[FairfieldLife] YFfers cool down the overheated atmosphere?
Lately, it's been way too hot here in Finland for most Finns, I guess (over 30 Celsius). I'm so glad the summer rounding course begins next Friday at Voionmaan opisto, some 20 miles from where I live! http://www.voionmaanopisto.com/international/ I'm almost 100 percent sure that the YFfers there shall remarkably cool down the atmosphere here and there and everywhere, although meteorologists seem to expect the heat wave to continue for quite a while.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Mel Gibson phones Colin Farrell
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: All this focus on the feet of clay stuff is causing the Mel Gibson meltdown to get shorter shrift on FFL than it's getting in the media. I figured I'd correct this by posting this *very* clever mini-movie found on Funny Or Die: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6dd44f4768/mel-gibson-calls-colin-farrell Interestingly, all of the voices you hear in this clip are really spoken by either Mel Gibson or Colin Farrell, the latter from the film Phone Booth. All that the clever editor had to do was edit out Kiefer Sutherland's voice from the real soundtrack and replace it with Mel's voice from an embarrassingly-made-public recording of a phone message left for his ex Oksana. That said, and because...uh...someone on this forum call- ing Mel Gibson a Christian bigot over a film of his she had never seen is NEVER gonna get old :-), I've enjoyed some of his movies, *as movies*, including Apocalypto. Similarly, I have enjoyed and will continue to enjoy some of Roman Polanski's movies, *as movies*. Theoretically, those TM fans who are now saying that MMY being sort of an asshole for lying about his sexual pro- clivities should not have any impact on whether or not they continue to appreciate his spiritual teachings should be able to understand that I can easily recognize Mel Gibson's and Roman Polanski's assholiness and still like their work. Theoretically. Will Edg come roaring in to say that anyone who likes a Polanski movie is as evil as he is, or will the Judester come roaring in to say that anyone who likes a Mel Gibson movie is as much of an asshole as he is? Only time will tell... Barry is drunk again. Ah, that typical Raunchydog intelligent dialog again; we've been missing it. When you can't think of anything else to say, call the person you don't like a drunk. :-) He imagines (theoretically hedging his bets) that the people he dislikes, namely Edg, Judy and and probably me... The thought of you never crossed my mind, a fact I am most grateful for. :-) And I don't actually dislike Edg or Judy, I just have fun playing with their obvious obsession with me by offering them occasional piles of poop to step in. As it turns out, you stepped in this one instead. :-) ...will call him an asshole for liking the accomplishments of assholes. Wrong, Barry is an asshole because that's his thang. He avoids making a distinction between the behavior of a pedophile, a misogynistic/racist and a guy who has illicit affairs. He lumps them all together to imply there is a moral equivalency... There is no moral equivalency here. The guy you describe as having illicit affairs is IMO *much* worse than either Polanski or Mel Gibson. They, after all, are just filmmakers with no pretensions to being anything else; being an asshole is pretty much the standard for such people. Whereas MMY presented himself as an enlightened holy man, a saint, and created an environment in which it was considered almost a sin to *not* treat his every word as if it were a direct command from God. And then took advantage of this environment he had created to get his naive female students to suck his cock and have sex with him. I'd agree with you that there is no moral equiva- lence between Mel Gibson and Polanski and Maharishi, because the first two were just sleazebags, but Maharishi was a sleazebag who abused his position of almost absolute power and abused the trust of his students. ...then dares you to call him an asshole for saying it's possible to like their accomplishments. Saying Mel Gibson got short shrift on FFL is bait, of course. Of course. And look who the person who bit is. :-) It's obvious that the media has emphasized far more the racist elements of Gibson's rant than his outright misogyny. No surprise there. No, but you seem to be ducking the issue. Does the fact that Mel Gibson is a misogynist asshole mean that you would never see one of his movies? Do you write him off completely as a human being for being a misogynist asshole? You don't seem to have stated where you stand with regard to Mel Gibson. Or Polanski. Whereas you *have* made it pretty clear where you stand with Maharishi. In your view he was just a guy who had illicit affairs, and you seem to be saying that that's not as bad as what Polanski did or as what Mel Gibson did. For you there are no abuse of power issues in Maharishi's actions, no abuse of trust issues in his actions, and you haven't even mentioned the decades of lying about those actions to the world and to his own students. I'm confused at your priorities, Raunchy. You call yourself a feminist, but seem to be cutting Maharishi a break as nothing more than a guy who had illicit affairs, when in fact he was much more than that. He seems to
[FairfieldLife] Re: YFfers cool down the overheated atmosphere?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: Lately, it's been way too hot here in Finland for most Finns, I guess (over 30 Celsius). I'm so glad the summer rounding course begins next Friday at Voionmaan opisto, some 20 miles from where I live! http://www.voionmaanopisto.com/international/ I'm almost 100 percent sure that the YFfers there shall remarkably cool down the atmosphere here and there and everywhere, although meteorologists seem to expect the heat wave to continue for quite a while. Here's a forecast closest to the YFfers at Voion-maa: http://www.fmi.fi/weather/local.html?place=Tampere I'm practically absolutely sure, that for instance next Saturday and Sunday temperatures shall be below 27... ;D
[FairfieldLife] Re: YFfers cool down the overheated atmosphere?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Lately, it's been way too hot here in Finland for most Finns, I guess (over 30 Celsius). I'm so glad the summer rounding course begins next Friday at Voionmaan opisto, some 20 miles from where I live! http://www.voionmaanopisto.com/international/ I'm almost 100 percent sure that the YFfers there shall remarkably cool down the atmosphere here and there and everywhere, although meteorologists seem to expect the heat wave to continue for quite a while. Here's a forecast closest to the YFfers at Voion-maa: http://www.fmi.fi/weather/local.html?place=Tampere I'm practically absolutely sure, that for instance next Saturday and Sunday temperatures shall be below 27... ;D I mean, the *highest* temperatures! :0
[FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
