Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Ron Paul Revolution Sweeping the GOP

2009-05-06 Thread WLeed3
To insulting ignorant to answer such a querry on a # of grounds the title is Col. I take little credit for the title for the senate was democratic at the confirmation of myself. I assure U I read write however. But more important I assure U never lost a valued soldier save for

[FairfieldLife] Thought stoppers -- the tool of choice of people whose thought stops?

2009-05-06 Thread TurquoiseB
Recently, following up like a mindless TM robot to a mention of the name of the Dalai Lama by someone she doesn't like, someone posted a quote from a Google Group. The quote indicated that the Dalai Lama had some positive things to say about former president George W. Bush. IMO, the person's

[FairfieldLife] Get out the vote! (Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread enlightened_dawn11
excellent! one of your best i've seen... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: In café light computer glow A spider weaves his web To snag a tasty boy or girl And trap them in his thread Suspended tethered by his wits In trance are they before him The

[FairfieldLife] Get out the vote! (Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread enlightened_dawn11
4 questions for you, regarding your statement below: 1. Is it true? 2. Can you absolutely know that it's true? 3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? 4. Who would you be without the thought? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thought stoppers -- the tool of choice of people whose thought stops?

2009-05-06 Thread enlightened_dawn11
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: I'm pointing this out because I think a lot of people on this forum FALL for thought stoppers. The TM movement was not long on compassion. It never taught its followers that a person could be partly good, partly bad. The

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 1:26 AM, sparaig wrote: Well, I think you need to ask some different questions, namely, can an actual attentional improvement be found in the subjects, will they be randomized AND will that stand when compared to good controls, not just some lame controls? Of course if

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 1:27 AM, sparaig wrote: As I said, we agree to disagree... Or, to quote a famous anonymous sage: there are as many legitimate i interpretations of the Veda as there are enlightened persons. Unfortunately this is one area where the sages of the yoga-darshana (not the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 1:28 AM, sparaig wrote: Such states are easily demonstrable by methods known for thousands of years. So if the state is legit., it would be relatively easy to know, even without a lot of fancy science. What I've found is TMers learn to talk and think in flowery language

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 1:27 AM, sparaig wrote: As I said, we agree to disagree... Or, to quote a famous anonymous sage: there are as many legitimate i interpretations of the Veda as there are enlightened persons.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thought stoppers -- the tool of choice of people whose thought stops?

2009-05-06 Thread authfriend
This is Barry's funniest post yet. And it will go right over the heads of most here. His *entire post* is one sweeping thought-stopper. He has achieved 100 percent self-reference. You are to dismiss immediately any point of view, Barry is telling you, that appears to conflict in any way with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Thought stoppers -- the tool of choice of people whose thought stops?

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 3:04 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: I'm pointing this out because I think a lot of people on this forum FALL for thought stoppers. The TM movement was not long on compassion. It never taught its followers that a person could be partly good, partly bad. The model invoked was always

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 7:47 AM, Richard M wrote: That is how the yogic tradition perceives the intent of those who try to skip the angas. So you're the spokesperson for the yogic tradition? Self-certified? These skippable angas seem jolly arcane for such a well studied tradition as Yoga.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 1:27 AM, sparaig wrote: As I said, we agree to disagree... Or, to quote a famous anonymous sage: there are as many legitimate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Well fortunately researchers have had access to yogis in higher states of consciousness, particularly over the last 16 years or so. What they've found is there are remarkable changes indeed. I don't think most TM'ers or most

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 8:27 AM, BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Well fortunately researchers have had access to yogis in higher states of consciousness, particularly over the last 16 years or so. What they've found is there are remarkable changes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 1:27 AM, sparaig wrote: As I said, we agree to disagree...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: It would be virtually impossible for them to do so without further instruction and guidance. But with authentic instruction, they'd be a ripe group for learning to do so. Perhaps it's best to think of TM folks as a large,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Richard M wrote: I think Vaj meant the 'angas' in Patanjali's Ashtanga (8 limbs) Yoga, With the practice of ALL of these limbs, **or means**, simultaneously, the state of Yoga grows simultaneously in all the eight spheres of life, eventually to become permanent.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Richard M wrote: I think Vaj meant the 'angas' in Patanjali's Ashtanga (8 limbs) Yoga, With the practice of ALL of these limbs, **or means**, simultaneously, the state of Yoga grows

[FairfieldLife] My Dad's Stronger than Your Dad!

