[FairfieldLife] Re: if you want to know movement's future...

2008-03-14 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Vaj > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 9:18 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: if you want to know move

[FairfieldLife] Confused aboiut Swami-G (was Re: Guru Dev's deathbed instructions to Maharishi)

2007-06-18 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sounds like my normal day ;-) Me too. Well at least the yawning bit. And people do tend to say 'Ha' in my ear quite a lot... Geoff > --- qntmpkt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ---G's symptoms of being "on the path":

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aryan Invasion

2008-05-14 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is a site that argues for the idea that the Aryan > invasions were genocidal. > > http://www.light1998.com/The-Bible-of-Aryan-Invasions/bibai1.html > > Here is a site that debunks the idea: > > http://www

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do we eva te subjective experiences? was:Some people who reached cc

2008-05-15 Thread coulsong2001
Great topic Curtis. I fully agree with you that these sorts of experience can be very compelling. Off the top of my head here are some orthogonal 'scales' on which the evaluation of a subjective experience might be situated: 1. Realness (vague->real): How real does the experience seem? Is Guru

[FairfieldLife] Re: Discussion with Judy about Guru Dev and

2007-04-04 Thread coulsong2001
I hardly ever post here, but I read FFL quite a bit and I absolutely second Rory and New.morning here. I'm no true believer, but I'm a great fan of Judy's incisive thinking and writing. Apart from when things get too convoluted (e.g. in the Barry-Judy wars), I enjoy almost all of her posts. So

[FairfieldLife] Re: Help a Saint - Lose Your Badge

2011-06-22 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra wrote: > > > > You don't acknowledge self realization as anything special anyway, so you > > can't have it both ways, can't push against something that according to y

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote: ... > I don't think the Turing test helps. Barry may look > and act in a way that is indistinguishable from a > regular human being - but the question of whether > there IS such a thing as "being Barry" is a fact about > the world (ei

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-04 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "coulsong2001" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote: > > ... > > > > > I don'

[FairfieldLife] Re: A solution to the Barry/Judy war

2010-01-25 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > Whenever either of them wants to respond to the other, what they should do is > this: > > Write your nasty, bileous response. Pour it all out there on the keyboard. > But just when you're finished and ready to click on the "send

[FairfieldLife] MMY on Vedic Cognition (was Re: a Spiritual Master?)

2006-03-30 Thread coulsong2001
In the below Barry says that "Buddhism believes that the universe is eternal, and that there has never been and will never be a moment in which the universe was not manifest and created." In fact, I've noticed (while lurking) that he quite often makes this assertion. But it's my impression tha

[FairfieldLife] MMY on Vedic Cognition (was Re: a Spiritual Master?)

2006-03-30 Thread coulsong2001
ions rather than on the specific questions themselves. As you say, your view is that thinking about them is a total waste of time (this, apparently, is indeed a common view in Buddhist traditions). And yet you have obviously thought about this one at least and come to a specific conclusion. :-) Reg

[FairfieldLife] MMY on Vedic Cognition (was Re: a Spiritual Master?)

2006-03-30 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "coulsong2001" > wrote: > > > Here is an example of an indeterminate question that is easy to > > spot as such: Suppose a fi

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Taco Bell Canon, updated

2006-08-30 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My favourite "fag voice" blooper was when they made a tape > celebrating the United States and they went over each of the 50 > states, saying for each something like: "...and we light the light > of Missouri...a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jody from Guruphiliac blog on TM

2006-11-16 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's absolutely immaterial "how many", what is most important is that > there is no bias and that the researchers understand the spectrum of > meditation practice, not merely a single, isolated brand or technique > t