[FairfieldLife] Spiritual Practice makes for more Perfection
Thanks this science is an extremely important addition to the data around spirituality. -Buck in the Dome LEnglish5 offers: Fred Travis' article published in the New York Academy of Sciences that discusses the preliminary research on Cosmic Consciousness: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./nyas.12316/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./nyas.12316/full Specific research on pure consciousness discussed in that paper: Breath Suspension During the Transcendental Meditation Technique http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/content/44/2/133.full.pdf Electrophysiologic Characteristics of Respiratory Suspension Periods Occurring During the Practice of the Transcendental Meditation Program http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/content/46/3/267.full.pdf Autonomic patterns during respiratory suspensions: Possible markers of Transcendental Consciousness http://www.totalbrain.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/transcendental-consciousness.pdf Correlates of stabilization of pure consciousness, aka Cosmic Consciousenss -the preliminary stage of enlightenment in TM-theory: Psychological http://www.totalbrain.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/eeg-of-enlightenment.pdf http://www.totalbrain.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/eeg-of-enlightenment.pdf physiological http://www.totalbrain.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/brain-integration-progress-report.pdf http://www.totalbrain.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/brain-integration-progress-report.pdf L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote : I have this idea kicking around in my head to try to interview Sam Harris, or someone like him. An intelligent atheist, as I understand him. I’d want to read all his books first, and then hash out the likely points of discussion with you beforehand. We could do it on FFL. My perspective is very SCI-like – that intelligence is omnipresent, all-pervading, and obvious if one looks closely enough. I’m interviewing a guy named Bernardo Kastrup in a couple of months who has written a book called “Why Materialism is Baloney”, but it would be fun to interview an intelligent materialist, if that’s what Harris is, and see if we could find any common ground. What do you think?
[FairfieldLife] Spiritual Practice
[FairfieldLife] Spiritual Practice
`The goal of spiritual practice is to build up a large bank account of yogic energy so that we can use it to purify our minds and subtle bodies and burn up our karma. The more energy we have in the bank, the greater the evolution we will experience on a spiritual level.' -Meditation retreat QA, Karunamayi in FF
[FairfieldLife] Spiritual Practice Groups of FF
Directory of Active Fairfield Spiritual Practice Groups Outside of Fairfield, people intently ask, What is going on in Fairfield? The spiritual, utopian side of Fairfield is something they are wondering about. Fairfield has become recognized as a spiritual Mecca of sorts, ranking with Sedona, Arizona, Boulder and Crestone, Colorado, Ashville, North Carolina and the like. Within these past three decades, Fairfield spiritual practice groups have matured, giving this community a rich, new face. The long-time Fairfield meditating community today is its own center for spiritual practice. The breadth of spiritual practice groups in Fairfield is now a unique feature of our town in the 21st Century. ___Alphabetical: A Course in Miracles, Mondays 7:30 pm. Local contact: 472-7148. The Afternoon Satsang, at Revelations Coffee Shop. North room 2:30pm most days. Spiritual experience and understanding. Ammachi Fairfield Satsang Ammachi Fairfield weekly schedule of meditation, chanting, and bhajans. http://amma-fairfield.org/ contact: 472-8563 or 472-9336 Art of Living Foundation -Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Meditation and program schedule in Fairfield. 472-9892 http://us.artofliving.org/index.html Babaji Group: Local contact: 472-9952 Bapuji Group Shri Avadoot, better known as ³Bapuji². Local contact: 472-9260 Chalanda Sai Maa Satang in Fairfield Group meditations based on the teachings of Chalanda Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi. First and third Monday of the month at 7:30 PM. Call for location information: 641-919-5223 or email directly at: fairfieldsai...