Just like Maharishi said, 'government is an innocent reflection of the collective consciousness of a nation'. I interpret that in terms of our federal deficit to mean that 'if we are a nation of people who spend more than we earn, we will have a government that spends more than it earns'. We are all to blame for the defecit, IMHO. Of course there are some honest workers on this forum who don't expect benefits they haven't earned, but across the board Americans are in a fantasy world regarding how much effort they need to put forth in relation to the benefits they recieve. That's why credit cards are maxed out, people buy homes they can't really afford, and loans are taken out for things people don't really need. Most Americans are no different than the politicians they blame for everything. The only difference is that the politicians are in a position where their ignorance has a more catastrophic effect. seekliberation --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: I just want to repeat this over and over again. Nobody seems to be listening. Maybe the repetition will create a vibration of warning for the entire forum and the country as a whole. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Ummm John... just now figurin' this out? From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:00:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars  Both major parties are to blame for this financial fiasco. In the end, we as taxpayers will pay for this huge bill. If not, future generations of Americans will pay for it if the country is still existing by then. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget_deficit
[FairfieldLife] Re: Robes of Silk Feet of Clay Hmmmm
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 6:46 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Robes of Silk Feet of Clay H --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jul 13, 2010, at 4:49 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: I still consider it a rumor. This book proves nothing whatsoever. My point is; I don't believe a word of it, but if it happened that would be OK in my book. Got it now ? Yeah, you're a great rationalizer in deep need of some form of objective therapy. HaHa: Objective as in Buddhist I presume. What have you got against Buddhists Nabby. You're critical of them because MMY made some disparaging comments? He did'nt as far as I know, His comments about the Buddha were utterly positive. My attitude towards them is only based on the wild behavior we see of them (The Turq and even more so the so-called Vaj) here on FFL. Also note that when referring to these two characters I use quotationmarks for Buddhist.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Robes of Silk Feet of Clay Hmmmm
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: What have you got against Buddhists Nabby. You're critical of them because MMY made some disparaging comments? He did'nt as far as I know, His comments about the Buddha were utterly positive. My attitude towards them is only based on the wild behavior we see of them (The Turq and even more so the so-called Vaj) here on FFL. Both of whom have explained many times that they aren't Buddhists. :-) Noone believes a word of what you write anyway, much less that of Vaj who professed to go to Buddhist retreats and even claiming to lead at least one.
[FairfieldLife] Re: YFfers cool down the overheated atmosphere?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Lately, it's been way too hot here in Finland for most Finns, I guess (over 30 Celsius). I'm so glad the summer rounding course begins next Friday at Voionmaan opisto, some 20 miles from where I live! http://www.voionmaanopisto.com/international/ I'm almost 100 percent sure that the YFfers there shall remarkably cool down the atmosphere here and there and everywhere, although meteorologists seem to expect the heat wave to continue for quite a while. Here's a forecast closest to the YFfers at Voion-maa: http://www.fmi.fi/weather/local.html?place=Tampere Yikes! At the time I wrote the above, the forecast for Sunday was, I think, 28 or 29! So, Nature seems to anticipate da Flying?? Go figure! I'm practically absolutely sure, that for instance next Saturday and Sunday temperatures shall be below 27... ;D I mean, the *highest* temperatures! :0
[FairfieldLife] Re: Mel Gibson phones Colin Farrell
That's what I figured you'd do, Raunchy. You're a faux feminist, all against the abuse of women in situations in which a man has more power in the organ- ization than they do, *until it's Maharishi doing the abusing*. Then, in your opinion, it's just fine. What a spectacle -- a woman posing as a feminist, but too pussy-whipped by her male teacher to hold him to the same standards she'd hold any other man to. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Barry is drunk again. Ah, that typical Raunchydog intelligent dialog again; we've been missing it. When you can't think of anything else to say, call the person you don't like a drunk. :-) Metaphorically speaking, Barry is blind drunk. Scene: An Expat Café in Spain. Barry is obsessing about Maharishi and getting wasted on Spanish margaritas with his alcoholic buddy, Mel Gibson. Mel: Shut the fuck up about your guru, dude. You're getting on my nerves. Barry: But, I put up all those posters for him. Mel: Get over it. Barry: But, I loved him. Mel: You're starting to sound like my Russian bitch. Barry: He kicked me out of the TMO and now I hate him. (Stamps his foot for emphasis.) Mel: Shut up you sniveling piece of shit or I'll kick your ass. Barry: Oh, please do. Mel: I'll put you in a fucking rose garden, you cocksucker. You understand that? Because I'm capable of it. You understand that? Barry: (Gushing, oblivious to impending danger) Love your movies, man. Mel: Look stupid. See if I give a fuck you're a movie whore. You can go around sashaying your Maharishi obsession, but I won't stand for it anymore. Your rants are a fucking embarrassment to me. You sound like a fucking bitch in heat. And if you get raped by a pack of TM'ers it will be your fault. Alright? Because you provoked it. You are provocatively frothing at the mouth all the time with your fake rants that you feel you have to show off. I don't like it. Barry: Love your movies, man. (Fade to black) Scene: Next morning in a rose garden by the sea. Gravedigger 1: Who was he? Gravedigger 2: Don't know. We got paid plenty to not ask questions, so I don't want to know. But I hear he was incessantly shooting off him mouth about some dead guru and a rich guy clocked him. Gravedigger 1: Will anyone miss him? Gravedigger 2: Nah. There is no moral equivalency here. The guy you describe as having illicit affairs is IMO *much* worse than either Polanski or Mel Gibson. They, after all, are just filmmakers with no pretensions to being anything else; being an asshole is pretty much the standard for such people. Translation: It's acceptable to be an asshole if it's expected of you, but not acceptable if it isn't expected. Ya gotta be kidding. Is this Barry's rational for giving a pedophile and a misogynistic racist a pass so that he can rant how much worse Maharishi is by comparison? Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Most important marriage criterion for Indians: skin color
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, parsleysage meowthirteen@ wrote: wow... *pt* how unenlightened(no pun intended) skin color...oh brother It seems to me the oldest Vedic RSis (Kanva-s[sp?] and stuff??) were actually Siberian/North-Pole shamans. Sat sapienti? I mean, of course, Angirasas (sp?)!
