Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: MUM and the Tree of Knowledge

2013-12-05 Thread Richard Williams
The dome at Radiance, Texas, located at the TM Ideal Village, was built in
1983 and is a smaller version of the Fairfield dome. It has been in
continuous use as a meditation facility since that time. The Maharishi
Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge, is a 70 foot diameter section of a sphere.

[image: Inline image 1]

The current entry structure including the ‘little dome’, entry foyer,
restrooms, etc. were completed in 1985 and inaugurated by a delegation from
the international TM organization including Brahmachari Nandkishore, Dr.
Bevan Morris, and Neil Patterson in October of that year.

In the late Seventies, when Austin was still clinging to its small-town
roots, a youthful group of visionaries decided it would be cool to box up
their households and start a new community in the hills southwest of the
city...

Read more:

'Matter Over Mind'
By Bob Curran and Amy Smith
Austin Chronicle, September 21, 2001
http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2001-09-21/83033/


On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:41 PM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:



 R, The Texas Radiance community meditation hall? Here is that TM
 community hemispherical (yidam) form again.Did you ever hear
 Maharishi reflect about this form?   Meditation, Saraswati, hemispherical..




 [image: Inline image 2]


 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:

 Form Follows Faith: The Influence of Belief on the Architecture and Crafts
 of American Communal Societies

 OCTOBER 9-11, 2014
 *Amana, Iowa*

 Deadline for Submission of Paper and Session Proposals: April 30, 2014



 RW writes:


 Most of the TMers in Fairfield are aligned with the Yidam represented by
 the Patanjali Golden Dome, a Yantra based on Buddhist principles.

 So, let's review the principles of Buddhist edifice architecture:

 The Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Fairfield, IA (not to be confused
 with the Maharishi Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Radience, TX) is a sort
 of Buddhist stupa or a hollow tope, surmounted by a kalasa, supported by
 the amalaka in which the akasha, symbolizing dimensionless space, is
 supported by the linga, with an eight-angled cintamani vajra, an 8-sided
 prototypic harmika with a rail, surrounding the hypaethral pavilion,
 constituting a veritible chaitya-garbha pradakshina with a nice fence
 around it!

 Everyone knows that a hemispherical shape for edifice architecture is
 favored by devotees of Tara and Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of Knowledge.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa

 [image: Inline image 1]

 Great Stupa at Sarnath, India


  ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote:

 *Vedamerlin? I see in the FFL photos section the artwork for the Global
 Country emblem and flag. Also the tree of agriculture. Vedamerlin posted
 both. I'd like to be able to share them with some folks studying this kind
 of artwork but can't copy them out of the FFL photos section and people
 have to be FFL members to peek. Veda, can you send them in the body of an
 e-mail post to FFL so they can be seen by everyone? I would appreciate that
 and I think they would be appreciated by others if they could be seen.*

 *-Buck in the Dome*


 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
 wrote:

 Anybody have an image of the Wish-yielding Tree from the brochure to
 look at?


 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
 wrote:

  *the wish-yielding tree that symbolizes the effortless ability to
 fulfill desires from the level of Natural Law. On the cover of a textbook
 for the Ideal Girls School: The cover, designed by Heather Hartnett,
 depicts the Kalp Vriksha,*





 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
 wrote:

 *One lapel pin I'd like to have is the Global Country of World Peace pin,
 the one with the graphic of the rising sun with its Golden rays. A little
 bit before LB Shriver passed away he gave me his SRM lapel pin, the
 intricate one with the face of Guru Dev Brahmananda Saraswati embossed on
 it and the words “In God Consciousness Peace Energy Happiness Jai Guru Dev
 SRM . I wear it along with my National Network to Freedom pin on my Quaker
 vest lapel. I'd add the Global Country pin if I had one.*

 *-Buck*


 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
 wrote:

 Zoar [Ohio] prospered for 80 years.

 A seven pointed star of Bethlehem was chosen as the emblem and the acorn
 from which the mighty oak grows was their symbol of strength.

 The emblem of the separatists, a huge star in red, white and yellow.
 Members wore similar emblems on their shoulders to distinguish themselves
 from strangers visiting the village. [The emblem was really cool and
 obviously had a lot of symbolism in it. I looked all around the gift shop
 and bookstore to try to buy one or get a picture or postcard and there was
 none to be had as I recently visited Zoar.]






