Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-29 Thread punditster
Thanks Richard! Just curious. I'm going to take a mental health day as it is sunny outside and I hope you do too - actually, you might think about taking a mental health week or two, given the number of monkeys that have been flying out your ass. Monkeys can't fly, Emily, whether out of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-29 Thread emilymaenot
*You* stated that monkeys were flying and levitating, both, out of your rear end. You stated it so many times that it seemed you were, in fact, stuck in this delusion. For all your focus on Fred Lenz, you appear not to have read any of the first-hand experiences of the many students that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/29/2014 12:30 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: What is your point in obsessing on dead Fred? My point is that Barry is a True Believer.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-29 Thread emilymaenot
Ohh, finally, your point. Well, I was happy recently that Judy a definition of what a True Believer is. I liked it. Are you a True Believer per the definition below? I am definitely not one. True Believers tend to believe in Absolutist terms (either l00% true or 100% false) and they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 11:13 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: No, I was talking to you Richard. The thread is about Barry and 2nd stage flying - I'm just a basic TMer, I'm not a believer in the TMSP or levitation. I was simply wondering whether or not you thought you might be, or might have been,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-21 Thread emilymaenot
Thanks Richard! Just curious. I'm going to take a mental health day as it is sunny outside and I hope you do too - actually, you might think about taking a mental health week or two, given the number of monkeys that have been flying out your ass. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Pundit Sir
A hundred monkeys just flew out of my butt, for REAL. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Help me, someone, anyone, for God's sake,please, help me! On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:47 AM, pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Monkeys are flying out of my butt. For REAL! So, I wonder why nobody else

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread punditster
Now about a hundred monkeys are levitating out my butt. Why won't somebody help me? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : A hundred monkeys just flew out of my butt, for REAL. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Help me, someone, anyone, for God's sake,please, help

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread emilymaenot
I will Richard. I believe you. Stay with it Richard, stay with it.all day Richard. Continue to write about it. Can you add a little description as to what that feels like? What do the monkeys look like? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : Now about a hundred

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 11:38 AM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Stay with it Richard, stay with it.. Has anyone else out there ever seen anyone levitate, just once - I mean, when you weren't high on LSD? One time down in Mexico a Yaqui Shaman once slipped some Mescal into my taco and I saw God, his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread salyavin808
You are fucking certifiable dude. And quite the most hopeless advert for a lifetime spent on the highest spiritual path... The TMO should pay you to shut up. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/20/2014 11:38 AM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?   You are fucking certifiable dude. And quite the most hopeless advert

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread emilymaenot
Good job Richard. Since monkeys are again flying and levitating out of your behind, you might check the drugs you've been ingesting and look at the side-effects that can happen. Maybe stop hitting the Listerine in the AM? It isn't for drinking, just in case you don't know that. ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 11:59 AM, salyavin808 wrote: You are fucking certifiable dude. So, Barry claims he saw Frederick Lenz levitate hundreds of times, but I'm the certifiable dude. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? You

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread emilymaenot
That was a long time ago, Richard, in Barry's case. In your case, you are seeing monkeys levitate out of your rear end as of this morning. Catch a clue, Richard, catch a clue. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/20/2014 11:59 AM, salyavin808 wrote: You are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 12:20 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: That was a long time ago, Richard, in Barry's case. In your case, you are seeing monkeys levitate out of your rear end as of this morning. Catch a clue, Richard, catch a clue. It was just a story, Emily. There's no levitation or

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 12:11 PM, salyavin808 wrote: You are fucking certifiable dude. And quite the most hopeless advert for a lifetime spent on the highest spiritual path... The TMO should pay you to shut up. Maybe that's his retirement plan. :-) I might chip in myself How much? Please post

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread emilymaenot
Really, Richard? Well, I am glad I could help bring some sanity to you. What is a TB in the sense you are using it with regard to me? True Believer? In what? That I believe that the devotees of Rama's cult perceived what they did? I have no reason to believe otherwise. I have certain

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 11:59 AM, salyavin808 wrote: The TMO should pay you to shut up. So, have you been able to reach the 2nd stage flying? The levitation I and thousands of other people witnessed *was* real. We saw it. We felt it. - TurquoiseB

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 12:02 PM, TurquoiseBee wrote: You are fucking certifiable dude. And quite the most hopeless advert for a lifetime spent on the highest spiritual path... The TMO should pay you to shut up. Maybe that's his retirement plan. :-) It looks fer sure like we've got another TB on our

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 12:47 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Really, Richard? Well, I am glad I could help bring some sanity to you. What is a TB in the sense you are using it with regard to me? True Believer? In what? That I believe that the devotees of Rama's cult perceived what they did? I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread emilymaenot
Richard, why are you so obsessed with Rama? Are you going to obsess on Rama all day? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/20/2014 11:59 AM, salyavin808 wrote: The TMO should pay you to shut up. So, have you been able to reach the 2nd stage flying? The

