[FairfieldLife] Re: Priest Becomes Episcopalian to Marry

2009-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: To All: Does he really think marriage will solve his problems? His problem is the Catholic Church. Ditching the Catholic Church solves his

[FairfieldLife] Re: History of the Brahmasthan of India

2009-05-29 Thread guyfawkes91
Translation: Send more money and don't ask questions.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM mantras and meaning

2009-05-29 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 28, 2009, at 6:21 PM, BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: http://snipurl.com/iyubq [adventuresintranscendentalmeditation_blogspot_com] I think Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
Think about it. The TM movement at this point is dying, composed of primarily the last remnants of the Beatles wave and the Merv wave of initiations. The first group are now approaching 60 or past it, and the second wave are now in their 50s at least. But there is a significant difference between

[FairfieldLife] When propaganda and trying to spin your image backfires

2009-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
There is a lesson here for TM slimeball lawyers who threaten TM-Free and others who dare to speak freely about the TM movement. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/ In an unprecedented effort to crack down on self-serving edits, the Wikipedia supreme court has

[FairfieldLife] Creation of a mouse with a human gene for language

2009-05-29 Thread bob_brigante
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/science/29mouse.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/science/29mouse.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: When propaganda and trying to spin your image backfires

2009-05-29 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: There is a lesson here for TM slimeball lawyers who threaten TM-Free and others who dare to speak freely about the TM movement. There is a saying in libel law: The truth is an absolute defense. If the TM-free

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM mantras and meaning

2009-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, metoostill metoost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Is some aspect of ayurvedic medicine religious because tradition says it was presented to some vaidya by a god? Umm, uh, well...huh?? Not sure

[FairfieldLife] Announcing the TM Prude(tm) technique

2009-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
The World Government of the Age of Enlightenment takes pride in announcing today a new and radically different program, one that could Change The World(tm). After analyzing decades of research on long-term practitioners of the TM meditation technique, what the researchers have found is that

[FairfieldLife] Re: When propaganda and trying to spin your image backfires

2009-05-29 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: There is a lesson here for TM slimeball lawyers who threaten TM-Free and others who dare to speak freely about the TM movement. There

[FairfieldLife] Family’s Marmite Messiah in lid of jar

2009-05-29 Thread Richard M
I often see Jesus' face in a lot of things I do. And there are a few times I can think of when I've seen the face of Jesus in a window. But he's never appeared in my food before. http://tinyurl.com/ouk6pb

[FairfieldLife] New Pentagon plans to conduct war in cyberspace

2009-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
It's the stuff of science fiction. Or science fiction parody, anyway. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/politics/29cyber.html?_r=1hp WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, administration officials said Thursday, stepping up preparations by the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM mantras and meaning

2009-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 29, 2009, at 2:22 AM, cardemaister wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 28, 2009, at 6:21 PM, BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: http://snipurl.com/iyubq

[FairfieldLife] Re: Family’s Marmite Messiah in lid of jar

2009-05-29 Thread shempmcgurk
[Marmite] What's amusing about it is that it's not so much the face of Jesus that people keep seeing in marmite jars, puddles of mud, or on the sides of refridgerators as it is the face of Jesus as depicted by some Renaissance artist some 600 years ago which has stuck in the popular

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: [snip] And I think that the bottom line may very well be that the Next Generation missed the late 60s. They grew up in a later, more cynical era in which the brief sense of freedom and hope that we all exper- ienced in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: When propaganda and trying to spin your image backfires

2009-05-29 Thread alex52556
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 2:30 AM, bob_brigante no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: There is a saying in libel law: The truth is an absolute defense. If the TM-free unfortunates had any confidence in what they were saying, they could continue to do so instead of crawling back under their rock. But,

[FairfieldLife] What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-29 Thread Randy Meltzer
I have heard in a variety of places including this forum that Maharishi could not enter the US and India after a certan point because if he did he would have been served with legal papers. Does anyone know the details of these cases and why he would have been served?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Family’s Marmite Messia h in lid of jar

2009-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 29, 2009, at 8:26 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: It's like the depiction of flying saucers. As our own technology changes and improves, the types of flying saucers curiously also improve and modernize as well. Exactly. If you ever saw the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind,

