[FairfieldLife] Osho Speaks About Lovemaking
He explains his special technique for experiencing the sacredness of lovemaking. You can call him whatever you like, a charlatan or womanizer. But this guy has an expertise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbyOE2_Ysswfeature=channel
[FairfieldLife] YF and Real Football?
YF seems to have an important role in helping South-America rule in the so called Real *Football* World Cup! :D
[FairfieldLife] Re: Osho Speaks About Lovemaking
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: He explains his special technique for experiencing the sacredness of lovemaking. You can call him whatever you like, a charlatan or womanizer. But this guy has an expertise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbyOE2_Ysswfeature=channel There is an unintentional but hilarious TMO definition of the word expertise here. The guy who hasn't had a girlfriend or gotten laid in decades but who makes money selling his ability to use Jyotish to predict how successful other people's rela- tionships will be (JohnR) watches a video of a guy talking about sacred lovemaking and decides that the guy talking is an expert. Some people aren't comfortable with reality and exper- iencing things for themselves, and can only find truth or expertise in theory and being told about those experiences by those they deem experts. And it seems that the rule is that he less the TMers have experienced the thing being talked about themselves, the more they are convinced that the person talking about it as if they have is an expert, *as long as someone somewhere considers the speaker a guru*. I wish I could find a video of the talk a friend of mine who used to study with Osho told me about, in which Osho praised the spiritually liberating nature of homosexual sex for heterosexuals. If John saw such a video he'd be buttering up his butt in an instant, because in his view the talk comes from an expert. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: YF and Real Football?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: YF seems to have an important role in helping South-America rule in the so called Real *Football* World Cup! :D Hewstone, Card has a problemo! He has no idea, how many active YFfers there are at the moment either in Argentina or in Germany! :0
[FairfieldLife] FFL as Tabloid: The joy of the lowest common denominator
Just now I went out to sit in one of my favorite cafes and relax for a bit before getting back to work. During the summer I almost never drink alcohol (because doing so puts me right to sleep once the weather gets hot), but I still like the cafe scene because 1) watching the passersby is like a never-ending movie, and 2) the cafes I hang out at have copies of the British tabloids lying around for me to read. For Americans who don't know, British tabloids are like the National Enquirer, only more low-brow and more lowest common denominator. I love to read them to...uh...stay in touch with reality. One does *not* IMO get a very clear picture of reality by reading the high-brow or intellectual papers, but one gets a *very* clear picture of it by read- ing the tabloids. Given their circulation figures, these publications are read by more people on the planet than any other, and thus reflect what they're really thinking about and interested in -- where they're at, state of attention-wise. I sit there sipping my fruit juice or bubbly water and chuckle myself silly at the Aliens ate my baby and Conservative MP found naked in WC with naked Liberal MP and Sylvia Famousforfiveminutes gets new boob job articles. Keeps me grounded in reality. :-) What I realized today, after scanning through several of these tabloids, is that this is exactly why I enjoy FFL as well. Given the decidedly low-brow, unhip nature of the TMO in today's spiritual marketplace, reading a forum on which most have paid their dues in such a pop movement (and I cheerfully include myself in that description) is often more of a wake-up than my morning coffee. Take the things that FFL has been fascinated with lately. Endless posts about spiritual celebrities, *not* IMO all that different than the tabloid fascination with more mundane celebrities. Endless musings on wingnut theories (or claims that they're fact) from the Right, Left, and Middle Way. Endless trotting out of science to prove something that has in no way been proved by the science cited. Endless political squabbles. Endless ego contests and personality clashes. Reality. I find that entertaining, especially on a forum whose own lowest common denominator is that most of the people on it once believed (or still believe) that the technique they practice (or practiced) is the bestest, most effective form of spiritual development on the frickin' planet, and that this makes them special, less lowest common denominator. As my favorite saying these days says so well, In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. In theory, a group of folks who have practiced the best form of meditation available for 30 to 40+ years should represent by the things they focus on and show interest in the professed goals or claimed results of such a meditation. In practice, they're just folks, as stuck in the lowest common denominator as anyone else. Some might find that dismaying. I find it entertaining.
