This was sent by e-mail to me by a FFL lurker. Jim was someone I knew even
from High school. Was in one of my brother's grades then. A bunch of us were
and still are Iowa meditators from back then together.
"Just wondering, where else did groups go to meditate in coherence campaigning
I don't know about it being a myth but because alcohol thins the blood
it might actually improve blood flow to the brain. Probably another
reason why some red wine daily is not a bad idea unless you're too kapha
for it.
I'm not much into drinking probably because it was not a mystery to me
a
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noozguru, I read once that 1 ounce of alcohol kills 10,000 brain cells.
Forever! I figure I need all the ones I have left!
That is a myth.
On Friday, January 31, 2014 3:57 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
A lot of people drink occasionally
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Ann, it's a matter or gradation rather than either or. Meaning that pre
glaucoma is designated by a certain level of pressure on optic nerve and above
that is full blown glaucoma.
Then let's hope you stay in the "pre" state forever. Or, at l
shocking shocking merudanda
the little rope of hemp has only
dreams of morphing into eel electric!
On Friday, January 31, 2014 5:27 PM, merudanda wrote:
shockingshocking
shocking
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
being blue
shocking blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAs
noozguru, I read once that 1 ounce of alcohol kills 10,000 brain cells.
Forever! I figure I need all the ones I have left!
On Friday, January 31, 2014 3:57 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
A lot of people drink occasionally for social reasons. It loosens the tongue
and in general can make folks a
Ann, it's a matter or gradation rather than either or. Meaning that pre
glaucoma is designated by a certain level of pressure on optic nerve and above
that is full blown glaucoma.
On Saturday, February 1, 2014 8:52 AM, "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com"
wrote:
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thank you, merudanda, but for someone like me with pre glaucoma, it's better
to avoid any asanas that feature the legs above the head. Something about
increased pressure on optic nerve.
Aren't all of us without the manifestation of that/an
thank you, merudanda, but for someone like me with pre glaucoma, it's better to
avoid any asanas that feature the legs above the head. Something about
increased pressure on optic nerve.
On Friday, January 31, 2014 5:04 PM, merudanda wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrot
The interests of both the individual and society are unified in the
Transcendental Meditation programme. In one stroke of action the individual
takes care of himself and society -that single operation is to take deep rest
through transcendental Meditation. Through that most simple and pleasing
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.. over 40 years, I have been drunk..was addicted to alcohol. I.. I never
passed out..have been lassoed. Over and over again.
"Though Siddhartha fled from the self a thousand times, staye
Happy Year of the Wood, Green Horse, merudanda...
On Friday, January 31, 2014 5:04 PM, merudanda wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
.. over 40 years, I have been drunk..was addicted to alcohol. I.. I never
passed out..have been lassoed. Over and over again.
"Thou
Ecuador too. Somebody contacted me today about having gone to Ecuador with a
team testing the extended Global Maharishi Effect.
Anybody go on a project team to Africa?What other countries or places?
Anywhere else?
[If you are shy about posting to the list, To reply, push reply and then
That's a rather interesting approach. But it would not be my style. And I
have visited a few other teachers, but have been content to just listen and
then make a determination. And then, either leave, or come back for another
session. Turns out I never latched on to another teacher other tha
Om ha ha ha. .. considering you guys as source about these things spiritual.
>
> --- salyavin808 wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps but maybe having such a mythos also helps keep people
> together in one place where they can reinforce each others beliefs. If
> everyone is spread out it gets hard to kee
Remember I used to play night clubs for a living and certainly that
movement or what came of it reduced the traffic in the clubs. I didn't
mean to say it got rid of it entirely. Or maybe things are wilder in
NJ? What time do the bars open or do they ever close?
On 01/31/2014 02:08 PM, auth
shockingshocking
shocking ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
being blue
shocking blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAsrOCj6a5k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAsrOCj6a5k
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.. over 40 years, I have been drunk..was addicted to
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
.. over 40 years, I have been drunk..was addicted to alcohol. I.. I never
passed out..have been lassoed. Over and over again.
"Though Siddhartha fled from the self a thousand times, stayed in nothingness,
stayed in the animal, in the stone
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"Getting rid of the drinking social scene"?? Are you dreaming?
Maybe he's drunk.
A lot of people drink occasionally for social reasons. It loosens the tongue
and in general can make folks a little more pleasant to be around (not count
Oh, I enjoy your humour. I have shown examples of your writing to someone who
is very into TM and they thought you were a good writer. But if the subject
matter you selected for a particular post encroached on the sanctity of belief,
they would shun it. From my perspective creativity and craft (
"Getting rid of the drinking social scene"?? Are you dreaming?
A lot of people drink occasionally for social reasons. It loosens the tongue
and in general can make folks a little more pleasant to be around (not counting
those whose over indulgence turns them in to belligerent and often vio
A lot of people drink occasionally for social reasons. It loosens the
tongue and in general can make folks a little more pleasant to be around
(not counting those whose over indulgence turns them in to belligerent
and often violent ass holes). However MADD did a good job of getting
rid of the
Good!
When you pass out drunk, you transcend self, but not consciously. Drug effects
can give great, or not so great experience, but do not as a rule result in any
sense of advancement. As for the meditation transcendence, that is a metaphor,
one of the more effective carrot-on-the-sticks to
Xeno, though it has been over 40 years, I have been drunk. In fact, I would say
for about 1 month, I was addicted to alcohol. I was newly separated from my
husband of 6 years. I was 26 and living alone for the first time in my life. I
never passed out. I think I got sick only once. Plus I had ex
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>
> People drink to transcend self, to get away from the image of
themselves. So in that sense, that activity is the same as transcending
in TM. The small self is transcended when you pass out, the activity of
drinking ceases.
