[FairfieldLife] I've finally figured out why I post and lurk on FFL...

2012-09-01 Thread sparaig
It makes my crazy life seem sane by comparison. L.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is being a drama queen the opposite of being enlightened?

2012-09-02 Thread sparaig
What is it like spending years anticipating your triumphant 35 year anniversary reunion where you're going to show all "those idiots" from high school that you are better than then are and then realize that they don't remember you at all, even though you have been obsessing about them for 35 yea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lindsay Lohan-- An Accident Waiting to Happen

2012-09-02 Thread sparaig
"Mood-making" in TM-speak refers to trying to pretend to yourself (and/or others) that you are enlightened by attempting to behave in the way you think someone who is enlightened behaves. There's nothing wrong with "mood-making" per se, only with the TM-related version, which is counter-enlight

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lindsay Lohan-- An Accident Waiting to Happen

2012-09-02 Thread sparaig
on thinking only "happy, happy thoughts." >  Why deny ourselves the full range of thoughts and emotions - often, in my > life, the painful ones have forced movement.   > > > > From: sparaig > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com &g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lindsay Lohan-- An Accident Waiting to Happen

2012-09-04 Thread sparaig
r neighbor see?" L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote: > > I feel that one of the biggest mood-making thing(s) that ever happened, this > side of the Mississippi... > Thinking that you are levitating, when you are actually just humping/hopping > a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis...

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
When I learned the TM-SIdhis over 29 years ago, I had to write out a dictated letter and mail it back to the Course Office explaining that I understood that the TM-Sidhis were for the development of consciousness and that I understood that no guarantee had been made that I would develop some sup

[FairfieldLife] Re: Was the Maharishi confused? (or just being clever).

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
I don't know that MMY said that practicing TM was practicing all eight limbs. The analogy he made was that you can move a stool and all of its legs by moving any leg or something along those lines. He also asserted that normal daily activity, to some extent, fulfilled the activity-aspects of Yo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gary Greenfield's eperience of teaching Iraq vet

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: [...] > TM has this absolute value and effect: It takes one out of the physical and > mental context one is in--and just this very mechanical result: escape from > the the experience one has been embedded in as long as one can rememb

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: FW: ARAB VERSUS JEW

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
So you think all Arabs hate all Jews... Must be a conservative thing... L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 wrote: > > > > Subject: FW: ARAB VERSUS JEW > > An Arab walks into a bar > and is about to order a drink > when he sees a guy close by wearing a Jewish cap, a prayer shawl/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Was the Maharishi confused? (or just being clever).

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
"His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god. But then, he never claimed not to be a god. Circumstances being what they were, neither admission could be of any benefit. S

[FairfieldLife] Re: Was the Maharishi confused? (or just being clever).

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
Well *I* am unbounded awareness too. And, while it is certainly true he taught a technique he believed could bring people to enlightenment, and that he taught techniques that he believed could lead to people floating, that doesn't say what he thought about himself directly... "His followers

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gary Greenfield's eperience of teaching Iraq vet

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
There's this constant use of the word "you" in the sentences below... Less esoterically: As long as one has the ability to think a thought, one can meditate. As long as one CAN meditate, one can receive benefits from the practice, or such is my belief. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis...

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
As much as anything, he is rationalizing things for himself. That said, there's no real contradiction in believing that some unusual state will have unusual correlates. That is pretty much the definition of "unusual state" anyway. Hagelin's desire to reconcile his beliefs with the current situa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis...

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
My first official encounter with the TM-SIdhis was a lecture that Rick Archer and company presented in TUcson in the mid-70s. I certainly recall all the hooplah about floating and so on, but I also recall RIck (I believe it was Rick) saying that such things were "side-effects" and that if MMY c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Was the Maharishi confused? (or just being clever).

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
moral structure on the road to enlightenment. Other institutions, whether familial or rehabilitative or military, can provide the same thing. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Was the Maharishi confused? (or just being clever).

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
t the > World much like Christian missionaries. (Is that really so bad? NO!) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > "His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred > > to drop the Maha- and the -atman,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Our Little Secret

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > With all due respect to Rick, who in all likelihood > really is a nice guy, I wouldn't trust his powers > of discrimination any further than I could throw him. > /me bites tongue.. OW! OK, assuming anyone can read this as the blood

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis...

