[FairfieldLife] Compersion

2010-04-07 Thread stevelf
Enjoy this well-written article. IMO, it is at the core of spirituality, or, at least, of mine. I am sharing it with my fellow ru -seeker-types, and am interested in your responses. Please be open, A crazy little thing called... By Eric Francis For Valentine's Day, I have a word for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?

2010-04-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jstein@ wrote: snip Considering the extraordinarily mean-spirited viciousness the usual suspects have been gratuitously directing at her, she's been quite restrained. You

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Do you share this belief about yourself,is that why you are so quick to defend him? BREAKING NEWS: You don't have to share a person's

[FairfieldLife] Occultism 101

2010-04-07 Thread TurquoiseB
Or, The Science of Sucking Energy and the Art of Pretending You're Not Doing It I have some rare time in my work schedule to sit in a cafe and rap this morning, so I'm going to rap about something that doesn't get discussed here much, and almost never got discussed in Maharishi's teachings --

[FairfieldLife] Put your attention on this!

2010-04-07 Thread Hugo
Psychiatrist's Research Finds You Really Can Feel a Person's Stare Paper by Dr. Colin A. Ross Explains How to Measure the Eye's Electromagnetic Energy http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/iw/SIG=10sag4rou/*http://www.market\ wire.com/ Press Release Source: Colin A. Ross Institute for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Brahmasthan of India Update

2010-04-07 Thread Vaj
I love the smell of poured concrete in the morning. On Apr 6, 2010, at 9:22 PM, Yifu Xero wrote: --- On Tue, 3/30/10, Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation vedicpand...@maharishi.net wrote: From: Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation vedicpand...@maharishi.net

[FairfieldLife] Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread cardemaister
I think there are at least two possible basic reasons, why many modern Indian gurus despise paatañjala-yoga-siddhis: 1. The negative influence of Islam and Christianity 2. Many gurus might not be that fluent in Sanskrit...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Occultism 101

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
TurquoiseB: Occult energy is not the same thing as shakti... You have employed circular logic. In logic, you cannot define a term by using another, undefined term. In this case, you have said that 'the 'occult' is not the 'shakti', neither of which has been defined. You seem to have a

[FairfieldLife] Great Britain: Maharishi Peace Palace update - Construction start

2010-04-07 Thread nablusoss1008
[News] WORLD NEWS Positive Trends http://www.globalgoodnews.com/ Success Stories http://www.globalgoodnews.com/global-news-success.html Flops http://www.globalgoodnews.com/global-news-flops.html Agriculture http://www.globalgoodnews.com/environmental-news.html Business

[FairfieldLife] Re: So-called patriotic Republicans have for over 40 years been the enemies of a

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
You must be joking! Conservatives don't have a voice in California politics. All the state offices are in the hands of the pro-union Democrats that you helped elect. Wrong. We even have a conservative governor... Joe: Indeed he does! He's just not making sense today... What

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread TurquoiseB
Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis? I pose this as a question for those on this forum who might fall into that category, and look forward to their answers. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread Vaj
On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:23 AM, cardemaister wrote: I think there are at least two possible basic reasons, why many modern Indian gurus despise paatañjala-yoga-siddhis: 1. The negative influence of Islam and Christianity 2. Many gurus might not be that fluent in Sanskrit... One of the reasons

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Do you share this belief about yourself,is that why you are so

[FairfieldLife] Re: So-called patriotic Republicans have for over 40 years been the enemies of a democratic USA

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
All the state offices are in the hands of the pro-union Democrats that you helped elect. Bhairitu: Wrong... So, you didn't vote in California elections - I thought so. Maybe you should get out more! Get smart and read some reports; vote in national and state elections, or something.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Occultism 101

2010-04-07 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Or, The Science of Sucking Energy and the Art of Pretending You're Not Doing It snip The Basics Occult energy is not the same thing as shakti. Apples and oranges. You've seen many on this forum who have had

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: snip true beliefs. He almost sounds like he has some common sense about the limits of his personal power. Actually, I think he was mocking people like you, Curtis, right down to your propensity to make

