[FairfieldLife] IAM Cost

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: IAM Cost From someone in the Toronto Amma center, regarding the rumor that Ammas IAM meditation course cost $250: -- Forwarded Message From: Raman Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 00:13:11 -0500 (EST) To: Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IAM Cost Om Namah

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years.

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years. on 1/4/06 10:58 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you tell us more about the Purusha center in the Himalayas. I havent gotten to it yet, but I think theres a chapter about it in Steve Briggs book. He showed slides of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years.

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 11:27 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 1/4/06 10:58 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you tell us more about the Purusha center in the Himalayas. I haven¹t gotten to it yet, but I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years.

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 11:48 AM, Premanand Paul Mason at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You would NOT want to visit Uttar Kashi these days. The town is sprawling, polluted, and all that ... Plus it has a curfew, and the 'vibes' are really low. Not the pretty place I visited in 1976 and definitely not the

[FairfieldLife] Has TM enlightened anyone?

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 12:22 PM, steven klayman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So i ask you this question-How many people have gotten enlightened from TM, or Siddha Yoga, or SRF,or IAM, or hatha yoga, or Buddhist meditation? etc And you know hundreds or thousands of TM people. anybody enlightened?

[FairfieldLife] Subpoena, was: Ramana Maharishi's 4 Technologies of Evolution (was: The New Advaitins)

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 12:06 PM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's right. Where were you when you saw the sheriff looking for him? I think he found him, but he never got face to face, because somehow the lawyers blocked him. I presume that was the subpoena from Robin Carlson. I was on

[FairfieldLife] India - Mirror of Truth, was: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years.

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 12:12 PM, Ingegerd at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been searching for Steve Briggs book India-The Land of Truth, in the bookstores in Norway, with no result. If I am to order the book, I need a ISDN-number. Do some of you have that number - and please correct me, if the title is

[FairfieldLife] Are any Purusha enlightened? was: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years.

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 12:19 PM, a_non_moose_ff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They're living a monastic life, and are really doing it. They meditate for a living. Sponsors support them. Most of them have been doing it for decades

[FairfieldLife] What does Purusha practice? was: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years.

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
Title: What does Purusha practice? was: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years. on 1/4/06 12:22 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah but the real question is do they practice any other techniques that rank--file citizen siddhas would not have? What practices *do* they have? I dont know and

[FairfieldLife] India - Mirror of Truth, was: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years.

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 12:36 PM, Ingegerd at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you, Paul. You saved my day. Ingegerd Don't forget that you're not going to be able to print this. You're going to have to sit at your computer for hours, reading it. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are any Purusha enlightened? was: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years.

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 1:11 PM, a_non_moose_ff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many of them has Maharishi proclaimed as fully enlightened? The only person I've ever heard him say that about is Tony Nader. Interesting. That appears to be instructive. Either Maharishi i) doesn't find a value in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are any Purusha enlightened? was: TM costs $3.30 a day for 2 years.

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 1:19 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Depends on your definition of enlightened. MMY has said that there are plenty of people whose state of CC is very mature, but that's not the same as saying they're fully in CC. Also, MMY's definition of genuine Unity includes the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramana Maharishi's 4 Technologies of Evolution (was: The New Advaitins)

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 1:38 PM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it was a subpoena from Carlson's lawsuit. I was in and out of MMY's frat during the course. I somehow had good karma and ended-up driving some of his Indian brahmacharis to and from the long-program flying hall. I also just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Need a Fairfield Jyotish recommendation

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 1:54 PM, bluecabbagerose at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone recommend a good, experienced FF jyotish person to do a chart for me here in FF? I'm normally very decisive when it comes to making decisions, however I am not sure what road to take regarding an opportunity that has

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Need a Fairfield Jyotish recommendation

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 2:15 PM, ffia1120 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 1/4/06 1:54 PM, bluecabbagerose at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone recommend a good, experienced FF jyotish person to do a chart for me here in FF

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Need a Fairfield Jyotish recommendation

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 2:20 PM, bluecabbagerose at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm... I had heard about David Hawthorne. Can you resend David's email address again? Seems to have gotten cut off. I've used Pat Hayward before. Maybe I'll look him up on the web. Pat Hayward Home address 1516 N. Royer Colorado

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick -- Are any Purusha enlightened?

