Thanks for the fascinating quote Buck and also for the beautiful photo of Purusha place in India. Hey, we have lots of visitors in the women's Dome. Hope it's filling up in your neighborhood too (-:
________________________________ From: Buck <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: the flooding @ Uttarkashi Ashram Purusha >From Mi... What makes a great householder? The science fiction author Robert Heinlein once said "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray27" <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > Well, this is not the answer you are probably expecting, but in this > instance, the skids were greased in terms of being able to enjoy a > pretty comfortable life. I'm not saying it was a Buddha like situation, > in terms of coming from Royalty, but he would have had a nice leg up on > things. > Of course, he also has a nice disposition, was/is quite balanced, likes > kids, and probably could have developed a pretty good golf game. > And really I sympathized with his dad on an occasion or two about the > situation. > As far as a woman, I guess it helps to have a fair amount of patience, > at least if you plan on having children. > Other than than, all the usual traits on both sides apply- being > understanding, tolerant of other little foibles, etc. > Right? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > Ah, Steve, now there's THE question of the day IMHO: what makes a guy > a great householder? Obba, can you take a break from counting posts and > answer this question for us? And guys, IYHOs, what makes a woman a great > householder? > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: seventhray27 steve.sundur@ > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 7:20 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: the flooding @ Uttarkashi Ashram > Purusha From Mi... > > > > > > > >  > > oh, okay. thanks for that feedback. I also have a good friend on > that course who comes back every couple years. it's always a treat > to have him visit. he also is quite level headed, so to speak, and > dialed in well to the culture, still. > > but I still think he would have made a great householder! (-: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote: > > > > > > Mike was & still is very Level headed on Purusha now in India as > stated we > > > communicant ofter i.e. monthly via: an Internet cafe 2 hr from him > by > > > walking trail. He does so by some flash card ( or key like thing) > not going to > > > town in person Purusha sends there individual computer messages that > way. > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 6/20/2013 7:47:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > > steve.sundur@ writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > I always liked Michael Thompkins. I never really knew him > personally, but > > > as an administrator, he always seemed pretty level headed. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > From: vtompkins112@ > > > > To: wleed3@ > > > > Sent: 6/20/2013 1:09:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time > > > > Subj: the flooding here > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Bill, > > > > > > > > Hi. This email is just to let you know that I am fine in case > you've > > > > seen international news about the massive flooding in the Indian > > > > Himalaya, including Uttarkashi. The bridge and road at the foot of > our > > > > mountain went to their eternal reward in the flood and we are cut > > > > off--no road, no electricity, no postal mail, no cell phone, no > > > > Internet (for reasons too lengthy to explain we'll have the last > two > > > > for about 24 hours more and then none for a while) but we expect > some > > > > sort of road connection again in 1-2 weeks and electricity > hopefully > > > > around then, too, and those should m ean resumption of > communications. > > > > We have plenty of rice, lentils, flour, etc. and a big vegetable > > > > garden bursting with produce so we are set for food for a long > time. > > > > And everyone here is in very good spirits. > > > > > > > > Very heavy, continuous rain for two days straight did it. Parts of > > > > Uttarkashi town fell into the raging river, and I've heard that > the > > > > river bed there may have risen as much as five meters with all the > > > > silt and rocks coming down, and the higher river bed threatens to > > > > flood the town. But the other valley system, on the Alakananda > River, > > > > had it worse. This is the height of the pilgrimage season and, > they > > > > say, some 70,000 people are stranded up in those mountains and as > many > > > > as 1,000 died, though I'd bet that each number is a gross > > > > exaggeration. Throughout the mountain region, the roads down to > the > > > > plains are cut by landslides in multiple places, which is what has > > > > stranded all the pilgrims. > > > > > > > > Currently, the only way out of this ashram is by walking up to a > > > > higher meadow and then climbing a mountain slope to a ridge and > > > > trekking down into an adjacent valley system and there, hopefully, > > > > finding a public Jeep or bus, a trip that takes about six hours. > Some > > > > of our staff are making that trip tomorrow for personal reasons so > > > > we'll hear from them how doable it really is and whether if, once > down > > > > on the main road, one can actually get through to the plains or > are > > > > there simply too many landslides for the Army to move soon. > > > > Eventually, of course, all the slides will be moved off the roads > and > > > > the roads will be shored up. Presently, the overall situation is > > > > unclear. > > > > > > > > What has been very odd is that this happened about 1-2 weeks > before > > > > the normal monsoon was due to arrive and therefore caught everyone > by > > > > surpr ise. > > > > > > > > I'll write more later once we have a better communications link. > For > > > > now, just know that all at Gajoli ashram are fine, with plenty of > > > > food, comfortable temperatures and decent weather (sun for the > last > > > > two days). And if there were any really extreme emergency there is > > > > always a helicopter (at vast expense:>). > > > > > > > > Jai Guru Dev, > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > >
