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Stanley Lewis, a Visionary from Watts
In June 1968..
Whenever Lewis found something valuable, he wanted to share it. He knew right
away that the TM technique was something he wanted to give back to his
community..
Maharishi invited
all I can remember is the substitution of purushu for one word
Eschatology:
The word arises from the Greek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek
ἔσχατος
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%94%CF%83%CF%87%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82
eschatos meaning "last" and -logy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-logy meaning
"the study of", first used in English
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
This quote can go along with this
‘Sit up and meditate’ thread,
of meditation as something you ‘Do’, of Karma Yoga
whilst you have a human life..
“May the universe in some strange sense be “brought into being” by the
participation of
This quote can go along with this
‘Sit up and meditate’ thread,
of meditation as something you ‘Do’, of Karma Yoga
whilst you have a human life..
“May the universe in some strange sense be “brought into being” by the
participation of those who participate? ..The vital act is the act of
Remember that the longer you practice meditation with intensity, the nearer you
will be to joyous contact with the silent (Unified Field). Intensity consists
in making every today’s meditation deeper than yesterday’s and every
tommorrow’s meditation deeper than today’s.
Paramahansa Yogananda,
from inside Fairfield's spiritual satsanga
conversation..
"The heart chakra in many systems is considered as sort of the crowning jewel
of the human energy system because especially in a place (Fairfield, Iowa)
where we have people who do a lot of meditating a lot of the chakras like the
Yes, and an appreciation within this in particular to David Lynch, the
DLFoundation, John Hagelin Bobby Roth and the focused workings of some many
well-wishers who turned what had become the disorganized apparatus of teaching
of TM in North America.
There is a summer governor’s conference (™
Sit up and meditate, ‘meditation is something you do’..
Back a few years ago when people were being subsidized with grant money to
stay in Fairfield and meditate with the large group in the Domes some few were
gaming the money system then by just coming in to the Dome meditation and
sleeping.
Pulled along by the experience..
Good observation. In teaching TM I always asked that people themselves in
learning the meditation give it a real go in a regular practice for some time
to see what it does.
The folks who tended to do this with some discipline were the ones who got on
to
In my understanding, and please *someone who knows* correct me if I am wrong,
Yogastah kuru karmani applies to all Yogas, not only Karma Yoga.
Eustace
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Eustace,
B Gita Chapter II, verse 48 states: "Yogastah kuru karmani."... meaning
Who will come next to revive the TMO?
That is a very good question. There are now a few millennials, 30’s, 40 or so
years old who grew up in this and are now initiators having taught a number of
people to meditate. Some have taught some number of hundreds of people to
meditate. You don’t see
I got initiated in July 1993 when Chopra was becoming popular and jyotish was
mushrooming in Seattle, WA and around the country. That was when KN Rao came
to the USA to teach the ancient science of light. Ayurveda and amrit kalash
were hot too.
Then, King Tony was crowned and the rest of
Yeah, that was once a core value teaching in TM, 'meditate and act'. Then it
(also) went on to other stuff in the 1990’s with attempt at the resuscitation
of the Vedic Sciences, Vedic culture, sanskrit, faith in astrology, yagyas,
ayurveda, remedies and such. The bad fitting pink saris and
Yeah, that was once a core value teaching in TM, 'meditate and act'. Then it
went on to other stuff in the 1990’a with the attempt at the resuscitation of
the Vedic Sciences, Vedic culture, faith in astrology, yagyas, chanting,
ayurveda, remedies and such. The bad fitting pink saris and
Eustace,
B Gita Chapter II, verse 48 states: "Yogastah kuru karmani."... meaning
established in yoga, perform actions. This essentially is saying that TM is
Karma Yoga.
I posted here believing someone would have the answer at this fingertips or at
least on a shelf nearby. Clearly this wasn't the case, it seems the book is no
longer popular in Fairfield.,So I did what I had tried to avoid, buy the Kindle
edition of the Science of Being ahd Art of Living, Well
As much as ™ itself is said to be effortless meditation it does take some
discipline to do. At the outset it is actually something you ‘do’.
