[FairfieldLife] The Miracle Of The Levitating Slinky

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/09/11/160933582/the-miracle-of-the-levitating-slinky

[FairfieldLife] Buddhist Meditation: A Management Skill?

NPR Morning Edition - A handful of executive MBA programs around the country â€" from Harvard to Michigan's Ross School of Business â€" are teaching students Buddhist meditation techniques. It's not necessarily about teaching spirituality, but focus. There's no way to quantify whether learning h

[FairfieldLife] Flu vaccine to be given to all UK children

What is the vedic position vis-a-vis vaccines? = Flu vaccine to be given to all UK children Nasal vaccination of children aged two to 17 may save up to 2,000 lives a year, say experts, and will cost £100m a year guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 25 July 2012 05.45 EDT All children are to

[FairfieldLife] Hagelin on the Higgs boson

Hagelin's discussion on the discovery of the Higgs boson from a theoretical physicist's perspective in the July 14 Maharishi Family Chat (http://streaming.mou.org/MOU2/chat/14_Jul_12.wmv) was most interesting. Can someone clip it and post it on the YouTube please? Thanks, Eustace -- The Medita

[FairfieldLife] Bhutan Bets Organic Agriculture Is The Road To Happiness

NPR July 31, 2012 03:52 pm by Eliza Barclay The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan drew international attention a few years back for saying gross national happiness should trump gross domestic product when measuring a nation's progress. If you're going to prioritize happiness, the Bhutanese think

[FairfieldLife] Crop circles appear in E. Washington wheat field

[In this July 30, 2012 photo provided by The Wilbur Register, crop circles are shown in a wheat field owned by Greg and Cindy Geib near Wilbur, Wash. The circles were first noticed on July 24, 2012. Crop circles have been a worldwide phenomenon for decades, and this is not the first one in Linco

[FairfieldLife] University professor to study life after death

A University of California, Riverside philosophy professor, John Martin Fischer, has been awarded a three-year, $5 million grant by the John Templeton Foundation to study just this topicâ€"and yes, students can take his class. Fischer noted in an email to Yahoo News, "Both I and my post-doc, Ben

[FairfieldLife] Russell Brand urges move away from methadone clinics to treat addicts

Drug addiction should be combated through abstinence-based recovery schemes, says comedian and actor on Newsnight Ben Quinn guardian.co.uk, Friday 10 August 2012 20.08 EDT Resources should be diverted away from methadone schemes and diverted towards abstinence-based recovery ini

[FairfieldLife] New app aims to reduce stress with slow breathing

New app aims to reduce stress with slow breathing By Natasha Baker | Reuters â€" 12 hrs ago TOKYO (Reuters) - Want to reduce stress and improve mental focus? A new app that promotes slow breathing may help. Called MyCalmBeat, the app uses a heart rate monitor that attaches to the ear to detect

[FairfieldLife] David Lynch: 'Sometimes the fish talks back to you'

David Lynch: 'Sometimes the fish talks back to you' If you thought David Lynch's films were weird, just wait till you hear him sing. Xan Brooks catches up with the surrealist maestro in the Paris workshop where he's plotting his next creative masterstroke Xan Brooks guardian.co.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A perfect example of failed Socialism-Greece!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" wrote: > > Need I say more, just take even a cursory look! The only thing they're > struggling with now is "WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THE LOSS", the EU *Taxpayer* or > the *investors*? (Obviously it should be the investors)! Well, that's not, of cour

[FairfieldLife] Inside Scientology

Reporter Janet Reitman Peers 'Inside Scientology' Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET July 23, 2011 In the 1930s, L. Ron Hubbard was a pulp fiction writer, best known for his fantasy and science fiction stories. But after an attempt at Holl

[FairfieldLife] French commune home to 20,000 ‘doomsday cultists’ awaiting alien salvation

An estimated 20,000 New Age believers who say the "upside down" mountain is home to aliens who will rescue them from an impending apocalypse have saturated a small French commune near the foot of the picturesque Pic de Bugarach. The Independent reports the growing flock, who locals refer to as "

