Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-06 Thread Patrick Gillam
...@earthlink.net To: Patrick Gillam jpgil...@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 10:45:07 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote: I'm with Hugo on this one. I thought it was Maharishi University's job to determine

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-05 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 10:19 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions Robert: I didn't know who Ravi was, at the time, but the image

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-05 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of enlightened_dawn11 Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:19 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

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2009-01-05 Thread Richard Williams
Turq wrote: But what makes it funniest is that Vaj and I have said many times that neither of us is any kind of formal Buddhist. But in fact, Fred Lenz founded his very own religion called 'American Buddhism'; but it remains to be seen if you were a leader in that cult, like you claim to

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-05 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 1:41 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-04 Thread Richard Williams
Turq wrote: I remember this side of Maharishi well, and saw it clearly when several of his favorites grew up and realized that they no longer needed him as a Daddy figure in their lives... Maybe so, and it took you what, over 24 years to leave your two Daddie figures, the Marshy and the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-04 Thread I am the eternal
An unsnippable post. As the only impartial member of FFL, I vote this post as a keeper, as one should be indexed as Is TM a Religion?. There are two aspects to the religion question. One is during the teaching does it look, smell and taste like a religion. Well, yes and no. It has aspects of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-04 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 4, 2009, at 2:59 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Whatever good Maharishi did -- for individuals and the world -- was undercut and rendered tragic for me by his last days, which were straight out of King Lear. He gathered around him all of the Rajas and all of the rich meditators and forced

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-04 Thread Peter
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Unfortunately you hit the nail headon in this one. I say unfortunately because I find it saddening that someone can be so full of venom and hate towards universal knowledge as the Turq and Vaj examplify. (This is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-04 Thread Peter
--- On Sun, 1/4/09, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 4:59 PM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter

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2009-01-04 Thread I am the eternal
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 4:06 PM, raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com wrote: The Vedic Atom was a boiling cauldron of 10 rigidly inflexible egos with strong personalities all bumping into each other Raunch, remember that there are guys who belong to FFL. Guys who paid the ultimate price for

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of enlightened_dawn11 Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 12:16 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions that they wanted to build monumental tributes to him was

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-04 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 2:26 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions I remember, one time, when Maharishi was visiting Fairfield, and they

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Rick Archer
-Original Message- From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Archer Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:18 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions I know quite a few who have

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2009-01-03 Thread Peter
NOT ONE! Areed Turq, the TMO has not produced one enlightened personaccording to the powers that be conception of enlightenment. And there's the catch. There has been such an investment in the idea of enlightenment rather than the actual direct realization, that any criteria are in the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 3, 2009, at 3:39 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: Mind you, I assert that I belong to the cult of TM. No matter what my reasons for visiting a whorehouse, if I were to visit one, I should consider myself a john and there

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 3, 2009, at 7:44 AM, Rick Archer wrote: 2) The Robin Carlsen legacy - the best-known example of someone in the TMO claiming Enlightenment was an egotistical nutcase, so anyone who claims it now is suspect, is likely to have his dome badge revoked, be ostracized by his friends,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Peter
--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Stu buttspli...@gmail.com wrote: From: Stu buttspli...@gmail.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 1:34 PM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: ---

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread I am the eternal
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:54 AM, TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: Rick is an honorable man. Quite low key but stronger than an elephant in his quiet way. I believe him that he knows enlightened people. He happens to know me and is a witness to the signs that I've been having some

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Peter
Nabs, I know SSRS quite well, he's a sat guru. You don't know him, so what you speak about him is simply your projections. But you are correct, he's the only guru that's come out of the TM movement. Enlightened people, but no guru's except him --- On Sat, 1/3/09, nablusoss1008

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 8:12 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions Rick, I have no problem with this. My point was, and I consider

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 11:36 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions On Jan 3, 2009, at 7:44 AM, Rick Archer wrote: 2) The Robin

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 11:55 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions Even given the problems associated with certifying enlightenment, I

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stu Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:35 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions The point here is that if your running the show you can't have a bunch of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 3, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Rick Archer wrote: Gosh, Rick, these enlightened beings look just like everyone else--imagine that! I guess they must keep their haloes hidden so as not to scare off the ignorant masses, and trot them out only for their friends. How thoughtful of them. As it turns

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread I am the eternal
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@lisco.com wrote: On Jan 3, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Rick Archer wrote: Gosh, Rick, these enlightened beings look just like everyone else--imagine that! I guess they must keep their haloes hidden so as not to scare off the ignorant masses,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Peter
Who would have thunk it? Willie N. Sat guru!!! --- On Sat, 1/3/09, I am the eternal l.shad...@gmail.com wrote: From: I am the eternal l.shad...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 9:40 PM

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-03 Thread Peter
--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: From: Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 9:19 PM From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions

2009-01-02 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 11:39 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Distractions --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com