I have these old cassette tapes from the India TM teacher training courses
with Maharishi, outdoor lectures with crows cawing in the background and
According to the concordance, on pg 303 of SofB, there's something on karma
yoga.Hope this helps.
On Thursday, July 12, 2018, 1:09:47 AM CDT, eustace10679
wrote:
No, that's not it. I remember reading plainly that TM *is* Karma Yoga, the
important issue being that after diving
No, that's not it. I remember reading plainly that TM *is* Karma Yoga, the
important issue being that after diving in you *have* ti get out and transfer
to the outer world of action the what you got from diving in. That's why in TM
extended practice -- without outside action -- is not
At least YF seems to be karma yoga par excellence: simultaneous intense action
(karma) and "non-action", samaadhi (yoga)??
Training? Do they have TM Raja classes in deportment on Raja training?
Ethics? Tests? Taught by whom?
Standards still a million dollars to get the gold crown?
The group of old people inside is getting quite small,
Who would freely apply to be a TM Raja, or are folks drafted, impressed?
In an internet #MeToo era, “The Knowledge” going forward evidently becomes
about institutional integrity. There is a new TM Raja Training course starting.
Bevan is leaving the community to go off and teach the Raja Training course?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
A FF
A FF Coffee House response to a TM culture ‘unchecked’ in enabling of bad
behavior..:
“..Unaddressed, the ‘make nice’ does not take it out of memory.”
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
There are all kinds of reasons that people will not contend Abuse in workplace
environments
There are all kinds of reasons that people will not contend Abuse in workplace
environments as they may endure it.
Culture is prominent in these cases of #MeToo where for various social reasons
which are practical to women in these situations they may feel to endure it or
withdraw or leave
by all means let us all know should this ever happen. until then it is just
your slanderous innuendo. there is no defense against this kind of slander
which makes it extremely evil.
Been hearing for a while that the County Attorney here is looking at sexual
harassment in the top levels of movement things.
Communally we have been hearing whisperings of these narratives for years.
Was puzzling all along that more of the women involved did not go more directly
public with
there is no end to the false things that have been said and are still said
about TM and TMers
https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2018/05/10/fake-pope-francis-invites-satanist-katy-perry-to-promote-transcendental-meditation-at-vatican/
there is no metoo hypocrisy. you don't provide the tiniest proof people say
all kinds of false things. does not make it true at all
The Global Country of World Peace has its clear understanding and proof of the
mechanics of peace but is the (GCWP) the group to try to lead world peace, to
advocate with what challenge is in a community of some enablers as a collective
#MeToo hypocrisy that hangs over the group?
#
---In
Now this new story, in the last few days, with a university in Arizona is
coincidental parallel.. but instructive.
“..regarding challenges facing the Institution, including those of enrollment,
financial, leadership and institutional identity, the Board determined to move
in the
you are most intent on creating conflict..
No, it is already here.
Fairfield, Coffee Haus Satsanga today,
text, paraphrasing conversation..
" #MeToo? A: If they think for a minute that this isn’t known? This is known
in our community, this is known in our young people, that
you are most intent on creating conflict
I have not.
Writes: I don't know of anything worthy of #metoo..
Did you see that thread a couple of months ago on Facebook about sexual
harassments in Fairfield that were in the meditating community?
Right away in hot reply then there were a couple hundred 'likes' and quite a
lot of #MeToo’s as
There is quite a lot of experience and science on Peace now within spirituality
practices of meditation. However, The Global Country of World Peace (GCWP)
evidently has a conflicted cultural look in caste Hinduism and patriarchal
colonialism. Spend.. a few minutes on the Maharishi channels.
I don't know them, I know their friends, I am two degrees of separation. I have
zero responsibility . I have never heard of millions on such legal fees. I
don't know what you are claiming. I know a certain individual may have had
sexual relations you may not approve of but you have also blanket
It is okay, Srijau. No, actually I was told more recently by someone who has
been around the top administration up there for decades, someone you (safely
anonymously) probably work with up there or have been with:
“It was way worse than you know. Millions ($) have been spent on legal fees.”
who exactly are you trying to slander by innuendo Doug?