[FairfieldLife] Re: When propaganda and trying to spin your image backfires

2009-05-29 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: There is a lesson here for TM slimeball lawyers who threaten TM-Free and others who dare to speak freely about the TM movement. There

[FairfieldLife] Re: Priest Becomes Episcopalian to Marry

2009-05-29 Thread Duveyoung
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: To All: Does he really think marriage will solve his problems? His problem is the Catholic Church. Ditching the Catholic Church solves his

Re: [FairfieldLife] When propaganda and trying to spin your image backfires

2009-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 29, 2009, at 3:03 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: There is a lesson here for TM slimeball lawyers who threaten TM-Free and others who dare to speak freely about the TM movement. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/29/wikipedia_bans_scientology/ In an unprecedented effort to crack down on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread Duveyoung
I think it's funny that Turq has adopted this let's make fun of prudes theme and continues to present himself as the White Knight of Sexual Freedom. I mean: who here is a prude? Why's Turq banging the drum so hard and so often? All I can think is that he's feeling massively guilty about

[FairfieldLife] Re: When propaganda and trying to spin your image backfires

2009-05-29 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: It would be nice to see more factual entries for both of these, without interference from TM- biased revisionists, Neo-Vedic fundamentalists and mythologists. Lurk wrote about Off, I just replaced the name. Vaj, you are one

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I think it's funny that Turq has adopted this let's make fun of prudes theme . . . So who here is Turq railing against? Not me. NOT FUCKING ME! You're the only one shouting. And you're the one who has been acting

[FairfieldLife] Re: When propaganda and trying to spin your image backfires

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: snip It would be interesting to see if we could get the same Wikipedia supreme court ruling against the TMO and TM cultists who tirelessly edit and remove any controversial or fact-finding entries regarding the Maharishi and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: I think it's funny that Turq has adopted this let's make fun of prudes theme . . . So who here is Turq railing against? Not me. NOT FUCKING

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip And I do not feel the *least* bit sorry about it. Say what you will, characterizes me as *what* you will, I am myself and comfortable with that. I've had long-term relationships and been married once and I've had

[FairfieldLife] She's a Bitch

2009-05-29 Thread raunchydog
Well, why not just come out and say what you are really insinuating New York Times? Judge Sotomayor's sharp-tongued and occasionally combative manner — some lawyers have described her as difficult and nasty — raises questions about her judicial temperament and willingness to listen. You want

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: I think it's funny that Turq has adopted this let's make fun of prudes theme . . . So who here is Turq railing against? Not me. NOT FUCKING

[FairfieldLife] Re: Priest Becomes Episcopalian to Marry

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: To All: Does he really think marriage will solve his problems? Read on: Interestingly enough, in this article, at least, Cutie says nothing about having plans to get married. Sex scandal Miami priest quits Catholic Church

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is Enlightenment? - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2009-05-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: [snip] This is the Vipassana practice itself which involves carefully scanning the surface of the body with one's attention and observing the sensations with equanimity, becoming progressively more aware of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another Evidence of Kali Yuga?

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:54 PM, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: To All Read and weep. See details below: Are you a bigot, John R?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another Evidence of Kali Yuga?

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: To All Read and weep. See details below: Or read and cheer, if you don't happen to be a homophobe. LOS ANGELES – An openly gay teen was voted prom queen at Los Angeles' Fairfax High School in a campaign that began as a stunt

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Why Hillary Lost?'

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: snip Did he really make the comment, I wish Hillary were younger, taller, and male... or something to that effect? When I first heard it, I thought This has got to be a joke. And I'm still not sure. Did Bill really

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is Enlightenment? - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2009-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 29, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Richard M wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: [snip] This is the Vipassana practice itself which involves carefully scanning the surface of the body with one's attention and observing the sensations with

[FairfieldLife] What is Yogic Flying?, Asks Larry King to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

2009-05-29 Thread nablusoss1008
http://tinyurl.com/mnnben

[FairfieldLife] Transcendental Meditation: Mechanics of the technique

2009-05-29 Thread nablusoss1008
http://tinyurl.com/kl8q8y

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re:Another Evidence of Sat Yuga evidenced here NOT the other