@humanityinunity.org http://www.humanityinunity.org Circle of Sophia a holy order for women at St. Gabriel and All Angels, the Liberal Catholic Church. Original worship celebration, written from sources in ancient Christianity, enlivens the Feminine Divine for both men and women. Celebrations monthly. 300 E. Burlington. www.stgabe.org Contact 472-1645 Deeksha Darshan and teachings of Bhagavan Kalki Padmavati Amma Fairfield contact for local program: 472-6948 Divine Mother Church in Fairfield `We don¹t talk about God, we commune with God'. Interfaith Service: Sundays 11 AM; 51 North Court, East Entrance Contact 641.209.9900 Fairfield Vedic Pujas, Yagyas and Ceremonies Scheduled public events always open to interested persons. By Vedic Scholar and Priest, Pandit Dhruv Narain Sharma: 630-240-3368 http://yagya108.org/default.aspx Fellowship of the Holy Spirit in Fairfield `Consciousness, Joy, and Devotion: Christianity that works.' Sundays, 11 AM, 51 North Court. 472-8737. Gangaji Group Local contact: 472-9476. Golden Shield Qi Gong Fairfield practice: 641-919-3913. Golden Shield Qi Gong www.jingui.com 641-472-5998 Hatha Yoga classes. Sue Berkey: 472-6577 Henry Hertzberger Chanting, Pujas Yagyas. Mahaganapati Temple Schedule: Fairfield Shri Karunamayi Satsang Fairfield Group Meditation and Program. 472-8422 http://www.karunamayi.org/tour/2008Fairfield.shtml Liberal Catholic Church in Fairfield St Gabriel and all Angels, 300 E. Burlington. Contact, 472-1625www.stgabe.org Manavata Mandir Vedic Temple 800 W. Burlington in Fairfield. 469-6041. Mother Meera: 641.472.5149 http://www.mothermeera-fairfield.com/default.jsp Quaker Meeting Fairfield Society of Friends (Conservative Un- programmed) silent meeting for worship. 472-8422. St. Germain Meditation. Two active groups meeting for meditation weekly http://www.reiki-seichem.com/germain.html http://saintgermainfoundation.com/ Saniel Bonder, `Waking Down' in Fairfield. Sittings calendar: call 472-2001. http://wakingdowninfairfield.com/ Scalar Group Meditation Programs facilitated by Lilli Botchis. A unique opportunity as a group to research in mind/body consciousness the universal themes of pure energy and manifestation potential of HHFe Scalar wave regeneration system. Programs designed to clear, balance and open the chakra system. Contact, 472-0129. http://earthspectrum.com/ http://www.timeportalpubs.com/index.htm Shivabalayogi Group All are welcome. There is never any charge for Swamiji's blessings. For further information, contact: 641-233-1025. Svaroopa Yoga (641) 472-7499. Tetra Building Meditation Room. Daily morning and afternoon meditation facility for the practice of the TM-Sidhi meditation. A quiet, clean and convenient and unaffiliated place, `to do program'. Contact David Hawthorne for use and membership information: 472-3799. Transcendental Meditation Programs: TMmovement: 472-1174 Transformational Prayer in Fairfield For information on Fairfield activities, call 472-0662. Wednesday Night Satsang - Every Wednesday starting at 8pm CentralTime. Kirkwood Apartments at 304 W Kirkwood just east of Sidha Insurance near 4th and Kirkwood Apartment #10 third floor first door on the left. those who haven't quite got it complete the search. Contact - 919- 6917 The Active Spiritual Practice Groups of Fairfield
[FairfieldLife] Spiritual Practice Since Blake
Spiritual Practice Since Blake: A lot of spiritual practice has gone on since Blake it has continued or ended in various ways not absolutely stale, authoritarian and rigid. There has been a progression which is in the American experience with it. For example, Yogananda's group SRF now seems to have survived the death of their guru. They do have enduring active spiritual practice communities facilitating that work. Again last summer they gathered for an annual week `convocation' near LA for about 10 days of long group meditations with about 4000 people. In their communities they do regular long powerful group meditations as part of their ongoing spiritual practice. By a same kind of coin as with TM, it could be as easy to say that so much of the `positivity' of late that the TMorg points to as evidence is actually due to the SRF 4000 meditators in practice together last summer. The powerful lasting influence of a larger n=squared number by contrast. After all, exponentially 4000 powerful SRFmeditators sitting in practice is a lot more strong than 1700 sleeping TM-sidhas in recline in group. Sit with the shakti of a SRF group meditation if you have not, to judge it. They got shakti that is alive in a way that by contrast the TMmovement group