 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
 wrote:


 SHAKER TREE OF LIFE

 

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: MUM and the Tree of Knowledge

2013-12-04 Thread dhamiltony2k5
R, The Texas Radiance community meditation hall? Here is that TM community 
hemispherical (yidam) form again.Did you ever hear Maharishi reflect about 
this form?   Meditation, Saraswati, hemispherical..  
 

 

 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:

 Form Follows Faith: The Influence of Belief on the Architecture and Crafts of 
American Communal Societies OCTOBER 9-11, 2014
Amana, Iowa
 Deadline for Submission of Paper and Session Proposals: April 30, 2014 
 


 RW writes: 
 

 Most of the TMers in Fairfield are aligned with the Yidam represented by the 
Patanjali Golden Dome, a Yantra based on Buddhist principles.
 

 So, let's review the principles of Buddhist edifice architecture:
 

 The Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Fairfield, IA (not to be confused with 
the Maharishi Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Radience, TX) is a sort of 
Buddhist stupa or a hollow tope, surmounted by a kalasa, supported by the 
amalaka in which the akasha, symbolizing dimensionless space, is supported by 
the linga, with an eight-angled cintamani vajra, an 8-sided prototypic harmika 
with a rail, surrounding the hypaethral pavilion, constituting a veritible 
chaitya-garbha pradakshina with a nice fence around it! 
 

 Everyone knows that a hemispherical shape for edifice architecture is favored 
by devotees of Tara and Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of Knowledge.
 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa
 

 


 

 Great Stupa at Sarnath, India
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote:

 Vedamerlin? I see in the FFL photos section the artwork for the Global Country 
emblem and flag. Also the tree of agriculture. Vedamerlin posted both. I'd like 
to be able to share them with some folks studying this kind of artwork but 
can't copy them out of the FFL photos section and people have to be FFL members 
to peek. Veda, can you send them in the body of an e-mail post to FFL so they 
can be seen by everyone? I would appreciate that and I think they would be 
appreciated by others if they could be seen.
 -Buck in the Dome 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 Anybody have an image of the Wish-yielding Tree from the brochure to look 
at? 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

  the wish-yielding tree that symbolizes the effortless ability to fulfill 
desires from the level of Natural Law. On the cover of a textbook for the 
Ideal Girls School: The cover, designed by Heather Hartnett, depicts the Kalp 
Vriksha,
  
 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 One lapel pin I'd like to have is the Global Country of World Peace pin, the 
one with the graphic of the rising sun with its Golden rays. A little bit 
before LB Shriver passed away he gave me his SRM lapel pin, the intricate one 
with the face of Guru Dev Brahmananda Saraswati embossed on it and the words 
“In God Consciousness Peace Energy Happiness Jai Guru Dev SRM . I wear it along 
with my National Network to Freedom pin on my Quaker vest lapel. I'd add the 
Global Country pin if I had one.
 -Buck 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 Zoar [Ohio] prospered for 80 years. 
 A seven pointed star of Bethlehem was chosen as the emblem and the acorn from 
which the mighty oak grows was their symbol of strength.  
 The emblem of the separatists, a huge star in red, white and yellow. Members 
wore similar emblems on their shoulders to distinguish themselves from 
strangers visiting the village. [The emblem was really cool and obviously had a 
lot of symbolism in it. I looked all around the gift shop and bookstore to try 
to buy one or get a picture or postcard and there was none to be had as I 
recently visited Zoar.]
 

 
 


 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

  
 SHAKER TREE OF LIFE This Shaker drawing, known as the Tree of Life, is the 
most famous of the all Shaker gift drawings. To the Shakers, fruit-bearing 
trees represented the unspoiled loveliness of the Garden of Eden. It was 
painted at Hancock Shaker Village in 1854. This is a limited edition serigraph 
(silk screen print) of the original. It is framed under glass in a solid cherry 
wood frame. Frame is finished with hand-rubbed oil and wax. Framed size is 26 
wide x 21 high. Ready to hang. Made in USA.

City of Peace Monday July, 3rd 1854.
I received a draft of a beautiful Tree pencil'd on a large sheet of paper 
bearing ripe fruit. I saw it plainly; it looked very singular and curious to 
me. I have since learned that this tree grows in the Spirit Land. Afterwards 
the spirit shew'd me plainly the branches, leaves and fruit, painted or drawn 
upon paper. The leaves were check'd or cross'd and the same colors you see 
here. I entreated Mother Ann to tell me the name of this tree: which she did 
Oct. 1st 4th hour P.M. by moving the hand of 

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: MUM and the Tree of Knowledge

2013-11-18 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Form Follows Faith: The Influence of Belief on the Architecture and Crafts of 
American Communal Societies OCTOBER 9-11, 2014
Amana, Iowa
 Deadline for Submission of Paper and Session Proposals: April 30, 2014 
 


 RW writes: 
 

 Most of the TMers in Fairfield are aligned with the Yidam represented by the 
Patanjali Golden Dome, a Yantra based on Buddhist principles.
 

