[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
On Apr 5, 2010, at 7:11 PM, feste37 wrote: Dear Blonde Bombshell, Welcome to FFL, also known as the Devil's Kitchen. The first entity that awaits newcomers to this little corner of cyberspace is known as Turquoise B. He is our neighborhood bully. Nothing gives him greater pleasure than attacking newcomers and trying to drive them away. He is a Big Man when it comes to words but a little man when it comes to everything else, so if I were you, I would pay him no mind. As for me, I LOVE blonde bombshells, so welcome -- but I doubt whether you will find much here to detain you. This Devil's Kitchen is full of experts whose main expertise is in hurling insults at one another, day after day, month after month, year after year, on the same endlessly repeated, and very small, number of topics. I think it must be a dress rehearsal for the peculiar corner of hell in which they will eventually find themselves. Well said.
[FairfieldLife] Masters of Wisdom - FAQ with Benjamin Creme
Masters of Wisdom - FAQ Q. Why do the Masters seem to operate only in rich countries and not in the Third World? A. This is not, in fact, the case. The Masters direct Their energies and attention at least as much to the Third World as to the developed world. However, the changes which must take place in the world have to be initiated from the seat of the problem: the greed, selfishness and complacency of the developed nations. Therefore, much of the Masters' work involves inspiring disciples in the richer countries who can work for change. Q. Are the Masters a group of people? A. The Masters form a group, They have only group consciousness. They have no personality consciousness at all; They think and work and live in terms of group consciousness. That is not to say that they are not all quite different in quality and character, depending on the particular ray under which They are formed. They will have their differences of opinion: on how to proceed in dealing with a particular point of the Plan, different ideas of whether humanity is ready for this stimulus or that, whether it is too soon, or whatever. They have different ideas but They work habitually from what is called the Buddhic level of consciousness, as a group. They are in continuous telepathic rapport with each other. Q. What role and what tasks will the Masters take on? A. Like the Christ, the Masters, too, will act as advisors on matters of all kinds, relating to all aspects of our lives. As I have said, there will be a Master in what one might call a presidential post in certain countries and in these countries you will find, therefore, some aspects of Hierarchical government, perhaps forming a two-tier system with a democratic form of government. One does not preclude the other. Many young people are very suspicious of the term ``master.'' They see it as conferring some authority over us. This is not the case; a Master is simply a master over Himself and the forces of nature. By token of Their experience and Their spiritual achievement, a degree of Hierarchical supervision will be seen to be totally acceptable within a democratic framework. Q. What I want to know is, were Masters born the same as anybody else, or did They come into the world in a different way? A. The Masters who have come into the world now have come in fully physical bodies. Two-thirds of the Masters today are in fully physical bodies. There are certain Masters Who are in the same body as They were when They took the Fifth Initiation, which takes Them into Mastery, so They have not taken on another body. There are other Masters Who have created what's called the Mayavirupa; this is a body of manifestation, created by an act of will. There are other Masters still, Who are in bodies which are born in the normal way, as children, and they've grown up, but as Masters. There are many different methods for the manifestation of a Master. The normal method, or the most frequent, for the manifestation of an avatar, is to take over the body of a disciple, as happened with Jesus. The Christ took over the body of Jesus and manifested through it for the last three years. The Christ, Maitreya, remained in the Himalayas, but His consciousness, or some aspect of His consciousness, whatever was needed at that time, took over the body of the Disciple Jesus and worked through Him for the last three years of His life. This time He has come Himself. Q. On average how many lives do we have to become a Master? A. It takes hundreds of thousands of incarnational experiences to come up to the first initiation, the first of five. Usually, it takes an average of seven or eight incarnations between the first and second initiation. Between the second and third the whole process speeds up and the third can be taken in the same life as the second if that is taken early enough; then probably the fourth and fifth in the next two or three lives. So, there are very few lives in the last phase of the initiatory process, but up to the first initiation there are literally hundreds of thousands of incarnations. Q. If Masters were present throughout history, how could They stand by and watch happenings like Holocaust, wars, the Inquisition, the decimation of humanity in many different ways, without helping? A. They did not stand by and watch it happen. There has never been a war, a holocaust, pain or suffering of any group in which the Masters did not help that group to the greatest extent allowed by the Law of Karma. They are not allowed simply to take away the results of humanity's actions. The Law of Cause and Effect, which is the Law of Karma, binds the Masters as it binds us. We have the power, individually and as a group - as humanity - to change the way we act. It is we who create holocausts and wars, who involve whole groups in assassination, murder, rape, pillage and the rest. We created the Inquisition - the cruelty of the Inquisition is the cruelty of humanity itself. It came out of the
[FairfieldLife] Welcome to the New Age....
A real one too.. Dawn of the Anthropocene Epoch? Earth Has Entered New Age of Geological Time, Experts Say Geologists from the University of Leicester are among four scientists- including a Nobel prize-winner -- who suggest that Earth has entered a new age of geological time. The Age of Aquarius? Not quite -- It's the Anthropocene Epoch, say the scientists writing in the journal Environmental Science Technology. And they add that the dawning of this new epoch may include the sixth largest mass extinction in Earth's history. Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams from the University of Leicester Department of Geology; Will Steffen, Director of the Australian National University's Climate Change Institute and Paul Crutzen the Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist of Mainz University provide evidence for the scale of global change in their commentary in the American Chemical Society's' bi-weekly journal Environmental Science Technology. The scientists propose that, in just two centuries, humans have wrought such vast and unprecedented changes to our world that we actually might be ushering in a new geological time interval, and alter the planet for millions of years. Zalasiewicz, Williams, Steffen and Crutzen contend that recent human activity, including stunning population growth, sprawling megacities and increased use of fossil fuels, have changed the planet to such an extent that we are entering what they call the Anthropocene (New Man) Epoch. First proposed by Crutzen more than a decade ago, the term Anthropocene has provoked controversy. However, as more potential consequences of human activity -- such as global climate change and sharp increases in plant and animal extinctions -- have emerged, Crutzen's term has gained support. Currently, the worldwide geological community is formally considering whether the Anthropocene should join the Jurassic, Cambrian and other more familiar units on the Geological Time Scale. The scientists note that getting that formal designation will likely be contentious. But they conclude, However these debates will unfold, the Anthropocene represents a new phase in the history of both humankind and of the Earth, when natural forces and human forces became intertwined, so that the fate of one determines the fate of the other. Geologically, this is a remarkable episode in the history of this planet. From: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100326101117.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100326101117.htm
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
On Apr 6, 2010, at 12:03 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: Every time someone takes her or others like her up on crap like this, PT Barnum is rolling in his grave, laughing his ass off. I guess she bailed already. Going through the post sequentially, I'm not seeing anything from her. Could this be a sign of the rising Age of Enlightenment? People getting called on their BS early on in the game? It may be funny to you, but I still haven't found my keys.
