[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL Sutras

2006-03-04 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>May I take a stab at integrating your insights/realizations/ >>\knowledge -- which btw, relate beyond point 3.3 -- into the >>perenial DRAFT FFL Sutras, v1.1? >Or you could masturbate in public. Both acti

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Course Fees and The Real Goals of the Movement

2006-03-06 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Dean Goodman > wrote: > > > > Dear Fairfield Lifers, > > > > In response to the recent discussions on this list about > > the TM course fee [Why does T/M cost so much to

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Course Fees and The Real Goals of the Movement

2006-03-06 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldL

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Course Fees and The Real Goals of the Movement

2006-03-06 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:20 PM, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > An insight that may be useful in this discussion is what economists > > refer to as "consumer surplus". It is the differenc

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Course Fees and The Real Goals of the Movement

2006-03-06 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > > wrote: > > > > > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Course Fees and The Real Goals of the Movement

2006-03-06 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:40 PM, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > Yes, that is the point -- $2500 + of value for $200, yielding $2300+ > > of consumer sruplus. IF you percieve SSRS's Sahaj

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Course Fees and The Real Goals of the Movement

2006-03-06 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:25 PM, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > But it has some new age and hindu "baggage" -- a plus for some, a big > > minus for others. For example one is encouraged,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Virgin Transatlantic Fly the Yogic Way

2006-03-08 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is this a spoof? > > http://www.glossynews.com/artman/publish/Branson-yogi-14062005.shtml If you are sincerely asking, I think you need to get out a bit more, get a bit more fresh air, perhaps. :) from article --

[FairfieldLife] Re: St Louis judges sentence dubes to TM

2006-03-08 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > I'm going to be out of town on the 16th, otherwise I'd > > go to the Broward county courthouse and do a set of > > asanas for the judge and some rapid pranayam

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bhakti -- the double-edged sword

2006-03-09 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently this thread earlier dealt with MDG being a bhakti of MMY. > There's no way Michael would be allowed to represent the mov't in any > way whatsoever given his various extracurriculars. Michael D. Go

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest press conference

2006-03-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
Well, TM was officially banned in Indonesia in the mid 70's (during/just after Mario and Gabby Urtsin (sp), powerhouse german teachers, taught there). I assume it is still banned. And assume that it is banned in any number of other Islamic countries. I am guessing it would not be an easy sell in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest press conference

2006-03-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, TM was officially banned in Indonesia in the mid 70's > (during/just after Mario and Gabby Urtsin (sp), powerhouse german > teachers, taught there). I assume it is still banned. And ass

[FairfieldLife] Shrine in Varanasi, India, is considered holy by Hindus and Muslims alike

2006-03-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
Braids of Faith at Baba's Temple: A Hindu-Muslim Idyll, NYTimes By SOMINI SENGUPTA Published: March 17, 2006 VARANASI, India — They came to banish ghosts, find a cure for eczema, seek succor for a cheating husband or an unruly child. Their feet bare, their heads covered, the believers, both Hindu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest press conference

2006-03-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "peterklutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maybe its different with the generation I understand you belong to - > that big spoiled, lard-assed congregation of whining no-gooders born > just after WWII, whose sole accomplishment was to roll in the mud at > W

[FairfieldLife] Combining Several FFL Favorite Topics

2006-03-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
Iraqi cleric wants gays killed in "most severe way" 03.16.2006 12:00 AM EST In the midst of sectarian violence that threatens to drag Iraq into civil war, the country's influential Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has issued a violent death order against gays and lesbians on his Web si

[FairfieldLife] Women Spreading Their Eggs

2006-03-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
Women touting their bodies to sell dream of the perfect child >From James Bone in New York THE unnamed women post their photographs and vital statistics on the internet to sell their services. No 844, a 26-year-old aspiring banker of English descent with a 34in bust, straight brown hair and high

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Ides of March Attachment Test :-)

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > So there'

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest press conference

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Demacracy has never worked in any population larger than Athens. But its never really been tried in many areas, like the US. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Join modern day d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Those pro-war shouldn't waste their time protesting. They should en > masse head for the nearest recruiting station and enlist, in the > infantry. Thats an interesting perspective. Do you feel that the underlyin