2006-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 3:24 PM, a_non_moose_ff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though you seem more cautious in your statements today Rick, as I remember, you have spoken in the past of many in FF becoming awakened and many sitting around FF satsangs popping into enlightenment weekly. Yet if Maharishi and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: IAM Cost

2006-01-05 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/4/06 8:38 PM, shukra69 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The cost of the course that I saw was when Amma herself was in Toronto giving it. It was that or more. You could only take it by going on the retreat. That was the cost of a weekend retreat with Amma. It included one's hotel room and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question to TM Teachers

2006-01-05 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/5/06 2:51 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will say only that the number one fantasy sex *object* during that period was Rindy Schwartz. Go figure. For you, or for the people you were checking? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: IAM Cost

2006-01-05 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/5/06 9:57 PM, shukra69 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a fan of Amma and her teaching.I have had puja's done with her org and I have there copy of the Lalithambika saharanama book and tape, and thats not all. But this is the only way you could learn the IAM technique here . So the cost

[FairfieldLife] 20 POINTS - EXPERIENTIAL CRITERIA OF C.C.

2006-01-06 Thread Rick Archer
Title: 20 POINTS - EXPERIENTIAL CRITERIA OF C.C. Handed out on one of the TTCs. I think La Antilla 20 POINTS - EXPERIENTIAL CRITERIA OF C.C. 1) Spontaneity - Loss of self-analysis. Why do we not behave spontaneously prior to C.C.? Because of lack of understanding of the laws of action and

[FairfieldLife] Maitreya, was: Digest Number 4224

2006-01-06 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/6/06 12:31 AM, steven klayman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TM was a great starter technique, good for blood pressure, stress, etc. It starter millions on the path of spirituality. MMY did a great job. He said in 1974 when asked if he was the Maitreya that he was the predecessor to the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 20 POINTS - EXPERIENTIAL CRITERIA OF C.C.

2006-01-07 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/7/06 1:45 PM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TOm T: It has been my experience and of a number of people that I know that you will deal with your stuff before but most assuredly after. The clarity makes it impossible to ignore any longer the stuff not dealt

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 20 POINTS - EXPERIENTIAL CRITERIA OF C.C.

2006-01-07 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 20 POINTS - EXPERIENTIAL CRITERIA OF C.C. on 1/7/06 3:41 PM, Sal Sunshine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, okay. But do we each get a gold crown? Plastic. But for a million, you get gold. Sal On Jan 7, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Rick Archer wrote: Praise

Re: [FairfieldLife] Triguna

2006-01-07 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Triguna on 1/7/06 3:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Triguna still alive and practicing?If so, does anybody have his address in Delhi? I was there in 95 or 96 but can't remember the address . A friend is going to Delhi soon and would like to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 20 POINTS - EXPERIENTIAL CRITERIA OF C.C.

2006-01-07 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 20 POINTS - EXPERIENTIAL CRITERIA OF C.C. on 1/7/06 5:12 PM, Jason Spock at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would Maharishi give us a title of 'Knight'.?? 50,000-/ dollars might be enough for that.?? I dont know if he would, but youre giving me ideas. To

Re: [FairfieldLife] How can we understand uneven development in teachers?

2006-01-07 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] How can we understand uneven development in teachers? on 1/7/06 9:49 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.tinyurl.com/cmay6 Which item on your downloads page discusses this topic? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Triguna

2006-01-07 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Triguna on 1/7/06 3:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Triguna still alive and practicing?If so, does anybody have his address in Delhi? I was there in 95 or 96 but can't remember the address . A friend is going to Delhi soon and would like to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 20 POINTS - EXPERIENTIAL CRITERIA OF C.C.