[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
bill: The designation Dakini is also found in Hindu tradition... Maybe so, but the term 'dakini' is a Tibetan Buddhist designation. A dakini pertains to the 'Wisdom' aspect of Buddhadharma, which ontologicaly is *passive* in nature. From what I've read, there are no passive aspects to any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: But you and Curtis are countering it with an argument from personal incredulity as to whether such a new thing is possible, so I figure we're even. This mischaractorization would have worked better if you had not already

RE: [FairfieldLife] Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:49 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1 On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:23 AM, cardemaister wrote: I think

Re: [FairfieldLife] Brahmasthan of India Update

2010-04-07 Thread It's just a ride
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: I love the smell of poured concrete in the morning. On Apr 6, 2010, at 9:22 PM, Yifu Xero wrote: --- On *Tue, 3/30/10, Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation vedicpand...@maharishi.net* wrote: From: Brahmananda Saraswati

[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?

2010-04-07 Thread authfriend
Bar, if you're going to spend your precious free time writing fiction, don't you think it would be more productive to use it trying to finish your novel? I mean, at least in that case you'd be more likely to obtain the willing suspension of disbelief that's required for fiction to be appreciated.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread Vaj
On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:47 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis? So you can imagine your ego is connected to world events, like earthquakes, hurricanes, the stock market and stuff like that. It's expansion of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Do you share this belief about yourself,is that why you are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
I think there are at least two possible basic reasons, why many modern Indian gurus despise paatañjala-yoga-siddhis: TurquoiseB: Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis? I pose this as a question for those on this forum

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread Vaj
On Apr 7, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Rick Archer wrote: Just to play devil's advocate, if Patanjali had been against siddhis, why would he have devoted one chapter of a four chapter book on how to perform them? First of all, it's a compilation of what was known in his time. Since yogic texts

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Occultism 101

2010-04-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Or, The Science of Sucking Energy and the Art of Pretending You're Not Doing It snip The Basics Occult energy is not the same thing as shakti.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues

[FairfieldLife] Re: Occultism 101

2010-04-07 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: I once had occasion to chat with an actress once nominated for an Academy Award. In person she was *not* all that beautiful or attractive, but sitting with her I could not help but notice that *every* eye in the room was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
TurquoiseB: It's the exact same act as Willytex's, and run for exactly the same reason... Not exactly. Actually, the purpose of my posts are to get people thinking about what they believe, or not. Most of the time, their epistemological and metaphysical statements will be found to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bret Stephens asks what's the next panic ? Any ideas?

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
sgray: Herewith, then, I propose a readers' contest to invent the next panic... This year, the debt will reach 63 percent of GDP, a ratio that has ignited crises in smaller wealthy nations. Fiscal crises gripped Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Ireland when their debts were below

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis? Well, according to Maadhava VidyaaraNya's Shankara-dig- vijaya, the Great Shankara himself utilized cittasya

[FairfieldLife] Re: Occultism 101

2010-04-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I once had occasion to chat with an actress once nominated for an Academy Award. In person she was *not* all that beautiful or attractive, but sitting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: Continuing on this woo woo ray tangent (I am generally quite rational and skeptical), in these universal love states i can sense the personality of trees and plants. Quite distinct entities. And my love for them seems felt

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis? Well, according to Maadhava VidyaaraNya's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Occultism 101

2010-04-07 Thread emptybill
Why bother saying *Tantra* when the associations with the word are so numerous. J.S.G - Jesus says 'Gupta' ... ... because it's so succinct Gupta! Gupta! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: TurquoiseB: Occult energy is not the same thing as shakti... You

[FairfieldLife] Re: Occultism 101

2010-04-07 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I once had occasion to chat with an actress once nominated for an Academy Award.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip Here you are huffing and puffing, and he's chortling. My opinions are huffing and puffing? What an odd characterization.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread tartbrain
Thanks for the reply. More later. But I do classify such experiences in the realm of poetry and art. its like is a simile -- like that -- not a metaphor (is that). But I am open to the possibility that it is metaphor. (sorry if I hosed the use of these words, simile an metaphor) --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: But you and Curtis are countering it with an argument from personal incredulity as to whether such a new thing is possible, so I figure we're

[FairfieldLife] Re: Occultism 101

2010-04-07 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Sophia Loren -- in her prime, even now, can turn on a beam seen a 100 miles away. A silent serene sort of beaming. But I sense in her personal

[FairfieldLife] All the rage - Where all this right-wing paranoia is heading

2010-04-07 Thread do.rflex
[This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow] Cartoon: http://www.salon.com/ent/comics/this_modern_world/2010/04/06/this_modern\ _world/story.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: snip Patanjali actually states These experiences resulting from samyama are obstacles to samadhi, but appear to be attainments or powers to the worldly mind. From the perspective of MMY's teaching on how to practice the sutras,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?