[FairfieldLife] Rumi - The Sufi Poet Saint
http://childrenofimmortality.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/poet-saints-ascented-masters/
[FairfieldLife] Adauliya Gurji, Irina Tweedie's Sufi Guru
http://childrenofimmortality.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/child-of-light-irina-tweedie-children-of-light-three/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Lencois Maranhenses
Beautiful photos. I knew that place looked familiar. A film called, The House of Sand. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373747/ From: yifuxero yifux...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 1 July, 2010 11:45:28 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] neat dunes in Brazil http://www.pbase.com/marciomachado/lenis_maranhenses
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Osho Speaks About Lovemaking
Turquoise on top! (this time, anyways) Side line muncher here, enjoying what words I could not have expressed. You know, they say, Ron Jeremy is an expert too. He doesn't have to try to get laid...they flock to him. If one is interested in Jyotish, in the mocumentary, Porn Star, Ron Jeremy gives his exact birthtime, place, date. Never had a disease, Shani in the eighth and many women, shukra in the fourth, and I do believe he is Kumbha lagna, I don't remember. He still keeps getting women with no effort, a bit chubby and out of shape and kind of funny looking now. Ron shows up for gigs(shows) with pretty young women, still. He is a hero to many men (and women), gets back stage with no effort. lol. Seriously, I hear he is a really nice guy. lol. He doesn't charge for books or tapes or lessons, I am sure! LOL From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 2 July, 2010 2:01:04 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Osho Speaks About Lovemaking --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: He explains his special technique for experiencing the sacredness of lovemaking. You can call him whatever you like, a charlatan or womanizer. But this guy has an expertise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbyOE2_Ysswfeature=channel There is an unintentional but hilarious TMO definition of the word expertise here. The guy who hasn't had a girlfriend or gotten laid in decades but who makes money selling his ability to use Jyotish to predict how successful other people's rela- tionships will be (JohnR) watches a video of a guy talking about sacred lovemaking and decides that the guy talking is an expert. Some people aren't comfortable with reality and exper- iencing things for themselves, and can only find truth or expertise in theory and being told about those experiences by those they deem experts. And it seems that the rule is that he less the TMers have experienced the thing being talked about themselves, the more they are convinced that the person talking about it as if they have is an expert, *as long as someone somewhere considers the speaker a guru*. I wish I could find a video of the talk a friend of mine who used to study with Osho told me about, in which Osho praised the spiritually liberating nature of homosexual sex for heterosexuals. If John saw such a video he'd be buttering up his butt in an instant, because in his view the talk comes from an expert. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Adauliya Gurji, Irina Tweedie's Sufi Guru
Great find, thanks.He comes from the Naqshbandi order, which is rarest in India. I love to go to Dargahs, because there is almost always a very quiet serene atmosphere for meditation. Most commonly you find Qadiri and Chishti. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, martin.quickman martin.quick...@... wrote: http://childrenofimmortality.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/child-of-light-irina-tweedie-children-of-light-three/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Adauliya Gurji, Irina Tweedie's Sufi Guru
Great find, thanks.He comes from the Naqshbandi order, which is rarest in India. I love to go to Dargahs, because there is almost always a very quiet serene atmosphere for meditation. Most commonly you find Qadiri and Chishti. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, martin.quickman martin.quick...@... wrote: http://childrenofimmortality.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/child-of-light-irina-tweedie-children-of-light-three/
Re: [FairfieldLife] FFL as Tabloid: The joy of the lowest common denominator
Turquoise and whomever, You are whatever your state of mind is in the present moment. If you hold some rather special belief in the present moment it is like you are at the base of a stairway where you can't see past the top landing. I don't care for stairways much. They are rather boring and not well decorated. In my most sublime and beautiful moments I have forgotten all beliefs because the present moment is more than enough in and of itself. Enlightenment should be beyond all beliefs and the present moment stands on it's own with no yearning, if the definition of the word is to have good meaning. The shadow creatures that you mention do represent the lowest common denominator, and I see them for what they are, and in that aspect they are beautiful too as you point out, and just a little informative too. Beautiful noise. All blog sites that bear close proximity to spiritual movements which have opened doors to expanded awareness and light, if they are not heavily moderated, attract shadow creature trolls. A site with TMO moderated mode would be way too boring. Could be that if the moderator set up this blog site in a more advanced format, where there were catigories, a mosh pit, and the ability to easily embed photos and video screens, it would be more useful to most users. But that might be easier said than done. Got to go to work, but I feel like hiking in the hills today. It is mushroom season. http://picasaweb.google.es/sumocobre/TecomatlN#5238099468779673714 From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 4:29:44 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] FFL as Tabloid: The joy of the lowest common denominator Just now I went out to sit in one of my favorite cafes and relax for a bit before getting back to work. During the summer I almost never drink alcohol (because doing so puts me right to sleep once the weather gets hot), but I still like the cafe scene because 1) watching the passersby is like a never-ending movie, and 2) the cafes I hang out at have copies of the British tabloids lying around for me to read. For Americans who don't know, British tabloids are like the National Enquirer, only more low-brow and more lowest common denominator. I love to read them to...uh...stay in touch with reality. One does *not* IMO get a very clear picture of reality by reading the high-brow or intellectual papers, but one gets a *very* clear picture of it by read- ing the tabloids. Given their circulation figures, these publications are read by more people on the planet than any other, and thus reflect what they're really thinking about and interested in -- where they're at, state of attention-wise. I sit there sipping my fruit juice or bubbly water and chuckle myself silly at the Aliens ate my baby and Conservative MP found naked in WC with naked Liberal MP and Sylvia Famousforfiveminutes gets new boob job articles. Keeps me grounded in reality. :-) What I realized today, after scanning through several of these tabloids, is that this is exactly why I enjoy FFL as well. Given the decidedly low-brow, unhip nature of the TMO in today's spiritual marketplace, reading a forum on which most have paid their dues in such a pop movement (and I cheerfully include myself in that description) is often more of a wake-up than my morning coffee. Take the things that FFL has been fascinated with lately. Endless posts about spiritual celebrities, *not* IMO all that different than the tabloid fascination with more mundane celebrities. Endless musings on wingnut theories (or claims that they're fact) from the Right, Left, and Middle Way. Endless trotting out of science to prove something that has in no way been proved by the science cited. Endless political squabbles. Endless ego contests and personality clashes. Reality. I find that entertaining, especially on a forum whose own lowest common denominator is that most of the people on it once believed (or still believe) that the technique they practice (or practiced) is the bestest, most effective form of spiritual development on the frickin' planet, and that this makes them special, less lowest common denominator. As my favorite saying these days says so well, In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. In theory, a group of folks who have practiced the best form of meditation available for 30 to 40+ years should represent by the things they focus on and show interest in the professed goals or claimed results of such a meditation. In practice, they're just folks, as stuck in the lowest common denominator as anyone else. Some might find that dismaying. I find it entertaining.