[FairfieldLife] Witchcraft fears deny top US honour to Harry Potter author

BBC NEWS JK Rowling denied top US honour [JK Rowling's Harry Potter's books have sold more than 400 million copies] Harry Potter author JK Rowling missed out on a top honour because some US politicians believed she "encouraged witchcraft", it has been claimed. Matt Latimer, former speech write

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch shames the TM Movement

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > The stupid schmuck has signed a petition in support of child rapist Roman > Polanski: > > http://www.sacd.fr/Le-cinema-soutient-Roman-Polanski-Petition-for-Roman-Polanski.1340.0.html > Well, at least he is in good company! Personall

[FairfieldLife] Those who arrested Roman Polanski have ignored his victim

"In a television interview, she did not exonerate Polanski for the way in which he had taken advantage of her â€" "what he did to me was wrong" â€" but she did say that she had felt more damaged by the media's subsequent handling of her case than by what had happened to her at the time." ==

[FairfieldLife] Deepak Chopra interview

Go to: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2009/10 WNYC: The Brian Lehrer show. Program: Healing Touch, Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Click: Listen to the whole show The Media Player will open. On the right side (My Play List) click on the last segment. The program quite interesting. Among oth

[FairfieldLife] Scientology Losing Ground To New Fictionology

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31006

[FairfieldLife] Flop: WHO warns against homeopathy use

Page last updated at 23:04 GMT, Thursday, 20 August 2009 00:04 UK WHO warns against homeopathy use [Homeopathic remedies often contain few or no active ingredients] People with conditions such as HIV, TB and malaria should not rely on homeopathic treatments, the World Health Organization has wa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Friday 9/18, Fairfield: "Solar Healing Lecture with Hira Ratan Manek" ...who can live off sunlight

I don't know... For some time I followed closely the Life Mysteries forum (http://forums.lifemysteries.com/index.php), run by followers of HRM, then for a while I moved my attention elsewhere, and when I tried to visit the forum again it had disappeared! You can now find it in the Internet Archi

[FairfieldLife] Re: '[The Prophet]- Returns-Every-Seven-Hundred Years!'

Dear babajii_99. I have worked for years along somewhat similar lines. Here are some comments: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "babajii_99" wrote: > > Here's my theory... > Every 7 hundred years, humanity goes through a transition; > Usually led by someone, who is remembered as the 'Agent

[FairfieldLife] Investigating Healthy Minds

American Public Media - Being Investigating Healthy Minds with Richard Davidson (June 23, 2011) Once upon a time we assumed the brain stops developing when we're young. Neuroscientist Richard Davidson helped overturn this idea by studying the brains of meditating Buddhist monks. Now he's workin

[FairfieldLife] Yoga expert: 'It seems idiotic they can patent it'

Yoga expert: 'It seems idiotic they can patent it' Swami Pragyamurti Saraswati argues that Indian government's attempt to create a rigid system of yoga misses the point * The Guardian, Tuesday 8 June 2010 The 64,000 postures form only a tiny part of yoga. Poses are not an end in themselves

[FairfieldLife] Chinese Turn To Religion To Fill A Spiritual Vacuum

NPR Chinese Turn To Religion To Fill A Spiritual Vacuum by Louisa Lim (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128544048) [Believers of the folk goddess Mazu on Meizhou Island off China's southeast coast carry a statue of her to the main square during a celebration of her 1,050th

[FairfieldLife] Peoples' World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights

Peoples' World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights NEWSLETTER NO.1, 25 January 2010 www.cmpcc.org Registration opens for Peoples' World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights Just over a month after President Morales of Bolivia issued his call at Copenhagen for

[FairfieldLife] The Yoga Portfolio Outtakes | vanityfair.com

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/06/yoga_slideshow200706#slide=1 More photos and info at the June 2007 issue of Vanity Fair.

[FairfieldLife] Unification Church Woos A Second Generation

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123805954&sc=nl&cc=brk-20100218-1257&ps=brk-mp

[FairfieldLife] Correction

It seems that Suriname is domain of Raja Willem Meijles, not of Raja José Luis. Sorry. -emf

[FairfieldLife] Condemn Political Repression in Honduras

Condemn Political Repression in Honduras Demand an end to tortures, rapes, abductions, assassinations and all political repression and human rights violations by the illegitimate Porfirio Lobo government in Honduras. Withdraw U.S. recognition of the illegitimate, coup-based Lobo government. Le

[FairfieldLife] Lord Jesus Christ Run Down In Crosswalk

'Lord Jesus Christ' Run Down In Crosswalk by The Associated Press May 7, 2010 The victim might have forgiven the woman who ran him down in a Massachusetts crosswalk, but police haven't. Police say a Pittsfield woman has been cited for running down a man named Lord Jesus Christ as he crossed a

[FairfieldLife] MMY video

I just came across the most interesting video I've ever seen on MMY: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8874644544830997872&q=Maharishi+Mahesh+Yogi&total=104&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1# It's something I would very much like to buy, but I can't find it at the History Internati

[FairfieldLife] Open Letter to the Dalai Lama

An Open Letter to the Dalai Lama by Norm Phelps, written June 15, 2007 The Dalai Lama Thekchen Choeling P.O. McLeod Ganj Dharamsala H.P. 176219 India By mail and email to: oh...@gov.tibet.net Dear Sir: I am writing to you with great sadness. By way of introduction, or actually re-introduction,

[FairfieldLife] Scientology faces allegations of torture in Australia

Scientology faces allegations of torture in Australia Australian prime minister considers inquiry after senator tables allegations including forced abortions, assault and blackmail Toni O'Loughlin in Sydney guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 November 2009 13.56 GMT [Australia's prime minister Kevin

[FairfieldLife] Celebrities lead charge against Scientology

Celebrities lead charge against Scientology Hollywood figures quit 'rip-off' church as Australian prime minister threatens parliamentary inquiry into its activities * Peter Beaumont in London, Toni O'Loughlin in Sydney, and Paul Harris in New York * The Observer, Sunday 22 November 20

[FairfieldLife] Police report gives first details of Arizona sweat lodge deaths

Police report gives first details of Arizona sweat lodge deaths Spiritual adviser James Arthur Ray faces murder investigation after three people die and 20 were injured A leaked police report has revealed the horrifying final moments of participants in a new age retreat where a "sweat lodge" se

[FairfieldLife] Re: Police report gives first details of Arizona sweat lodge deaths

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > James Arthur Ray has, as far as I can tell from the Web, a > total of *zero* credentials as a "spiritual guide" or teacher. > The only things he had going for him is a belief in the Laws > Of Attraction ("If I just want something

[FairfieldLife] Re: Police report gives first details of Arizona sweat lodge deaths

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, eustace10679 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > Looking at the big picture and leaving aside, for the moment, the

[FairfieldLife] Israeli messiah arrested

I don't know what you guys think, but IMHO this guy does look like a messiah. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/14/goel-ratzon-harem-police-arrest) = Israeli police arrest harem 'messiah' Goel Ratzon • Jewish sage alleged to control cult of at

[FairfieldLife] Indian court bails British eco-activist arrested for carrying satellite phone

Indian court bails British eco-activist arrested for carrying satellite phone Andy Pag, who was driving a bus powered by chip fat, walks free from jail but faces trial at end of the month * Vikram Dodd * guardian.co.uk, Monday 18 January 2010 13.48 GMT [Andy Pag with his 'biotruck', a f

[FairfieldLife] Solidarity with Haiti’s people — a Workers World statement

Solidarity with Haiti’s people â€" a Workers World statement Published Jan 14, 2010 5:25 PM The earthquake that flattened Haiti’s capital and brought a new calamity to millions of people in that heroic but impoverished country has awakened calls for solidarity and aid from the vast majority of

[FairfieldLife] Beyond the catastrophe: How imperialism undermined Haiti

FIST statement Beyond the catastrophe How imperialism undermined Haiti Published Jan 14, 2010 5:18 PM A grave tragedy has befallen the people of Haiti. Fight Imperialism Stand Together extends its solidarity to the island nation, its people and the peoples’ movements. The 7.3 earthquake tha

[FairfieldLife] Sign for Haiti: Food Not Troops - End the Military Occupation

[International Action Center] About the IAC | Donate | IAC Books & Resources | Contact Us Food Not Troops - End the U.S. Military Occup

[FairfieldLife] Karma

BBC - The Why Factor: Karma http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/whyfactor/whyfactor_20141017-1845a.mp3 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/whyfactor/whyfactor_20141017-1845a.mp3 Millions of people believe in Karma around the world. What impact does this belief have on

[FairfieldLife] Revolution by Russell Brand review

Revolution by Russell Brand review – the barmy credo of a Beverly Hills Buddhist The comedian’s desire to lead a global revolution is undermined by his smug, shallow manifesto [‘He discredits leftwing thought’: Russell Brand addresses anti-austerity demonstrators at a rally in London in June. P

[FairfieldLife] Michael Winterbottom and Russell Brand to make economics documentary

Michael Winterbottom and Russell Brand to make economics documentary The film-maker and the comedian have begun shooting Emperor’s New Clothes, which aims to explore how social inequalities contributed to the financial crisis Ben Child Tuesday 28 October 2014 04.26 EDT Russell Brand and Michae

[FairfieldLife] Awake: The Life of Yogananda: Trailer

Awake:The Life of Yogananda TRAILER http://www.brightstarevents.net/news/awake-the-life-of-yogananda-trailer http://www.brightstarevents.net/news/awake-the-life-of-yogananda-trailer Awake:The Life of Yogananda TRAILER http://www.brightstarevents.net/news/awake-the-life-of-yogananda-traile

[FairfieldLife] Forum on Synchronicity video

First forum on the "Jung-Paoli Conjecture". Videos | The Helix Center http://www.helixcenter.org/videos/#/03Nq6MCh5Rc http://www.helixcenter.org/videos/#/03Nq6MCh5Rc Videos | The Helix Center http://www.helixcenter.org/videos/#/03Nq6MCh5Rc Skip to content DONATE CONTACT US Toggle navigati

[FairfieldLife] A levitation of D.D. Home

But the most striking of the many occasions on which Home was seen to float in the air was that to which Mr. Crookes so particularly alludes in the passage I have quoted from him. This event occurred in London, on December i6th 1868, in the presence of three unimpeachable witnesses, Lord Lindsay

[FairfieldLife] Re: Forum on Synchronicity video

The second forum on Synchronicity: Synchronicity and Other Mind Matter Conjectures. There is some repetition, but also elaboration, or what was said in the first. -emf Videos | The Helix Center http://www.helixcenter.org/videos/#/5SQ1Vpc8TFE http://www.helixcenter.org/videos/#/5SQ1Vpc8TFE

[FairfieldLife] Re: A levitation of D.D. Home

... There was another incident at Boston of a very much more serious kind, and one which bears out my assertion that where there was an advertisement to be gained Houdini was a dangerous man. The remarkable psychic powers of Mrs. Crandon, the famous "Margery," were at that time under examination

[FairfieldLife] Sri Lanka arrest astrologer who predicted president's death

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/life/offbeat/2017/02/01/490571/Sri-Lanka.htm http://www.chinapost.com.tw/life/offbeat/2017/02/01/490571/Sri-Lanka.htm

[FairfieldLife] 'He said he could do what he wanted': the scandal that rocked Bikram yoga

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/bikram-hot-yoga-scandal-choudhury- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/bikram-hot-yoga-scandal-choudhury-what-he-wanted

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'He said he could do what he wanted': the scandal that rocked Bikram yoga

There is not question about the guy's narcissism, I think, however, that there is the issue of the culture gap here. He wouldn't have imagined that the jury would try to bankrupt him for issues that were not even criminal. But this is the United States... I always thought that Maharishi was wi

[FairfieldLife] Faced with outsized stresses, these Baltimore students learn to take a deep breath

PBS Newshour on Mindfullness Meditation in schools: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/faced-outsized-stresses-baltimore-students-learn-take-deep-breath/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/faced-outsized-stresses-baltimore-students-learn-take-deep-breath/

