[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally am suspicious of my own personal experiences in many

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
I personally am suspicious of my own personal experiences in many cases... I completely understand... Explain it to unc... Uncle, Lawson is completely suspicious about his own personal experiences in many cases. Maybe, but I'm suspicious for my own reasons, not because

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally am suspicious of my own personal experiences in many cases... I completely understand... Explain it to unc... Uncle, Lawson is completely suspicious about his own personal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing to explain. You trust others, be they teachers or scriptures or science or whatever, more than you trust yourself. That's your call.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally am suspicious of my own personal experiences in many cases... I completely understand... Explain it to unc... Uncle, Lawson is completely suspicious about his own personal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Think it's time to bail on the conversation! I'm going to go out and buy two new resonance heads for my 12 tom and my 16 tom. Think I'll get clear

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally am suspicious of my own personal experiences in many cases... I completely understand... Explain it to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not for me really. But then its hard for you to concieve of a spiritual trip with a mentor that is unlike the ones you know, where there are no clear-cut guidelines and instructions. A totally non-verbal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing to explain. You trust others, be they teachers or

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [...] The mind always projects its own stuff. The mind has its own agenda which is primarily bending experience to fit a priori concepts. In short, the mind wants to be right. Sure. The nice thing about TM is that I'm always right... To

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Ingegerd
It is a nice story, Unc. And I agree, it is teachers everywhere. One day, I was waiting for the subway, lonely on a station in Oslo, Then a drug-abuser showed up. I recognized him from the time that I was administrating a Social Service Center in Oslo. Usually he was very treathening,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [...] The mind always projects its own stuff. The mind has its own agenda which is primarily bending experience to fit a priori concepts. In short, the mind wants to be right. Sure. The

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip This is one of the fundamental issues of FFL, reduced to its bare bones. Many here are looking for a 'guru,' an expert to tell them what everything means and what to do next. Others are content with looking around and trying things on for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [...] The mind always projects its own stuff. The mind has its own agenda which is primarily bending

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Jeff Fischer
I walked on to the market. I probably saw three or four scenes that taught me something while there. Spiritual teachers? Got 'em all around me, thanks. Unc Hey, I learn things from people every day. Plenty of homeless in Austin. And you often see bumper stickers Keeep Austin Weird. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is a nice story, Unc. And I agree, it is teachers everywhere. Everywhere. Earlier I talked about the spiritual teachers one finds on the street here in Paris. My teachers today are not even human. They are a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure. The nice thing about TM is that I'm always right... Yes, certainty and truth are dangerous bedfellows. Did you understand what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I walked on to the market. I probably saw three or four scenes that taught me something while there. Spiritual teachers? Got 'em all around me, thanks. Hey, I learn things from people every day. Plenty of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure. The nice thing about TM is that I'm always right...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [...] The mind always projects its own stuff. The mind has its own agenda which is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Llundrub
in and told me to get the fuck off the computer for a minute and to take her to Macys. - Original Message - From: Jeff Fischer To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Llundrub
The page in front of me is as empty as Laurel's canvas is when she starts a painting, as empty as Keith Jarrett's music stand is when he sits down to play. It's a little scary, trying to create like this, with no plan and no clue as to what you will create and whether it will work or not.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was going to say, yeah, what did you learn from the homeless fixing the mutt. That they are human. That we should spend out money on stray dogs. That we sould fix them and then let them go get killed or picked up by the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
Unc: The page in front of me is as empty as Laurel's canvas is when she starts a painting, as empty as Keith Jarrett's music stand is when he sits down to play. It's a little scary, trying to create like this, with no plan and no clue as to what you will create and whether it will work

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And slowly the painting emerges. When it does, it often has 20 or 30 other paintings underneath it. The other paintings are not visible, except as underlying texture, but they are essential to the finished

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And slowly the painting emerges. When it does, it often has 20 or 30 other paintings underneath it. The other paintings are not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Llundrub
Teachers everywhere, dude. I sincerely hope you tookher advice and went to Macy's. :-)UncYep, that was why there were so many typoes. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Llundrub
Only if one believes that maya is notthe absolute.-Good one. I'm going to consider that for a long time to come. Thank you. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mind always projects its own stuff. The mind has its own agenda which is primarily bending experience to fit a priori concepts. Which for the most part is quite useful and enabling. With no a priori concepts as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The page in front of me is as empty as Laurel's canvas is when she starts a painting, as empty as Keith Jarrett's music stand is when he sits down to play. It's a little scary, trying to create like this, with no

