[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 25, 2009, at 7:36 PM, geezerfreak wrote: Very enlightened thinking here...demonize and minimize those whose opinions differ from yours. Not to mention another huge non sequitur. Nothing to contribute to the

[FairfieldLife] Up against the wall, m*****f*****!!!

2009-01-26 Thread TurquoiseB
If things get really bad, and crowds are milling about wondering who to take their anger out on, this list from The Guardian may provide a good starting point: Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/26/road-ruin-recession-individuals-economy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Up against the wall, m*****f*****!!!

2009-01-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: If things get really bad, and crowds are milling about wondering who to take their anger out on, this list from The Guardian may provide a good starting point: Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

2009-01-26 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: In digging through my phase III notes I came across an interesting point. The tape is from Mallorca Feb. 1971. I'll not use quote marks

[FairfieldLife] Most basic Vedic biija?

2009-01-26 Thread cardemaister
Perhaps one of the most basic Vedic biijas (beejas) is 'agni' backwards??

[FairfieldLife] How Blondes Think

2009-01-26 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jan 25, 2009, at 7:36 PM, geezerfreak wrote: Very enlightened thinking here...demonize and minimize those whose opinions differ from yours. Not

[FairfieldLife] Why An A**Hole is Always in Charge, by Greg Palast

2009-01-26 Thread TurquoiseB
John Thain is the guy that looks like a Clark Kent doll you saw grinning from page one of your paper Friday morning. Thain was just fired by Bank of America because the square-jawed executive demanded a $30 million bonus after losing $5 billion in just three months at the bank's Merrill Lynch

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

2009-01-26 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? dharmamit...@... wrote: What can a woman do to assure not only longevity but also a peaceful transition into elder life to become the wise crone she deserves to be?

[FairfieldLife] Rental Prices Down

2009-01-26 Thread arhatafreespeech
Rents down, vacancies up across the U.S. http://www.freedomofspeech.netfirms.com/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:40 PM, off_world_beings wrote: The word 'puja' either means 'preparing for purifying', or 'the birth (begining) of the purifying life' . That is its ACTUAL meaning. You might want to at least look at a Sanskrit dictionary next time OffWorld. Just because the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

2009-01-26 Thread Vaj
Bioidentical female hormone replacement therapy. Some physicians are beginning to prescribe it and compounding pharmacists across the country are making the products available. That and common sense dietary and exercise regimes. Get checked for bone density to avoid the onset of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 25, 2009, at 11:49 PM, geezerfreak wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: monkeys aren't demons-- they're cute, lovable, furry monkeys, chattering away to their heart's content. chatter, chatter, chatter go the monkeys, about anything and

[FairfieldLife] Re: How Blondes Think

2009-01-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip As far as I can tell, blondes (whether real blondes or faux blondes, merely *pretending* to be blonde the way some people pretend to be TMers) latch onto an argument that they have convinced themselves is irrefutable

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

2009-01-26 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? DharmaMitra1@ wrote: What can a woman do to assure not only longevity but also

Re: [FairfieldLife] Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

2009-01-26 Thread Kirk
Depends upon your religious preference. Buddhist Chod practitioners find some wisdom I have seen in action. In a Hindu tradition the Devi worship traditions of the Mahavidyas, especially of Shri Devi as Rajarajeshwari the sixteen year old Kumari as ones ishta. Christians seem to get off on

[FairfieldLife] Teutonic Zionism

2009-01-26 Thread Arhata Osho
YouTube - Teutonic Zionism A brief discussion of Teutonic Zionism and the roots of the ... http://www.freedomofspeech.netfirms.com/

[FairfieldLife] Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread Richard M
Here's something for the FFL Committee on un-Scientific Activities. I am not sure if this has been discussed/shredded here before, but there has been a recent study (or, better, meta-study) in the American Journal of Hypertension (Vol.21, 3: 310-316 accepted Nov 2007 and published online Jan

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM a religion?

2009-01-26 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: I've been gone for a few days and am out of touch with this thread, but I did just read the New Jersey court decision regarding TM in the schools. The main decision doesn't have a lot to grab on to but the concurring

Re: [FairfieldLife] Most basic Vedic biija?