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
There appears to be a huge amount of energy spent on two types of arguments popular among kids around 6: 1) My Dad is (WAY) Stronger than your Dad. 2) My Swiss army knife has 23 gizmos, your shitty little pieces of trash only has 17. The first is acclaim by association. If I cam argue (even

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thought stoppers -- the tool of choice of people whose thought stops?

2009-05-06 Thread authfriend
P.S.: The additional irony of Barry complaining that any alternative view to that of the TM critics is by definition a thought-stopper and therefore Evil and Duplicitous and To Be Ignored is that the TM critics here are *by far* the most frequent users of thought-stoppers (Vaj being the champeen).

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 9:37 AM, grate.swan wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Richard M wrote: I think Vaj meant the 'angas' in Patanjali's Ashtanga (8 limbs) Yoga, With the practice of ALL of these limbs, **or means**,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sexy Time

2009-05-06 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Turq's on record here naysaying just about every sort of moral; does anyone here think he'd pass up hitting on some girl who's, say, distraught, or, way drunk, or, otherwise momentarily vulnerable? Yes I'm certain he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thought stoppers -- the tool of choice of people whose thought stops?

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
I thought stopping thought was a good thing. or at a minimum a step towards a good thing. So you are complaining that some have developed a mahavakaya that can instantly stop thoughts? Wouldn't that actually be a good thing? :) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 9:37 AM, grate.swan wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Richard M wrote: I think Vaj meant the 'angas' in Patanjali's Ashtanga (8 limbs)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 9:37 AM, grate.swan wrote: Buddhist traditions of samadhi, and while the number of angas does vary, the insistence of their sequential performance in all Hindu yogic literature is quite notable, so much

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 9:37 AM, grate.swan wrote: Buddhist traditions of samadhi, and while the number of angas does vary, the insistence of their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip Don't assume I was interested in going into any lengthy defense. It's worthless to do such a thing here any longer. Really this is a kind of yoga 101

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: snip Don't assume I was interested in going into any lengthy defense. It's worthless to do

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Richard M wrote: And you base your point on one esoteric saying translated from centuries ago across probably multiple languages? I am not defending the opposite, but you seem to hardly made a case for your view. Don't assume I was interested in going into any

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 10:14 AM, grate.swan wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 9:37 AM, grate.swan wrote: Buddhist traditions of samadhi, and while the number of angas does vary, the insistence of their sequential performance in all Hindu

Re: [FairfieldLife] My Dad's Stronger than Your Dad!

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 9:48 AM, grate.swan wrote: There appears to be a huge amount of energy spent on two types of arguments popular among kids around 6: 1) My Dad is (WAY) Stronger than your Dad. 2) My Swiss army knife has 23 gizmos, your shitty little pieces of trash only has 17. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Richard M wrote: Well I think the crux of the argument here would be that TM is claiming to be from this tradition, yet time after time it comes up against that tradition in terms of

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dad's Stronger than Your Dad!

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 9:48 AM, grate.swan wrote: There appears to be a huge amount of energy spent on two types of arguments popular among kids around 6: 1) My Dad is (WAY) Stronger than your Dad. 2) My Swiss army

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 10:38 AM, grate.swan wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Richard M wrote: Well I think the crux of the argument here would be that TM is claiming to be from this tradition, yet time after time it comes up

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Dad's Stronger than Your Dad!