[FairfieldLife] Re: An opportunity for feminist Raunchydog to on the record
TurquoiseB: ...don't just make up fantasy dialog...step up to the plate and show some balls. So, you've changed your mind. The Maharishi was MORE than just another talking head - he was 'special' to you. Now you want to make a judgement about your guru - while you were in your room beating off all by yourself, the Maharishi was getting a full body massage from Judith. You sound really jealous, Uncle Tantra. LOL! So, why would you want to challenge Raunchy to prove anything? Step up to the plate yourself. Have you ever *been* to Tassajara. One *always* leaves one's shoes outside the door. She was no different from anyone else... - Uncle Tantra Read more: Subject: Re: Leave your shoes outside the door! Author: Uncle Tantra Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: December 28, 2004 http://tinyurl.com/y9rhoyv
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Divindra and Sattyanand
Randy, you're probably right. I doubt there is any relationship as well, but thought in light of the new book out, the rumors and what I heard while traveling in India, it was a slightly intriguing idea. From: randyanand ra...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 9:15:26 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Divindra and Sattyanand Mike, I can't say 100% certanty that there is no relation. However, I probably would have heard about it as I am very close friends with a number of his direct disciples. Up until the very end of Maharishi's life, my understanding is that Vasudevanand had very little to do with Maharishi. That did change in the last few years when Maharishi asked him to be involved with the Brahmananda trust. But up until then, there was not a lot of connections except maybe some ceremonial ones here and there. Vaj always likes to say that Vasudevanand was a bought Shankararcharya. But there is little eveidence of that either. My sources tell me that, yes, Maharishi gave Vasudevanand some money, but it was very little. And I do know for a fact that one time after Deepak left the movement, the Shankaracharya came to bless one of Deepak's big courses in India. Maharishi asked Vasudevanand not to go, but Vasudevanand went anyway. If he was truly bought, he never would have gone fearing Maharishi's donations would stop --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: Randy, and you know this how? I can't say they are related either, however, I did hear this from the person that claims to have gotten directly from Vasudeva's shishya. As I said earlier, I thought there might be a mis-communication, but this friend swore by it and said in no way was it a misunderstanding. I chose not to believe it, but in the light of what is said here on FFL, I have to realize maybe my friend was right and I have been in denial about it all along. Who knows? I have to take the Beatle's attitude, M wasn't the God I thought he was, he's just a man, maybe a very special man, but a man very good at putting on a show. Still love him though! From: randyanand ra...@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 1:44:13 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Divindra and Sattyanand  The current shankaracharya of Jyotir Math is Swami Vasudevanand. He is in no way related to Maharishi. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 1:07 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Divindra and Sattyanand Wowthat would explain plenty. But who knows. I wonder if he looks lighter than most Indians. There should be a photo of him online. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote:  I hate to say this, but when I was in India, at Jyotir Math, the friend I was with, swore to me the monk baby sitting the place, told him that the current Shankaracharya, forget his name, was M's son! At the time, I laughed it off as a missunderstanding, but in light of what I've read on FFL, I have to wonder if it's not true. He, the current Shank, does resemble a younger M. What a Soap Opera that would make!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
The Tea Party is listening, that is their message! In 2006 conservatives abandoned the Republicans at the polls because of too much spending, not because the war in Iraq was going badly or Osama Bin Laden had not been captured. Recent polls suggest the country wants divided government again to keep taxing and spending in check. Hell, Pelosi won't even submit a budget, much less commit to one. I'm sure the idea is to run up the debt and let the Republicans deal with it and take the blame. From: John jr_...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 9:42:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars I just want to repeat this over and over again. Nobody seems to be listening. Maybe the repetition will create a vibration of warning for the entire forum and the country as a whole. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: Ummm John... just now figurin' this out? From: John jr_...@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:00:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars  Both major parties are to blame for this financial fiasco. In the end, we as taxpayers will pay for this huge bill. If not, future generations of Americans will pay for it if the country is still existing by then. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget_deficit
[FairfieldLife] Re: Robes of Silk Feet of Clay Hmmmm
Both of whom have explained many times that they aren't Buddhists... TurquoiseB: Since I'm not a Buddhist... So, you changed your mind again! You were a Buddhist BEFORE you said you were NOT a Buddhist. You're not a Buddhist, but, you spent ten years inside a Buddhist cult. Because you don't know where I'm coming from in these discussions, I should back- track a little and fill you in, Ok? I am essentially of the buddhist persuasion... Read more: Subject: Re: Gnosis + Knowledge Author: Uncle Tantra Newsgroups: alt.religion.gnostic Date: October 12, 2003 http://tinyurl.com/34zq4xb My curiosity stems from having spent most of a lifetime as a hands on practitioner of various spiritual paths... Read more: Subject: Re: Gnosticism Author: Uncle Tantra Newsgroups: alt.religion.gnostic Date: October 17, 2003 http://tinyurl.com/3xrjppv
[FairfieldLife] Re: Divindra and Sattyanand
Among the dashanami the giri line accepts non-brahmana. Vaj: Who's a good example of a Shankaracharya who was non-Brahmin E.? Anyone recent or historical that you could share? Your guru, Swami Rama of the Himalayas, who is survived by one daughter and two sons? Swami Rama's claims to this spiritual background have been questioned by some of his former students... Read more: Subject: The Case against Swami Rama of the Himalayas Author: Vaj Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: September 20, 2005 http://tinyurl.com/2bq5mt3
[FairfieldLife] Re: Divindra and Sattyanand
I see. It's my guru's better than your guru time for Wee Willy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Among the dashanami the giri line accepts non-brahmana. Vaj: Who's a good example of a Shankaracharya who was non-Brahmin E.? Anyone recent or historical that you could share? Your guru, Swami Rama of the Himalayas, who is survived by one daughter and two sons? Swami Rama's claims to this spiritual background have been questioned by some of his former students... Read more: Subject: The Case against Swami Rama of the Himalayas Author: Vaj Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: September 20, 2005 http://tinyurl.com/2bq5mt3