[FairfieldLife] Lessons From an Assassination
Lessons From an Assassination Minor Details -By Bob Minor On January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi during his nightly walk in New Delhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse. Godse was a right-wing, gun-toting religious believer with connections to a political party whose goals included making India a Hindu nation, rejecting the secularism that separated religion and state. Almost every semester I've lectured on Gandhi and his advocacy of satyagraha, a term he coined which literally means holding on to Truth. You've seen it translated non-violent resistance and, like Mel White, Soul Force. Gandhi never believed in compromising satyagraha. The very word he chose illustrates that. He was not a relativist. Non-violence, for Gandhi is the only way to live in this world. But this semester the class' discussion of my lecture among its self-selected liberal students who were studying peace and conflict, was dominated by an assumption that was sure to enable the advocates of violence in our world to be winners Gandhi couldn't have thought it was true for everyone. They didn't want to believe in spite of Gandhi's fasts unto death, his Salt March across India, and his jail terms that Gandhi thought his view was correct and others were wrong. These students had become what right-wingers in our culture wanted them to be. The students wanted me to agree that Gandhi's satyagraha was merely a personal position, that he wouldn't believe it would be true for others. They wanted to like Gandhi, but couldn't believe he was not fair and balanced. They wanted him to be a postmodernist. No matter what their fantasies, Gandhi didn't teach that sometimes it was okay to kill others. For him, violence was always wrong. His goal was to coerce others through every non-violent means possible to accept his position and reject violence. But this doesn't often represent good liberalism. Because others have held their beliefs strongly and absolutely, we are to be afraid of such things. Relativism is much better, it says. All views have their truth. Sincerity trumps destructive views, and opinions are the same as facts. The right-wing has been successful at portraying liberals and progressives to the public as situation ethicists who don't really know what they stand for or who are blowing in the wind without a moral compass. Democratic movement toward the right-wing, which Democrats call compromise, only reinforces the belief that liberals don't really stand for anything and will thus cave in to the other side. What liberal relativists hoped was true worked better before the 1990's Gingrich revolution, before the religious right-wing first tasted political blood, and before conservatives learned how easy it was to portray compromise as weakness, moral softness, insincerity, and the inability to lead. If things don't change, it's likely to end the current Democratic majority. Of course, Democrat does not equal progressive. Many, probably including the current president, are corporate centrists. Their leaders aren't working class people. So, those of us who do believe that discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, and all the other human categories, is always wrong, have to say so. And we have to say that what we believe is right and that destroying others is wrong as if it really is. This is not to be mean or unlistening toward others. Gandhi never was, for that was acting in violence. But he was always forceful and absolute. And he wouldn't compromise with violence. We have to be willing to face the fact that the right-wing lies. Yes, I said: lies. They have learned that even when they have been caught lying, they can be effective by repeating the lie. Repeating it long enough will make it seem less untrue. They know the mainstream media is fickle. It seldom has a long enough attention span to follow-up on a lie. Eventually, it'll treat the lie as merely one opinion that has as much validity as the other with which it merely differs (the one with the data behind it.) No matter how often the polls say otherwise, the conservative and Republican talking-point is that the public doesn't want a health care plan with a public option. No matter what the legislative process is, the Republicans will say the Democrats rammed their legislation through. No matter how the historical data says otherwise, Karl Rove and Dick Cheney will stick by their rewriting of history. No matter what right-wing religious leader is found to be a hypocrite, the right-wing won't criticize them they way they will any lesser offenses liberals are accused of committing. No matter how they control the media, it will always be labeled liberal. No matter how they disenfranchise working people, they'll claim to be populists. And they know that they can bully so-called liberals into caving -- whether it's the President not defending his advisors when Glenn Beck targets them unfairly or a congressman's misstatement turned into
[FairfieldLife] Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/chopra-blames-own-meditation-for-baja- quake/19426755?sms_ss=email _ Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake Updated: 6 hours 47 minutes ago Print http://o.aolcdn.com/os/sphere/art/textresize Text Size E-mail http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=v=250source=tbx-250tt=0s=diggu rl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Fchopra-blames-own-medit ation-for-baja-quake%2F19426755%3Fsms_ss%3Demailtitle=Chopra%20Blames%20Own %20Meditation%20for%20Baja%20Quake%20-%20AOL%20Newscontent=lng=en More http://www.aolnews.com/team/katie-drummond Katie Drummond Katie http://www.aolnews.com/team/katie-drummond Drummond Contributor AOL News (April 5) -- The U.S. Geological Survey is blaming day-to-day seismological changes for Sunday's 7.2 earthquake along the U.S.-Mexico border. But Deepak Chopra, the famed alternative-medicine practitioner and transcendental meditation guru, is pretty sure he knows what really happened. Had a powerful meditation just now -- caused an earthquake in Southern California, Chopra wrote to his nearly 179,000 Twitter http://twitter.com/DeepakChopra followers shortly after the quake. And then, to clarify: Was meditating on Shiva mantra earth began to shake, he tweeted. Sorry about that. Author, physician and lecturer Deepak Chopra. http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/5/656653/1270487714243.JPEG John Medina, WireImage Deepak Chopra, here in San Jose, Calif., sent messages on Sunday to his thousands of Twitter followers apologizing for causing an earthquake in Southern California with powerful meditation. Chopra might want to apologize directly to those in California, who haven't suffered significant infrastructure damage but are still bracing for more temblors, and to those in Mexico, where two are dead, hundreds are injured and thousands are still without power. Transcendental meditation (TM) was largely popularized by Chopra, who's been dubbed McMeditation for the multimillion-dollar profits he's earned off books, DVDs and his Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, Calif. -- where a six-day mind-body wellness program runs around $2,500. According to Chopra http://www.5min.com/Video/What-is-Transcendental-Meditation-27282794 , at the crux of the meditation practice is the field of possibilities, creativity, correlation ... where intention actualizes its own fulfillment. Let's hope he's wrong about that, or the guru might have some explaining to do about what exactly his meditation session Sunday was hoping to actualize. An hour after Chopra's Twitter confession, he vowed to one Twitter user, @WhiteMoon7, Won't do it again -- promise. But even the guru himself must not know his own strength. Since the promise, dozens of aftershocks have rattled the U.S.-Mexico border. All the while, Chopra's staying safely above the reach of the ongoing quakes. According to his Twitter feed, the guru boarded a plane from California to Denver earlier this morning. Filed under: Nation http://www.aolnews.com/category/nation , World http://www.aolnews.com/category/world , Entertainment http://www.aolnews.com/category/entertainment http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/chopra-blames-own-meditation-for-baja -quake/19426755?sms_ss=email#19426755 Follow us on http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/chopra-blames-own-meditation-for-baja -quake/19426755?sms_ss=email#19426755 Facebook http://www.facebook.com/aolnews and Twitter. http://twitter.com/aolnews
[FairfieldLife] Kirk Bernhardt's Blog
Hey Rick, here's my present blog for Fairfield Lifers who may wanna know. Peace - Kirk http://rainbowbodyforidiots.blogspot.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Apr 6, 2010, at 12:03 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: Every time someone takes her or others like her up on crap like this, PT Barnum is rolling in his grave, laughing his ass off. I guess she bailed already. Going through the post sequentially, I'm not seeing anything from her. Could this be a sign of the rising Age of Enlightenment? People getting called on their BS early on in the game? It may be funny to you, but I still haven't found my keys. My intuition tells me that you'll find them in the last place you look for them.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Apr 6, 2010, at 12:03 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: Every time someone takes her or others like her up on crap like this, PT Barnum is rolling in his grave, laughing his ass off. I guess she bailed already. Going through the post sequentially, I'm not seeing anything from her. Could this be a sign of the rising Age of Enlightenment? People getting called on their BS early on in the game? It may be funny to you, but I still haven't found my keys. My intuition tells me that you'll find them in the last place you look for them. Amazing insight, Alex. Have you ever considered becoming an Ordained Visionary Guide and Shamanic Priest? I hear it pays well. :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
Maybe Deepak needs to take economic resposnsability then. From: Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, April 6, 2010 7:13:34 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News http://www.aolnews. com/nation/ article/chopra- blames-own- meditation- for-baja- quake/19426755? sms_ss=email Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake Updated: 6 hours 47 minutes ago Print Text Size E-mailMore Katie Drummond Contributor AOL News (April 5) -- The U.S. Geological Survey is blaming day-to-day seismological changes for Sunday's 7.2 earthquake along the U.S.-Mexico border. But Deepak Chopra, the famed alternative- medicine practitioner and transcendental meditation guru, is pretty sure he knows what really happened. Had a powerful meditation just now -- caused an earthquake in Southern California, Chopra wrote to his nearly 179,000 Twitter followers shortly after the quake. And then, to clarify: Was meditating on Shiva mantra earth began to shake, he tweeted. Sorry about that. John Medina, WireImage Deepak Chopra, here in San Jose, Calif., sent messages on Sunday to his thousands of Twitter followers apologizing for causing an earthquake in Southern California with powerful meditation. Chopra might want to apologize directly to those in California, who haven't suffered significant infrastructure damage but are still bracing for more temblors, and to those in Mexico, where two are dead, hundreds are injured and thousands are still without power. Transcendental meditation (TM) was largely popularized by Chopra, who's been dubbed McMeditation for the multimillion- dollar profits he's earned off books, DVDs and his Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, Calif. -- where a six-day mind-body wellness program runs around $2,500. According to Chopra, at the crux of the meditation practice is the field of possibilities, creativity, correlation ... where intention actualizes its own fulfillment. Let's hope he's wrong about that, or the guru might have some explaining to do about what exactly his meditation session Sunday was hoping to actualize. An hour after Chopra's Twitter confession, he vowed to one Twitter user, @WhiteMoon7, Won't do it again -- promise. But even the guru himself must not know his own strength. Since the promise, dozens of aftershocks have rattled the U.S.-Mexico border. All the while, Chopra's staying safely above the reach of the ongoing quakes. According to his Twitter feed, the guru boarded a plane from California to Denver earlier this morning. Filed under: Nation, World, Entertainment Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/chopra-blames-own-meditation-for-baja- quake/19426755?sms_ss=email _ Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake Sorry Haiti, Turkey, Chile and Baja. Your pain and suffering has been worthwile for the bit of transient bliss experienced by a few TMers. You can't make an omelete without breaking eggs.