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 10:40 AM, grate.swan wrote: Wow. You really seemed to have actually missed the points being made on a lot of topics! Impressive! You already covered that. Its the 6-years old defense #3 You are so stupid Any substance pending? For you? I doubt it!

[FairfieldLife] Classic Defenses of the Six-Year Old: Re: My Dad's Stronger than Your Dad!

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
Thanks to some recent feedback from posters, the list has grown: Classic Defenses of the Six-Year Old: 1) My Dad is (WAY) Stronger than your Dad. 2) My Swiss army knife has 23 gizmos, your shitty little pieces of trash only has 17. 3) a You are so stupid (and thus I am not going to say more)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: So your argument appears primarily to be a scholarly a sort of comparative, historical view of meditation methods. Interesting, but of no value to me in any practical sense. If it was a scholarly comparative, etc.

[FairfieldLife] Classic Defenses of the Six-Year Old: Re: My Dad's Stronger than Your Dad!

2009-05-06 Thread TurquoiseB
You forgot: 6) You refuse to argue with me, so there is something wrong with you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: Thanks to some recent feedback from posters, the list has grown: Classic Defenses of the Six-Year Old: 1) My Dad is (WAY) Stronger than

[FairfieldLife] Classic Defenses of the Six-Year Old: Re: My Dad's Stronger than Your Dad!

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
The list grows by leaps and bounds. Classic Defenses of the Six-Year Old: 1) My Dad is (WAY) Stronger than your Dad. 2) My Swiss army knife has 23 gizmos, your shitty little pieces of trash only has 17. 3) a You are so stupid (and thus I am not going to say more) 4) You are too

[FairfieldLife] Quote from Guru Dev

2009-05-06 Thread Rick Archer
'One can become a mahatma wherever one lives. No one becomes a mahatma by simply wearing ochre clothing or by applying some marks to the forehead. Dress and other externals will not lead to the ultimate good, whereas faith will certainly lead to it. The state of a mahatma is determined by the

[FairfieldLife] Beyond Man

2009-05-06 Thread do.rflex
In one of the upper regions of the astral world not in the region of pure mind but near it I met a man last night who passed to and fro with his head bowed in thought. What troubles you, friend? I asked, as I stood before him. He paused in his restless walk and gazed at me. Who are you? he

[FairfieldLife] Classic Defenses of the Six-Year Old: Re: My Dad's Stronger than Your Dad!

2009-05-06 Thread grate . swan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: You forgot: 6) You refuse to argue with me, so there is something wrong with you. Point well taken. (and I assume that is directed at me -- though it has multiple applications). There is a line between asking someone to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 11:03 AM, grate.swan wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: So your argument appears primarily to be a scholarly a sort of comparative, historical view of meditation methods. Interesting, but of no value to me in any practical sense. If

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: Well - may well be so. But my point is that to assert with great authority that The Yogic Tradition asserts such and such of these thingies is a con (i.e. a claim to some privileged *insight* into the tradition). After all,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Dear Vaj, I appreciate your beef with the research but seems you're crossing a line of denigration here. Is one level to dismiss their research, is another to be a complete TM-denier. Is kind of like that thinking of holocaust deniers. Such haters, they'll deny anything about the holocaust,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: Well - may well be so. But my point is that to assert with great authority that The Yogic Tradition asserts such and such of these thingies is a con (i.e. a

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi on Immortality of the body.

2009-05-06 Thread BillyG.
About immortality on the physical level, I happened to mention some teaching in the Gita about a cessation of aging process and that I narrated on the level of your experience during meditation. When your thoughts become finer and finer, when the mind experiences finer realms of thought during

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: Well - may well be so. But my point is that to assert with great authority that The

[FairfieldLife] Get out the vote! (Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread Duveyoung
Marek, Aw, Marek, I'm such a sucker for your equanimity. Honestly, I swoon at your clarity. Ya makes my good parts vibrate like puppy tails. You've had to gently grab my elbow more than once here, and you're good at it. Confession: Turq's energy triggers me. I just don't like his way of