meditations are only a forlorn disheartened hope over what could have been with their movement. -Doug in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to William Blake, movements always end like this--stale, authoritarian, rigid. They begin with fiery spirit and end in ashes. He describes the process in some detail and at great depth in his Book of Urizen, which I read when I first got my children involved with TM, and I thought, hmm, here's a test case, and it has been amazing to see how it went down exactly like the man said it would. So, perhaps, there is no need to speak of failure. Instead, we can realize that this is the natural process for any movement. This does not mean that there is anything wrong with the technique. Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Effect Quantum-Failure Essay snip Vaj vajranatha@ ... wrote: Naw. If you're following a tradition of continuous success in deep meditation (for example), the only evidence that has any meaning is whether or not you succeed at your particular practice! Most yogis could give two hoots about what their EEG says. (Unless of course it's an unscrupulous yogi and they're using it to bolster sales and marketing efforts...) Doug writing: Vaj, that is some good writing. Quite an encapsulation of this thread in two sentences. Works well also in conjunction with the flat observation from Gilpin's essay in a conclusion about FF, Gilpin: We all know how it turned out. After a lifetime of personal micromanagement, the TM movement is a grim, authoritarian theocracy. A medieval caste system--complete with a god-king and his court of rajas--where status is determined largely by the size of one's bank account We tried creating our own reality and it failed. Our future, if we have one, lies in the rational, objective, scientific world that we all inhabit. It may not seem exciting after the mystical wonders of the last generation, but it's our best hope. ..xo
[FairfieldLife] Spiritual Practice Groups of FF, A Directory
Spiritual Practice Groups of Fairfield Directory of Active Fairfield Spiritual Practice Groups Outside of Fairfield, people intently ask, What is going on in Fairfield? The spiritual, utopian side of Fairfield is something they are wondering about. Fairfield has become recognized as a spiritual Mecca of sorts, ranking with Sedona, Arizona, Boulder and Crestone, Colorado, Ashville, North Carolina and the like. Within these past three decades, Fairfield spiritual practice groups have matured, giving this community a rich, new face. The long-time Fairfield meditating community today is its own center for spiritual practice. The breadth of spiritual practice groups in Fairfield is now a unique feature of our town in the 21st Century. ___Alphabetical: A Course in Miracles, Mondays 7:30 pm. Local contact: 472-7148. Ammachi Fairfield Satsang Ammachi Fairfield weekly schedule of meditation, chanting, and bhajans contact: 472-8563 Art of Living Foundation -Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Meditation and program schedule in Fairfield. 472-2053 Babaji Group: Local contact: 472-9952 Bapuji Group Shri Avadoot, better known as ³Bapuji². Local contact: 472-9260 Chalanda Sai Maa Satang in Fairfield Group meditations based on the teachings of Chalanda Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi. First and third Monday of the month at 7:30 PM. Call for location information: 472-5175. Circle of Sophia a holy order for women at St. Gabriel and All Angels, the Liberal Catholic Church. Original worship celebration, written from sources in ancient Christianity, enlivens the Feminine Divine for both men and women. Celebrations monthly. 300 E. Burlington. www.stgabe.org, 472- 1645, for information and calendar. Deeksha Darshan and teachings of Bhagavan Kalki Padmavati Amma Fairfield contact for local program: 472-6948 Divine Mother Church in Fairfield ³We don¹t talk about God, we commune with God². Sundays 10 AM; 409 W. Broadway; 472-0662. Fairfield Vedic Pujas, Yagyas and Ceremonies Scheduled public events always open to interested persons. By Vedic Scholar and Priest, Pandit Dhruv Narain Sharma: 630-240-3368 Fellowship of the Holy Spirit in Fairfield ³Consciousness, Joy, and Devotion: Christianity that works.² Sundays, 11 AM, Gateridge Building, 1100 N. 4th. 472-8737. Friends Meeting Fairfield Society of Friends (Quakers) Un-programmed silent meeting for worship. 