[FairfieldLife] Re: The Sutras of Carlsen 1

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IOW, a major troll by Vaj which sucked in many people for many posts. Exactly. The thing I liked the most, doing my skim the replies for idiocy in two seconds before pressing the Next key thing, was when someone said that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Accidental autograph

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just posted two photos of a bird crash smudge found on one of my garden windows this morning. They're in the miscellaneous folder in the photos link. Don't know how long it's been there because it's invisible

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The point is that it is so curious that this group of people � the most active posters � tolerates and promotes and even seems to thrive on a style of communication that is, to me, so much at odds with any

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's really the issue. Many of the people who talk -- or really, shout -- on this forum the most are shouting about the same old same old, over and over and over and over. And the real reason is that they don't HAVE

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread guyfawkes91
All we have to do is get rid of the ankle-biting pundits who post lies to get attention! No, that's not possible. More people need to post more thoughtful messages. Eventually if enough thoughtful discussion takes place on this group there will be a phase transition ;-) and it'll flip over

[FairfieldLife] Re: YTU and jumping like a frog?

2008-11-24 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone's got a translation of YogatattvopaniSat (yoga-tattva-upanishad)? These shlokas (or whatever) seem to describe YF as and inevitable(?) result of some praaNaayaama's (kevala-kumbhaka): tato.api

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Sutras of Carlsen 1

2008-11-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: IOW, a major troll by Vaj which sucked in many people for many posts. Exactly. The thing I liked the most, doing my skim the replies for idiocy

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All we have to do is get rid of the ankle-biting pundits who post lies to get attention! No, that's not possible. More people need to post more thoughtful messages. Eventually if enough thoughtful discussion takes

[FairfieldLife] American college students and professors interviewed about Canada

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
And one wonders why some people don't realize how dumb Sarah Palin is: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n-M06kWJetofeature=related

[FairfieldLife] 'A New Thought Movement'

2008-11-24 Thread Robert
I read this in another group, and thought it was uplifting and well written, so passing it along...   The New Thought Movement — not to be confused with New Age — is more than a century old, and is practically oriented spirituality that promotes fullness of all aspects of living, through positive

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 23, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Unfortunately the movement often pushed meditating when people should have stopped for a while because they were burning out. Stopping would have allowed more progress. A crucial but often missed insight.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of guyfawkes91 Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 12:27 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife The way to redress the balance is to increase the quantity of posts that are

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:43 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife That's why I was trying to taunt/challenge Tom to stick around and not limit

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:18 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife Of course, none of that happened. Instead, some- one who long ago proved that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Sutras of Carlsen 1

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 4:22 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IOW, a major troll by Vaj which sucked in many people for many posts. Exactly. The thing I liked the most, doing my skim the replies for idiocy in two seconds before

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of guyfawkes91 Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:31 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife All we have to do is get rid of the ankle-biting pundits who post lies to

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 23, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Unfortunately the movement often pushed meditating when people should have stopped for a while because they were burning out. Stopping would have allowed more progress. A

[FairfieldLife] Amma on MMY

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
BTW, I understand that you asked Amma about MMY. Could you share, off the record if necessary, what she said? Vaj asked me this in a private email. I can share on the record. I didn't ask Amma about MMY specifically, but I asked her why so many famous gurus are eventually discovered to have

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Behalf Of TurquoiseB That's why I was trying to taunt/challenge Tom to stick around and not limit his remarks to a drive by hooting. He at least seems to have something to say that is out of the ordinary

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 7:51 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife Seriously, Rick, I get what you're saying and I will do my best to try to

[FairfieldLife] 'Mika Maka Mooka...'