[FairfieldLife] Get out the vote! (Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread Duveyoung
Ah, good stuff. Good writing. Ya melts me. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: In café light computer glow A spider weaves his web To snag a tasty boy or girl And trap them in his thread Suspended tethered by his wits In trance are they before

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Duveyoung
Vaj wrote: I don't think most TM'ers or most meditators in any group have been able to achieve the 'breathless' state which is indicative of Samadhi. Vaj, Define breathless. Seems to me that living is living, and that means some use of ATP at the least. I'm guessing that suspension of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Quote from Guru Dev

2009-05-06 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 6, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Rick Archer wrote: 'One can become a mahatma wherever one lives. Is that anything like a hot mama? No one becomes a mahatma by simply wearing ochre clothing or by applying some marks to the forehead. Dress and other externals will not lead to the ultimate

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dad's Stronger than Your Dad!

2009-05-06 Thread Richard J. Williams
grate.swan wrote: The second is the claim to new and dazzling stuff that while it may have no practical value, and perhaps is rarely used, still makes my thing, and thus me, (WAY) better than you... This points to a very subtle 'greed-for-views' which must be rooted out. An aspirant

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Vaj wrote: I don't think most TM'ers or most meditators in any group have been able to achieve the 'breathless' state which is indicative of Samadhi. Ahh, I think I wrote that, at any rate see below... Define breathless.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sexy Time

2009-05-06 Thread Duveyoung
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: Turq's on record here naysaying just about every sort of moral; does anyone here think he'd pass up hitting on some girl who's, say, distraught, or, way

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Vaj wrote: I don't think most TM'ers or most meditators in any group have been able to achieve the 'breathless' state which is indicative of Samadhi. Vaj, Define breathless. Seems to me that living is living, and that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Vaj wrote: I don't think most TM'ers or most meditators in any group have been able to achieve the 'breathless' state which is indicative of Samadhi. Vaj, Define breathless. Seems to me that living is living, and that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Vaj wrote: I don't think most TM'ers or most meditators in any group have been able to achieve the 'breathless' state which is indicative of Samadhi. Vaj, Define breathless. Seems to me that living is living, and that

[FairfieldLife] Edg proves his true colors (was Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread TurquoiseB
OK, just as a last point before I write Edg off as too mentally ill to bother to read or reply to, ever, he is *still* continuing on his Turq is a predator routine. Just yesterday, as I remember, as needy as ever, he implored people to vote on whether they supported his fantasy of predation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: My understanding of the breathless state is that there is no breathing at all. Of course, this cannot continue indefinitely as you would die. Or breathe. This is not actually true according to Yogic Science, 'life' in

[FairfieldLife] Edg proves his true colors (was Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip Several people, however, voted. I haven't bothered to count, and won't, but as I recall the *only* ones who checked in to support Edg's fantasies were Jim (no surprise there) and Nabby (again, no surprise). I don't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Bhairitu
ruthsimplicity wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Vaj wrote: I don't think most TM'ers or most meditators in any group have been able to achieve the 'breathless' state which is indicative of Samadhi. Vaj, Define breathless. Seems to me that

[FairfieldLife] Edg proves his true colors (was Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread enlightened_dawn11
wow- your actual identity is really wrapped up in this issue, huh? anyway, whether you think i am 'Jim' or not (i am not...), the tally stands at two people voicing disagreement with Edg, and two voicing agreement with him. so your public psyche remains up for grabs. i personally think Edg was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Duveyoung wrote: Vaj wrote: I don't think most TM'ers or most meditators in any group have been able to achieve the 'breathless' state which is indicative of Samadhi. Uh, Edg, I didn't say this.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Raw Story Down

2009-05-06 Thread Bhairitu
Bhairitu wrote: For those looking for their hourly fix of news on Raw Story it is down. According to the Brad Blog the site was moved to a new server and the IP address has not propagated yet. This could take 24 hours or more. However I've had my server moved and it didn't take that

[FairfieldLife] Edg proves his true colors (was Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread Duveyoung
I use Yahoo's online post message form to compose. This is the first time I ever was notified that this makes for bad HTML formatting for those getting the posts via email. Are all the rest of you, what?, typing until your sentences get to about ...here and then hitting the return

[FairfieldLife] Edg proves his true colors (was Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread Richard J. Williams
Duveyoung wrote: Are all the rest of you, what?, typing until your sentences get to about ...here and then hitting the return key?. Yes, that's the ticket, Edg.

