Re: [FairfieldLife] David Wants to Fly

2011-09-27 Thread Vaj
On Sep 27, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Bhairitu wrote: The movie pretty much makes MMY out to be a charlatan or con artist. That is really going to upset a few here. Some will like the idea that he invented TM in his garage the Horatio Alger story. But in most traditions they like sticking to the rules

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Wants to Fly

2011-09-27 Thread Vaj
On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:51 PM, PaliGap wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: An interesting detail from Swarupananda is that Mahesh never entered into the guru-shishya relationship with Brahmananda. I am shocked. Truly shocked. What no guru-shishya? What

Re: [FairfieldLife] M disclaims GD sent him out to teach

2011-09-27 Thread Vaj
On Sep 27, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Mark Landau wrote: And also, at least in my hearing with a small group of us, M denied that Guru Dev sent him out to teach. He said that he had been at Uttar Kashi and kept getting the name of a place in the south of India coming to him, I think it was

Re: [FairfieldLife] M disclaims GD sent him out to teach

2011-09-27 Thread Vaj
On Sep 27, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Mark Landau wrote: Thanks, Rick, yes, Rameswaram. I also heard M say he had spent two years in Uttar Kashi, but someone else told me that was simply a lie (as well as a few other outrageous things). Who knows what the truth was? There was some testimony here

Re: [FairfieldLife] M disclaims GD sent him out to teach

2011-09-27 Thread Vaj
On Sep 27, 2011, at 6:19 PM, Vaj wrote: On Sep 27, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Mark Landau wrote: Thanks, Rick, yes, Rameswaram. I also heard M say he had spent two years in Uttar Kashi, but someone else told me that was simply a lie (as well as a few other outrageous things). Who knows what

Re: [FairfieldLife] David Wants to Fly

2011-09-26 Thread Vaj
On Sep 26, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Back to the movie. It seems honest to me. He goes through stages of mounting concern. He genuinely liked TM. Seeing the initiation day scene really brought me back. What magical fun that all was. I wonder if Guru Dev would step out of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Beautiful Prayer

2011-09-23 Thread Vaj
On Sep 22, 2011, at 10:55 PM, maskedzebra wrote: Looks like I've got some reading to do, emptybill. Thanks for the sources. Why can't everyone just agree with me: My theory is so damn reasonable and commonsensical. No? Actually no. You taken by a fad that came and went - and you

[FairfieldLife] Sinister Yogis

2011-09-23 Thread Vaj
A good read for those interested in or with experience among such yogis, actual or self-proclaimed. http://www.amazon.com/Sinister-Yogis-David-Gordon-White/dp/0226895130 Yogis do not fare better with the authorized scriptures of certain medieval sects: the Vaisnava Jayakhya Samhita calls

[FairfieldLife] Wonderful fresh heirloom tomato bisque

2011-09-23 Thread Vaj
Absolutely marvelous. http://cook.onthis.net/2010/07/06/fresh-tomato-bisque/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sinister Yogis

2011-09-23 Thread Vaj
White's books ARE excellent - but they are like books written by an inspired pundit. Probably more geared towards the Sanskrit-appreciating crowd. His The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India is a classic with a simply breathtaking knowledge of rasashastra. Anyone who's followed

Re: [FairfieldLife] The devil in the details of Transcendental Meditation

2011-09-23 Thread Vaj
On Sep 23, 2011, at 2:07 PM, wgm4u wrote: *Time* is the devil in the details; to remove all of the Samskarsas (what MMY loosely refers to as 'stress') of all of the lifetimes past is an undertaking much more extensive than we have been led to believe. That's not to say one can't get

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The devil in the details of Transcendental Meditation

2011-09-23 Thread Vaj
On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:15 PM, Yifu wrote: Vaj,,,you're constantly demanding complete Transcendence. Statistically speaking, this is rare; but a partial T. is always more probable, thus the term Transcendental in TM. I don't see that word in Vipassana, so go figure. http

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The devil in the details of Transcendental Meditation

2011-09-23 Thread Vaj
On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:24 PM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: You usually have to be able to transcend for several hours at a time - that level of depth - for the attentional state to be sufficient for real transformation of the person

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sinister Yogis

2011-09-23 Thread Vaj
On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Bhairitu wrote: He may have been at a gathering in Berkeley around 2000 which a friend put together and invited me and my tantra teacher. There were several there who were writing books on tantra (some were graduate dissertations). What was your first

