[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: [...] > > Thanks for MMY's viewpoint, that seems to reinforce my view > > that TM'ers are mostly intellectual. However when I made > > this remark to a former TM'er here in Amm

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Tom Pall
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Peter wrote: > > > I was introduced to bhakti by SSRS. For me bhakti is a deep almost > transcendent love that isn't just towards the guru, but towards all of life. > The guru is the starting off point for that love to flow because the guru is > that transcendent

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@ya

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Ravi Yogi > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 3:25 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > > > The Differe

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ravi Yogi Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 3:25 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion I have realized I have been misusing my intuition

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Ravi Yogi > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 2:42 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
rcher" wrote: > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > > On Behalf Of Ravi Yogi > > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 12:15 PM > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Betwe

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ravi Yogi Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 2:42 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion Also in case you didn't notice by the high n

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
> <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> ] > > On Behalf Of Ravi Yogi > > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 12:15 PM > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.c

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ravi Yogi Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 1:57 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Ravi Yogi > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 12:15 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ravi Yogi Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 12:15 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion Wow, so well put you will make an excellent

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > > > --- On Mon, 1/24/11, Ravi Yogi wrote: > > > > From: Ravi Yogi > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
lf.   > > --- On Mon, 1/24/11, Ravi Yogi wrote: > > From: Ravi Yogi > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 10:21 AM > > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread whynotnow7
"we're such little screwballs that Absolute has to build a dock to us!" Hi Peter, this is perfectly hilarious! Love it! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > --- On Mon, 1/24/11, Ravi Yogi wrote: > > From: Ravi Yogi > Subject: [Fairfiel

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Peter
--- On Mon, 1/24/11, Ravi Yogi wrote: From: Ravi Yogi Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 10:56 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend&qu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Peter
bject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 10:21 AM Thanks Dharmacentral, TWO thumbs up for Bhakti Yoga --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral no_reply@ wrote: > > > > > > The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion > > > > > > By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread whynotnow7
Jai Guru Dev! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral wrote: > > > > The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion > > > > By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya > > > > "The central message of the Bhagavad Gita, the most im

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral no_reply@ wrote: > > > > The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion > > > > By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya > > > > "The central message of the Bhagavad Gita, the most important > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
Dear Turq - My comments below --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Despite the fairly obvious self promotion of this article, I like the > distinction it's drawing. Bhakti, in many forms of spirituality -- > especially those that are Hindu-based -- has degenerated so far as

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread Ravi Yogi
Thanks Dharmacentral, TWO thumbs up for Bhakti Yoga --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral wrote: > > The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion > > By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya > > "The central message of the Bhagavad Gita, the most important scripture in all of Sanatana D

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral wrote: > > The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion > > By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya > > "The central message of the Bhagavad Gita, the most important > scripture in all of Sanatana Dharma, is that bhakti, or > devotion to the Absolute,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion

2011-01-24 Thread turquoiseb
Despite the fairly obvious self promotion of this article, I like the distinction it's drawing. Bhakti, in many forms of spirituality -- especially those that are Hindu-based -- has degenerated so far as to take on the meaning "sappy, self-indulgent wallowing in emotion." Acting towards one's guru