Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-11-01 Thread Vaj
On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:07 PM, rmy108 wrote:Are you an initiate of his techniques or is this something you  heard   form someone else? Fascinating, thanks. Benares Hindu University is the creme de la   creme. Many, if not most of the 350,000 Brahmin pundits who were   displaced from Kashmir by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-11-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I listened to the beginning of the recording and it is interesting because he seems to have actually improved on TM and the siddhi portion as he seems to be using a more appropriate pre-siddhi technique. I bet he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-11-01 Thread Vaj
On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:22 AM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I listened to the beginning of the recording and it is interesting   because he seems to have actually improved on TM and the siddhi   portion as he seems to be using a more

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-11-01 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:22 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: [...] I listened to the beginning of the recording and it is interesting because he seems to have actually

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Several people presented on the page. http://www.emissaryoflight.com/_.aspx?content=Spiritual_Peacemaking_Formamp ;t_s=44 So... In 1980, he took a special class from the Shankaracharya of the North and learned

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread Vaj
On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:55 AM, sparaig wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Several people presented on the page. http://www.emissaryoflight.com/_.aspx?content=Spiritual_Peacemaking_Formamp ;t_s=44 So... In 1980, he took a special class from the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:55 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: Several people presented on the page. http://www.emissaryoflight.com/_.aspx?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread curtisdeltablues
There were some interesting claims by Chopra. He claimed to have learned a program based on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras from the Shankaracharya in 1980. His claim poses some interesting time line issues. Is he describing his experience with MMY on a sidhi course? He mixes up a few different

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread ffia1120
I believe Chopra hooked up with MMY in 1985 or '86. Certainly not before that. He was working at a Mormon hospital in the Boston area before he got invloved with the TMO. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There were some interesting claims by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffia1120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe Chopra hooked up with MMY in 1985 or '86. Certainly not before that. He was working at a Mormon hospital in the Boston area before he got invloved with the TMO. So he was practicing a technique like the sidhis

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread Vaj
On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:There were some interesting claims by Chopra.  He claimed to have learned a program based on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras from the Shankaracharya in 1980. That just sounds so ODD. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:55 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: Several people presented on the page. http://www.emissaryoflight.com/_.aspx?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread ffia1120
Hmmm.. I don't know what he was doing (besides practicing medicine) prior to joining MMY. Sounds though, like he is either lying or has his timeline messed up/confused. I met him before he got too involved with the TMO and he was a very honest, ethical person back then. But the TMO has been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread ffia1120
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: There were some interesting claims by Chopra. He claimed to have learned a program based on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras from the Shankaracharya in 1980. That just

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread curtisdeltablues
ffia1120, Did they pick you up in a limo at the airport when you went to to get your Chopra technique? Nice touch. That was really a funny move on MMY's part letting him teach techniques without a puja. He did a long induction first with my eyes closed, I remember that. It was a mix of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffia1120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm.. I don't know what he was doing (besides practicing medicine) prior to joining MMY. Sounds though, like he is either lying or has his timeline messed up/confused. I met him before he got too involved with the TMO

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffia1120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am wondering if he just got confused about the years? I am not making excuses for him, but I know how I have to stop and think, OK, in '84 I graduated from MUM. Now did I move to DC in'85, or was that '86? And what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffia1120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe Chopra hooked up with MMY in 1985 or '86. Certainly not before that. He was working at a Mormon hospital in the Boston area before he got invloved with the TMO. Return of the Rishi, his autobiography, is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: There were some interesting claims by Chopra. He claimed to have learned a program based on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras from the Shankaracharya in 1980. That just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread Vaj
On Oct 30, 2006, at 3:31 PM, ffia1120 wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: There were some interesting claims by Chopra.  He claimed to have learned a program based on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras from the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 9:55 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: Several people presented on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffia1120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: There were some interesting claims by Chopra. He claimed to have learned a program based on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ffia1120, Did they pick you up in a limo at the airport when you went to to get your Chopra technique? Nice touch. That was really a funny move on MMY's part letting him teach techniques without a puja. He

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread ffia1120
Curtis, No, I did not get picked up in a limo at the airport. I was invited (along with some other TMers) to his daughter's Indian dance recital - - can't remember what it's called - kind of like a coming out dance recital(?) - and I drove to his office the following day. It was '87. Your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 3:31 PM, ffia1120 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: There were some interesting claims by Chopra. He

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread Peter
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffia1120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe Chopra hooked up with MMY in 1985 or '86. Certainly not before that. He was working at a Mormon hospital in the Boston area before he got invloved with the TMO.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread Peter
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 3:31 PM, ffia1120 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 12:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread rmy108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 3:31 PM, ffia1120 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread Vaj
On Oct 30, 2006, at 8:32 PM, rmy108 wrote:Deepak teaches his versions of the sidhis based on the Shiva  Sutras. He worked with brahmins from Benares Hindu University and the  Shankaracharya and some local pundits in America (or at least he  gives credit to all of those people).  But it was not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Oct 30, 2006, at 3:31 PM, ffia1120 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread gullible fool
My guess would be the primoridal sound technique. I got that in Stoneham in May 88, right before another trip to ff. --- ffia1120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm.. I don't know what he was doing (besides practicing medicine) prior to joining MMY. Sounds though, like he is either lying or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My guess would be the primoridal sound technique. I got that in Stoneham in May 88, right before another trip to ff. One of the cute little things that Chopra did with his books was to rewrite _Quantum Healing_

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc

2006-10-30 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Audio talk with Chopra... talks about peace, TM movement, etc on 10/30/06 7:40 PM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:sparaig%40yahoo.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com