[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But my point with empathy is what Curtis said so eloquently in other posts: MMY's purported desire to rid the world of suffering says nothing about his empathy. You know empathy by how someone treats

[FairfieldLife] Re: Good analysis of Hillary's campaign

2008-06-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: She hustled and jumped and slogged and cried and ate and drank and didn't sleep and put up with her nutty underminer of a husband for

[FairfieldLife] Over the limit? (was Re: What Voters Saw Tuesday Night)

2008-06-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone asked: Suggestion: When Bhairitu posts his counts, perhaps he could include a table of U.S. time zones indicating what time the count was made in each zone. Maybe include applicable time zones for

[FairfieldLife] What would FFL be without its most strident voices?

2008-06-09 Thread TurquoiseB
Looks to me as if for the next 12 days we have a chance to find out. Judy, in a fit of being (dare I say it?) REAL REAL STPID, has bounced herself off the forum next week. Lawson is probably still out next week as well. Shemp has been reserved in his posts and has contributed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Peter
--- mrfishey2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no, but you can kill yourself as dead as any dead person, and remain alive-- that's magical. As for all the other, materially based stuff like shape shifting and

Re: [FairfieldLife] What would FFL be without its most strident voices?

2008-06-09 Thread WLeed3
It with out these voices B very nice to read share. perhaps more knowledge would be found here not so much trivial as ones openions on so many subjects. Very nice to see now read re - read 2 chapters of the Gita, THANKS for that posting In a message dated 6/9/2008 5:43:39 A.M.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gay Marriage In California

2008-06-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To All: The vedic scriptures allow marriage to a tree... Gives whole new meaning to the term sporting wood. http://users.lmi.net/sonyarap/arborerecta/arborimages/mantree.jpeg ..., a clay pot, and even allow marriage by

Re: [FairfieldLife] What would FFL be without its most strident voices?

2008-06-09 Thread Vaj
On Jun 9, 2008, at 5:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Looks to me as if for the next 12 days we have a chance to find out. Judy, in a fit of being (dare I say it?) REAL REAL STPID, has bounced herself off the forum next week. Lawson is probably still out next week as well. Shemp has

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread mrfishey2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- mrfishey2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: no, but you can kill yourself as dead as any dead person, and remain alive-- that's magical.

[FairfieldLife] Over the limit? (was Re: What Voters Saw Tuesday Night)

2008-06-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bhairitu wrote: There are just a few who get carried away (obsessive-compulsive) that they over post. Oh, great, now the official 'counter' is the official FFL psychologist! I agree with Gullible in they probably need to get a life. And our Pastor as well.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Curtis wrote: It is the mixture of bliss and suffering that defines what I consider life to be. But, in a previous post you denied any suffering, when you learned TM or now. So, maybe you are enlightenened - you feel no suffering - you don't even have any empathy to feel the suffering of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Gay Marriage In California

2008-06-09 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 8, 2008, at 11:29 PM, John wrote: The vedic scriptures allow marriage to a tree, a clay pot, and even allow marriage by abduction, as Krishna did. However, the scriptures do not recognize any marriages between human couples of the same sex. The rationale behind these injunctions is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
maybe the Marshy thought you sucked as a TM teacher and sucked even more as a manager. Trollish and argumentative. Are you working on me so that I will ignore your posts as most others do? Well, it's obvious to almost everyone that you TM teachers failed - you failed at your stated

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, you worked for the Marshy, selling mantras, and sending the money to the Marshy's relatives over in India, but you never even got to walk into his room? boo wrote: So when you were in the room with him did you ask about sending money to the relatives in india... I did, and I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Curtis wrote: It is narcissism that is a more comprehensive descriptive word for Maharishi's world than any other I can think of. So, you worked for the Marshy, who was a narcissist, and you two were close. For how long did you work for the Marshy to learn how to be a narcissist?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Peter
--- mrfishey2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- mrfishey2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: no, but you can kill yourself as dead as any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-09 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: I think this vibration stuff is unsupported and is misleading those who are in pain and suffering. Not very empathetic to me. As you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mrfishey2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: --- mrfishey2001 mrfishey2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: no, but you can

