Praxis Now!
“Praxis: Action grounded in particular values. To act rightly or goodly;
action that furthers human well-being...It is not simply doing something, which
Freier refers to as activism, or simply talking about, which he refers to as
verbalism. Instead it refers to a creative and
Shorthand Jyotish
From the FF Weekly Reader,
12 January, v25,1:
Stocks, business and communications may be volatile. Law, banking, and
religion may also be contentious. Additionally, President-elect Donald Trump is
likely to face stress relative to debts, disputes and health issues Jan.
“Praxis: Action grounded in particular values. To act rightly or goodly;
action that furthers human well-being...It is not simply doing something, which
Freier refers to as activism, or simply talking about, which he refers to as
verbalism. Instead it refers to a creative and dialogical
Not unto us, Om Unified Field, not unto us,
but to thy name give the glory.
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"Om that we had one ten thousand of those meditators who do no meditation
here.. this story shall a good person teach their children. All
"Om that we had one ten thousand of those meditators who do no meditation
here.. this story shall a good person teach their children. All things shall be
ready if our minds are so, you know your places, may the Unified Field be with
you all, but by the meditation our hearts are in the trim."
In renewed social critique,
with the dislocations in society from rapid technological changes like in the
‘social question’ of the 19th Century renewed, is there alternative here to so
much of what is in this postmodern time period’s spiritual agitation and
conflict-making, like taking a fresh
We are grateful to all those who came answering the call and sat up in their
meditations with us in Fairfield, Iowa. It has been our honor to have had those
who traveled from distant places join alongside us here in collective
meditation in these times.
From time in memorium this is called
Yes. If i understand properly, there are bodies of studies now authored,
collaboratively with other reputable universities and institutions, and
conducted independent of the .org, published studies that have extremely high
statistical p values and then also aggregated high p values studies,
Angel, Very real and fair considerations.
To FairfieldLife as a news group, bulletin board/ yahoo-group, you could be
surprised where considered FairfieldLife (FFL) posts are read. By where they
get forwarded on to and evidently have reach. FFL is certainly open to the
public to read
You do realize you are mostly talking to yourself here?
I meditate when and where I want, or can, depending on the situation, and
without regard to philosophies as to whether it can influence others.
My concern has only been enlightenment, all other goals are subordinate, are
less
Waging radical peace...
Hagelin's Premise..
Peer-reviewed, published, replicated, honest-to-goodness, gold-standard
scientific research leads us to make this heartfelt request of you: Come and
join us for meditation in Fairfield, Iowa for this post-election period of
time.
Hagelin's Premise,
A premise large in assertion and direction like a Monroe Doctrine, The
Marshall Plan or the Meissner-like Maharishi Effect, now as matter of
statistical fact: The Hagelin Premise.
Hagelin’s Premise :
It is time to rally to meditation by all that the best of modern
Discourses at the Ammachi darshans in Detroit this week were a lot about making
a connection of cultivating/gaining spiritual strength from spiritual practices
along with compassionate humanitarianism, as you say. Light in the body, feet
on the ground. "Do the work."
Yifuxero writes:
Thx, the case of a connection between Transcendence and compassionate
humanitarianism, perhaps can be undermined or even dismissed from a
Neo-Advaitic viewpoint by saying that Transcendence alone does not imply any
particular action.
However, recent research coming from several areas does
Yes, the Domes in Fairfield quite evidently are activating places spiritually
too like these places are for an individual or collective. There certainly is
a reality to that. Like sitting in gathered Quaker meetings meditating In
effect wages peace as place more profoundly founded in what is
Thx Jim, another great essay on your part that I agree with. I've come up with
a hypothesis that moral values (as a set of ethics, a major branch of
philosophy), can ultimately be derived from Game Theory. Some of the results
can be duplicated with a computer, but given the limited power of
War is evil, and the moral equivalent of war is evil. You are using the wrong
terminology.
If meditation brings peace, it is the antithesis of war, and of evil. It does
not achieve its results by conflict, but by stilling conflict.
The universe shows no signs of morality. Morality does not come
Waging Peace.
Meditators!
It is time for
Waging Radical Peace, in groups meditating, this call now to meditation
is The Moral Equivalent of War.
Meditators, this meditation against war is going to be no holiday excursion or
camping party. The post-election feelings of division are too
Thanks Jim, inspirational essay! Shalom Aleichem...
The moderator here seems to be more religiously oriented than the typical TM
meditator.
