Materialism, she says, is the new spirituality.
He said people now lived in a time "when the lights of commerce cast the light
of God into the shadows, when we are concerned for gifts, but cold toward those
who are marginalised".
During the service, he said Christmas had been "taken host
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Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific, or
objective, efforts to explain reality.
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The word "bling" refers to any unnecessary accumulation of metal
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=metal or jewellery which
impresses the simple-minded.
Tomorrow is the Global Day of Prayer...via Thich Nhat Hanh. Scroll down from
the date of 2/8
https://www.bluecliffmonastery.org/news-and-updates/2017/2/8/global-day-of-prayer
https://www.bluecliffmonastery.org/news-and-updates/2017/2/8/global-day-of-prayer
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups
FW:
"Our current life is beset by a cacophony of alarming and, at times, ominous
noise. Cognizant of this scourge, Amma urged her disciples in the USA to
conduct sessions of silent meditation. In sustained silence, our senses
become more acute and attuned to see the world around us with gr
Relative deprivation:
An ambient stressor in the collective spiritual body,
a lack of fulfillment, the lack of peace.
But it is an elegant explanation for so much of the turmoil of the current
political climate, when many groups seem to fear they could be losing out on
what they once had.
.
Fear and the spiritual 'body politic'..
..the people of a nation, state, or society considered collectively as an
organized group of citizens.
“We have more than a political problem. We have an emotional problem, in that
this moment scares us. It scares us. We have a psychological problem in
Notes from the morning Fairfield, Iowa Coffee Haus Satsangs, after meditation.
This morning’s notes are about ambient collective Fear, the Energy of these
times:
Running conversation,
There is a tremendous amount of fear in the collective. Fear of not having
enough and that whatever people h
In sign of the time..
A Quick paraphrase edit:
“..In a non-theistic ( non-spiritual) morality..Vice sells and that is
patently degenerate. That is ‘creative genius’, because it can be done and it
makes money? It is called the degradation of freedom that is run of the mill
upper levels of
Fleetwood shares this:
'decline of global sattva?'. Yes, it can seem that way these days, because it
is easier to feel resistance, which shrinks one's apparent world; less
satisfying. However, as a wise man said, 'take it easy, take it as it comes'.
Globally, we are in a period of risin
“Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific, or
objective efforts to explain reality.”
Q: People saying they are disabled in a mental agitation and chaos by 21st
Century media then define certainty, an objective ‘that’?
A: "When push comes to shove, you can
Dear Meditators, Sidhas, and Governors of Fairfield and Maharishi Vedic City,
1. We’ve stumbled upon an amazing and very timely video of Maharishi putting
political events into perspective. We think you will be delighted — and in some
cases much relieved — to hear what he has to say.
Read
FW, e-mail:
News and media must produce and they have nothing solid to talk about! Nearly
all is speculation & anxiety of anticipation to fill time and
media/electronics. Unfortunately this mode of thinking is infectious to the
masses of people... cluttering the minds of all to the ext
Fear, the 'Social Question".
The coming future..
“And that's the fear. The fear is that populism makes this not about an
electoral ballot but really about the future, fundamentally of oneself within
one society. And it - and populists winning, in particular, not only by having
solutions t
Yes, the Domes in Fairfield quite evidently are activating spiritually too like
spiritual places are for an individual or collective. There certainly is a
reality to that. Like sitting in a gathered Quaker meeting In effect wages
peace as places in the silence of their spiritual processes. Wag
"Where did we go wrong? The real mistake we commit lies in our inability to
differentiate between requirements and luxuries."-Amma
"Don't be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world.
Light your candle and step forward." -Amma
"Be like the honeybee who gathers only ne
Yes. What seemed distinctly a single category splits in two when you learn
about "spirit." Eventually it all come back together again. Materialism,
Spirituality, Non-Duality, Monism. All the same. How many ways can you cut a
deck of cards?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
Thx, .
Thx, there's no clear-cut distinction between materialism and Spirituality,
since any particular materialistic item or even can conceivably be transmuted
into something allied toward the goal of Enlightening everybody in the
Universe. (a Mahayana Buddhist goal).
OTOH, a materialist can be d
Ammachi in Detroit, ‘Q and A’ satsang meeting.
11.23.16
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
Transcription of rough handwritten notes..
Q:What of the fear, agitation, commotion, hatred and confusion that is
individual and societal for the present time?
A: Amma answering, Swa
Large turnouts for deep meditations with Ammachi this past Thanksgiving week in
Detroit. A lot of people traveling from Fairfield there and old TM movement
initiators from around the country. Ammachi moves on to San Jose for this
week. see Amma.org for location.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoo
Ammachi in Detroit ‘Q and A’ satsang meeting. Transcription of rough
handwritten notes..
Q:What of the fear, agitation, commotion, hatred and confusion that is
individual and societal for the present time?
A: Amma answering, Swami translating..
[ ..her observation was that everyone has
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