[FairfieldLife] Re: Surprising IQs of Famous People

2013-04-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > Johann Bach was 165. Asia Carrera is 156. Charles Dickens had 180. Marilyn > Vos Savant is 228. Surprisingly, Albert Einstein "only" had 160 compared to > some of the people on the list. > > http://newsterm.blogspot.com/2013/02/johann

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras

2013-04-24 Thread sparaig
don't see how a person in UC or > Brahman could possibly fool themselves.  Ok, maybe Nisargadatta fooled > himself about the dangers of smoking cigarettes.  Anyway, can you give an > example?  Thanks.  > > > > > ____ > From

[FairfieldLife] Re: New papers on TM for lowering hypertension and Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms

2013-04-24 Thread sparaig
I sent him the link to the original American Heart Association report last night... ;-) L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: David Orme-Johnson [mailto:davidoj@...] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 3:36 PM > To: David Orme-Johnson > Subject: New papers on T

[FairfieldLife] Re: Media coverage of TM & new MUM press release

2013-04-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: [...] > > But I shall be checking page 3 of The Sun for signs of the > rising tide of the age of enlightenment. > For those who didn't get that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_Three L

[FairfieldLife] Re: Media coverage of TM & new MUM press release

2013-04-24 Thread sparaig
Fallacy of Excluded Middle. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Oh what a joy that one of the worst robber barons of the 20th and 21st > Century is now a TM guy - wonder what will happen - will Rupert see how much > the TMO owns in property and cash and contrive

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rupert Murdoch takes up transcendental meditation, the hot new creed among CEOs

2013-04-24 Thread sparaig
ly work-in-progress. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > Is he what? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > But is he really? > > > > L > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Media coverage of TM & new MUM press release

2013-04-24 Thread sparaig
I hope his teachers schedule extra checking for him. OTOH, if he tweeted just after learning, then a lot of his misconceptions will have already been cleared up by now. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays wrote: > > Fwd From: Ken Chawkin > > You may have seen this story, but i

[FairfieldLife] Re: American Heart Association report on meditation, blood pressure: TM winner-ish

2013-04-23 Thread sparaig
http://hyper.ahajournals.org/content/early/2013/04/22/HYP.0b013e318293645f.full.pdf While the study isn't about TM specifically, the fact that TM is given a seat at the table as a "clinical treatment" for high blood pressure in this journal is HUGE. >From the thomas-reuters journal ranking site

[FairfieldLife] Re: American Heart Association report on meditation, blood pressure: TM winner-ish

2013-04-23 Thread sparaig
Original study that the quote is from: http://hyper.ahajournals.org/content/early/2013/04/22/HYP.0b013e318293645f.full.pdf L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/aha-releases-recommendations-for-alternative-hypertension-tr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rupert Murdoch takes up transcendental meditation, the hot new creed among CEOs

2013-04-23 Thread sparaig
But is he really? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin wrote: > > Rupert Murdoch takes up transcendental meditation, the hot new creed among > CEOs > > > > > Murdoch joins a long list of business leaders who have taken up > transcendental meditation. [

[FairfieldLife] American Heart Association report on meditation, blood pressure: TM winner-ish

2013-04-23 Thread sparaig
http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/aha-releases-recommendations-for-alternative-hypertension-treatments/article/290039/# "The writing group conferred to TM a Class IIB, Level of Evidence B recommendation in regard to BP-lowering efficacy. TM may be considered in clinical practice to lower BP. Becaus

[FairfieldLife] Re: It's a conspiracy!

2013-04-23 Thread sparaig
A presumption of innocence concerns how the accused is treated and how the details of the trial are handled. It doesn't matter if the entire world except the jury saw them do it on TV. It would be rather difficult to conduct a fair trial if all prospective jury members were also material witnes

[FairfieldLife] Tony Nader's talk on Ramayana and Human Physiology

2013-04-23 Thread sparaig
Very kool, IMHO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3ZJQSW4Zc&feature=player_detailpage#t=470s L

[FairfieldLife] Re: TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION FOR YOUR BUSINESS:

2013-04-22 Thread sparaig
I resemble that remark L (Saijanai Kuhn in Second Life) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda wrote: > [...] > Interesting a certain saijanai Guest's comment on April 22, 2013 5:41 > pm/ > "Teenagers with autism so severe that they didn't talk for more then a > decade when they were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras

2013-04-22 Thread sparaig
itation > technique and perform some siddhis including some healing techniques. > But I CANNOT initiate anyone into the tradition. That is for an Tantra > Acharya. In fact some of the controversy over Maharishi from other yogis > is often that he was not an acharya of the Shankaracharya tra

[FairfieldLife] Re: a WONDERFUL formula

2013-04-22 Thread sparaig
I'm not sure where I mentioned "out of character" and "releasing stress" in this conversation, but it might apply... The DLF implies that there are teachers specifically trained to work with PTSD victims. Perhaps they have more detailed instructions on how to deal with unstressing. L --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras

2013-04-22 Thread sparaig
ation teacher" would be more correct. > > > On 04/22/2013 07:16 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: > > how do you know what the Old Fraud did in his meditation? > > > > > > > > > > > > From: sparaig > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras

2013-04-22 Thread sparaig
entifying with it, not being gripped by it?  Something along those > lines. > > > > > > From: sparaig > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 8:41 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras

2013-04-22 Thread sparaig
groups.com > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 10:10 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras > > > >   > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Since MMY likely wasn't using those mantras in his meditation pra

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras

2013-04-22 Thread sparaig
We all tell ourselves lies. Even fully enlightened people likely lie to themselves, but since they allegedly no longer have an internal dialogue, they can't catch their own lies because they appear to be intuitive truths. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > I am

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras

2013-04-22 Thread sparaig
s ok for him to write the mantras > down > > > > > > From: sparaig > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 6:11 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras > > > >   > In TM theory, it isn&#

[FairfieldLife] Re: a WONDERFUL formula

2013-04-22 Thread sparaig
ately fraudulent or was so badly done that the results are meaningless. I make no such assumptions. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Don't fret Lawson, it won't be. > > > > > ________ > From: spara

[FairfieldLife] Re: a WONDERFUL formula

2013-04-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: [...] > I actually agree with you that Marshy was wrong. There is what > actually happens to meditators (not all that much if we are honest) > and there is the supporting dogma that everyone still clings to that > makes TM out to be the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Secrets of the Mantras

2013-04-21 Thread sparaig
In TM theory, it isn't that mantras are kept secret for the sake of a secret,, but because the process of meditation and the process of speaking the mantra aloud or writing it down, are contrary to one another. There's even a physiological explanation that might explain why this is so. L --- I

[FairfieldLife] Re: a WONDERFUL formula

2013-04-21 Thread sparaig
called "higher states" of TM are > anything close to what they are sold as. I think they might be an aberration > that is undesirable, at least for me. > > Anyway keep posting this stuff, it feeds the minds on all perspectives of > this issue. > > --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: a WONDERFUL formula

2013-04-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > So, even if one practices and "masters" jhana > > > techniques, one really isn't doing anything > > > spiritually good. You can see signs of this in > > > the entire world-wide Buddhist culture that > > > celebrates p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another of Roger Ebert's last film reviews...

2013-04-21 Thread sparaig
A good magician puts at least as much time into practice of a specific slight-of-hand trick as any juggler, probably more. Juggling, done well, looks good from almost any angle. Magic tricks, on the other hand, often only look good at certain angles, so the magician not only must be really good

[FairfieldLife] Re: a WONDERFUL formula

2013-04-21 Thread sparaig
y. Unfortunately, I take things personally, even if the criticism is leveled against him, rather than me. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > So,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today! Our Conscious Future

2013-04-21 Thread sparaig
I have hopes that it will eventually make it to youtube. I was put off by the apparent registration fee for the online version, although in other places it said that the online version was free. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > # Our conscious future and a post-charis

[FairfieldLife] Re: a WONDERFUL formula

2013-04-20 Thread sparaig
There is a reference to turiya in the mandukya upanishad. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > emptybill: > > ...we have experienced death many times. If death > > is a samadhi, then where has the "samadhi" gone? > > > In fact, the word Samadhi seems t

[FairfieldLife] Re: a WONDERFUL formula

2013-04-20 Thread sparaig
you only do "mindfulness", you > will indeed become > more mindful but only on the surface level of the mind. Deep and abiding > dhyana-samadhi is the prerequisite. > > Also, we have experienced death many times. If death is a samadhi, then > where has the > "s

[FairfieldLife] Re: a WONDERFUL formula

2013-04-20 Thread sparaig
Dunno about death, but the drug method seems to be temporary, and just because you have feelings that can be described a certain way, doesn't mean it's the real deal. Look at the long-term results of practicing mindfulness on a physiological level. Scary. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quantum and classical?