I think the average TM meditator is a bit more secular.
As for his comments about grace they appear to be "the free and unmerited favor
of God" which is basically a Christian idea, even though the idea of
We are most grateful to all those who came answering the call and sat up in
their meditations with us in Fairfield, Iowa. It has been our honor to have had
those who traveled from distant places joining alongside us here in collective
meditation in these times. -JaiGuruYou
Those of you that
Well, forgive this voicing of a different viewpoint, but this one's personal
opinion is that one genuine disciplined meditator meditating regularly amongst
100 non-meditators is more effective in society than 100 meditators meditating
amongst themselves - although there is certainly a
FW: e-mail response,
Try to meditate in groups with a grateful heart.
Remember all that TM has given you- is giving you, the countless blessings,
and return your gratitude to the source.
Gratitude and praise open a channel for support of nature to come to you.
Listen to and read what
Quite a few of my friends meditate, and some are teachers, but most of us live
far from Fairfield, IA.
But we are scattered over a wide area so group gatherings of meditators tends
to take place only during quarterly celebrations or occasional group
meditations.
Attempting to get enlightened is
Yes, it is quite time now to STFU and meditate. As in, ..Sit up, attend to and
actually meditate. In groups.
It is time to rally to meditation by all that the best of modern science tells
us is statistical truth and by what we know more objectively in our experience
as quite fair rule of
This does not mean that Trump will get the "Support of All the Laws of Nature"
just because Clinton lost.
Or that because there was some effort to do program that was the reason Trump
won.
It is basically that ad for margarine — "It's not nice to fool with Mother
Nature."
Nature
Well said Arch Angel.
From: "Archer Angel archonan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Call to Spiritual
Underlying the TM organization's idea of group program is this will influence
the way the election would go according to the Laws of Nature.
But in the minds of meditation practitioners there is another level of
expectation, that Nature will be in agreement with how you think the election
will
Brave meditators, you have done all we asked you to do, and more than could be
reasonably expected; but your own global country of World Peace is at stake,
your partners, families, your homes and all that you hold dear. You have worn
yourselves out with fatigues and hardships of waging world
Sounds like speculation. Should need better control for results to publish.
Evidently the best research would relate that just having 800 turning out once
is not enough to have much positive national effect. We could have used you up
here towards better results. People evidently are way too
Doug, there were yagyas done in India for Trump. Combine that with the 800 or
so meditating in the dome and I'd say it all worked fine.
From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016
Free Accommodation Extended..
In conjunction with the extension of October Surprise and thanks to the
generosity of Raja Hagelin, free accommodation at the ILA Campus (Pandit
Campus) is also extended until the morning of Nov 15th.
With warmest wishes to all,
Ideal Community Group
---In
Peer-reviewed, published, replicated, honest-to-goodness, gold-standard
scientific research leads us to make this heartfelt request of you: Come and
join us for meditation in Fairfield, Iowa for this post-election period of
time.
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Some few meditators, like good Elijah, stand While thousands have skedaddled,
In earnest for a heav'nly land They never yet have halted. With such
spirituality doth remain, For they are not perverted; O may they all through
groups meditating rally The glory that's departed.
---In
Talk about complacency and even skulking, in Fairfield the evening meditation
before the election had 800 in the group meditation. Half what was needed.
Skulking: to keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive.
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Those of you that have been going to the Domes recently will be aware that many
of our friends from across the country have joined us here in Fairfield over
the last week or so, and they have helped boost the overall attendance in
evening program to over 750 people.
As really wonderful as this
Q: “..you've spoken out about a tide of populism (& ‘the new demagogue’) you
see rising in the West - Western Europe and the United States. What have you
seen?”
A: “..increasing anxiety in both the United States and in Europe about the
conditions - both economic and, ..demographic,
FW..I feel for all those who are anxious—and that includes some in my own
family. Fortunately our specialty—and for many of us, our profession—is (in
essence) making lemonade out of lemons. Maharishi left the deep silence of the
Himalayas to eliminate suffering, to reconstruct the entire world
Hey, MD
You should poke yourself to check if your living reality. We could be living
in a simulation. The election actually didn't happen yesterday. But I just
looked outside from my window. It's very nice and sunny over here today in
SFCA. But I have to check if it's for
Isn't the ME wonderful!
From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Call to Spiritual Order,Rally Now to
Meditation!