2009-05-29 Thread WLeed3
In a message dated 5/29/2009 10:23:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jst...@panix.com writes: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: To All Read and weep. See details below: Or read and cheer, if you don't happen to be a homophobe. LOS ANGELES – An openly gay

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Barry vigorously defends himself from Edg's spot-on charge that he's been vigorously defending himself (which charge, and the basis for it, Barry carefully snipped, of course). Welcome back, Judy. It's good to see that your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread Duveyoung
If I'm a prude, how do you explain my flexibility about sexual issues such that I was able to compose the below bodice ripper? If the below doesn't mitigate most accusations of he's a prude against me, what would it take, Turq? I have been hit by predators all my fucking life, and the cost has

[FairfieldLife] Re: What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Randy Meltzer rm...@... wrote: I have heard in a variety of places including this forum that Maharishi could not enter the US and India after a certan point because if he did he would have been served with legal papers. Does anyone know the details of

[FairfieldLife] Re: When propaganda and trying to spin your image backfires

2009-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: It would be interesting to see if we could get the same Wikipedia supreme court ruling against the TMO and TM cultists who tirelessly edit and remove any controversial or fact-finding entries regarding the Maharishi and

[FairfieldLife] Obama Most Popular World Leader

2009-05-29 Thread do.rflex
Obama Most Popular Leader, Poll Finds PARIS — President Barack Obama remains by far the most popular world leader among people in major Western nations and is the one political figure on whom people consistently pin their hopes in the economic crisis, according to new polls conducted for the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM mantras and meaning

2009-05-29 Thread metoostill
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, metoostill metoostill@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Is some aspect of ayurvedic medicine religious because tradition says it was

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Why Hillary Lost?'

2009-05-29 Thread Duveyoung
Judy, What's your opinion about Bill Clinton? Here's why I ask: to me, any married couple who've been together for a long time are obviously harmonizing on many levels, so one wonders what keeps Hillary with Bill when he's challenged her so deeply. I suspect your opinion of Bill is that

RE: [FairfieldLife] What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-29 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Randy Meltzer Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:52 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] What were the lawsuits against MMY? I have heard in a variety of places including this forum that

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Why Hillary Lost?'

2009-05-29 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: snip Did he really make the comment, I wish Hillary were younger, taller, and male... or something to that effect? When I first heard it, I thought

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: When propaganda and trying to spin your image backfires

2009-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 29, 2009, at 11:04 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: It would be interesting to see if we could get the same Wikipedia supreme court ruling against the TMO and TM cultists who tirelessly edit and remove any controversial or

Re: [FairfieldLife] What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 29, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Rick Archer wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Randy Meltzer Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:52 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] What were the lawsuits against MMY? I have

RE: [FairfieldLife] What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-29 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:33 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] What were the lawsuits against MMY? On May 29, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Rick Archer wrote: From:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread shempmcgurk
There was a wave in between the Beatles and Merv waves. It happened around 1973 when the scientific research happened. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Think about it. The TM movement at this point is dying, composed of primarily the last remnants of

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of shempmcgurk Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:09 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness There was a wave in between

[FairfieldLife] Mosuo Matriarchy - 'Men Live Better Where Women Are In Charge'

2009-05-29 Thread do.rflex
How does a matriarchy really work? Argentinian writer Ricardo Coler decided to find out and spent two months with the Mosuo in southern China. Women have a different way of dominating, the researcher told SPIEGEL ONLINE. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mr. Coler, you are from Argentina, where macho behavior

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was What is Enlightenment? - MMY

2009-05-29 Thread Jason
    I want to know who gave him the title *Maharishi* .??     Why does he put his bald head in all the org's emblems.??     I think he was a good meditation teacher, but a very poor Philosophy teacher.!!     Paradoxicaly, I know many good philosophy teachers who are poor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was What is Enlightenment? - MMY

2009-05-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
Yeah, compared to S.N. Goenka, the Marshy is a sheer genius at meditation! There's a lot of difference between transcendental meditation and mood-making with concentration on various human body parts. Vaj wrote: Similar techniques are found in the Shankaracharya Advaita tradition.