[FairfieldLife] Gravity is just reality having a bad hair day
Fascinating article from the NY Times. T'would seem that the latest in string theory is that gravity doesn't exist. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13gravity.html?pagewanted=1_r=1no_interstitial
Re: [FairfieldLife] Most important marriage criterion for Indians: skin color
Like I said the other day: India = carnival midway. TurquoiseB wrote: Go figure. Not caste, not wealth, not a compatible Jyotish chart. Lightness of skin color. So much so that there is now an app for Facebook India that will make users' skin in profile photos look lighter. This is Sat Yuga?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
Don't forget people were marketed loans and spending. Remember the George Dumbfuck Bush told people to go shopping after 9-11. The banksters were lending out 33 dollars for every one they actually had in the bank. They should have told people wanting mortgages that the house they wanted to buy was overpriced and denied them the loan that way. Greed is the monster. The whole thing is just the divine comedy. seekliberation wrote: Just like Maharishi said, 'government is an innocent reflection of the collective consciousness of a nation'. I interpret that in terms of our federal deficit to mean that 'if we are a nation of people who spend more than we earn, we will have a government that spends more than it earns'. We are all to blame for the defecit, IMHO. Of course there are some honest workers on this forum who don't expect benefits they haven't earned, but across the board Americans are in a fantasy world regarding how much effort they need to put forth in relation to the benefits they recieve. That's why credit cards are maxed out, people buy homes they can't really afford, and loans are taken out for things people don't really need. Most Americans are no different than the politicians they blame for everything. The only difference is that the politicians are in a position where their ignorance has a more catastrophic effect. seekliberation --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: I just want to repeat this over and over again. Nobody seems to be listening. Maybe the repetition will create a vibration of warning for the entire forum and the country as a whole. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Ummm John... just now figurin' this out? From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:00:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars  Both major parties are to blame for this financial fiasco. In the end, we as taxpayers will pay for this huge bill. If not, future generations of Americans will pay for it if the country is still existing by then. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget_deficit
[FairfieldLife] Scientologists lash out at Anderson Cooper
Because I don't watch American TV news, I'm not exactly sure who Anderson Cooper is. But t'would seem that he ran a week of exposes on physical abuse within the Church Of Scientology. As Ahnold said so memorably in the first Predator movie, after punching the Predator guy in the face, Bahd idea. Scientologists don't take kindly to being exposed. They actually have a term for what they believe critics of Scientology make themselves: Fair Game. Since it's been exposed in the press, the Fair Game policy, which used to state in writing that it was permissible to do *anything* to an enemy of Scientology, and which led to such incidents as putting rattlesnakes in critics' mailboxes, no longer is in writing. The Church claims to no longer be pursuing the Fair Game policy against critics. H. This article looks to me as if nothing has changed. I just love that they call their magazine Freedom. That's the best Orwellian Newspeak I've heard in ages. Scientologists vs. Anderson Cooper: Church Attacks CNN Host Anderson Cooper has made himself a powerful enemy: the Church of Scientology. Back in March, Anderson Cooper devoted a week of his show, Anderson Cooper 360, to a special investigation into allegations of violence and physical abuse http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/25/scientology-a-history-of-violence\ / within the Church of Scientology. Now, the church has struck back, devoting an entire issue of one of its magazines, Freedom, to an attack on Cooper and CNN: ...Cooper thinks he can get away with this hogwash and pull off what even the greatest hucksters in history failed to accomplish, i.e., fool all the people all the time. So in the immortal words of Cooper himself, let's start keeping 'em honest by presenting his Posse of Apostates as they truly are... Under the heading Anderson Cooper: A History Of Lies, http://www.freedommag.org/special-reports/cnn/anderson-furrows-his-brow\ .html?link=coverimage the church accuses Cooper of ignoring the information it provided him http://www.freedommag.org/special-reports/cnn/timeline-cnn-running-away\ .html and of refusing to speak with top church officials. It also proclaims Larry King to be the only CNN host qualified to interview Scientology leader David Miscavige, and Cooper of supporting an anti-Scientology group http://www.freedommag.org/special-reports/cnn/cooper-speak-how-terroris\ ts-become-protesters.html that the church calls a terrorist organization. Beyond the eighteen separate articles attacking Cooper, his ratings and those of CNN, and the guests he brought on during the week-long series, the church also compiled videos. In one of them, it slams Cooper for what it calls his fantasies of intrepid reporting http://www.freedommag.org/special-reports/cnn/video-anderson-coopers-de\ finition-of-investigation.html : ...when an earthquake reduces Haiti to rubble, there he is, on site in designer jeans or cargo pants, to verify for himself that the villages were indeed reduced to rubble...Anderson Cooper has got to see it with his own two eyes while furrowing his brow to show how much he cares. But this time, Cooper refused to look. Later in the same video -- most of which is actually devoted to a rundown of the church's activity during 2009, and not to attacking Cooper -- the church writes what it says is the statement Cooper should have given to viewers, while repeating the same frozen second of footage of Cooper over and over again to make it look as though he is speaking. Beyond releasing the magazine, TVNewser reports that Scientology members also handed out copies of Freedom in front of CNN's Manhattan offices on Monday http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/scientologists_distribute_antic\ ooper_magazine_outside_cnn_167374.asp . This is not the first time that the Church of Scientology has responded aggressively to investigative journalism. The BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6650545.stm and the St. Petersburg Times http://www.wusf.usf.edu/news/2010/02/25/scientology_hires_reporters_to_\ investigate_st._petersburg_times have also come under fire for their reporting in recent years.
[FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
Unfortunately GWya kind of through us conservatives under the bus with his/their lavish spending (at least the economy was good at the time), most EVERY Democrat went along with it too...at least the Republicans have some modicum of fiscal accountability left. The Democrats are truly sociopathic when it comes to spending --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: The Tea Party is listening, that is their message! In 2006 conservatives abandoned the Republicans at the polls because of too much spending, not because the war in Iraq was going badly or Osama Bin Laden had not been captured. Recent polls suggest the country wants divided government again to keep taxing and spending in check. Hell, Pelosi won't even submit a budget, much less commit to one. I'm sure the idea is to run up the debt and let the Republicans deal with it and take the blame. From: John jr_...@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 9:42:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars  I just want to repeat this over and over again. Nobody seems to be listening. Maybe the repetition will create a vibration of warning for the entire forum and the country as a whole. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Ummm John... just now figurin' this out? From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:00:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars àBoth major parties are to blame for this financial fiasco. In the end, we as taxpayers will pay for this huge bill. If not, future generations of Americans will pay for it if the country is still existing by then. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget_deficit
[FairfieldLife] Galbraith: The danger posed by the deficit 'is zero' (was: US Federal Deficit
Galbraith: The danger posed by the deficit `is zero' James Galbraith is an economist and the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government and business relations at the University of Texas at Austin. He's also a skeptic of the prevailing concern over America's long-term deficit. With many people now comparing America's fiscal condition to Greece, I spoke with Galbraith to get the other side of the argument. An edited transcript of our conversation follows. EK: You think the danger posed by the long-term deficit is overstated by most economists and economic commentators. JG: No, I think the danger is zero. It's not overstated. It's completely misstated. EK: Why? JG: What is the nature of the danger? The only possible answer is that this larger deficit would cause a rise in the interest rate. Well, if the markets thought that was a serious risk, the rate on 20-year treasury bonds wouldn't be 4 percent and change now. If the markets thought that the interest rate would be forced up by funding difficulties 10 year from now, it would show up in the 20-year rate. That rate has actually been coming down in the wake of the European crisis. So there are two possibilities here. One is the theory is wrong. The other is that the market isn't rational. And if the market isn't rational, there's no point in designing policy to accommodate the markets because you can't accommodate an irrational entity. EK: Then why are the bulk of your colleagues so worried about this? JG: Let's push a bit deeper on the CBO forecasts. They publish a baseline set of projections. One of those projections holds the economy will return to a normal high-employment level with low inflation over the next 10 years. If true, that would be wonderful news. Go down a few lines and they also have the short-term interest rate going up to 5 percent. It's that short-term interest rate combined with that low inflation rate that allows them to generate, quite mechanically, these enormous future deficit forecasts. And those forecasts are driven partially by the assumption that health-care costs will rise forever at a faster rate than everything else and by interest payments on the debt will hit 20 or 25 percent of GDP. At this point, the whole thing is completely incoherent. You cannot write checks to 20 percent to anybody without that money entering the economy and increasing employment and inflation. And if it does that, then debt-to-GDP has to be lower, because inflation figures into how much debt we have. These numbers need to come together in a coherent story, and the CBO's forecast does not give us a coherent story. So everything that is said that is based on the CBO's baseline is, strictly speaking, nonsense. EK: But couldn't there be a space between the CBO being totally correct and the debt not being a problem? It seems certain, for instance, that health-care costs will continue to rise faster than other sectors of the economy. JG: No, it's not reasonable. Share of health-care cost would rise as part of total GDP and the inflation would rise to be nearer to what the rate of health-care inflation is. And if health care does get that expensive, and we're paying 30 percent of GDP while everyone else is paying 12 percent, we could buy Paris and all the doctors and just move our elderly there. EK: But putting inflation aside, the gap between spending and revenues won't have other ill effects? JG: Is there any terrible consequence because we haven't prefunded the defense budget? No. There's only one budget and one borrowing authority and all that matters is what that authority pays. Say I'm the federal government and I wish to pay you, Ezra Klein, a billion dollars to build an aircraft carrier. I put money in your bank account for that. Did the Federal Reserve look into that? Did the IRS sign off on it? Government does not need money to spend just as a bowling alley does not run out of points. What people worry about is that the federal government won't be able to sell bonds. But there can never be a problem for the federal government selling bonds. It goes the other way. The government's spending creates the bank's demand for bonds, because they want a higher return on the money that the government is putting into the economy. My father said this process is so simple that the mind recoils from it. EK: What are the policy implications of this view? JG: It says that we should be focusing on real problems and not fake ones. We have serious problems. Unemployment is at 10 percent. if we got busy and worked out things for the unemployed to do, we'd be much better off. And we can certainly afford it. We have an impending energy crisis and a climate crisis. We could spend a generation fixing those problems in a way that would rebuild our country, too. On the tax side, what you want to do is reverse the burden on working people. Since the beginning of the crisis, I've supported a
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
Bush tried to warn the congress that Fanny- Mac had major problems in 2001. So did McCain, later on. As I recall, Barney Frank and maybe Chris Dodd refused any reform of those institutions from committees they served on. The rest is history. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, July 14, 2010 9:05:15 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars Don't forget people were marketed loans and spending. Remember the George Dumbfuck Bush told people to go shopping after 9-11. The banksters were lending out 33 dollars for every one they actually had in the bank. They should have told people wanting mortgages that the house they wanted to buy was overpriced and denied them the loan that way. Greed is the monster. The whole thing is just the divine comedy. seekliberation wrote: Just like Maharishi said, 'government is an innocent reflection of the collective consciousness of a nation'. I interpret that in terms of our federal deficit to mean that 'if we are a nation of people who spend more than we earn, we will have a government that spends more than it earns'. We are all to blame for the defecit, IMHO. Of course there are some honest workers on this forum who don't expect benefits they haven't earned, but across the board Americans are in a fantasy world regarding how much effort they need to put forth in relation to the benefits they recieve. That's why credit cards are maxed out, people buy homes they can't really afford, and loans are taken out for things people don't really need. Most Americans are no different than the politicians they blame for everything. The only difference is that the politicians are in a position where their ignorance has a more catastrophic effect. seekliberation --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: I just want to repeat this over and over again. Nobody seems to be listening. Maybe the repetition will create a vibration of warning for the entire forum and the country as a whole. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Ummm John... just now figurin' this out? From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:00:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars  Both major parties are to blame for this financial fiasco. In the end, we as taxpayers will pay for this huge bill. If not, future generations of Americans will pay for it if the country is still existing by then. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget_deficit