472-8422. Gangaji Group Local contact: 472-9476. Golden Shield Qi Gong Fairfield practice: 641-919-3913. Hatha Yoga classes. Sue Berkey: 472-6577 Henry Hertzberger Chanting, Pujas Yagyas. Mahaganapati Temple Schedule: Fairfield Shri Karunamayi Satsang Fairfield Group Meditation and Program. 472-8422 Liberal Catholic Church in Fairfield St Gabriel and all Angels, 300 E. Burlington. 472-1625 Manavata Mandir Vedic Temple 800 W. Burlington in Fairfield. 469-6041. Mother Meera: 641.472.5149 Saniel Bonder, `Waking Down' in Fairfield. Sittings calendar: call 472-7182. Scalar Group Meditation Programs facilitated by Lilli Botchis. A unique opportunity as a group to research in mind/body consciousness the universal themes of pure energy and manifestation potential of HHFe Scalar wave regeneration system. Programs designed to clear, balance and open the chakra system. 472-0129. Shivabalayogi Group All are welcome. There is never any charge for Swamiji's blessings. For further information, contact: 641-233-1025. Svaroopa Yoga (641) 472-7499. Tetra Building TM-Sidhi Meditation Practice Room. Daily morning and afternoon meditation facility for the practice of the TM-Sidhi meditation program. A quiet, clean and convenient place (to do program). Contact David Hawthorne for use and membership information: 472-3799. Transcendental Meditation Programs: 641-919.8188 or 472-1174 Transformational Prayer in Fairfield For information on Fairfield activities, call 472-0662. Wednesday Night Satsang - Every Wednesday starting at 8pm Central Time. Kirkwood Apartments just east of Sidha Insurance near 4th and Kirkwood. First apartment on the right, up the stairs. The mechanics of what happens in the Wednesday Night Satsang is as follows. With anywhere from a dozen or more awake people in the room there begins a sharing of how the wholeness of the awakening has or is being experienced/lived by one or more awake people. This sharing stirs the wholeness into activity. Those in the room feel it in a palpable way. The sharing of the experience of how it is gives everyone in the room direct and complete understanding of what this wholeness is. Any one who is in the room then has the direct physical experience of wholeness and the intellectual understanding of how and why wholeness is lived. This completes the fullness of both the experience and the intellectual understanding simultaneously. That is how those who are in the room enhance their own awakening and those who haven't quite got it complete the search. Tom Traynor - 919-6917 The Active Spiritual Practice Groups
[FairfieldLife] Spiritual Practice Groups of FF, Directory
Spiritual Practice Groups of Fairfield Directory of Active Fairfield Spiritual Practice Groups Outside of Fairfield, people intently ask, What is going on in Fairfield? The spiritual, utopian side of Fairfield is something they are wondering about. Fairfield has become recognized as a spiritual Mecca of sorts, ranking with Sedona, Arizona, Boulder and Crestone, Colorado, Ashville, North Carolina and the like. Within these past three decades, Fairfield spiritual practice groups have matured, giving this community a rich, new face. The long-time Fairfield meditating community today is its own center for spiritual practice. The breadth of spiritual practice groups in Fairfield is now a unique feature of our town in the 21st Century. ___Alphabetical: A Course in Miracles, Mondays 7:30 pm. Local contact: 472-7148. Ammachi Fairfield Satsang Ammachi Fairfield weekly schedule of meditation, chanting, and bhajans contact: 472-8563 Art of Living Foundation -Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Meditation and program schedule in Fairfield. 472-2053 Babaji Group: Local contact: 472-9952 Bapuji Group Shri Avadoot, better known as ³Bapuji². Local contact: 472-9260 Chalanda Sai Maa Satang in Fairfield Group meditations based on the teachings of Chalanda Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi. First and third Monday of the month at 7:30 PM. Call for location information: 472-5175. Circle of Sophia a holy order for women at St. Gabriel and All Angels, the Liberal Catholic Church. Original worship celebration, written from sources in ancient Christianity, enlivens the Feminine Divine for both men and women. Celebrations monthly. 300 E. Burlington. www.stgabe.org, 472- 1645, for information and calendar. Deeksha Darshan and teachings of Bhagavan Kalki Padmavati Amma Fairfield contact for local program: 472-6948 Divine Mother Church in Fairfield ³We don¹t talk about God, we commune with God². Sundays 10 AM; 409 W. Broadway; 472-0662. Fairfield Vedic Pujas, Yagyas and Ceremonies Scheduled public events always open to interested persons. By Vedic Scholar and Priest, Pandit Dhruv Narain Sharma: 630-240-3368 Fellowship of the Holy Spirit in Fairfield ³Consciousness, Joy, and Devotion: Christianity that works.