[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-24 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 22, 2008, at 8:27 PM, jyouells2000 wrote: > > >> That seems like a really honest assessment to me. > >> > > > > Yup, me too, spot on... > > > > Besides, regular meditators are passing away faster than new ones

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 22, 2008, at 8:27 PM, jyouells2000 wrote: > > >> That seems like a really honest assessment to me. > >> > > > > Yup, me too, spot on... > > > > Besides, regular meditators are passing away faster than new on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Sep 22, 2008, at 8:27 PM, jyouells2000 wrote: That seems like a really honest assessment to me. Yup, me too, spot on... Besides, regular meditators are passing away faster than new ones are starting anyway That's a depressing thought. I'd like to think people are simply finding m

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-23 Thread yifuxero
--- I question his philosophical world-view. He's a Nihilist Advaita- Vedantin in the Nisargadatta camp. (after Realization and physical death, there's supposedly no more relative existence). Buddhism, otoh, has room for the possibility of (while alive...going on to attain a Rainbow Light body

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > > > I don't think Jerry left voluntarily. As I recall the story, Jerry > > > aggres

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > > I don't think Jerry left voluntarily. As I recall the story, Jerry > > aggressively pursued the NJ court case, hiring an expensive law > > firm (I

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-23 Thread nablusoss1008
rfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling > fewer initiations > > > > So, this is when things started to change, and some of the people who > had contributed to the success of the TM movement, Jerry Jarvis and > some of the others, left the movement. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . > So, this is when things started to change, and some of the people who > had contributed to the success of the TM movement, Jerry Jarvis and > some of the others, left the movement. > They were replaced with Bevan and

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > > > > What happened was this: > > > > > > > > After spending the previous 25 years relentlessly and selflessly > > > > promoting TM to the point at which he, Maharishi, the TM > Movement, > > > > and the TM Te

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" jyouells@ > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sep 22, 2008, at 7:29 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > > > > > W

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 22, 2008, at 7:29 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > > > What happened was this: > > > > > > After spending the previous 25 years relentlessly and s

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 9:57 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations So, this is when things started to change, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread Robert
(snip) > > > What happened was this: > > > > > > After spending the previous 25 years relentlessly and selflessly > > > promoting TM to the point at which he, Maharishi, the TM Movement, > > > and the TM Technique had actually gained some semblance of > > > credibility, he flushed it ALL down the

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 22, 2008, at 7:29 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > What happened was this: > > > > After spending the previous 25 years relentlessly and selflessly > > promoting TM to the point at which he, Maharishi, the TM Movement, >

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --"I believe that any Master that is denounced by the "public", in > this > case voiced by the words of Rick Archer, will know that He is on the > right track. > ...Jim Jones, Warren Jeffs,... Jim Reeves wasn't well

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread yifuxero
--"I believe that any Master that is denounced by the "public", in this case voiced by the words of Rick Archer, will know that He is on the right track. ...Jim Jones, Warren Jeffs,... - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoog

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of mainstream20016 > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 4:11 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] now: the absurdi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread Vaj
On Sep 22, 2008, at 7:29 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > What happened was this: > > After spending the previous 25 years relentlessly and selflessly > promoting TM to the point at which he, Maharishi, the TM Movement, > and the TM Technique had actually gained some semblance of > credibility, he flushe

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mainstream20016" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 > > wro

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread sallysunshine01
"They built it, and no one came."--Sal Sunshine --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---"If you build it, they will come" - Kevin Costner > > In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante wrote: > > > > > > > The ultimate symbol of all that deluded

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread yifuxero
---"If you build it, they will come" - Kevin Costner In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The ultimate symbol of all that deluded striving, for me anyways, is > > the naked steel beams in a cornfield somewhere in Kansas. > > > > I hope someone doe

[FairfieldLife] Re: now: the absurdity of the idea of willling fewer initiations

2008-09-22 Thread bob_brigante
> The ultimate symbol of all that deluded striving, for me anyways, is > the naked steel beams in a cornfield somewhere in Kansas. > > I hope someone does a photo-essay or at least a photo. They're the > citipati (lit.: master of the funeral pyre; dancing skeletons) of TM. > > > > ***