[FairfieldLife] Teabonics - the new Teabagger dialect of the English language
These are signs seen primarily at Teabagger Protests. They all feature creative spelling or grammar. This new dialect of the English language shall be known as Teabonics. Take a look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pargon/sets/72157623594187379/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote:
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Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake
This is part of his game. He makes it seem as if he is mocking the idea that
his meditation could cause a quake to attempt rapport with people who don't
share his actual belief that in fact his meditation does effect the
environment. It is a way to mask the hubris of his true beliefs. He almost
sounds like he has some common sense about the limits of his personal power.
But it is a carefully contrived image enhancing ploy. Similar to Jerry's aw
shucks I don't believe crazy things PR image.
It would take a bit of questioning to find out that in fact Chopra believes
that it is the collective (energy,vibrations,negativity, leprechauns...)of a
group of people in an area that DOES create natural disasters just like his old
buddy Maharishi used to believe. And that realized people (awakened,
enlightened, special {long bus not short bus}completely fabulous people) have
an even more powerful effect on everything around them just by (as Maharishi
told his Vedic Atoms) walking the land. He actually had them walk around to
bless their areas with their spiritual presence. (spell check first suggested
pretense for my misspell!)
My first interaction with this specific form of belief masking was with friends
at MIU from California. They had a way of expressing things in a slightly
snarky way that let them go either way with a belief if pinned down. It
allowed them to make outrageous claims with a wink,wink, nudge, nudge, that
said, no need to challenge my groundless assertions because if you do I'll
just make it seem as if I was making fun of the belief to stay in rapport with
your skepticism. And if you don't challenge the statement, then I mean it as
stated. Is this a common Cali communication style? I really don't know.
Both Jerry and Chopra have a habit of making fun of some outrageous belief and
making it seem silly for people to buy such an absurd thing. Meanwhile they
are slipping in their own brand of crazy under the covered wagon of nothing to
worry about here folks, just a few common sense principles of life that include
me closing my eyes and changing my mental state having a measurable effect on
the world.
Yup, sure you do. No really I'm sure you do, you betcha. Really, I mean it.
Oh yeah. Twinkle twinkle.
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(April 5) -- The U.S. Geological Survey is blaming day-to-day seismological
changes for Sunday's 7.2 earthquake along the U.S.-Mexico border. But Deepak
Chopra, the famed alternative-medicine practitioner and transcendental
meditation guru, is pretty sure he knows what really happened.
Had a powerful meditation just now -- caused an earthquake in Southern
California, Chopra wrote to his nearly 179,000 Twitter
http://twitter.com/DeepakChopra followers shortly after the quake.
And then, to clarify: Was meditating on Shiva mantra earth began to
shake, he tweeted. Sorry about that.
Author, physician and lecturer Deepak Chopra.
http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/5/656653/1270487714243.JPEG
John Medina, WireImage
Deepak Chopra, here in San Jose, Calif., sent messages on Sunday to his
thousands of Twitter followers apologizing for causing an earthquake in
Southern California with powerful meditation.
Chopra might want to apologize directly to those in California, who haven't
suffered significant infrastructure damage but are still bracing for more
temblors, and to those in Mexico, where two are dead, hundreds are injured
and thousands are still without power.
Transcendental meditation (TM) was largely popularized by Chopra, who's been
dubbed McMeditation for the multimillion-dollar profits he's earned off
books, DVDs and his Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, Calif. -- where
a six-day mind-body wellness program runs around $2,500.
According to Chopra
http://www.5min.com/Video/What-is-Transcendental-Meditation-27282794 , at
the crux of the meditation practice is the field of possibilities,
creativity, correlation ... where intention actualizes its own fulfillment.
Let's hope he's wrong about that, or the guru might have some explaining to
do about what exactly his meditation session Sunday was hoping to actualize.
An hour
[FairfieldLife] Wikileaks - Threat to national security?
A secret video showing US air crew falsely claiming to have encountered a firefight in Baghdad and then laughing at the dead after launching an air strike that killed a dozen people, including two Iraqis working for Reuters news agency, was revealed by Wikileaks today. The footage of the July 2007 attack was made public in a move that will further anger the Pentagon, which has drawn up a report identifying the whistleblower website as a threat to national security. The US defence department was embarrassed when that confidential report appeared on the Wikileaks site last month alongside a slew of military documents. The release of the video from Baghdad also comes shortly after the US military admitted that its special forces attempted to cover up the killings of three Afghan women in a raid in February by digging the bullets out of their bodies. The newly released video of the Baghdad attacks was recorded on one of two Apache helicopters hunting for insurgents on 12 July 2007. Among the dead were a 22-year-old Reuters photographer, Namir Noor-Eldeen, and his driver, Saeed Chmagh, 40. The Pentagon blocked an attempt by Reuters to obtain the video through a freedom of information request. Wikileaks director Julian Assange said his organisation had to break through encryption by the military to view it. Full story and video: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/05/wikileaks-us-army-iraq-attack
[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Apr 6, 2010, at 12:03 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: Every time someone takes her or others like her up on crap like this, PT Barnum is rolling in his grave, laughing his ass off. I guess she bailed already. Going through the post sequentially, I'm not seeing anything from her. Could this be a sign of the rising Age of Enlightenment? People getting called on their BS early on in the game? It may be funny to you, but I still haven't found my keys. My intuition tells me that you'll find them in the last place you look for them. Amazing insight, Alex. Have you ever considered becoming an Ordained Visionary Guide and Shamanic Priest? I hear it pays well. :-) I pity the fool who would pay even one dollar to Skype with me.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/chopra-blames-own-meditation-for-baja- quake/19426755?sms_ss=email Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake This is part of his game. He makes it seem as if he is mocking the idea that his meditation could cause a quake to attempt rapport with people who don't share his actual belief that in fact his meditation does effect (affect) the environment. It is a way to mask the hubris of his true beliefs. He almost sounds like he has some common sense about the limits of his personal power. Actually, I think he was mocking people like you, Curtis, right down to your propensity to make something sinister out of a self-deprecating gag. If he says he believes he can cause an earthquake by meditating, that's hubris. If he says he *doesn't* believe he can cause an earthquake by meditating--why, that's hubris too! And how *dare* he have a sense of humor about himself? That's the *ultimate* in hubris.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Teabonics - the new Teabagger dialect of the English language
do.rflex: These are signs seen primarily at Teabagger Protests. They all feature creative spelling or grammar. So, where are the 'Tea Party' tapes? 'I've Seen the Tape.' - Al Sharpton 'Al Sharpton on Bogus Black Caucus Tea Party Attack' By Jim Hoft Gateway Pundit, March 29, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/ycp25vr
[FairfieldLife] Re: Kirk Bernhardt's Blog
Hey Rick, here's my present blog... According to Buddhism, sentient beings made of pure consciousness are possible. In Mahayana Buddhism, which includes Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, the concept is related to the Bodhisattva, an enlightened being devoted to the liberation of others. The first vow of a Bodhisattva states: 'Sentient beings are numberless; I vow to free them...' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience http://rainbowbodyforidiots.blogspot.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Pending home sales rise 8.2 percent in February