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count

2011-09-23 Thread Vaj
On Sep 23, 2011, at 8:30 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount ffl.postcount@... wrote: Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Sep 17 00:00:00 2011 End Date (UTC): Sat Sep 24 00:00:00 2011 677 messages as of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Another pair of sandals for sale (was Re: Merudanda/Sandals)

2011-09-21 Thread Vaj
On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Mark Landau wrote: Let alone what I've posted here. They do monitor FFL, don't they? Oh yes. Your name has most likely been added to a suppression of negativity yagya or two or three.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Another pair of sandals for sale (was Re: Merudanda/Sandals)

2011-09-21 Thread Vaj
On Sep 21, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Vaj wrote: On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Mark Landau wrote: Let alone what I've posted here. They do monitor FFL, don't they? Oh yes. Your name has most likely been added to a suppression of negativity yagya or two or three. I wonder

Re: [FairfieldLife] David Wants to Fly

2011-09-19 Thread Vaj
On Sep 19, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Bhairitu wrote: On 09/18/2011 04:31 PM, Vaj wrote: http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2729828/15672248/ Movies : Documentary : DVD Rip : English Documentary about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the TM movement, focusing on Fairfield, IA and the religious nature

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Wants to Fly

2011-09-19 Thread Vaj
I believe they had a showing. I'd be very surprised if the library had a copy, it vindicates many of the long-time naysayers of the movement: from sexual to the fact that Mahesh is not a yogi. IOW it wouldn't be the type of movie they would want to have at all. Persinger's testimony on the use

[FairfieldLife] Do you speak Christian?

2011-09-19 Thread Vaj
Do you speak Christian? http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/31/do-you-speak-christian/comment-page-64/#comments [Comments added.] Editor's note: Kirby Ferguson is a New York-based writer, filmmaker and speaker who created the web video series Everything is a Remix. His videos, like the one

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Wants to Fly

2011-09-19 Thread Vaj
On Sep 19, 2011, at 6:53 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: Perhaps they are not into watching trash much. So you've seen it Nabby?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Recent video by Peter Wallace

2011-09-18 Thread Vaj
On Sep 18, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Just looking at the posts on FFL I see it is the same ol' same ol' IOW people stuck in the past with little interest in the present or future. I downloaded the video and got a little sick of the naive descriptions and TM buzzwords. Many of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Recent video by Peter Wallace

2011-09-18 Thread Vaj
On Sep 18, 2011, at 4:43 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I will say that Anandamayi Ma, if indeed who MMY brought with him to our TTC, glowed like a light bulb. It is a face I'll never forget. Some folks insist she never left India so maybe MMY smuggled her out or she traveled at the speed of

[FairfieldLife] David Wants to Fly

2011-09-18 Thread Vaj
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2729828/15672248/ Movies : Documentary : DVD Rip : English Documentary about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the TM movement, focusing on Fairfield, IA and the religious nature of the group. Film has not been released to the public but did well at film festivals.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Recent video by Peter Wallace

2011-09-18 Thread Vaj
On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:53 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Yoga ain't a religion. No, it's more like a way to remodel your own nervous system. Makes me feel sorry for those still trapped in a nervous system of others making. It's your nervous system!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Recent video by Peter Wallace

2011-09-17 Thread Vaj
On Sep 17, 2011, at 3:20 AM, maskedzebra wrote: MZ: Here's where you give yourself away, Vaj, for no one who has transcended through TM can ever transcend that transcendence. You are substituting a concept or belief you have for an experience which you have never had. Else you wouldn't

[FairfieldLife] Half of Dutch teenagers regularly have a mild psychotic experience: study

2011-09-17 Thread Vaj
Half of Dutch teenagers regularly have a mild psychotic experience: study September 16th, 2011 in Psychology Psychiatry Mild psychotic experiences, such as delusive ideas or moderate feelings of paranoia, regularly occur among adolescents. Of the almost 7700 Dutch young people aged 12 to 16

Re: [FairfieldLife] Fwd: Recent video by Peter Wallace

2011-09-16 Thread Vaj
Another Kool-Aide-a-Holic fool. On Sep 16, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Dick Mays wrote: Begin forwarded message: Subject: Recent video by Peter Wallace Very precious, some of same material as MUM talk, but extra depth in other areas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOeh-dH97nUfeature=relmfu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Recent video by Peter Wallace

