[FairfieldLife] Re: Heavenly Mountain is for sale to Mother Vi

2010-12-28 Thread tartbrain
There was no psychiatrist on board the plane with Joe Clarke, April Clemmons and Ron Michealove in mid July of 1972 in North Carolina. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.p...@... wrote: I agree. 30+ years of the lives of patients and their families spared. Not funny at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shani Claus

2010-12-28 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff roryg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote: So, why do you call Her Magdalene? I have called her Magdalene as that was apparently a traditional name or title given to the Daughter as soul-mate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earl Kaplan: The Matrix and Maharishi Occult Powers to siphon off energy

2010-12-28 Thread tartbrain
. The only thing that Earl says that I have no opinion or personal knowledge of is the bit about Guru Dev's supposed murder and the stolen yantra. The rest of your suppositions taken from Earl's letter are absurd. IMO n FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earl Kaplan: The Matrix and Maharishi Occult Powers to siphon off energy

2010-12-28 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony...@... wrote: Though it seems there is most always a back story to what you list too. Way more nuance than black and whiting. Thats true, there are nuances and lots of gray. Though I am open to anything, and I read this (had read

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earl Kaplan: The Matrix and Maharishi Occult Powers to siphon off energy

2010-12-28 Thread tartbrain
convincing, Joe. IMO n FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Dec 28, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Tom Pall wrote: Mahesh, after

[FairfieldLife] Re: On Feeling One Needs A Curated Online Personality

2010-08-28 Thread tartbrain
@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 3:05 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Could it possibly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ground Zero Mosque -- Let a 1000 Blossoms Bloom

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
into marriage with Muslims. The rest of the women and children were sold as slaves among the Bedouin tribes of Nejd. --- On Thu, 8/26/10, tartbrain no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ground Zero Mosque -- Let a 1000 Blossoms Bloom Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 8:36

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ground Zero Mosque?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Joe: As you know Tex, I was referring to this one, No, Joe, this one - the one in the thread where she waxed you Apparently Judy likes her men Brazil-style, first Willie, now Joe. for saying the 'Tex' lied about

[FairfieldLife] Re: On Feeling One Needs A Curated Online Personality

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: I found the following Huffpost article interesting because even though it's based on a study of Facebook users I can see its relevance to the chat groups and Yahoo/Google forums that preceeded Facebook, and to the same

[FairfieldLife] Re: What to expect at Art of Silence?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.p...@... wrote: The Uvalde, Texas SSRS ranch relented and agreed to give me my own room so I will not have to reveal to the world the fact that I can't fly. So I'm about to sign up for the Art of Silence course over the Labor Day

[FairfieldLife] Re: On Feeling One Needs A Curated Online Personality

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I found the following Huffpost article interesting because even though it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: On Feeling One Needs A Curated Online Personality

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I found the following Huffpost article interesting because even though it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: On Feeling One Needs A Curated Online Personality

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: I found the following Huffpost article interesting because even though it's based on a study of Facebook users I can see its

[FairfieldLife] What Would Jesus Do?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
He would very much against building an Islamic cultural center two blocks from ground zero. He would insist it be built at ground zero. Turn the other check. Remove the timber from your own eye. Love thy enemy.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Islam schmislam -- where are the terrorists in America?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Duveyoung: To me, Willy et al is just another skin-head out to boot stomp for the thrill of it... Any decent American, Muslim or otherwise, wouldn't dream of such an insult. It's a stab in the eye of America. -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Islam and ' Sharia ' - Literal Fundamentalism is a No Brainer

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
Sweet Jesus. Should I start quoting the Bible and Laws of Manu of horrendous sanctioned acts and attribute those to the heart and soul of all Jews, Christians and Hindus? Sweet Jesus! When did ALL muslims christians and jews become fundamental litaralists. Jesus spoke much in parables. To