From Slate.com's Big Money blog, a post entitled Spring Fools: Think the housing slump is over? Think again by Mark Gimein: ...If you have been following the news from the realty and mortgage trade, you might think that it's time to pop the Champagne corks and celebrate the end of the housing crisis. The National Association of Realtors points in its latest report to stabilizing prices, steadying home prices, and consistent price gains in the market--a veritable potpourri of calming language. We are likely seeing the beginning of the end of the unprecedented wave of delinquencies and foreclosures, declares the chief economist of the Mortgage Bankers Association The dirty secret of the housing recovery, though, is that in the worst hit markets--Florida, California, Nevada, Arizona, and other places where the foreclosure boom is concentrated--there's one important number that hasn't gotten better. That's the percent of people who can't pay their mortgages. Believe it or not, that number is rising faster than ever In the housing price run-up, lenders bet that prices would climb up forever. Now they hope, with similarly optimistic illogic, that prices can stabilize even as the buildup of busted mortgages continues. The first time, the lenders fooled us, and shame on them. This time? Remember the old adage: Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. The mortgage bankers and Realtors might say recovery is right around the corner, but shame on you if you believe that this time. Read the whole thing: http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/money-trail/2010/04/02/spring-fools?page=full http://tinyurl.com/ybf4nfz --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: WASHINGTON The number of buyers who agreed to purchase previously occupied homes rose sharply in February, far exceeding expectations, in a sign that the housing market may be coming back from the winter doldrums. The National Association of Realtors said Monday its seasonally adjusted index of sales agreements rose 8.2 percent from January to a February reading of 97.6. January's reading was revised slightly downward to 90.2. The report may signal the early stages of a second surge of home sales this spring, said Lawrence Yun, the trade group's chief economist. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected the index would fall slightly to 90.3. The index is considered a barometer for future sales activity because there is typically a one- to two- month lag between a signed sales contract and a completed deal. A reading of 100 is equal to the level of sales activity in 2001, when the index started. Home sales had been sluggish during the winter, partly because shoppers felt less rushed after lawmakers extended the deadline to qualify a tax credit. First-time buyers can get a tax break of up to $8,000 if they sign a contract by April 30. Lawmakers also added credit of $6,500 for existing homeowners who move. The biggest month-to-month increase was in the Midwest, where pending sales rose by nearly 22 percent. Sales posted gains of 9 percent gains in the South and Northeast, but fell nearly 5 percent in the West. ~ Associated Press: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jljsJcu7uX4H65Rj0zDRmPQvMEQAD9ESUU9G0
[FairfieldLife] Daffynition
contradicks Pronunciation: kän-trÉ-'diks Function: noun 1. A group term for people who can't seem to do anything but contradict others, especially their perceived enemies. What they are contradicting them about doesn't seem to matter; only that they can contradict an enemy. Contradicks have been known to defend child molestors just so they can contradict an enemy. 2. A derogatory term for the vagina, due to: a) a play on words (the vagina being the opposite of a dick), and b) the common perception that most members of this group are female. :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
Vaj wrote: On Apr 6, 2010, at 12:03 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: Every time someone takes her or others like her up on crap like this, PT Barnum is rolling in his grave, laughing his ass off. I guess she bailed already. Going through the post sequentially, I'm not seeing anything from her. Could this be a sign of the rising Age of Enlightenment? People getting called on their BS early on in the game? It may be funny to you, but I still haven't found my keys. I think it is Bb.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/chopra-blames-own-meditation-for-baja- quake/19426755?sms_ss=email Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake This is part of his game. He makes it seem as if he is mocking the idea that his meditation could cause a quake to attempt rapport with people who don't share his actual belief that in fact his meditation does effect (affect) Much appreciated correction. Damn, I can keep that straight for about one month at a time. the environment. It is a way to mask the hubris of his true beliefs. He almost sounds like he has some common sense about the limits of his personal power. Actually, I think he was mocking people like you, Curtis, right down to your propensity to make something sinister out of a self-deprecating gag. Yeah Judy he was mocking people who call him on his fantasy that his state of mind affects the world. Really got me! If he says he believes he can cause an earthquake by meditating, that's hubris. If he says he *doesn't* believe he can cause an earthquake by meditating--why, that's hubris too! The reason the joke works is because part of his teaching actually states that his state of mind affects the world. It isn't hubris to make the joke, it is hubris to believe that your state of mind affects the world. Do you share this belief about yourself,is that why you are so quick to defend him? Now if he wants to retract all his statements about his power over the world with the state of his mind I will happily retract my accusation of hubris. And how *dare* he have a sense of humor about himself? That's the *ultimate* in hubris. If he didn't actually believe that his state of mind affects the world you might have a point. But the fact is he does. I wasn't saying how dare he anything. I was just showing how people with wacky beliefs about their place in the world sometimes mask them with humor about a straw man wacky belief. It seems to have worked on you among many others. That old Chopra is so full of common sense wisdom how could we doubt his claim that his mind is working on the quantum mechanical level! I point my finger at him as a charlatan because I paid $700 in his doctor's office to get the magic word amrita to repeat to cure physical conditions. Medical conditions. Health related issues that he discussed with me in his doctor's office before prescribing me a magical word to repeat to cure medical physical, health conditions. So when I view him as a con man it is after having him con out of actual money me a long time ago.
[FairfieldLife] Re: GOP Congressmen: 'Everyone Would Agree Iraq Was A Mistake'
do.rflex: ...once Bush decided to go in, he felt compelled to back him up. So, who lost Iraq? It looks like the U.S. won the war in Iraq, but it also is looking like Obama will lose the war, the U.S. just won. Go figure. Faced with spiraling violence, U.S. officials insisted on Tuesday that Iraq was not on the precipice of a return to chaos... Full story: 'At least 42 killed as bombs rip through Shiite areas of Baghdad' By Ned Parker and Raheem Salman Los Angeles Times, April 6, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/ylfdo85 If you need cheering up, read no further. Here are a couple of pessimistic evaluations of recent events... Read more: 'Several Doses of Pessimism' Posted by John Hinderaker Powerline, April 5, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/yecvhqz
[FairfieldLife] Re: So-called patriotic Republicans have for over 40 years been the enemies of a democratic USA
Bhairitu: Look we see things differently... We sure do - my plan for job creation makes sense, your economic plan is to bankrupt the entire state of California, and then get the federal government to bail the failed state out! California's three biggest pension funds are as much as $500 billion short of meeting future retiree benefits, a Stanford University report said... Full story: 'California Pensions Are $500 Billion Short' Business Week, April 5, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/y85qh4q We're talking about letting states make big promises without bothering to find sustainable sources of revenue.. Read more: 'Saving States From Themselves' Posted by Glenn Reynolds Instapundit, April 5, 2010 http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/97102/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
Curtis: I paid $700 in his doctor's office to get the magic word amrita to repeat to cure physical conditions... So, how much money do you estimate that have you paid out to various cult leaders since you were eighteen? $10,000? Barry says he gave the Maharishi over $5,000 just to learn 'Yogic Flying'. Vaj seems to have spent thousands of dollars flying all over the planet to get more gibberish whispered into his left ear. At least yours was a real word, not a nonsense monosyllable, right? But, this doesn't really do much to support your claim to being rational.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
Apsara or Dakini? It may be funny to you, but I still haven't found my keys... Bhairitu: I think it is Bb... You're not making any sense today, Bhairitu. There are no 'dakinis' in Hinduism, that's a feature of Tibetan Buddhism. P.S. Vaj could hardly have lost his car keys in a virtual classroom. You guys need to get some smarts: you have to purchase an online 'key' to get into a 'Bb' classroom. http://www.blackboard.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: [snip] it is hubris to believe that your state of mind affects the world. [snip] Huh? My state of mind goes I don't get that, I'll post my puzzlement; The world changes. Myriads of bits and bytes flip, flop, dance, embrace, reach their 1 and die to zero. Voila! What a privilege it is to lord it over matter, eh?