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
ourse without ever realizing that the main reason to practice the techniques was indeed what they told you over and over again? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis...

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
't really floating but merely hopping around like all the TM Sidhas do and she saw what she wanted to see; 4) it was just a story. As I get older, I tend to get more Gimpel the Fool-ish. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis...

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
As I have pointed out many times in this forum, MMY's exposition on Yogic Flying -that it comes in stages, including "hopping like a frog"- is straight out of the upanishads and other traditional texts. The fact that you don't want to acknowledge that this really IS how it is described in tradi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Telling Stories (was: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis)

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
s own expectations don't influence the evaluation of the data. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > ...in 1975, I ran into a kid whose girlfriend was on a TTC > > and wa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis...

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
se, simply > > outside of the range of opposites (joy-sorrow, happiness-unhappiness, etc.) > > that usually make up our experience and always seem to come linked > > together. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis...

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
acticing TM, is another question all together. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > As I have pointed out many times in this forum, MMY's exposition on Yog

[FairfieldLife] Re: Was the Maharishi confused? (or just being clever).

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
> > MMY was an enigma, we don't know WHAT kind of meditation HE practiced nor > > do we even know if HE, himself achieved what he taught. My belief is he was > > more of a social reformer interested in instituting neo-hinduism throughout > > the World much like Christian m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis...

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
school system with 100,000+ students. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "mjackson74" wrote: > > > Are you kidding! He did make a fortune in PR!!! > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think Back to When You Bought the TM-Sidhis...

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
gt; > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > My first official encounter with the TM-SIdhis was a lecture that Rick > > Archer and company presented in TUcson in the mid-70s. > > > > I certainly recall all the hooplah about flo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gary Greenfield's eperience of teaching Iraq vet

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
rfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > [...] > > > TM has this absolute value and effect: It takes one ou

[FairfieldLife] Re: US National Debt Hits $16 Trillion

2012-09-05 Thread sparaig
We can only hope... And what form might "invincibility" take for the USA? For starters, it might mean that the politicians who are scoring points off of each other for the election might put party rivalries aside and work for the good of the country. That would be a miracle on par with anythin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anyone know.....

2012-09-06 Thread sparaig
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/310458 Both cardmeister and I have quoted extensively from these in earlier threads in FFL. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > ...what ancient texts actually mention levitation as > occuring in three stages

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic pundits keep dialing 911!!

2012-09-07 Thread sparaig
it reminds me that I once gave a TM intro > lecture to Raquel Welch at 1015 Gayley in L.A. She > was "dressed down," and so I didn't even recognize > her during the talk itself. I don't think she ever started > TM, but for those who dote on "celebrity meditators," > she at least expressed interes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anyone know.....

2012-09-07 Thread sparaig
I never said that anyone should take the claims seriously, but You said something interesting below: > So maybe he believed it too. But by now I think it is more reasonable to > think more carefully about the source of the belief in flying and noting that > if this was such a big deal in V

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does anyone know.....

2012-09-07 Thread sparaig
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > I never said that anyone should take the claims seriously, but > > > > You said something interesting below: > > > > > So maybe he believed it too. But by now I think it is more

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Placebo Effect And Its Relationship To Spiritual Experience

2012-09-08 Thread sparaig
Placebo is always a factor in everything, Chopra quotes MMY once saying "This [placebo effect] is how Brahma, whispering to Himself, creates the entire universe, an you dismiss it as 'placebo'!" That said, there's mainstream (not produced by TM researchers) evidence that TM DOES lead to what MM

[FairfieldLife] Re-submitting question to Robin

2012-09-08 Thread sparaig
Robin, if you answered this question, I didn't see it, sorry: Have you practiced TM lately and/or have you been checked lately? L

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Placebo Effect And Its Relationship To Spiritual Experience

2012-09-09 Thread sparaig
MMY has characterized CC as "merely normal" and suggests that if one becomes in CC, it is a great misfortune, because it is "glorified ignorance," where the division between Self and the rest of reality is at its most severe. He also said that if someone were to attain CC without any intellectua

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Benefits vs ?

2012-09-09 Thread sparaig
Like anything else, TM can become a crutch. That said, the research coming out of the VA and DoD will be interesting, and the ongoing multi-year (multi-decade is the stated plan) research on the Norwich University cadets will offer a lot of insight into how exceptionally physically healthy you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-submitting question to Robin

2012-09-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Robin, if you answered this question, I didn't see it, sorry: > > > > Have you practiced T

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Benefits vs ?