[FairfieldLife] Socrates -- Know Thy Self

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
"Socrates is best known for two words: "Know Thyself." His command takes on more significance when you understand one of the most important values in Greek culture: areté. Translated as "virtue," the word actually means something closer to "being the best you can be," or "reaching your highest hum

[FairfieldLife] LIVING REALITY -- James Braha site

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
http://www.jamesbraha.com/home.html Pictures -- Including Vashti -- James' wife and FFL contibutor http://www.jamesbraha.com/photos.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing htt

[FairfieldLife] The Value of Striving and Seeking

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
"You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need." "The very search for pleasure is the cause of pain." If you are seeking what is the truth about yourself, then realize that what you are seeking you already are that, in totality. The false believe in a so cal

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Striving and Seeking

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
Fairfield Life focuses on topics of interest to SEEKERS of truth and liberation everywhere. FFL Masthead Thats perhaps the problem. A band of merry seekers. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "You will receive everything

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 3/19/06 4:12:53 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Should the principal apply to all policies --for example, if you want > to reduce marlaria in Africa, go fly there with some mos

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > > > > > Again, not interested in answering your questions. Sorry. > > > > > > > > > Again

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > Well clearly your "shoulds" end incontradiction, so that fact that > you > > are comfor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Ides of March Attachment Test :-)

2006-03-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At one point in one of Michael's diatribes at me for > having questioned something he said, he declared that > it was really Nature who was dumping on me; he was > just passing on Nature's displeasure. Michael sit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Anti war Rally draws thousands?

2006-03-20 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > -

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Striving and Seeking

2006-03-20 Thread anon_astute_ff
Some of us are finders. But, you have a bug up your ass about that, too. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fairfield Life focuses on topics of interest to SEEKERS of truth and > liberation everywhere. > > FFL Masthead

[FairfieldLife] Re: Phase to say when someone is dying

2006-03-22 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From a friend. Anyone know the answer to this?: > > I've heard that there is some phrase that helps someone passing on .that > is to be whispered to them as they pass. Do you know of this? > > Looks like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Phase to say when someone is dying

2006-03-22 Thread anon_astute_ff
And god forbid you raise your stick and run after Sal. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > > wrote: > > > > > > Try running aft

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-23 Thread anon_astute_ff
Perhaps you are mixing apples and oranges. How many "elites" -- for simplicity lets say those making over $300,000 /year, go to the local, ubiquitous type of kinda funky yoga studio at the local small mall? Not many. They go to an expensive health club or spa to learn the same thing. Many other

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
ress it up nice and charge > more for it is just an indication of how far out > of touch the TM movement is. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > > > Perhaps you are mixing apples and oranges. How many "elites" -- for >

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 24, 2006, at 10:24 AM, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > And while I am not saying it will happen, my point is that its quite a > > closed mind to say absolutely that it is outside the r

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 24, 2006, at 10:24 AM, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > And while I am not saying it will happen, my point is that its quite a > > closed mind to say absolutely that it is outside the realm

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The people who are looking for the "spiritually hip" kind of an oxymoron. I wanna be "spiritual" but my ego needs to feel "hip". To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.ya

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > Do your friends laugh at the shriner hospitals BTW? > > > > Do you think rajas are like shriner hospitals? I have seen many laugh > at shriner circuses

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 24, 2006, at 11:04 AM, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mar 24, 2006, at 10:24 AM, anon_astute_f

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > The people who are looking for the

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 24, 2006, at 10:51 AM, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > MMY actually does a lot of things in a classy way -- perhaps too > > polished for many of our tastes. > > Sterile,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Phase to say when someone is dying

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "brahmachari108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > From a friend. Anyone know the answer to this?: > > > > I've heard that there is some phrase that helps someone passing on.that > > is to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" wrote: > > > > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Elites/rich people are typically penny pinchers. They go out of > their way to save the odd dollar. Uh huh. Thats why they shop at Nordstroms and stay at $500 / night hotels. I am not saying they are not looking o

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_couscous_ff > wrote: > > > > I often appreciate your point of view which recognizes the value of > > the technique and the notion that some things are at least within > the >

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > > > > > > I

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In what way is SSRS more popular? I just saw an interview with HHDL on CNN. Quite nice in itself. But in a follow up interview with the DL interviewer, he mentioned "meditation", and said "whether its Transcendental

