[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Mahesh Bhogi

2006-07-26 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your point about the public invitation being the wrong way to do it is > a good one. I wasn't thinking, I wrote it on impulse. You are wrong > about my intentions, but correct that it was not the right way

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yogic Flyers Story on Yahoo and Raw Story

2006-07-26 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060726/lf_afp/mideastconflictisrael_06072 6151442 > > On Raw Story you can leave comments: > www.rawstory.com Thanks, Barry, would never have know about this. As a friend of mine likes to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Mahesh Bhogi

2006-07-26 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > wrote: > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yogic Flyers Story on Yahoo and Raw Story

2006-07-26 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060726/lf_afp/mideast

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Mahesh Bhogi

2006-07-26 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > wrote: > > > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Mahesh Bhogi

2006-07-26 Thread gerbal88
; > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In F

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Mahesh Bhogi

2006-07-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Just out of curiosity, what's l'Affaire Gerbal all about > > > > here? You suddenly come out of lurkdom to launch a > > > > nuclear attack on me. What did I ever do to you? > > > > > > Maybe he's made the mista

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Maharishi Never Charged/For Yoga Asanas or Pranayama'

2006-08-04 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > > on 8/4/06 7:21 AM, Robert Gimbel at babajii_99@ wrote: > > > > > > > I never recal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Email I just sent to an old friend who's trying to get me in the dome.

2006-08-04 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > > on 8/4/06 8:14 AM, nablus108 at nablus108@ wrote: > > > > > > > >>> > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-05 Thread gerbal88
Hi, Michael -- It is interesting to note these figures. I am surprised because, at least to me, $3000 or whatever the present fee is seems really high. But people are attracted both by the message and the mystique of TM. Back in the old days, when Mahesh was on the Merv Griffin show, we simply

[FairfieldLife] Re: Email I just sent to an old friend who's trying to get me in the dome.

2006-08-05 Thread gerbal88
Marek, Shemp, Rick, Robert ... I hope you are right, that Guru Dev's demise was a natural one. Still, why would such a rumour start if this was, indeed, the case. It is very much like the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, or JFK. There are some loose ends, or the appearance of loose ends and,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-05 Thread gerbal88
shana Kriya is much safer. > > The God of Abraham guiding his accursed people out of Egypt is pure MYTH. No evidence of it exists. > > > gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 20:46:51 - > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Number o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-06 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought you were referring to the MIU geniuses who claimed that I > had never meditated correctly after I left the movement. Curtis, I do not remember if I repeated this incident here at FFL. When Mahesh fi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-06 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Really has a lot to do with not knowing what you're doing and using > people as guinea pigs. > > In traditional yogic flying, the entire first stage is from a > standing, bent-knee position and done as a step

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-06 Thread gerbal88
turn out to be monks/nuns, or do the monks/religious brothers/priests and nuns begin to act like teenagers, all those lush hormones and so on? > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-06 Thread gerbal88
ourse, he had a likable personality, or at least the ability to predent one. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/6/06 1:44 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-06 Thread gerbal88
nk account that leads directly to Mahesh's Swiss account and his own brand of mafia. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > wrote: > > > > > > Gre

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-06 Thread gerbal88
ck Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/6/06 2:53 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Gerbal, I¹m curious who you are. I presume you¹re maintaining anonymity > intentionally. Are you on this list of MMY¹s personal secretaries?: > > Dr. Hyslop ­ end

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-06 Thread gerbal88
pity play. Above all, she writes, when a > sociopath is beckoning, do not join the game. > > It is the ruthless versus the rest of us, and The Sociopath Next Door > will show you how to recognize and defeat the devil you know. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogr

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY's secretaries

2006-08-06 Thread gerbal88
8/6/06 3:20 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Thanks for the list. How did it come about, I wonder. > > > I put it together about a year ago, on a whim. As it was forming, I sent it > to several of the people on it ­ Shannon, Rob, Mark Landau ­ and they

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-06 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > wrote: > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Has the 'Flying Technique/Diverted the Goal of Attainment of Samadhi?'