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread emilymaenot
Are you obsessing on Rama? Or are you obsessing on Fred Lenz and his delusion that he was Rama? Helluva sad story, that one. He was human in the end and died a gnarly psychotic, drug addict's death. Maybe a trip to Whole Foods will help ground you. Have a good day. ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Michael Jackson
to understand. On Thu, 3/20/14, emilymae...@yahoo.com emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014, 6:40

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?   Willy Tex just likes to use the fact that Fred Lenz was a spiritual

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Bhairitu
Richard is the FFL graffiti artist. I'm surprised the doesn't have a graffitiartist@ handle. Go figure. On 03/20/2014 11:09 AM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Richard, why are you so obsessed with Rama? Are you going to obsess on Rama all day? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 1:53 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: I admit some of Willy's thinking and comments are so convoluted they are almost impossible to understand. So, Rama was able to levitate hundreds of times, but the TMSP doesn't work. It's complicated.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 2:08 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Richard is the FFL graffiti artist. I'm surprised the doesn't have a graffitiartist@ handle. Go figure. So, has anyone achieved levitation or reaching the 2nd stage flying? It seems like a pretty straightforward question. Why are you having so much

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 1:53 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: someone can have some good things about them, even teaching with true spiritual wisdom and still screw up. Nobody said they were opposed to Rama, or to Rama levitating - I just want to know how it is possible. Did you ever achieve the 2nd stage

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 2:01 PM, TurquoiseBee wrote: Willytex can't think that deeply. He only brings up the Rama guy because he thinks that doing so will push my buttons the way me talking about Maharishi pushes his. I didn't bring up the Rama guy - you did, by responding to this thread - I'm simply

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread nablusoss1008
According to Benjamin Crème, Lenz was very far from being enlightened having reached a point of evolution of 1.30. About the same level as Jack Lemmon, Alfred Joyce Kilmer and Alan Ginsberg. Since levitation can only be performed from pure consciousness we can conclude that Lenz duped his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread emilymaenot
Richard, are you saying you couldn't be susceptible to mind control techniques or a trance induction state? Get a grip, Richard. Your brain is not thinking properly, but thanks for your opinion. REAL can be defined in many ways. Could you define it; without a proper definition, this

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread salyavin808
According to Benjamin Creme. And who is his level on the scale according to? Actually, Lemmon was undoubtably a genius and Ginsberg is a bit of a hero. Good company methinks. Any higher on this list and you end up next to the likes of Hitler Not heard of Kilmer, Val's dad? ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Michael Jackson
Unless its Benjy who is doing the duping, which is my vote. On Thu, 3/20/14, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? To: FairfieldLife

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 2:30 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Richard, are you saying you couldn't be susceptible to mind control techniques or a trance induction state? What I'm saying is that the TurquoiseB is the True Believer, and he apparently was very susceptible to mind control and brainwashing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread emilymaenot
You didn't answer my question, Richard. We are talking about you here. Willing volunteers are usually susceptible to what they sign on for, until they aren't anymore. My guess is if you had signed on with Fred willingly and in search mode, you would have been susceptible too. The key word

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 4:11 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: Unless its Benjy who is doing the duping, which is my vote. Compared to the TurquoiseB doing the duping?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/20/2014 6:50 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: You didn't answer my question, Richard. We are talking about you here. We are talking about Barry, who claimed on FFL that he saw Rama in the 2nd stage of levitation, hundreds of times. Rama used a variety of so-called mind-control

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-20 Thread emilymaenot
No, I was talking to you Richard. I was simply wondering whether or not you thought you might be, or might have been, susceptible to mind control, etc. as a willing participant who believed, at least initially, in the teacher they had signed on with. Rama was a sick man, but at the time and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2014-03-19 Thread punditster
Monkeys are flying out of my butt. For REAL! So, I wonder why nobody else ever reported these momentous events on Sci-Skeptic. Go figure. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sci.skeptic https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sci.skeptic ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-28 Thread Llundrub
. What I saidwas that if you found leaving some trips moreoften triggered realization than did leaving othertrips, you'd want to think about giving somecredit to the trips themselves, in terms of whatthey provided by way of preparation.The propositions aren't mutually exclusive, you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-28 Thread Llundrub
I think that like when someone leaves their parents and learn they can do things for themselves, that would sort of simply explain the phenomenon.Well, sure. But are some children better atlearning to do things for themselves than others,and does that have anything to do with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-27 Thread Llundrub
My experience--after some years of living fairlyhappily with MMY's concepts without examining themtoo closely--has been that if I take one of themright down to the nitty-gritty, I end up with aparadox or an infinite regress. At first thisbothered me, then I began to find it liberating.The

