[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Meat. There was a short period about five years ago > > when I was having some issues in the dream plane. > > I almost NEVER have nightmares,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a very loud laugh anyway. I've had > > perfect strangers come up to me when I was > > laughing in public and tell me they loved

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a very loud laugh anyway. I've had > perfect strangers come up to me when I was > laughing in public and tell me they loved hearing > it. Then at one point my mother, who was into > genealogy research, came acr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of the reasons I think some spiritual seekers don't make > > more progress is that they don't laugh enough. > > Actually, that's o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One seeker pokes fun at the other for being so serious, and > the first reacts by becoming even more serious. Or one > lighthearted seeker, who is having a *really* good day and > perceives almost *everything* as funny

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread Vaj
On 9/30/05 9:57 AM, "TurquoiseB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> One of the best spiritual practices I ever received was >> called "The Inner Smile". One of the people I learned it from >> had gone to China to study under some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/30/05 10:07 AM, "akasha_108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thats interesting. SRSS gives out a similar technique* for waking > > state -- where one yells such to "get rid of problems or inner > > obstacles". Wh

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread Vaj
On 9/30/05 10:07 AM, "akasha_108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thats interesting. SRSS gives out a similar technique* for waking > state -- where one yells such to "get rid of problems or inner > obstacles". When giving it, he said something like, "but you will > forget this technique, even tho

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Meat. There was a short period about five years ago > when I was having some issues in the dream plane. > I almost NEVER have nightmares, and haven't for my > entire life, so when badass demon types start showing > up in my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the best spiritual practices I ever received was > called "The Inner Smile". One of the people I learned it from > had gone to China to study under some Taoist master who taught > rare, very advanced practices which we

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread Vaj
That's it! The only problem with *reading* these explanations is that you get the sense of this long, involved process whereas, in practice and once learned, one can do it simply and quickly. On 9/30/05 9:47 AM, "akasha_108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The following is the basic "Inner Sm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of the reasons I think some spiritual seekers don't make > > more progress is that they don't laugh enough. > > Actually, that's o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread akasha_108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the best spiritual practices I ever received was called "The Inner Smile". Inner Smile (Inner Smile Meditation, "inner smile" technique): A foundational component of the Healing Tao System. Inner Smile is a relaxation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing to Enlightenment

2005-09-30 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the reasons I think some spiritual seekers don't make > more progress is that they don't laugh enough. Actually, that's one of my "problems" when I meditate in a group. Some five to ten minutes into TM, I often