[FairfieldLife] Re: Islam schmislam -- where are the terrorists in America?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Apparently President Obama thinks this is not a ver wise idea - the Governor of New York and the Senate Majority Leader agree. tartbrain: Just because they are weighing political and partisan concerns

[FairfieldLife] Re: Islam schmislam -- where are the terrorists in America?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: A minaret rises over New York. Whew. At first I thought this was something serious. A real problem. But gosh darn, then I gots a thinkin'. Its a small gnat compared to the charging buffalo herd issue of putting a

[FairfieldLife] I Love Jesus

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
I love his message, his imperative to Turn the other check and Love thy neighbor. And to remove the timber in ones own eye before criticizing the sliver in our neighbors. And to let the one without sin cast the first stone. I see a bright and shining essence in those words. I love that bright

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ground Zero Mosque?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
done? (Your sources seem pretty close to ground zero. I pray they don't have video.) --- In FairfieldLifeing @yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote: Joe: As you know Tex, I was referring to this one

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Love Jesus

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
. Maybe a second coming Jeezus, bloodied sword in his right hand, who gives out hugs with his left, just cause he loves us so much ... the believers. You seem fixated with bloodiness. I prefer the bright shinning essence. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Would Jesus Do?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
Christian. Like some other sophisticated book learners around these parts. Not seeing much bright shinning essence anywhere. From: tartbrain no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, August 27, 2010 9:11:28 AM Subject

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Would Jesus Do?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Allah, the false moon god, whose idol rests in the Kaaba. Thou shalt make no graven images of ME

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Would Jesus Do?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
he instruct us to act towards and with muslims? Would he be intolerant of their views? From: tartbrain no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, August 27, 2010 12:39:53 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would Jesus Do? Â

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Would Jesus Do?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
, 2010 10:02:45 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] What Would Jesus Do?   On Aug 27, 2010, at 11:11 AM, tartbrain wrote: He would very much against building an Islamic cultural center two blocks from ground zero. He would insist it be built at ground zero. Turn the other check

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Would Jesus Do?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
and context -- and your complete understanding of his heart and mind. From: tartbrain no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, August 27, 2010 12:47:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would Jesus Do? Â

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Would Jesus Do?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
figure. More likely: he's a globalist stooge. I will take your reasoned, well informed and compassionate word for it. http://www.prisonplanet.com/ground-zero-mosque-imam-is-globalist-stooge.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Would Jesus Do?

2010-08-27 Thread tartbrain
*. From: tartbrain no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, August 27, 2010 12:53:33 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: What Would Jesus Do?   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: What it means is Christ would never

[FairfieldLife] Re: physicist Lawrence Krauss on Chopra and TM -- Humility amongst Knowingness

2010-08-26 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shanti2218411 kc21d@ wrote: Very well put.I did not mean to put Krauss down, no doubt he is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ground Zero Mosque -- Let a 1000 Blossoms Bloom

2010-08-26 Thread tartbrain
It seems we are not yet in the full sun of the AoE. I envision such a time where the impulse would be, amongst most if not all -- Wow, great idea. A community center focused on cross-cultural understanding and brother/sisterhood. And a place to show gratitude too (for which formal worship is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ground Zero Mosque -- Let a 1000 Blossoms Bloom

2010-08-26 Thread tartbrain
of the women and children were sold as slaves among the Bedouin tribes of Nejd. --- On Thu, 8/26/10, tartbrain no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ground Zero Mosque -- Let a 1000 Blossoms Bloom Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 8:36 AM   It seems we are not yet

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

2010-08-22 Thread tartbrain
Clearly you are forgetting about the Victorian fop market. The TMO has a lock on that. (and is fop redundant here?) Actually, I read a small bit -- the intro -- and I can see/speculate how some strata in some cultures would find the language and presentation appealing. Have you taught in a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Kingsley reports on Nepal

2010-08-22 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: The TMO is so unnatural in its language. Always this stilted, formal spiritually bombastic language that leaves simplicity and authenticity far behind. Really too bad. Some of your posts make me think -- as do

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 8 Great Siddhis I'd Actually Want, by Turq

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: I'm a little out of place in these discussions of siddhis, the attainment of them, and the general Wow Factor folks associate with them. I've been there, done that with exper- iencing siddhis, and while they were fun *to*

[FairfieldLife] Re: A negativity about Buddhism that even Vaj cannot naysay.

