Over the years some lot of meditators have flagged, impatient in their spiritual progress or had some spiritual troubles with life in the body. Like Krishna as a figure advising that kid on the battlefield, Fairfield has had its adepts who have come forward and helped folks that way.
Of course, the saints who have come through. Also though a couple people who have lived here amongst the meditating community who are good at spiritual counseling with the subtle systems stand out. There was quite a time when there was a lot of saddness in the meditating community over how badly it had gone along as was being reflected in the dome numbers. There was a lot of TM-movement fatigue and meditating folks widely pulling back, also there was a place for competent advice in the time of malaise that was not coming from the movement. In those days a few people were quietly prominent for the meditating community in helping it through its dissociation. The community's done pretty well in the meantime and many by now have found their own compass through it. FFL. -Buck in FF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Krishna then addressed him whose eyes were bedimmed with > > > > > > > > > tears, and who was overcome with pity and discouragement." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "In such a critical moment, whence comes upon thee, this > > > > > > > > despondency, disgraceful, detrimental to the attainment of > > > > > > > > heaven?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Surrender not to unmanliness; it is unbecoming to thee. Forsake > > > > > > > this small weakheartedness! Arise!" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Parantapa declared to Govinda: "I will not fight!"; then remained > > > > > > silent. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The ideas of heat and cold, pleasure and pain, are produced by the > > > > > contacts of the senses with their objects. Such ideas are limited by > > > > > a beginning and an end. The are transitory; bear them with patience. > > > > > > > > > > > > > As in the body the embodied Self passes through childhood, youth, and > > > > old age, so is its passage into another body; the wise thereat are not > > > > disturbed. > > > > > > > > > > The Vedas are concerned with the three universal qualities. Free thyself > > > from the triple qualities and from the pairs of opposites! Ever calm, > > > harboring no thoughts of receiving and keeping, become thou settled in > > > the Self. > > > > > > > When thine intelligence penetrates beyond the darkness of delusion, then > > wilt thou attain indifference regarding matters that have been heard and > > matters yet to be heard. > > > > When thine intelligence, bewildered by the variety of revealed truths, > becomes securely anchored in the ecstasy of soul bliss, then wilt thou attain > the final union. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A file has been sent to you via the > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.yousendit.com> YouSendIt File Delivery Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Download the file - 01 Dark Night of the Soul.mp3 > > > > > > > > > > <https://www.yousendit.com/download/UnlBdFdmYWIzS3BjR0E9PQ> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your file will expire after 7 days or 100 downloads. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brilliant talk by Adyashanti. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