[FairfieldLife] DOME ANNOUNCEMENTS--Meeting for Sidhas with Drs. Doug and Linda Birx
Drs. Doug and Linda Birx will hold a special Advanced Lecture on the TM-Sidhi® program on Wednesday evening, July 21st, at 8:15 pm. This will be a wonderful opportunity for going more deeply into the knowledge and experience of the practice. Men will meet in the Men's Dome and Ladies in the Ladies' Dome on the Maharishi University of Management campus. The meetings are open to all Sidhas with a current dome badge in the Fairfield community and those who are visiting from out of town to participate in current courses. Please note: This is the same meeting listed in the Calendar of Events as TM-Sidhi Checking and will be held in both domes. *Please bring your current Dome badge with you. *** DOME ANNOUNCEMENTS is a moderated list that distributes announcements to the Maharishi University of Management community. Send your announcements to owner-dom...@mum.edu. Encourage your friends to sign up for DOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. Send an e-mail message to dome-l-requ...@mum.edu, and put the word subscribe (without the quotation marks) in the body of the message. To stop receiving DOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, send an e-mail message to: dome-l-requ...@mum.edu, and type the word unsubscribe (without the quotation marks) in the body of the message.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Divindra and Sattyanand
Your guru, Swami Rama of the Himalayas, who is survived by one daughter and two sons? Joe: I see. It's my guru's better than your guru time for Wee Willy. You don't have to get so upset. So, you wanted to be a spiritual teacher, but things just didn't work out for you. The least you could do is say you're sorry for misleading all those poor students you initiated. What happened to all the money? Just be honest, Joe. Among the dashanami the giri line accepts non-brahmana. Vaj: Who's a good example of a Shankaracharya who was non-Brahmin E.? Anyone recent or historical that you could share? Your guru, Swami Rama of the Himalayas, who is survived by one daughter and two sons? Swami Rama's claims to this spiritual background have been questioned by some of his former students... Read more: Subject: The Case against Swami Rama of the Himalayas Author: Vaj Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: September 20, 2005 http://tinyurl.com/2bq5mt3
[FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: I just want to repeat this over and over again. Nobody seems to be listening. Maybe the repetition will create a vibration of warning for the entire forum and the country as a whole. There's a debate going on as to which road to take now: more stimulus, which most liberal economists are heavily recommending and which history demands, vs the conservative Hoover-like deficit fearmongers. Take a careful look at how FDR responded to the Great Depression [below] with massive stimulus spending and how when listening to the deficit fearmongers and stopping the spending it brought back the downturn. After resuming the stimulus spending, the recovery proceeded. Note these two particular paragraphs in the context below them: Roosevelt did make one mistake after this. He caved in to the conservatives in Congress (and his treasury secretary) and presented a balanced budget, cutting stimulus spending. Roosevelt was also worried that inflation would ensue if GDP grew too fast, which it was. GDP growth was tremendous. The result is that the economy contracted 6% to 86.1 billion in 1938. The recovery slipped. --- Here are the GDP figures of the New Deal in today's dollars. These are the facts. To suggest that the New Deal did not help, and maybe made it worse, is appalling. The GDP was 103.6 billion in 1929 at the start of the Great Depression under Herbert Hoover. It dropped 12% to 91.2 in 1930 (under Hoover). It dropped another 16% to 76.5 in 1932 (under Hoover). It dropped another 23% to 58.7 in 1932 (under Hoover). It dropped only 4% in 1933 after Roosevelt finally took over and stopped the crisis with emergency measures. His first 100 days saw a whirlwind of economic relief. The GDP then rose a staggering 17% to 66.0 billion in 1934 (under FDR)! It rose another 11% to 73.3 in 1935 (under FDR). It rose another 14% to 83.8 in 1936 (under FDR). It rose another 10% to 91.9 in 1937 (under FDR). These are good numbers. The U.S. was out of a depression by 1937 and in only a recession. FDR also brought relief to the suffering through relief programs. The growth of personal income (money in the hands of consumers after taxes) is almost identical to GDP, which is quote impressive compared to any president's record. I urge you to seek out the economic statistics and make the comparison yourself. One of many great Roosevelt achievements was to reverse the complete banking collapse under Hoover. If you look at a GDP chart, you will see a sharp drop in GDP (and personal income) over several years when Hoover was president. Then you will see a sharp rise in GDP (and personal income) after Roosevelt took office - a remarkable record. If you were to count the jobs created by temporary workfare programs, unemployed dropped to 5% (although this type of measure is not correct). GDP Chart showing staggering growth after FDR's 1933 election: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gdp20-40.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gdp20-40.jpg Employment Chart showing massive employment growth during FDR's presidency beginning right after he was elected: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Employment_Graph_-_1920_to_1940.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Employment_Graph_-_1920_to_1940.sv\ g Roosevelt did make one mistake after this. He caved in to the conservatives in Congress (and his treasury secretary) and presented a balanced budget, cutting stimulus spending. (Roosevelt was a fiscal conservative before the Great Depression and also wanted to balance the budget). Roosevelt was also worried that inflation would ensue if GDP grew too fast, which it was. GDP growth was tremendous. The result is that the economy contracted 6% to 86.1 billion in 1938. The recovery slipped. [SEE CHART ABOVE] After FDR reversed his conservative budget mistake and returned to his old budget, the GDP rose again. It rose 7% to 92.2 billion in 1939. It rose 10% to 101.4 billion in 1940, which is almost where it was at the start of the Great Depression. The other minor mistake he made was that the deficit spending was very small by recent standards and too mild to pull the country fully out of recession. (Reagan learned from this mistake and massively deficit spent the U.S. out of recession in 1982). Around 1940 Congress and FDR finally really ramped up the GDP by spending massively. Congress passed a massive tax increase (much on the rich) and massively deficit spent, pumping the money into the economy through massive military spending for World War II. The GDP DOUBLED in just three years! Boom! The nation was at full employment, and then some. Women and other people not working were called into the workforce to meet the demand for workers. The problem then was inflation. So the government enforced strict price controls. This was not a desirable thing to do, but it needed to be done to win the war by running the war industry at full steam. GDP was 210.9 billion by
[FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wg...@... wrote: Unfortunately GWya kind of through us conservatives under the bus with his/their lavish spending (at least the economy was good at the time), most EVERY Democrat went along with it too...at least the Republicans have some modicum of fiscal accountability left. The Democrats are truly sociopathic when it comes to spending Really? Which Republican administrations were fiscally responsible with a prosperous economy and a strong middle class? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: The Tea Party is listening, that is their message! In 2006 conservatives abandoned the Republicans at the polls because of too much spending, not because the war in Iraq was going badly or Osama Bin Laden had not been captured. Recent polls suggest the country wants divided government again to keep taxing and spending in check. Hell, Pelosi won't even submit a budget, much less commit to one. I'm sure the idea is to run up the debt and let the Republicans deal with it and take the blame. From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 9:42:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars  I just want to repeat this over and over again. Nobody seems to be listening. Maybe the repetition will create a vibration of warning for the entire forum and the country as a whole. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Ummm John... just now figurin' this out? From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:00:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars àBoth major parties are to blame for this financial fiasco. In the end, we as taxpayers will pay for this huge bill. If not, future generations of Americans will pay for it if the country is still existing by then. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget_deficit