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
Well, its better to blow smoke up people's asses than mirrors. Ouch. Edg is the model of compassion. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: Edg likes to blow a lot of smoke. He appears to be fascinated with smoke. Occasionally you can see a little fire there,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why drugs or entheogens awake siddhis?

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 20, 2010, at 2:12 PM, dieguito_forlan wrote: The Siddhis are born of birth, drugs, mantras, penance or Smadhi. (IV-1) (Yoga sutras) I had a friend who told me that is possible awake siddhis or raise

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why drugs or entheogens awake siddhis?

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Aug 20, 2010, at 1:12 PM, dieguito_forlan wrote: I had a friend who told me that is possible awake siddhis or raise kundalini or samadhi using drugs like DMT, Lsd, Marihuana, Ayahuasca and others. You can get

[FairfieldLife] 13-things celebs can teach you about meditation

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-wachob/13-things-you-can-learn-a_b_685634.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: A negativity about Buddhism that even Vaj cannot naysay.

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: Well, its better to blow smoke up people's asses than mirrors. Ouch. Edg is the model of compassion. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: Edg likes to blow a lot of smoke. He appears to be fascinated

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hmmmmmmm

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
Until Collective Consciousness rises to sufficient purity. Stop your evil ways people. (You know who you are). Repent. Rejuvinate. Radiate. the 3Rs. Or vote the bastards out of office. Whichever comes first. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: TurquoiseB

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 8 Great Siddhis I'd Actually Want, by Turq

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
I already did that on Bill, Warren and Bono. See it works. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: You forgot the Robin Hood Sutra which makes billionaires suddenly give away a lot of their money. ;-) TurquoiseB wrote: I'm a little out of place in these

[FairfieldLife] When it rains it pours

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
As in, some events of similar nature seem to occur in clusters -- close in time (and space). Like several times, 4-5 different pieces of electronic equipment will fail (some at office -- so its not like a surge at one location or something.) And then no failures for a year or two. Or viruses.

[FairfieldLife] Re: When it rains it pours

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: (and since I got five checks, lunch is on me. just go down to the local pub, start a tab, drink and eat to your hearts content, and tell them fartbrain will pay the bill.) Undoubtedly the barkeep will look around

[FairfieldLife] Re: Levitator Daniel Douglas Home

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu Xero yifux...@... wrote: -  Subject: Levitator Daniel Douglas Home http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/89860034/Hulton-Archive My god man, that new opium from India top notch. God Save the Queen.

[FairfieldLife] Re: When it rains it pours

2010-08-21 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: As in, some events of similar nature seem to occur in clusters -- close in time Or around the same time of year: 4/19-4/20--Waco, Oklahoma City

[FairfieldLife] Re: Surveying

2010-08-15 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: emptybill: Initiation, Solar and Human Alice Bailey, et.al. 1922 (channeled by fantasy masters) Works containing the prefatory 'Extract from a Statement by the Tibetan', generally taken to indicate the book

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just another day at McDonald's

2010-08-14 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote: Sorry Ma'am no McNuggets till lunch! http://www.wmur.com/video/24572107/index.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anthony Campbell

2010-08-13 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I think a good part of Vaj's insanity here is very much akin to Barry's: he's suffering from severe disorientation because it was one of the TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: M version and others

2010-08-13 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote: right, of course. It's true that AC Bhaktivedanta put Krishna first, ahead of the impersonal Absolute. That's why I discard his teachings as being false, along with that other dualist from Barsana Dham. But one can

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's happened to FairfieldRife?