[FairfieldLife] 'Who is Rush Limbaugh?'

2009-05-29 Thread Robert
‘Who is Rush Limbaugh?’ Who is this Demi-god on the radio? A ditto head for Satan? Should we believe in him? This aspect of the ‘Evil-Triad’... The other two being: Dick Cheney and Fox news... The un-holy trinity: Lucifer, Satan and Beelzebub. Purveyors of fear and loathing, gnashing of teeth...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread Jason
  You are dealing with an Org that thinks Storks bring babies.     If Maharishi struck to the plain old vanilla TM and never meddled with things that he didn't know, the mov't would be on a very different footing today. --- On Fri, 5/29/09, shempmcgurk shempmcg...@netscape.net wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was What is Enlightenment? - MMY

2009-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 29, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Yeah, compared to S.N. Goenka, the Marshy is a sheer genius at meditation! There's a lot of difference between transcendental meditation and mood-making with concentration on various human body parts. Vaj wrote: Similar techniques are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of shempmcgurk Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:09 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the

RE: [FairfieldLife] 'Who is Rush Limbaugh?'

2009-05-29 Thread Rick Archer
He's an old TM Practitioner. That's who he is. Don't know if he's still practicing, but he has been known to speak highly of it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mosuo Matriarchy - 'Men Live Better Where Women Are In Charge'

2009-05-29 Thread Jason
  Rflex-ji,  You should study the Elephant society.  In certain ways they are far more evolved that even humans.    All female elephants have a phenomenon called communal bonding.  If a mother of a calf dies, all the other females take charge and nurse the baby elephant to adulthood.!!  

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Who is Rush Limbaugh?'

2009-05-29 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: He's an old TM Practitioner. That's who he is. Don't know if he's still practicing, but he has been known to speak highly of it. the following is from Limbaugh's own website (replete with MIU logo):

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM mantras and meaning

2009-05-29 Thread emptybill
So you are proffering Shaiva revisionism like a starry-eyed western convert such as Alain Danielou. It must give you comfort and validation as a self-initiated guru. You hold and maintain a set of religious and cultural prejudices that make you a mirror of the hard-line tmo cadre. Watching you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was What is Enlightenment? - MMY

2009-05-29 Thread emptybill
Will Tex, There is no end to Vaj's bs. Why don't you just ask for validating proof - as in tradition, text and translation and page? Just allowing him to name some Sanskrit texts allows him to keep up the bs. Vaj is no Sanskrit pandita - remember how he added his own words into direct quotes?

[FairfieldLife] Hollywoods Fastest Growing Religion

2009-05-29 Thread Stu
I think some of you may appreciate this alternative to the TM org. http://www.pyrasphere.com/

[FairfieldLife] Re: What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-29 Thread wvosteen
There were a number of civil suits. I think the NJ suit had to do with the claims that the TM Sidhis could teach you to fly or levitate. Here's a link to a summary of a civil suit in Washington, DC regarding psychological problems caused by the practice of TM techniques. See:

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Who is Rush Limbaugh?'

2009-05-29 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of shempmcgurk Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 12:41 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Who is Rush Limbaugh?' He says in this transcript that he doesn't meditate, but that he knows

[FairfieldLife] TM Puritanism: Thou shalt not suffer a critic to be thought well of

2009-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. - Exodus 22:18 This Biblical passage was used to justify some of the greatest injustices ever seen on this planet. The Christians of the Medieval and Renaissance periods used it to justify demonizing or torturing or burning at the stake anyone who was off

[FairfieldLife] Re: Priest Becomes Episcopalian to Marry

2009-05-29 Thread John
Excellent writing, Edg. Amen. Eh, nope! His real problem is indulging in that aspect of his personality that found rewards in being a Catholic. Taking off the Catholicism mask is good, but he's still all set up and ready to attach to some other dogma that yields the same kinds of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was What is Enlightenment? - MMY

2009-05-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
emptybill wrote: Why don't you just ask for validating proof - as in tradition, text and translation and page? Good idea, Bill! The Tathagata has the eye transcendent wisdom. Diamond Sutra: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Sutra Thus shall you think of this fleeting world: A