2012-09-09 Thread sparaig
you to misread things completely, it looks like. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Of course the TMO doing it's own research would be a little like Verizon > or AT&T doing research on the benefits mobile phones. ;-) > > On 09/09/2012 10:17 AM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-submitting question to Robin

2012-09-09 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Experience Teaching TM to Homeless Vet

2012-09-09 Thread sparaig
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi would NEVER approve of that. Instead, Jai Guru Dev. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > MMY's gift (and yours) to the world. Jai Maharishi! > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays wrote: > > > > Report of Remarkable Experience of Military

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Benefits vs ?

2012-09-09 Thread sparaig
gt; > or AT&T doing research on the benefits mobile phones. ;-) > > > > On 09/09/2012 10:17 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > Like anything else, TM can become a crutch. > > > > > > That said, the research coming out of the VA and DoD will be interesting,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-submitting question to Robin

2012-09-09 Thread sparaig
My point should be obvious, but if it's not, so be it. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wro

[FairfieldLife] Re: Re-submitting question to Robin

2012-09-10 Thread sparaig
Not to me, and potentially (depending on how he feels about it) not to Robin. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > My point should be obvious, but if it's no

[FairfieldLife] Re: Experience Teaching TM to Homeless Vet

2012-09-10 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi would NEVER approve of that. > > > > Instead, Jai Guru Dev. > > > In case you a

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM Organic Farms

2012-09-10 Thread sparaig
Don't confuse the TM organization with the people who have learned TM and NOT become part of the TM organization. Movement TMers, I have noted, tend to become lazy over time. They find that things become easier and don't bother to continue to challenge themselves by attempting more than the ave

[FairfieldLife] Re: Experience Teaching TM to Homeless Vet

2012-09-10 Thread sparaig
groups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > DD: ...still?! > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pundits' Union formed in Fairfield, Iowa

2012-09-11 Thread sparaig
No anagrams of length 5 for sparaig No anagrams of length 5 for saijanai ditto for 4 for sparaig ditto for 4 for saijanai sparaig has a few length 3 saijanai has 0 I lack. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogro

[FairfieldLife] Scientific research on enlightenment via TM

2012-09-12 Thread sparaig
http://www.reddit.com/r/transcendental/comments/zsfu5/scientific_research_on_enlightenment_via_tm/ A reddit discussion. Feel free to upvote/downvote and to contribute. L

[FairfieldLife] lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-14 Thread sparaig
note that ONLY buddhist meditation techniques and teachers were interviewed/considered by the lecturer: http://vimeo.com/18819660 Interesting, at least to me. L

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does YF...

2012-09-14 Thread sparaig
Actually, TM seems to have an effect on at least some people who have diabetes. It is one of the reasons why American Indians are interested in the practice. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Once and Future Happiness

2012-09-14 Thread sparaig
Sounds like fun. Enjoy. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > Today, working at my "moonlighting gig," I once again had reason to > appreciate the wisdom of a quote from T. H. White's "The Once and Future > King." In that book, he had his alter ego say to Wart: > > "The

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-15 Thread sparaig
I take it no-one besides me bothered watching this? Some VERY interesting statistics were brought out. Where's Vaj when you need an alternate point of view? L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > note that ONLY buddhist meditation techniq

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-16 Thread sparaig
Interesting that you don't see what I see: a one suicide per year report from a single teacher, for example. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-16 Thread sparaig
ain, even if they also have beneficial effects. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > I take it no-one besides me bothered watching this? > > I bothered, v

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Interesting that you dont' hear what I hear: > > > > "a couple of suicides" reported by a si

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > Interesting that you dont' hear what I hear: > > > > "a couple of suicides" reported by

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-16 Thread sparaig
est in having to do some heavy lifting of > challenge to become the most "me" I can be. "Do nothing and accomplish > everything" sounds a little like "Turn on, tune in, drop out" to me now. > > > > > > > > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-16 Thread sparaig
ogically is a mystery. And I am not inclined > > to believe that ancient cultures had it all figured out a long time ago. > > > > Sometimes when I am in my TM phase I feel the way I used to, that I could > > sit in that state for hours. It has a charm. But I can't