2010-08-12 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote: Do you know? Do you actually know, what kind of fro he's packing under that hood? I'm telling ya, he's probably a full blow Rafaterian (sp?)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Seven states/stages in Yogavasishta and Madhusuudana

2010-08-12 Thread tartbrain
Thanks. Thats helpful. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptyb...@... wrote: Tart To repeat further: At first the two descriptions between M. and Yogavasishta seem comparable because they both start with waking, dream, deep sleep and turiya (the fourth). However, since

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-11 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:32 PM, tartbrain wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@ wrote: TM volk will be a bit baffled by the disparity betweem M.'s typology of seven states and the two 7

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-11 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:32 PM, tartbrain wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@ wrote: TM volk will be a bit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-11 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 11, 2010, at 9:47 AM, tartbrain wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:32 PM, tartbrain wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-11 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Just in case anyone missed this gem... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: And yes, I still maintain it was a death

[FairfieldLife] The obsession with learning (saastra vaasanaa)

2010-08-11 Thread tartbrain
The obsession with learning (saastra vaasanaa) is of three kinds: addiction to study, addiction to many scriptural texts and obsession with the mechanical observance of injunctions with regard to the performance of rituals. The first only is exemplified by sage Bharadvaja, who was not satisfied

[FairfieldLife] Using the aAbility to

2010-08-11 Thread tartbrain
Even reputedknowers of Brahman, like Yajnavalkya, are subject to the influence ofimpure vaasanaa. Vasishtha says in Yogavaasishtha that Bhagiratha,though a knower of the Reality, could not get peace of mind whileengaged in ruling over his kingdom because of the impact of impurevaasanaas. He

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-11 Thread tartbrain
, if I have time I'll give more details. How's that for a Lucy? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@ wrote: TM volk will be a bit baffled by the disparity betweem M.'s typology of seven

[FairfieldLife] Re: M version and others

2010-08-11 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptyb...@... wrote: Tart! I forgot to add: Just to confuse even more, Madhusuudhana's version of stages asserts that Bhagavan-Chaitanya is beyond Brahma-Chaitanya (i.e. Unity). Heh, Heh. That kind of fits -- the Totality of Bhagavan

[FairfieldLife] Clarification for the Crazy Person (was Re: Response to Curtis)

2010-08-10 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote: Master Fwap told me that most people who have been enlightened in their previous incarnations would normally begin to regain their past-life

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptyb...@... wrote: TM volk will be a bit baffled by the disparity betweem M.'s typology of seven states and the two 7-stage typologies found in Yogavasishta. Likewise for the one found in Jivanmuktiveveka and the further one found in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-Violence Vow from Deepak

2010-08-10 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Rick Archer wrote: http://www.itakethevow.com Pacifist thinking does not always create change. Things are already getting deep. Betting to raise hell than the live in slavery. I thought hell WAS the endless cycle of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-10 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: I think there are strong reasons and experience that Atman has nothing to do with morals. Atman can coexist with quite kinky prarabdha karma

[FairfieldLife] Re: The American Bar in Amsterdam

2010-08-10 Thread tartbrain
That's the best post ever! :) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: It's not nearly as pedestrian as it sounds. The American Bar is one of the most beautiful restaurants in Europe. A truly lovely Art Nouveau room, filled with sumptuous paintings and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why does SSRS think he can get away with marauding a congregation?