2013-04-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: > > > > Yes, she is radiant! I have read about her ecstasies, and natural celibacy, > > too. A very, very interesting, natural and beautiful Being. > > > > -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mantras and Iron Filings?

2013-04-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ultrarishi wrote: > > I'm listening to this CD from a friend by Devarshi Stephen Hartman discussing > the Gita. Early on he mentions that MMY had experiments done with folks > chanting different mantras and that iron filings would move around and form >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bevan Morris canned?

2013-04-18 Thread sparaig
http://www.mum.edu/default.aspx?RelID=636894&issearch=bevan%20morris Currently listed as President of MUM. No telling how up-to-date the listing is. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Doughney" wrote: > > There's a glaring omission on this part of their website: MUM doesn't > curren

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Question

2013-04-15 Thread sparaig
Maharishi: The value of reading Vedic Literature in Sanskrit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhiCKK3ZxnU --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > OK someone who has attended MUM recently please 'splain this to me - what > exactly are they doing that this person described

[FairfieldLife] Re: A TM poster boy's eulogy for Margaret Thatcher

2013-04-14 Thread sparaig
It doesn't matter what John thinks follows automatically from consciousness = unified field. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > What does

[FairfieldLife] Re: A TM poster boy's eulogy for Margaret Thatcher

2013-04-14 Thread sparaig
conscious system to predict any specific phenomenon. Ants may fit his definition also, but we don't then conclude that ants can play chess. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig

[FairfieldLife] Re: A TM poster boy's eulogy for Margaret Thatcher

2013-04-13 Thread sparaig
As I pointed out earlier, Guilio Tononi's "phi" formula, if taken to its logical conclusion, supports Hagelin's assertion about the unified field and consciousness. Tononi doesn't like it when people do that, but he has to add in all sorts of exceptions to the formula to invalidate the conclusi

[FairfieldLife] Re: See through brains.....

2013-04-11 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" > > wrote: >

[FairfieldLife] Re: See through brains.....

2013-04-11 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2013/apr/10/transparent-brains-reveal-secrets-video > Fascinating, but I don't expect _in vivo_ results on meditators any time soon. L

[FairfieldLife] Re: A TM poster boy's eulogy for Margaret Thatcher

2013-04-11 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: [...] > > And Hagelin's point is that the behavior of the QM unified field and the > > behavior ascribed to consciousness in MMY's interpretation (at least) of > > the vedic tradition are identical in myriad ways. In fact, he claims t

[FairfieldLife] Re: new short video on TM and PTSD in African refugees

2013-04-11 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > I know all the pro-TM'ers here will give me a ration of shit for saying so, > but these results are far too good to be true - the one good thing about it > is that if anyone is foolish enough to try to replicate the results, the D

[FairfieldLife] new short video on TM and PTSD in African refugees

2013-04-10 Thread sparaig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7wL-NHHy3k This could be the start of a major focus for the TM organization and the DLF. That study that showed 50% reduction in PTSD symptoms in 30 days, if it is replicated by non-TMers and accepted by the general scientific community, could make TM the -de fac

[FairfieldLife] Re: Predicting the Future

2013-04-10 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > These guys better watch out because they may also wind up validating > astrology with their research.:-D > > http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/cliodynamics-peter-turchin/all/ > > > They're looking into recurring cycles.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A TM poster boy's eulogy for Margaret Thatcher

2013-04-10 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Actually, Hagelin was pretty big back when he was still publishing. Yyou > > realize that the Director of Res

[FairfieldLife] Re: A TM poster boy's eulogy for Margaret Thatcher

2013-04-10 Thread sparaig
Information Theory. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Which parts of the physics were wince-worthy? Claiming that the Unified > > Field fulfills