2006-01-07 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/7/06 2:18 PM, a_non_moose_ff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course the humor and silliness in all of the above pales to the One(s) who proclaims to BE Brahman and to see Brahamn in all things - - and then turns around calls people pissing skunks and that they should eat shit and die

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ramana Maharshi's 4 Technologies of Evolution (was: The New Advaitins)

2006-01-08 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/3/06 12:16 PM, Michael Dean Goodman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes people criticize Maharishi for putting attention on these very relative, very material practices. But my take is that his compassion for, and attention to, the whole population is incredible. He could have merely

Re: [FairfieldLife] Purusha Sad Sacks...

2006-01-08 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/8/06 9:21 PM, dhamiltony2k5 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWD: paste Dear friends in the world, You can't see 3/4 of the universe, yet without it, the 1/4 you can see, would disappear. You can't see us, but without us, you would disappear. No wonder Maharishi calls Purusha the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Neil Armstrong descended in a garden shed?

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/9/06 8:58 AM, uns_tressor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did your astronauts really trust their lives to this ghastly thing? http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060107.html It looks pretty shoddy; it looks very shoddy. NB: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod It worked. It didn't have to be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Purusha Sad Sacks...

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/9/06 8:01 AM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: purusha is moving out of its kaplan financed, resort-like digs today. now that the tmo is on its own in financing their lifestyle, 2 changes will take place - much more modest digs and more intense push for every single one to

[FairfieldLife] Amrit Kalash and rats

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
Someone wants to know: Hi, Rick, I remember reading years ago about a lab analysis of MAPI amrit kalash that found inordinate amounts of rat fur and feces therein. Do you recall? Can you put your fingers on the study? More recently I read of a study in Boston of various ayurvedic potions that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Photos MMY pundits in India

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/9/06 3:55 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi/message/2274 You have to be a member of the group to see the photos. Does the post in your link contain links to other URLs? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Photos MMY pundits in India

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/9/06 4:38 PM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 1/9/06 3:55 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi/message/2274 These pictures are how old? Seems I saw most of them a few years ago. I wonder how those scenes look now.

[FairfieldLife] In defence of Hindu gurus

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas on 1/9/06 5:07 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:30 PM, authfriend wrote:  I was hoping Rick would  get back to us on it, because frankly it was one of the most  bizarre thing I had ever heard.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Photos MMY pundits in India

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/9/06 5:42 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.enmag.org/back_enf/enf_7_20_01.htm This report is nearly five years old. I wonder what the current statistics are, and who you could trust to report them? Girish Varma is not a trustworthy fellow. He's been on the take far too

Re: [FairfieldLife] Photos MMY pundits in India

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
Would you trust this guy with 100 million?: http://www.maharishiinstituteofmanagement.com/bog-pic/girish.gif Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/9/06 5:06 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MMY said something like, Before god, we should be just like a dog, just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Photos MMY pundits in India

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/9/06 9:21 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you trust this guy with 100 million?: http://www.maharishiinstituteofmanagement.com/bog-pic/girish.gif Are you able to judge a person's character

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Photos MMY pundits in India

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/9/06 9:21 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 1/9/06 5:42 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.enmag.org/back_enf/enf_7_20_01.htm This report is nearly five years old. I wonder what

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas

2006-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas on 1/9/06 9:05 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 7:14 PM, Rick Archer wrote: on 1/9/06 5:07 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:30 PM, authfriend wrote:  I was hoping Rick would

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas

2006-01-10 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MMY Big Projects Root Out Vasanas on 1/10/06 8:40 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What did he say to purusha about Hitler? The radio show? Perhaps M's emphasis on Vedic --i,e. Aryan culture, philosophy, etc has a resonance with certain pro-Aryan factions?

