I couldn't find your picture - but maybe I'll eventually figure it out.
I have talked briefly to Robin here (compared to the occasional lengthy
responses I get from him). IMO it was actually nice to know he was still alive
and kicking, and the rumors of his demise were horribly exaggerated. And
Dear MZ:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra no_reply@... wrote:
Dear Vajradhatu,
You are convinced of the objective truth of enlightenment. I have
tried to explain that while on the one hand enlightenment has an
objective basis in a definitive style of functioning [as opposed
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@...
wrote:
Simple Mantra japa, though a good start, is far from knowing how to
consciously withdraw to Samadhi. Most Westerners aren't ready for a
Sat-Guru anyway and he probably knew that, (the demands a Sat-Guru
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@...
wrote:
That brings up another good point. When I was a student at MIU/MUM I
remember a lot of anxiety going around regarding whether or not someone would
attain enlightenment in this lifetime. Later in life, while
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote:
On 01/27/2011 06:13 AM, Vaj wrote:
Mellotron, Drum, Guitar, Bass, etc. played on iPad and IPhone playing
In the Court of the Crimson King.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4lJW-SWhKI
LINK
This song may contain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@ wrote:
Here is how I interpret this No-self experience: The so-called states of
TC, CC, GC, and UC describe an ever-closer approach between Purusha and
Prakriti,
Sounds like a great time, please keep us posted!
I'm sure there are a number of people who could share stories and I hope they
do so here.
The nice thing about having a lineage is 'there's always more than one person
you can hang with.'
We have the popular SSRS ashram nearby in Montreal, and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.p...@... wrote:
I am not sold on SSRS. But I do like his Art of Living kriya and the
breezy style exuded by the teachers of SSRS I've met.
Sometimes the burgers are better on the other side of the fence.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.p...@... wrote:
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:57 AM, vajradhatu108
no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote:
I am not sold on SSRS. But I do like his Art of Living kriya
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony...@... wrote:
Oh,he'd pssibly go back if asked real nice
to meditate and do the TMSP in a large
group meditation. They could just ask and trust
people that way too. If their interest is
in facilitating large group meditations.
Weren't you the guy who claimed SSRS took you to a nadi-style jyotish reader
and he shewed you the nadi-leaves which stated that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was
one-sixteenth of an avatar?
If so, you should alert Rick, as the person that previously some believed that
could verify it (Prof. D.S.) is
Nature supports and nature taketh away...
http://journalstar.com/special-section/epilogue/article_2d4b8d0e-aecf-11df-8bd3-001cc4c03286.html
The Prairie Peace Park opened in 1994. Interstate 80 travelers often dropped in
to view the unique, peace-oriented artwork and exhibits. Annual visitation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wg...@... wrote:
What a goofy program to begin with..NONE of them, I repeat NONE of them
are functioning from the home of all the laws of nature, (OK,maybe a wee
faint awareness, when they're not sleeping).
What a disaster this whole program
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.p...@... wrote:
Perhaps Jungian synchronicity, perhaps the Sport of Nature Maharishi always
talked about. I only took 10 years to decide to take the Art of
Living/Kriya course. The talk here about was Maharishi a petty, hateful
guy, the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, randyanand ra...@... wrote:
What is it with you vaj. You didn't at all deal with the point I was making.
Just because Maharishi was not an expert or even a practitoner of hatha yoga
does not mean he was not a yogi.
And by the way, in a post you made
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
On Jul 8, 2010, at 7:47 PM, vajradhatu108 wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, randyanand ra108@ wrote:
Hey Vaj,
Most of the real yogi's that I met in India, never practiced asanas.
You should
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote:
right...this is the Internet, not a Dan Brown conspiratorial group. Just come
right out and state your agenda, no problem. People would applaud you (Vaj)
first, first for doing that; then reserving the choice to blast the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, randyanand ra108@ wrote:
If you haven't noticed, Vaj has the constant need to be right on his
opinions. For some reason, he thinks he is an expert about Indian and
Vedic
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote:
vajradhatu108 no_reply@ wrote:
Mastery of yoga isn't dependent on literacy.
Having said that, I was never a fan of Vivekananda and the other
vaishnava-protestant Hindu supremacists expounding their mythical
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote:
I'm heading over to Batgap. The question I have is, will there be any
discussion of The Book I say no. I think they generally avoid
unpleasant topics. Well, here I go folks. If you don't hear back from you
in
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, randyanand ra108@ wrote:
Its true. And somehow he thinks he knows everything about
Maharishi's time with Guru Dev and is an expert in that area
also. He appears to really
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, randyanand ra...@... wrote:
News to me.
Well if you don't believe it, why did you say that Mahrishi poisoned his Guru
in a resonse to something I said months ago on this forum.
Randyanand, could you please point me to that post so I'm clear what
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 fest...@... wrote:
And yet he changed so many people's lives for the better -- indeed, rescued
many lives, mine included. He figured out a way of reaching me, a confused
17-year-old high school drop out, and giving me something that
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote:
Judith Bourques own affair with MMY started in Rishikesh in 1970 and continued
on until it tapered off in Seelisberg when it was clear that MMY's interest
was drifting away towards several other women.