[FairfieldLife] Spain is worst offender with outright racism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmOzkPRrRlw
Re: [FairfieldLife] Spain is worst offender with outright racism.
And it's all Barry's fault~~every dang last racist remark! Right, Edg? Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Spain is worst offender with outright racism.
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: And it's all Barry's fault~~every dang last racist remark! Right, Edg? Absolutely. I run the banana concession outside the Barcelona football stadium. :-) Can you imagine how long it took Mr. I've Got A Bigger Brain Than You Do So There to Google up something negative about Spain, thinking that would reflect badly on moi? Me, with my pea-sized- by-comparison brain, it took me less than thirty seconds to Google up the following. Hate Crimes by Country: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_tot_cri-crime-total-crimes And since we all know how oppressive-to-women Edg found Spain, Rapes By Country: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita Sad to say, a Google search for Idiots By Country found no charts or statistics, but my bet is on Spain ranking lower than the United States on such charts, if they exist. As dismayed as I might be at the sight of Spanish idiots yelling out racist insults at people of color, at least they've got the oeuvos to do their hating in public, and directly. Imagine the nutsacklessness of the person who feels they have to do it obliquely. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Spain is worst offender with outright racism.
I never said Barry was involved in racism, but I find it interesting that this youtube report has triggered such defensiveness. My only intent was to publish information that, frankly, I had never suspected to be possible. I was shocked by the lack of any shame for being racist. At least in America the racists hide themselves behind labels like birther, or pro-Arizona immigration schemer. No one in any American stadium could possibly get away without a severe censoring if they showed such brazen hate-speech. Not that hypocrisy is a better packaging of racism, but at least American racism in public has a healthy regard for the opinions of the majority. If someone threw a banana at an African-American sport figure and yelled out monkey, he might not get out of the stands alive. Just sayin'! Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: And it's all Barry's fault~~every dang last racist remark! Right, Edg? Absolutely. I run the banana concession outside the Barcelona football stadium. :-) Can you imagine how long it took Mr. I've Got A Bigger Brain Than You Do So There to Google up something negative about Spain, thinking that would reflect badly on moi? Me, with my pea-sized- by-comparison brain, it took me less than thirty seconds to Google up the following. Hate Crimes by Country: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_tot_cri-crime-total-crimes And since we all know how oppressive-to-women Edg found Spain, Rapes By Country: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita Sad to say, a Google search for Idiots By Country found no charts or statistics, but my bet is on Spain ranking lower than the United States on such charts, if they exist. As dismayed as I might be at the sight of Spanish idiots yelling out racist insults at people of color, at least they've got the oeuvos to do their hating in public, and directly. Imagine the nutsacklessness of the person who feels they have to do it obliquely. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Rumi - The Sufi Poet Saint
thx for posting this! Although Rumi is quoted in the context of many Spiritual Traditions; among the modern Gurus, MMY is not known to be a big fan of Rumi's since (in spite of what MMY said about Love earlier in his career); devotion is distinctly lacking in the living TMO successors to MMY. Therefore, if MMY were truly devotional, somehow related to what RUMI talks about, we would see more manifestations than lip service. Then, there's the devotional element to Guru Dev. Ooooaaayy,he gets credit for that to some degree. ... In any event, from a strictly Spiritual pov not looking at the poetic components, Rumi is highly regarded as a model Saint in the Sant Mat Tradition. One can find in Rumi's poems various references to the Sound Current that Sant Mat practitioners are eager to listen to, such as the OM, various strains of musical instruments, humming of bees, drums, etc. ... It appears that Rumi's devotional poems are fully consistent with a somewhat dualistic orientation in GC; rather than simply: utter non-dualistic Silence in the case of Ramana Maharshi. ... http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Sant_Mat#The_Sants (down below, mention of Rumi). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, martin.quickman martin.quick...@... wrote: http://childrenofimmortality.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/poet-saints-ascented-masters/
[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL as Tabloid: The joy of the lowest common denominator