[FairfieldLife] New Greenpeace Report: The Dirty Money Behind Fake Climate Science
EXPOSING THE DIRTY MONEY BEHIND FAKE CLIMATE SCIENCE Greenpeace March 30, 2010 http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/dirty-money-climate-30032010 Billionaire tycoon David Koch likes to joke that Koch Industries is, ³The biggest company you¹ve never heard of². But the nearly US$50 million that he and his brother Charles quietly funneled to front groups which deny that climate change is a problem is no joking matter. Our new report shows how that cash, between 1997 and 2008, went to groups working to prevent action being taken against climate change. It's now crystal clear -- and every journalist, scientist and politician needs to know -- that denial of climate change is not something based on healthy scientific scepticism and debate: it is manufactured and bears the Koch brand. To put their financial commitment into context, from 2005-2008 the Koch brothers pumped in double the amount that even Exxon spent on undermining climate action over the same period. If you thought Exxon was bad, take a look at these guys: Charles and David have a vested interest in preventing climate action: they¹ve made billions from Koch Industries, an oil and manufacturing giant that is the second largest privately-held company in America with tentacles extending around the globe. It¹s time more people were aware of the brothers Koch and just what they¹re up to. The Greenpeace report ³Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine² http://www.greenpeace.org/kochindustries reveals the connections between the Koch family, their employees, and a global network of Œfront groups¹ engaged in trying to sabotage climate science. Download the whole report as a PDF to check out how the Kochs use their cash to block solutions to climate change. The interactive version shows who Koch money is going to, and has more information on how it is used to muddy the debate and prevent climate action. Key front groups take Koch cash and do their dirty work From 1997 to 2008, the Kochs funneled more than US$48.5 million to organisations aligned with the Kochs¹ agenda, while presenting themselves as Œexperts¹. If you were outraged that ExxonMobil spent US$24 million in the same period, then these guys should make you twice as mad. Some top recipients of Koch money include: Mercatus Center - $9,247,500 received from Koch foundations 2005-2008 [Total Koch foundation grants 1997-2008: $9,874,500] The Mercatus Center is a conservative think-tank at George Mason University, in which Charles Koch sits on the Board of Directors. Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP) - $5,176,500 received from Koch foundations 2005-2008. Beginning in 2008, Americans For Prosperity organised fake 'grassroots' local events across the US including the Hot Air Tour², featuring a hot air balloon, that was intended to build opposition to US legislation on clean energy and climate change. The Heritage Foundation - US$1,620,000 received from Koch foundations 2005-2008 [Total Koch foundation grants 1997-2008: US$3,358,000]. The Heritage Foundation is a conservative think tank that misinterprets science and policy regarding the climate and uses its conclusions to argue against action against climate change. Cato Institute - US$1,028,400 received from Koch foundations 2005-2008 [Total Koch foundation grants 1997-2008: US$5,278,400]. The Cato Institute focuses on disputing the science behind global warming and questioning the rationale for taking action. How does Koch Industries influence the climate debate? Last year, a Koch-funded study claimed that renewable energy in Spain had led to the country losing jobs. This is simply not true and the report was thoroughly discredited. Flawed though the study was, it was used in efforts to influence US politicians against taking climate action. Our Koch report also features case studies on how the Kochs¹ anti-climate propaganda is spread and echoed throughout a vast network of front groups. And you thought they were the good guys... When you realise what Charles and David Koch are involved in, a visit to the Koch Industries website suddenly seems like a trip to fairyland. Take the Koch Sustainablity Vision. We create value by using resources more efficiently; protecting the environment and the safety and health of our workers and others; consistently applying good science Interesting reference to good science, given the tens of millions they have pumped into precisely the opposite. Then there's the matter of corporate responsibility on which Charles Koch is quoted: For business to survive and prosper, it must create real long-term value in society through principled behavior. That doesn't really cut it either. Koch Industries has also trade marked the slogan Transforming Daily Life. Now that's something we can't fault them on: unbridled climate change is pretty certain to change the world as we know it. Let the world know exactly who the Kochs are, and unmask the Œexperts¹ who take their
[FairfieldLife] Re: Daffynition
TurquoiseB: ...the common perception that most members of this group are female. You sound really scared, Turq. So, that's why you're so defensive all the time - women are your enemy! Urban Dictionary: http://tinyurl.com/yzsc2z8 contradicks Pronunciation: kän-trÉ-'diks Function: noun 1. A group term for people who can't seem to do anything but contradict others, especially their perceived enemies. What they are contradicting them about doesn't seem to matter; only that they can contradict an enemy. Contradicks have been known to defend child molestors just so they can contradict an enemy. 2. A derogatory term for the vagina, due to: a) a play on words (the vagina being the opposite of a dick), and b) snip :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: So-called patriotic Republicans have for over 40 years been the enemies of a democratic USA
WillyTex wrote: Bhairitu: Look we see things differently... We sure do - my plan for job creation makes sense, your economic plan is to bankrupt the entire state of California, and then get the federal government to bail the failed state out! You never make any sense, Willy. The Republicans bankrupted California so they could buy for pennies on the dollar. That sounds more like your plan so you can be a feudal landlord. California's three biggest pension funds are as much as $500 billion short of meeting future retiree benefits, a Stanford University report said... I tend to agree since they gave away too much with these pensions. But people are dumb and cared less about what they were getting paid an hour and more about benefits. They're so dumb they didn't realize they were paying for the benefits too. A fair number of retirees on pensions say they wouldn't care if those benefits were reduced as they really don't need that much money. These were the wise ones who already paid their home off or didn't over extend themselves to begin. Those who expect big pension benefits are going to be VERY disappointed. A pension is not supposed to be like winning the lottery. Of course we all know that Willy would be kicking and screaming if he didn't get every last penny of his promised pension. He's a two faced turd.
[FairfieldLife] Soon You May Not be Able to Post on FFL
Without paying more to your lard head run ISP: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20001825-38.html The lard heads run their companies like 18th century Ebenezer Scrooge. Time to break these companies up into 1000 pieces. OTOH, there is a rumor circulating that Google may use my area to test their high speed broadband. Bye, ATT if that happens! And I bet Google won't tier access just to piss off the other telecoms. Now we'll hear from the FFL wannabe feudalists defending the telecoms
Re: [FairfieldLife] New Greenpeace Report: The Dirty Money Behind Fake Climate Science
On Apr 6, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Rick Archer wrote: EXPOSING THE DIRTY MONEY BEHIND FAKE CLIMATE SCIENCE Greenpeace March 30, 2010 http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/dirty-money-climate-30032010 Billionaire tycoon David Koch likes to joke that Koch Industries is, ³The biggest company you¹ve never heard of². But the nearly US$50 million that he and his brother Charles quietly funneled to front groups which deny that climate change is a problem is no joking matter. Our new report shows how that cash, between 1997 and 2008, went to groups working to prevent action being taken against climate change. The Koch (pronounced Coke) brothers are pretty nasty individuals all the way around. For more on their blissful domestic arrangements, see Laurence Leamer's Madness Under The Royal Palms, a truly great read. With all their wealth they heartily hate each other and William, the third brother, even went so far as to sue their mother, an action which supposedly was at least partly responsible for her death. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: So-called patriotic Republicans have for over 40 years been the enemies of a democratic USA
We sure do - my plan for job creation makes sense, your economic plan is to bankrupt the entire state of California, and then get the federal government to bail the failed state out! Bhairitu: The Republicans bankrupted California so they could buy for pennies on the dollar... You must be joking! Conservatives don't have a voice in California politics. All the state offices are in the hands of the pro-union Democrats that you helped elect. 'California Debt Crisis Explained' http://tinyurl.com/y8o3ax9
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: So-called patriotic Republicans have for over 40 years been the enemies of a democratic USA
WillyTex wrote: We sure do - my plan for job creation makes sense, your economic plan is to bankrupt the entire state of California, and then get the federal government to bail the failed state out! Bhairitu: The Republicans bankrupted California so they could buy for pennies on the dollar... You must be joking! Conservatives don't have a voice in California politics. All the state offices are in the hands of the pro-union Democrats that you helped elect. 'California Debt Crisis Explained' http://tinyurl.com/y8o3ax9 Wrong. We even have a conservative governor. You need to get some smarts, Willy.