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: [...] > > ANd similar behavior, such as revolving your life around it and forgoing > > any and all activities that you might

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-16 Thread sparaig
ogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > The question arises: which ruts does TM practice create? > > Among many: > > * The belief that one should or must meditate twice a > day, if possible at about the same time, to make "proper" > progress from t

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-16 Thread sparaig
Feel free to recommend it to the DOD and Office of Veterans Affairs. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > The question arises: which ruts does TM pra

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-16 Thread sparaig
hfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > The question arises: which ruts does TM practice create? > > > > Amo

[FairfieldLife] Re: lecture on research on adverse effects of meditation

2012-09-17 Thread sparaig
I just did reread what you wrote. If you think that NLP offers something, then the DoD and Office of Veterans' Affairs should be made aware of things. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, &qu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Written by a 21 year old Female

2012-09-20 Thread sparaig
No mention of disability, mental or physical that I saw, did I miss that? And... what if the person can't find a job that they are capable of doing even if they aren't officially mentally or physically disabled? I have a severe hernia that, combined with my morbid obesity, gives me a 60+ inch w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Devas and Architecture

2012-09-23 Thread sparaig
MMY said that he failed to realize the importance of vastu until many years after he started the TM organization. What, do you assume that he couldn't learn new things as he got older, but instead, was merely in it for the money? BTW, the "cut" you refer to is for the pandit projects as far as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Devas and Architecture

2012-09-23 Thread sparaig
and even Maharishi University of Management. His > nephews still run it. > > So yeah, his kin folk get a cut. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > MMY said that he failed to realize the importance of vastu until many years > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Written by a 21 year old Female

2012-09-25 Thread sparaig
don't want to show up for > work on time, or feel too good to do what a boss/manager requires of them. > > seekliberation > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > No mention of disability, mental or physical that I saw, did I m

[FairfieldLife] Re: Devas and Architecture

2012-09-25 Thread sparaig
like so many > meditation gurus, he came from the East and got eaten up by the West. But I > don't believe anyone who still thinks he did no wrong will change their mind > cuz of what I say. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" w

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM's biggest problem?

2012-07-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 11:41 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 11:30 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM's biggest problem?

2012-07-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 12:47 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > How 'bout going all Thoreau on its ass and calling it > > what it really is -- daydreaming. Simplify, simplify, > > simplify. > > > OK. How 'bout Obsessive Compulsive Daydreaming? >

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM's biggest problem?

2012-07-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 12:55 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > The point of TM isn't to transcend. > > > > THe point of TM is to transcend and then to NOT-transcend. > > > > Again, you show a fundamental

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM's biggest problem?

2012-07-18 Thread sparaig
might not FEEL deep. > > Best not to try to (-: > > > > > From: Vaj > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 12:30 PM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM's biggest problem? > > >   > > > On Jul

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM's biggest problem?

2012-07-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Jul 18, 2012, at 1:45 PM, Share Long wrote: > > > At some point, lost in distraction does NOT equal not > > transcending. My experience. > > > > > Mine too...and Patanjali as well! > I never said that it did. L

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM's biggest problem?

2012-07-18 Thread sparaig
If you present your way as "better" that is your choice. But to insist that your way is really MMY's way is simply wrong. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Former Navy SEAL Launches PAC To Fight Obama

2012-07-18 Thread sparaig
What I wonder is why he thinks that Mitt Romney would somehow make better decisions about the military than Obama. I don't recall hearing ANYTHIGN substantive from Romney on military issues. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon wrote: > > Must be a racist. > > > > __

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey Judy! More government 'stimulus', are ya happy?

2012-07-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > Oh, and here's a pic of the Pres. giving away the public treasury! > What's not to like? More votes from Latinos? Naaah, he's just a > touchy-feely guy! What a smile,.. more food stamps for, well Latinos > (legal, of course!). > > Have you

[FairfieldLife] Re: for those who still love and or thank Maharishi

2012-07-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: > > > > No it doesn't. Did you skim the conversation between Robin > > and Share on personal and universal love? One didn't need > > to be a Maharishi-knower or TM-doer to enjoy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hey Judy! More government 'stimulus', are ya happy?