2008-11-24 Thread Robert
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofilefriendid=370683785

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Seriously, Rick, I get what you're saying and I will do my best to try to ignore her attempts to suck me back into the only game she knows how to play. If you do that, and even if

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 8:40 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 23, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Unfortunately the movement often pushed meditating when people should have stopped for a while because they were burning out.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Richard Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: Vaj, I, and several others here have been part of groups that DID have effective means at their dis- posal for dealing with issues that come up along the spiritual path... Well, I guess so.   The Three Village Herald reports that 33-year-old Lacey Brinn, who was found at

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:18 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Richard Williams
Vaj wrote: I recently was invited to attend a weekend basic training in meditation with a close, life-long friend in the Shambhala tradition... The notorious case involving Trungpa ... was given all sorts of high explanations by his followers, none of whom got the correct one: Trungpa

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: That's really the issue. Many of the people who talk -- or really, shout -- on this forum the most are shouting about the same old same old, over

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently was invited to attend a weekend basic training in meditation with a close, life-long friend in the Shambhala tradition. It was probably the most impressive basic meditation instruction I've ever witnessed as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Accidental autograph

2008-11-24 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Turq, I'm sure I'll get back in the habit of posting sooner or later. For now (and for some time) other areas in my life have claimed my time. But the bird thing was just too cool not to share (or so I felt). Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
Vaj wrote: Most interesting was seeing the unity experiences people began having right away, in that short weekend; young college students, college professors, old folks, a blind lady with her guide dog... TurquoiseB wrote: In other words, the way things should be done.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 24, 2008, at 8:40 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Nov 23, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Unfortunately the movement often pushed meditating when

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Rick Archer wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 7:51 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife Seriously, Rick, I get

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TurquoiseB Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 8:28 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife But do me a favor and keep a mental track of the number of posts she spends

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 8:45 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife You see? There you go again. Sucked into the old Barry/Judy game. Sucked

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Behalf Of TurquoiseB But do me a favor and keep a mental track of the number of posts she spends trashing Barry over the next few months. It won't ever be 100%, but it'll consistently be 20-40% of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: The same has been true in several Tibetan groups I have encountered. These facts seem to go beyond the limits of even tantra or crazy wisdom and into the realm of pure exploitation and hypocrisy. Read more: 'The Double Mirror' A Skeptical Journey into Buddhist Tantra by

Re: [FairfieldLife] Alan Ginsberg arguing(?) with Maharishi - LIFE: Maharishi Guru (Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) - Hosted by Google

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 23, 2008, at 10:41 PM, Rick Archer wrote: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=Maharishi+Mahesh+Yogi +source:lifeimgurl=db8de2203c869aa4 Allen spent some time talking to Mahesh to see if he was legit or not. This may be him interviewing Mahesh for his article The Maharishi

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread gullible fool
You see? There you go again. Sucked into the old Barry/Judy game. I’m giving you a hard time about this because I think you have greater capacity to drop the game than she does, but theoretically, either of you could end it once and for all.   I suggest we have a one-month moratorium in

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Sutras of Carlsen 1

2008-11-24 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: IOW, a major troll by Vaj which sucked in many people for many posts. Exactly. The thing I liked the most, doing my skim the replies for idiocy

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gullible fool Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:39 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife You see? There you go again. Sucked into the old Barry/Judy game.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: someone who long ago proved that she is pretty much incapable of having an original thought tried to turn it into a bash Vaj session, and tried to suck in anyone stupid enough to join in. She actually found one this

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
It's also the reason there is an advantage to learning from an experienced meditation master or someone with a lot of experience: they don't need to give pat answers from a memorized list, they give answers based on the road they've already travelled. Duh. *Of course* that's an

[FairfieldLife] Clinton critics being purged from Obama administration

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
Independent, UK - Before Hillary Clinton has been formally offered the job as Secretary of State, a purge of Barack Obama's top foreign policy team has begun. The advisers who helped trash the former First Lady's foreign policy credentials on the campaign trail are being brutally shunted

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gullible fool Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:39 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread gullible fool
Would you want to take on this moderation duty, presuming we agreed on it? It would mean reading all the posts, and making a subjective judgment as to their tone, intent, etc. I don’t have the time, the patience, nor the wisdom for it. But we're all used to you being the bad cop, Rick.  

