Another thought at the Zoo -- If all these animals had hands, we humans would be fucked. (If intent on sharing this one, please paraphrase for mom.):-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Doc, big thanks to you. I read that no one here gets out alive to my Mom > and she had a good laugh. And now, some more science for salyavin: > I remembered that peacocks or their feathers are considered bad luck. > Googled it and found out that it's because people associated those round > markings with the evil eye. But maybe it depends on the peacock's jyotish > chart (-: > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "doctordumbass@..." <doctordumbass@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 10:20 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] challenge [was Re: Where hate lives in America] > > > >  > Agreed. This may seem like a simplistic comparison, but I was at the zoo > today with family, and one of the many peacocks was fanning his tail, putting > on the iridescent display of green, gold, and blue, and I mentioned that as > perfectly beautiful as the peacock is, he has this awful, screechy voice. As > if the template of challenge here on Earth could not be broken, even with > something as transcendentally beautiful as a peacock. > > It is an inescapable fact of life that, as you said, Nature sets us up, and > we have to deal with it, and as Jimmy Morrison's bio is titled, no one here > gets out alive. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> wrote: > > > > I don't think I said any thing about compromising anything. I said Nature > > sets us up and we have to learn to deal with it. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: wgm4u <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 5:06 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Where hate lives in America > > > > > > à> > > > Come on, doesn't mean the creator meant we should compromise our > > principles, as an individual or a nation! (get real) Like, we should > > embrace ignorance? > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I would think both have a factor. Nature puts us in that situation, we > > > could make it better or worse by how we deal with it. As I said , > > > religions, which are supposed to guard our evolution, recommend > > > suppressing that life style. However as religions *evolved* that > > > suppression became violent, demanding and outright violent. I believe it > > > was Christ that said *mercy* is the heart of the Law, not violent > > > suppression. See the story of Christ and the adulteress brought to Him by > > > Pharisees. > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: wgm4u <mailto:no_reply%40yahoogroups.com> > > > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:41 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Where hate lives in America > > > > > > Ãâà> > > > > > As I recall, having heard Charlie over a period of 20+ years in my > > > formative years, he indicated it was the soul, itself, that was > > > recalcitrant in cooperating with natural law that resulted in one being > > > born "light in the loafers" as he suggested, not nature itself!! > > > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I not so sure people *make* themselves gay by choices they make in > > > > previous life times. According to Charlie Lutz, as the soul evolves, it > > > > takes birth as male or female three times, then takes birth the next > > > > three times as the opposite sex. That transition from one sex to the > > > > other is an awkward stage in which the soul carries over strong > > > > tendencies(desires) from the previous experiences as the opposite sex. > > > > The second birth normalizes and the third birth as a male makes one > > > > super masculine, or as a female, super feminine. It's these > > > > *extreme*ÃÆ'ââ¬Å¡Ãâàexperiences that carry over to the next > > > > birth as one of the opposite sex, creating the more effeminate male or > > > > the butch tom boy. Religions tend to recommend or > > > > encourageÃÆ'ââ¬Å¡Ãâàthe suppression of these tendencies in > > > > these awkward stages. If done properly, perhaps there is some spiritual > > > > merit to it. If done improperly, who knows? This hypothesis would > > > > indicate that everybody > has the full range of all > > of these > > > > experiences over and over again until we learn how treat each other > > > > and move on. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: wgm4u <mailto:no_reply%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > > > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 3:35 PM > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Where hate lives in America > > > > > > > > ÃÆ'ââ¬Å¡Ãâà> > > > > > > > Depends on how you define 'homophobic', if you believe that > > > > homosexuality is contrary to natural law, then I would assume this > > > > study would coin you as homophobic, even though you may be a very > > > > supportive and loving person of all your brothers and sisters, > > > > regardless. > > > > > > > > On the other hand, those who are Religio-phobic may want to actually > > > > harm those who don't believe like them, where's the *hate* there? > > > > > > > > BTW, God (or nature) didn't make people Gay, people make themselves Gay > > > > by choices they make in previous lifetimes (Metempsychosis (Greek: > > > > ÃÆ'à ½ÃâüÃÆ'à ½ÃâõÃÆ'âââ¬à ¾ÃÆ'à > > > > ½ÃâõÃÆ'à ½ÃâüÃÆ'Ãâ¹Ã¢â¬Â > > > > ÃÆ'ÃÆ'âââ¬Ã¡ÃÆ'âââ¬Ã°ÃÆ'Ãâ 'ÃÆ'à > > > > ½ÃâùÃÆ'âââ¬à ¡) is a philosophical term in the Greek > > > > language referring to transmigration of the soul, especially its > > > > reincarnation after death, the evolution of the soul, "from clod, to > > > > God"). > > > > > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Fascinating study. Students from Humboldt State University > > > > > track 150,000 geo-encoded Tweets, parsing them for hate > > > > > words related to homophobia, racism, and disability- > > > > > mocking. Where do you think the "hot spots" are? Color > > > > > me not surprised. > > > > > > > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2013/may/10/twitter-geography-hate-racism-homophobia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