2012-07-19 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > > > > > Oh, and here's a pic o

[FairfieldLife] fun example of distributed computing

2012-07-19 Thread sparaig
http://constantin.glez.de/mandelbrot This is written in the "lingua franca" of the Internet, Javascript. It apparently divides the processing time between several computers around the world, so that it goes much faster than the same program would run if you ran it on your own computer. Very co

[FairfieldLife] new r/transcendental forum for TM on reddit

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
http://www.reddit.com/r/transcendental Enjoy. L

[FairfieldLife] Re: Changing Lives With Meditation - Great Video from David Lynch

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin wrote: > A fantastic and truly moving video (5 min.) > how > meditation can change everyone's life: > > David Lynch Foundation: Changing Lives With > Meditation > www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gM_sXiUPvo&feature=player_embedded I wonder if Lynch ha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: [...] > > Strange that someone who styles himself as a "pleasant, > loving person" would be so seriously misinterpreted by > so many for so long, with Vaj helpless to change that > impression. > "Two of my death threats came from peopl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: [...] > > Strange that someone who styles himself as a "pleasant, > > loving person" would be so seriously misinterpreted by > > so many for so long, with Vaj helpless to ch

[FairfieldLife] Re: Personal love is concentrated universal love" MMY

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > Share3, where the World's Washing Machine seems to be > > gearing up with the start of another TTC > > Honestly curious, how many people attend a TM > Teacher Training C

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is "spiritual?"

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > Epithets have been hurled recently claiming that some > > on this forum are "not spiritual." > > A quick check with Yahoo Advanced Search reveals no > "not spiritual" e

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > But since Ann has now done the necessary weighing-in on > > what she wrote, I don't have to, nor does Robin. We're > > right back to square one: Vaj has yet to p

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM's biggest problem?

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > Maharishi: People will enjoy this book. They will enjoy your insight. > VK: I haven't any insight. It's your wisdom they will enjoy, and they will > enjoy it a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > [...] > That's simple. It's just another lie from Vaj. Yet another in a seemingly > endless row of lies about anything pertaining to TM and Maharishi that he can > possible dream up. > Please remember that he is a Buddhist fundament

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: [...] > Let me try to explain: We are all aware by now, that Maharishi has misused his > power as a guru, to form relationships with disciples. I remain unconvinced of this. I have never read the book by MMY's alleged mistress although I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > Please remember that he is a Buddhist fundamentalist who feels increasingly > > threatened by the growth of Vedanta in the world. > > A Buddhist fundamentalis

[FairfieldLife] Re: A movie to die for?

2012-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon wrote: > > Sorry Emily, this is the very reason why we do need guns. So people such as > your self can not *organize* and  deny us our second amendment rights as > well as  our first amendment or any other amendment rights. A well armed > c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga

2012-07-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authf

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga

2012-07-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > It worked pretty much as intended. If you haven't > > noticed, one of my approaches here is to describe > > typical aberrant behavior generally -- as a phenom- > > enon in it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Recommendations of the new TM.org campaign

2012-07-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: [...] > Though it proly would not work for TM to broadside SSRavi Shankar as his > meditation is so like TM; evidently is also 'effortless' though he uses > different mantras. Can't pick the same fight over 'effortlessness' that way > as wi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Recommendations of the new TM.org campaign

2012-07-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > [...] > > > Though it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Recommendations of the new TM.org campaign

2012-07-22 Thread sparaig
licity. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > [...] > > > Though it proly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Recommendations of the new TM.org campaign

2012-07-22 Thread sparaig
s > getting Lynched as 'irrelevant' already, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea wrote: > > > > You can see, that TM targets

[FairfieldLife] Interview with WWII vet Jerry Yellin on TM, the military and PTSD

2012-07-23 Thread sparaig
http://defensetracker.com/archives/frontandcenter072212.wav starts 27 minutes in. Great spokesman for the TM organization. He was 17 in 1940. Makes him 89 now, and sharp as a tack. L

[FairfieldLife] Arrietty from Studio Ghibli

2012-07-23 Thread sparaig
http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/arrietty-a-tale-twice-borrowed/ Anyone see this? I wish I had been able to watch in in the theatre. L

[FairfieldLife] Re: Recommendations of the new TM.org campaign

2012-07-23 Thread sparaig
t; > > Seems that Fairfield is become a TM PR pain in the rear. Nablusoss > > being close to the middle of TM evidently has his finger on this pulse > > too. He is quite right. Fairfield is becoming expendable as it gets in > > the way of the new TM.org marketing of TM more wid

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