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Llundrub
Finished it. Will reveal nothing. :-)If you did I really would never forgive you. ;0 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Llundrub
No, attachment to attachment to attachment.The more attachments the more hard to reach spots one can cover at once. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Llundrub
: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:19 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED]... wrote: I have a friend down here in the south of France who has a bit of a Zorro fetish. He knows

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Llundrub
I've had some enlightenment experiences, and theywere neat. But so were, and are, all the experiencesin which enlightenment is not present. I don't make adistinction between them or long for one over another.I suspect that a lot of people here feel the same way.They, the ones who can live

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Llundrub
On my arrival in Bombay I was overtaken with emotions of "you are home." I tried putting it in check as some kind of mood making but it would not go away. I felt far more at home in India with the Indian people than I ever have in the US. Perhaps you would feel the same visiting

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Vaj
On Jul 26, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Bhairitu wrote: I have to be honest, I have a hard time with these dichotomous labels although of course it's helpful for talking about things--and sure there are Buddhists who are gungho with that label and Hindu tantrics who are the same way. I'm a Nath and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Bhairitu
Llundrub wrote: On my arrival in Bombay I was overtaken with emotions of you are home. I tried putting it in check as some kind of mood making but it would not go away. I felt far more at home in India with the Indian people than I ever have in the US. Perhaps you would feel the same

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Llundrub
Have you been to India?Not in this life. No. I would love to go. Barring world catastrophy I certainly will. I knew what you meant, but that doesn't mean that I also am wrong. Even if you came from there and are now here it still would be like going back to the past to go there. Or

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Llundrub
Thought experiment: An electronic forum like thisdealing with realization in which MMY participated.Would it be possible for him to discuss realizationmeaningfully with those who haven't yet achieved it? ---No because in this forum an expert is too open to interpretation and question. To

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Bhairitu
Llundrub wrote: Have you been to India? Not in this life. No. I would love to go. Barring world catastrophy I certainly will. I knew what you meant, but that doesn't mean that I also am wrong. Even if you came from there and are now here it still would be like going back to the past to go

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-26 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Byron Katie isn't much good at showing me how my ego screws up my life, but she is a genius at bursting the beliefs that make life difficult. I see BK as very clearly revealing the attachment points that perpetuate ego. Our mind tells

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Llundrub
IMO, this is called missing the point. It's the feeling of being overshadowed that isn't real. -It just depends doesn't it? For instance, a fish hawker comes home overshadowed by the smell of fish. That's not imagination to his wife. Though it might even be his imagination that he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Llundrub
But please do tell what I would get from studying Rama. You do know I have seen him a few times when I was a kid. As well as Pat Collins.I don't know exactly. In some ways his style would have seemed well suited to your personality. He seemed to push the envelope in his ways, and you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Llundrub
And does understanding that you are attachedto not perceiving the trick help you perceivethe trick? No, something *else* has to happen. I have the trick for you, but you wouldn't believe me. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a very legitimate complaint about Advaitic approaches that fail to explain how an initial intellectual understanding that one is already enlightened can be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Llundrub
- Original Message - From: TurquoiseB To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" [EMAIL

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Llundrub
\P.S.: The explanation should probably be givenby someone for whom the authentic inquiry hasactually triggered realization.\ All that there is, is God. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Llundrub
- Original Message - From: Robert Gimbel To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? ---Eckhart Tolle in all of his writings and experiences attempts

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Llundrub
In that regard, it's astonishing that *anybody*who has realized their enlightenment can teachthose still in ignorance to realize their ownenlightenment. It's the blind (blind to ignorance)leading the blind (blind to enlightenment).To the extent that one has faith in the lineage, and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strange, simply strange how differently people read a person's intent. lurk You're not fooling anyone, lurk, with your constant snide put-downs of me! Ha! I'm onto you and your anti-TM ways. To subscribe, send a message to:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's like watching Doug Henning perform his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip What I was thinking of when I first wrote that was the attachment we all have to *formula*. We'd all like to believe that there is something we can *do* -- a tech- nique, a mantra, some behavior we perform, some behavior we give up -- that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Vaj
On Jul 25, 2005, at 5:57 PM, Peter Sutphen wrote: Yes, theories of attachment are know to cause severe intellectual diarrhea and cramping in 73% of the 20 years or more meditating population in a recent double-blind study published in High-Ho India!. Shit! To subscribe, send a message

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I've been on this forum several months and have been subject to my share of putdowns. It's opinions. I'll let others decide for themselves which