Enlightenment (say Unity...or even Transcendence) is beyond beliefs, of course. But it's a Neo-Advaitic Urban Myth to follow that with a statement such as: a. Self-Realized people don't have beliefs. What they don't have is an entity I in the mind composed of mind-stuff as the center of a non-existent Soul, fully at the mercy of beliefs, and defined by them. ... But the mind/body still exists; and there may be no lessening of beliefs, planning strategies, engaging in various types of games, duels with people, etc... ... What has changed is the innate structure of Identity, not the content of what images appear on the blank screen of Consciousness. ... Besides, when the Neo-Advaitins go around saying Being, Being, Beingno beliefs, blah, blah,...;, that orientation is itself a belief! Or, if you will, a pov. ... pov (points of view) always exist by virtue of a body still existing in space and time. If the body/mind (the person) is in NY, then there's a spatial pov: so many triangulated miles from Chicago and London or Miami. These are the rudiments of a complete pov or belief system. Of course, beliefs may or may not be true. We have plenty of cases of Self-Realized people having beliefs which have later been proven to be false. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Don Miller pod1...@... wrote: Turquoise and whomever, You are whatever your state of mind is in the present moment. If you hold some rather special belief in the present moment it is like you are at the base of a stairway where you can't see past the top landing. I don't care for stairways much. They are rather boring and not well decorated. In my most sublime and beautiful moments I have forgotten all beliefs because the present moment is more than enough in and of itself. Enlightenment should be beyond all beliefs and the present moment stands on it's own with no yearning, if the definition of the word is to have good meaning. The shadow creatures that you mention do represent the lowest common denominator, and I see them for what they are, and in that aspect they are beautiful too as you point out, and just a little informative too. Beautiful noise. All blog sites that bear close proximity to spiritual movements which have opened doors to expanded awareness and light, if they are not heavily moderated, attract shadow creature trolls. A site with TMO moderated mode would be way too boring. Could be that if the moderator set up this blog site in a more advanced format, where there were catigories, a mosh pit, and the ability to easily embed photos and video screens, it would be more useful to most users. But that might be easier said than done. Got to go to work, but I feel like hiking in the hills today. It is mushroom season. http://picasaweb.google.es/sumocobre/TecomatlN#5238099468779673714 From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 4:29:44 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] FFL as Tabloid: The joy of the lowest common denominator  Just now I went out to sit in one of my favorite cafes and relax for a bit before getting back to work. During the summer I almost never drink alcohol (because doing so puts me right to sleep once the weather gets hot), but I still like the cafe scene because 1) watching the passersby is like a never-ending movie, and 2) the cafes I hang out at have copies of the British tabloids lying around for me to read. For Americans who don't know, British tabloids are like the National Enquirer, only more low-brow and more lowest common denominator. I love to read them to...uh...stay in touch with reality. One does *not* IMO get a very clear picture of reality by reading the high-brow or intellectual papers, but one gets a *very* clear picture of it by read- ing the tabloids. Given their circulation figures, these publications are read by more people on the planet than any other, and thus reflect what they're really thinking about and interested in -- where they're at, state of attention-wise. I sit there sipping my fruit juice or bubbly water and chuckle myself silly at the Aliens ate my baby and Conservative MP found naked in WC with naked Liberal MP and Sylvia Famousforfiveminutes gets new boob job articles. Keeps me grounded in reality. :-) What I realized today, after scanning through several of these tabloids, is that this is exactly why I enjoy FFL as well. Given the decidedly low-brow, unhip nature of the TMO in today's spiritual marketplace, reading a forum on which most have paid their dues in such a pop movement (and I cheerfully include myself in that description) is often more of a wake-up than my morning coffee. Take the things that FFL has been fascinated with lately. Endless posts about spiritual celebrities, *not* IMO all that different than the tabloid
[FairfieldLife] Re: YF and Real Football?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: YF seems to have an important role in helping South-America rule in the so called Real *Football* World Cup! :D Hewstone, Card has a problemo! He has no idea, how many active YFfers there are at the moment either in Argentina or in Germany! :0 We just realized that an even bigger problem for the South- American teams might be the following fact: the majority of Enlightened Individuals at the moment live very near the border of The Netherlands (just beat Brazil) and Germany (playing against Argentina tomorrow?)... So, the most intense source of woo-woo rays is situated prolly in Vlodrop, Netherlands, greatly helping The Netherlands and Germany, even in South-Africa??