2010-04-07 Thread emptybill
Yep, a real american nath explanation of yogic history. I believe they call their West pond lineage - *'Merika Nathing Ness* to distinguish it from the Buddhists. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Note: Apparently the Hindus were often observed overhearing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread Bhairitu
cardemaister wrote: I think there are at least two possible basic reasons, why many modern Indian gurus despise paatañjala-yoga-siddhis: 1. The negative influence of Islam and Christianity 2. Many gurus might not be that fluent in Sanskrit... It's simple because siddhis are not part of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: So-called patriotic Republicans have for over 40 years been the enemies of a democratic USA

2010-04-07 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: All the state offices are in the hands of the pro-union Democrats that you helped elect. Bhairitu: Wrong... So, you didn't vote in California elections - I thought so. Maybe you should get out more! Get smart and read some reports; vote in national

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread Bhairitu
Something more interesting to do other than chop wood and carry water. :-D TurquoiseB wrote: Card, with all due respect, a more relevant question might be, Why would anyone *want* siddhis? I pose this as a question for those on this forum who might fall into that category, and look

[FairfieldLife] Request from a friend to my sister forwarded to me

2010-04-07 Thread Rick Archer
Hi Carol, I know you have an extensive email list, I was wondering if you could forward something on for me, attached is a link to a friends art project/music video that they entered into a contest. They used me for a lot of the film and it would really help them to win the contest, the more

[FairfieldLife] Re: Occultism 101

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
bill: Gupta! Gupta! History in India begins with the historical Buddha - everything before that is considered to be pre-history, and is almost entirely specualative. The Gupta Empire was an Ancient Indian empire which existed approximately from 320 to 550 CE and covered much of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brahmasthan of India Update

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
I love the smell of poured concrete in the morning. Tom: ...plans for the many villages of pundits along the Ganges (many of the villages actually built, Jabalpur is bordered on the east by the Narmada River, (not the Ganges), upon which the Acharya Gaudapada once dwelt and where he

[FairfieldLife] Interviews needed: Your Two Selves

2010-04-07 Thread jpgillam
I'm doing some research for a book. Perhaps people here would have stories to contribute. I'm looking for stories that illustrate the presence of the non-changing self. For example, I had a coworker who said, upon hearing a cancer diagnosis, that she felt as if the news was being told to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread yifuxero
One of my Teachers - Hsuan Hua - stated that when he was living in Hong Kong (10 years?...I've forgotten); no typhoons hit the City due to the fact that he was using siddhis to block or dissipate the typhoons. Although he rarely used siddhis to directly impact the physical world; he regularly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Interviews needed: Your Two Selves

2010-04-07 Thread yifuxero
Right...but the actor is Shakti (refer to the dancing Kali on the immobile body of Shiva). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgil...@... wrote: I'm doing some research for a book. Perhaps people here would have stories to contribute. I'm looking for stories that illustrate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote: One of my Teachers - Hsuan Hua - stated that when he was living in Hong Kong (10 years?...I've forgotten); no typhoons hit the City due to the fact that he was using siddhis to block or dissipate the typhoons. Although he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:33 AM, tartbrain wrote: Continuing on this woo woo ray tangent (I am generally quite rational and skeptical), in these universal love states i can sense the personality of trees and plants. Quite distinct entities. And my love for them seems felt -- and they seem

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip Here you are huffing and puffing, and he's chortling. My

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: But you and Curtis are countering it with an argument from personal

[FairfieldLife] Release the Kraken!

2010-04-07 Thread Yifu Xero
- Subject: Release the Kraken! http://www.mediaite.com/online/release-the-kraken-the-internet-has-a-fun-new-media-meme/2/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread yifuxero
Quite true! I had (and still do) some major differences of opinion with Hsuan Hua. I'm hoping to acquire Siddhis to be able to predict the future, especially the stocks, commodities and most important, the Forex markets. Among the Gurus claiming or implying that they have Siddhis, I have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread Bhairitu
This is how siddhis are used in my tantric tradition. For example we learn the maran siddhis to help someone who has supposedly had a maran spell cast on them. yifuxero wrote: One of my Teachers - Hsuan Hua - stated that when he was living in Hong Kong (10 years?...I've forgotten); no

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote: One of my Teachers - Hsuan Hua - stated that when he was living in Hong Kong (10 years?...I've forgotten); no typhoons hit the City due to the fact that he was using siddhis to block or dissipate the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
he regularly used them to offset subtle negative influences, such as evil spirits and elementals... TurquoiseB: I think you meant to say that he *believed* that he was dispelling subtle negative influences You're a True Believer (TB) - nothing in your report below suggests that

[FairfieldLife] Gov’t Mule — Beautifully Broken (When Doves Cry)

2010-04-07 Thread do.rflex
Bringing out my old inner hippie... Heart toucher with a ripper guitar break http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APpwPls-pMA Why did you leave me here standing? Stranded out in the cold? Maybe I'm just 2 demanding Maybe I'm just like my father 2 bold Maybe you're just like my mother She's never

[FairfieldLife] Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread Rick Archer
from a friend Did you hear that Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now, who is 83 and gay just found out through DNA testing that he has a 53 year old son. I know that I should not be gossiping but oy. I heard it on the Wayne Dyer show, they are friends and Ram said it was OK to tell everyone. Be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
yifuxero: Among the Gurus claiming or implying that they have Siddhis, I have difficulty fathoming why they would then beg for money from their followers... That's because manifesting $$$ and begging from your followers are one and the same thing, but begging is a little easier, if you're

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread WillyTex
Bhairitu: This is how siddhis are used in my tantric tradition. For example we learn the maran siddhis to help someone who has supposedly had a maran spell cast on them... That makes a lot of sense - casting a 'spell' on someone who has had a spell cast upon them. A spell to get rid of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip I call you on every personal slight just to underline

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: Bhairitu: This is how siddhis are used in my tantric tradition. For example we learn the maran siddhis to help someone who has supposedly had a maran spell cast on them... That makes a lot of sense - casting a 'spell' on someone who has had a spell cast upon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread John
That goes to show he is not completely gay. At best, he is bisexual, unless his son was conceived through in vitro fertilization. But this is not so unusual. There is vedic story stating that two rishis ejaculated their semen when they saw an apsara by the name of Urvasi. They preserved

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread shukra69
was this one born from a clay pot? or with another rishi? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: That goes to show he is not completely gay. At best, he is bisexual, unless his son was conceived through in vitro fertilization. But this is not so unusual. There is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread martyboi
That goes to show he is not completely gay. At best, he is bisexual, unless his son was conceived through in vitro fertilization. Jeesh, that's certainly a black and white may of looking at it. I happen to know a thing or two about gay people, and can tell you unequivocally that gay men are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 7, 2010, at 1:06 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: So unless you are proposing that the mechanism of what affects the world is some new thing If it affects the world, *of course* it's some new thing. You and Chopra, masters of the innuendo. Huh?? Innuendo of what? Something new.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, martyboi marty...@... wrote: John R: That goes to show he is not completely gay. At best, he is bisexual, unless his son was conceived through in vitro fertilization. Jeesh, that's certainly a black and white may of looking at it. Not to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: That goes to show he is not completely gay. At best, he is bisexual, unless his son was conceived through in vitro fertilization. Nonsense. Lots of gay men have fathered children, especially when they live in societies where

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread John
What struck me about John's statement is at best he is bisexual. One wonders what he conceives of as constituting at worst. A buy sexual?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread Bhairitu
Rick Archer wrote: from a friend Did you hear that Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now, who is 83 and gay just found out through DNA testing that he has a 53 year old son. I know that I should not be gossiping but oy. I heard it on the Wayne Dyer show, they are friends and Ram said it was OK to

[FairfieldLife] How the GOP Purged Me

2010-04-07 Thread do.rflex
How the GOP Purged Me by Chris Currey I am an old Republican. I am religious, yet not a fanatic. I am a free-marketer; yet, I believe in the role of the government as a fair evenhanded referee. I am socially conservative; yet, I believe that my lesbian niece and my gay grandchild should have