2011-09-16 Thread Vaj
On Sep 16, 2011, at 4:10 PM, maskedzebra wrote: If you will permit me to say so, vajradhatu, this judgment does not produce the experiential evidence (immediate, intimate, since it must be based upon *what you travelled through in watching that video*) of its truthfulness. Sure one can

Re: [FairfieldLife] Recent video by Peter Wallace

2011-09-16 Thread Vaj
On Sep 16, 2011, at 6:05 PM, maskedzebra wrote: RESPONSE: These remarks don't represent the experiential context of TM. Are you a meditator? a former TM teacher? Not that (if you are not a TMer) this invalidates your point of view—but I feel as if I am reading about the experience and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Recent video by Peter Wallace

2011-09-16 Thread Vaj
On Sep 16, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: Another Kool-Aide-a-Holic fool. And an incredibly boring one as well. I wonder what kind of narcissism would lead someone to believe that other people would actually listen raptly to them going on in the same toneless monologue for,

[FairfieldLife] Chomsky Explains One of The Main reasons for the attack on Social Security

2011-09-14 Thread Vaj
The whole article is well worth reading. But I think, myself, that there’s a more subtle reason why they're opposed to it, and I think it’s rather similar to the reason for the effort to pretty much dismantle the public education system. Social Security is based on a principle. It’s based on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Chomsky Explains One of The Main reasons for the attack on Social Security

2011-09-14 Thread Vaj
in November 2012! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: The whole article is well worth reading. But I think, myself, that there's a more subtle reason why they're opposed to it, and I think it's rather similar to the reason for the effort

Re: [FairfieldLife] Elitist thinking (Was Re: The unreasonable price of TM instruction)

2011-09-02 Thread Vaj
On Sep 2, 2011, at 7:13 AM, seekliberation wrote: And, as MMY pointed out, the point of raising the price was to attract the super-wealthy because they set the policies of the world and the rich do not shop at poor stores. That almost sounds like Reaganomics in terms of spirituality.

[FairfieldLife] Michele Bachmann declares own candidacy a warning from God

2011-09-01 Thread Vaj
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/08/31/michele-bachmann-declares-own- candidacy-a-warning-from-god/ Michele Bachmann declares own candidacy a warning from God Following controversial remarks that the recent earthquake and storm on America’s east coast were a sign of God’s wrath, Michele

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Michele Bachmann declares own candidacy a warning from God

2011-09-01 Thread Vaj
On Sep 1, 2011, at 9:58 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardwillytexwilliams willytex@... wrote: Vaj: I don't think there's a weatherman in America who doubts that Hurricane Irene was a meteorological message from God ... This is a LIE! For once I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Michele Bachmann declares own candidacy a warning from God

2011-09-01 Thread Vaj
On Sep 1, 2011, at 11:30 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Homoxual, for those who think Vaj made a typo: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Homoxual Actually I was using it in the form Jerry Seinfeld uses it: it's how his dear mother pronounces homosexual. BS, Vaj. How much hot air

Re: [FairfieldLife] Michele Bachmann declares own candidacy a warning from God

2011-09-01 Thread Vaj
On Sep 1, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Sep 1, 2011, at 6:46 AM, Vaj wrote: http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/08/31/michele-bachmann-declares- own-candidacy-a-warning-from-god/ Michele Bachmann declares own candidacy a warning from God LOL...I love their slogan: The news before

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The unreasonable price of TM instruction

2011-08-31 Thread Vaj
On Aug 30, 2011, at 8:54 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 30, 2011, at 7:10 PM, sparaig wrote: David Orme-Johnson's rebuttal to the study that graphic is from. I have no idea if what David says is valid, truthful

[FairfieldLife] Allah Sent the Earthquake to Punish America

2011-08-31 Thread Vaj
The good news is Allah must be getting weaker, perhaps he's in ill health or dying? Perhaps a rapid influx of Martyrs in Islamo-heaven has destabilized the economy there? All he was able to do was to nudge some pictures askew and knock some knick-knacks off their shelves. Behold, the

[FairfieldLife] Atheist registry

2011-08-31 Thread Vaj
Ed Brayton notes over at Dispatches from the Culture War that internet pastor Mike Stahl has come up with an interesting idea to assist Christians in day-to-day life. According to Stahl, the nation should set up an “Atheist Registry” in order to provide an updated list of anyone who is a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The unreasonable price of TM instruction