[FairfieldLife] Professors rank President Obama 15th best president
A new poll of leading presidential scholars ranks Barack Obama as the 15th best president of the United States, just below Bill Clinton but ahead of Ronald Reagan. The Siena College poll, which surveyed 238 presidential scholars at U.S. colleges and universities, asked scholars to rate the nation's 43 chief executives on 20 attributes ranging from legislative accomplishments to integrity and imagination. In the overall ranking, Obama rated two places below Clinton, who was 13th best, and three better than Reagan, who is ranked as the 18th best. Franklin D. Roosevelt again earned the top spot, as he has every time since the poll was first conducted in 1982. He and the Mount Rushmore presidents Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have consistently been the top five presidents in the poll's findings. Obama's 15th ranking is slightly higher than other presidents who have taken office since the poll started nearly 30 years ago. Most start out at about number 20, said Siena statistics professor and poll director Douglas Lonnstrom. [Obama's] doing a little better, but he's generally in the same ballpark, he said. While he ranked high on traits like imagination (6th), communication ability (7th) and intelligence (8th), Obama rated poorly ratings on background (32nd), which was composed of traits like family, education and experience. Lonnstrom said the main factor that gives a president a top-five or top-10 ranking is his accomplishments and an all-around high ranking in most categories. FDR, for example, ranks in the top 10 for every category except integrity, he said. The experts really are looking for consistency, a president who is looking good across most of these categories, he said. Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, was ranked at number 23 in 2002 the last time Siena's presidential expert poll was conducted but has since dropped to number 39, qualifying him as one of the five worst presidents. Bush came in at number 42 second to last on issues such as handling the U.S. economy, foreign policy accomplishments and intelligence. (Warren G. Harding was rated the least intelligent president). Bush joins Harding, Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce, all of whom have consistently ranked as the worst presidents since the poll started, in the bottom five. Several other presidents also saw movement in their ratings this year. Bill Clinton moved up five places, from No. 18 in 2002 to No. 13 today; John F. Kennedy also moved up, from No. 14 to No. 11. Carter, Reagan and Nixon all dropped in the rankings this year Carter dropped seven spots, from No. 25 in 2002 to No. 32 now; Reagan dropped two spots, from No. 16 to No. 18; and Nixon fell four spots, from No. 26 to No. 30. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39283.html#ixzz0sSdT8jAt
[FairfieldLife] Re: Spain is worst offender with outright racism.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip Can you imagine how long it took Mr. I've Got A Bigger Brain Than You Do So There to Google up something negative about Spain, thinking that would reflect badly on moi? Me, with my pea-sized- by-comparison brain, it took me less than thirty seconds to Google up the following. Probably should have taken at least a few seconds longer... Hate Crimes by Country: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_tot_cri-crime-total-crimes ...because there are no figures for hate crimes at this site. What Barry's linked to is total crimes, the totals for each country. And since we all know how oppressive-to-women Edg found Spain, Rapes By Country: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita And here, oddly, he's linked to rapes *per capita* rather than total rapes. Understandably, in his eagerness to get back at Edg, he wanted to link to lists showing the U.S. at the top, which is easy if you link to the totals rather than the per capita numbers--albeit, of course, misleading given the size of the U.S. population. But then why didn't he link to total rapes rather than per capita rapes? He missed a bet there, since the U.S. rates first in total rapes but only ninth in rapes per capita (below Canada, surprisingly). In total crimes per capita, the U.S. rates eighth, below the U.K.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Spain is worst offender with outright racism.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I never said Barry was involved in racism, but I find it interesting that this youtube report has triggered such defensiveness. And it upset him so much he bollixed up his get-back-at- Edg attempt.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Osho Speaks About Lovemaking
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: He explains his special technique for experiencing the sacredness of lovemaking. You can call him whatever you like, a charlatan or womanizer. But this guy has an expertise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbyOE2_Ysswfeature=channel There is an unintentional but hilarious TMO definition of the word expertise here. The guy who hasn't had a girlfriend or gotten laid in decades He hasn't? but who makes money selling his ability to use Jyotish to predict how successful other people's rela- tionships will be (JohnR) He does? watches a video of a guy talking about sacred lovemaking and decides that the guy talking is an expert. Some people aren't comfortable with reality and exper- iencing things for themselves, and can only find truth or expertise in theory and being told about those experiences by those they deem experts. Or maybe, it takes one to know one.
[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL as Tabloid: The joy of the lowest common denominator
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip As my favorite saying these days says so well, In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. In theory, a group of folks who have practiced the best form of meditation available for 30 to 40+ years should represent by the things they focus on and show interest in the professed goals or claimed results of such a meditation. In practice, they're just folks, as stuck in the lowest common denominator as anyone else. Some might find that dismaying. I find it entertaining. Barry is so far above the rest of us. We owe him a debt of profound gratitude for sticking around in the muck and doing his best to raise us from our lowly state. We would be truly lost without him.