[FairfieldLife] Tax cuts extended for regular Americans - Not for the Rich

2010-04-07 Thread do.rflex
Upper-income people would lose tax cuts in Obama plan By Richard Wolf http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=532 , USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Fresh from raising taxes on upper-income Americans http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Places,+Geography/Countries/Un\

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread Duveyoung
How gay can one be if one can still get an erection for a gender that they are not oriented towards? Aren't homosexuals put off by the idea of hertosexuality to the same degree that heterosexuals are put off -- not speaking morals here -- merely trying to see how this really works. Seems

[FairfieldLife] Ravi Shankar At 90: The Man And His Music : NPR

2010-04-07 Thread Rick Archer
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125507150 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125507150sc=emaf sc=emaf

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: How gay can one be if one can still get an erection for a gender that they are not oriented towards? Aren't homosexuals put off by the idea of hertosexuality to the same degree that heterosexuals are put off Some are, some

[FairfieldLife] Conservative Coburn tells truth about Fox

2010-04-07 Thread anatol_zinc
Conservative Coburn tells truth about Fox that they lie also, says Nancy is a nice person etc http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#36203608 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#36203608

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why do many gurus shun siddhis? Part 1

2010-04-07 Thread emptybill
The word is marana - death causing. Hindi speakers like to drop the last syllable if it is an *a*. Just remember it as *mrita/amrita*- mortal/immortal. This word is contain in many mantras along with *phat*, the so-called weapon bija, used to burn away dross and the armor mantra *hum*

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: How gay can one be if one can still get an erection for a gender that they are not oriented towards? Physical stimulation alone can create an erection, and one can close ones eyes and fantasize about the gender that one

[FairfieldLife] right wing violence

2010-04-07 Thread anatol_zinc
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#36203756

[FairfieldLife] Raw Acorn tapes

2010-04-07 Thread anatol_zinc
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#36204129

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread John
What struck me about John's statement is at best he is bisexual. One wonders what he conceives of as constituting at worst. A buy sexual?

[FairfieldLife] Found: Life that doesn't need oxygen

2010-04-07 Thread do.rflex
Zoologger: The mud creature that lives without oxygen New Scientist - 07 April 2010 Species name: Not yet assigned, but of the phylum Loricifera, genus Spinoloricus Habitat: Deep sediments lacking oxygen in the L'Atalante basin of the Mediterranean Sea south of Greece – and who knows where

[FairfieldLife] What is that buzzing?

2010-04-07 Thread ultrarishi
I have a friend who is a meditator and a fellow classmate in my thrice weekly yoga class. She has developed a buzzing sensation in what we would consider the third eye area. It comes up during yoga class when doing asanas. It comes up when she hears chanting. And, it comes up when she sits

Re: [FairfieldLife] What is that buzzing?

2010-04-07 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 7, 2010, at 7:47 PM, ultrarishi wrote: I have a friend who is a meditator and a fellow classmate in my thrice weekly yoga class. She has developed a buzzing sensation in what we would consider the third eye area. It comes up during yoga class when doing asanas. It comes up when

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ram Dass finds out that he is a father

2010-04-07 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, martyboi martyboi@ wrote: John R: That goes to show he is not completely gay. At best, he is bisexual, unless his son was conceived through in vitro fertilization.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Apr 7, 2010, at 9:33 AM, tartbrain wrote: Continuing on this woo woo ray tangent (I am generally quite rational and skeptical), in these universal love states i can sense the personality of trees and plants.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News

2010-04-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip BREAKING

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is that buzzing?

2010-04-07 Thread shukra69
its Shiva --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ultrarishi no_re...@... wrote: I have a friend who is a meditator and a fellow classmate in my thrice weekly yoga class. She has developed a buzzing sensation in what we would consider the third eye area. It comes up during yoga class when

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is that buzzing?

2010-04-07 Thread lurkernomore20002000
I believe it is called a pinealgasm, and occurs when the pineal gland begins to pleasure itself. The advice is pretty simple. When the pineal gland begins to pleasure itself, we do not mind. We take it as it comes. It is a normal, natural process. The pinealgasm may get weaker or stronger,