I always thought the way to give something instant credibility and power was to either praise it, or denigrate it. Instantly creates the object, with its values, that is apparently larger than the puny being either lauding or criticizing it.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Now, Barry! Hits Christmas! Be nice.... (echos of my mother's voice when we > would fight around Christmas) > > Echoes of my Old Man's voice if we fought at Christmas - clomp, clomp, clomp > (heavy foot steps) "God damn it!" Shhwooop! (sound of his belt coming out of > his belt loops) "Goddamn it, come here so I can git a hold of you! Quit > fightin' goddamn it! Its Christmas." > > As to your remarks, I thought from previous articles/ "news" items about the > deal that it meant 8,000 spread out all over the state of Oaxaca, but I also > thought it was a bit generous estimate of the numbers of folk who had been > initiated there - seems like we would have heard about such numbers before > being initiated into TM and the Sidhis, they seemed to spring fully trained > into being much like Athena sprang fully grown for the brow of Zeus. > > Nevertheless, Merry Christmas to Bevan and Tony, Neil and Greg, Raja Luis and > all the other Rajas. I am sure they are all getting ready for the arrival of > Krishna Claus to slide into their east facing chimneys to leave copper pots > full of Celestial Amrit and copious amounts of gold as well. I am sure the > Rajas are making provision for the Celestial Mounts of Krishna Claus's to > have whatever passes for Celestial Reindeer chow, as well as leaving > something out for the apsarasa or gandharva elves who come with Krishna Claus > to burnish the Rajas crowns to a high sheen as they lay abed witnessing sleep. > > And a special Merry Christmas to David Lynch, I am sure Krishna Claus will > bring him an extra big sack full of Marlboros or whatever brand he is > addicted to - maybe K Claus will also bring him some sort of Harry Potterish > Foe Detector so no more baddies like David Seiveking can sneak up on him > again and sand bag him with requests for interviews. > > > And of course Merry Christmas to all here in FFL, even be they Jewish and not > interested in baby Jesus and Santa. > > And Merry Christmas to all like Curtis, Barry and myself who have decided the > TMO is not Santa and won't be bringing world peace. > > Even tho I hurt my back a couple days ago (yeah its a typical Christmas for > me) I am off later today to visit w my adopted daughter and her ma, make > cookies (if I can stand up long enough) and then back tonight to my brother's > for a family gathering where he and his wife can't stand her brother and his > wife and so year after year they pretend they like each other and have each > other over for the obligatory family gathering. Momma (85 years old this > year) says if any crap starts she is gonna raise hell. > > Ahhh, Christmas! Makes me wish for Festivus. > > Merry Christmas everybody! > > Michael H. Jackson > > > > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 5:36 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Can anyone independently validate the claim of 8,000 > Mayan YFers? > > > Â > I finally found an article on this with photos, and they > do nothing to eradicate my doubts about the veracity of > the TM movement. > > Has no one forgotten all of the claims of tens of thousands > of pundits or students in Maharishi Schools in India, only > to have people travel to the supposed locations and find > them empty and deserted, with no people there and no > construction going on? > > That was my first thought when people started to bandy > about the claim of "8,000" students taught the TMSP in > Oaxaca. I said to myself, "I'll believe it when I see the > photographs and can run them through crowd-estimation > software." > > Well, this article has photos. As far as I can tell, the > largest number of people in *any* of them is in the last > photo on the page, an estimated 300 people max. So where > are the other 7,700? > > http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=366529 >