[FairfieldLife] Life after a sex cult: 'If I’m not a member of this religion any more, then who am I?'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/11/children-of-god-church-sex-cult-texas-mexico-fbi https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/11/children-of-god-church-sex-cult-texas-mexico-fbi

[FairfieldLife] The ayahuasca king / The man who gives jungle 'medicine' to lost souls

The ayahuasca king / The man who gives jungle 'medicine' to lost souls Peter Gorman’s Amazon expeditions draw guests aiming to ‘clear up ailments’ and ‘solve mid-life crises’ – and drugs are key to the transformative experience https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/16/ayahuasca-peter-gorman

[FairfieldLife] The ayahuasca king / The man who gives jungle 'medicine' to lost souls

The ayahuasca king / The man who gives jungle 'medicine' to lost souls Peter Gorman’s Amazon expeditions draw guests aiming to ‘clear up ailments’ and ‘solve mid-life crises’ – and drugs are key to the transformative experience https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/16/ayahuasca-peter-gorman

[FairfieldLife] BBC The Why Factor: Yoga

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x2ykj http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x2ykj Yoga is an ancient practice that includes meditation, exercise and spirituality. It’s said to date back thousands of years and originate in the east. But why do millions of us 18'

[FairfieldLife] Subject of Scientology film: Louis Theroux used 'morally bankrupt tactics'

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/apr/21/louis-theroux-my-scientology-movie-mark-rathbun https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/apr/21/louis-theroux-my-scientology-movie-mark-rathbun

[FairfieldLife] The Beatles - Within You Without You

The Beatles - Within You Without You (LOVE version, instrumental - no vocals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdcIKV9iS94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdcIKV9iS94

[FairfieldLife] In Salt Lake City You'll Find Mormons Who Meditate

NPR - Weekend Edition Saturday http://www.npr.org/2017/06/17/533327601/in-salt-lake-city-youll-find-mormons-who-meditate http://www.npr.org/2017/06/17/533327601/in-salt-lake-city-youll-find-mormons-who-meditate

[FairfieldLife] New Data on the Adverse Effects of Meditation and Mindfulness Study reports on the less-examined findings of difficult and pa

https://www.madinamerica.com/2017/06/new-data-adverse-effects-meditation-mindfulness/ https://www.madinamerica.com/2017/06/new-data-adverse-effects-meditation-mindfulness/

[FairfieldLife] Can Buddhist Practices Help Us Overcome The Biological Pull Of Dissatisfaction?

NPR - Fresh Air http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/07/541610511/can-buddhist-practices-help-us-overcome-the-biological-pull-of-dissatisfaction http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/07/541610511/can-buddhist-practices-help-us-overcome-the-biological-pull-of-dissatisfactio

[FairfieldLife] Transcendent (NPR - Snap Judgement)

http://snapjudgment.org/transcendent http://snapjudgment.org/transcendent The main story starts at 10'. emf -- The Meditation Meter Website http://emf.neocities.org/tm/meditationmeter.html http://emf.neocities.org/tm/meditationmeter.html

[FairfieldLife] Waking up is hard to do

https://www.madinamerica.com/2017/08/waking-up-is-hard-to-do/ https://www.madinamerica.com/2017/08/waking-up-is-hard-to-do/

[FairfieldLife] Blissrooms

http://www.radiolab.org/story/257856-mind-altering-bliss/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/257856-mind-altering-bliss/ NPR: RadioLab: Bliss Blissrooms Listen to the story (22') Can one blissful moment change your life? Producer Andy Mills http://www.radiolab.org/people/andy-mills/ introduces us

[FairfieldLife] 'Guru Of Bling' Rape Conviction Sparks Deadly Protests In India

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/25/546044174/guru-of-bling-rape-conviction-sparks-protests-at-least-17-reported-dead?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=world http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/25/546044174/guru-of-bling-rape-conviction-sparks-protests-at-least-17-reported-dead

[FairfieldLife] Re: Blissrooms

> Yeah, sitting up and meditating in the Domes is like that. Except that 9 out of 10 do not decide to become pastors after only 1 meditation in the Dome on a Good Friday... The effects seem closer to those of the placebo group. What I got from the story was that the research on this kink of dr