[FairfieldLife] Re: So-called patriotic Republicans have for over 40 years been the enemies of a
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: WillyTex wrote: We sure do - my plan for job creation makes sense, your economic plan is to bankrupt the entire state of California, and then get the federal government to bail the failed state out! Bhairitu: The Republicans bankrupted California so they could buy for pennies on the dollar... You must be joking! Conservatives don't have a voice in California politics. All the state offices are in the hands of the pro-union Democrats that you helped elect. 'California Debt Crisis Explained' http://tinyurl.com/y8o3ax9 Wrong. We even have a conservative governor. You need to get some smarts, Willy. Indeed he does! He's just not making sense today. Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
Deepak believes he is non local (loco?) and fancies himself enlightened, so I'm sure he honestly thought that right after his meditation, the earthquake happened, he was the cause because he is all. At least he didn't say something good is happening --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/chopra-blames-own-meditation-for-baja- quake/19426755?sms_ss=email Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake This is part of his game. He makes it seem as if he is mocking the idea that his meditation could cause a quake to attempt rapport with people who don't share his actual belief that in fact his meditation does effect (affect) the environment. It is a way to mask the hubris of his true beliefs. He almost sounds like he has some common sense about the limits of his personal power. Actually, I think he was mocking people like you, Curtis, right down to your propensity to make something sinister out of a self-deprecating gag. If he says he believes he can cause an earthquake by meditating, that's hubris. If he says he *doesn't* believe he can cause an earthquake by meditating--why, that's hubris too! And how *dare* he have a sense of humor about himself? That's the *ultimate* in hubris.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip the environment. It is a way to mask the hubris of his true beliefs. He almost sounds like he has some common sense about the limits of his personal power. Actually, I think he was mocking people like you, Curtis, right down to your propensity to make something sinister out of a self-deprecating gag. Yeah Judy he was mocking people who call him on his fantasy that his state of mind affects the world. Really got me! Here you are huffing and puffing, and he's chortling. If he says he believes he can cause an earthquake by meditating, that's hubris. If he says he *doesn't* believe he can cause an earthquake by meditating--why, that's hubris too! The reason the joke works is because part of his teaching actually states that his state of mind affects the world. It isn't hubris to make the joke, it is hubris to believe that your state of mind affects the world. It would be hubris if he believed he could cause an earthquake with his meditation. But he doesn't believe that, you see. Hhe has some common sense about the limits of his personal power. Do you share this belief about yourself,is that why you are so quick to defend him? BREAKING NEWS: You don't have to share a person's beliefs to defend them from unfair attack. That said, I don't know whether one's state of mind can affect the world (depending on what you mean by world), and *neither do you*. But like Chopra, I don't believe one person's meditation can bring about an earthquake. Now if he wants to retract all his statements about his power over the world with the state of his mind I will happily retract my accusation of hubris. And I don't think you should be making accusations when you can't tell the difference between what he believes and what he doesn't believe. And how *dare* he have a sense of humor about himself? That's the *ultimate* in hubris. If he didn't actually believe that his state of mind affects the world you might have a point. He doesn't actually believe his meditation caused the earthquake. That's why his tweets were funny. But the fact is he does. I wasn't saying how dare he anything. I was just showing how people with wacky beliefs about their place in the world sometimes mask them with humor about a straw man wacky belief. You were asserting that this is what he was doing. You were, in other words, mind-reading. You get *really* upset when folks do that to you, but you have no problem doing it to others. It seems to have worked on you among many others. That old Chopra is so full of common sense wisdom how could we doubt his claim that his mind is working on the quantum mechanical level! We can certainly doubt it, but it's probably not real smart to rule it out. I point my finger at him as a charlatan because I paid $700 in his doctor's office to get the magic word amrita to repeat to cure physical conditions. Medical conditions. Health related issues that he discussed with me in his doctor's office before prescribing me a magical word to repeat to cure medical physical, health conditions. So when I view him as a con man it is after having him con out of actual money me a long time ago. Charlatan, maybe, in the sense of being deluded about the validity of his claims. But not a con man.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip the environment. It is a way to mask the hubris of his true beliefs. He almost sounds like he has some common sense about the limits of his personal power. Actually, I think he was mocking people like you, Curtis, right down to your propensity to make something sinister out of a self-deprecating gag. Yeah Judy he was mocking people who call him on his fantasy that his state of mind affects the world. Really got me! Here you are huffing and puffing, and he's chortling. My opinions are huffing and puffing? What an odd characterization. Is that what you are doing here by communicating your opinions, huffing and puffing? Or were you trying to characterize opinions this way to diminish them? If he says he believes he can cause an earthquake by meditating, that's hubris. If he says he *doesn't* believe he can cause an earthquake by meditating--why, that's hubris too! The reason the joke works is because part of his teaching actually states that his state of mind affects the world. It isn't hubris to make the joke, it is hubris to believe that your state of mind affects the world. It would be hubris if he believed he could cause an earthquake with his meditation. You are welcome to your opinion. I think people believing their meditation causes world peace also qualifies. But he doesn't believe that, you see. Hhe has some common sense about the limits of his personal power. Pretty low bar. Some limits. Amazing, I'm so proud of him. Do you share this belief about yourself,is that why you are so quick to defend him? BREAKING NEWS: You don't have to share a person's beliefs to defend them from unfair attack. BREAKING NEWS: I know that. But you aren't defending any unfair attack here you and we both know it. That said, I don't know whether one's state of mind can affect the world (depending on what you mean by world), and *neither do you*. Yeah well I'll give it a very low probability OK? We know quite a bit about how powerful thoughts are on the outside of our skulls because we can measure the electrical energy of our brains. BREAKING NEWS: It doesn't go into the environment. So unless you are proposing that the mechanism of what affects the world is some new thing, we know it doesn't with as much scientific confidence as we have supporting most of the modern scientific perspective. (one that Chopra rejects in favor of his brand of special knowledge.) But like Chopra, I don't believe one person's meditation can bring about an earthquake. Straw man and you know it. But how about a whole bunch of people? Maharishi believes that groups of humans do cause these events. Chopra has said the same thing. Now if he wants to retract all his statements about his power over the world with the state of his mind I will happily retract my accusation of hubris. And I don't think you should be making accusations when you can't tell the difference between what he believes and what he doesn't believe. My whole post started with this distinction. You are trying to create your own straw man out of the earthquake thing and missing my whole point intentionally or unintentionally. And how *dare* he have a sense of humor about himself? That's the *ultimate* in hubris. If he didn't actually believe that his state of mind affects the world you might have a point. He doesn't actually believe his meditation caused the earthquake. That's why his tweets were funny. I started with this distinction why do you think this is news? It is a straw man that is being used to make him look less fringy. But the fact is he does. I wasn't saying how dare he anything. I was just showing how people with wacky beliefs about their place in the world sometimes mask them with humor about a straw man wacky belief. You were asserting that this is what he was doing. You were, in other words, mind-reading. You get *really* upset when folks do that to you, but you have no problem doing it to others. Not at all but you are getting a bit desperate here. It is my opinion about how he is using a straw man that is not dependent on his intentions. It is how his story appears to me. And with public figures we just guess at motivations. When we are posting here and can state them I object to someone claiming to know what my thoughts are better than I do myself. If he wants to log on I'll listen to his inner thoughts if he cares to share them. It seems to have worked on you among many others. That old Chopra is so full of common sense wisdom how could we doubt his
[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
The designation Dakini is also found in Hindu tradition, but here it is applied only to very minor goddesses, resembling more what we would call witches in our Western tradition. They appear as wild female spirits in the retinue accompanying the great goddess Durga. Wisdom Dakinis, Passionate and Wrathful Dakinis - Energy and Wisdom by Lama Vajranath http://vajranatha.com/index.htm --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: There are no 'dakinis' in Hinduism, that's a feature of Tibetan Buddhism.
