From Paul Mason’s website. “Speech quoted in 'Amrit Kana' (a book of quotations of Guru Dev, Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati. The speech is from an event on 22nd December 1950, and the speaker is 'Dr. Paal', most probably Professor Paul Arthur Schilpp:- 'To-day we are here

[FairfieldLife] The Films of David Lynch: Evidentiary of Cosmic Consciousness or Chronic Confusement?

2007-01-18 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Empire Builder David Lynch talks about his new movie, his new book and his meditation methods By Richard von Busack HAVING traded the suffocating rubber clown suit of negativity for the flak jacket of bliss, David Lynch is back with a new movie, a new book and—to wash them both

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment sexist?

2007-01-18 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
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Re: [FairfieldLife] TMO community?

2007-01-19 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I've worked at a couple of small colleges over the years and have experienced mutiple suicides within a period of months on both campuses. Furthermore I've yet to see an organization I've been involved with (I assure you these are all fine upstanding not-for-profit humanitarian spiritual

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: OK, so how did MMY and Guru Dev reach CC.....?

2007-01-21 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Dick Cavett once asked Maharishi in an interview if he would fly for him. M. said no. Is it because you can't, or because you won't? Because I won't, M. replied. Years later Swami Swaroopananda commented to Kropinski that perhaps then next time Mahesh Yogi flies to India he should try

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Did MMY's Guru Dev teach TM? Anybody know.........

2007-01-21 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
When you work closely with a great mind over a long period of time the skill in action gets handed along in the course of that relationship. sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wondering if the 'tradition' starts

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's sankalpa for invincibility

2007-01-23 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: Global Good News 22 January 2007 On 13 January, as the global celebration of 12 January

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Thinking and Meditating Can Change the Brain

2007-01-23 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
The very point is - thanks to M., Guru Dev is a bit of a pop culture phenomenon (e.g. Lennon's Across the Universe has been covered numerous times). That this guy was the real deal nobody, I think, really doubts. And then he ends up sending us his administrative assistant (I guess that shows

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Thinking and Meditating Can Change the Brain

2007-01-23 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 23, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Jonathan Chadwick wrote: The very point is - thanks to M., Guru Dev is a bit of a pop culture phenomenon (e.g. Lennon's Across the Universe has been covered numerous times). That this guy was the real deal nobody, I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How Thinking and Meditating Can Change the Brain

2007-01-23 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
No, but I bet this would work . . . a munchie in the shape of Nietzsche mustache: UberMunch - the snack cracker of the future! (Nishitani was devotee of Nietzsche). Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 23, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Jonathan Chadwick wrote: I remember Swami

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Route 34

2007-01-26 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
And 34 backwards is 43, and I was 43 14 years ago And 3 + 4 is 7, and 7 years ago we were all 7 years younger. :) Cosmic. Sal SECRET DISCONTINUED LATE 60'S/EARLY 70'S TECHNIQUE remember always count 7 as 4 then 3 not 3 then 4 all u need is love by the beatles and money by pink floyd

[FairfieldLife] The World's Greatest Vedic Sage

2007-01-27 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I noticed that John Hagelin now uniformly refers to M. as the world's greatest Vedic sage, not scholar. Do you suppose somehow word got to him from our discussion of this issue on this forum? - Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay

[FairfieldLife] If you're so enlightened, you should know

2007-01-27 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
The Tonight Show 14 May 1968 Joe Gargoyle: “Listen now, I have something in common with both of you. I met the guru, the Maharishi. And I noticed that he went out with an act—the Beach Boys. And it folded.” JOHN : “Yeah. Right.” JG: “What do you think of the Yogi as an act?” JOHN :

[FairfieldLife] Did Mike Love initiate both G.H.W. Bush G.W. back in the 70's?

2007-01-28 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Psychology Today, May, 2001 by Robert Epstein Interview with Mike Love Recently, PT editor-in-chief Robert Epstein, Ph.D., traveled to Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and visited with Beach Boy Mike Love to talk above Love's long-time devotion to transcendental meditation. Wearing a flowered silk shirt

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mike Love ?

2007-01-28 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
as the TMorg has become even in its first iteration, not yet before even the master has died. -Doug in Fairfield --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Psychology Today, May, 2001 by Robert Epstein Interview with Mike Love Recently, PT editor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why would you believe that someone is enlightened?

2007-01-28 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Do or do not. There is no try. Yoda. TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A new topic, hopefully bias- and argumentation-free. Because the topic has come up on several different forums of which I am a member lately, with edifying answers, I pass the question along to Fairfield

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why would you believe that someone is enlightened?

2007-01-28 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Trying is the first step towards failure. Homer Simpson. TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A new topic, hopefully bias- and argumentation-free. Because the topic has come up on several different forums of which I am a member lately, with edifying answers, I pass the question

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why would you believe that someone is enlightened?

2007-01-28 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
Before enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. After enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. Zen proverb. Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote. Gurdjieff TurquoiseB

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why would you believe that someone is enlightened?

2007-01-28 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I think this is the best film ever made about this issue. I remember seeing it with my girlfriend at college in a mall theater in 1979. Afterwards she said, What the f*** was that? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/28/07 6:12:06 P.M. Central Standard Time,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The mechanics of True Believerism?

2007-01-28 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why TM is Dangerous and Blocks the Path to Liberation. Sound familiar anyone? Actually, no. Nothing about that resonates with my TM experience. Bevan is on the internet right now proclaiming Bliss, Bliss, Bliss for everyone (All Glory to

[FairfieldLife] Some Great Advice

2007-01-30 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
I got some great advice recently about this group: Just because they're drunks, Jonathan, doesn't mean they don't know alot. - Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: we have responded 2 much lets just not respond to Vaj.Ignore all is missives

2007-02-04 Thread Jonathan Chadwick
About fifteen years ago I was talking to a powerful and pretty well known psychic and, just out of curiousity, I mentioned Maharishi (by the way, this person was better at reading names than anyone I have met before or since). The response I got (verbatim, 1993): He is a wonderful human

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