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Llundrub
I learn many things that I wasnot conscious of before. -and forget one second later. Thus perfecting the tabula rasa. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Llundrub
Can you talk about your time with Mother Meera? I have never seen her.But when i bought one of her books, I was mesmerized by her picturefor 3 hours or more, and was spontaneously surrendering and makinggreat laudations to her, hitting deep emotional chords.-Sounds like a similar thing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip Can you talk about your time with Mother Meera? I have never seen her. But when i bought one of her books, I was mesmerized by her picture for 3 hours or more, and was spontaneously surrendering and making great

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip Can you talk about your time with Mother Meera? I have never seen her. But when i bought one of her books, I was mesmerized by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip It's a little scary, trying to create like this, with no plan and no clue as to what you will create and whether it will work or not. But when it *does* work, the payoff is enormous. Unc cool. It sounds

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip Can you talk about your time with Mother Meera? I have never seen her. But when i bought one of her books, I was mesmerized by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] It is far more attractive to me to cultivate a state of steady prajna or a permanent state of non-anger, etc, than some abstraction called enlightenment. You guys who have had some success in life don't know the simple

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-26 Thread Jeff Fischer
Jeff: Nor do I think one guy can handle this planet alone. It takes a group. And ultimately we all make it together or not at all. A philosophy that tends to be espoused by groups. Unc True. But disorganized groups have been run over by organized groups of dubious notoriety:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread lupidus108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/25/05 12:05 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The behavior you miscast as anger in Maharishi, IMO, has a quality of severe and intense focus. Personal anger, what I beleive the gita is referring

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Either that or it could mean that your assumption about Maharishi's enlightenment is incorrect. :-) Just joking around because I *don't* assume that he is Self-realized. But I do agree with you that no behavior

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Either that or it could mean that your assumption about Maharishi's enlightenment is incorrect. :-) Just joking around because I *don't* assume that he is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, that's all good and fine, but are you understanding this to mean that a realized person

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you seen SS Ravi Shankar angry? Karunamayi? Mother Meera? Its near impossible for me to concieve of anger within them. For the last master you mentioned I am probably one of the very few people who could answer

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- lupidus108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/25/05 12:05 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The behavior you miscast as anger in Maharishi, IMO, has a quality of severe and intense focus.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman/Attn Cardmeister

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you seen SS Ravi Shankar angry? Karunamayi? Mother Meera? Its near impossible for me to concieve of anger within them. For the last master you mentioned I am

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/25/05 12:05 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The behavior you miscast as anger in Maharishi, IMO, has a quality of severe and intense focus. Personal anger, what I beleive the gita is referring to, is a very scattered,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman/Attn Cardmeister

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Cardmeister, do you know what the sanskrit word is that is being translated as anger in English? I think it's krodha. 1 krodha m. anger , wrath , passion VS. xxx , 14 AV. S3Br. c. ; (ifc. f. %{A}) Amar. ; Anger (personified as a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Rick Archer
on 6/25/05 12:35 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, that's all good and fine, but are you understanding this to mean that a realized person can not exhibit angry behavior? Why would that occur? Forget

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know why some people get a hit from some teachers and why others have no such experience with those teachers Maybe the subjective exper- iences of the individual seeker say more about the potential resonance

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman/Attn Cardmeister

2005-06-25 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cardmeister, do you know what the sanskrit word is that is being translated as anger in English? I think it's krodha. 1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Rick
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/25/05 12:05 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The behavior you miscast as anger in Maharishi, IMO, has a quality of severe and intense focus.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread TurquoiseB
SSRS said that he could get angry, but that it has a high cost. It's hard to imagine him getting angry, but I have seen him confront someone's organizational shortcomings in a very intense, focused manner that was pure power with no bliss at all. Just like MMY. He said it has a high

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Ingegerd
I think that is a very important statement, and why people are drawing into different spiritual paths. That is why we should respect whatever path people choose. Ingegerd Mr Reddy, Mother Meera's uncle said the same thing. He said that some people may not feel anything, not because they are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, I believe you are miscasting this focussed intensity as anger -- the explosive, chaotic flaming thing. These are two very different behaviors or states. As such it becomes a matter of definition. What do you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Vaj
On Jun 25, 2005, at 10:08 AM, t3rinity wrote: Why only connected to it? Why not BE it? When referring to separateness it is helpful to point out that you can BE connected. Not everyone experiences that. The realization is that all arises interdependently, the network and the node, so yes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread TurquoiseB
Either that or it could mean that your assumption about Maharishi's enlightenment is incorrect. :-) Just joking around because I *don't* assume that he is Self-realized. But I do agree with you that no behavior is inconsistent with enlightenment. Well, within

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just stated that I don't assume that Maharishi is Self-realized/enlightened, and you want