[FairfieldLife] Mother Divine coming to Fairfield

2006-01-10 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Mother Divine coming to Fairfield Yesterday it was decided to send MD to the pundit trailers rather than to Livingston Manor. A crew's been renovating at LM but it's still very moldy with much of it unlivable. Might as well use the pundit trailers, though even that'll be a shock to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Curious synchronicity

2006-01-10 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/10/06 4:06 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Year 1981: 1. Prince Charles got married 2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe 3. Australia lost the Ashes tournament. 4. Pope Died Year 2005: 1. Prince Charles got married 2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of

Re: [FairfieldLife] I might switch back to a Mac?

2006-01-10 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] I might switch back to a Mac? on 1/10/06 3:08 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice thing is the chip will still be able to run windoze--so you'll be able to partition your drive and run both if you so desire. But you would still have to reboot to switch

[FairfieldLife] Special Healing Night This Wed.

2006-01-10 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Special Healing Night This Wed. Healing Evening Wednesday, Jan 11, 7:30-9:30 pm At The Zenacks 701 s. 2nd St We will be taking you through The Golden Liquid Meditation This is a very effective and beautiful Process of Visualization For activating the Healing process. Also

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I might switch back to a Mac?

2006-01-10 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I might switch back to a Mac? on 1/10/06 6:35 PM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's becoming a moot point. I already can encode video in real time and do 3D rendering faster than I ever imagined. Now this? 64 bit? Whoa, for my home use a high-end machine is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I might switch back to a Mac?

2006-01-10 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/10/06 8:01 PM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have a video of Amma giving darshan to our dog Funky Kama dude. It was very sweet. My wife wrote a story about it from he dog's perspective. I'll post it sometime. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is Wrong With the Sarlo Version of Advaita?

2006-01-10 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/10/06 10:07 PM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rasa Von Werder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is Wrong With the Sarlo Version of Advaita? SARLO NEEDS JUICY LUICY by Rasa Von Werder http://www.womanthouartgod.com/ Which answers

[FairfieldLife] Absolute Fabulous, was: Maharishi's new(?) title

2006-01-12 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/12/06 8:20 AM, Ingegerd at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A very popular TV-comedy Absolute Fabulous was shown in Norway last night, where they had some crazy things about the Beatles and Maharahis sexlife. I do not want to go into details. Ingegerd Why not?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Enlightenment University on 1/12/06 8:28 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mission of Diamond Mountain is to provide all of the conditions, inside and outside of us, that we need to actually reach enlightenment, ourselves, before the day we die. Our mission

[FairfieldLife] Diksha News

2006-01-12 Thread Rick Archer
Dear Friends, Karuna, from Holland, called. Many of you met here when she was here on a visit and gave deeksha with us. She gave the following news. Bhagavan asked Jacques Uijen, from Holland, to look for a facility to hold the 21 day process in Holland. This is the first time there will be a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University

2006-01-12 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment University on 1/12/06 10:57 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the primary teachers, Geshe Michael Roach, has

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Again India does it

2006-01-13 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/13/06 4:11 PM, jim_flanegin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: South-African Model Gang-Raped in Mumbai, India Dude, in the future, please keep this shit to yourself. Thanks. Jason, in case you're not aware,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Again India does it

2006-01-14 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/14/06 11:12 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, not only are live animal sacrifices prescribed in the Vedas, they are still common in modern-day India. As it turned out, this service (the Heifer Foundation) seems to be completely benevolent, and has nothing whatsoever

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Again India does it

2006-01-14 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/14/06 12:07 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 1/14/06 11:12 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, not only are live animal sacrifices prescribed in the Vedas, they are still common

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Again India does it

2006-01-14 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/14/06 12:10 PM, a_non_moose_ff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ever have water buffalo cheese? Its quite good. Its somewhat common in parts of SE and central Asia We used to have the milk in India. Too strong tasting for my liking, but I'll bet the cheese is good.