There is
Critically, our trying to stage a coming from behind in collective
consciousness we never had the numbers meditating together that were sufficient
to mute what seemingly is the popular rancor and divisiveness of these times.
Maybe some 2-300 or so came to help by adding to our collective
When the midnight cry began,
Oh what lamentation,
Thousands sleeping in their sins,
Neglecting their salvation.
Many souls who thought they’d light,
Oh, when the scene was closed,
Now against the Bridegroom fight,
And so they stand opposed.
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Flee to Costa Rica or Canada? No, move decisively to Fairfield, Iowa
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There is more work to do for all our communities..please try to do group
meditation programs together with friends in 2s, 3s, 4s, etc., whatever is
There is more work to do for all our communities..please try to do group
meditation programs together with friends in 2s, 3s, 4s, etc., whatever is
convenient, and aim to start your yogic flying practice at the official times
of 8.15 am and 6.15 pm CST.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
Our meditation and our science are great. The experience we have of the Unified
Field is unbounded. We are going forward in meditation today to lay claim on a
renewal of peace here on earth. We cannot give up now or give over along the
way on this march of meditation toward heaven on earth.
We have learnt some things here by experience and
by the best of science we know that we can be of great communal service
meditating regularly and then of even greater service coming together to
meditate in proximity. Brahmananda Saraswati urged in his time too to keep the
company of saints,
Various friends who are TM teachers, and family where I live are attempting to
meditate etc., according to the published schedule. I went to a group
meditation yesterday. Group meditations are rare where I live. I do not however
do the TM-Sidhi program which for me self-destructed decades ago
Meditators, Our time has come now to Mobilize for collective coherence.
Friends, in pursuit of a more lasting peace on earth we are moving forward
towards bringing light to darkness. Do not abandon the Field. Nay rather come
sit up, meditate and radiate that great coherence so evident in the
Make this our determination known to all meditators of the movement; prepare
the meditators for what work is now to ensue. It is time to take our light over
the trenches of dark ignorance.
In Fairfield, Iowa we go in meditating at dawn's nautical twilight and again
at sun's set.
Be there
Duty-bound..
FW:
-Knowers of truth have both a blessing and a responsibility. Try to take it on
in a spirit of gratitude..of thanksgiving. Take on the responsibility gladly,
with a joyful heart,knowing that we all can be an influence of and for good in
the world. And if you are not there
There are those who may be considered complacent in so far as they know the
value of group practice and yet do not go to the dome.
Even a brief look back at the sacrifices previous generations made for our
country would give us pause when we see we have become complacent in our duty.
By e-mail to FFL:
The communal call to meditate;
Maharishi, the movement, MUM have given us so much. -Recently the October
Surprise, an unprecedented gift of inestimable value. We must ask
ourselves,"Is it too much to ask?"
.
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The election is about a week away. There will be an outcome.
People are conscious now, and probably after as well.
Even if your awareness is unified, those opposed to your views will remain
opposed.
No spiritual group has ever unified the world under a common thought or
purpose.
Inside of one week to go now.
Had we a general who marches, meditates and would eat alongside us to be seen
leading us from the front, these would be our orders for waging this peace
campaign, orders we should have e-mailed directly to every meditator’s
electronic device: tablet, cellphone
I don't understand the term "transcendentally important."
Importance is a function of relativity, not transcendence. In transcendence
there is only equality. It is in the field of activity that we deem something
important or not.
The early Christians thought the return of the Christ was
Huzzah! Tomorrow, Tuesday marks one week un to Election Day.
Is it too much to ask?
Remember, "Ask not what your country (community) can do for you. Ask what you
can do for your country (community)"
Is it too much to ask for so many good reasons that those of us who do know
better
The Fairfield Meditating Community:
We are a group of people who have come together and created a community for a
transcendentally important common purpose, which of course is to practice the
Transcendental Meditation program and the TM-Sidhi program together as a group,
for the sake of
Even back in 1965 Maharishi said we are ‘duty-bound’ to come to the collective
of group meditation because of what we can do for good in the world with what
we know.
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There is time yet to help out here in larger ways.
There is time yet to help out here in larger ways.
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Inside of 10 days now un to Election Day.
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It wasn't Shaming when John F Kennedy said " Ask
Inside of 10 days now un to Election Day.
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It wasn't Shaming when John F Kennedy said " Ask not what your country can do
for you; ask what you can do for your country." yes, his then was a higher
order in thinking, a
It wasn't Shaming when John F Kennedy said " Ask not what your country can do
for you; ask what you can do for your country." yes, his then was a higher
order in thinking, a deeper calling. A higher order like with the call now to
meditation.