² Sundays, 11 AM, Gateridge Building, 1100 N. 4th. 472-8737. Friends Meeting Fairfield Society of Friends (Quakers) Un-programmed silent meeting for worship. 472-8422. Gangaji Group Local contact: 472-9476. Golden Shield Qi Gong Fairfield practice: 641-919-3913. Hatha Yoga classes. Sue Berkey: 472-6577 Henry Hertzberger Chanting, Pujas Yagyas. Mahaganapati Temple Schedule: Fairfield Shri Karunamayi Satsang Fairfield Group Meditation and Program. 472-8422 Liberal Catholic Church in Fairfield St Gabriel and all Angels, 300 E. Burlington. 472-1625 Manavata Mandir Vedic Temple 800 W. Burlington in Fairfield. 469-6041. Mother Meera: 641.472.5149 Saniel Bonder, `Waking Down' in Fairfield. Sittings calendar: call 472-7182. Scalar Group Meditation Programs facilitated by Lilli Botchis. A unique opportunity as a group to research in mind/body consciousness the universal themes of pure energy and manifestation potential of HHFe Scalar wave regeneration system. Programs designed to clear, balance and open the chakra system. 472-0129. Shivabalayogi Group All are welcome. There is never any charge for Swamiji's blessings. For further information, contact: 641-233-1025. Svaroopa Yoga (641) 472-7499. Tetra Building TM-Sidhi Meditation Practice Room. Daily morning and afternoon meditation facility for the practice of the TM-Sidhi meditation program. A quiet, clean and convenient place (to do program). Contact David Hawthorne for use and membership information: 472-3799. Transcendental Meditation Programs: 641-919.8188 or 472-1174 Transformational Prayer in Fairfield For information on Fairfield activities, call 472-0662. Wednesday Night Satsang - Every Wednesday starting at 8pm Central Time. Kirkwood Apartments just east of Sidha Insurance near 4th and Kirkwood. First apartment on the right, up the stairs. The mechanics of what happens in the Wednesday Night Satsang is as follows. With anywhere from a dozen or more awake people in the room there begins a sharing of how the wholeness of the awakening has or is being experienced/lived by one or more awake people. This sharing stirs the wholeness into activity. Those in the room feel it in a palpable way. The sharing of the experience of how it is gives everyone in the room direct and complete understanding of what this wholeness is. Any one who is in the room then has the direct physical experience of wholeness and the intellectual understanding of how and why wholeness is lived. This completes the fullness of both the experience and the intellectual understanding simultaneously. That is how those who are in the room enhance their own awakening and those who haven't quite got it complete the search. Tom Traynor - 919-6917 The Active Spiritual Practice Groups
[FairfieldLife] Spiritual practice after awakening: why?
--- jim_flanegin wrote: Still do TM... How come, Jim? What's in it for you? Not long ago someone -- I think Alex Stanley -- pointed out how great meditation must be in enlightenment. Is that the motivator? These queries are all part of a larger question of how people's spiritual practices change upon awakening. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM ~- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Spiritual practice after awakening: why?
On Feb 15, 2006, at 8:39 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote:--- jim_flanegin wrote: Still do TM... How come, Jim? What's in it for you? Not long ago someone -- I think Alex Stanley -- pointed out how great meditation must be in enlightenment. Is that the motivator? These queries are all part of a larger question of how people's spiritual practices change upon awakening. Depends how you define "awakening", a western word.I've been reading a tantra called "The Matrix of Pure Appearance and Primordial Consciousness" and it talks a lot about people who find "awareness"/awakening, etc. and think they are enlightened. At the end of the Kali yuga, this will become more and more common as people will claim themselves as teachers and begin teaching this to others."Not knowing how to distinguish between realization and gaining confidence in the View of enlightened mind, many people mistake one for the other and thereby deceive themselves. So learn how to make that distinction." To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