2006-08-08 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It has occurred to me, that in Maharishi Patajali's writings; > On the Yoga Sutras, that he seems to warn about the 'Super-normal Abilities, > Or Siddhis, as an adjunct, but not the goal. > And Maharishi used

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ask MMY

2006-08-09 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 1, 2006, at 5:09 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "blissbunn1" > > wrote: > > > >> > >> How about one of you eloquent writers who are in the dome these > >> days ask the question >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Researcher say transcendental meditation lessens brain's pain response

2006-08-09 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Researcher say transcendental meditation lessens brain's pain > response So, how valuable is this? you are a long time TMer and you have your hand on a hot stove and you don't respond until what, you smell your f

[FairfieldLife] Re: Researcher say transcendental meditation lessens brain's pain

2006-08-10 Thread gerbal88
I agree, Steven, it really is like trying to "reason" with fundamentalists of whatever ilk. Wouldn't dream of it; but for the benefit of those who haven't gone over to THAT dark side, you and I and some others do try to make it clear just how idiotic TM has become as a religion (the stealth rel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why the need???

2006-08-12 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can't seem to come up with a rational reason to spend a great > portion of my life in meditation. What gets accomplished? What gets > created? > > I'm not trying to be argumentative here or confrontat

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why the need???

2006-08-12 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you gerbal88 > > She often said to me,,,"Why are you with me, I have nothing to offer. > > I always found that to be a very said reflection of ones self

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why the need???

2006-08-12 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" > wrote: > > > > Thank you gerbal88 > > > > She often said to me,,,"Why are you with me, I have nothi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why the need???

2006-08-12 Thread gerbal88
It has come to my attention that some out there have difficulty reding. Below are the exact words I used, for those of you who might have been daydreaming. You will notice I didn't say CHECKER. The Instructor asks this question on the day of initiation and again during the 3 days of checking.

[FairfieldLife] Re: "The Maharishi Effect'- How it works...'

2006-08-13 Thread gerbal88
Hi, Curtis -- Barry Markovsky called TM a stealth religion. I think that is quite apt considering how he and his minions have suckered so many ordinary folks into paying for the absurd claims of opportunistic Maheshism. *If something good happens, we are responsible; otherwise, we blame people

[FairfieldLife] Re: "The Maharishi Effect'- How it works...'

2006-08-13 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, Curtis -- Barry Markovsky called TM a stealth religion. I think > that is quite apt considering how he and his minions have suckered so > many ordinary folks into paying for the absurd claims o

[FairfieldLife] Re: "The Maharishi Effect'- How it works...'

2006-08-13 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/13/06 4:44 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> > If I can find any of those documents, I'll add them to the TMO the > >> > Odd Side in the Files sec

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page

2006-08-13 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I cut and pasted this claim from a MUM web page claiming that Where > as little as 1% of population is practising TM "the trend of rising > crime rates is REVERSED. Bill, I think your observation is

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page,,sparaig

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sigh. The ME is used to explain why MMY isn't trying to get massive > numbers of > people to > learn TM, and the Raja thing certainly turns people off and MMY knows > this. > > I find it amazing how people wil

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
ripped off the faithful, sent many into debt out of which they will never get. All for what? "Forgive my little joke on thee and go to hell." > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues&

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page,,sparaig

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can't help but wonder,,,When does aggressive marketing and > cavalier scientific study practises cross the line and become an > active attempt to de-fraud and thus become a crimminal activitiy on > an

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page,,sparaig

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
it." "Just give them some nice candies and they'll be fine." "The Actor can play god better than god." > The s--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/14/06 1:17 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I still have the photos of me dressed up like the various personages > > in the "holy tradition". Hari, Mahesh&#

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page,,sparaig, authfriend

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What "I" think really doesn't matter on the universal scale of > things. Afterall who am I? > > Nor do the "unassailable fininacial foundations" found on a limited > physical plane in an infinite unive

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page,,sparaig

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" > > wrote: > > &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page,,sparaig, authfriend

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.c

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page,,sparaig, authfriend

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" > > wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page,,sparaig

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > wrote: > > > > Hi G, > > > > I think you are on to something with his contempt for his own > > followers. Have you seen the comparison of the narcis

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > > No, but Mahesh is incredibly narcissistic: his name on everything, > > more and more things. The m

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page,,sparaig

2006-08-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope you will take your friends advice and not only write down > your experiences but share them with the world. Though it is true > that I am an outsider the man MMY and the organisation has still > m

[FairfieldLife] Re: I found this rather interesting

2006-08-16 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quite, but it would be nice to know where the ruby yantra is now. It > would be educational to see what it looked like, anyone got an idea > of how big/small it was. Hi, Paul, when I was in India in the 70's I met