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for all the other, materially based stuff like shape shifting and flying, it looks like a complete waste of time. Compared to normal life, it seems ludicrous and foolish-- just a way to entice the unenlightened,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, why would I want to save my dying son from cancer through some mystical mumbo-jumbo? What's the point? So I assume that you would try to save him using the best medical care possible. What is the difference?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip One of my teachers once said (and should have listened to his own advice IMO): Listen to what people say, but watch what they DO. Some teacher. you have some knack for picking them, huh? first it was the Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] Subject: Thoughts from Marianne Williamson on the crisis in the U.S.

2008-06-09 Thread Rick Archer
Subject: Thoughts from Marianne Williamson on the crisis in the U.S. Dear Friends, In my book HEALING THE SOUL OF AMERICA, I wrote about an experience I had in a hotel lobby in New Delhi during the mid l990's. It resonates deeply for me today. An Egyptian diplomat, whom I met while taking a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: As for all the other, materially based stuff like shape shifting and flying, it looks like a complete waste of time. Compared to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: So, why would I want to save my dying son from cancer through some mystical mumbo-jumbo? What's the point? So I assume that you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread mrfishey2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, of course. But from what I understand Mr. Sandiego enjoys discussing his experiences of enlightenment. I was hoping that, in addition to the good fortune of commonsense and medical coverage, his magical power

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread mrfishey2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mrfishey2001 mrfishey2001@ wrote: Yes, of course. But from what I understand Mr. Sandiego enjoys discussing his experiences of enlightenment. I was hoping that, in addition

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: Ruth wrote: Can you change the atoms around in your body to make yourself into a tree? Etc. Sandiego wrote: No, but you can kill

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
Why are you acting like such a dick? Because you are making TMO status claims and trying to make us think that you were close to the Marshy? I have corrected this statement too many times for me to take the bait again Richard. I have an opinion about the guy. That is all. That you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
The killing yourself and still being alive baffles me completely, can you enlarge on this? I remember believing this. My reasoning was based on the experience of witnessing sleep. I decided that if my consciousness could not be extinguished by sleep that somehow if I died my consciousness

[FairfieldLife] Channeling Judy from the Other Side

2008-06-09 Thread Rick Archer
-Original Message- From: Judith Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:39 AM To: Rick Archer Subject: RE: Over the Limit? Rick-- No, I haven't suspended you. I guess Barry missed the post in which I said I wasn't going to. Actually you didn't say that. You

[FairfieldLife] Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread TurquoiseB
Springboarding off of an earlier discussion: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip One of my teachers once said (and should have listened to his own advice IMO): Listen to what people say, but watch what they DO. Mr. Enlightened Guy: Some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Springboarding off of an earlier discussion: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip One of my teachers once said (and should have listened to his own advice IMO): Listen to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The killing yourself and still being alive baffles me completely, can you enlarge on this? I remember believing this. My reasoning was based on the experience of witnessing sleep. I decided that if my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Channeling Judy from the Other Side

2008-06-09 Thread satvadude108
If I were running this forum, now that Bhairitu is making a daily report, I'd make a rule that nobody gets to comment about the number of posts others have made, except for an announcement by the moderator when someone is suspended for going over. If you want

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Angela Mailander
thanks, Bhairitu, I started out ambidextrous, so they tied my left hand behind my back. Trouble was that when I wrote with my left hand, people needed a mirror to read it. I, of course, didn't need the mirror with the result that to this day I can't tell left from right and related little

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Springboarding off of an earlier discussion: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip One of my teachers

Re: [FairfieldLife] Channeling Judy from the Other Side

2008-06-09 Thread Vaj
On Jun 9, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Rick Archer wrote: -Original Message- From: Judith Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:39 AM To: Rick Archer Subject: RE: Over the Limit? Rick-- No, I haven't suspended you. I guess Barry missed the post in which I said I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Over the limit? (was Re: What Voters Saw Tuesday Night)