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
d, mindless and > counterproductive". That is just observable "outcome". > > But clearly you are more hopeful about the TMO and I have no > interest in undermining your positivity and trust; But I just need > an outlet for my own sense of disappointment. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But clearly you are more hopeful about the TMO I said I think there is less than a 10% chance the TMO will be successful in the "elite" market in ten years. Thats not particularly "hopeful". Actually, "hope" has noth

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sure. But I'm assuing there is SOME rationale for the rajah's funny > hats besides MMY's need to be surrounded by kings... Have the anti-crown crowd, or "its just anarchaic mideval thing" observers, had a face to fa

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sure. But I&

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > Perhaps large slanty crowns and head pieces actually reflect an > > > eternal value of virtue and wisdom.

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > In what way is SSRS more popular? > > > > > > He's popular among people whose dark auras are offended by the light > of TM...the poison S

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF neighborhood meditation halls, : Global Family Chat March 18th

2006-03-24 Thread anon_astute_ff
Yes, the deep compassion is awe-inspiring. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's always so refreshing to see how those who are the most > enthusiastic about TM are also those who show such understanding and > open-mindedness to other ways of th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-04 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister > wrote: > > > > > > > > > In my understanding Shrii Shankara is thought > > > to have been born somewh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-04 Thread anon_astute_ff
> > In a message dated 4/3/06 4:40:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > my understanding Shrii Shankara is thought > to have been born somewhere in the southern > parts of India. If that's the case, I wonder how likely > it is that his native language was one of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-04 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my understanding Shrii Shankara is thought > to have been born somewhere in the southern > parts of India. If that's the case, I wonder how likely > it is that his native language was one of the > Dravidian languag

[FairfieldLife] Re: something about our inner world

2006-04-04 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ankur Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > there are lot of hidden truths that are still to be discovered and that lies > with in the subtel layers of our conciousness. The more we go deeper, the more facts comes in front of us. i am doing some spiritual p

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shankara's native language?

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
"Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > The first and original Shankara is Lord Shiva - the Adi Shankara. > Shankara in his lifetime was referred to as Acharya Shree. > Pardon... but how do you know this for sure? Are you suggesting it is incorrect to refer to Shankara as Adi Shankara?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Churning the Milk Ocean

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The most popular version of the Indian myth 'Churning the Milk Ocean' > is found in the Eighth Canto of the Bhagavata Purana. In Buddhist > mythology, Amrita is the drink of the gods, which grants them > imm

[FairfieldLife] Re: ASSC 10

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course, TM never gets much play there, eventhough half the > meditation researchers use MMY's theory of enlightenment progression > as a starting point for their own theories. > You think his theory is original? Didn

[FairfieldLife] Re: Declaration of Loyalty to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Said I'd post this if I found it. If you haven't signed yours yet, > please send it in soon :-) > > Declaration of Loyalty to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > > (to be signed by the teacher of TM) > > It is my privilege Maharishi,

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO Insider's Report

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
> On Apr 5, 2006, at 8:44 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: > > > Vaj wrote: > > > Which matha are you particularly referring to? > > > > > The matha at Sringeri, the headquarters of the Saraswati sampradaya, > > the Dasanami sect founded by the Shakaracharya. Sringeri was the > > headquarters matha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Churning the Milk Ocean

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > anon_astute_ff wrote: > > Interesting how people want to assume that Soma is current > > hallucinogens. > > > Hallucinogen ingestion has existed since the begin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Declaration of Loyalty to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > anon_astute_ff wrote: > > Who in the Holy Tradition would ever accept money for such? > > > Most all Holy Traditions in India accept money for operational > expen

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO Insider's Report

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > anon_astute_ff wrote: > > If it is not available to non-initiates how would mahesh > > know this information? > > > By getting himself initiated into the tan

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO Insider's Report

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 4/5/06 12:30 PM, Richard J. Williams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > anon_astute_ff wrote: > >> If it is not available to non-initiates how would mahesh > >> know this in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Declaration of Loyalty to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2006-04-06 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > anon_astute_ff wrote: > > If you have read the Bhagavata then you should know what > > it says about one who sells this secret knowledge. > > > If it's s

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO Insider's Report

2006-04-06 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sparaig wrote: > > You're being rather vague here Judy. > > > Some people just feel better when they have someone to talk to, I guess. > > > Was this intentional...? > > > Well, I think it was her intentio