2011-08-31 Thread Vaj
On Aug 31, 2011, at 9:56 AM, sparaig wrote: THose same reviews say the same about virtually all other meditation studies. L Fortunately much non-TM meditation research continues to improve. In fact classes to train young scientists in this science continue to sell out, as do the Mind

Re: [FairfieldLife] The unreasonable price of TM instruction

2011-08-30 Thread Vaj
On Aug 30, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Bhairitu wrote: They're just beej mantras, Lawson. Nothing really unique about them. Get over it. You could get the same results or better with other techniques but no one else wants to spend the money to do so. Only corporate meditation companies do so. :-D

Re: [FairfieldLife] Vippassana is a myth-interpretation of enlightenment

2011-08-30 Thread Vaj
On Aug 30, 2011, at 3:27 PM, sparaig wrote: Let me parse this in a more honest phrasing: More and more, I'm starting to believe that Vippassana practice is a misinterpr­etation of the situation that an enlightene­d person is naturally in. I don't understand vipassana and it's many

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The unreasonable price of TM instruction

2011-08-30 Thread Vaj
On Aug 30, 2011, at 6:00 PM, sparaig wrote: A pretty picture with no attribution, doesn't prove anything at all. I hope you realize this and are merely being a troll. Otherwise, you're really far worse off than I thought. Pop a nitro and then you can find it here:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The unreasonable price of TM instruction

2011-08-30 Thread Vaj
On Aug 30, 2011, at 7:10 PM, sparaig wrote: David Orme-Johnson's rebuttal to the study that graphic is from. I have no idea if what David says is valid, truthful, or whatever, but this is the other side of the story, at least:

Re: [FairfieldLife] My HS Yearbook Photo

2011-08-29 Thread Vaj
On Aug 29, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Rick Archer wrote: http://searchsummit.com/HS_YearbookPhoto.jpg I was stoned. Yes, but you were enjoying life to it's fullest! How prophetic was that! You were obviously pre-disposed to the transcendent since it was observed you were quiet…already stoned

[FairfieldLife] 8 Ways Conservatives Abuse History ... and the Truth

2011-08-29 Thread Vaj
8 Ways Conservatives Abuse History ... and the Truth By Zachary Newkirk, The Nation Posted on August 22, 2011, Printed on August 29, 2011 http://www.alternet.org/story/152131/8_ways_conservatives_abuse_history_..._and_the_truth The following article first appeared on the Web site of The Nation.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Dawkins Destroys Perry on Evolution

2011-08-28 Thread Vaj
On Aug 27, 2011, at 10:56 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I'd love to see Dawkins debate Perry on live TV, wouldn't you? Or Obama for that matter. The problem with Dawkins is even moderate Christians will have an easy time hating him, as he is one of the evil A's. The labels Atheist or Atheism are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just learned...

2011-08-27 Thread Vaj
many inconsistencies, like the beloved. It takes love, faith, trust and commitment. Only with love can you accept a person in totality. No wonder the majority of Americans including Vaj, Barry and Curtis choose Buddhism. Little Hindu triumphalism huh Ravi? Ethno-centric bias

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just learned...

2011-08-27 Thread Vaj
On Aug 26, 2011, at 11:42 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: Buddhism is just Hindu's bastard child, more of a child born out of a fling with the whore (intellect). The pain, suffering, consistent message of this bastard child

Re: [FairfieldLife] Just learned...

2011-08-26 Thread Vaj
On Aug 25, 2011, at 10:24 AM, cardemaister wrote: ... that Steve Jobs is a Buddhist, according to Wikipedia! Well, I guess almost everyone knew that already... Sri Jobs actually took off, long ago, in search of himself to India, backpacking and hitchhiking around that country. The trip

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just learned...

2011-08-26 Thread Vaj
On Aug 26, 2011, at 8:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 25, 2011, at 10:24 AM, cardemaister wrote: ... that Steve Jobs is a Buddhist, according to Wikipedia! Well, I guess almost everyone knew that already... Sri Jobs

Re: [FairfieldLife] Buy (or own) a Gibson guitar -- go to jail?

2011-08-26 Thread Vaj
On Aug 26, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Federal agents swooped in on Gibson Guitar Wednesday, raiding factories and offices in Memphis and Nashville, seizing several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. The Feds are keeping mum, but in a statement yesterday Gibson's chairman

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buy (or own) a Gibson guitar -- go to jail?