2008-06-09 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone asked: Suggestion: When Bhairitu posts his counts, perhaps he could include a table of U.S. time zones indicating what time the count was made in each zone. Maybe include applicable

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For Hugo: What I was talking about is the dissolution of, or unwinding of, or lack of attachment to, what I used to consider as myself, my identity. Jim, Given this statement, can you explain WTF your lack of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: The killing yourself and still being alive baffles me completely, can you enlarge on this? I remember believing this.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
All of this happens when the brain *should* be unable to conjure any conscious experience. This jump is too far IMO. People having near death experiences are don't have probes inside their brains do they? Probably most don't have EEGs either. I have never heard any doctor claim that they knew

[FairfieldLife] Re: Channeling Judy from the Other Side

2008-06-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 9, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Rick Archer wrote: -Original Message- From: Judith Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:39 AM To: Rick Archer Subject: RE: Over the Limit? Rick--

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: snip On the topic you bring up Curtis, whether or not there is life after death, it depends, and I don't much concern myself about what the

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Channeling Judy from the Other Side

2008-06-09 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of satvadude108 Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 11:11 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Channeling Judy from the Other Side I don't think that with you running this forum that it would be as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Angela Mailander
I have read reports of EEGs flatlining in near death experiences (NDE)nbsp; But your point still remains well taken.nbsp; Remember what St. Agustine said, I measure it, but what it is I measure, I do not know.nbsp;nbsp;And just cause we have EEGs doesn't mean thatnbsp;we're measuring all there

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Springboarding off of an earlier discussion: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip One of my teachers

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The killing yourself and still being alive baffles me completely, can you enlarge on this? I remember believing this. My reasoning was based on the experience of witnessing sleep. I decided that if my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread yifuxero
--thx...I agree fully. It's amazing to what degree people can dupe themselves; even (or especially) those in the Neo-Advaitic level. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Springboarding off of an earlier discussion: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: So, why would I want to save my dying son from cancer through

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 9, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Hugo wrote: I've heard John Hagelins, not very convincing even to a putz like me, lectures on quantum physics and would like to know why, if people doing TM really are experiencing and acting from the unified field, we haven't seen anyone do any of these amazing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Vaj
On Jun 9, 2008, at 12:39 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: All of this happens when the brain *should* be unable to conjure any conscious experience. This jump is too far IMO. People having near death experiences are don't have probes inside their brains do they? There actually is some research

[FairfieldLife] Writing about TM may be better for you than doing TM

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-healthy-typeprint=true Self-medication may be the reason the blogosphere has taken off. Scientists (and writers) have long known about the therapeutic benefits of writing about personal experiences, thoughts and feelings. But besides serving as a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's apparent that you are incapable of acknowledging your *own* continuously repulsive behavior, Jim. Rather, you appear to try blaming others for seeing it and pointing it out. I am blaming no one here, for anything.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just like in so called real life, it varies from person to person. I don't believe I am enlightened (in other words, why would I carry around this belief? Beliefs must be catalogued and nurtured and cross checked

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Channeling Judy from the Other Side

2008-06-09 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jun 9, 2008, at 11:54 AM, Rick Archer wrote: You mean “with” me running it or “without” me running it? If my influence is making it a cool place, then I guess I’m receiving karmic redress for being a dork in high school. Really?! I *never* would have guessed, Rick. I was certain that

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Neuroscience of Compassion

2008-06-09 Thread satvadude108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL61.htm Link PEACE TALKS RADIO: The Neuroscience of Compassion A post was made recently by a self-proclaimed enlightened guy concerning the safety involved with weak buddhist

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: It's apparent that you are incapable of acknowledging your *own* continuously repulsive behavior, Jim. Rather, you appear to try blaming others

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
Best to just focus on your own path, if you have one, and forget about all of the speculation. Yeah Ruth, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. This statement is a serious red flag to thoughtful people Jim. Her question comes out of your response to the question: could you use