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The very act or meditation, or being aware of thoughts is similar to the
counter in the "double slit" experiment and causes the cosmic computer to
process the simulation or creation in real life. So, using the sutras for the
siddhis may indeed be processed as information by the cosmic
The nature of maya, as it has to do with meditation and enlightenment has
little to do with the complexity and paradoxes of the physical world, but has
much to do with the mind and how it interprets what is experienced, for that is
how the paradoxes manifest.
The world itself has no paradox
The illusory aspect of maya is inherent in the world. The prime example is
the dual nature of light in nature. It is both a particle and a wave. Being a
wave, light is non-deterministic and is probabilistic. As such, the world is
based on information that's similar to the virtual
I meditate all the time, and more often than most TM meditators, it has a
goodly effect.
Meditation reveals certain oddities about the nature of the universe from the
level of experience.
I would say the the illusion aspect of maya, and the consequent
misunderstanding of the nature of
More by e-mail to FFL on complacency..
#
I agree that there is a moral obligation to attend the dome as often as one
can-and especially when we need it most-
There are those who could go who choose not to.There are those who have the
time and wherewithal that decide to do other things at
From mail: "Yes! And no shaming. but people must learn that they do have a
responsibility-even a moral obligation- to do what they can, where they are,
with what they have [-Teddy Roosevelt] "
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Two weeks out from
Two weeks out from Election Day.
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Om, complacency. One could construct that in the being of human spirituality
there are certainly things we do in life that enhance spiritual well-being
either individually or collectively
Om, complacency. One could construct that in the being of human spirituality
there are certainly things we do in life that enhance spiritual well-being
either individually or collectively and then other things we may do that
degrade spiritual well-being. On these terms we could say there is
I agree.
"The term moral obligation has a number of meanings in moral philosophy, in
religion, and in layman's terms. Generally speaking, when someone says of an
act that it is a 'moral obligation,' they refer to a belief that the act is one
prescribed by their set of values."
People, even in
apropos of nothing, I remember from my MIU first year Philosophy class with
Jonathan Shear (?), "ought implies can" from some or other Greek philosopher.
I always kinda liked that.
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On Oct 25, 2016, at 11:33 AM,
On Oct 25, 2016, at 11:33 AM, feste37 wrote:
When someone tells me it is my "moral obligation" to do something, I reach for
my revolver.
Not to mention your wallet.
Enough of such pontificating! If you want to go the dome and enjoy it, then by
all means go, but
When someone tells me it is my "moral obligation" to do something, I reach for
my revolver. Enough of such pontificating! If you want to go the dome and enjoy
it, then by all means go, but don't be browbeaten by the "moral obligation"
police.
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I'd say it's a pretty good position.
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My position, and the position of most idealistic transcendentalists, is that
we infer, based on the fact of being conscious, that consciousness itself is
the ultimate reality.
By e-mail to FFL, "I agree.I also think it is ok to suggest to all
meditators, meditators and all of old TM teachers, governors, Re-cert teachers,
sidhas, old MIU alumni, MUM, MSAE, old Purusha and Mother Divine alumni,
that there is a moral obligation to attend the group meditations and
My position, and the position of most idealistic transcendentalists, is that we
infer, based on the fact of being conscious, that consciousness itself is the
ultimate reality. Without consciousness, we would not exist.
And, I accept that inference is a valid means of knowledge. Thoughts and
Information is important in reality and in virtual reality. Information is
important for consciousness to create reality. Tom Campbell, a former TMer,
explains this based on the experiments with light as shown in the link below:
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhMIz_iJtzQ
If jyotish is not a good analogy, perhaps Elon Musk's ideas can be more
convincing for the world as simulation.
Why Elon Musk says we're living in a simulation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0KHiiTtt4w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0KHiiTtt4w
Why Elon Musk says we're
Jyotish proves nothing. When you compare a simulation with the reality it is
mimicking, there are discrepancies, because a simulation has to fake certain
things for expediency, the simulation lacks the detail of the reality.
Jyotish tries to mimic the events in the world, but it is a very poor
Obviously the system is rigged, but not by an outside power, but by our own
actions in the present and in the past. Life is what happens to you and what
you do back. Only an Intelligent Agent could create anything or cause change at
will - meta-programming the human bio-computer.
---In
Many people think that life in the world is a simulation. The proof of this
is the jyotish technique called Brighu Saral Paddhati which essentially shows
the programming of our lives based on the planets in the jyotish chart. See
the article by Yuvraj Singh:
Astrology Articles -
I really have no idea. Doesn't nature just do what it does anyway?
Coming into alignment with nature would seem to mean that we do nothing, just
get out of the way, and that would seem to be the way its always been.
That would mean TM would prevent people from interfering with the natural
So for this thing to be whipped would mean the number of meditators that Doug
thinks will keep this thing from losing would be gathered? How does he know how
many would be sufficient?
And then, what does "losing" mean in this context? It can't refer to one
candidate or the other not winning
It means people who practice meditation, probably Transcendental Meditation
specifically, should meditate in clumps — together — and that presumably will
effect the outcome of the election.
And that in his view, people are not doing this, and the result he desires
will not come to pass.
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Friends of meditating, we are 15 days out. The Presidential contest is close
enough I'm feeling that if we don't whip this right now with meditating
collectively in proximity we just might lose the whole thing.
What the
Meditators everywhere, it is quite time to elect
coherence in group meditation.
It is time to assemble in collective meditation.
The hour is at hand.
We ask your help to be with us now in a meditation of coherence. Come now.
Come quickly and assemble. There is ample housing
Friends of meditating, we are 15 days out. The Presidential contest is close
enough I'm feeling that if we don't whip this right now with meditating
collectively in proximity we just might lose the whole thing. As we know by
experience and the science, numbers meditating and their proximity do
Meditators, I would personally be grateful to you if you would join us now,
join us in meditating and at the Domes in Fairfield, Iowa. This is not a usual
fight. People often fight for money or land and things but we are meditating
for each other here. Come join us in this rare fight.
Inside of 18 days now. The debates are past. People are deciding now how they
are voting and some are early- voting now. It is time now to certainly attend
to meditation.
“These are the times which try human souls”
May All blessings and grace of the Unified Field be upon us now for the
It would be a lot smarter to call for a month-long rally *after* the election.
That's when we're really going to need it.
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Peer-reviewed, published, replicated, honest-to-goodness, gold-standard
scientific research leads
Peer-reviewed, published, replicated, honest-to-goodness, gold-standard
scientific research leads us to make this heartfelt request to you: Come and
join us in Fairfield for any number of days between Oct 12th and Nov 12th.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote
We're inside a month to the election. 34 Days..
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Friends,
Today we are now at 35 days and tomorrow, this Tuesday, is one month before
the general election for the United States of America President, and what then
will
"Avoid the danger that lies ahead". - YS, 2-16
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
Friends,
Today we are now at 35 days and tomorrow, this Tuesday, is one month before
the general election for the United States of America President, and what then
will become
Friends,
Today we are now at 35 days and tomorrow, this Tuesday, is one month before
the general election for the United States of America President, and what then
will become the complexion of governance of our USA.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
We ask your help to be with us now in a meditation of coherence. Come now.
Come quickly and assemble. There is ample housing and stores of plenty here to
keep you here. Certainly it is up to you to assemble.
You might stay at home alone in a comfort of your house and room but never
will
39 Days to the Election.
We are inside of 40 days now.
Meditators everywhere, it is quite time to elect
coherence in group meditation.
It is time to assemble in collective meditation.
The hour is at hand.
We ask your help to be with us now in a meditation of coherence.
43 Days to the Election.
Maintain your core,
Be of Service to all and Rally Now,
to Meditation!
By our reference of our own experience as transcendentalists and by what is
modern science, it is quite time now to assemble ourselves collectively by
coming together with other
Friends, Meditationists;
As you know, the research (really strong research) shows that meditators and
Sidhas doing their TM-Sidhi® program in numbers and in proximity together in a
group create coherence in the nationwide field of consciousness. It’s the most
statistically valid research in
48 Days to Election Day..
How many days until Election Day in US 2016?
https://days.to/election-day-in-us/2016
https://days.to/election-day-in-us/2016
How many days until Election Day in US 2016?
https://days.to/election-day-in-us/2016 Count down every day to Election Day in
US
Meditators everywhere, it is quite time to elect
coherence in group meditation.
It is time to assemble in collective meditation.
The hour is at hand.
We ask your help to be with us now in a meditation of coherence. Come now.
Come quickly and assemble. There is ample housing
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