[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My favorite was the lingum out of the mouth trick. He wasn't even > trying on that one and everyone seemed so pleased with what he did. > Plus it was about a 10 on the gaydar scale! I love watching the cro

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/7/06 4:32 PM, Paul Mason at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have been practising transcendental meditation regularly for well > > over three decades now, but that has not made me a 'true believer'. > > But, I am

Re: [FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap on 8/7/06 6:41 PM, Paul Mason at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I completely agree that if Sai Baba has made the abuses of power he is accused of, then he deserves to be exposed. I have long sought good clo

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread Paul Mason
Quite, the expression on his face was what was taking my attention too. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My favorite was the lingum out of the mouth trick. He wasn't even > trying on that one and everyone seemed so pleased with what he di

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread curtisdeltablues
My favorite was the lingum out of the mouth trick. He wasn't even trying on that one and everyone seemed so pleased with what he did. Plus it was about a 10 on the gaydar scale! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I completely agree that if Sai Baba

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread Paul Mason
I completely agree that if Sai Baba has made the abuses of power he is accused of, then he deserves to be exposed. I have long sought good close-up footage of Sai handing out vibhuti, and today I have been able to study a variety of video clips, and I am very glad for this opportunity. Many tha

Re: [FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap on 8/7/06 6:03 PM, Paul Mason at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not enter the suspicion of a conspiracy theory lightly, but whilst trying to contact one of the women I found my email to her being answer

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread new . morning
A red flag for "spin" goes up, perhaps undjusifiably so, for statements like " already known for their involvement in trying to bring about the public ridicule of another prominent Indian." On the surface, he sounds like quite the rogue. On second thought, do all prominent indians deserve shieldin

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread Paul Mason
I do not enter the suspicion of a conspiracy theory lightly, but whilst trying to contact one of the women I found my email to her being answered by someone already known for their involvement in trying to bring about the public ridicule of another prominent Indian. --- In FairfieldLife@yaho

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... and the stories have sounded no more clear as time has gone > on. To me, and this is not universal, I knew or was on courses with most of the people in SS. To me, most were credible as people. Different than say,

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread Paul Mason
I'd be happy to revise my opinion, I am not attached one way or the other on this subject. Same with 'where did the TM teaching come from?', I don't have a fixed outcome in mind for that either, though I suspect that MMY's teachings were fairly predictably Hindu, until he got close to the USA

Re: [FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap on 8/7/06 4:32 PM, Paul Mason at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been practising transcendental meditation regularly for well over three decades now, but that has not made me a 'true believer'. B

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread Paul Mason
I have been practising transcendental meditation regularly for well over three decades now, but that has not made me a 'true believer'. But, I am a firm believer about one thing at least and that is in using proper methodology for the purposes of detection work. The whole sex scandal story abo

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > Or even by those who insist that their new belief > > > system be well supported, > > People insist that others support their own personal belief systems

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > I've been told that the TBers have ruined the list. I guess no-one > > likes to hear their NEW > > > belief-system challenged by people who embrace

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote: > > > > I assume Wiki would not rely on your impressions either. Since they > > are um "piss-poor". > > True enough. Wikipedia requires some kind of citation for

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" > wrote: > > > > > But perhaps Peter is correct when he > > > suggested the problem lies in the fact

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" wrote: > > > But perhaps Peter is correct when he > > suggested the problem lies in the fact that the core topics about >> TM > > & MMY have already been dealt with,

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > During the period prior to the arrival of 'TBers' from Alt.Med I > personally preferred the level of intelligent discussions here at > FFL. Since that time things have tended to get more 'in your face' > (as they t

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > I usually just sa

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > I usually just say what I have to say and that's it. If there's > > > some enjoyable or wor

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread Paul Mason
During the period prior to the arrival of 'TBers' from Alt.Med I personally preferred the level of intelligent discussions here at FFL. Since that time things have tended to get more 'in your face' (as they tended to be at alt.med), an attitude that militates against confortable casual exchange

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > As aside, nothing to do with Vaj, but following up the last point > about the impropriety of diagnosing over the internet, I wonder if > that includes diagnosing other people's motives and states of mind. > That wo

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > I usually just say what I have to say and that's it. If there's > > some enjoyable or worthwhile correspondence after a comment, I'll > > add some, if I feel

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Aug 6, 2006, at 11:40 PM, new.morning wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > wrote: > > > >> In fact it is a rigid egoic stance that Vaj has committed himself > >> to, and cannot now se

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I usually just say what I have to say and that's it. If there's > some enjoyable or worthwhile correspondence after a comment, I'll > add some, if I feel it's constructive. Otherwise I don't bother, > esp. since this list ha

Re: [FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-07 Thread Vaj
On Aug 6, 2006, at 11:40 PM, new.morning wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In fact it is a rigid egoic stance that Vaj has committed himself  to, and cannot now see the falsity of. Why do I say this? Simply because of his inability to respond w

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-06 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" wrote: > > In fact it is a rigid egoic stance that Vaj has committed himself > > to, and cannot now see the falsity of. > > > > Why do I say this? Simply becau

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-06 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In fact it is a rigid egoic stance that Vaj has committed himself > to, and cannot now see the falsity of. > > Why do I say this? Simply because of his inability to respond when > his postings are criticized. Inste

[FairfieldLife] [was Re: Number of people learning TM ] Vaj's trap

2006-08-06 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > >It's also sad that some people are still "burning a candle" > > >for it all. There will a