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gullible fool Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 11:23 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife Would you want to take on this moderation duty, presuming we agreed

[FairfieldLife] The High and the Mighty: JFK, MPM, LSD and the CIA

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
http://www.serendipity.li/cia/cia_lsd.html

[FairfieldLife] HDR: High Dynamic Range photography

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
http://stuckincustoms.com/2006/06/06/548/ An excellent tutorial on High Dynamic Range photography. I recently purchased a digital camera as I wanted to be able to do HDR photography easily and to be able to do HD movies as well. Thanks to tutorials like this it is quite easy to do. It is

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread gullible fool
I think we’re not going to do it. it’s too heavy-handed.   It doesn't matter to me, because I block most of the trolls, anyway. Just trying to offer the group an option, which I think they should vote on as a whole. A far as it being heavy-handed, it's what all the other successful forums 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: I recently was invited to attend a weekend basic training in meditation with a close, life-long friend in the Shambhala tradition. It was probably the most impressive basic meditation instruction I've ever witnessed as the teacher was a 30+ year veteran who spoke from his own

[FairfieldLife] Sex Challenge from a Texas Pastor

2008-11-24 Thread John
To All: It appears that this pastor is trying to grab the headlines for his church coffers. Also, the challenge may not be good for the participants, considering the ayurvedic principle that losing the body's ojas may be detrimental to one's health. ++ GRAPEVINE, Tex. — And on the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Bhairitu
enlightened_dawn11 wrote:- there are many of us here who already filter content here on the basis of common sense and preference. since we are all grown ups here, i vote we continue to do this. I agree. As I have done before the ones so unhappy with the content of FFL should set up their

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: enlightened_dawn11 wrote:- there are many of us here who already filter content here on the basis of common sense and preference. since we are all grown ups here, i vote we continue to do this. I agree. As I have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 12:58 PM, Bhairitu wrote: My tantric guru did not allow me to teach meditation until I had been with him for 5 years. Imagine if MMY had done that. And the basis for checking is pretty much the same throughout most techniques: don't strain on the mantra. But look at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Sex Challenge from a Texas Pastor

2008-11-24 Thread gullible fool
Also, the challenge may not be good for the participants, considering the ayurvedic principle that losing the body's ojas may be detrimental to one's health. Yet they will probably, on average, live longer and healthier lives than the typical TM sidha who eats almost no protein, avoids

[FairfieldLife] O Partha, surrender not to unmanliness.. Gita 2vs3

2008-11-24 Thread BillyG.
The essence of the Bhagavad Gita is the warfare between the little ego, (a product of the mind, blinded by the senses), and the Soul, a reflection of the almighty omnipresent God. The battle is waged between the 5 Pandu warriors (the 5 chakras and their powers), and Duryodana, (the 100 'evil'

[FairfieldLife] Re: American college students and professors interviewed about Canada

2008-11-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And one wonders why some people don't realize how dumb Sarah Palin is: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n-M06kWJetofeature=related As one of the comments said: they rounded up the dumbest people they could find. At

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on MMY

2008-11-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, I understand that you asked Amma about MMY. Could you share, off the record if necessary, what she said? Vaj asked me this in a private email. I can share on the record. I didn't ask Amma about MMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 24, 2008, at 8:40 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Nov 23, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Unfortunately the movement often pushed meditating when

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] But hands-on policies have their own disadvantages, especially when you're doing mass-production in which most meditators have not begun to practice out of a deep commitment to a spiritual path but are simply

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alan Ginsberg arguing(?) with Maharishi - LIFE: Maharishi Guru (Maharishi Ma

2008-11-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 23, 2008, at 10:41 PM, Rick Archer wrote: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=Maharishi+Mahesh+Yogi +source:lifeimgurl=db8de2203c869aa4 Allen spent some time talking to Mahesh to see if he was legit or

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on MMY

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sparaig Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 2:14 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on MMY Seroiusly though, do you think MMY's behavior was truly excremental, or merely

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vaj wrote: I recently was invited to attend a weekend basic training in meditation with a close, life-long friend in the Shambhala tradition. It was probably the most impressive basic meditation instruction I've