So what's that, a ten
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote:
In my understanding, a yogii/yoginii can do just about anything without
collecting kriyamaaNa-karma, or whatever. Heck, even kill
their relatives!
**karmaashuklaakRSnaM** yoginaH... (YS IV 7).
Of course if you
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
In my understanding, a yogii/yoginii can do just
about anything without collecting kriyamaaNa-karma,
or whatever...
Vaj:
Of course if you believe this, the person in question
would have to be an
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
So, you're thinking there is a 'special teaching'
involved in being a 'yogi'? What secret teaching would
that be?
No, I was not thinking that.
It should be noted that the Shankaracharya mentioned
by Vaj has been
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, randyanand ra...@... wrote:
Which Shankaracharya was that?
Sri Swami Swarupananda, Jagadguru of Jyotir Math.
Typically yogis don't hide where they learned and trained in yoga-darshana. If
they're hiding where they acquired that knowledge or who
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
Which Shankaracharya was that?
Vaj:
Typically yogis don't hide where they learned
and trained in yoga-darshana.
So, why not just tell us your real name and when
and where you were trained to be a yogi?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
So, why not just tell us your real name and when
and where you were trained to be a yogi?
Vaj:
Kind of a moot point because I don't use the title
yogi after my name!
So, you've got no title, and you've
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote:
This is why further conversation about this is a bit useless until you read
the book. After a few more people (including you) read this we can start to
have some potentially VERY interesting discussions.
Until I either
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote:
vajradhatu108 no_reply@ wrote:
A Shankaracharya who knew Mahesh has stated that he never knew or studied
yoga. Indeed his yoga asana course was designed by someone else! A close
examination of his teachings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sun...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vajradhatu108 no_reply@
wrote:
No, I'm saying spending 13 years at a desk or running errands doesn't
count as training as a yogi. This ain't Texas, home schooling doesn't
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, randyanand ra...@... wrote:
And he also believes Maharishi poisoned Guru Dev and there is no evidence of
this either.
Is that what I believe?
News to me.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, randyanand ra...@... wrote:
Hey Vaj,
Most of the real yogi's that I met in India, never practiced asanas.
You should know that yoga means so much than asana. So if Maharishi had
someone else who was an expert in that areadesign the course, it just
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Vaj
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 1:49 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snow Leopard arrives
Just installed
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelsonriddle2001
nelsonriddle2...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Aug 28, 2009, at 9:06 AM, WillyTex wrote:
Vaj wrote:
Worried about the gun nuts...
Well, I always thought the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelsonriddle2001
nelsonriddle2...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Aug 28, 2009, at 9:06 AM, WillyTex wrote:
Vaj wrote:
Worried about the gun nuts...
Well, I always thought the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelsonriddle2001 nelsonriddle2...@...
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Aug 28, 2009, at 9:06 AM, WillyTex wrote:
Vaj wrote:
Worried about the gun nuts...
Well, I always thought the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq jr_...@... wrote:
To All:
This meditation technique works. It's very powerful. Please, see the link
below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk8LyM1Io4Afeature=related
My Patanjali guru, who was from a Rig Vedic pundit family, also said the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Apr 21, 2008, at 4:28 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
I'd like to dedicate this song video
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/19/wuspols2\
19.xml
Is Hillary Clinton the saviour of feminism? Or its albatross,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/19/
wuspols219.xml
Is Hillary Clinton the saviour of feminism? Or its albatross,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, suziezuzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
These are great audios. Have you placed all the audios you possess on
this group? Thanks. Mark
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
The uploaded final audio in my Humbolt series.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So speak up oh experienced and wise ones who have been around the
spiritual block. Do you have other criteria?
Conciseness and simplicity.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, billy jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How pitiful. How lost. This is what happens when you don't know anything but
what the
TMO tell you.
Agreed. The TMO puts forth a very seductive veneer of being a valid path, at
least it did until
the flaws in their
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, suziezuzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I knew this guy in high school, an only child whose grandfathers
developed Southern California, literally founded and built the entire
city of Lakewood in the 1950s, 17000 houses, 20 schools, churches and
a 250 acre
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@ wrote:
Barry,
Just to let you know, I really enjoyed reading your vignette about
searching in the dark alleyways of your medieval town. However,
From another list:
analyze this
http://rapidshare.com/files/41054578/jesus.wmv
1. Klick rigth underneath on FREE
2. Type de code 3. download
A growing number of Evangelical Christians believe
there is a revival underway in America that requires
Christian youth to assume
09 F9: A Simple Way to Stand Up Against the Latest Assault on Digital Rights
By Annalee Newitz, AlterNet
Posted on May 22, 2007
I have a number, and therefore I am a free person. That's the message
more than a million protesters across the Internet have been
broadcasting throughout the month of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You are right, Judy. Lawson is very bright, from what I could gather. He
can always return
if he wants to limit the number of posts as everyone else does.