[FairfieldLife] In defence of Hindu gurus

2006-01-16 Thread Rick Archer
Dana Sawyer's comments on an article I forwarded to him, which can be found at http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/jan/09franc.htm : -- Forwarded Message From: Dana Sawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:25:03 -0500 To: Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: In defence of Hindu

[FairfieldLife] Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Happy January 12th Letter from Mother Divine lady: Dearest Friends of Mine, Today in his traditional celebration of the new year, Maharishi inaugurated the year of Reconstruction of the Whole World to be Heaven on Earth. Rajas and Ministers at the Global Capital of the Global

Re: [FairfieldLife] Recognize the tune?

2006-01-16 Thread Rick Archer
I don't think I do recognize the tune. What is it? on 1/16/06 11:26 AM, cardemaister at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.dnafinland.fi/ Click on Ganesha, and then nirvanaan on the lower right. The tune sounds a bit amateurish but I kinda like the microtones!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Happy January 12th

2006-01-16 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/16/06 12:53 PM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bet in about 10 yrs the tmo will be marketing some kind of program to ensure an auspicious birth next time around. Most of us started when the central teaching was that tm was all that was necessary and a 5 yr plan for CC

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Again India does it

2006-01-16 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/16/06 7:26 PM, Nelson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hate you meeses to pieces! Citation, please. Anyone? +++ Sylvester maybe? +++ This goes back a few years- must be a lot of old timers on the site. Remember when they stole the upsidasyum on another show? N. Even then,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Op-Ed on Spiritual Pollution of High-Density Hog Farms

2006-01-17 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/17/06 11:16 AM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At a time when the nation is highly influenced by religiously conservative politicians, I'm surprised more people don't take the tack Steven Druker does below: ask these people to reconcile their policies with their religious

[FairfieldLife] Op-Ed on Spiritual Pollution of High-Density Hog Farms

2006-01-17 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Op-Ed on Spiritual Pollution of High-Density Hog Farms Today the Des Moines Register is running my opinion piece on the spiritual pollution of high-density hog farms. It is attached and reproduced below. As the editors note in their headline introducing the essay, it is the most

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Op-Ed on Spiritual Pollution of High-Density Hog Farms

2006-01-17 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/17/06 1:34 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The consumer is the one who is shielded from all the horror that is/was the animal's life that he is eating; Not really. He unwittingly imbibes all the misery and fear that the animal experienced.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Again India does it

2006-01-17 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Again India does it on 1/17/06 1:41 PM, Jason Spock at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way Rick, Do American Presidents pardon their Christmas Turkey.?? When did the practice start.? Bush must have pardoned his Turkey then.?? They pardon a particular turkey

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM bonds -- too good to be true?

2006-01-17 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/17/06 1:22 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Yes-Men are the villains... Isn't there SOMEONE around him willing to say: Hey, Maharishi, can we get around to teaching TM sometime soon so we can spiritually regenerate the world? Say something like that and you're out on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM bonds -- too good to be true?

2006-01-17 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/17/06 3:59 PM, jyouells2000 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't there SOMEONE around him willing to say: Hey, Maharishi, can we get around to teaching TM sometime soon so we can spiritually regenerate the world? Say something like that and you're out on your ass. Not just because the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Op-Ed on Spiritual Pollution of High-Density Hog Farms

2006-01-17 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/17/06 4:44 PM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Absolutely. If it weren't true, the Left Behind series of books would not be the huge sellers they are. Modern-day (that is to say, so perverted as to no longer resemble the teachings of the founder of the religion) Christianity is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Op-Ed on Spiritual Pollution of High-Density Hog Farms

2006-01-17 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/17/06 7:45 PM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, maybe it'll take sit-ins to keep factory farming out of Iowa. Wouldn't that catch the public eye! Middle- aged and elderly Iowans, women, most likely, parking their ample bottoms on the grounds before the bulldozers. The

[FairfieldLife] Historic Weekend at Maharishi University of Management

2006-01-17 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Historic Weekend at Maharishi University of Management Historic Weekend at Maharishi University of Management On March 24-26, a special event will take place at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. Filmmaker David Lynch and Dr. John Hagelin will host a weekend of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM bonds -- too good to be true?