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Guru Of Bling' Rape Conviction Sparks Deadly Protests In India

The story is more complicated that it seems at first glance. BTW, I heard that the death toll has risen to 36. emf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/25/fears-unrest-indian-guru-convicted-rape-ram-rahim-singh-panchkula https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/25/fears-unrest-indian-g

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Guru Of Bling' Rape Conviction Sparks Deadly Protests In India

NPR - Morning Edition Sentencing, Indian State Stays On Alert For Violence http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/08/28/546790420/after-guru-of-bling-sentencing-indian-state-stays-on-alert-for-violence http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/08/28/546790420/after-guru-of-bling-sentencing-

[FairfieldLife] Re: persecution of Gurus who challenge Hinduphobia

"But get this: Every single campaign that did surpass that 3.5% threshold was a nonviolent one. In fact, campaigns that relied solely on nonviolent methods were on average four times larger than the average violent campaign. And they were often much more representative in terms of gender, age, r

[FairfieldLife] Doyle on Scientific Research on Ectoplasm

The Half-Way House of Matter by Arthur Conan Doyle (1930) In his recent work, Life After Death, the late Professor Hyslop, who was formerly Professor of Logic at Columbia University and became the chief American authority upon matters psychic, has a sentence which sounds rather intolerant. It

[FairfieldLife] Doyle on Scientific Research on Ectoplasm - Part 2

The Half-Way House of Matter by Arthur Conan Doyle (1930) Part 2 The production of this strange ectoplasm is enough in itself to make such experiments revolutionary and epoch-making, but what follows is far stranger, and will answer the question in every reader's mind, "What has all this to do

[FairfieldLife] Doyle on Scientific Research on Ectoplasm - part 3

The Half-Way House of Matter by Arthur Conan Doyle Part 3 Now, having thoroughly got it into our heads that it is possible for a person to evolve very singular stuff with a tendency to form human frames which seem for a time to be tenanted by independent intelligence, let us hark back and apply

[FairfieldLife] True ghost story

The Ghost of Rue Jacob http://themoth.org/posts/stories/the-ghost-of-rue-jacob http://themoth.org/posts/stories/the-ghost-of-rue-jacob The Ghost of Rue Jacob http://themoth.org/posts/stories/the-ghost-of-rue-jacob Joan telling her story at The Moth. Photo by Denise Ofelia Mangen.

[FairfieldLife] BBC program about ghosts

BBC Why Factor historical / critical program on ghosts http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/whyfactor/whyfactor_20140815-1845a.mp3 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/whyfactor/whyfactor_20140815-1845a.mp3

[FairfieldLife] Houdini and Mediums

Those who watched the second part of the recent miniseries "Houdini" related to the relation of Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle: Part 2 Full Episode - Houdini - HISTORY.com http://www.history.com/shows/houdini/videos/part-2 http://www.history.com/shows/houdini/videos/part-2 Part 2 Full E

[FairfieldLife] Twin Peaks returns: will it answer all our questions?

What happened to Dale Cooper? Does Audrey Horne have kids now? With the return of the cult show, David Lynch has a chance to answer all our questions Brian Moylan theguardian.com, Tuesday 7 October 2014 03.13 EDT [Lara Flynn Boyle as Donna Hayward in the pilot episode of Twin Peaks, w

[FairfieldLife] Ectoplasmic phenomena

What is the prevailing opinion of researchers in Fairfield for this kind of phenomena? Are they considered kind of sidhis, pathological, or what? Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the book in 1919. -Eustace -- http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/ArthurConanDo

[FairfieldLife] Russell Brand's Path To Recovery

http://www.wnyc.org/story/russell-brand/ http://www.wnyc.org/story/russell-brand/ In a 22' interview, Russell Brand did not mention TM. Did he stop practicing? Eustace -- The Meditation Meter Website http://emf.neocities.org/tm/meditationmeter.html http://emf.neocities.org/tm/meditationmeter.