[FairfieldLife] Illustration of the Cask of Amontillado
(short story by Poe: Cask of Amontillado.): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CaskofAmontillado-Clarke.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Golems of Light
Golems of Light endlessly toil and play. http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/Pickover/pc/platform3.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL as Tabloid: The joy of the lowest common denominator
right, makes me wonder(since if one is merely interested in wine-tasting, looking at the Babes, conversing with friends, etc; not that I'm dissing such enterprises in themselves); and is posting on a forum oriented toward Spiritual stuff, why not access the wine-tasting forum? My perspective on the matter: people can pick which category they wish to belong in, as to purposes and goals. My goals are simply aligned with people such as (MMY, Ramana Maharshi, Lama Zopa, etc;...) although I may have minor differences with each of them. As to the testability of such goals and the results thereof, unfortunately I can't offer much at this time; and I don't believe that the BATGAPPERS have offered a lot in terms of final conclusions either; but I'll await further developments there. However, regardless of the difficulty of attaining a goal and the length of time needed to fulfill it; these obstactles in no way detract from my determination, motivation, and perseverance in terms of daily practices. Being technique oriented, and in the Nichiren School of Buddhism, the ultimate goal as to when will take care of itself. Daily practice then amounts to a possible payoff in the near term. To be continued. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip As my favorite saying these days says so well, In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. In theory, a group of folks who have practiced the best form of meditation available for 30 to 40+ years should represent by the things they focus on and show interest in the professed goals or claimed results of such a meditation. In practice, they're just folks, as stuck in the lowest common denominator as anyone else. Some might find that dismaying. I find it entertaining. Barry is so far above the rest of us. We owe him a debt of profound gratitude for sticking around in the muck and doing his best to raise us from our lowly state. We would be truly lost without him.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Last Airbender -- sounds like a renter to me
Roger Ebert gives it a half star! http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100630/REVIEWS/10063 Or how about this review: http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/02/the-last-airbender-review-the-last-straw-for-this-shyamalan-fan/ After my interview with Shyamalan ended, in which he was incredibly enthused and proud about what he had made, I shook his hand and thought, “My god, you have no idea what’s about to hit you.” And several critics including SFGate's Mick LaSalle and NYTimes A.O. Scott gave it an F (Ebert's 1/2 star equals a D- ). Bhairitu wrote: The Last Airbender is a joyless, soulless, muddled mess, but the worst part of all doesn't come until the very end. That's when it makes the clear suggestion that two more such movies are in store for us. Hopefully, that won't happen. more here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_en_re/us_film_review_the_last_airbender And it's PG and will be at my nearby multiplex. Since it was converted to 3D it won't probably be worth the 3D tax nor putting up with someone else's brats (or kicking them in the head as I would like to do). Hollywood run by someone's nephews and nieces who happened to graduate summa cum lauda with an MBA is not good. No imagination, no risk taking, no sense of the entertainment world. To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Local Field Trip
We worked hard, but took a field trip just 10 minutes from the shop this afternoon. The rainy season has set in so I got a few good photos from such a short trip. There is really good energy there at one spot and it is the only local place where I have transcended well beyond all time and space, like back in the days when I meditated with thousands. The kind of meditation where you come to and wonder for a while who am I and where am I? I can go there for a short while and come back renewed. It is on that spot where most known local legend says that witches gather in the early morning hours, do a magic dance in a circle, cut off their legs, and turn into balls of fire and fly around, supposedly somehow reattaching their legs and turning into people again by morning. There is a local private small hindu ashram just a half km away in the valley floor (but no local hindus). Supposedly some yogi intiuited off in India that the energy was right in that location and placed an ashram there. I agree with that. There is also a small pre-columbian pyramid about 20 meters from the place I meditate and where the witches supposedly gather at night. I've passed two nights there and haven't seen any witches of course. I received a sort of shakipat from a local indian Martin, mentioned who lives in the cliff dwellings in the photos a few years ago, and have seen the world as awareness energy much more ever since then. The bewitched rock of Tecomatlan is several kilometers away, and the legend says that aztec warriors were burried alive around the base, and grab at your ankles if you pass at dusk. There are also legends of sorcerers changing form and disappearing before the eyes of many people at that rock. http://picasaweb.google.es/sumocobre/LocalFieldTripJuly210# From: Don Miller pod1...