2010-08-09 Thread tartbrain
Tone in writing is never certain -- one can always read a post or essay in a variety of different tones -- each having a different inflection of meaning. The tone we hear is often, it seems, reflective of what we would intend in writing such words. This may be particularly true when words,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-09 Thread tartbrain
Not a response or challenge to anyones words, just some observations on the words themselves. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending:

2010-08-09 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 7, 2010, at 11:27 AM, tartbrain wrote: what about that automatic transcending chinese meditation that was studied? and the other vedic auto transcending ones? I remember reading this study when it first

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-09 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: According to his teaching, that should correlate with an extraordinarily high degree of moral development. There's the rub. Well, it contradicts one

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-09 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Vaj wrote: On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:46 AM, raunchydog wrote: AGAIN...it is not possible to judge a person's level of consciousness by his or her actions. I think this basic TM dogma, is just a bad,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Suzanne Segal

2010-08-09 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of emptybill Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 11:44 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Suzanne Segal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending:

2010-08-09 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 9, 2010, at 11:08 AM, tartbrain wrote: If one drives to FF by way of deserts and another gets there by way of mountains -- is FF actually different to the two drivers? According to recent research like

[FairfieldLife] Re: When the date for the promised Apocalypse comes and goes...

2010-08-09 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: ...the leader sets a new date and everyone resets their count-down clocks! I am hearing a trend of divorcing Maharishi's claims for his practice from our evaluation of the value of his system in some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Curtis

2010-08-09 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:46 AM, raunchydog wrote: AGAIN...it is not possible to judge a person's level of consciousness by his or her actions. I think this basic TM dogma, is just a bad, half-told version of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: When the date for the promised Apocalypse comes and goes...

2010-08-09 Thread tartbrain
This has been a good thread and brought up some interesting issues. Some comments using yours as a spring board -- perhaps a few off topic. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@

[FairfieldLife] Kami Kama -- was to Learn the Kabbalahhey

2010-08-07 Thread tartbrain
Actually, if you listen more carefully they were saying um, torah which proves they were hinjoos -- not shinto / buddhists. Though they maintained some shinto ways -- kami in shinto tradition is the spiritual essence in everything. Specifically the kamikaze divebombers were seeking to liberate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending:

2010-08-07 Thread tartbrain
what about that automatic transcending chinese meditation that was studied? and the other vedic auto transcending ones? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Oh, these are spitting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending:

2010-08-07 Thread tartbrain
you previously, are detours if not utter traps for true understanding? tartbrain (sometimes known as hard-headed brain, or adoringly by joe as fartbrain. Which reminds me of my favorite quote If I have farted further than other men, its because I have stood on the shoulders of giants

[FairfieldLife] Re: Focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending:

2010-08-07 Thread tartbrain
While I see you in your essence as Shiva, slayer of demons of ignorance, the silence that pervades the universe, I am puzzled by your sutras below. Anyone can close their eyes and Transcend. Can't you? Then why the fuss about methods? If a non-method leads to Transcendence, why can't any

[FairfieldLife] A Day in The Life of FF

2010-08-07 Thread tartbrain
Dedicated sidhas returning home after hard day in the domes. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/07/rare-color-photos-from-the-great-depression_n_674344.html#s124103 And across town at the Soma mill

[FairfieldLife] Re: Focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending:

2010-08-07 Thread tartbrain
My two bits below. (And sorry if I am interupting a personal conversation or otherwise breaking some FFL protocol. (Someone accused another of breaking into a convo I was having with Willie -- which I didn't mind, and didn't see as breaking in. Perhaps the distinction is rude catcalls or

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do YOU view Maharishi?

2010-08-06 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: I actually think it has much more to do with MMY's personality than it does with any transpersonal function. Unless you cognize it in ritam bhara pragya, it's just a waking state concept-maybe yes, maybe no, maybe maybe!

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do YOU view Maharishi?

2010-08-05 Thread tartbrain
Looking at the superficial aspects of a yogi, saint, sadhu, mukti, is like looking at a smudge on a glass and thinking Its all smudge. The same for looking at anyone actually. (Something that is eye-opening, is to watch some who focus on the totality of the person, not the smudge.) Its not

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do YOU view Maharishi?

2010-08-05 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: Looking at the superficial aspects of a yogi, saint, sadhu, mukti, So how do you know if a person is this special type? In particular

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do YOU view Maharishi?