2011-08-26 Thread Vaj
On Aug 26, 2011, at 2:10 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Those RainSong guitars look great, I have never played one. My guitar student showed up with a composite, very light, resonator from Beltona and it sounded fantastic head to head with my National Steel and Dobro. It would be fantastic

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Higgs boson may be a mirage

2011-08-24 Thread Vaj
On Aug 24, 2011, at 12:25 AM, cardemaister wrote: Methinks they should read Vedic literature very carefully! Hopefully there are no Creation scientists on the investigative teams, Vedic or otherwise, so hopefully that won't be a problem. We already have enough problems with Creation

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Higgs boson may be a mirage

2011-08-24 Thread Vaj
On Aug 24, 2011, at 12:35 AM, John wrote: If they can't find the particle, they would have to rethink the physics that was assumed to be correct. Or find the Atheist particle.

[FairfieldLife] The trailer for Martin Scorsese's George Harrison film

2011-08-24 Thread Vaj
The trailer for Martin Scorsese's Living in the Material World is up on George's official website. [http://t.co/eIl9P8w]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-23 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2011, at 11:56 PM, sparaig wrote: Are you aware that the oldest of the Upanishads that mentions turiya explicitly says it isn't just another state, but rather that which gives rise to the other states? It's been a while since I've read Upanishadic literature, but yes that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-23 Thread Vaj
On Aug 23, 2011, at 4:59 AM, turquoiseb wrote: For some reason the concept of Maharishi ever being either wild or free seems less likely than him ever flying. :-) He, after all, was the one who cooked up all these overly simplistic definitions that people are parroting as if they were Truth

Re: [FairfieldLife] Great quote from Ram Das

2011-08-23 Thread Vaj
On Aug 23, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Rick Archer wrote: Ram Das Most concepts tell only one-half of a Yin-Yang totality. For example, let’s take the concept, “God is omniscient and therefore must have seen everything in the first moment of the creation. Therefore everything is predestined, and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-23 Thread Vaj
On Aug 23, 2011, at 2:39 PM, sparaig wrote: Well during meditation, no description is possible for many reasons. The least philosophical is simply that the episodes of PC are associated with marked changes in EEG and breathing that revert towards normal before the subject is able to press

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-23 Thread Vaj
On Aug 23, 2011, at 5:59 PM, sparaig wrote: Well... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: [...] The fact that a unbiased observer would see nothing remarkable EEG- wise beyond what's normally seen in waking, sleeping or dreaming would be the first indicator

[FairfieldLife] Higgs boson may be a mirage

2011-08-23 Thread Vaj
Higgs boson may be a mirage, scientists hint http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre77l5ks-us-higgs/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2011, at 10:00 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: [...] You'll find sutra defined as thread about everywhere else on the web. You found a Tamil lexicon. In fact I believe that MMY may have defined it in his version of the Gita. A

[FairfieldLife] The Christian right's dominionist strategy

2011-08-22 Thread Vaj
Prays Jaysus http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/08/21/ posner_nar_dominionism LINK An article in the Texas Observer last month about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's relationship with followers of a little-known neo-Pentecostal movement sparked a frenzied reaction from many

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2011, at 2:43 PM, sparaig wrote: Ouch, though I note that you didn't address my point. Lawson (the great and powerful) Lawson, only TB TMers really believe that researchers have actually identified Pure Consciousness - because they've found no fourth, just the same ole, same

Re: [FairfieldLife] Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2011, at 5:04 PM, sparaig wrote: I still haven't seen any research, whether, from Shambhala Mountain Center Study, or other studies, that describes the physiological correlates of pure consciousness measured during the practice of Buddhist techniques. Pure consciousness is a TM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mantra Meditation - for Buck

2011-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2011, at 5:38 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 22, 2011, at 5:04 PM, sparaig wrote: I still haven't seen any research, whether, from Shambhala Mountain Center Study, or other studies, that describes

Re: [FairfieldLife] Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-21 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2011, at 3:12 AM, cardemaister wrote: According to someone, from vaayu- and skanda-puraaNa: alpAkSaram asandigdhaM sAra-vat vizvato-mukham astobham anavadyaM ca sUtraM sUtra-vido viduH The translation on that site seemed rather scarce. Perhaps everyone might try to come

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-21 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2011, at 1:06 AM, fflmod wrote: I have not been in Fairfield in the last eleven years and so have not seen him in a while, but I can tell you the author of that letter used to listen to Rush Limbaugh on the radio every chance he got and used to go to the course office to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-21 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2011, at 9:46 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: A sUtra is a compilation of aphorisms that expresses the essence of all knowledge in a minimum of words. It must be universally applicable to all the faces of consciousness

Re: [FairfieldLife] Nand Kishore

2011-08-21 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I just watched “David Wants to Fly” for the first time last night. I had heard about the “controversy among the rajas” that was part of the film, but no one had mentioned that Nand Kishore was the center of the controversy. He was the Indian

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Definition of a suutra?