[FairfieldLife] Re: A TM poster boy's eulogy for Margaret Thatcher

2013-04-10 Thread sparaig
s.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > I actually enjoyed that interview, despite various wince-worthy remarks by > > John. > > Not to mention the wince-worthy physics. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: A TM poster boy's eulogy for Margaret Thatcher

2013-04-10 Thread sparaig
I actually enjoyed that interview, despite various wince-worthy remarks by John. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Russel Brand credits TM with h

[FairfieldLife] Re: A TM poster boy's eulogy for Margaret Thatcher

2013-04-10 Thread sparaig
Russel Brand credits TM with helping him get out of a hardcore drug abuser lifestyle. He was no doubt a brilliant comedian before TM, but he says that TM helped him survive a very rough time in his life. Youtube has a BBC special on drug abuse that he hosted. He was pretty bad off at his worst.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers

2013-04-09 Thread sparaig
hey > have some scheme in mind to make them lifelong customers. > > > > > From: sparaig > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 1:44 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers > > >   > V

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers

2013-04-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Hey, L, in EFT Tapping Gary Craig calls this the Apex Effect.  Roger > Callahan on whose work EFT is based, called it the Apex Problem.  One > definition of the Apex Effect is "forgetting" to do EFT even when it has been > benefici

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers

2013-04-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > Hey Michael, > > I think it must have been 1984 or'85 when I was the DC Center Chairman. I > don't remember who initiated the idea, the 300 memeber council of governors, > or national, or it could have even been me. The ide

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers

2013-04-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > As I have mentioned here before, they are looking to the future by creating > willing dupes to initiate them into the TM-Sidhi program, so they can then > sell them all the other things the TMO sells - they are trying to create

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers

2013-04-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > But it works. > > > > I think it works because it creates a group hoopla about a big project and > that ge

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers

2013-04-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > Because they love deceit - they learned it from their beloved Master, > > Marshy the Hood-winker > > I imagine it's more a legal thing. Because the Marshy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg & what is DLF? stands 4 what & how to contact DLF

2013-04-09 Thread sparaig
DLF = David Lynch Foundation http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 wrote: > > May like to 4 a vet? what is DLF? >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers

2013-04-09 Thread sparaig
Etc. Oh, and none of my friends who owned businesses practice TM. They were speaking from their experience as retail business owners. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > You may

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers

2013-04-09 Thread sparaig
f you really do, then I call you stupid. You obviously aren't stupid, so you're just trolling, as usual. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > It's the price MMY set

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers

2013-04-09 Thread sparaig
It's the price MMY set before he died. THat's pretty much the long and short of it. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bootleg UK TM teachers

2013-04-08 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > Anyone know of a TM teacher in the Birmingham, UK area who is teaching > independently, and thus inexpensively? > The DLF has a UK branch now, and there are scholarships/grants available through the DLF to bring the pricing down to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Woman in corset

2013-04-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" wrote: > > 1899 > http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/8/78035.jpg > A friend of mine wore something like that to a sci-fi convention once. Add green sparkly fabric, and antennae, and you get a great alien hive queen costume.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Considering a Mac

2013-04-06 Thread sparaig
The differences between Mac and PC have become less over time, but there still are f few. On the hardware side, it is useful to think of a Mac as a high-end bundled stereo system where all components are made by the same manufacturer. You're not going to get the best possible quality at a given

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Being Special

2013-04-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Some time ago I posed the question that if, as Marshy always claimed, TM is > better, superior to all other meditations, how can that be so, what makes TM > special? In MMY's own words about how TM is taught: http://www.youtube

[FairfieldLife] Re: Feedback to the TM Movement

2013-04-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jwtrowbridge" wrote: [...] > For lack of a better expression, I would like to suggest that their needs to > be a separation of church and state. The church is the purity of the > knowledge, and the state is how TM is administrated, the organization. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teach meditation to 40 formerly incarcerated youth

2013-03-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Thanks L, this is quite clear and I enjoy your sense of humor.  Anyway, what > about the old restful alertness.  You've said what indicates relaxation.  > Is there an EEG indication for the alert part? > Well, standard EEG texts

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teach meditation to 40 formerly incarcerated youth

2013-03-28 Thread sparaig
; That is, when you aren't sticking your finger someplace warm and stinky.:-) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yaho

