--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
Living in Europe for the past 7+ years, it is often
difficult for me to get the levels of paranoia and
fear expressed by Americans in their writings, whether
in the media or on forums like this one.
Having pursued a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
Living in Europe for the past 7+ years, it is often
difficult for me to get the levels of paranoia and
fear expressed by Americans in their writings, whether
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On May 7, 2009, at 5:40 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
It makes no sense to me, even though I have seen it in
many different spiritual organizations over the years.
In some, there was a calculated cultist appeal to the
them vs.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
If modern meditation research is any indication, one of the
things that is notable and actually helpful is research which
shows random people compared to experienced meditators and then
presented with some sort of averse
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
snip
One of the things that made
me think about this victim mentality thing
was the attempt to demonize the Dalai Lama
(Gotta-Hide-This-Gotta-Get-Judy-Post Alert!)
(or at the very least portray him as having
flawed
I hate to waste one of my last posts of the
week on stating the obvious, but isn't it
fascinating that two people here found the
*general* victim mentality topic interesting
enough to comment on and springboard off of
*as* a general topic. They had fun with it.
Judy saw in it only herself
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
I hate to waste one of my last posts of the
week on stating the obvious, but isn't it
fascinating that two people here found the
*general* victim mentality topic interesting
enough to comment on and springboard off of
On May 7, 2009, at 8:55 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
But it's *limited*, because if your training
myths contain only characters who are all
good and all bad, there is no way to teach
*compassion*, because there is never any need
for it. You don't try to understand and feel
compassion for one of the
TurquoiseB wrote:
Living in Europe for the past 7+ years, it is often
difficult for me to get the levels of paranoia and
fear expressed by Americans in their writings, whether
in the media or on forums like this one.
Glittering generality R Barry. All Americans are besmirched by his
broad
Edg, Booyah!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote:
TurquoiseB wrote:
Living in Europe for the past 7+ years, it is often
difficult for me to get the levels of paranoia and
fear expressed by Americans in their writings, whether
in the media or on forums
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote:
TurquoiseB wrote:
snip
But I've sometimes seen this
in people who are *not* heavily involved in organizations
I would describe as cults, or not involved deeply. For
example, look at the ongoing fascination on this forum
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
[snip]
Here are some examples of nyam, (taken from various
sources, including The Vajra Esssence, a seminal text on
the practice) to give you a feel for what Michelle might be
going through:
[snip]
ยท The impression that all
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote:
TurquoiseB wrote:
snip
But I've sometimes seen this
in people who are *not* heavily involved in organizations
I would describe as cults, or not
On May 7, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Richard M wrote:
Actually I'm not sure that's what G Swan had in mind.
Poor Michelle! My heart goes out to her. It makes me so angry. I have
long advocated that these cultist, un-regulated meditation groups
should be brought to heel to protect the vulnerable from
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On May 7, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Richard M wrote:
Actually I'm not sure that's what G Swan had in mind.
Poor Michelle! My heart goes out to her. It makes me so angry. I
have
long advocated that these cultist, un-regulated
On May 7, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Richard M wrote:
That sounds marvelous of course. Jolly good luck to them.
But seriously, who would want to run such courses in today's
climate of
fear? With everyone suing at the drop of a hat and a blame culture
that serves to turn everyone into victims?
Look
Edg, i am sure you have a job waiting for you on The Food Channel. i've never
seen someone so thoroughly skewer and roast a Turqy before...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote:
TurquoiseB wrote:
Living in Europe for the past 7+ years, it is often
difficult
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On May 7, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Richard M wrote:
That sounds marvelous of course. Jolly good luck to them.
But seriously, who would want to run such courses in today's
climate of
fear? With everyone suing at the drop of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
Honestly, the only place I've seen people come away
with unresolvable twitching and other Tourrette's like symptoms
is with TM. In Muktananda's people, many people would get
movements, but they would resolve, typically
I remember at TTC there was this guy who
was the twitchyest of them all. His head
would snap suddenly to the side, Tourrettes
too, and other parts too would suddenly
dance without him being a partner.
Well, naive me, I went up to him and said,
Hey, Bob, at least you know that TM works
cuz,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On May 7, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Richard M wrote:
That sounds marvelous of course. Jolly good luck to them.
But seriously, who would want to run such courses in today's
climate of
fear? With everyone suing at the drop of
On May 7, 2009, at 8:27 AM, raunchydog wrote:
If modern meditation research is any indication, one of the things
that is notable and actually helpful is research which shows random
people compared to experienced meditators and then presented with
some sort of averse stimuli: the screams of a
Citation, please. Link to study.
Vaj wrote:
It is by Dan Siegel, the psychiatrist who was a
pioneer in human attachment/attunement (and
attachment disorders). He spoke on this at a
conference late last year...
Mindsight: The New Science
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4Od7kqDT8
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