[FairfieldLife] Re: Channeling Judy from the Other Side

2008-06-09 Thread satvadude108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of satvadude108 Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 11:11 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Channeling Judy from the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread yifuxero
--Flaws in your statements: 1. First, you state a fact as if it were certain, saying it's not a belief. Fine - you're just mistaken. Lots of people have seen weather balloons thinking they were ET spaceships. They were mistaken. Your basic problem is using a particular word the big E that

[FairfieldLife] re: agreements, et al

2008-06-09 Thread sriswamijisadhaka
It was 34 years ago this week at the age of 23 that I completed my TTC in Zinal, Suisse. It started 6 months prior in Vittel, France and was the most challenging time of my life to that point. Happily succumbing to the indoctrination with no other cares but getting that promised enlightenment.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Neuroscience of Compassion

2008-06-09 Thread Vaj
On Jun 9, 2008, at 2:07 PM, satvadude108 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL61.htm Link PEACE TALKS RADIO: The Neuroscience of Compassion A post was made recently by a self-proclaimed enlightened guy

[FairfieldLife] Re: And miles to go before I sleep

2008-06-09 Thread satvadude108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 7, 2008, at 12:29 AM, yifuxero wrote: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening One of my all-time faves. Sal Did you ever see the episode on the TV show The Sopranos where this poem played a role? Pretty

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: It's apparent that you are incapable of acknowledging your *own* continuously repulsive behavior, Jim. Rather, you appear to try blaming others

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: It's apparent that you are incapable of acknowledging your *own*

[FairfieldLife] Re: Channeling Judy from the Other Side

2008-06-09 Thread satvadude108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jun 9, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Rick Archer wrote: -Original Message- From: Judith Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: It's apparent that you are incapable of acknowledging your *own*

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gay Marriage In California

2008-06-09 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: To All: The vedic scriptures allow marriage to a tree... Gives whole new meaning to the term sporting wood.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gay Marriage In California

2008-06-09 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 8, 2008, at 11:29 PM, John wrote: The vedic scriptures allow marriage to a tree, a clay pot, and even allow marriage by abduction, as Krishna did. However, the scriptures do not recognize any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Best to just focus on your own path, if you have one, and forget about all of the speculation. Yeah Ruth, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. This statement is a serious red flag to thoughtful

[FairfieldLife] Re: Seven reasons Barry is most likely gay

2008-06-09 Thread satvadude108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: snip 5. His decades long anger at Judy S., a woman he feels deep

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: It's apparent that you are incapable of acknowledging your *own*

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Ruth wrote: Sandiego can say anything to any of us because we are his creation. You may have misunderstood Jim, Ruth. Jim was simply saying that none of us perceives the world in exactly the same way. All perceptions are changed by our own individual consciousness. No things and event are

[FairfieldLife] tenets of Sant Mat

2008-06-09 Thread yifuxero
from Wiki: Technically speaking Sant Mat practice involves listening to the Inner Sound, also known in the Holy Bible as 'The Word' or 'logos' contemplating the Inner Light, and (eventually) leaving the human body at will - a practice sometimes referred to as dying while living. The principal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Narcissism, and the Abuser Personality

2008-06-09 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] special message from maharishi

2008-06-09 Thread michael
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2396188/7465067 __ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail. Dem pfiffigeren Posteingang. http://de.overview.mail.yahoo.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And whether they go out of their way to actively *create* suffering in others. To wit, the claim recently by one poster that she's highly empathetic, balanced against her often-stated desire to make other posters

Re: [FairfieldLife] re: agreements, et al

2008-06-09 Thread Peter
--- sriswamijisadhaka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and continue to refer to that sudra, Shrivastava from Cheechli as Maharishi. Yeah, just like my second grade teacher, what an idiot. Why did she teach me all those simple things? To subscribe, send

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ruth wrote: Sandiego can say anything to any of us because we are his creation. You may have misunderstood Jim, Ruth. Jim was simply saying that none of us perceives the world in exactly the same way.