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on MMY

2008-11-24 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sparaig Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 2:14 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on MMY Seroiusly

[FairfieldLife] Re: O Partha, surrender not to unmanliness.. Gita 2vs3

2008-11-24 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The essence of the Bhagavad Gita is the warfare between the little ego, (a product of the mind, blinded by the senses), and the Soul, a reflection of the almighty omnipresent God. The battle is waged between the 5 Pandu

[FairfieldLife] Re: O Partha, surrender not to unmanliness.. Gita 2vs3

2008-11-24 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: God doesn't love the householder unless he/she is celibate? God doesn't love people who have sex? God doesn't love the natural order of His/Her Creation, BillyG? Yer kidding, right? How do you suppose Arjuna had many

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Bhairitu
sparaig wrote: AFter all this time, you stil think that the essence of TM is don't strain on the mantra? Sheesh. Lawson And the connotations that involves. It is the seed basis for effortless meditation. IOW, don't take the phrase literally but instead it's deeper significance. Most

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 8:45 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on MMY

2008-11-24 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sparaig Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 2:14 PM To:

[FairfieldLife] Re: HDR: High Dynamic Range photography

2008-11-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://stuckincustoms.com/2006/06/06/548/ An excellent tutorial on High Dynamic Range photography. I recently purchased a digital camera as I wanted to be able to do HDR photography easily and to be able to do HD movies

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:06 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife You're correct to direct your attempt at Barry, who is by *far* the worst

[FairfieldLife] Re: O Partha, surrender not to unmanliness.. Gita 2vs3

2008-11-24 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: God doesn't love the householder unless he/she is celibate? God doesn't love people who have sex? God doesn't love the natural order of His/Her Creation,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 3:31 PM, sparaig wrote: My tantric guru did not allow me to teach meditation until I had been with him for 5 years. Imagine if MMY had done that. And the basis for checking is pretty much the same throughout most techniques: don't strain on the mantra. But look at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Clinton critics being purged from Obama administration

2008-11-24 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Nov 24, 2008, at 11:03 AM, Vaj wrote: The first victims of Mrs Clinton's anticipated appointment will be those who defended Mr Obama's flanks on the campaign trail. By mocking Mrs Clinton's claims to have landed under sniper fire in Bosnia or pouring scorn on her much-ballyhooed claim

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is an enlightenmentaholic?

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 3:16 PM, sparaig wrote: And this is the danger of canned meditation checking procedures, they ignore the fact that everything changes. So the minute you set it into stone, it's already on the path to being obsolete. While canned or mechanical learning can often cover a

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:06 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Straw stars twinkle on Fairfield farm

2008-11-24 Thread bob_brigante
[photo] http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=zoomSi\ te=D2Date=20081123Category=ENT01ArtNo=811230307Ref=ARProfile=1046 http://tinyurl.com/6pvvux http://tinyurl.com/6pvvux

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Bhairitu
Rick Archer wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:06 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife You're correct to direct your attempt at Barry,

[FairfieldLife] Iowa lung cancer mortality rate

2008-11-24 Thread bob_brigante
http://www.ottumwacourier.com/local/local_story_326231010.html http://www.ottumwacourier.com/local/local_story_326231010.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:06 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 5:05 PM, do.rflex wrote: As far as I can tell, this pointless crap between the two of them has been going on for over a decade going back into alt.meditation.transcendental - maybe even further. I really doubt *anyone* actually pays any attention at all to the petty details

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Bhairitu wrote: I often wonder why two sensible people would carry on like this unless they've been at it. for lifetimes. :-D I already have Judy's chart, all I would need is Barry's. :-)

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:47 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife I don't care who's right or who's wrong. That's obvious. And as long as you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: HDR: High Dynamic Range photography

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 4:16 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: It's quite easy ? Well, why not post some of your results here using Photomatix, Photoshop or both, that are natural looking and not well above the top ? For better tutorials on hdr go to google video. I'd be glad to as I have some I want