[FairfieldLife] Single-Payer National Health Insurance

2009-05-06 Thread do.rflex
Single-payer national health insurance is a system in which a single public or quasi-public agency organizes health financing, but delivery of care remains largely private. Currently, the U.S. health care system is outrageously expensive, yet inadequate. Despite spending more than twice as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Single-Payer National Health Insurance

2009-05-06 Thread do.rflex
Link CORRECTION: http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_resources.php --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Single-payer national health insurance is a system in which a single public or quasi-public agency organizes health financing, but delivery of care

[FairfieldLife] New Crop Circle, Cannings Bridge, Wiltshire. Reported 6th May

2009-05-06 Thread nablusoss1008
http://www.earthfiles.com/shop.php All Cannings Bridge, nr Stanton St Bernard, Wiltshire. Reported 6th May. Map Ref: LOCATION http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=407652y=162455z=120sv=407652,16\ 2455st=4ar=ymapp=map.srfsearchp=ids.srfdn=751ax=407652ay=162455l\ m=0 This Page has been accessed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 1:27 AM, sparaig wrote: As I said, we agree to disagree... Or, to quote a famous anonymous sage: there are as many legitimate i interpretations of the Veda as there are enlightened persons.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Thought stoppers -- the tool of choice of people whose thought stops?

2009-05-06 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 3:04 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: I'm pointing this out because I think a lot of people on this forum FALL for thought stoppers. The TM movement was not long on compassion. It never taught its followers

[FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: Vaj wrote: I don't think most TM'ers or most meditators in any group have been able to achieve the 'breathless' state which is indicative of Samadhi.

[FairfieldLife] Lynch concert raised one million

2009-05-06 Thread bob_brigante
I was trying to figure out how a concert with top seats at $500 and a hall capacity of 6000 could raise three million ( http://snipurl.com/hiae2 http://snipurl.com/hiae2 [philanthropy_com] ). Today's MUM Review says it's more like one million: http://www.mum.edu/TheReview/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lynch concert raised one million

2009-05-06 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_re...@... wrote: I was trying to figure out how a concert with top seats at $500 and a hall capacity of 6000 could raise three million ( http://snipurl.com/hiae2 http://snipurl.com/hiae2 [philanthropy_com] ). Today's MUM Review says

[FairfieldLife] Edg proves his true colors (was Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I use Yahoo's online post message form to compose. This is the first time I ever was notified that this makes for bad HTML formatting for those getting the posts via email. Are all the rest of you, what?, typing until

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopian voice in MUM

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 6:13 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 1:27 AM, sparaig wrote: As I said, we agree to disagree... Or, to quote a famous anonymous sage: there are as many legitimate i interpretations of the Veda as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Ron Paul Revolution Sweeping the GOP

2009-05-06 Thread Bhairitu
Ron Paul was very good today on Rachel Maddow's radio show. He pretty much nails it but to get broader support has to clarify his positions on corporatism. He thinks Democrats wants in power shouldn't be courting the right just to stay in power. He probably needs a third party and maybe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Thought stoppers -- the tool of choice of people whose thought stops?