It's a shame he could not get ahold of his obsessive posting
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
---Re: Vaj says no Samadhi.
No, actually I did not say that, although I did post an interesting article on
wrong samadhi
and it's dangers for discussion. It was not from a Dzogchen POV, but from a
dude from the
Thai
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
http://what-buddha-taught.net/Books/Ajahn_Chah_Dangers_in_Samadhi.htm
Wrong samadhi is where the mind enters calm and there's no awareness
at all.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, martyboi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote:
Sez the man who has never had to take an ailing child to the hospital...
According to SSRS, your children are your primary and most important
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffia1120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This reminds me of the nuns telling us that if we didn't go to church
on Sunday, we would burn in hell. It's very, very rigid thinking.
I have not meditated in 8-9 years. I have a very sweet, happy,
successful life
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
On Jan 10, 2007, at 6:36 PM, off_world_beings wrote:
Beautiful, thanks.
So why did you call the transcendental field translation crap?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, it seems to me that a saint carries his/her own vastu, and lives in
a realm far beyond those considerations.
Never were truer words spoken!, but I have to add that it's the same for
EVERYONE, you, me
and all.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, kaladevi93 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Om as in AUM?
Yes, that way you have perfect transition to GC and the development of refined
senses, all in
one program--or so the theory goes: TMSP = CC cultivation, A of E with mantras
allows soma
to flow into
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am wondering, why Maharishi just chose the sutras which he chose.
Experimentation presumably. Some sutras like the invisibility sutra were
dropped early on
when course participants actually succeeded. The story
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlist@ wrote:
Wow! The traffic is down so much I thought I logged into the wrong
site. Thanks to all of you who
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vajradhatu108 vajranatha@
wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley
j_alexander_stanley@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
from Stuart Davis' Blog ( www.stuartdavis.com )
Vajra Sword
Submitted by stuart davis on September 21, 2006 - 12:25pm.
Song of The Day: Supreme
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Anyone heard these guys?
Yes, and Brave Combo, Denton, Texas.
Brave Combo: Rarely, if ever, has a band name been more apropos, not
only at the group's inception, but even more so 26 years after the
fact.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, kaladevi93 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coldbluiceman no_reply@ wrote:
Dick Mays wrote:
Alexandria DeVasier
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:42:09 -0500
To: Recipient List Suppressed:;
Subject: Information
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
EVERYBODY ON A BIG PINK CLOUD
By Maude Effting
`People are more gentile here', says Radboud Matthijsen,
director of the building company. `but they are also less assertive.
Yes, it's true. You can be more gentile too
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coldbluiceman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
vajradhatu108 wrote:
geezerfreak wrote:
EVERYBODY ON A BIG PINK CLOUD
By Maude Effting
`People are more gentile here', says Radboud Matthijsen,
director of the building company.
`but they are also less
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, kaladevi93 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 stephen4359@ wrote:
since it has come up twice recently, if anyone wants to find out about
this all details can be found in William R Levacy's Beneath a Vedic
Sky a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sep 22, 2006, at 9:17 PM, authfriend wrote:
Would somebody who gets these posts via email and
can see Durese's complete email address post it here
using workarounds to keep Yahoo from truncating it,
please?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder if reading saaMkhya-suutras could clarify the
meaning of some of them yoga-suutras.
Study of Samkhya is considered the prerequisite for study of the YS, which
otherwise will just
be misunderstood.
To
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(snip)
I'm honestly curious. This effortlessness thang
is obviously a *serious* hot button for both you
and Judy. You both react as if you had been
personally attacked every time it comes up...
The
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vajradhatu108
vajranatha@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel
babajii_99@ wrote:
(snip)
I'm honestly curious. This effortlessness thang
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@
If people don't want me here, just post that comment here on this
thread and if enough people do so, I'll be happy to leave.
Thats your perogative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
good ideas take some time out stop the incessant posting on non tm subjects
This isn't a TM list dude. TM is a dead horse here which has been kicked,
made into jerky,
freeze dried, powdered, dehydrated and then recycled ad
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote:
sparaig wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote:
sparaig wrote:
[...]
Who they? Annoop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer
groups@ wrote:
on 9/20/06 10:18 AM, authfriend at jstein@
wrote:
Quoting an earlier post from Vaj:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vajradhatu108 vajranatha@
wrote:
That's not to say effort is bad, is just part and parcel of
dualistic paths.
Reflexively authentic open awareness is not focused on any
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd put it this way, before enlightenment all is effort and
afterwards, by definition there is no effort.
In a pathless path one is directly introduced to the enlightened state *from
the beginning*.
Once one knows,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
On Jun 5, 2006, at 2:46 PM, new_morning_blank_slate wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
On
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
TorguoiseB writes: snipped
I sat there trying to not have as much fun with the
day as I knew I was capable of having, and then I
caught myself doing it. The moment I did, I was
able to
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