2009-01-26 Thread Kirk
Most basic as you know is merely Ah then Aum then Em Then Im Ra Ri Ree and so on. You already know this quite well. Yah? Wayyy! I knew a girl named Inga when I was young. Later, when I got old, I knew her again as my own mind. - Original Message - From: cardemaister

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread guyfawkes91
Conclusions: The regular practice of Transcendental Meditation may have the potential to reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure by approx4.7 and 3.2 mm Hg, respectively. These are clinically meaningful changes. It's very hard to see how regular practice of a technique which reduces

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

2009-01-26 Thread Kirk
Nice poem. Having come through true mid life crisis I find alot to discuss in this thread. - Original Message - From: raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com Warning When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 guyfawke...@... wrote: Conclusions: The regular practice of Transcendental Meditation may have the potential to reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure by approx4.7 and 3.2 mm Hg, respectively. These are clinically meaningful

Re: [FairfieldLife] Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread Peter
Usually the physiological studies on TM are quite good. You'd have to look at the individual studies, but on the whole, not bad. Its when they move off into the psychological studies and into sociology that they start to suck. --- On Mon, 1/26/09, Richard M compost...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Obama reverses some of Bush's protections for polluters

2009-01-26 Thread do.rflex
Obama to order clean-air waiver Obama will use the announcement to bolster the impression of a sharp break from the Bush era on all fronts, following his decisions last week to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; tighten limits on interrogation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Most basic Vedic biija?

2009-01-26 Thread paultrunk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk kirk_bernha...@... wrote: Most basic as you know is merely Ah then Aum then Em Then Im Ra Ri Ree and so on. You already know this quite well. Yah? Wayyy! I knew a girl named Inga when I was young. Later, when I got old, I knew

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

2009-01-26 Thread Duveyoung
Curtis, Oh shit. I just wrote for an hour about this quote from your notes, and Yahoo's interface did it to me once again and disappeared my words. My bad, but agh! Why don't I learn to compose with another word application? Oh well, I got my rocks off doing it such that I have no

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama reverses some of Bush's protections for polluters

2009-01-26 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Obama to order clean-air waiver Obama will use the announcement to bolster the impression of a sharp break from the Bush era on all fronts, following his decisions last week to close the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Richard M wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 guyfawke...@... wrote: Conclusions: The regular practice of Transcendental Meditation may have the potential to reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure by approx4.7 and 3.2 mm Hg,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

2009-01-26 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Kirk wrote: Nice poem. Having come through true mid life crisis I find alot to discuss in this thread. Hey, Kirk! Welcome back. Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Richard M wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 guyfawkes91@ wrote: Conclusions: The regular practice of Transcendental Meditation may have the potential to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

2009-01-26 Thread Duveyoung
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It? dharmamit...@... wrote: What can a woman do to assure not only longevity but also a peaceful transition into elder life to become the wise crone she deserves to be?

[FairfieldLife] Obama Plans Fast Action to Tighten Financial Rules

2009-01-26 Thread do.rflex
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to move quickly to tighten the nation's financial regulatory system. Officials say they will make wide-ranging changes, including stricter federal rules for hedge funds, credit rating agencies and mortgage brokers, and greater oversight of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

2009-01-26 Thread Kirk
Hey Sal, Hey Everyone, nice to be reading you all there. Over time, even the seemingly nasty have all together become a tribe with its own character. I would lurk occasionally and read only over the last year. After Maharishi died I found myself with little to add to what has gone before. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aging Women, Assuring Their Longeity

2009-01-26 Thread Duveyoung
Kirk, Yay! Love your energy delivering your stuff. I just posted the notion of having an Old Posters Week and here you are right on time. Now, let's cattle prod L.B. back into this feed lot, and we've got a start on a family reunion. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Most basic Vedic biija?

2009-01-26 Thread raunchydog
Eggman Meditation(EM)from Walrus Tradition Fundamentals(WTF): After sitting quietly with eyes closed for about a minute start thinking the biija mantra coo After 5 minutes and you spontaneously go coo coo you will orgasmically sneeze c'choo. EM is guaranteed to clear your head for greater mental

[FairfieldLife] Obama is the equivilent of The Beatles? (Re: Most basic Vedic biija?)

2009-01-26 Thread Duveyoung
C'Coo is right. Just now, thinking about how jazzed I was about having the Beatles doing TM, I must bow my head even deeper in shame. Four guys from Liverpool were outer validating my spirituality. GAWD! I used the Beatles to some degree to prop up my vision of myself as a meditator --

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: Here's something for the FFL Committee on un-Scientific Activities. I am not sure if this has been discussed/shredded here before, but there has been a recent study (or, better, meta-study) in the American Journal of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

2009-01-26 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: In digging through my phase III notes I came across an interesting

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM a religion?