 So, let's review the principles of Buddhist edifice architecture:
 

 The Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Fairfield, IA (not to be confused with 
the Maharishi Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Radience, TX) is a sort of 
Buddhist stupa or a hollow tope, surmounted by a kalasa, supported by the 
amalaka in which the akasha, symbolizing dimensionless space, is supported by 
the linga, with an eight-angled cintamani vajra, an 8-sided prototypic harmika 
with a rail, surrounding the hypaethral pavilion, constituting a veritible 
chaitya-garbha pradakshina with a nice fence around it! 
 

 Everyone knows that a hemispherical shape for edifice architecture is favored 
by devotees of Tara and Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of Knowledge.
 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa
 

 


 

 Great Stupa at Sarnath, India
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote:

 Vedamerlin? I see in the FFL photos section the artwork for the Global Country 
emblem and flag. Also the tree of agriculture. Vedamerlin posted both. I'd like 
to be able to share them with some folks studying this kind of artwork but 
can't copy them out of the FFL photos section and people have to be FFL members 
to peek. Veda, can you send them in the body of an e-mail post to FFL so they 
can be seen by everyone? I would appreciate that and I think they would be 
appreciated by others if they could be seen.
 -Buck in the Dome 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 Anybody have an image of the Wish-yielding Tree from the brochure to look 
at? 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

  the wish-yielding tree that symbolizes the effortless ability to fulfill 
desires from the level of Natural Law. On the cover of a textbook for the 
Ideal Girls School: The cover, designed by Heather Hartnett, depicts the Kalp 
Vriksha,
  
 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 One lapel pin I'd like to have is the Global Country of World Peace pin, the 
one with the graphic of the rising sun with its Golden rays. A little bit 
before LB Shriver passed away he gave me his SRM lapel pin, the intricate one 
with the face of Guru Dev Brahmananda Saraswati embossed on it and the words 
“In God Consciousness Peace Energy Happiness Jai Guru Dev SRM . I wear it along 
with my National Network to Freedom pin on my Quaker vest lapel. I'd add the 
Global Country pin if I had one.
 -Buck 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

 Zoar [Ohio] prospered for 80 years. 
 A seven pointed star of Bethlehem was chosen as the emblem and the acorn from 
which the mighty oak grows was their symbol of strength.  
 The emblem of the separatists, a huge star in red, white and yellow. Members 
wore similar emblems on their shoulders to distinguish themselves from 
strangers visiting the village. [The emblem was really cool and obviously had a 
lot of symbolism in it. I looked all around the gift shop and bookstore to try 
to buy one or get a picture or postcard and there was none to be had as I 
recently visited Zoar.]
 

 
 


 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

  
 SHAKER TREE OF LIFE This Shaker drawing, known as the Tree of Life, is the 
most famous of the all Shaker gift drawings. To the Shakers, fruit-bearing 
trees represented the unspoiled loveliness of the Garden of Eden. It was 
painted at Hancock Shaker Village in 1854. This is a limited edition serigraph 
(silk screen print) of the original. It is framed under glass in a solid cherry 
wood frame. Frame is finished with hand-rubbed oil and wax. Framed size is 26 
wide x 21 high. Ready to hang. Made in USA.

City of Peace Monday July, 3rd 1854.
I received a draft of a beautiful Tree pencil'd on a large sheet of paper 
bearing ripe fruit. I saw it plainly; it looked very singular and curious to 
me. I have since learned that this tree grows in the Spirit Land. Afterwards 
the spirit shew'd me plainly the branches, leaves and fruit, painted or drawn 
upon paper. The leaves were check'd or cross'd and the same colors you see 
here. I entreated Mother Ann to tell me the name of this tree: which she did 
Oct. 1st 4th hour P.M. by moving the hand of a medium to write twice over Your 
Tree is the Tree of Life.
Seen and painted by, Hannah Cohoon.
 
 
 
 
 
 This Shaker drawing is known as the Tree of Life.
 Each Shaker spirit drawing was preceded by a heavenly vision which was 
transferred to paper in meticulous detail.
 The Tree of