I would say instead, whet
People drink to transcend self, to get away from the image of themselves. So in
that sense, that activity is the same as transcending in TM. The small self is
transcended when you pass out, the activity of drinking ceases.
If an automobile comes to rest and stops moving, does that make it mor
On 1/31/2014 7:26 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
*/"Could you show me a few of your students who have achieved this
enlightenment you speak of, *as a result of following your teachings*? /*
>
Well, it's settled then - the TurqB never achieved any enlightenment
from any of his teachers in forty-six years
Xeno, only if the drinking of Jack Daniels allowed you to transcend this very
activity. TM transcends its own activity and thus allows one to become self
sufficient.
On Friday, January 31, 2014 10:57 AM, "anartax...@yahoo.com"
wrote:
And, were I to become an alcholic, and not use any
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
> And, were I to become an alcoholic, and not use any other whiskey than
Jack Daniels, would that make me the most self-sufficient drunk among
drunks?
To be truly "self-sufficient" as a whiskey drinker "TM-style," you'd
have to be drinking only Macal
And, were I to become an alcholic, and not use any other whiskey than Jack
Daniels, would that make me the most self-sufficient drunk among drunks?
turq, I once heard Maharishi say that fear is the last negative emotion to go.
From my own experience, I'd say this is right on target. Different people have
different ways of dealing with fear, especially the fear of death. Go figure (-:
On Friday, January 31, 2014 9:44 AM, TurquoiseB wrot
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
>
> That's ok, turq, I don't take it personally.
Good. It's just the concept I'm objecting to. I mean, who could possibly
equate being completely dependent on the TMO and no other source for all
of one's spiritual teachings and techniques --
That's ok, turq, I don't take it personally.
On Friday, January 31, 2014 7:29 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
>
> Xeno, according to Maharishi, self sufficiency is a quality of the unified
> field. As such, I don't think it's a bad word in
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote:
>
> Why not just be happy that you've got a nice little technique that makes you
> feel happy and relaxed, why does it have to be the most ultimate thing of any
> kind ever?
In one phr
I don't think this is necessarily an infallible "test." Parading around
"examples" of purportedly enlightened students is not without some potentially
negative consequences, for the students in question and for the
as-yet-unenlightened students, and this has to be weighed against the presumed
b
On 1/31/2014 2:02 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
> Why not just be happy that you've got a nice little technique that
> makes you feel happy and relaxed, why does it have to be the most
> ultimate thing of any kind ever?
>
The most ultimate thing would be to create a lasting world peace. If
there was a
On 1/31/2014 2:10 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
*/
In one phrase, because Maharishi's idea of enlightenment was always
"my enlightenment." /*
>
Well, I don't recall MMY ever saying anything about his own
enlightenment, or lack of it. You seem to be on a strange program these
days - making up stuff al
On 1/31/2014 3:44 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
> Probably something about it in Cults 101, which doesn't mean it was
> done deliberately to brainwash the newbies
>
According to most scientists, "brain washing" has been largely
discredited as a technique for enforcing conformity. If brainwashing
worke
On 1/31/2014 4:17 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
*/Especially if you've created a myth -- pretty much since Day One --
of the terrible things that will happen to you if you ever "leave the
herd." Think about the phrases "Off The Program" and "off the path"
and "losing one's way" that we heard so often./
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
>
> Xeno, according to Maharishi, self sufficiency is a quality of the
unified field. As such, I don't think it's a bad word in the TMO. Quite
the opposite. In practical terms, I've noticed over the decades that
some of the most self sufficie
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
> One phrase in movement jargon is 'self-sufficiency'. I find it
interesting that when it comes to 'self-sufficiency' on the movement's
spiritual path, it is a bad word. It means you are on your own. It
doesn't mean ego, but it does mean that eventual
On 1/31/2014 5:25 AM, Jason wrote:
Lie no 1), This is the highest path, purest path, the
supreme path, the most sublime path, and also the easiest
and effortless path.
>
Is there a better way?
Lie no 2), The eastern version of the 'hell fire and
brimstone' scare. What will happen to you if yo
Xeno, according to Maharishi, self sufficiency is a quality of the unified
field. As such, I don't think it's a bad word in the TMO. Quite the opposite.
In practical terms, I've noticed over the decades that some of the most self
sufficient people in the TMO are those who are what I call on the
One phrase in movement jargon is 'self-sufficiency'. I find it interesting that
when it comes to 'self-sufficincy' on the movement's spiritual path, it is a
bad word. It means you are on your own. It doesn't mean ego, but it does mean
that eventually you have to give up the herd, herd mentality,
>
> --- salyavin808 wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps but maybe having such a mythos also helps keep people
> together in one place where they can reinforce each others beliefs. If
> everyone is spread out it gets hard to keep reality at bay. I remember
> moving into an academy and it was a rapid and stee
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote:
>
> Perhaps but maybe having such a mythos also helps keep people
together in one place where they can reinforce each others beliefs. If
everyone is spread out it gets hard to keep reality at bay. I remember
moving into an academy and it wa
Perhaps but maybe having such a mythos also helps keep people together in one
place where they can reinforce each others beliefs. If everyone is spread out
it gets hard to keep reality at bay. I remember moving into an academy and it
was a rapid and steep lesson in the TM language and customs
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote:
>
> Why not just be happy that you've got a nice little technique that
makes you feel happy and relaxed, why does it have to be the most
ultimate thing of any kind ever?
In one phrase, because Maharishi's idea of enlightenment was always "
A great many courses were started and the usual huge claims were made and
universities were supposed to be studying them but the results never published.
I did a few myself actually but I knew enough to know that leaving results that
don't suit your purpose on the shelf is very bad science. H
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