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 8:30:54 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] FFL as Tabloid: The joy of the lowest common denominator Turquoise and whomever, You are whatever your state of mind is in the present moment. If you hold some rather special belief in the present moment it is like you are at the base of a stairway where you can't see past the top landing. I don't care for stairways much. They are rather boring and not well decorated. In my most sublime and beautiful moments I have forgotten all beliefs because the present moment is more than enough in and of itself. Enlightenment should be beyond all beliefs and the present moment stands on it's own with no yearning, if the definition of the word is to have good meaning. The shadow creatures that you mention do represent the lowest common denominator, and I see them for what they are, and in that aspect they are beautiful too as you point out, and just a little informative too. Beautiful noise. All blog sites that bear close proximity to spiritual movements which have opened doors to expanded awareness and light, if they are not heavily moderated, attract shadow creature trolls. A site with TMO moderated mode would be way too boring. Could be that if the moderator set up this blog site in a more advanced format, where there were catigories, a mosh pit, and the ability to easily embed photos and video screens, it would be more useful to most users. But that might be easier said than done. Got to go to work, but I feel like hiking in the hills today. It is mushroom season. http://picasaweb. google.es/ sumocobre/ TecomatlN# 5238099468779673 714 From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroup s.com To: FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 4:29:44 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] FFL as Tabloid: The joy of the lowest common denominator Just now I went out to sit in one of my favorite cafes and relax for a bit before getting back to work. During the summer I almost never drink alcohol (because doing so puts me right to sleep once the weather gets hot), but I still like the cafe scene because 1) watching the passersby is like a never-ending movie, and 2) the cafes I hang out at have copies of the British tabloids lying around for me to read. For Americans who don't know, British tabloids are like the National Enquirer, only more low-brow and more lowest common denominator. I love to read them to...uh...stay in touch with reality. One does *not* IMO get a very clear picture of reality by reading the high-brow or intellectual papers, but one gets a *very* clear picture of it by read- ing the tabloids. Given their circulation figures, these publications are read by more people on the planet than any other, and thus reflect what they're really thinking about and interested in -- where they're at, state of attention-wise. I sit there sipping my fruit juice or bubbly water and chuckle myself silly at the Aliens ate my baby and Conservative MP found naked in WC with naked Liberal MP and Sylvia
[FairfieldLife] Re: Last Airbender -- sounds like a renter to me
Yow. Sample line of dialogue: We need to show them that we believe in our beliefs as much as they believe in their beliefs. Makes my teeth hurt. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Roger Ebert gives it a half star! http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100630/REVIEWS/10063 Or how about this review: http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/02/the-last-airbender-review-the-last-straw-for-this-shyamalan-fan/ After my interview with Shyamalan ended, in which he was incredibly enthused and proud about what he had made, I shook his hand and thought, My god, you have no idea what's about to hit you. And several critics including SFGate's Mick LaSalle and NYTimes A.O. Scott gave it an F (Ebert's 1/2 star equals a D- ). Bhairitu wrote: The Last Airbender is a joyless, soulless, muddled mess, but the worst part of all doesn't come until the very end. That's when it makes the clear suggestion that two more such movies are in store for us. Hopefully, that won't happen. more here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_en_re/us_film_review_the_last_airbender And it's PG and will be at my nearby multiplex. Since it was converted to 3D it won't probably be worth the 3D tax nor putting up with someone else's brats (or kicking them in the head as I would like to do). Hollywood run by someone's nephews and nieces who happened to graduate summa cum lauda with an MBA is not good. No imagination, no risk taking, no sense of the entertainment world.
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Last Airbender -- sounds like a renter to me
How does he persuade production Co.'s to invest in such things to begin with? My analysis: one hit - 6-th Sense, and the rest losers. How many chances does he get...as many as Nicole Kidman? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Yow. Sample line of dialogue: We need to show them that we believe in our beliefs as much as they believe in their beliefs. Makes my teeth hurt. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Roger Ebert gives it a half star! http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100630/REVIEWS/10063 Or how about this review: http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/02/the-last-airbender-review-the-last-straw-for-this-shyamalan-fan/ After my interview with Shyamalan ended, in which he was incredibly enthused and proud about what he had made, I shook his hand and thought, My god, you have no idea what's about to hit you. And several critics including SFGate's Mick LaSalle and NYTimes A.O. Scott gave it an F (Ebert's 1/2 star equals a D- ). Bhairitu wrote: The Last Airbender is a joyless, soulless, muddled mess, but the worst part of all doesn't come until the very end. That's when it makes the clear suggestion that two more such movies are in store for us. Hopefully, that won't happen. more here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_en_re/us_film_review_the_last_airbender And it's PG and will be at my nearby multiplex. Since it was converted to 3D it won't probably be worth the 3D tax nor putting up with someone else's brats (or kicking them in the head as I would like to do). Hollywood run by someone's nephews and nieces who happened to graduate summa cum lauda with an MBA is not good. No imagination, no risk taking, no sense of the entertainment world.