.. Is it time now for the integrity of a secular Global Union of Scientists for
Peace, GUSP https://www.gusp.org/ https://www.gusp.org/
as the peace movement to be even more clearly separated, detached, from from
the Global Country of World Peace, GCWP? Is it time to clearly dissociate the
Workplace abuse. But, he maintains, he never sexually harassed anyone.
Who could/should coordinate the body of a modern peace movement?
Could The Global Country of World Peace (GCWP) be associated with this?
https://www.globalcountry.org https://www.globalcountry.org
Srijau
not just USA. Maharishi once made a joke about it, I think it was along the
lines of sometimes I think we should just celebrate only the Jewish high
holidays here as we have so many Jews. In Europe
Quite correct I feel.
In a message dated 09/02/17 09:23:04 Eastern Daylight Time,
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com writes:
Not “over-represented” but interesting disproportionate number compared to a
general population. A universality in the Old Testament religion possibly
predisposes a
Not “over-represented” but interesting disproportionate number compared to a
general population. A universality in the Old Testament religion possibly
predisposes a people brought up with that aspect to recognize what is a
universal Unified Field that is opened in the essential
..
In a longer view of process it is likely okay in form for Mother India to
achieve its independence, freedom and their country back from the Britain and
the Raj of the East India Company but evidently much of India was left landless
and in poverty because of the Raj.
"The real power of
That's why FFL stands for "Funny Farm Lounge". :-D
On 07/13/2017 07:34 PM, sri...@ymail.com wrote:
you have a valid cause in many ways but you utterly discredit yourself
with this dumb ugly and irrelevant nonsense
Well actually this community process now currently going on is a fourth time
around with the meditating community, at least, in Fairfield with the TM
movement and it has not necessarily gone well before for some previous
reformists who attempted to change or streamline the TM movement’s ritual.
you have a valid cause in many ways but you utterly discredit yourself with
this dumb ugly and irrelevant nonsense
Good essay, Archer. And it seems that the enlightened potential comes further,
more than just enlightened experience of spiritually awakening at levels coming
in some heightened right and left brain synchrony, but cultivated. Ammachi’s
Swami making a pointed observation deserves some look at
there is only consciousness.
From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2016 1:07 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and DMN!
Evidently in more than ‘awakening’ spir
Where the Buddha emphasized inner peace and the transcendence of samsara,
Christ emphasized embodying divine humanity in the midst of samsara, embracing
the human condition in order to serve those who are lost in ignorance.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote
Evidently in more than ‘awakening’ spiritually, a further cultivation
evidently is in what one can do with it.
Interestingly, in SRF (Self-Realization Foundation, Yogananda’s teaching) they
start with moral development in a study sequence of material and then in the
sequence students
Indeed!Sounds reasonable.
(an anecdotal experience that's not true):
Some friends and I planned on going to the movies. Part of the group left
early to stare at the screen 1 full hour before the movie started. I came in
later as the previews were being shown, and encountered my group of
Archer Angel writing: then my mind has undergone a lot transformations in the
last few years or so.
..the main difference now is the mind is far more silent even in activity so I
can just sit and be silent even without meditating.
You hear this more commonly in meditating
Giovanni writes saying, "..and I’m not here to create controversy." !
cardemaister:
Quote:
"Is it for me? Personally I don’t feel comfortable advising anyone to try
Transcendental Meditation anymore, especially if you are looking to go deep
into meditation. To know more, check out this
Quote:
Is it for me? Personally I don’t feel comfortable advising anyone to try
Transcendental Meditation anymore, especially if you are looking to go deep
into meditation. To know more, check out this answer I wrote in Quora
A sample of scientific research on mindfulness meditation, which is actually
researched more than TM. The proprietary nature of TM teaching seems to
restrict the possibilities of more directly comparative studies. The studies on
TM are also mentioned.
