Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:28 AM, raunchydog wrote: More nonsense. Rape is rarely about desire and usually much more about power. O.K. Sal, I'll can accept your qualifier power and say desire for power Happy now? No, it's still a silly point, raunch. Stealing: A rapist covets a woman then

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:57 AM, raunchydog wrote: Maybe the Biblical God of the Old Testament is pro slavery and pro rape. I wouldn't know. But you had no trouble tossing my insult my way for asking about it. Maybe it's time to clear the rocks out of your own head? But IMO the wrathful God

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-17 Thread Kirk
: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:53 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Let's see, a self-proclaimed yogi comes to America, gains a following

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:00 AM, raunchydog wrote: Isn't it interesting that in the 10 Comms there's no commandment against rape? Sal It's just interesting or do you have an opinion about it? IMO rape is included in the commandments against coveting, stealing and murder. That's just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Kirk wrote: ---Men get raped by women too, In your dreams, Kirk. :) as well as by each other as well as the others by the others. ---Let's face it 'getting used' is just a subtle form of rape. Men 'get used' just as women, so some women think it's open

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 16, 2009, at 9:51 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Isn't it interesting that in the 10 Comms there's no commandment against rape? Sal Or slavery. Holding up the 10 Commandments as some sort of moral guide is one of my pet peeves. There are actually two versions of them in the Bible.

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-17 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 16, 2009, at 9:51 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Isn't it interesting that in the 10 Comms there's no commandment against rape? Or slavery. Holding up the 10 Commandments as some sort of moral

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-17 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:00 AM, raunchydog wrote: Isn't it interesting that in the 10 Comms there's no commandment against rape? Sal It's just interesting or do you have an opinion about it? IMO rape is

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: The speaker says, No, the *first* prohibition. It was in the garden of Eden: 'Thou shalt not partake of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.' And who was it who had to *enforce* this prohibition? The interviewer doesn't

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-17 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-17 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: Maybe the Biblical God of the Old Testament is pro slavery and pro rape. I wouldn't know. Just read what is in the book, it isn't a very subtle point and is often repeated as well as his fondness for mass murders. But

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 15, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Duveyoung wrote: The Christians whom I've banged against think that TM's pure being is the Devil's Playground -- one is opening one's self to demonic possession, ya see? Maybe that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 5:20 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 15, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Duveyoung wrote: The Christians whom I've banged against think that TM's pure being is the Devil's Playground -- one is opening one's self

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I think once you are discussing the perspective of the 10 commandments you are assuming that. Thou shalt not have other Gods before thee contains the assumption that this is an option. So I don't believe that most Christians don't have

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: snip The Buddhists and other more honestly Hindu groups seem to do an OK job of this disclosure. I don't think it's comparable, though. The Hindu groups don't think of themselves as not conflicting with

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I think once you are discussing the perspective of the 10 commandments you are assuming that. Thou shalt not have other Gods before thee contains the

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Or the TMSP folks who couldn't stop twitching. Now there's research I'd like to have seen: TM-Sidhi Induced Tourrette Syndrome in Young College Students, a Longitudinal Study of fMRI and PET Imaging Outcomes Hey

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I think once you are discussing the perspective of the 10 commandments you are assuming that. Thou shalt not have other Gods before thee contains the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread Kirk
---Men get raped by women too, as well as by each other as well as the others by the others. ---Let's face it 'getting used' is just a subtle form of rape. Men 'get used' just as women, so some women think it's open season. It's not always fun or nice. hehe :) Isn't it interesting that in

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:25 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I think once you are discussing the perspective of the 10 commandments you are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:54 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Or the TMSP folks who couldn't stop twitching. Now there's research I'd like to have seen: TM-Sidhi Induced Tourrette Syndrome in Young College Students, a Longitudinal

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: Or the TMSP folks who couldn't stop twitching. Now there's research I'd like to have seen: TM-Sidhi Induced Tourrette Syndrome in Young

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: The bubbling bliss TMSP experience is also popular in some churches, and known as Holy Laughter Anointing. One of the annoying personality characteristics I see in many heavy religious groups is the I'm happier than you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread Kirk
Fascinating, really! - Original Message - From: Vaj To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson. On Mar 16, 2009, at 10:54 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:10 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Some like the poet Robert Bly saw through the ploy and called us out on it. Do you remember what he said? I've seen both sides of it. I've definitely seen the smarmy, condescending, put on smile. But I've also seen actual ecstasy in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Kirk wrote: Fascinating, really! How much do you wanna bet that the more people who are present, the more powerful the laughter, divine drunkedness and divine slaying (passing out), etc.? Some of the people scream or make animal noises. Sound familiar?

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:10 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Some like the poet Robert Bly saw through the ploy and called us out on it. Do you remember what he said? He called us out for not showing him our real human face

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip The Buddhists and other more honestly Hindu groups seem to do an OK job of this disclosure. I don't think it's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread Kirk
on. I liked her whether I care about politics or not. Anyone watching, Kings? - Original Message - From: Vaj To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson. On Mar 16, 2009

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Kirk wrote: Uh, during the Eighties we cut out all that weird shit from the Domes. Some didn't stop, the butt bouncing seeming to emanate from someplace more what is it - brain stemmy?! As you are well aware the butt bouncing occurs in other Eastern religions

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: ---

(Was:Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson) Now: Kings!

2009-03-16 Thread Peter
Wynne and Vedic City. ;-) --- On Mon, 3/16/09, Kirk kirk_bernha...@cox.net wrote: From: Kirk kirk_bernha...@cox.net Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson. To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 1:28 PM #yiv1373678280 .ygrp

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip The Buddhists and other more honestly Hindu groups

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I certainly am not a biblical expert, Nope. Neither am I. I read the bible

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: It could be because consciousness is just us, flesh and blood, neurons firing and hormones secreting. And enlightenment is accepting this and being joyful and at peace with the instant we exist and with the connections we

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: None of which you have any need to deal with if all you want is a simple relaxation technique. What if that is what you want and then later find out the religious overtones? That might be disturbing to you and you might

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread Vaj
On Mar 16, 2009, at 3:32 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: None of which you have any need to deal with if all you want is a simple relaxation technique. What if that is what you want and then later find out the religious

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: This is precisely why I've commented here before I fully support the modern trend towards a totally scientific and humanist adbhidharma (Buddhist metaphysical base behind a meditation technique) based meditation method, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread lurkernomore20002000
curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: Let's see, a self-proclaimed yogi comes to America, gains a following including Hollywood actors and entertainment business people by offering a method for inner peace for the East. It's not only comparable the guys almost all ran the same

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Let's see, a self-proclaimed yogi comes to America, gains a following including Hollywood actors and entertainment business people by offering a method for

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-16 Thread lurkernomore20002000
curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: I do find Yogananda's miracle saint stories far fetched and a bit naive. He seems inclined to take claims at face value. His experience of seeing Krishna waving at him seems very, very silly to me. I forget what I read from Vivekananda but

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread shukra69
its a tiny minority you are talking about. Just a tiny minority of Protestants and some Wahabists who think they have a conflict to be concerned about.TM has now or has had considerable success in conservative Catholic(esp.Peru and virtually all of Central and South America -and Muslim

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 shukr...@... wrote: Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaram gave a brilliant speech about this kind of thing this Jan 12th. NOT to get sucked into the infinity minus 1th iteration of this religion argument, IMO anyone who calls King Tony by that name would

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread John
Judy, Your comments are excellent and very well constructed. We wish the same could be said about some people here on this list. Or rather than weeding them out, one could understand them differently. Repent, for example, is the term used in English translations of the Gospels for

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Or rather than weeding them out, one could understand them differently. Thanks, that is pretty much my point. In fact in some cases you 'must' understand

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread shukra69
MMY is not the only one with this interpretation though, even dualists like the Gaudya Vaishnavas believe that the goal is to be without, go beyond the three gunas. They have a different idea of what that is though. You can transcend and then abide in Sattwa.There is no contradiction on level

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread shukra69
I agree that it is very tiresome to read here or anywhere those who expressions are guided only what can rhetorically be advantageous to their firmly held preconceptions. I can only suggest that you listen to that address if you have the chance and inclination and you might agree and understand

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: FWIW, I seem to recall that verse has been rather problematic for many commentators, because Krishna tells Arjuna: nis-trai-guNyo bhavaarjuna (bhava+arjuna) that is, not-three-'guNaic' be, Arjuna! In the next

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 shukra69@ wrote: There is nothing in doing TM that conflicts with doing any religion as currently practiced. There is no insult to any intelligence. There are specific

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives boo_li...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 shukra69@ wrote: There is nothing in doing TM that conflicts with doing any religion as currently

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 shukr...@... wrote: snip Even the current Pope gave his blessing while he was Cardinal Ratzinger, and he is a very much a conservative. Er, no, he didn't. From 1989: Vatican Warns About Zen, Yoga VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican Thursday

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread Duveyoung
shukra69 wrote: There is nothing in doing TM that conflicts with doing any religion as currently practiced. There is no insult to any intelligence. Actually, TM conflicts with TM. Eat what mother gives you. But not if she's a non-meditator and is a meat eater. A TM TB mother would have the

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: [...] I still think the most important thing to bear in mind is that if, as a religious person, you don't believe in what another religion teaches, practices of that other religion that don't involve conscious professions of

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [...] I still think the most important thing to bear in mind is that if, as a religious person, you don't believe in what another religion teaches, practices

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [...] I still think the most important thing to bear in mind is that if, as a religious

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [...]