[FairfieldLife] Now I'm in Unicorn Heaven
Some Unicorns found after a brief search of Greg Gutfeld's Unicorns...: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/files/2009/05/daily-guy-unicorn.jpg and http://www.tinyurl.com/yhvx9hc
[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jst...@... wrote: snip Considering the extraordinarily mean-spirited viciousness the usual suspects have been gratuitously directing at her, she's been quite restrained. You must be joking. Right?
[FairfieldLife] Bret Stephens asks what's the next panic ? Any ideas?
What's the Next 'Global Warming'? Herewith I propose a contest to invent the next panic.By BRET STEPHENS So global warming is dead, nailed into its coffin one devastating disclosure, defection and re-evaluation at a time. Which means that pretty soon we're going to need another apocalyptic scare to take its place. As recently as October, the Guardian reported that scientists at Cambridge had concluded that the Arctic is now melting at such a rate that it will be largely ice free within ten years. This was supposedly due to global warming. It brought with it the usual lamentations for the grandchildren. But in March came another report in the Guardian, this time based on the research of Japanese scientists, that much of the record breaking loss of ice in the Arctic ocean in recent years is [due] to the region's swirling winds and is not a direct result of global warming. It also turns out that the extent of Arctic sea ice in March was around the recorded average, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The difference between the two stories has little to do with science: There were plenty of reasons back in October to suspect that the Arctic ice panicbased on data that only goes back to 1979was as implausible as the now debunked claim about disappearing Himalayan glaciers. But thanks to Climategate and the Copenhagen fiasco, the media are now picking up the kinds of stories they previously thought it easier and wiser to ignore. This is happening internationally. In France, a book titled L'imposture climatique is a runaway bestseller: Its author, Claude Allègre, is one of the country's most acclaimed scientists and a former minister of education in a Socialist government. In Britain, environmentalist patron saint James Lovelock now tells the BBC he suspects climate scientists have [fudged] the data and that if the planet is going to be saved, it will save itself, as it always has done. In Germany, the leftish Der Spiegel devotes 15 pages to a deliciously detailed account of scientists who want to be politicians, the curious inconsistencies in the temperature record, the sloppy work of the U.N.'s climate-change panel and sundry other sins of modern climatology. As for the United States, Gallup reports that global warming now ranks sixth on the list of Americans' top 10 environmental concerns. My wager is that within a few years climate change will exercise global nerves about as much as overpopulation, toxic tampons, nuclear winters, ozone holes, killer bees, low sperm counts, genetically modified foods and mad cows do today. Something is going to have to take its place. The world is now several decades into the era of environmental panic. The subject of the panic changes every few years, but the basic ingredients tend to remain fairly constant. A trend, a hypothesis, an invention or a discovery disturbs the sense of global equilibrium. Often the agent of distress is undetectable to the senses, like a malign spirit. A villaininvariably corporate and right-wingis identified. Then money begins to flow toward grant-seeking institutions and bureaucracies, which have an interest in raising the level of alarm. Environmentalists counsel their version of virtue, typically some quasi-totalitarian demands on the pattern of human behavior. Politicians assemble expert panels and propose sweeping and expensive legislation. Eventually, the problem vanishes. Few people stop to consider that perhaps it wasn't such a crisis in the first place. This is what's called eschatologya belief, or psychology, that we are approaching the End Time. Religions have always found a way to take account of those beliefs, but today's secular panics are unmoored by spiritual consolations or valid moral injunctions. Instead, we have the modern-day equivalent of the old Catholic indulgence in the form of carbon credits. It's how Al Gore justifies his utility bills. Given the inescapability of weather, it's no wonder global warming gripped the public mind as long as it did. And there's always some extreme-weather event happening somewhere to be offered as further evidence of impending catastrophe. But even weather gets boring, and so do the people who natter about it incessantly. What this decade requires is a new and better panic. Herewith, then, I propose a readers' contest to invent the next panic. It must involve something ubiquitous, invisible to the naked eye, and preferably mass-produced. And the solution must require taxes, regulation, and other changes to civilization as we know it. The winner gets a beer and a burger, on me, at the 47th street Pig N' Whistle in New York City. (Nachos for vegetarians.) Happy panicking!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jstein@ wrote: snip Considering the extraordinarily mean-spirited viciousness the usual suspects have been gratuitously directing at her, she's been quite restrained. You must be joking. Right? You must not have read the posts. Right?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jstein@ wrote: snip Considering the extraordinarily mean-spirited viciousness the usual suspects have been gratuitously directing at her, she's been quite restrained. You must be joking. Right? You must not have read the posts. Right? Oh, I read them. Including the ones when she visited FFL last time. Didn't you?
[FairfieldLife] Brahmasthan of India Update
--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation vedicpand...@maharishi.net wrote: From: Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation vedicpand...@maharishi.net Subject: Brahmasthan of India Update To: tertonz...@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 5:43 PM 30 March 2010 Dear Terton, As the cooler Indian winter has now shyly receded, the Brahmasthan of India is warming up in temperature and quiet activity. Arlene and I wanted to share with you some of the news and feelings from our last six months there. * As Maharishi had planned, and under the brilliant organizational leadership of Brahmachari Dr. Girish Varma ji, several more groups every day are performing a special peace and prosperity performance for the world, Adbhutshanti Yagya. * With the kind assistance of the wonderful Gelderloos family and the generous donors of Great Britain, five of the two-story Pandit buildings which had been partially completed, have now been finished, and work is just now starting to finish an additional five more such buildings, all at the main Karaundi campus. * We are working on a plan to finish several buildings at the Bijauri campus and then have courses there for men and ladies from around the world. This will be the first time that those from outside India can come to the Brahmasthan of India – to enjoy the benefits of long rounding programs, knowledge meetings and listening live to Pandit recitation. I hope to have more specific news on dates for when this will be ready in the coming months. Arlene and I, and all the Rajas who have spent the winter and early spring there, are sure that this will be a startlingly enormous blessing for those choosing to participate. * We have just added a blog to our Pandit website, where you can find Brahmasthan updates. Right now you will find comments from supporters, recording their experiences in supporting the Pandits. We think you might really enjoy reading these expressions from around the world (click here to visit the blog). * Many times people ask us about the possibility of listening to live performances of Yagyas. In that regard, Arlene and I wanted to remind everyone of a great gift that Maharishi ji offered. As you may recall, Maharishi organized that channel 2 at http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1012863015msgid=1608415act=5XR8c=387898destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maharishichannel.in would play Rudra Abhishek live, every day, from the Brahmasthan at 6:30 am. 9:30 am, 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm Indian time. (India is 3 1/2 hours ahead of Central European Time and 9 1/2 hours ahead of East Coast US time). Arlene and I have been so much enjoying this blessed performance and keep hoping that others are being connected and having a chance to appreciate this. The safekeeping of this most needed, precious heritage is in all of our hands, and Arlene, Lauren and I again want to deeply thank all of those who are doing all they can to support our dear Pandits. It is such a heartening thrill every day when I get the report, donor by donor, of who has again kindly helped. It is so needed, so appreciated and so powerful in its effect. Every donation, large and small, from every well wisher of the Maharishi Vedic Pandits and peace in our world, is going to be necessary to bring Maharishi's vision of the Brahmasthan to reality. Together we will accomplish this goal – first 8,000 Maharishi Vedic Pandits at the Brahmasthan of India and through that, an ongoing program to bring to the full flowering of the bright destiny of our dear world — heavenly life. With very best wishes, Jai Guru Dev Harris, Arlene, and Lauren Kaplan P.S. If this newsletter was forwarded to you by a friend, you can sign up to have future issues sent directly to you by clicking here. If you would like to support the Vedic Pandits at the Brahmasthan you can make an on-line donation here. You can learn more about the scientific basis of creating world peace, by visiting Technology of Peace on our website. This message was sent from Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation to tertonz...@yahoo.com. It was sent from: Brahmananda Saraswati Trust, 1900 Capital Boulevard, Maharishi Vedic City, IA 52556. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. Email Marketing by To update/change your account click here
[FairfieldLife] Re: Wikileaks - Threat to national security?