[FairfieldLife] Re: What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-29 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: When MMY visited MIU during the Taste of Utopia course, the sheriff was at the frat he was staying in, trying to subpoena him. Lenny Goldman successfully fended him off. If the americans had gotten hold of Maharishi the same

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM mantras and meaning

2009-05-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
What we're more likely seeing IMO is an attempt by the Brahmin overlords to connect tantric ideas to their scriptures through tricks of exegesis... There's no trick involved, Vaj. The TM bija mantras are derived from the tantric Sri Vidya tradition of Karnataka. Swami Brahmananda

[FairfieldLife] Re: There is nothing solid and resistant in this world.

2009-05-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
bob_brigante wrote: All this is pure consciousness... ...consciousness-only or mind-only is a theory according to which unenlightened conscious experience is nothing but false discriminations or imaginations. Read more: Consciousness-only: http://tinyurl.com/mwjcs3 ...there is nothing that

[FairfieldLife] How to Make Terrorists Talk

2009-05-29 Thread fflmod
would no longer be able to help him. My colleagues would just toss him in prison. Instead of saving 40 of his friends and family, he'd become No. 41. It worked. That evening, Ibrahim's directions led U.S. forces to Saddam's spider hole. http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090529/us_time/09171190149100

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM mantras and meaning

2009-05-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
Because we know where the mantras come from... We know that the TM bija mantras came from the Sri Vidya tradition. We also know that Guru Dev's teacher was from Sringeri, the headquarters of the Sri Vidya sect. All the Saraswati acharyas worship the Sri Vidya. The Adi Shankaracharya of

[FairfieldLife] Re: What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-29 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer rick@ wrote: When MMY visited MIU during the Taste of Utopia course, the sheriff was at the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Puritanism: Thou shalt not suffer a critic to be thought well of

2009-05-29 Thread off_world_beings
We love critics, but not so much the fanatic insane haters such as you Turq, with no basis in reality for your claime -- You are a lot like Rush Limbaugh. Despite all your fanatic hate, we still love you though. OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Who is Rush Limbaugh?'

2009-05-29 Thread Bhairitu
I watched Valkyrie on Blu-Ray last night. It is interesting to see the similarities between what is going on in the US, particularly during the Fourth Reich Bush administration, and what went on during that time in Germany. There is an excellent documentary on the disk too which gives an

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Who is Rush Limbaugh?'

2009-05-29 Thread Mike Dixon
Well, so far, the only hate I've read on this thread was  from  Robert and Bhairitu. I'm under the impression Rush was initiated when he was younger then stopped and now may be getting back into it being fulfilled materially and being aware of his own mortality. --- On Fri, 5/29/09, Bhairitu

[FairfieldLife] Petraeus Admits: ' US violated Geneva Convention '

2009-05-29 Thread do.rflex
Gen. Petraeus: US violated Geneva Convention, the court of law could try terrorists: we made mistakes after 9/11: Close Gitmo VIDEO HERE: http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/gen-petraeus-believes-our-values... Gen. Petraeus joined FOX News and Martha MacCallum today and gave a blockbuster

[FairfieldLife] Re: Priest Becomes Episcopalian to Marry

2009-05-29 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: To All: Does he really think marriage will solve his problems? His

Re: [FairfieldLife] Hollywoods Fastest Growing Religion

2009-05-29 Thread Bhairitu
Stu wrote: I think some of you may appreciate this alternative to the TM org. http://www.pyrasphere.com/ First they need to make a web site that doesn't crash. What is it using? Silverlight? What are you working on these days (if you can say)? How's things in the 'wood?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Who is Rush Limbaugh?'

2009-05-29 Thread Bhairitu
Just listen to Limbaugh and you'll hear plenty of hate radio. A lot of people learned TM back in the day (1970s) but many stopped after a few months or a year or two. Very few returned. I did have one initiate who being a relative I know still practices TM. Mike Dixon wrote: Well, so

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hollywoods Fastest Growing Religion

2009-05-29 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Stu wrote: I think some of you may appreciate this alternative to the TM org. http://www.pyrasphere.com/ First they need to make a web site that doesn't crash. What is it using? Silverlight? Worked fine for me in

[FairfieldLife] A movie no one else here is likely to review

2009-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
As a fitting 50th post and end to the FFL posting week, allow me to review the film I watched tonight. It's not only the end of the posting week for me, but the end of a long, leading-up-to-the-unrealistic- software-deadline-that-no-one-human-could-ever-have- met-but-I-did week. So I figured I had

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ayurvedic recipes

2009-05-29 Thread min.pige
Posted, with permission, from TM Free : thanks for posting!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was What is Enlightenment? - MMY

2009-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 29, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Jason wrote: I want to know who gave him the title *Maharishi* .?? Why does he put his bald head in all the org's emblems.?? I think he was a good meditation teacher, but a very poor Philosophy teacher.!! Paradoxicaly, I know many

[FairfieldLife] Critter morality

2009-05-29 Thread bob_brigante
http://snipurl.com/j1i0f http://snipurl.com/j1i0f [www_telegraph_co_uk]

[FairfieldLife] ...the Word is the reverberation of the ultimate reality

2009-05-29 Thread bob_brigante
[News] WORLD NEWS Positive Trends http://www.globalgoodnews.com/ Success Stories http://www.globalgoodnews.com/global-news-success.html Flops http://www.globalgoodnews.com/global-news-flops.html Agriculture http://www.globalgoodnews.com/environmental-news.html Business

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ayurvedic recipes

2009-05-29 Thread shempmcgurk
Thanks for this post. I was the one a week or so ago who was complaining about the $8.00 minimum FedEx shipping fee it now costs for MAPI to ship you anything. And that's on top of the $16.00 cost for Vata Churna, which is the only thing I buy from them. And that's $16.00 for is, obviously,

Re: [FairfieldLife] TM Puritanism: Thou shalt not suffer a critic to be thought well of

2009-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 29, 2009, at 2:49 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: So what is the TM movement counterpart of Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live? I propose, given the evidence of the TMO's long history and this discussion group, that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's and the TM movement's variant of this tried and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ayurvedic recipes

2009-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 29, 2009, at 5:47 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: Thanks for this post. I was the one a week or so ago who was complaining about the $8.00 minimum FedEx shipping fee it now costs for MAPI to ship you anything. And that's on top of the $16.00 cost for Vata Churna, which is the only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question For Raunchydog

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, satvadude108 no_reply@ wrote: snip [quoting me:] Nothing would have thrilled me more than to have been able to support a black man (or even better, a black woman) for

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Barry Revelations (A metaphysical analysis of B.D.S.)

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip What if Barry is really SATAN? Why does this make me think of Hannah Arendt's famous phrase, the banality of evil?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sometimes I think that the Merv wave is to blame for TM prudishness

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Barry vigorously defends himself from Edg's spot-on charge that he's been vigorously defending himself (which charge, and the basis for it, Barry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Priest Becomes Episcopalian to Marry

2009-05-29 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: To All: Does he really think marriage will solve his problems? His problem is the Catholic Church. Ditching the Catholic Church solves his

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would Raunchy still like Sotomayor if she was not Pro-Choice

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: snip Many progressive liberals voted for Obama believing he would promote a liberal agenda. What's particularly amusing about Barry's show of faux outrage is that the concept of doing the right thing rather than adhering

[FairfieldLife] Re: What were the lawsuits against MMY?

2009-05-29 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: When MMY visited MIU during the Taste of Utopia course, the sheriff was at the frat he was staying in, trying to subpoena him. Lenny Goldman successfully

[FairfieldLife] Re: Would Raunchy still like Sotomayor if she was not Pro-Choice

2009-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 28, 2009, at 3:51 AM, raunchydog wrote: snip I'm sure there will be many questions Sotomayor will answer. We still don't know much about her. I'm crossing my fingers that she at least supports Roe v. Wade. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Marshy: All Hat, No Cattle; was What is Enlightenment? - MMY

2009-05-29 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On May 29, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Jason wrote: I want to know who gave him the title *Maharishi* .?? Why does he put his bald head in all the org's emblems.?? I think he was a good meditation teacher, but

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