2009-01-26 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Note that Judge Adams's argument is vastly more sophisticated and thoughtful than most of the crude arguments presented here that TM is a religion. The whole opinion is very much worth reading, both for what it says about

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread enlightened_dawn11
another monkey king! what are you -sure- of about me, mr. B? anything? you have guessed at many elements of my life, and persist in making up stories which run contrary to my stated experience. chatter, chatter, chatter goes the monkey king, hoping to find a tree to remain in. cute restless

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread Duveyoung
Indonesian Muslims banned from practicing yoga http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/26/indonesian-muslims-banned_n_16\ 0789.html [RSS] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/syndication/ stumble

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Richard to you have a full disclosure on funding, etc. and a copy of the full study you could point us to? Here is the paper, which does disclose the funding: http://www.tmcentrum.cz/image/metaanalysis_anderson.pdf

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: Here's something for the FFL Committee on un-Scientific Activities. I am not sure if this has been discussed/shredded here before, but there has

Fw: [FairfieldLife] Obama is the equivilent of The Beatles? (Re: Most basic Vedic biija?)

2009-01-26 Thread Kirk
The same could be said however of LSD and its culture, to which we also must bow our heads for it opening the door to the East for so many, for good and bad. In the series on VH1 on Drugs and culture the narrator speaks to the effect that alot of young people followed the Beatles into

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). The study may be false of course, but it is a bit disingenuous to imply that, if true, it's somehow trivial anyway,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

2009-01-26 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I suspect you have some yogic power that stops folks out here who are taking up your time with drivel -- something like that. Edg, It was due to my power to avoid interacting with anything enlightening from you. I call it my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
Re: Score One For TM? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). The study may be false of course, but it is a bit disingenuous to imply that, if true, it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). Just skimmed it. Not comparative. Interesting statement from the paper: Our assessment suggests that at least

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: Re: Score One For TM? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). The study may be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:20 AM, ruthsimplicity wrote: I read: According to Dr. Anderson, the findings of this new study rebut a July 2007 report sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the NIH-National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which concluded

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). Just skimmed it. Not comparative.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: The word 'puja' either means 'preparing for purifying', or 'the birth (begining) of the purifying life' . That is its ACTUAL meaning. OffWorld Sorry Off, but I think that's a bit like claiming, for instance,

Re: [FairfieldLife]Score One For Meditation?

2009-01-26 Thread Arhata Osho
All marketing of meditation is a commercial joke on the naive of what are the infinite ways to meditate without 'walking with eyes wide closed'! Arhata On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:20 AM, ruthsimplicity wrote: I read: According to Dr. Anderson, the findings of this new study

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: Re: Score One For TM? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: Well yes - but I think that this study DID

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obi Wan was at the Inauguration

2009-01-26 Thread Bhairitu
Larry wrote: I'm just remembering the photos of the 30's - the unemployed men standing in the soup lines with their long dress wool coats and dress hats - and I remember in the 60's going to Packer football games in the cold dressed like, well, dressed like we just came from church. in

Re: [FairfieldLife]Score One For Meditation?

2009-01-26 Thread yifuxero
---Right - most of the research is useless nonsense; without even addressing the question the obvious manipulation of data by the TMO operatives to fit the conclusions. Needed for the Age of Enlightenment: SIDHIS. In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Arhata Osho arhatafreespe...@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Creationism in the public schools

2009-01-26 Thread yifuxero
from Yahoo News: Evolution war still rages 200 years after Darwin's birth Buzz Up Send … Play Video Video: State Board of Education votes to drop evolution 'weaknesses' KVUE-TV Austin WASHINGTON — Two centuries after Charles Darwin's birth on Feb. 12, 1809 , people still argue

Re: [FairfieldLife] Creationism in the public schools

2009-01-26 Thread Arhata Osho
Kinda seems that rape slows down evolution.  All wars are 'free lunch for rape'! Wonder if more rapes are from 'creationists'? Arhata from Yahoo News: Evolution war still rages 200 years after Darwin's birth Buzz Up Send … Play Video Video: State Board of

[FairfieldLife] We will not go down

2009-01-26 Thread Arhata Osho
Lovely story Email Barbara for further thoughts (see bottom) We will not go down song for Palestine http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=dlfhoU66s4Y === Letter from Gaza January 23, 2009 http://www.mecaforp eace.org Dear Hala, I entered the Gaza Strip

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Google wants your hard drive'

2009-01-26 Thread Bhairitu
Robert wrote: Industry critics warn of danger in giving internet leader more power by David Smith Google is to launch a service that would enable users to access their personal computer from any internet connection, according to industry reports. But campaigners warn that it would give