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
On May 6, 2009, at 6:16 PM, sparaig wrote: You're missing one of the biggest TM org thought stoppers: Pure Consciousness. We were supposed to think wow, what could be better that PURE consciousness? I don't need to look and farther or look into this any more, if it's pure (and the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Edg proves his true colors (was Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread Bhairitu
Richard M wrote: Edg - I think Yahoo's editor sucks. I try to improve on it by using my text editor to compose (http://www.editpadpro.com/). I set 72 chars line length and use the option to convert line wrapping to line breaks. Then I paste that back to Yahoo. But far all I know my

Re: [FairfieldLife] Single-Payer National Health Insurance

2009-05-06 Thread Bhairitu
The only thing I ask about a single payer system is to be able to control my own program instead of some idiot whose dad or mom helped him or her get through medical school (and I don't mean financially). do.rflex wrote: Single-payer national health insurance is a system in which a single

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sexy Time

2009-05-06 Thread satvadude108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I am making the points that 1. doing business of merit in a coffee shop is going to be a rare event, 2. given a lot of foot traffic it is certain that the weak ones will be a significant portion of that traffic, 3. and that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Ron Paul Revolution Sweeping the GOP

2009-05-06 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wle...@... wrote: To insulting ignorant to answer such a querry on a # of grounds the title is Col. I take little credit for the title for the senate was democratic at the confirmation of myself. I assure U I read write however. But more important

[FairfieldLife] Ron Paul on Rachael Maddow show

2009-05-06 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Ron Paul was very good today on Rachel Maddow's radio show. He pretty much nails it but to get broader support has to clarify his positions on a corporatism. Ron Paul on Rachael

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-05-06 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat May 02 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat May 09 00:00:00 2009 500 messages as of (UTC) Thu May 07 00:09:22 2009 46 authfriend jst...@panix.com 44 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 41 TurquoiseB

[FairfieldLife] Trance 101

2009-05-06 Thread Vaj
The Jerusalem Post covers TM and it's putsch into schools: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1cid=1239710826837pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull LINK Trance 101 Apr. 30, 2009 Mel Bezalel , THE JERUSALEM POST It's a little bit like when milk is boiling over, you can take a drop

[FairfieldLife] Get out the vote! (Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Edg, thank you for the kind words. You have a raw honesty that is wholly admirable. And as you've pointed out in earlier posts, it takes some time to become accustomed to the personalities that populate this forum. Some of my own early impressions of posters have softened over time. It's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sexy Time

2009-05-06 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 6, 2009, at 6:43 PM, satvadude108 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I am making the points that 1. doing business of merit in a coffee shop is going to be a rare event, 2. given a lot of foot traffic it is certain that the weak ones will be

[FairfieldLife] Ron Paul off world his reqest 4 COL Leeds beliefs no more2said by me here now!

2009-05-06 Thread WLeed3
Ur incorrect. In note further right wrong refer to morality its NOT imorral for U to be incorect or in error in the stating of what U may feel are past or even beliefs. Not sure I know them myself they constantly change. If U would communicate with me in a more positive civil polite

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trance 101

2009-05-06 Thread shempmcgurk
This post harkens back to the excellent post by Barry Wright a few weeks ago when he hypothesized what a school-age kid would do upon the introduction of TM into his or her school...and Barry went through the exercise of what he or she would find on the internet and the questions that would

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lynch concert raised one million

2009-05-06 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: I was trying to figure out how a concert with top seats at $500 and a hall capacity of 6000 could raise three million ( http://snipurl.com/hiae2

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trance 101

2009-05-06 Thread BillyG.
So, do we call them pretzel heads now? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: The Jerusalem Post covers TM and it's putsch into schools: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1cid=1239710826837pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull LINK Trance 101 Apr.

[FairfieldLife] Edg proves his true colors (was Re: Sexy Time)

2009-05-06 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: Edg - I think Yahoo's editor sucks. I try to improve on it by using my text editor to compose (http://www.editpadpro.com/). I set 72 chars line length and use the option to convert line wrapping to line breaks. Then

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sexy Time

2009-05-06 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: I am making the points that 1. doing business of merit in a coffee shop is going to be a rare event, 2. given a lot of foot traffic it is certain