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Llundrub
Interesting! I am on the first few chapters of the new Harry Potter book myself :-)How very very interesting, my wife is reading it, and I will be reading it after. Wow. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Llundrub
I'm reading Carl Hiaasen's 'Skinny Dip' (fiction), a comedy set in South Florida, and just started 'Eyeing the Flash- The Education of A Carnival Con Artist' (non-fiction) by Peter Fenton. The first one is really good- fun and well written, almost done. The second one is OK, colorful,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-25 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-24 Thread Llundrub
for his big stage effects, but the man's real genius was with his close-up magic. I was two feet in front of him, able to move around and look at his hands from any angle I chose, and I still couldn't figure out how he did it.In Colo. I used to watch "Doc" do his bar majic in Snowmass.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-24 Thread Llundrub
I still say something good could come about from you examining this aversion you have to Rama, other than "I know people that got side tracked following this guy" lurkIn what way? It's sort of to late now to examine him isn't it? Fact is, I just don't care for the pundits, especially

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-24 Thread Llundrub
That's actually why Doug was so good at close-up magic.There was no "other hand." In the trick I'm thinking about,he was sitting cross-legged with both bare arms stretchingout in front of him, palms down, hands closed. Then he'dturn both hands over, slowly. In one hand would be a goldcoin,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-24 Thread Vaj
On Jul 24, 2005, at 10:52 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 24, 2004, at 9:33 AM, Llundrub wrote: Fuckin nerdy know-it-all.  How was this the least bit helpful.  Give hope one hopes. I think it'd be great for sidhas to be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-24 Thread Vaj
On Jul 24, 2005, at 12:30 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: World enlightenment. Do you seriously believe the pursuit of relative phenomena will bring about world enlightenment? Radiating the thought of enlightenment for all beings works IMO and there are many ways to do it. This is just one. The

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-24 Thread Llundrub
- Original Message - From: Vaj To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? On Jul 24, 2005, at 10:52 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-24 Thread Llundrub
It would take repeated demonstrations, but itwould eventaully sink in, most likely because atleast some reputable scientists, after theirinitial shock and dismay, would want to take upthe extraordinary challenge of revising scienceto incorporate it. Scientific curiosity can beincredibly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-24 Thread Llundrub
- Original Message - From: authfriend To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 7:16 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" [EMAIL

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-23 Thread Llundrub
My aversion to the band you mentioned is also partlywrapped up in the scandal surrounding the band member. At the time it happened, there were all thesefans of the group shouting for leniency for the guy, because of his drug problems and because they likedhis music. And this was despite

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-23 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I actually visited the site and downloaded the book. I then did a word search on levitate and nine references to it came up. After a cursory reading of several of the testimonials, I have concluded that you were the victim of a cult,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-23 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shemp, I don't have time for your disbelief games. Disbelief games? I think, Unc, that you're the one playing head games when you claim to have experienced real

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-23 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And still another part of it is past history (on alt.m.t, where Shemp has been a participant), in which Barry routinely suggests that TMers are experientially impoverished compared to himself-- including demanding that they relate their

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-23 Thread Llundrub
I never liked any of those groups because I thoughtthe music sucked. :-) That's the way I felt bout thegroup you mentioned, too, when I heard their stuffon the radio. Finding out what they were like in real life just cemented the deal for me. Why do you post phoney smilies? To

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-23 Thread Vaj
On Jul 23, 2005, at 11:16 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: I'll bet a dollar that Judy and Barry were monks in a past life, having very similar arguments. I've been seeing that image all day long particularly when I read Judy's stuff. Buddhist monks in the East. As Buddha Shakyamuni said--'if you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-23 Thread Peter Sutphen
--- L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Yes, eye witness accounts abound, but there also a general pattern is found: the witnesses are not unanimous about what they saw. Examples that come to mind include the Fatima manifestations, the appearance of the angel Moroni to Joseph

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-22 Thread Llundrub
How big a desire is it? I know what you're saying. Honestly I have never felt the actual desire to levitate. Not nearly as the desire to smoke a cig, or have a drink, so I guess that's about why it doesn't happen. I figure either the grace of life itself will lift me up to prove

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-22 Thread Llundrub
Fuck Rama, put it to sleep. - Original Message - From: TurquoiseB To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 5:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "R

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-22 Thread Llundrub
- Original Message - From: TurquoiseB To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 5:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? BTW, my wife asks what other French rock groups do you hate

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying?

2005-07-22 Thread Llundrub
: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Levitation/has anyone heard of anyone reaching 2nd stage flying? ---I've had some vivid dreams, where that feeling is there, when I appear to be levitating at will...but it's such a subtle feeling in the dream, of effortlessness..In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authf