is into karma busting techniques.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Don Miller pod127b@ wrote:
The meek shall inherit the earth? No, that isn't how it works in
general evolution.
Evidence from people who have become enlightened, or from
temporary drug effects, or even in my own experiences
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Don Miller pod127b@ wrote:
It is important to keep in mind that evolution is set up to
favor not the individual, but rather the species. In the long
view of evolution one can
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Don Miller pod127b@ wrote:
The meek shall inherit the earth? No, that isn't how it works in general
evolution.
Don, you have seriously pondered the answer to this question
is our trap,
that is if we don't care how the suit fits, but not necessarly our desired
state.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Don Miller pod1...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifuxero@ wrote:
I don't see much, if any, evolutionary edge in this; since
The meek shall inherit the earth? No, that isn't how it works in general
evolution.
Evidence from people who have become enlightened, or from temporary drug
effects, or even in my own experiences, show that a constant state of a warm
glowing peace and contentment could become a regular
The modern western rational mind has come to a conclusion that what we see with
our eyes comes from outside of our selves, and that what we feel with our
emotive feelings comes from within ourselves. Of course on one level it is all
a point of view, and one could argue that how one sees with
Me too, I did not notice any overt negativity in my experience either.
I did not read anything about all that astrological stuff some days back when I
felt it. But at the time I felt that there was tension, and that most people
had compensated for that tension, and I mentioned all this to my
Being a new person and not knowing or caring about any of this or the real
issues behind it all, and not giving a rat's ass to study any of it, I would
like to venture my unbiased feelings. None of this is written as a joke. If I
make a joke it is usually just a one-liner and pertainate.
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does anyone else feel it?
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Don Miller pod1...@yahoo. com wrote:
As I remember my experience must have fallen around the 22nd, 23rd, or 24th of
June. Bill could state if that correlates to his suggested time frame, or
maybe
Also Afganistan has the worlds largest untapped copper reserve. The companies
that are able to and want to exploit it are of the US or it's allies but they
have found the country politically difficult. China is there waiting otherwise
and last I heard was building a railroad to transport the
When it is desired that a mixed and diverse group of humans share a house,
usually a few end up feeling a little uncomfortable with others (not me btw),
but this can stifle optimal communication, like when the kids are making a
ruckus to where it is a challenge to hear ones own thoughts. The
Yeah, but in a real sense enlightenment is not so far away, and thinking so
might cause it to become unattainable. It will even happen to some without
them desireing it or having a notion of what it is in advance. Could be that
some keep it on the end of a stick, always just a little out of
the fool either, because the innocent
path turns out to be of much less
resistance and so much more effortless
From: Don Miller pod1...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 1:46:50 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The highest
Yeah, but the formless is where TM leads to, so I feel that the statement does
have merit. Having attained the formless the mantra is sort of incendental.
There is the other issue at work of having prepared the groundwork to stabilize
an enlightenment, which might be rather transitory
could learn to delete everything but what
you're responding to; that would make for much clearer
communication.
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Yeah, but in a real sense enlightenment is not so far away, and thinking so
might cause it to become unattainable.Â
@yahoogroups.com, Don Miller pod1...@... wrote:
do ya feel dizzy?
No, do ya?
If you want to talk to me, I'm afraid you're going to have
to descend to my level and make yourself clear to my limited
understandng. I'm not interested in playing games puzzling
out what you're trying to communicate.
From: seventhray1 steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 4:31:19 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The highest goal in life as IDEA
--- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Don Miller pod1...@... wrote
Turquoise and whomever,
You are whatever your state of mind is in the present moment.
If you hold some rather special belief in the present moment it is like you are
at the base of a stairway where you can't see past the top landing. I don't
care for stairways much. They are rather boring
/LocalFieldTripJuly210#
From: Don Miller pod1...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 8:30:54 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] FFL as Tabloid: The joy of the lowest common
denominator
Turquoise and whomever,
You are whatever your
From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 6:40:05 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Insult Energetics: How to deal with a Petty Tyrant
This one's for Don Miller, given 1) that he lives in Mexico,
where insults are considered
everything that it has the potential to be.
Saludos,
Don
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 6:59:19 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re memories of times past
Re memories of times past
[ Yes! Great fun
.
Merlin of Exmoor
--- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Don Miller pod1...@... wrote:
yes, exactly dick,
People think that I like soaring in my paraglider because I do it often and
have for 24 years. The fact is that I really loath flying. If always
feels dangerious and hostile to me.Â
Dear Superior British Person,
Couldn't agree more. Tsall in good fun. Right?