2011-08-21 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2011, at 1:20 PM, sparaig wrote: But a sutra is valid on all possible frequencies, to use your analogy. A continuum of values is different than multiple discrete values, though in the real world, continuous merely means so many that they are uncountable for all practical

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-20 Thread Vaj
On Aug 20, 2011, at 5:12 AM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 19, 2011, at 11:29 AM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 18, 2011, at 9:36 PM, obbajeeba

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-20 Thread Vaj
On Aug 20, 2011, at 10:53 AM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: Nirodha pariNaama is that transformation of the mind in which it becomes *progressively* permeated by the condition of nirodha... Vaj: It's the natural result of the failure to maintain samadhi. Rinse-repeat-rinse

Re: [FairfieldLife] webOs on iPad!

2011-08-20 Thread Vaj
On Aug 20, 2011, at 3:49 AM, cardemaister wrote: FWIW, webOS on iPad: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/08/19/hp-tested-webos-on-an-ipad-it-ran-over-twice-as-fast/ HP's WebOS team almost certainly had an idea that the company's new tablet, the TouchPad, had very little chance of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-19 Thread Vaj
On Aug 18, 2011, at 9:36 PM, obbajeeba wrote: This is the most stupidest thing I have ever read on FFL. IMHO Interesting to see how sheltered some TB's still are. It's been known for decades that ME research is BS. Sounds like someone needs to get outside their own mindset a little more

Re: [FairfieldLife] Thunderbird Question for Bhairitu or anyone else

2011-08-19 Thread Vaj
that you may have to convert your Apple Mail using a Mac utility or maybe the Apple Mail program (remember I know next to nothing about Macs) to mbox format and from there Thunberbird should be able to import it. Maybe Vaj knows about converting from Apple Mail to mbox. Mbox is a very standard open

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Letter in today's Ledger

2011-08-19 Thread Vaj
On Aug 19, 2011, at 11:29 AM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 18, 2011, at 9:36 PM, obbajeeba wrote: This is the most stupidest thing I have ever read on FFL. IMHO Interesting to see how sheltered some TB's still are. It's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Thunderbird Question for Bhairitu or anyone else

2011-08-19 Thread Vaj
On Aug 19, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: Good question, Vaj. You're not having any problems with it? I'm not sure why I am, exactly. But it keeps saying I'm offline when I'm not, and having various connection issues. Maybe I'll try again, because I really do like many

[FairfieldLife] NPR: Your Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books

2011-08-19 Thread Vaj
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science- fiction-fantasy-books

Re: [FairfieldLife] Thunderbird Question for Bhairitu or anyone else

2011-08-19 Thread Vaj
On Aug 19, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: Well, I just made some changes that hopefully will make a difference. So far at least, everything is fine. (At first I thought that being out in the boonies might be part of it, but since you're in a small town too (right?) and not having probs

Re: [FairfieldLife] Thunderbird Question for Bhairitu or anyone else

2011-08-19 Thread Vaj
~/Library hit enter. Well, since I have no idea where the command line is, I just included it in the little menu on the side of the Finder. Thanks again, Vaj. Oh, sorry. There's an application called Terminal that allows you to access the innards of OS. When you launch it will take you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Thunderbird Question for Bhairitu or anyone else

2011-08-19 Thread Vaj
On Aug 19, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: Done! And again thanks. Anything else hidden in Lion that I might want to know about? That's the only major thing I can think of.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Golden Domes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2011-08-17 Thread Vaj
On Aug 17, 2011, at 2:34 PM, merudanda wrote: Poor RickBeing banned from the domes has been compared to .. practice of shunning see article in detail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunning The members of the Golden Dome community successfully enact their rituals without a common

Re: [FairfieldLife] Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five' on Sitar by Sachal Music

2011-08-17 Thread Vaj
On Aug 17, 2011, at 3:17 PM, do.rflex wrote: Brubeck's famous 'Take Five' played on a sitar with accompaniment is awesome. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLF46JKkCNg I've had three friends all send me this same video - I love it - and the Indians in it could be any

Re: [FairfieldLife] Please help!