[FairfieldLife] Re: Time for a new terror alert

2006-08-17 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Real bad news for Bush: > > "DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's > warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an > immediate halt to it." > Read the rest here: > http://w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-28 Thread gerbal88
It's a silly and pointless exercise in futiity. Mahesh's secrecy policy is the modus operandi that drove the early Movement. The rather mundane fact that his mother named him Mahesh probably has some significance in all this, but who actually cares. What kind of "maharishi" or, for that matter,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "One thing MMY has never done is accept a formal "disciple," as far as > I can > tell." And, of course, there's Sattyanand, Devindra and Guru Bev (Bevin became a brahmachari, probably one of the very few wes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > Seems like MMY likes all the benefits of having > > disciples, but he accepts none of the reponsibility of > > having disciples. > > > sounds like saying

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > wrote: > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 6/28/06 10:23 AM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife% 40yahoogroups.com> > > , "curtisdeltablues"

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-29 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > wrote: > > > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eternally Supportless Pure Consciousness and the Liberation of Individuality

2006-06-29 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Jun 28, 2006, at 8:37 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj > > wrote: > > >> > > >> On Jun 28, 2006, at 4:03 PM, authfriend wrot

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-29 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 6/28/06 5:26 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I caught Mahesh in a highly compromising activity early in my TM > > stint. I simply could not admit to myself that what I s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-29 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 6/29/06 4:15 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife% 40yahoogroups.com> > > , Rick Archer wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-29 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 6/29/06 6:33 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife% 40yahoogroups.com> > > , Rick Archer wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-30 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 29, 2006, at 9:37 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > on 6/29/06 8:19 PM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > >> You got nothing. You are just looking for attention, but will find > >> something to ma

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's name

2006-06-30 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 29, 2006, at 9:37 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > on 6/29/06 8:19 PM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL P

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Maharishi's name] Weasel shite

2006-06-30 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-26 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" > > wrote: > > > > > >>--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Is that cos Guru Dev is competition to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-26 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "chaim_laib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > I *never* encountered any > > teaching in the TM context about "blind devotion > > to one's teacher" or "becoming in tune with one's > > teacher's t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-26 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ingegerd" > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/26/06 3:28 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> > I really think that in Mahesh's mind, if he could hussle for Guru > >> > Dev, then how hard coul

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it matter if Maharishi wasn't enlightened?

2006-08-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On my TTC, Paul, Mahesh said again and again: the actor can play god better than god. -- He was, of course, talking about himself and the joke was on us because we didn't get it. Mahesh could fool anybody and usually

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wasn't there, of course, but just from your quote > > I wouldn't be sure he was referring to attuning > > yourselves to his thinking in any case, so much as > > that eventually you would all be in the same state > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > For me, if I just took MMY's personality and surface > > behavior I'd have dismissed MMY and the TMO sometime > > in the late 70's. However I have been profoun

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it matter if Maharishi wasn't enlightened?

2006-08-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I guess my questions for the group as a whole are: 1. *Is* it important to you to believe that Maharishi was/is enlightened? At the time, I think it made me feel really special that *I* was so special as to have found

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 27, 2006, at 9:07 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > > wrote: > >> > >> On Aug 27, 2006, at 2:29 AM, authfriend wrote: > >>> > >>> P.S.: Notice, once again, that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "What you are putting forth basically means > > > the end of any and all honest communication." > > > > Wow, you hit that one out of the park Sal. High five. > > What would have taken me pages summed up in one s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-27 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gerbal, I am guessing that at this point, Judy and Sparaig read and respond to each other's > posts, but not many other people do - at least not regularly. > snip> mutual admiration society, now nice for them

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Sage of a New Generation DVD

2006-08-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yup! On this DVD Alan Waite has gone back to the original filmstock > to get clearer picture quality and he has added bonus material. > The Guru Dev footage is the best quality available in the marketplace > (much

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it matter if Maharishi wasn't enlightened?

2006-08-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Turquoise, you name Sattyanand as being the source of the quote about > MMY being told to go and meditate, and not to teach. > Did you hear this from Sattyanand himself or from someone else? > Can you remember anyt

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gerbal, I am guessing that at this point, Judy and Sparaig read and respond to each other's > posts, but not many other people do - at least not regularly. > snip> > > Hi, Way -- I'm just getting caught up since

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 27, 2006, at 5:02 PM, gerbal88 wrote: > > > Thanks to you and Sal and a few others, I think there might be hope > > for sorthing through the huge pile of crap Mahesh sold u

[FairfieldLife] Re: Becoming in Tune with One's Teacher's Thinking

2006-08-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > He did say this [become in tune with my thinking] > > > > explicitly. Many times. On International Staff it was very > > > > much in the air. At Poland Spring, he said ³right now I¹m > > > > saying one things and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does Judy Have A Life?