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [...] I still think the most important thing to bear in mind is that if, as a religious person, you don't believe in what another religion teaches, practices of that other religion that don't involve

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Repent, for example, is the term used in English translations of the Gospels for the Greek word metanoia. But going back to the Greek, it turns out that metanoia can also be understood to mean transcend (beyond-mind). So

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: snip Great topic. I only went back a few posts on this so I may miss some things. But as far as if it matters to some religious people that they are using another form of religious practice, I think that is more the

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: Well, not everyone accepts the universal being schtick that is basically a Hindu interpretation of the TC state. As I have pointed out before, a strong atheist might well attain God Consciousness or Unity Consciousness'

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip If you don't believe in other competing beings, or don't believe they can be invoked by repeating a Sanskrit sound, how can you be concerned that

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: I agree that these are two different POV's on the mantras which have a certain amount of validity in context. I think full disclosure of the mantra's religious source is the right thing. If what you say is

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread Duveyoung
The Christians whom I've banged against think that TM's pure being is the Devil's Playground -- one is opening one's self to demonic possession, ya see? Tell them that the goal is thoughtlessness and they run away from such a state, since it has no stance and that leaves Jesus out in the cold

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Repent, for example, is the term used in English translations of the Gospels for the Greek word metanoia. But going back to the Greek, it turns out

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread Duveyoung
Here's something that would be a huge red flag to any Christian: Maharishi was asked if transcending was like dying. Maharishi closes his eyes for almost a minute, then opened them and said, Yes. Try that on your family members. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread Vaj
On Mar 15, 2009, at 4:02 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Repent, for example, is the term used in English translations of the Gospels for the Greek word metanoia. But going back to the Greek, it turns out that metanoia can also

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical speakers intended. And in any case, that isn't how repentance is generally taught; it's a process, not an instant transformation. It is instant enough to work at a

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip As to your second point, let me go back to my earlier comment on which the one above was based, responding to Vaj: - I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical speakers intended. And in any case, that isn't how repentance is generally

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical speakers intended. And in any case, that isn't how repentance is generally taught; it's a process, not an instant transformation. But not a process of meditation

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical speakers intended. And in any case, that isn't how repentance is generally

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical speakers intended. And in any case, that isn't how repentance is generally

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Here's something that would be a huge red flag to any Christian: Maharishi was asked if transcending was like dying. Maharishi closes his eyes for almost a minute, then opened them and said, Yes. Try that on your

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical speakers intended. And in any case, that isn't how repentance is generally

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical speakers intended. And in any case, that isn't how repentance is generally taught; it's a

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical speakers intended. And in any case, that isn't how repentance is generally

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Here's something that would be a huge red flag to any Christian: Maharishi was asked if transcending was like dying. Maharishi closes his eyes for almost a minute, then opened them and said, Yes. Try that on your

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
Judy: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical speakers intended. And in any case, that isn't how repentance is generally taught; it's a process, not an instant transformation. Curtis: It is instant

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Mar 15, 2009, at 4:02 PM, ruthsimplicity wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Repent, for example, is the term used in English translations of the Gospels for the Greek word

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I'm not sure we can say with any certainty what the biblical speakers intended.

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread bob_brigante
Well, it is work in that you have to do something. Even if that something is sitting and meditating. Time passes and you bring you mind to the mantra. It still is doing something. *** TM is called a natural technique because it is conducted by nature -- effort is not called for.

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread shukra69
One of my great uncles stopped TM for this reason, he said it felt like dying to him, and he didn't like that feeling.Not for any religious dogma. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Here's something that would be a huge red flag to any Christian: Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: snip Non Sequitur City. Not really. You have to look at the whole package and part of the package is the puja and the siddhis and everything else that MMY branded as part of his enlightenment package. Especially given his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread Vaj
On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:34 PM, bob_brigante wrote: Well, it is work in that you have to do something. Even if that something is sitting and meditating. Time passes and you bring you mind to the mantra. It still is doing something. *** TM is called a natural technique because it is

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I certainly am not a biblical expert, Nope. Neither am I. I read the bible back in college years ago. So the current message of accepting Jesus as

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I'm not

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip Non Sequitur City. Not really. You have to look at the whole package No, you don't, not with regard to the point I was making, which had to do

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Please look up the word perhaps in Mr. Dictionary. Perhaps you should look up pedantic in Mr. Dictionary.

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: snip If you don't believe in other competing beings, or don't believe they can be invoked by repeating a Sanskrit sound, how can you be concerned that this is what you may be doing when you practice TM? It

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip Non Sequitur City. Not really. You have to look at the whole package

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [...] I still think the most important thing to bear in mind is that if, as a religious

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Well, not everyone accepts the universal being schtick that is basically a Hindu interpretation of the TC state. As I have pointed out before, a

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip I am sensing a bit of withholding information for their own good in your last statement. I believe that is unethical. What I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Well, not everyone accepts the universal being schtick that is basically a

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [...] I still think

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shukra69 shukr...@... wrote: One of my great uncles stopped TM for this reason, he said it felt like dying to him, and he didn't like that feeling.Not for any religious dogma. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: Here's

[FairfieldLife] Re: My response to David Orme-Johnson.

2009-03-15 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: snip The confusion arises when the issue isn't fully understood. I don't think there's any way it can possibly be explained well enough in an intro lecture for people to be able to make a fully informed choice, and they

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