2006-01-17 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/17/06 10:42 PM, mainstream20016 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mainstream20016 writes: Despite the consistent disappointments delivered to TMers via the TMO (MMY), I think that MMY and his organization have accomplished a great deal in their 50 year history. Many, many thousands

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Op-Ed on Spiritual Pollution of High-Density Hog Farms

2006-01-18 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/18/06 4:43 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 1/17/06 11:16 AM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At a time when the nation is highly influenced by religiously conservative politicians

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Op-Ed on Spiritual Pollution of High-Density Hog Farms

2006-01-18 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/18/06 6:00 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Looking foward* to seeing the unsaved suffer at God's hands is obviously not doctrinal; it would be a matter of personal idiosyncrasy (not to mention hard to reconcile with the directive to convert nonbelievers). It's not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: royal decree #21

2006-01-19 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/19/06 2:03 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I figure that being able to give 10 trillion bucks to people and organizations that *really* deserve it and that might actually do something to change the world in a positive way would be worth the sacrifice on my part. Heck, it

[FairfieldLife] Drive car to east coast

2006-01-19 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Drive car to east coast I have a friend whos father just died. Hes in Pittsburgh and needs to get his car out there from FF. If you need a free trip to the East Coast, you could drive his car to Pittsburgh and hell fly you from there to any other east coast city you need to get to. Let

[FairfieldLife] Loan for TM

2006-01-19 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Loan for TM Dear Friends, Happy New Year! Wishing you Perfect Health, Happiness and Prosperity. The Fairfield Center for the Transcendental Meditation Program, now known as the Maharishi Enlightenment Center of Fairfield, has an exciting announcement about affordable educational

[FairfieldLife] Group formed to restore election integrity

2006-01-19 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Group formed to restore election integrity A group of people in Fairfield, formed by Carole Simmons and Cindy Ballou, recently began an effort to restore voting integrity in Iowa. They intend to raise awareness of the issue via articles in newspapers, buttons (Stop Election Fraud.

[FairfieldLife] FW: Something really good-using algae to reduce pollution and make oil

2006-01-20 Thread Rick Archer
Title: FW: Something really good-using algae to reduce pollution and make oil From: David Orme-Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: January 20, 2006 9:25:38 AM EST To: David_Orme_Johnson \(David_Orme_Johnson\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: something really good-using algae to reduce pollution and

Re: [FairfieldLife] FW: Something really good-using algae to reduce pollution and make oil

2006-01-20 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] FW: Something really good-using algae to reduce pollution and make oil More on this: the plankton are totally incredible even without g.e. ~ please watch this video called Another Day, a 15-20 minute story that will blow your mind even further out of the water.

[FairfieldLife] FW: [nhnenews] Paula Zahn Now: 'Sex For Salvation?'

2006-01-21 Thread Rick Archer
NHNE News List Current Members: 1402 Subscribe/unsubscribe/archive info at the bottom of this message. SEX FOR SALVATION? Paul Zahn Now, on CNN, USA January 19, 2006 http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/19/pzn.01.html ZAHN: I want to warn you now that you may not want

[FairfieldLife] Agenda for Board of Supervisors - Moratorium for Hog Factories

2006-01-21 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Agenda for Board of Supervisors - Moratorium for Hog Factories Hi: If you can come to this historic meeting with the BD of Supervisors on the MORATORIUM for FACTORY FARMS and LOCAL CONTROL, it would be very much appreciated. Please be there by 9:15am THIS MONDAY Jan 23. This is what

[FairfieldLife] Purusha's descent from Heavenly Mountain unto Earth

2006-01-21 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Purusha's descent from Heavenly Mountain unto Earth From: Michael Jansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:00:01 -0500 To: Michael Jansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Conversation: Purusha's descent from Heavenly Mountain unto Earth Subject: Purusha's descent from Heavenly Mountain unto

[FairfieldLife] Board of Supervisors agenda - Moratorium for Hog Factories

2006-01-22 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Board of Supervisors agenda - Moratorium for Hog Factories Courthouse Building, 3rd floor If you can come to this historic meeting with the Bd of Supervisors on the MORATORIUM for FACTORY FARMS and LOCAL CONTROL, it would be very much appreciated. Please be there by 9:15am THIS MONDAY

[FairfieldLife] Two Hindu Puns

2006-01-22 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Two Hindu Puns Two Hindu Puns Two Hindu swamis were in conversation. One said to the other, How did you like my latest book, 'The Art of Levitation'? His companion replied, It kept me up all night. *** A Hindu devotee asked God, represented by the multi-armed Lord Narayana,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Where is Brahmasthan?