From: shukra69 shukr...@yahoo.ca
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, July 1, 2010 7:31:35 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is wrong with you lot?
go back to posting
the fiction on true locations.
A third interesting line of evidence is a book written by a close friend of CC
in the 1950’s (before don Juan), Byron de Ford, when they lived in southern
California. This works paints a picture of a Castaneda with the ideas that he
presents in later works, already
Course I could be all wrong too ;)
Only oneself can know if one is in a different state of mind than before.
...and then it would be a matter of personal semantics of if one would describe
thier own experience as enlightenment. (SCI stuff aside) I am convenced that
one will never find themself foolproof regardless of any
is point to the master and the tradition rather than to themself. If they
don't really have a master or tradition the they should invent them. I suspect
that this was one factor with Carlos Castaneda.
From: Don Miller pod1...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife
10:26:12 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: P.S.: Is a Teacher necessary?
Don Miller:
If they don't really have a master or
tradition the they should invent them.
I suspect that this was one factor with
Carlos Castaneda...
Maybe so, I first met Carlos Casteneda out
at Esalen while we were
Good post Turquoise,
I live in a pueblo of 150,000 people with a beautiful climate, good economy (no
extreme poverty) and low prices, and am one of only 3 persons from the U.S.
(who were born in the US). It causes a lot of attention to be focused on me,
but that is mostly a good thing because
Of course not. A wad of cash will heal all spiritual wounds with the TM
organization. But if you are on staff, sucking the money from them, then that
in itself is a good thing, and if you are subtle you can have your cake and eat
it too, otherwise, to hell with it all. Don't be a wussy. It
When I knew the TMO they liked to throw all stray thoughts into a single simple
waste bin and say that it is all unstressing, and this is where perhaps they
are overlooking the other 50% of the energetic world, which includes in our
case as humans a conscious organization of dark parasitic
Rick Archer wrote:
on 6/21/05 11:30 PM, Rory Goff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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wrote:
Welcome back, Rory! You were in ff?
Thank you, gf! Yes; was and am. FF just keeps getting better and
better. Now (somewhat
TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unc Sounds like a great gig, being there and enjoying
happenings like the one you describe. Do you speak French? If
not, how is it living there w/o it? In the last several years I
have found myself
Unc Sounds like a great gig, being there and enjoying happenings
like the one you describe. Do you speak French? If not, how is it living
there w/o it? In the last several years I have found myself attracted to
France but have never been, and don't speak the language.
TurquoiseB wrote:
Just
Here's a link to what appears to be the first set:
http://www.showcase.netins.net/web/tkz/TM-Asanas.htm
Vaj wrote:
I was going thru some old papers and found an old SRM book I have
entitled _Second Course of One Year in Yoga Asanas_ by MMY. Does anyone
have a copy of the first part they
Yeah, I think this kind of insanity is totally outrageous but at the same
time, I am concerned about the purity of the teaching that simply
meaning that people in 5, 10, 50 years will have access to the TM program
as I know it. That makes me a thought stopper, a dirty rotten fundie?
Who's the
TurquoiseB wrote:
snip
Some of the stories *are* scripted, Lawson. They
are told to prospective teachers on TTC and repeated
almost verbatim, as if they were catechism, once they
become teachers. One rather important example pops
to mind -- the story of Trotaka. It's a sweet story
and
sparaig wrote:
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wrote:
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wrote:
Bikram Choudry, the founder of Bikram Yoga, has successfully
defended his 26 posture technique in court as unique.
sparaig wrote:
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[...]
Now, now. DOn't let the facts get in the way of the hate-fest...
I don't think that there is hate here. People are just
Barry... thanks for clarifying your POV.
TurquoiseB wrote:
It is clear from this account, directly by the Samhita of the
Veda, that criticism of ones spiritual path, and of ones
spiritual preceptor must be seen as a sin against the gods
themselves, whom the preceptor represents.
Ingegerd wrote:
I checked it up in Norway. TMO has no Trademark on Transcendental
Meditation - and will not have it in the Future, because
Transcendental is a description of a state of consciousness and is
universal. I do not know about other countries, maybe it would be
wise to check out.
Thanks for the great story! I was a couple years behind you but this reminds
me of the Eureka! feeling I had when I heard about TM and then the
EUREKA!! feeling I had first time I saw/heard Maharishi (Humboldt '70).
Sweet times.
akasha_108 wrote:
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because the
potential for something (coercion) exists doesn't mean it does in fact.
jim_flanegin wrote:
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And just because on one level there is a difference in power, that
means a
(sexual) relationship is one of corruption
jyouells2000 wrote:
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wrote:
the Palo Alto, California one is open, and quite lively.