Sort of puts a real damper on things. Life so casually snuffed out. And with little evidence of a threat. Of course those guys who were so anxious to pull the trigger will have to live with this public record. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote: A secret video showing US air crew falsely claiming to have encountered a firefight in Baghdad and then laughing at the dead after launching an air strike that killed a dozen people, including two Iraqis working for Reuters news agency, was revealed by Wikileaks today. The footage of the July 2007 attack was made public in a move that will further anger the Pentagon, which has drawn up a report identifying the whistleblower website as a threat to national security. The US defence department was embarrassed when that confidential report appeared on the Wikileaks site last month alongside a slew of military documents. The release of the video from Baghdad also comes shortly after the US military admitted that its special forces attempted to cover up the killings of three Afghan women in a raid in February by digging the bullets out of their bodies. The newly released video of the Baghdad attacks was recorded on one of two Apache helicopters hunting for insurgents on 12 July 2007. Among the dead were a 22-year-old Reuters photographer, Namir Noor-Eldeen, and his driver, Saeed Chmagh, 40. The Pentagon blocked an attempt by Reuters to obtain the video through a freedom of information request. Wikileaks director Julian Assange said his organisation had to break through encryption by the military to view it. Full story and video: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/05/wikileaks-us-army-iraq-attack
[FairfieldLife] new lizard species discovered in Luzon
A type of Monitor lizard. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36202290/ns/technology_and_science-science
[FairfieldLife] Re: Apsara or Dakini?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jstein@ wrote: snip Considering the extraordinarily mean-spirited viciousness the usual suspects have been gratuitously directing at her, she's been quite restrained. You must be joking. Right? You must not have read the posts. Right? Oh, I read them. Well, you do have that problem with reading comprehension. Including the ones when she visited FFL last time. Didn't you? I was talking about this time, actually. But she got the same vicious treatment last time and held her own. She was no Meow13, but she tended to de-escalate and crack jokes. She and her spiels ain't my cuppa tea, but I don't find them threatening as some here obviously do.
[FairfieldLife] Have we passed the tipping point ?
Have we passed the tipping point ? wayback71 on FFL wrote* : [Mark Lynas] believes that the release of ocean sediment methane hydrate is the big marker, or tipping point, of disaster. NSF issues world a wake-up call: Science http://climateprogress.org/2010/03/04/science-nsf-tundra-permafrost-methane -east-siberian-arctic-shelf-venting/ stunner: Vast East Siberian Arctic Shelf methane stores destabilizing and venting http://climateprogress.org/2010/03/04/science-nsf-tundra-permafrost-methane- east-siberian-arctic-shelf-venting/ Methane release from the not-so-perma-frost is the most dangerous amplifying feedback in the entire carbon cycle. Research published in Friday's journal Science finds a key lid on the large sub-sea permafrost carbon reservoir near Eastern Siberia is clearly perforated, and sedimentary CH4 [methane] is escaping to the atmosphere. * Mon Apr 5, 2010 4:03 pm wayback71 : Re: Abrupt global warmings - likely culprit is methane hydrate (clathrate), In the book Six Degrees by Mark Lynas this is discussed in some detail. The author believed that once this methane hydrate in ocean sediment began to be released into the atmosphere, the tipping point on global warming would occur - that is, there is so much methane hydrate stored in ocean sediment and once we reach the point where it starts to enter the atmosphere then global warming on a huge scale would be inevitable (barring some miracle invention) and that it would then occur quite rapidly. He believes that the release of ocean sediment methane hydrate is the big marker, or tipping point, of disaster.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopra Blames Own Meditation for Baja Quake - AOL News
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip the environment. It is a way to mask the hubris of his true beliefs. He almost sounds like he has some common sense about the limits of his personal power. Actually, I think he was mocking people like you, Curtis, right down to your propensity to make something sinister out of a self-deprecating gag. Yeah Judy he was mocking people who call him on his fantasy that his state of mind affects the world. Really got me! Here you are huffing and puffing, and he's chortling. My opinions are huffing and puffing? What an odd characterization. Oh, I don't think so. Is that what you are doing here by communicating your opinions, huffing and puffing? Sometimes I huff and puff, sure. Or were you trying to characterize opinions this way to diminish them? Just pointing out the contrast. He made a joke, and you're having a tizzy *because he made a joke*. If he says he believes he can cause an earthquake by meditating, that's hubris. If he says he *doesn't* believe he can cause an earthquake by meditating--why, that's hubris too! The reason the joke works is because part of his teaching actually states that his state of mind affects the world. It isn't hubris to make the joke, it is hubris to believe that your state of mind affects the world. It would be hubris if he believed he could cause an earthquake with his meditation. You are welcome to your opinion. I think people believing their meditation causes world peace also qualifies. Yeah, seems to me there's a pretty gigantic difference between somebody thinking their meditation causes earthquakes and thinking a lot of people meditating together might facilitate world peace. But he doesn't believe that, you see. Hhe has some common sense about the limits of his personal power. Pretty low bar. Some limits. Amazing, I'm so proud of him. Those were your words, toots. Do you share this belief about yourself,is that why you are so quick to defend him? BREAKING NEWS: You don't have to share a person's beliefs to defend them from unfair attack. BREAKING NEWS: I know that. But you aren't defending any unfair attack here you and we both know it. If I hadn't thought it was unfair, I wouldn't have spoken up. And if you'd known that one doesn't have to share a person's beliefs to defend them from unfair attack, you wouldn't have suggested I was defending him because I thought he could cause an earthquake with his meditation. That said, I don't know whether one's state of mind can affect the world (depending on what you mean by world), and *neither do you*. Yeah well I'll give it a very low probability OK? We know quite a bit about how powerful thoughts are on the outside of our skulls because we can measure the electrical energy of our brains. Low probability is fine, but I wouldn't make up idiotic reasons for it. BREAKING NEWS: It doesn't go into the environment. We don't know that. So unless you are proposing that the mechanism of what affects the world is some new thing If it affects the world, *of course* it's some new thing. snip But like Chopra, I don't believe one person's meditation can bring about an earthquake. Straw man and you know it. Funny, it's the same straw man you were using. But how about a whole bunch of people? Maharishi believes that groups of humans do cause these events. Chopra has said the same thing. He probably does believe that. (I'm agnostic.) But that's a whole different order of belief than that a single person can cause earthquakes. Now if he wants to retract all his statements about his power over the world with the state of his mind I will happily retract my accusation of hubris. And I don't think you should be making accusations when you can't tell the difference between what he believes and what he doesn't believe. My whole post started with this distinction. No, your post started--and has continued--by *conflating* the two. You are trying to create your own straw man out of the earthquake thing and missing my whole point intentionally or unintentionally. I'm *criticizing* your point. And how *dare* he have a sense of humor about himself? That's the *ultimate* in hubris. If he didn't actually believe that his state of mind affects the world you might have a point. He doesn't actually believe his meditation caused the earthquake. That's why his tweets were funny. I started with this distinction why do you
[FairfieldLife] Fwd: I saw this story at breitbart.com Re Black beautiful tea baggers
From: wle...@aol.com To: wle...@aol.com Sent: 4/7/2010 12:31:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: I saw this story at breitbart.com I saw this story at breitbart.com http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ETR1380show_article=1 http://www.breitbart.com