76 Scientific Benefits of Meditation | Live
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 1:18 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and DMN!
Thxhis phrase "all other types of meditation" only applies to the
limited sample of the control group types, not literally "all typ
ldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 1:09 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM and DMN!
..activity in the "default mode network" (DMN), which is a large-scale
brain network involving areas in the front and back of the brain that are
Thxhis phrase "all other types of meditation" only applies to the limited
sample of the control group types, not literally "all types". No mention of
Mindfulness.. No mention of Oxytocin levels which correlate to the feeling of
compassionate awareness that could go farther toward a more
..activity in the "default mode network" (DMN), which is a large-scale brain
network involving areas in the front and back of the brain that are active when
one's eyes are closed and one is following internal thoughts.
perhaps reflecting..
This could indicate..
assertions.
---In
Well, perhaps rather meditatsi, LOL!
I don't know about the identity of ArchonAngel, but I do lean toward the belief
that the "consideration" going on is between Doug and . . . Doug. I also think
Doug hopes to implement a plan for FFL that he has had in mind since well
before taking it over.
Why he can't just start another
imply.
From: "olliesedwuz@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 2:05 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
Yep, thinking the same thing - just another texas two step...
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roups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 2:05 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
Yep, thinking the same thing - just another texas two step...
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
Exactly. Expresses a kind of contempt for the people who actually post
Yep, thinking the same thing - just another texas two step...
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
Exactly. Expresses a kind of contempt for the people who actually post on this
forum, don't you think?
Also, I suspect that "ArchonAngel" is just another
I notice that many male TM teachers seem to now be wearing a sort of standard
uniform, a light tan suit.
Curious to me that people group by ideology rather than focus on discovery.
Discovery undoes what was previously thought, disruptive to ideology.
If you think you know what will be
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
Exactly. Expresses a kind of contempt for the people who actually post on this
forum, don't you think?
Also, I suspect that "ArchonAngel" is just another alias of the one here who
already has too many.
I think
Exactly. Expresses a kind of contempt for the people who actually post on this
forum, don't you think?
Also, I suspect that "ArchonAngel" is just another alias of the one here who
already has too many.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
It should be noted that
Ollie,
No not all that here (uniforms, armbands and such) but at least there be a
show of a willingness to participate within a framework of civility that the
Yahoo-Groups does lay out to foster the group. That has been made plenty clear
as it is expected by Yahoo-groups that any group
Ollie,
No not all that here (uniforms, armbands and such) but at least there be a
show of a willingness to participate within a framework of civility that the
Yahoo-Groups does lay out to foster the group. That has been made plenty clear
as it is expected by Yahoo-groups that any group
We could all wear [virtual] uniforms, with armbands, and sing choruses of union
and triumph over the lesser beings. Perhaps institute a pledge of spiritual
allegiance, and march around too. Hey, I like where this is headed! What's next?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
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To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 4:34 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <archonangel@...> wrote :
I take it from the content here that no one here practices TM
Or if they do,
It should be noted that with the exception of Doug, the "consideration of
proposals" he describes is not taking place among those who post to this group.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
Archer Angel writes:
Maybe the group could be renamed to
People's minds wander naturally but the Internet is a rather unruly place with
short attention spans for most things and obsessions that seem to have infinite
attention spans.
So something needs to keep focus a bit more collected.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
ust that we've come to associate Trump supporters with
boorish behavior.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <archonangel@...> wrote :
No
From: "authfriend@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday,
Archer Angel writes:
Maybe the group could be renamed to something more in line with the subject
matter here.
Archer, I hope you will stick around.
You bring up a good point about the branding of FairfieldLife over this
Yahoo-Group. There is still consideration going on of
But as I did learn TM quite some time ago, "TM" is an abbreviation for
Transcendental Meditation.
It seems to be a variant of mantra yoga, and it was pretty easy to practice.
There are other techniques, such as just sitting there, or noticing breathing.