2010-08-05 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: We all deeply care about who MMY was for us. In what way. He was a teacher, he was a mentor for some, a friend for some. Are you seeing it more complicated than that? Love him, hate him or anything in between we've never

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Fairfield, Give Peace a chance/Rick is Enlightened!

2010-08-04 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Ray: Sometimes I read Richard's posts, and I can't figure out what all the fuss is about... Joe: Somedays Richard remembers to take his medication and other days he doesn't. He can be mightily forgetful...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nabby, eat your heart out!

2010-08-04 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: I've been stomping my feet and clapping my hands, waiting for Maitraya for almost 30 years. I can't believe that people actually still listen to this guy who always says...soon...very soon. You mean you missed him! He

[FairfieldLife] Equal Opinions (was Re: In Fairfield, Give Piece a Chance .

2010-08-02 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: I say something that is my opinion and nothing more. I don't try to 'back it up' or sell it to you because I have nothing to sell, and it doesn't matter to me at all what you believe. If you have an opinion that is

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Why All Religions are: Moronic, Psychotic and Pig-Headed!'

2010-08-02 Thread tartbrain
Wow. Fits right into the opinion and waving authorities thread. Only this is anti-authority flag waving. Well, well, hmmm, Hitler would have agreed with you. So there! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: I think Karl Marx would agree with you.

[FairfieldLife] Equal Opinions (was Re: In Fairfield, Give Piece a Chance .

2010-08-02 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I say something that is my opinion and nothing more. I don't try to 'back

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hagelin Interview on Conscious.tv

2010-08-02 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: What I objected to was calling it divine Reality. That was IMO an attempt to make

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Fairfield, Give Peace a chance/Rick is Enlightened!

2010-08-02 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@ wrote: When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions

[FairfieldLife] Re: Robes of Silk, Feet of Clay/Judith Bourque

2010-08-01 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: --- On Sun, 8/1/10, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote: From: seventhray1 steve.sun...@... Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Robes of Silk, Feet of Clay/Judith Bourque To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday,

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Fairfield, Give Peace a chance/Rick is Enlightened!

2010-08-01 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: This may come from your experiences of your program that give you more confidence that Maharishi was teaching something profound enough to

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Fairfield, Give Peace a chance/Rick is Enlightened!

2010-08-01 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: I am not clear as to why M's role in history has any importance. Whether his teachings take you where you want to go is the only relevant issue, IMO

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Fairfield, Give Peace a chance/Rick is Enlightened!

2010-08-01 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptyb...@... wrote: Those places are defined by accepted scripture ... Upanishads, Bhag.Gita and Brahma Sutras for Kevala Vedanta. Scriptural references are the common norm when discussing a tradition even if others do not accept them, such

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Fairfield, Give Peace a chance/Rick is Enlightened!

2010-08-01 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: And you are mindreading again. See what great results and powers TM brings! It turns out you are making the same move many Christian moderates make which is actually more interesting to me. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Fairfield, Give Peace a chance/Rick is Enlightened!

2010-08-01 Thread tartbrain
the unwinding of karma -- a beautiful framework that works automatically. Believe it and weep. Or believe and (let teh body and soul)sing and dance. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Fairfield, Give Peace a chance/Rick is Enlightened!

2010-08-01 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: And you are mindreading again

[FairfieldLife] Re: Robes of Silk, Feet of Clay/Judith Bourque

2010-07-30 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: If you experienced Maharishi as Infinite, even for one one moment, you could never consider him to be a regular businessman. Does that imply one can't experience a regular businessman as infinite? If you could

[FairfieldLife] Re: Robes of Silk, Feet of Clay/Judith Bourque

2010-07-30 Thread tartbrain
! Peter On Jul 30, 2010, at 10:27 AM, tartbrain no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: If you experienced Maharishi as Infinite, even for one one moment, you could never consider him to be a regular businessman

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