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
You're being a bit selective there, Mike. There's plenty of blame to go around. We depend upon our elected officials to maintain our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. The Repubs thing they are only responsible for the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness for the business community. The Dems are supposed to be for the people but I think many of them have become closet Repubs. Mike Dixon wrote: Bush tried to warn the congress that Fanny- Mac had major problems in 2001. So did McCain, later on. As I recall, Barney Frank and maybe Chris Dodd refused any reform of those institutions from committees they served on. The rest is history. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, July 14, 2010 9:05:15 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars Don't forget people were marketed loans and spending. Remember the George Dumbfuck Bush told people to go shopping after 9-11. The banksters were lending out 33 dollars for every one they actually had in the bank. They should have told people wanting mortgages that the house they wanted to buy was overpriced and denied them the loan that way. Greed is the monster. The whole thing is just the divine comedy. seekliberation wrote: Just like Maharishi said, 'government is an innocent reflection of the collective consciousness of a nation'. I interpret that in terms of our federal deficit to mean that 'if we are a nation of people who spend more than we earn, we will have a government that spends more than it earns'. We are all to blame for the defecit, IMHO. Of course there are some honest workers on this forum who don't expect benefits they haven't earned, but across the board Americans are in a fantasy world regarding how much effort they need to put forth in relation to the benefits they recieve. That's why credit cards are maxed out, people buy homes they can't really afford, and loans are taken out for things people don't really need. Most Americans are no different than the politicians they blame for everything. The only difference is that the politicians are in a position where their ignorance has a more catastrophic effect. seekliberation --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: I just want to repeat this over and over again. Nobody seems to be listening. Maybe the repetition will create a vibration of warning for the entire forum and the country as a whole. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Ummm John... just now figurin' this out? From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:00:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars  Both major parties are to blame for this financial fiasco. In the end, we as taxpayers will pay for this huge bill. If not, future generations of Americans will pay for it if the country is still existing by then. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget_deficit
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
Great review, Curtis. I have not read the book yet and probably will not get to for some time, because I'm leaving for a long summer vacation soon and it wouldn't have had time to to get here before I left. That said, and reading in between the lines of posts made by those who have read the book, isn't it interesting that you and I, the way we have been both characterized on this forum as woman-hating skirt chasers, are among the only people so far expressing any concern for the *women* in all of this? I mean, the so-called feminists are busy trying to find ways to give MMY a free pass. Go figure, eh? I've had close friends and lovers who have been placed in this situation by a supposed enlightened being. Put out or get out, followed by OK, *now* get out...I'm bored with you. I've seen first-hand what this does to a person. This is not my idea of the way that a human being should treat a woman, let alone an enlightened human being. But our residents feminists seem to see nothing wrong with it. Go figure. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: Thought I would weigh in on Judith's book because I believe it is a profound contribution to understanding Maharishi. My first impression is that he was lucky to have it be Judith as the first to document one of his affairs. She is a sensitive writer and presents her experience with a lot of kindness to Maharishi. Judith comes off as too thoughtful and sincere for people to continue to challenge her veracity. She is for real. I can easily understand why it took her so long to process her feelings about this relationship. She did an excellent job with an extremely sensitive and personal topic. This book is a gift to all of us who knew him and I thank her for it. As with Maharishi's death, the book represents another milestone in my evolving perspective on the guy. Initially I was a little pissed that someone, out of all the people in cahoots to make these affairs possible (Jerry for one), hadn't blown the whistle explicitly a long time ago. It sure would have helped me when I was under his brahmachari instructions to know that even the great Maharishi was tormented and couldn't control the mighty dhoti dolphin. That this conflict wasn't due to MY lack of focus on my energy going up. (The Catholic Church just called and wants its sex-guilt-teaching back.) His inner conflicts, revealed in his discussing with Judith how his energy was going down because of his banging her, shows him as a religious zealot who was tormented Jerry Falwell style by his own antiquated beliefs. Then he pats the bed beside him inviting her once again to play Gopi to his Krishna. Woman maligned as Eve the temptress is one of the shittiest implied messages religion peddles! The book made me see Maharishi paradoxically in both a more sympathetic light, as well as revealing that he was a world-class selfish lout. I get his own internal struggles with his beliefs and I also get the kid-in-the-candy-store temptation he was under. I believe that people who live in this kind of atmosphere of reverence lose their brain's checks and balances between parts of the brain that usually controls our impulses. Whether he started off as the emperor's spoiled child or his surrounding himself with adoring people made him that way, means little in the end. The guy became like the rock stars whose fame he courted. Not quite Mao with hundreds of the hottest country girls from rural China at his parties every night, but a sizable heap of hypocrisy for a self- proclaimed celibate who preached its virtues to us, while having his own holy pipes regularly cleaned. In one section another girl tells Judith about him copping a feel and then telling her not to wear that top again! WTF, Don't they have bases in Cricket like baseball? Anytime your hands are rounding second base without any kissing beforehand you are a masher on the level of the weaselly guy on a crowded bus. Then blaming her clothes for this caddish behavior is lame. Very 1950's rape trial BS. If it please the court I would like to offer that the defendant's tat-tas were seriously akimbo and muh client was merely trying to readjust them to their natural symmetry. He couldn't help himself yuh honor. Maharishi comes off in the book as somewhat kinder to Judith than some rockstars might have been. But in the end,the roady still throws her bags off the bus. And given that he was presenting himself as uniquely giving the highest teaching of life, this sort of transgression against these women rises to cosmic asshole status. He can't have it both ways. If what he said about his teaching was true (and I'm solidly in the camp of no it wasn't) then he set these chicks up for a strong force taking them off the holy cosmic path. Serving them a big helping of romantic rejection from their guru and then seeing him move on to the next piece of adoring groupie tail that struck his fancy was
[FairfieldLife] Re: Galbraith: The danger posed by the deficit 'is zero' (was: US Federal Deficit