2006-08-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "geezerfreak" > wrote: > > > > This day for Judy Stein was no different from most. Up at 7am...time > > for the first condescending "I'm smarter than you" post of the day. > > No

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it matter if Maharishi wasn't enlightened?

2006-08-28 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/28/06 1:31 PM, gerbal88 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> > There were also many complaints about > >> > Sattyanand not knowing "The Teaching" as well as he shou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it matter if Maharishi wasn't enlightened?

2006-08-28 Thread gerbal88
irm it and possibly expand on it from their own experiences with Sattyanand. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" > > wrote: > > > > > > Turquoise, you name Sattyanand as bei

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would it matter if Maharishi wasn't enlightened?

2006-08-28 Thread gerbal88
a he did talk about the past, I have heard stuff he is > > supposed to have said which hasn't surfaced on any of the forums. > > He gave me an advanced technique in Rishikesh, unfortunately I > never > > thought to interview him. > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 9/4/06 2:26 PM, authfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> > As Alex pointed out, though, the quote doesn't appear > >> > to be relevant to this group, since MMY is not the kind > >> > of personal guru that Gu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev on changing gurus

2006-09-04 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 'Some people say that having taken a guru you should not make another. > But this doctrine is not of the shaastra, this is [just] mind's > imagination. The guru is gone to for [ones own] happiness. Up until > whe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Spartacus?

2006-09-05 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > wrote: > > > > On Sep 4, 2006, at 9:32 PM, geezerfreak wrote: > > > > > Good lord peoplethe paranoia! No, I am not Barry. > > > I don't who Barry is... > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: "I am everywhere, I am omnipresent"

2006-09-05 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Link to Satyanand page > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/Satyanand.htm > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" > wrote: > > > > 'Swami' Sattyanand speaks on Guru Dev:- > > > > 'When in 1953 Guru

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mayi Amma

2006-09-06 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 'Mayi Amma is hundreds of years old.. She used towalk right > > into the sea > > and stay underwater at the sea bed years onend.. > > >>> > > >>> The gospel according to t3rinity. > > >> > > >> Makes me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mayi Amma

2006-09-06 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 6, 2006, at 1:56 PM, gerbal88 wrote: > > > The secrecy thing that shrouds TM is such reactionary and petty > > separatism doesn't help anyone. It breeds jealousy, egoism, pa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mayi Amma

2006-09-06 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 6, 2006, at 5:14 PM, gerbal88 wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > > wrote: > >> > >> On Sep 6, 2006, at 1:56 PM, gerbal88 wrote: &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free sidhis plus $500 salary for dome attendance..

2006-09-10 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From a friend: > > > ., I want everyone to know that last night M announced a plan to pay > > people$500 a month to be in the dome for the Invincibility America > > Course,starting Sept 12th, > > and also, if you

[FairfieldLife] "Path to 9/11" clips now available (was: Re: Judy, I am impressed!)

2006-09-10 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > > wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free sidhis plus $500 salary for dome attendance..

2006-09-10 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine > wrote: > > > > On Sep 10, 2006, at 3:31 PM, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > From a friend "in the know": > > > > > > It's true. As of today, Sept 10th, 637 have signed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free sidhis plus $500 salary for dome attendance..

2006-09-10 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer wrote: > > > > > > From a friend: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy's right: intimidation is NOT censorship

2006-09-11 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's much worse. It's small-minded fanaticism trying to silence questioning. Judy's just what she is, a borderline personality disorder trying to get people to notice her. It's pathetic and she probably does at l

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why TM is Yoga/lite for modernity..and why that's OK!

2006-09-11 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 > wrote: > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why TM is Yoga/lite for modernity..and why that's OK!

2006-09-11 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > wrote: > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scholarships Officially Announced (as long as Someone Else pays them)

2006-09-12 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: > > > > > > on 9/12/06 8:04 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] For my American Friends

2006-09-14 Thread gerbal88
A friend kindly sent this to me. If it has already been posted, please forgive me for not reading all several thousand posts I have missed. (go all the way to the link at the bottom) > > Subject: For my American Friends > > > > Resume > > > > >EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE > > >LAW ENFORCEMENT >

[FairfieldLife] Re: For my American Friends

2006-09-14 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yawn. > > Get over it. He's been president for almost 6 years now and after 8 > years, he's out and can't run again. > > Embrace him. Love him. > > Send you positive thoughts and prayers to him. Well, that's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Domash

2006-05-21 Thread gerbal88
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > The Furher Mahesh effect. > > > > You can't even spell "Führer

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