[FairfieldLife] So

2009-01-26 Thread Kirk
Like Heroes I have developed an ability, but it's pretty useless for someone like me. Basically if we hang out for a few minutes I'll see your ishta, element and family. I think. I mean, it seems like. Okay, so But only if you're buying me really fine Bourbon not so good Bourbon and the

[FairfieldLife] US police could get 'pain beam' weapons

2009-01-26 Thread Arhata Osho
Torcher at the touch of a button!  Knowing 'neanderthal-men' invent  these 'torcher lasers' they will exceed safety and compassionate guidelines. Arhata US police could get 'pain beam' weapons by David Hambling http://www.newscien tist.com/ article/dn16339-

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM a religion?

2009-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: [...] SCI/TM is not a Theistic religion, but it is nonetheless a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

2009-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: In digging through my phase III notes I came across an interesting

[FairfieldLife] The Acceptance of a Police State

2009-01-26 Thread Bhairitu
I decided to see what kind of trash NBC is dishing out to the great unwashed last night with their miniseries The Last Templars starring Mira Sorvino.It's a two part series concluding tonight. And predictively pretty light and dumb but a couple levels above a Sci-Fi (also owned by NBC)

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Acceptance of a Police State

2009-01-26 Thread Kirk
C'mon B, anything with Mira Sorvino is pretty to view on principle. What do you want from entertainment? But attachment itself is so, miniseries. - Original Message - From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 2:08 PM Subject:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: Richard to you have a full disclosure on funding, etc. and a copy of the full study you could point us to? Here is the paper, which does disclose

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: Re: Score One For TM? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with other techniques (though maybe not cat petting!). The study may be

[FairfieldLife] Watchmen

2009-01-26 Thread Kirk
Anyone do comics?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:20 AM, ruthsimplicity wrote: I read: According to Dr. Anderson, the findings of this new study rebut a July 2007 report sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the

[FairfieldLife] Re: US police could get 'pain beam' weapons

2009-01-26 Thread Duveyoung
I'm thinking these weapons are ways to control the press. How so? When they shine the beams on a crowd, all the reporters on the fringes will get blasted too -- next time they'll cover the riot from a block away, see? When the reporters are far away, then it's that much easier to brutalize

[FairfieldLife] 'If Maharishi Wasn't Enlightened, then who is?'

2009-01-26 Thread Robert
I know what your going to say...Buddha... But what did Buddha do, besides sitting around, detatching from the World? What did any of the Enlightened Ones do, to save us from ourselves? R.G.

[FairfieldLife] Re: So

2009-01-26 Thread curtisdeltablues
Hey Kirk, But only if you're buying me really fine Bourbon Bourbon IS my ishta, and by now it probably is a good part of my elements. I inherited this taste from my family. So we can skip the reading and go straight to the real question I want to ask of our resident chef...what is your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: Re: Score One For TM? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: Well yes - but I think that this study DID compare with

[FairfieldLife] samaadhi and smRti?

2009-01-26 Thread cardemaister
YS I 19 bhava-pratyayo videha-prakRtilayaanaam Taimni's translation: Of those who are /videhas/ and /prakRtilayas/ birth is the cause [of (asaMprajñaata??) samaadhi -- card]. YS I 20 shraddhaa-viirya-smRti-samaadhi-prajñaa-puurvaka itareSaam. (In the case) of others

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: Richard to you have a full disclosure on funding, etc. and a copy of the full

[FairfieldLife] dream of Muktananda last night.

2009-01-26 Thread yifuxero
Last night one of my Gurus appeared to me in a dream (Swami Muktananda). He appeared as an alligator and said he had to spend one incarnation as an alligator to work off the bad karma he acculated in his last incarnation. I have no strenuous objection to this as long as it's a brief life and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: US police could get 'pain beam' weapons

2009-01-26 Thread Bhairitu
All you have to do is make parabolic reflectors (maybe even a metal snow saucer will do) so that you can send the beam back to the device and fry it. They haven't used these on crowds yet and they may never as the tide of opinion is turning against the cops having that much power or even

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

2009-01-26 Thread Duveyoung
curtisdeltablues quasiquoted: We don't pray to Guru Dev. Prayer to absolute is useless. Puja isn't prayer unless we want to call anything good prayer. Prayer has to be to someone in the relative who can listen and respond, say wish granted, some this year some next year. There are hordes

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:40 PM, off_world_beings wrote: The word 'puja' either means 'preparing for purifying', or 'the birth (begining) of the purifying life' . That is its ACTUAL meaning. You might want to at least

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why An A**Hole is Always in Charge, by Greg Palast

2009-01-26 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: John Thain is the guy that looks like a Clark Kent doll you saw grinning from page one of your paper Friday morning. Thain was just fired by Bank of America because the square-jawed executive demanded a $30 million bonus after losing $5 billion in just three months at the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: The word 'puja' either means 'preparing for purifying', or 'the birth (begining) of the purifying life' . That is its ACTUAL meaning.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Score One For TM?