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One of the reasons, though absolutely not the
jim_flanegin wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip I met many party-girls. They are a sort of femme fatale.
They are overjoyed to create havoc anywhere, and I sometimes wonder if
perhaps there are some who seem really sweet and innocent on the
sex exclusively.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can you tell who is taking advantage of whom? Seems to me when
it
comes to intimate behaviors if you are in neither head of the
involved
persons, you really don't know what is going on... unless
Curious what your interest here is if you've dropped TM so many years ago
and remain happy with sci?
Jeff Fischer wrote:
Shemp,
I understand. To tell you the truth, I kept right on meditating in
the beginning. Felt like a traitor every time I went to the Sci
center. But I kept getting
whanted to see what he and
others had to say.
Jeff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Curious what your interest here is if you've dropped TM so many
years ago
and remain happy with sci?
Jeff Fischer wrote:
Shemp,
I understand. To tell you the truth
bbrigante wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Fischer Here's the
latest Tom Cruise siting:
http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_2101
[How do I get this link to be blue -- so that others can click it as
a link?]
*
If a link does not fit on
bbrigante wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
bbrigante wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Fischer Here's the
latest Tom Cruise siting:
http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_2101
[How do I get
As a believer in the unfathomable importance of Free Will I would say
no way!.
TurquoiseB wrote:
snip
The
original question, posed by a Tibetan Buddhist monk, was:
If you knew of a spiritual practice that you were
*certain* produced beneficial effects to all who
practice it, and
Vaj wrote:
On May 31, 2005, at 11:34 AM, Rick Archer wrote:
The book is probably wrong. It's quite certain that he was born near
Allahabad in 1917. By his own account, he hadn't finished college yet
when
he met Guru Dev and he joined Guru Dev's ashram when he graduated. He
may
No, Sal, I am not joking. The DAC (or whatever it is/was) didn't exist back
then and people weren't being crudely hit up for money in those days never
around me, anyway, and I was the ctr chairman at that time.
Don
Sal Sunshine wrote:
You've really got to be joking, Don. Many ordinary
I believe (as stated in an earlier post) that the purity of this teaching will
be
lost in my lifetime... slippery slope and all that. In five or 10 years I doubt
people will know if they are getting Maharishi's TM or not. Probably few will
be by
then.
Patrick Gillam wrote:
Much of the impetus
Rick Archer wrote:
on 5/25/05 11:34 AM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What struck me was how MMY got caught up in something so
insignificant and mundane as a group photo and the way it was
supposed to be framed and the hours spent on it. I just couldn't
understand it. If,
Peter Sutphen wrote:
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The Maharishi Effect is a specious bit of slop trop.
While there's no doubt that people meditating
together can produce good vibes and great amounts of
silence, some soma for oneself and the enviroment,
and soome bubbling
Vaj wrote:
On May 23, 2005, at 11:24 AM, sparaig wrote:
Of course, if a guru (which MMY isn't in the traditional sense, BTW)
really DOES have the bestest technique or whatever, then it would
be silly not to claim it.
If there was such a thing. Not everyone believes what they are told.
Peter Sutphen wrote:
--- Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter Sutphen wrote:
--- Llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Maharishi Effect is a specious bit of slop
trop.
While there's no doubt that people meditating
together can produce good vibes and great
amounts
People who ARE teachers of TM are still teachers of TM (though they
can't teach) but they are NOT governors?
I thought a Governor was a TM teacher who had the sidhis. I wonder why
they don't just say if not recertified, one is no longer an initiator?
Don
Patrick Gillam wrote:
Raja Wynne
Why not just teach it for free or for whatever the person wants to give
you?
Peter Sutphen wrote:
I've been thinking for the last several years that I'd
like to start teaching TM again. Of course I would
have to do it outside of the constraints of the TMO
and its insane $2500 fee. I'd
will it be before no one
learning really knows if they are receiving Maharishi's TM? Probably within my
lifetime (and I'm already a pretty old f^^k!!).
Don
Peter Sutphen wrote:
Naw...maybe split it. Have to pay respects to the
source.
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Fuck TMO give
of the low-life, and they
will, they will seek that which is of real value, bliss
consciousness, maybe now or maybe 1000 centuries from now.
Very well said!
Don
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control and heavy metal issues.
Don
Rick Archer wrote:
This has probably been mentioned here, but where is the best place in the
US, with a web site, to buy Ayurvedic products? By best I mean trustworthy
in quality and purity and fairly priced.