[FairfieldLife] Pseudo-advaita and "unqualified" Satsang Service Providers

2006-04-11 Thread anon_astute_ff
The Dangers of Pseudo-advaita by Aziz on the proliferation of "unqualified" Satsang Service Providers (Similar material from Aziz, annotated and linked, can be found at The Wanderling's site, but without the additional material at the bottom) We would like to express our concern regarding the rece

[FairfieldLife] Talking Advaita

2006-04-11 Thread anon_astute_ff
EXPRESSIONS (OR PARTIAL INTUITIONS AND LIMITED FORESHADOWINGS) OF THE SEVENTH STAGE OF LIFE A.The Tradition of Advaita Vedanta 1.The Ancient Advaitic (or Non-Dualist) Tradition, Shankara, and the Tradition of Shankara 2.Modern Teachers of Advaitism What Is Required to Realize the Non-Dual T

[FairfieldLife] The Seven Stages of Life

2006-04-11 Thread anon_astute_ff
For the clueless Trinity. http://beezone.com/AdiDa/7Stages/7_stages_of_life.html The Seven Stages of Life The teachings of Adi Da Samraj as it relates to the development of the human individual It is the Truth upon which the Way of Radical Understanding or Divine Ignorance, as Taught by Mast

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > > > > > > > > > But you're welcome to it if it floats your boat. > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess there is simply no choice. > > > > > > > > > > See? Th

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great 2 cents. Here's mine. We're talking about > identification, right, If still identifed you are. >in different states of > attention. Some prefer to identify with the > POV of the state of attention in which

[FairfieldLife] Personality, was Value of Tradition

2006-02-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
The manifestation of the personality is related to our own particular balance of our 5 elements. If our elements are balanced, then our personality will be balanced. Our elements are also related to how our individual karma manifests in the relative. Therefore it is important to understand ou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Personality, was Value of Tradition

2006-02-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > > The manifestation of the personality is related to our own > particular balance of our 5 > > eleme

[FairfieldLife] Re: Personality, was Value of Tradition

2006-02-18 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldL

[FairfieldLife] Re: So what do you all think of THESE experiences.

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An awful lot of "I" still having THESE experiences, > yes? Does anything other than "I" ever have experiences? > --- abutilon108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > anon_couscous_f

[FairfieldLife] Re: So what do you all think of THESE experiences.

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_astute_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > wrote: > > > > An awful lot of "I" still having THESE experiences, > > yes? > > Does anything other than "I&q

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_on_you_i_piss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff > > > wr

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > Whatever floats your boat. :-) > > > > As long as we're dealing with speculation, I > > think you're pretty heavily invested in not > > being respon

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In MY opinion, it's all about [MY] preference -- which > of the many congruent and simultaneously manifesting > "realities" [I] choose to focus on. MY preference is > to focus on the one that seems the most productiv

[FairfieldLife] Re: TruthAboutTM.com

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2006, at 9:22 AM, feste37 wrote: > > > > > I have heard essentially the same story, from a reliable source. > > > There were several incidents in which

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > someone who in your view does not *have* free will "YOU" as does every"ONE" has freewill. When there is no"ONE" no"YOU" [claiming experiencer and doer] the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity wrote: > > > > IOW if you look at it from the ego POV, there are lots of > > mistakes and limitations, if you look from the POV of the > > Self there aren't, everything

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity wrote: > > > > IOW if you look at it from the ego POV, there are lots of > > mistakes and limitations, if you look from the POV of the > > Self there aren't, everything

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As acts go, I think that's one suits me better than > yours, which seems to consist of shouting, "It's not > me, not me. 'I' don't like...it's the universe doing > all this stuff. Not responsible." :-) The body "

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suspect at least part of the resistance to the idea > that one isn't in control is that > one doesn't want to > have to give up the credit for the latter. Thats impossible. The "I" will never give up the credit

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, foufou_fl wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Value of Tradition

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > > > > > > > Yup. It's also *s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Genuine DL quote?

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister > wrote: > > > > "If it was possible to become free of negative emotions by a riskless > > implementation of an electrode - without impairing intelligence and > > th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Genuine DL quote?

2006-02-19 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2006, at 10:56 AM, hugheshugo wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ > > > wrote: > > >

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