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teach meditation to 40 formerly incarcerated youth

2013-03-28 Thread sparaig
L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teach meditation to 40 formerly incarcerated youth

2013-03-28 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: [...] > Sahaja Yoga or Shri Mataji is not a very good example, because the lady is > really weird and it's really a Hindu cult, BUT, it's free, and it works *very > well* - at least for me. > > I took it, it's a kundalini raising initiatio

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teach meditation to 40 formerly incarcerated youth

2013-03-28 Thread sparaig
a few good land deals over the years, it has also made some horrible ones too. Unless the real estate investments in India are really topnotch, it's not likely that the TMO has billions in assets. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yaho

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teach meditation to 40 formerly incarcerated youth

2013-03-28 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > I wonder if this is a matching funds project, or if this is a new pricing > structure for the DLF... > > It seems to me that $250 per student is a reasonable cost for TM instruction > by anyone's s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teach meditation to 40 formerly incarcerated youth

2013-03-28 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > http://www.giveforyouth.org/microprojects/teach-meditation-to-40-formerly-incarcerated-youth/ > 40 at a cost of $10,000 = $250 per student. 2 other projects: http://www.giveforyouth.org/microprojects/teach-meditation-to-25-dome

[FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread sparaig
LOL when I did that, my own text looked horrible. Sooo,,, its back to utf-8 as the default and I'll just run filter when I need to copy paste from safari to safari. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > I had it set to utf-8. It's now set to

[FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread sparaig
I had it set to utf-8. It's now set to Western ISO as you suggest. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > From the source of the message here's what it was doing: > "=E2=80=9Choly-war=E2=80=9D". It's not just with your post but a few > others but only when using email. Ya

[FairfieldLife] Re: New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-27 Thread sparaig
L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 03/26/2013 02:11 PM, sparaig wrote: > > http://www.amazon.com/In-Himalayan-Nights-Anoop-Chandola/dp/0982998708 > > > > "Dehradun City, Himalayas, India 1977: Two bright, beautiful, lesbian > &g

[FairfieldLife] New book, gives an interesting perspective on Maharishi

2013-03-26 Thread sparaig
http://www.amazon.com/In-Himalayan-Nights-Anoop-Chandola/dp/0982998708 "Dehradun City, Himalayas, India 1977: Two bright, beautiful, lesbian research assistants accompany their Indian professor to this city near the tense borders of China and Nepal to observe the “holy-war” dance of the Maha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder Helped by Transcendental Meditation

2013-03-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays wrote: > > Short article and a touching 4-min video of a case with autism and how TM has > helped. > > > http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/children-with-autism-spectrum-disorder-helped-by-transcendental-meditation-198969641.html > I've b

[FairfieldLife] Re: Men only,

2013-03-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: > > > > You always have created some hope Curtis - regardless of what Judy, Robin > > and I myself have said in the past. I am always open to see if there's > > anoth

[FairfieldLife] Re: Girish Varma accused of sexual harassment

2013-03-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m2smart4u2000 wrote: > > > > Accusation doesn't mean he's guilty. You guys go on and on with rumors about > how bad Maharishis' relatives were. Did you really know any of them? Did you > see their homes or cars? I met Maharishi's relatives and they lived

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Secret of the Mantras

2013-03-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 03/24/2013 11:40 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > [...] > >> I don't know about all that. The book's title was deriv

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Secret of the Mantras

2013-03-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: [...] > > I don't know about all that. The book's title was derived from that fact > that when its author became an initiator on the Beatles' TTC, MMY was giving > out only one mantra. But that's not the most interesting part of the boo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it possible for 'aware-ness' to be an object?

2013-03-24 Thread sparaig
erybody to either > continue to advance with TM or with something else. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: [...] [...] > > Well with TM, if you REALLY are in samadhi (pure consciousness), you can't > > note it until such time as some deg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stars who practice TM...why is it important?

2013-03-24 Thread sparaig
wering the price. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > As MMY explained the decision to hike the price of TM through the roof: > > > > it i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stars who practice TM...why is it important?

2013-03-24 Thread sparaig
As MMY explained the decision to hike the price of TM through the roof: it is the elite of the world who set the trends and make the laws and "the rich don't shop at poor stores." Getting voluntary celebrity endorsements is a surefire way to get media attention, which is a form of free adverti

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it possible for 'aware-ness' to be an object?