2006-01-22 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/21/06 8:54 AM, Premanand Paul Mason at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apparently the tallest building project is at 'Village Karaundi, Tahsil Sihora, District Katni, Madhya Pradesh'. I heard the project was dropped because the area is earthquake-prone. Yahoo! Groups

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Purusha's descent from Heavenly Mountain unto Earth

2006-01-22 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/22/06 6:30 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, yeah, I concede that out of the 300-400 people on Purusha there may be 3 or 4 under a third category (but I doubt it's that high): self-made individuals who actually worked for a living between TTC and going on Purusha and are

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi's forecast for 2006

2006-01-23 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Maharishi's forecast for 2006 This may already have been posted: Maharishi's forecast for 2006 Global Press Conference, 28.12.05 MAHARISHI: I see the destruction of the destroyers - whatever little they may have remained. I see the dawn of a new fortune for mankind. I see human race

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The great lie of Quantum Physics and Consciousness

2006-01-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/24/06 7:29 AM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In their public filings, nonprofits must list their 3 highest paid employees. In the last one I saw, Hagelin was listed at $120,000. In addition he has his Institute which I think is another source of donations-income. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] India: Mirror of Truth

2006-01-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/24/06 10:07 AM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been reading Steve Brigg's book, India: Mirror of Truth over the last few days. I really enjoy all his adventures, but one story struck me as unusual in that it didn't relly sound truthful. For those of you who have read the book,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Begging money and charity

2006-01-24 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/24/06 3:49 PM, wayback71 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is another thing to remember about asking for ongoing support, especially with Purusha and MD. Part of this process for them involves writing letters and emails to their donors - giving inside and on the spot info about what

Re: [FairfieldLife] India: Mirror of Truth

2006-01-25 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] India: Mirror of Truth HI Rick, please forward to FFL Dear Peter, The memoir is a faithful account of people and events from my India experience. That said, Keshava is a pseudonym for a Himalayan saint that asked me not to use his real name. There are other

[FairfieldLife] Ron's Birthday

2006-01-25 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Ron's Birthday Today is Ron Frieds Birthday. He once held the title of most frequent poster on FFL. He still lurks here. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'

Re: [FairfieldLife] KHOE now online

2006-01-25 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/25/06 10:30 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MUM radio KHOE is now online: http://www.khoe.org/ Those of you out of town will enjoy this station. They play some good music - right now it sounds like Leo Kottke - and talks by Maharishi, Bevan, Hagelin, etc. that will undoubtedly

[FairfieldLife] Happy Birthday Patrick!

2006-01-26 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Happy Birthday Patrick! Today is Patrick Gillams Birthday! Yay Patrick! To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group

[FairfieldLife] India, the world guru

2006-01-27 Thread Rick Archer
Title: India, the world guru India, the world guru Parveen Chopra Wednesday, January 25, 2006 21:11 IST http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1009629CatID=19 http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1009629amp;CatID=19 Shining India! Sure. It is good to feel proud that we are on the cusp

[FairfieldLife] 'Buddha Boy' Update 4

2006-01-27 Thread Rick Archer
THE LITTLE BUDDHA OF BARA By Ekantipur Team eKantipur.Com January 27, 2006 http://www.kantipuronline.com/feature.php?nid=63824 Braving the cold wave in the Terai that has already claimed dozens this winter, Ram Bahadur Bomjon, known as the Buddha Boy, is continuing his meditation wearing just a

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