2009-01-26 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: dream of Muktananda last night.

2009-01-26 Thread enlightened_dawn11
thanks for sharing this. do you often have lucid dreams, in which requests are made on which you can act? i am also curious whether or not this ability for dreams of this type has grown, or you have always dreamt this way? the only dream i had in which i saw a recognizable master was a dream i

[FairfieldLife] Mantras, Religion and finally a statement from an liberated tapasin

2009-01-26 Thread billy jim
Normal 0 Recently I have read here on FFL an argument professed by some former TM’ers who stopped practicing because they claimed they were deceived about the meaning of mantras. Their fundamental claim is that a mantra is the name of a Hindu god. The claim is that a

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, geezerfreak geezerfr...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_reply@ wrote: monkeys aren't demons-- they're cute, lovable, furry monkeys, chattering away to their heart's content. chatter, chatter, chatter go the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

2009-01-26 Thread I am the eternal
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:06 PM, sparaig lengli...@cox.net wrote: Born a Lebonese CHristian, I'm reasonably certain. Whether he is a practicing Coptic Christian (whatever that means) or not, I don't know, but his rhetoric about MMY's death has a certain Christian element to it which feels

[FairfieldLife] Re: So

2009-01-26 Thread emptybill
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: But only if you're buying me really fine Bourbon Bourbon IS my ishta, and by now it probably is a good part of my elements. I inherited this taste from my family. So do you put Woodford Reserve in the mix

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and life after death

2009-01-26 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I'm glad you took the time to re-post, that was an interesting angle. It was also very funny when you anticipated the moment my eyes were glazing over following terms that have lost their meaning for me. But I can remember how

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread Vaj
On Jan 26, 2009, at 5:00 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:40 PM, off_world_beings wrote: The word 'puja' either means 'preparing for purifying', or 'the birth (begining) of the purifying life' . That is its

[FairfieldLife] GlobalGoodNews.com Going Global

2009-01-26 Thread michael
      Celebrating Maharishi’s Year of Invincibility—Second Year of Global Raam Raj—2009 with GlobalGoodNews.com  going  Global Due to popular demand, GlobalGoodNews.com announces its new web sites opening this year in major languages French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Russian,

[FairfieldLife] Re: So

2009-01-26 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptyb...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: But only if you're buying me really fine Bourbon Bourbon IS my ishta, and by now it probably is a good part of my elements. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread Paul Mason
A useful online Sanskrit dictionary resource is at:- http://spokensanskrit.de/ For the word 'puja' or 'puujaa' the following link is preset:- http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php? script=HKtinput=puujaacountry_ID=trans=Translatedirection=AU --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-01-26 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 2009 491 messages as of (UTC) Mon Jan 26 23:55:18 2009 49 authfriend jst...@panix.com 37 curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com 35 sparaig lengli...@cox.net

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama Reverses Rules on U.S. Abortion Aid

2009-01-26 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: You were not clear whether your wife is an activist for or against the issue of abortion. The Roe v Wade decision ruled that most US laws against abortion violated a constitutional right to privacy under the Due Process

Re: [FairfieldLife] Mantras, Religion and finally a statement from an liberated tapasin

2009-01-26 Thread Vaj
Hi Billy Jim: On Jan 26, 2009, at 6:05 PM, billy jim wrote: Recently I have read here on FFL an argument professed by some former TM’ers who stopped practicing because they claimed they were deceived about the meaning of mantras. Their fundamental claim is that a mantra is the name of a

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread amritasyaputra
No, it is not religious. Veneration of a person or a Master is not a religious activity. Unless, of course, you consider veneration of Hollywood stars as religious. Moreover, TM cannot be a religion if Christianity is considered to be one!!! Although there might be some similarities, their

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 26, 2009, at 5:00 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:40 PM,

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM puja is religious, as are other elements of TM practice

2009-01-26 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: [...] To say that the word `puja' means `worship' is like saying: Avatar means a person's cartoon version on the internet. On behalf of my avatar, I'd like to express my feelings of dismay. Saijanai Kuhn

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