[FairfieldLife] Re: O Partha, surrender not to unmanliness.. Gita 2vs3

2008-11-24 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh... didn't you recently claim that you've personally eliminated sex, BillyG? Yes, but at age 57 I am, Vedically speaking, in the Vanaprastha ashram (stage) of life where you live in society but are beyond the procreating

[FairfieldLife] YouTube - Bruce Lee plays ping pong with nunchuck.flv

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
Anyone know if this is for real? It was done in the days before computer animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QHslHpK4-Q

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 5:25 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I don't care who's right or who's wrong. That's obvious. And as long as you don't, you'll never be able to deal with this effectively. Your snip took me out of context. The point I was making is that many see it as “wrong” that either of you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 5:53 PM, Vaj wrote: Israel is already starting to go green, Islamic countries are not. I shouldn't say that. Turkey is is very unusual exception--there may be others that I'm not aware of. About five years ago I carried on a long correspondence with a follower of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: O Partha, surrender not to unmanliness.. Gita 2vs3

2008-11-24 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Uh... didn't you recently claim that you've personally eliminated sex, BillyG? Yes, but at age 57 I am, Vedically speaking, in the Vanaprastha ashram

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 24, 2008, at 5:05 PM, do.rflex wrote: As far as I can tell, this pointless crap between the two of them has been going on for over a decade going back into alt.meditation.transcendental - maybe even further. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 24, 2008, at 5:25 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I don't care who's right or who's wrong. That's obvious. And as long as you don't, you'll never be able to deal with this effectively. Your snip took me out of

[FairfieldLife] New summary of the Maharishi Effect research with bibliography

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Archer
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Re: [FairfieldLife] New summary of the Maharishi Effect research with bibliography

2008-11-24 Thread Peter
...theoretical discussions of how it works... It doesn't work. Nobody flys. There is no empirical phenomena to explain. How can you have a theoretical discussion about nothing?   --- On Mon, 11/24/08, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 6:29 PM, do.rflex wrote: A peculiar side note: Both Islam and Judaism hold their God to be the -same- God of Abraham. Depends on who you ask. Some consider the revelations of Mohammed to be those of a mad man. Others draw a distinction between IHVH/Jehovah and Allah as

[FairfieldLife] Re: New summary of the Maharishi Effect research with bibliography

2008-11-24 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...theoretical discussions of how it works... It doesn't work. Nobody flys. There is no empirical phenomena to explain. How can you have a theoretical discussion about nothing? You didn't get the memo, it isn't about

Re: [FairfieldLife] New summary of the Maharishi Effect research with bibliography

2008-11-24 Thread Vaj
On Nov 24, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Peter wrote: ...theoretical discussions of how it works... It doesn't work. Nobody flys. There is no empirical phenomena to explain. How can you have a theoretical discussion about nothing? It's not about discussion Pete, it is about virally inseminating the

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2008-11-24 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 2008 End Date (UTC): Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 2008 357 messages as of (UTC) Tue Nov 25 00:02:22 2008 50 authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28 TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] 27 enlightened_dawn11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 26

[FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 24, 2008, at 6:29 PM, do.rflex wrote: A peculiar side note: Both Islam and Judaism hold their God to be the -same- God of Abraham. Depends on who you ask. Some consider the revelations of Mohammed to be those

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The flavor of FairfieldLife

2008-11-24 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Nov 24, 2008, at 6:39 PM, do.rflex wrote: I don't what your sources are Vaj, but: Abraham: The root of three religions http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b1abraham.htm Actually there's no legit evidence that Abraham, or any of the others existed until you get to Solomon. As baby

[FairfieldLife] The Hugo Chavez Show - Tue, 11/25 at 9pm on PBS or Watch Online!

2008-11-24 Thread Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?
*The Hugo Chavez Show - Tue, 11/25 at 9pm on PBS* FRONTLINE http://www.pbs.org/frontline/ - This Week: The Hugo Chavez Show (90 minutes), November 25th at 9pm on PBS (Check local listings) Earlier this year, veteran FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel flew south in search of one of Latin America's

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