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

2006-08-14 Thread Sal Sunshine
That's right, Curtis, there is lots going on here and a very eclectic set of philosophies--more gurus to choose from than I could probably enumerate. And there's even still a few who go to the Domes from time to time. :) Sal On Aug 13, 2006, at 6:22 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > One thing I

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

2006-08-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > > > I thought Curtis's response was great too, Bill, and really sums up the > > wackiness as well as the good stuff. But on FF--it really feels like a

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

2006-08-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing I would like to correct on re-reading my post. I implied > that most of the people in Fairfield share one belief system, but as > Sal and Rick can probably correct and confirm, the group has shifted

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

2006-08-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought Curtis's response was great too, Bill, and really sums up the > wackiness as well as the good stuff. But on FF--it really feels like a > community here, like a group of progressive people working togethe

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

2006-08-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > [...] > > > > > > Caveat: I don't think either of these studies, the > > > Jerusalem or t

[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 section. > >> > > >> > G > > > > I found some intere

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

2006-08-13 Thread curtisdeltablues
I tend to think people are a little nicer and more open-minded here than in many other places, at least other places I've lived in. Sal I don't doubt that. Nice place to raise kids. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought Curtis's response

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

2006-08-13 Thread curtisdeltablues
One thing I would like to correct on re-reading my post. I implied that most of the people in Fairfield share one belief system, but as Sal and Rick can probably correct and confirm, the group has shifted from a more unified TM based belief system to a much more eclectic, diverse set of beliefs an

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

2006-08-13 Thread Peter
--- Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The ME is something I'd love to believe in: the > field > > effects of consciousness. However the empirical > > evidence (regardless of what John H. and Bevan > say) > > show that this effect, if it can be measured at > all, > > is extremely weak

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

2006-08-13 Thread Sal Sunshine
I thought Curtis's response was great too, Bill, and really sums up the wackiness as well as the good stuff. But on FF--it really feels like a community here, like a group of progressive people working together on various projects, at least much of the time. The divisions, when they occur, u

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

2006-08-13 Thread Robert Gimbel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Maharishi Maheshi Yogi's life work; > > > Has culminated in this theor

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

2006-08-13 Thread authfriend
--- 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 section. > >> > > >> > G > > > > I found some intere

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

2006-08-13 Thread Bill (William)Simmons
Thank you Curtisdeltablues your response it mirrors my thoughts on what I am certain is a nice community (Fairfield). One that is no better but no worse then other communities with far less folks "flying' for a better world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PRO

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

2006-08-13 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "The Maharishi Effect'- How it works...' 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 section. > > G I found some inte

[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 of > opportunistic Ma

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

2006-08-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > [...] > > > > Caveat: I don't think either of these studies, the > > Jerusalem or the D.C. study, are any more than > > suggestive; they're certainly not conc

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

2006-08-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > > > I don't know, however, if the Maheshites' claims about the > > > MishMash Effect are, as

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

2006-08-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Caveat: I don't think either of these studies, the > Jerusalem or the D.C. study, are any more than > suggestive; they're certainly not conclusive. I'm > extremely skeptical that the ME theory can ever be > co

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

2006-08-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 wrote: > > I don't know, however, if the Maheshites' claims about the > > MishMash Effect are, as you say, 'un-falsifiable'. Quite a lot > > got written by actual scient

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

2006-08-13 Thread authfriend
--- 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 of > opportunistic Mahe

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

2006-08-13 Thread sparaig
--- 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 of > opportunistic Mah

[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 authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Like many aspects of the TM movement beliefs, the 1% claims are > carefully worded so they are un-falsifiable. Curtis has discovered the concept of "falsifiability" but unfortunately hasn't quite discovered ho

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

2006-08-13 Thread curtisdeltablues
Like many aspects of the TM movement beliefs, the 1% claims are carefully worded so they are un-falsifiable. This is a common trick with groups making absurd claims. Because they are choosing what to pay attention to in huge amounts of sociological data, they can make it seem like either "somethi

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

2006-08-13 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If MMY can bring peace to a community with (I think I saw a claim > of 1% of the population meditating). Then given Fairfields pop. of > a mere 10,000 people there must be zero reportable incidences in >

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

2006-08-13 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "The Maharishi Effect'- How it works...' on 8/13/06 2:40 AM, Bill (William)Simmons at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does Fairfield have a zero percent crime rate,,,oh hell lets just say a zero percent VIOLENT crime rate??? There was a murder in

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

2006-08-13 Thread Peter
--- "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Maharishi Maheshi Yogi's life work; > > Has culminated in this theory, > > It's called 'The Maharishi Effect'. > > It says; > > That TM med

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

2006-08-13 Thread Robert Gimbel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" > wrote: > > > > > > > R.G. Seattle, Washington, USA. > > > > What kind of vibes > does one get > at the tomb > of Jimi Hendrix? "Like purple haze vibes? N

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

2006-08-13 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > R.G. Seattle, Washington, USA. > What kind of vibes does one get at the tomb of Jimi Hendrix? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/

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

2006-08-13 Thread Robert Gimbel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel > wrote: > > > > Maharishi Maheshi Yogi's life work; > > Has culminated in this theory, > > It's called 'The Maharishi Effect'. > > It says; > > That TM

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

2006-08-13 Thread Robert Gimbel
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's life work; > > > > Has culminated in this theory, > > > > It's called 'The Maharishi Effect'. > > > > It says; > > > > That TM mediators', have an effect; > > > > When in tr

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

2006-08-13 Thread peterklutz
His life's work .. ? In the early 1980s, after Maharishi had given TM and TM-Sidhi to the world, and laid out the array of Vedic stuff thatis now implemented, someone gasped in wonder and asked him that surely this is now all it - the totality of knowledge, Vedic Wisdom. Maharishi's answer? Thi

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

2006-08-13 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Bill (William)Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel > wrote: > > > > Maharishi Maheshi Yogi's life work; > > Has culminated in this theory, > > It's called 'The Maharishi Effect'. > > It says; > >

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

2006-08-13 Thread Bill (William)Simmons
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maharishi Maheshi Yogi's life work; > Has culminated in this theory, > It's called 'The Maharishi Effect'. > It says; > That TM meditators, have an effect; > When in transendental deep meditation- >Tha

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

2006-08-12 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maharishi Maheshi Yogi's life work; > Has culminated in this theory, > It's called 'The Maharishi Effect'. > It says; > That TM meditators, have an effect; > When in transendental deep meditation- >Tha