[FairfieldLife] The Living Shadow
Who knows what Evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shadow1livingshadow.JPG
[FairfieldLife] Yellow Jambhala on Facebook
Otherwise known as Kubera, the God of Money (among other things). http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yellow-Jambhala-huang-cai-shen/29059983235
[FairfieldLife] Yellow Jambhala
also known as Kubera. BAck in the early 70's while at SIMS various people were getting into Lakshmi on their own, ostensibly since MMY through mentioning Her name may have led them to believe that he approved of such worship, and that there would be some monetary gain as a result. However, I see no evidence that MMY encouraged such devotion in any way, so devotees did so at their own risk. In addition, when people refer to Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, this is a generalized Spiritual wealth. A more specific type of material wealth as pertaining to money would relate to Kubera, called the Yellow Jambhala in Buddhism. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1id=29059983235#!/photo.php?pid=850252id=29059983235
[FairfieldLife] Dechan Juaren on poverty
from the Dari Rulai Temple website: According to Living Buddha Dechan Jueren: Poverty is what is considered an evil obstacle. If someone has nothing to eat and can't even survive, he won't have energy to practice dharma. So to increase prosperity is the first guardian dharma. First you must resolve the problems of your existence before you can resolve the issues of your heart and mind. This is very logical and practical. Even though this is wealth dharma this does not mean you can pick up golden bills off the ground. Once you practice well your life changes, the path to wealth opens up, and there will be less obstacles in your career. You'll feel less stressed. When doing business you will be focused. For example, for most the opportunity for success is 30% while for you the opportunity is 100% or 110%. How can you reach that stage where you will have a successful career and wealth? First you must practice the right virtue. Only the one with the right virtue can carry all this luck. -Excerpts from transcript 2003
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Last Airbender -- sounds like a renter to me
I think they keep licensing The Happening his last flop over and over to the cable companies for VOD. He should just go full bore Indian and give us tantric movies and make them R rated no kidding around. And don't waste a whole of money on CG either (and no 3D please). But then there are a lot more talented people who should get a chance but Hollywood is politics more than talent. I watched the first two acts of Terror Inside last night on Netflix which is a z-movie with Cory Feldman. Though very low budget and sloppily done it does have an arc and rather a unique idea where a town goes crazy due to a virus brought up by a core sample. The craziness is that pain feels good and pleasure bad. Sometimes there are interesting finds in the z-movie bin. I also watched the first episode of the new season of Entourage. Perhaps they aren't going to ignore the hard times in Hollywood this season. yifuxero wrote: How does he persuade production Co.'s to invest in such things to begin with? My analysis: one hit - 6-th Sense, and the rest losers. How many chances does he get...as many as Nicole Kidman? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Yow. Sample line of dialogue: We need to show them that we believe in our beliefs as much as they believe in their beliefs. Makes my teeth hurt. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Roger Ebert gives it a half star! http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100630/REVIEWS/10063 Or how about this review: http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/02/the-last-airbender-review-the-last-straw-for-this-shyamalan-fan/ After my interview with Shyamalan ended, in which he was incredibly enthused and proud about what he had made, I shook his hand and thought, My god, you have no idea what's about to hit you. And several critics including SFGate's Mick LaSalle and NYTimes A.O. Scott gave it an F (Ebert's 1/2 star equals a D- ). Bhairitu wrote: The Last Airbender is a joyless, soulless, muddled mess, but the worst part of all doesn't come until the very end. That's when it makes the clear suggestion that two more such movies are in store for us. Hopefully, that won't happen. more here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_en_re/us_film_review_the_last_airbender And it's PG and will be at my nearby multiplex. Since it was converted to 3D it won't probably be worth the 3D tax nor putting up with someone else's brats (or kicking them in the head as I would like to do). Hollywood run by someone's nephews and nieces who happened to graduate summa cum lauda with an MBA is not good. No imagination, no risk taking, no sense of the entertainment world.
[FairfieldLife] Healing through the Medicine Buddha
from the Dari Rulai Temple website. I was recently surprised with a diagnosis of breast cancer. I say surprised, because I was sure they must be wrong -- I had been faithfully doing my dharma practice, especially Medicine Buddha. In addition, I am a Native American shaman healer who works with healing on a daily basis. Before I agreed to any surgical procedures, I first made a trip to the Dari Rulai Temple in Los Angeles . One sure thing I have learned from my spiritual practice is that you have to heal yourself from the inside first. I spent ten days in the temple practicing my dharma and receiving healing treatments from both the Dari Rulai Temple and the Five Buddha Shrine, both Temples of Living Buddha and Dharma King Dechan Jueren. While I was at the Dari Rulai Temple in Los Angeles , I was gifted with some of the most profound spiritual experiences of my life. There was so much more depth to my illness than I had initially thought, and I realized that I needed help to make this go away. After I returned home and just before my second surgery, the practitioners at the Dari Rulai Temple performed a series of Dharma Rite ceremonies for me through conference calls over a span of several days. My initial pathology report showed a very aggressive invasive ductal carcinoma tumor, as well as pre-cancer cells throughout my breast tissue, and the doctors were sure that I would require both radiation and chemotherapy following the surgery. All this changed, however, following the healing sessions. The pathology report following the surgery showed no trace of any cancer or pre-cancer in any of the tissue removed. The karma that was causing my affliction had been worked out at a higher level and purified with the help of Abbot Dan Kendall and the disciples of Master Yu at the Dari Rulai Temple . Mahalo nui loa Master Yu, Abbot Dan and the practitioners of the Dari Rulai Temple for your help and for giving me back my health. -K. Hawaii
[FairfieldLife] Sumerian God coming to the Earth
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[FairfieldLife] American Hatred
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