2011-08-17 Thread Vaj
On Aug 17, 2011, at 4:53 PM, Tom Pall wrote: I've just spoken to my Jyotishi and he says that this is a good time for me to change careers. The optimal new career would be rapper. I have plenty of material from the collected works of Ravi, StripedZebra and Rory, assembled here on FFL.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Golden Domes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2011-08-17 Thread Vaj
On Aug 17, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Tom Pall wrote: It's as perplexing as RC finding Jesus. Heck, you'd think someone as great as He was/is wouldn't/couldn't get lost. The neon sign was unmistakable: Padre Pio and Jesus, never mind the bleeding hands. Many disillusioned TMers, presuming

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Golden Domes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2011-08-17 Thread Vaj
On Aug 17, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Tom Pall wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: On Aug 17, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Tom Pall wrote: It's as perplexing as RC finding Jesus. Heck, you'd think someone as great as He was/is wouldn't/couldn't get lost

Re: [FairfieldLife] Buffett says Tax the Rich

2011-08-16 Thread Vaj
On Aug 16, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: I care because if I were a billionaire, I wouldn't invest any of my money in an economy that was going to keep demanding that I keep subsidizing poverty. What ya should be dewin is goin' to Texas and praying to Jaysus witt Goobernor Purry.

Re: [FairfieldLife] TM: The Lost Years

2011-08-15 Thread Vaj
On Aug 14, 2011, at 9:29 PM, Denise Evans wrote: Great chorus. Believe you methis applies to more than a recovering TM groupie...time to get back to the middle class and start paying some taxes LOL, it does have some universal themes. When I was at my 30 year high school

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Research Finds Diabetes Can Be Reversed

2011-08-14 Thread Vaj
On Aug 14, 2011, at 4:42 AM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: Pass this on to friends and family! Mark Hyman, MDPracticing physician New Research Finds Diabetes Can Be Reversed Posted: 8/7/11 12:03 AM ET I'm afraid

[FairfieldLife] TM: The Lost Years

2011-08-14 Thread Vaj
Listening to Mark's and many, many other recovering TM (and other spiritual) groupies stories, I find this unreleased song by David Wilcox especially apropos. It's called The Lost Years. It's a kind of thing many of us have gone through. David calls it a Rip Van Winkle and the Prozac tunnel,

[FairfieldLife] TM: the Young Man Dies

2011-08-14 Thread Vaj
That Young Man in the previous post realizes, on reflection how s/he died: Same source, live soundboard recording, in public domain, of David Wilcox, playing solo in Tryon, NC 12/28/96: http://www.box.net/shared/06g6n0yxjx8cumpsz998

[FairfieldLife] TM: from bliss to hypomanic addiction

2011-08-14 Thread Vaj
The TMer eventually leaves the bliss dome, only to succumb to the sweet voice of addiction, hypomanic self realization, the eye of a different hurricane: http://www.box.net/shared/0yanp2ekifgp2edzgvjy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Oprah Winfrey started: Transcendental meditation

2011-08-13 Thread Vaj
On Aug 13, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I checked with someone who is a position to know, and I can confirm that the particulars of what Buck posted are waaay exaggerated. Can’t say anything more than that. Yes, the true story is Oprah had a high colonic somewhere near Lancaster,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Just registering my outrage

2011-08-13 Thread Vaj
On Aug 13, 2011, at 2:17 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I wanted to register my outrage that such a photo would elicit snickers from any FFL reader. If you find yourself giggling uncontrollably, it is an expression of not only immaturity, but a complete lack of sensitivity for the problems

Re: [FairfieldLife] The next president of the US has just thrown his hat into the ring

2011-08-13 Thread Vaj
On Aug 13, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Tom Pall wrote: What a winning ticket. A Texan and an Alaskan. Now we're going to get things rolling again. Leadership and assassination insurance all in one ticket. Their combined low IQ's may make up for the lack of dementia or Alzheimer's. Now that's

[FairfieldLife] New Research Finds Diabetes Can Be Reversed

2011-08-13 Thread Vaj
Pass this on to friends and family! Mark Hyman, MDPracticing physician New Research Finds Diabetes Can Be Reversed Posted: 8/7/11 12:03 AM ET I have recently spent more time in drugs stores than I would like helping my sister on her journey through (and hopefully to the other side of)

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