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just stated that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, uns_tressor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume MMY is enlightened in the same way I assume I exist ..this belongs in Pseud's Corner of Private Eye magazine viz:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you seen SS Ravi Shankar angry? Karunamayi? Mother Meera? Its near impossible for me to concieve of anger within them. For the last master you mentioned I am probably one of the very few people who could

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read the full gita text, quote after quote. Upon reading that, and in your personal experience of silence and wholness, tell us what role does anger play for spritually absorbed, spiritually mature people?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, uns_tressor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume MMY is enlightened in the same way I assume I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the last part of the 70ths I was in Seelisberg to celebrate the 12th of January, I think. MMY had some idea that it was CIA-people in the Hall. He was angry, but not in the way that he was screaming. The Hall was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/25/05 12:05 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The behavior you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/25/05 12:05 AM, anonymousff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The behavior you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Read the full gita text, quote after quote. Upon reading that, and in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 24, 2005, at 11:48 PM, anonymousff wrote: In all seriousness, what does anger or the lack thereof have to do with enlightenment? Are you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman/Attn Car

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SSRS said that he could get angry, but that it has a high cost. It's hard to imagine him getting angry, but I have seen him confront someone's organizational shortcomings in a very intense, focused manner that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why should I consider the Gita authoritative? Because you do? Hell no, boy, you should consider the Gita authoritative because the Bible says so. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, I believe you are miscasting this focussed intensity as anger -- the explosive, chaotic flaming thing. These are two very different

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- Rory Goff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why should I consider the Gita authoritative? Because you do? Hell no, boy, you should consider the Gita authoritative because the Bible says so. Well, we all know

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/25/05 12:35 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Ingegerd
As Enlightened, He should be beyond fear. Better for the SCI-Guys, if they were present, to listen to the knowledge than being hit by MMYs frustration and the whole audience was hit by the frustration as well. It was really paranoid, as you said. Ingegerd Not to comment on MMY's paranoia or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- TurquoiseB

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, uns_tressor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
It is great posts like this that make FFL worth reading. Thanks Anon, nice job. --- anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip ??? Anger, like all other experience, is a relative thing. While someone in Unity may well be one with the anger, you can make a case that the analysis of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] So Sparig, while you are correct that Atman is not disturbed by anger (fear or craving), also the mind (manas) of the self-realized is not agitated and distured, overcome, lost, become unglued or unfocused by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ingegerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As Enlightened, He should be beyond fear. Better for the SCI-Guys, if they were present, to listen to the knowledge than being hit by MMYs frustration and the whole audience was hit by the frustration as well. It was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Rory Goff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, we all know that God wrote the bible, but who in the hell wrote that thar Gita thang? Could be the devil, don't know. Wanna be prudent. Of COURSE it was the devil, or one of them false gods, since my God is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Either that or it could mean that your assumption about Maharishi's enlightenment is incorrect. :-) Just joking around

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] So Sparig, while you are correct that Atman is not disturbed by anger (fear or craving), also the mind (manas) of the self-realized is not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Either that or it could mean that your assumption about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread TurquoiseB
Is there anything you consider authoritative? One's own personal experience...for the person experiencing it. I personally am suspicious of my own personal experiences in many cases... To each his own. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman/Attn Cardmeister

2005-06-25 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Cardmeister, do you know what the sanskrit word is that is being translated as anger in English? I think it's krodha. 1 krodha m. anger ,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman/Attn Cardmeister

2005-06-25 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Cardmeister, do you know what the sanskrit word is that is being

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Think it's time to bail on the conversation! I'm going to go out and buy two new resonance heads for my 12 tom and my 16 tom. Think I'll get clear Ambassador's. I've got pinstripes on the top. Nice full, sound with lots of bottom

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 25, 2005, at 10:08 AM, t3rinity wrote: Why only connected to it? Why not BE it? When referring to separateness it is helpful to point out that you can BE connected. We have to refere to separateness, when we

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Usually joy and love are held to be more life-supporting... Usually there are three gunas. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman/Attn Cardmeister

2005-06-25 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Maharishi's translation: Pondering on objects of the senses, a man develops attachment for them; from attachment springs up desire, and desire gives rise to anger. From anger arises delusion; from delusion

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, within MMY's framework, any behavior that is detrimental to further spiritual growth is inconsistent with enlightenment... Wait, I had to read this a few times. Is this like saying that any behaviour that is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread t3rinity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally am suspicious of my own personal experiences in many cases... I completely understand... To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anger and Self-Realized, Liberated Sages/Yogis Absorbed in Brahman

2005-06-25 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't the Gita also say that there are no marks by which you could recognize an enlightened? Ooops, I was probably thinking of II.54, but

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