[FairfieldLife] Controversial monk and Dalai Lama aide replaced amid corruption accusations

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/29/tenzin-dhonden-dalai-lama-corruption-celebrity-investigation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/29/tenzin-dhonden-dalai-lama-corruption-celebrity-investigation

[FairfieldLife] Indian asrams raided

BBC News Hour a series of Indian ashrams are raided following allegations of sexual abuse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172vr1jhn7mrht http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172vr1jhn7mrht Fast forward to 45' (to 60').

[FairfieldLife] 'Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics' Offers Practical Advice For Stressed-Out Cynics

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/04/575167967/meditation-for-fidgety-skeptics-offers-practical-advice-for-stressed-out-cynics https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/04/575167967/meditation-for-fidgety-skeptics-offers-practical-advice-for-stressed-out-cynics Listen

[FairfieldLife] For 'Heaven's Gate' Podcast Host, The Cult Story Hits Close To Home

NPR -- All Things Considered For 'Heaven's Gate' Podcast Host, The Cult Story Hits Close To Home https://www.npr.org/2018/01/29/581532036/for-heaven-s-gate-podcast-host-the-cult-story-hits-close-to-home January 29, 20185:18 PM ET Ari Shapiro Listen https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc

[FairfieldLife] The meditation technique that helps some of the world's top business leaders succeed

NPR -- Marketplace https://www.marketplace.org/2018/02/09/business/meditation-technique-helps-some-worlds-top-business-leaders-succeed https://www.marketplace.org/2018/02/09/business/meditation-technique-helps-some-worlds-top-business-leaders-succeed Listen: http://play.publicradio.org/api-2.0

[FairfieldLife] Watkins’ Spiritual 100 List for 2018

Friday 02nd, February 2018 / 15:01 in Magazine https://www.watkinsmagazine.com/category/highlights, Spiritual 100 We are delighted to share with you Watkins’ 2018 list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People – spiritual teachers, activists, authors and thinkers that change th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Watkins’ Spiritual 100 List for 2018

I can recognize some TMers and ex-TMers in the list: 6 5 Oprah Winfrey 6 Oprah Winfrey 9 Arianna Huffington 11 Deepak Chopra 16 Russell Brand. but I am sure there are others. Can someone make a full search? Eustace -- The Meditation Meter Website http://emf.neocities.org/tm/meditationmeter.ht

[FairfieldLife] Christianity and New Age

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[FairfieldLife] Re: Christianity and New Age

JESUS CHRIST (not Aquarius) THE BEARER OF THE WATER (OF LIFE) ...Some of the traditions which flow into New Age are: ancient Egyptian occult practices, Cabbalism, early Christian gnosticism, Sufism, the lore of the Druids, Celtic Christianity, mediaeval alchemy, Renaissance hermeticism, Zen Bud

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[FairfieldLife] Holy Hobos: The Everyday Life of India's Sadhus

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[FairfieldLife] TM and Karma Yoga

Several decades ago, I remember reading in the Science of Being and Art of Living (I think) that TM is Karma Yoga. Has anybody read the book recently and can provide an exact reference? It has to be added in the Wikipedia page, at least as a footnote, to counterbalance that "mantra meditation".

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Karma Yoga

No, that's not it. I remember reading plainly that TM *is* Karma Yoga, the important issue being that after diving in you *have* ti get out and transfer to the outer world of action the what you got from diving in. That's why in TM extended practice -- without outside action -- is not recommende

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Karma Yoga

I posted here believing someone would have the answer at this fingertips or at least on a shelf nearby. Clearly this wasn't the case, it seems the book is no longer popular in Fairfield.,So I did what I had tried to avoid, buy the Kindle edition of the Science of Being ahd Art of Living, Well he

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Karma Yoga

In my understanding, and please *someone who knows* correct me if I am wrong, Yogastah kuru karmani applies to all Yogas, not only Karma Yoga. Eustace ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Eustace, B Gita Chapter II, verse 48 states: "Yogastah kuru karmani."... meaning estab

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[FairfieldLife] Greetings from Utopia Park

I had missed this book interview a couple of years ago. emf NPR - Fresh Ari A Childhood Of Transcendental Meditation, Spent In The 'Shadow Of A Guru' Listen 31'09" https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2016/06/20160613_fa_01.mp3 https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/

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