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sramanist wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there,
My dog had a problem too. It was in an accident after which it had
to have most of its nose amputated. This would have been a terrible
experience and afterwards it never seemed completely
m2smart4u2000 wrote:
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Boy, easyone, you're begining to show the logic of
some other more notorious list members!
Shhh, they
Thanks to Betty maybe some of this will help.
Don
Rick Archer wrote:
From my friend:
Most ear infections in dogs are from allergies.
And the vets treat the symptoms instead of finding out the why.
It can lead to internal disorders.
yeast is a big problem
And it depends on the kind
medwards520 wrote:
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wrote:
> Rick...
>
> Here's a link with several linked articles on heavy metal, detoxing
and info on
> this very topic (mercury and autism):
>
>
http://www.google.com/custom?co
, since she mentions successful alternative medicine for her Yorkies, I have
a question for your friend: my dog has acute ear infections. She's had them
since I rescued her three years ago. Nothing has helped much, including ear
re-section surgery. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Don
Rick Archer wrote
Thanks for the info, MD. I'll have that done next week!
Don
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In
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writes:
Now,
since she mentions successful alternative medicine for her Yorkies, I have
a question for
your friend: my dog has
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Thanks
for the info, MD. I'll have that done next week!
Don
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writes:
Now
Rick Archer wrote:
on 4/13/05 12:23 PM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you think that a trained Sidha can teach kids TM without the puja
to be effective? or it is important that the kid have an
accommodating mantra chosen by a TM-teacher?
I would say the latter.
Rick Archer wrote:
on 4/12/05 3:30 PM, bmorry2000 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
$25,000 for sidhas to become teachers;
My 2 1/2 month TTC was about $800. Estes Park, 1970
Yeah those days gone but not forgotten (yet). First Humboldt was
something like $275 for the course, room and
Vaj wrote:
http://www.strippingthegurus.com/stgsamplechapters/maharishi.asp
From the site:
The Beatles ... parted with Maharishi in 1969 with the
public comment that he was addicted to
cash (Klein
and Klein, 1979).
I heard Charlie
to you. He trashes me sometimes too. Good for the ego. He's
sort of the Don Rickles of FairfieldLife.
Rick... this is brother of Billy Borden, film producer, right?
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... as it confirmed my
feelings about my entire MIU experience and what was being taught there
in Maharishi's name. And at the seminar, I saw Andy Kaufman for the last
time as he rolled up in a wheelchair.
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Rick Archer wrote:
on 4/9/05 11:14 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rick... this is brother of Billy Borden, film producer, right?
Don't know.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099004/
I don't think the Michael Borden who lived in FF had anything to do with
film
Rick Archer wrote:
on 4/6/05 7:09 AM, peterklutz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never done TTC, but, as you indicate - I would find it to be in
character with MMY to poke holes in other practices in a factual
manner, i.e. for valid reasons - just as I would expect Him to quailty
Rick Archer wrote:
on 4/6/05 11:23 AM, Don at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rick Archer wrote:
on 4/6/05 7:09 AM, peterklutz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never done TTC, but, as you indicate - I would find it to be in
character with MMY to poke holes in other practices
Rick Archer wrote:
on 4/6/05 10:40 AM, peterklutz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Were there any attempts by the TMO to merge/assimilate Scientology?
Not that I know of. Nor did I ever hear MMY explain how he had gotten such a
favorable impression of L. Ron Hubbard.
Hearing that MMY
Rick Archer wrote:
on 4/6/05 11:54 AM, peterklutz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Technique versus content..
Is it useful to compare a meditation technique and a person using it
with a driver and a car?
Yes, there are different kinds of cars, but what determines who wins
the race
Rick Archer wrote:
on 4/6/05 12:14 PM, Don at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rick Archer wrote:
on 4/6/05 10:40 AM, peterklutz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Were there any attempts by the TMO to merge/assimilate Scientology?
Not that I know of. Nor did I ever hear MMY explain how he
anonymousff wrote:
Once you complete the certification training, are you guaranteed to have
a working position which pays the promised salary?
anyone knows if there is a catch to it and where? :)
I think the most recent email from one of the Rajas (forwarded here from a
list member)
democracy in a good light if at all.
Their intent was to establish a constitutional republic with the primary
purpose of protecting individual rights and restricting the power of
government. We've drifted pretty far away from that ideal IMO.
Don
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was the executor of such a document and was informed by hospital staff
that had it come down to it, I would have had a hard time imposing my
will (to disconnect) since it was not in the file ahead of time. FWIW.
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