2013-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > The thing about TM isn't that it is described as effortless, but that it was > "tught" in a way that facilitted effortlessness. "taught" Assume all other typos and misspellings are also corrected here. L

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it possible for 'aware-ness' to be an object?

2013-03-23 Thread sparaig
and outside of meditation, just as beginners do -it is rest, plain and simple. Here's MMY explaining TM instruction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSvW9Ml9DQ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it possible for 'aware-ness' to be an object?

2013-03-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > I suspect y

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it possible for 'aware-ness' to be an object?

2013-03-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it possible for 'aware-ness' to be an object?

2013-03-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > I suspect you are both misreading what Lawson had in mind. > He isn't stupid, and he knows the TM research better than > anyone here. I'm not sure what he means either, but I'd > suggest you wait to draw any conclusions until he can c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it possible for 'aware-ness' to be an object?

2013-03-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > It turns out that the EEG pattern of long-term TMers during TM remains the > > same as the EEG pattern found in short-term TMers: it&#

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to destroy a country for fun and money

2013-03-19 Thread sparaig
The invasion of AFghanistan with the eye to nation-build was just as bad an idea. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Today is the 10th anniversary of the Iraq invasion announced by the > smirking chimp. I was having dinner at a Greek restaurant with some > friends as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Girish Varma accused of sexual harassment

2013-03-19 Thread sparaig
It is an interesting coincidence [sic?] that all the TM bigwigs are in India just as this comes to a head. Judy may be right: this could be part of a power-struggle in the TM organization that goes beyond just India. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > Well it does seem

[FairfieldLife] Re: Girish Varma accused of sexual harassment - "The New Movement" - Buck

2013-03-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: [...] > > Barry, you have used this "argument" a number of times > > already and it doesn't wash. Looking up old posts

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is it possible for 'aware-ness' to be an object?

2013-03-19 Thread sparaig
It turns out that the EEG pattern of long-term TMers during TM remains the same as the EEG pattern found in short-term TMers: it's simple relaxation, no matter how long you have been doing it. Pure Consciousness is just the same pattern in its most extreme form. In every other meditation techni

[FairfieldLife] Re: Girish Varma accused of sexual harassment

2013-03-19 Thread sparaig
You should know that this guy is MMY's nephew. In India, due to their belief in reincarnation, nepotism is the norm and is usually celebrated as the proper way things get done. The first Prime Minister of India was named Jawaharlal Nehru. Coincidentally, Indira Ghandi was his granddaughter, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO - Part 2

2013-03-17 Thread sparaig
LOL MUM is "one of the Movement's largest cash cows..." At first, I thought this was serious stuff. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > The Second Level of the TM Movement. > Behind the scenes of Marshy have always been his three > nephews, Anand and Ajay > Sriva

[FairfieldLife] Re: The mystery of what causes Republicans and Conservatives solved

2013-03-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > No, it's not mental retardation, although that could be a > factor. It's not walking. > > In this interesting article, a theory is proposed that > living in a town or city that is comfortable to walk around, > and thus encourages wa

[FairfieldLife] Re: CC - a stepping stone and Humpty Dumpty's purported Enlightenment

2013-03-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: [,,,] > Tell me, oh brainwashed TM minions, isn't Maharishi's > definition of CC/enlightenment being *FREE* from stress? > Actually, CC is just where you are sufficiently stress-free that you never lose pure consciousness. The correlates

[FairfieldLife] Re: To card - mUrdhajyothiShi to Salya

2013-03-16 Thread sparaig
Well, there IS a practical reason to avoid being outside during full eclipses. Just about all of us would casually glance at that odd sight without protection despite the warnings, and back in the stone age, doing so might lead to total blindness because you wouldn't look away until the phenomen

[FairfieldLife] Barry and Curtis's hubris [was Re: A lie is only a lie]

2013-03-15 Thread sparaig
He appeared to have made himself indispensable within the Indian TM organization and impossible to depose. A thought occurs to me: perhaps this is part of the ongoing power-struggle within the Indian TM organization... In addition to the accusations of sexual misconduct, he was also recently

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