Share, I've been around lurking and posting a few times. But not as much as the others around here.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > John, welcome back to you too! > > > > > ________________________________ > From: John <jr_esq@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 4:09 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years > > > >  > Bob, > > I didn't realize MM was Jewish and an accountant at that! > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bobpriced" <bobpriced@> wrote: > > > > I heard: > > > > Judaism expresses 75% of natural law > > Catholicism expresses 50% of natural law > > Protestantism expresses 25% > > Islam expresses 14% > > Darwinism expresses 9%% > > GAAP (Generally accepted accounting principles) expresses 5% > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , Share Long wrote: > > > > > > But Mike I'm not sure that Maharishi thought religion was so pure. I > > heard something along the lines of: > > > Judaism expresses 75% of natural law > > > Catholicism expresses 50% of natural law > > > Protestantism expresses 25% > > > Had you ever heard these figures? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ > > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> " FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 12:56 PM > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 > > years > > > > > > > > > > > > à > > > Thanks for re-reading that Share. I'm not for for anybody condemning > > anyone about their personal lives. I was merely offering an explanation > > which may or may not be valid. < Yes ,I think M did believe that > > religions still have that power but I also believe he knew that religion > > is pure and our ability to understand the intent is according to our own > > individual capacity or level of evolution. > > > > > > From: Share Long sharelong60@ > > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> " FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 10:43 AM > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 > > years > > > > > > à > > > Sorry, Mike, yes, you did say suppression and I read enforcement. It's > > a hot topic for me. It sounded like you were in favor of religion, at > > the very least, condemning people if their sexuality is different than > > the supposed norm. > > > > > > I wonder if Maharishi thought that contemporary religions really have > > any power to protect the evolution of souls. > > > > > > From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ > > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> " FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 12:32 PM > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 > > years > > > > > > à > > > I'm not really sure what Share was implying in that post. If it was > > that I believeà it's open season on harassing people about their > > sexuality, then she's all wet as you would be also if that's what you > > thought. My comment was in regard to the role ofà religion in > > general, not how people practice it. People practice their religions > > according to their ability and understanding, which has the capacity to > > evolve as they do.. > > > > > > From: authfriend authfriend@ > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 7:39 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 > > years > > > > > > à > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "sharelong60" sharelong60@ > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Unfortunately Mike, any enforcing activity is not done by > > > > "religion" itself. Enforcing is done by other humans who > > > > might have issues with sexuality. In general if there's any > > > > enforcing to be done, other than to defend one's self > > > > against or protect the weak from aggression, I say let life > > > > take care of enforcing whatever its natural laws are. And very well > > said, Share. > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , Mike Dixon wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps that is why religions, in general, encourage the > > suppression of homosexual activity, so that it remains only in that > > transitional incarnation instead of piling up from life- time to life- > > time. In other-words, if those *tendencies*areÃâà not suppressed, > > they become stronger the next time. M has always said that the purpose > > of religion is to protect the evolution of the soul. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: authfriend > > > > > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, August 23, > > 2013 6:24 PM > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 > > years > > > > > > > > > > Ãâà > > > > > > > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , Mike Dixon wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Charlie was definitely a believer in Theosophy. As I remember > > > > > > it( his explanation), we change from one sex to the other > > > > > > every three incarnations. The first incarnation of the opposite > > > > > > sex drags old tendencies from the previous birthÃâà with it. > > The > > > > > > second birth in that sex is more balanced, while the third > > > > > > incarnation is more of an exaggeration of that sex. The super > > > > > > masculine man or the super feminine woman. So naturally, the > > > > > > next change, brings with it, impressions from the previous > > > > > > birth which was exaggerated. > > > > > > > > > > When you first posted this, you presented it as an > > > > > explanation for homosexuality. But a "super masculine" > > > > > man or "super feminine" woman (if you're talking about > > > > > appearance, which I believe you were when you posted > > > > > it before) could just as easily be gay as straight. > > > > > > > > > > Likewise, gender dysphoria should not be confused with > > > > > homosexual preference. Often they go together, but > > > > > sometimes they don't. Most gays and lesbians don't want > > > > > to change their gender. > > > > > > > > > > This would mean that all these experiences are natural for > > everybody to experience from life time to life time. And of course, how > > we treat one another going through theses phases of evolution determine > > our own fate. Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Pile-on > > all of our other karmasÃÆ'ââ¬Å¡Ãâà and hang-ups and god only knows > > how it's going to be expressed. Who knows why someone feels they are in > > the wrong body? That could be untangling a > > > > > > mess that you'll never figure out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
