[FairfieldLife] speaking of reincarnation...

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
'doctor dumbass' has expired (frowny face) ...and been reborn (hallelujah!) -- I am living in a mobile home park, in Chico, sussing out the town, for a possible move -- hence my new nom de plume, 'fleetwood_macncheese', which has nothing to do with the band, and more to do with my brand

Re: [FairfieldLife] speaking of reincarnation...

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
:47 PM, fleetwood_macncheese@... mailto:fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote: 'doctor dumbass' has expired (frowny face) ...and been reborn (hallelujah!) -- I am living in a mobile home park, in Chico, sussing out the town, for a possible move -- hence my new nom de plume

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reformed Buddhists

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
There certainly seems to be something of us, existing beyond the body, and whatever that is, it doesn't care a whole lot about who we are, this time, or any other time, around. As important as we seem to ourselves, now, we are clearly disposable, in the service of that which is not. It is our

[FairfieldLife] Re: speaking of reincarnation...

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
Thanks for the tips, jr. Funny story - my wife and I drove up to the SNB, sat down to eat, and just then I got a call on my cell, from someone noticing water gushing out of the side of my trailer - had to leave immediately -- turned out to be a valve, set incorrectly, for filling my water tank.

[FairfieldLife] Re: speaking of reincarnation...

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
lurker wonders what happens when someone foolishly starts these practices all they have to do is read the posts of MJ and the Turq. Your sanity was missed :-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Thanks for the tips, jr. Funny story - my wife and I drove up

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reformed Buddhists

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
Makes sense - the process is not uniquely human, just that we can apprehend it, and become aware of it, during our time as humans. So there must come a time when it is no longer *necessary* to continue to come back here, or anywhere else, though quite possibly a choice remains, even then, to

[FairfieldLife] Re: speaking of reincarnation...

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
Some good quips by you, lately -- I like quips! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Welcome Back! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : 'doctor dumbass' has expired (frowny face) ...and been reborn (hallelujah!) -- I am living

Re: [FairfieldLife] Note to Rick Conderning his interview with Sam Harris

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
Yeah, I agree with the bit about spiritual experiences being something that a person gets used to, no matter how flashy they may be, initially. Humans are great at assimilating any kind of experience. I find too, that whenever I tried to hold on to any spiritual experience, it went away. Once

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reformed Buddhists

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
, authfriend@... wrote : I think by ignorant he meant not enlightened, not off the wheel. One of his better bons mots. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Makes sense - the process is not uniquely human, just that we can apprehend it, and become aware of it, during our

[FairfieldLife] Re: speaking of reincarnation...

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Some good quips by you, lately -- I like quips! I know, right?! Steve seems like a new man to me lately. Keep it up Steve and welcome back cheesie. I'm just a little hurt you didn't use

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Prez is in the area

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
Trickle down economics: During this visit, rich folks in Palo Alto and Woodside eat dinner with the Prez, sharing their concerns, aka influence, and give Obama (a rich guy), hundreds of millions, and he turns around, and spends maybe three hundred of that, at Walmart, and takes a few

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reformed Buddhists

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
implied by that quip. Welcome back, by the way. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : This stuff is confusing - I meant that someone who is ignorant [of his basic nature] will continue, by necessity, to reincarnate, after which the ignorance is dispelled

Re: [FairfieldLife] calm the situation in Ukraine-you can help!

2014-05-08 Thread fleetwood_macncheese
...after his seed fails to bear fruit, on the barren ground of FFL, a plan begins to hatch in his fevered mind -- It comes to him after he shuts down the PC and leaves the house for some fresh air, taking the '83 Olds out for a spin, maybe a slug of hooch, maybe not... As he cruises down