Thinking things over is
I did practice TM for a fair amount of time, but went on to other things due to
unresponsive teachers unable to answer questions I had.
I have always had some trouble with the terminology used by spiritual groups.
In the end it always seems inconsistent.
Very few seem to talk this kind
om, <archonangel@...> wrote :
No
From: "authfriend@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 4:17 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
Trump supporter, hmm?
---In FairfieldLife@ya
.. [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 4:34 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <archonangel@...> wrote :
I take it from the content here that no one he
There is no "TM" - that's just an acronym made up by the Maharishi.
Meditation simply means "to think things over." Based on the definition of
meditation, almost everyone on the entire planet thinks!
Nobody could go a single day without once or twice pausing to take stock of
their own
Preciselybesides there seems to be differing opinions on what's
"spiritual". Also, I question the completeness of TM as a technique leading to
Enlightenment. It might be a good start but I haven't seen much evidence that
it activates the Kundalini and opens the chakras, especially the ajna
ups.com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 4:17 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
Trump supporter, hmm?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <archonangel@...> wrote :
I take it from the content here that no one here practices TM
Or if they do, get any bene
crazy
chicken or the cracked egg?
From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 4:34 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <archonan
.
*From:* "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Monday, October 10, 2016 4:34 PM
*Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
---
So TM fosters abnormality? That would seem to make sense.
From: "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 4:34 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
---
No
From: "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 4:30 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote :
No
From: "authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 4:17 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM?
Trump supporter, hmm?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <archonan
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
I take it from the content here that no one here practices TM
Or if they do, get any benefits from TM, or display any of the intelligence or
behavior that is supposed to result from TM.
Maybe the group could be renamed
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
Trump supporter, hmm?
Must be.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
I take it from the content here that no one here practices TM
Or if they do, get any benefits from TM, or display
Trump supporter, hmm?
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
I take it from the content here that no one here practices TM
Or if they do, get any benefits from TM, or display any of the intelligence or
behavior that is supposed to result from TM.
Maybe
Foul up, fess up, fix up. Yep, it is 'foul'.
That was a funny misprint in the article text. But can we trust the new
ordering of TM leadership now? Is it enough to just change a horse and keep
going without acknowledging how it has gone and clearly remediating towards a
future?
Some
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :
‘Issues Management’
A fair example for TM:
“..But in this kind of a situation, there's a saying in our business. The
three F's are involved - fowl up,
What?! There were birds involved?? ;-)
'fess up, fix
‘Issues Management’
A fair example for TM:
“..But in this kind of a situation, there's a saying in our business. The
three F's are involved - fowl up, 'fess up, fix up. And I think that the fowl
up stage is pretty clear. And now it's time to 'fess up and now fix up.
KELLY: So
Yes, a similar split between religionists and spiritual practitioners is in TM
between those who hold forth (Bevanites) that Fairfield or the TM movement 'is
for those who have faith and belief in Maharishi and everyone else should
leave', and then individual practitioners whose spiritual
Re "Thanks for the excellent quote by Alexander Parker":
Yes, thanks for those limpid sentences. Can't imagine The Pope or Archbishop
of Canterbury ever coming up with words like that.
Jesus said: "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am
I in the midst of
Thanks for the excellent quote by Alexander Parker. Unfortunately, the middle
of the 19th century witnessed a decline in the liberal theology of George Fox;
as the Fundamentalist perspective gained ascendance in the UK and the U.S. -
for example with John Nelson Darby (1800 - 1882) coming to
“… the first that enters into the place of your meeting, be not careless, nor
wander up and down either in body or mind, but innocently sit down in some
place and turn in thy mind to the Light, and wait upon God simply, as if none
were present but the Lord, and here thou art strong. When the
Text from Northern Europe I'd like to track down an essay that was written from
jail in Bern by Inspirationists who were at the risk of a conviction for heresy
and a death sentence. The essay was a crafted explanation of their separatist
spirituality, written judiciously in defense so as to get
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