[FairfieldLife] Re: special message from maharishi

2008-06-09 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2396188/7465067 http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2396188/7465067 Yeah, this Rajah Dean Dodril looks like a real cult leader. But then again every Rajah wearing his tinfoil hat looks like a

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2008-06-09 Thread Bhairitu
Yahoo Groups Post Counter = Start Date (UTC): Sat Jun 7 00:00:00 2008 End Date (UTC): Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 2008 -- Searching... 401 messages as of (UTC) Tue Jun 10 00:22:15 2008 Member Posts authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] The time has come!

2008-06-09 Thread tertonzeno
Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers Time has come today Young hearts can go their way Can't put it off another day I don't care what others say They say we don't listen anyway Time has come today (Hey) Oh The rules have changed today (Hey) I have no place to stay (Hey) I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
All perceptions are changed by our own individual consciousness. Ruth wrote: I am not of the school which believes no objects exist independently of their being known. Maybe so, Ruth, but don't forget about the 'constructed character of knowing': Objects are not known directly;

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willytex@ wrote: Ruth wrote: Sandiego can say anything to any of us because we are his creation. You may have misunderstood Jim, Ruth. Jim

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread curtisdeltablues
So, for example, if I go outside and it is cold, my body gets cold and I come inside and say, its cold outside. Then my body warms up because it is warmer inside and then I don't know any longer whether it is cold outside. Why must I hold onto the belief that it is cold outside, when in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread yifuxero
--Re: the following statement (below): There's no sound unless there's a sentient being to percieve it. This is not in agreement with the latest theories in physics. The universe itself is the sentient being. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Excellent article on the first Mrs McCain

2008-06-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
Sal Sunshine wrote: Excellent article on the first Mrs McCain So, it's settled. He is the best man for president. - Carol McCain

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, for example, if I go outside and it is cold, my body gets cold and I come inside and say, its cold outside. Then my body warms up because it is warmer inside and then I don't know any longer whether

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread Richard J. Williams
There's no sound unless there's a sentient being to percieve it. yifuxero wrote: This is not in agreement with the latest theories in physics. Maybe so, but the subject of this thread is Byron Katies 'Awakening' - that's a metaphysical discussion, not a physics theory. The universe

[FairfieldLife] Huzur Sawan Singh's instructions

2008-06-09 Thread yifuxero
As Huzur Sawan Singh tells one of his Western disciples: When you sit [in meditation]... see that the mind is at rest and does not go out and unnecessarily think about other things. When, by Repetition of the Names [Simran] with attention fixed in the eye focus, you have become unconscious of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread yifuxero
---the flaw in your reasoning is the separation of entities that you call sentient from others. This is an artificial separation. Again, the universe as a whole is the one. In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's no sound unless there's a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kucinich Presents Articles of Impeachment Against Bush

2008-06-09 Thread feste37
I've been watching it. I found it inspiring and moving that Kucinich at least, if few others, has had the guts to stand up to the war criminals and call for the removal of the chief perpetrator. It's long overdue. Of course, it won't happen but it is great to watch Kucinich call for it from the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My perception is such that there are no beliefs existing independently in my mind purely for the sake of believing them, of holding onto them in order to create a world that makes sense to me. This to me is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Kucinich Presents Articles of Impeachment Against Bush

2008-06-09 Thread Bhairitu
May Bush's karma catch up with him sooner rather than later. feste37 wrote: I've been watching it. I found it inspiring and moving that Kucinich at least, if few others, has had the guts to stand up to the war criminals and call for the removal of the chief perpetrator. It's long overdue. Of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My perception is such that there are no beliefs existing independently in my mind purely for the sake of believing them, of holding onto them in order to create a world that makes sense to me. This to me is bondage,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread gullible fool
It's not a meat and potatoes THEME, is it? Coffee tables that look like steaks, poofy beanbag chairs that look like dollops of mashed potatoes, that sorta thing? I don't remember any of that in Seelisberg. Remember, Turq, the Gita talks of numerous heaven worlds. Sorry if this will burst

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-09 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Best to just focus on your own path, if you have one, and forget about all of the speculation. Yeah Ruth, pay no attention