More in this vein: The Miracle Deficit Cure? Growth. http://www.slate.com/id/2260365/ Federal tax revenues are highly leveraged to economic growth and to the performance of markets, corporations, and rich people. This means they can be volatile. When markets and profits boom, capital gains taxes, payroll and income taxes, and corporate income taxes flow like a mighty stream. As a result, it's not uncommon for tax receipts to rise 6 percent or 7 percent in a year when the economy grows by 3 percent. ... In good times, when tax receipts are high, less money is spent on stimulus and social welfare benefits. In bad times, when tax receipts are ebbing, more money goes out the door. And that's why surpluses and deficits can materialize out of nowhere. http://www.slate.com/id/2260365/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Galbraith: The danger posed by the deficit `is zero' James Galbraith is an economist and the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government and business relations at the University of Texas at Austin. He's also a skeptic of the prevailing concern over America's long-term deficit. With many people now comparing America's fiscal condition to Greece, I spoke with Galbraith to get the other side of the argument. An edited transcript of our conversation follows. EK: You think the danger posed by the long-term deficit is overstated by most economists and economic commentators. JG: No, I think the danger is zero. It's not overstated. It's completely misstated. EK: Why? JG: What is the nature of the danger? The only possible answer is that this larger deficit would cause a rise in the interest rate. Well, if the markets thought that was a serious risk, the rate on 20-year treasury bonds wouldn't be 4 percent and change now. If the markets thought that the interest rate would be forced up by funding difficulties 10 year from now, it would show up in the 20-year rate. That rate has actually been coming down in the wake of the European crisis. So there are two possibilities here. One is the theory is wrong. The other is that the market isn't rational. And if the market isn't rational, there's no point in designing policy to accommodate the markets because you can't accommodate an irrational entity. EK: Then why are the bulk of your colleagues so worried about this? JG: Let's push a bit deeper on the CBO forecasts. They publish a baseline set of projections. One of those projections holds the economy will return to a normal high-employment level with low inflation over the next 10 years. If true, that would be wonderful news. Go down a few lines and they also have the short-term interest rate going up to 5 percent. It's that short-term interest rate combined with that low inflation rate that allows them to generate, quite mechanically, these enormous future deficit forecasts. And those forecasts are driven partially by the assumption that health-care costs will rise forever at a faster rate than everything else and by interest payments on the debt will hit 20 or 25 percent of GDP. At this point, the whole thing is completely incoherent. You cannot write checks to 20 percent to anybody without that money entering the economy and increasing employment and inflation. And if it does that, then debt-to-GDP has to be lower, because inflation figures into how much debt we have. These numbers need to come together in a coherent story, and the CBO's forecast does not give us a coherent story. So everything that is said that is based on the CBO's baseline is, strictly speaking, nonsense. EK: But couldn't there be a space between the CBO being totally correct and the debt not being a problem? It seems certain, for instance, that health-care costs will continue to rise faster than other sectors of the economy. JG: No, it's not reasonable. Share of health-care cost would rise as part of total GDP and the inflation would rise to be nearer to what the rate of health-care inflation is. And if health care does get that expensive, and we're paying 30 percent of GDP while everyone else is paying 12 percent, we could buy Paris and all the doctors and just move our elderly there. EK: But putting inflation aside, the gap between spending and revenues won't have other ill effects? JG: Is there any terrible consequence because we haven't prefunded the defense budget? No. There's only one budget and one borrowing authority and all that matters is what that authority pays. Say I'm the federal government and I wish to pay you, Ezra Klein, a billion dollars to build an aircraft carrier. I put money in your bank account for that. Did the Federal Reserve look into that? Did the IRS sign off on it? Government does not need money to spend just as a bowling alley does not run out of points. What people worry about is that the federal government won't
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Great review, Curtis. I have not read the book yet and probably will not get to for some time, because I'm leaving for a long summer vacation soon and it wouldn't have had time to to get here before I left. Thanks man, it is worth a read. I only wish it was twice as long! I hope it is not the last memoir. It wouldn't even have to be another sex revelation, I would like to read a thick Kitty Kelly type book on his personal life. I'm sure there are some entertaining Howard Hughes/Jacko lifestyle revelations to come. That said, and reading in between the lines of posts made by those who have read the book, isn't it interesting that you and I, the way we have been both characterized on this forum as woman-hating skirt chasers, are among the only people so far expressing any concern for the *women* in all of this? I've been tracking Joe's discussions on the book and not much else here. I never sensed any of that neg on women vibe from you. Both of us have been in situations where we could have abused our movement position with women so our money is where our mouth is on this. I was a good little doobie. But I can cop to putting women in some of my MIU relationships into Maharishi's double bind that their intimacy with me was limiting my spiritual progress. OTH I was 21 and he was 56 while running this unsavory number on women. I've been making it up to women ever since. (Cue pizza deliver boy porno synthesizer music here!) Have a great vacation and I hope it involves some excellent tests to your stalwart nature. (thongs) I mean, the so-called feminists are busy trying to find ways to give MMY a free pass. Go figure, eh? I've had close friends and lovers who have been placed in this situation by a supposed enlightened being. Put out or get out, followed by OK, *now* get out...I'm bored with you. I've seen first-hand what this does to a person. This is not my idea of the way that a human being should treat a woman, let alone an enlightened human being. But our residents feminists seem to see nothing wrong with it. Go figure. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Thought I would weigh in on Judith's book because I believe it is a profound contribution to understanding Maharishi. My first impression is that he was lucky to have it be Judith as the first to document one of his affairs. She is a sensitive writer and presents her experience with a lot of kindness to Maharishi. Judith comes off as too thoughtful and sincere for people to continue to challenge her veracity. She is for real. I can easily understand why it took her so long to process her feelings about this relationship. She did an excellent job with an extremely sensitive and personal topic. This book is a gift to all of us who knew him and I thank her for it. As with Maharishi's death, the book represents another milestone in my evolving perspective on the guy. Initially I was a little pissed that someone, out of all the people in cahoots to make these affairs possible (Jerry for one), hadn't blown the whistle explicitly a long time ago. It sure would have helped me when I was under his brahmachari instructions to know that even the great Maharishi was tormented and couldn't control the mighty dhoti dolphin. That this conflict wasn't due to MY lack of focus on my energy going up. (The Catholic Church just called and wants its sex-guilt-teaching back.) His inner conflicts, revealed in his discussing with Judith how his energy was going down because of his banging her, shows him as a religious zealot who was tormented Jerry Falwell style by his own antiquated beliefs. Then he pats the bed beside him inviting her once again to play Gopi to his Krishna. Woman maligned as Eve the temptress is one of the shittiest implied messages religion peddles! The book made me see Maharishi paradoxically in both a more sympathetic light, as well as revealing that he was a world-class selfish lout. I get his own internal struggles with his beliefs and I also get the kid-in-the-candy-store temptation he was under. I believe that people who live in this kind of atmosphere of reverence lose their brain's checks and balances between parts of the brain that usually controls our impulses. Whether he started off as the emperor's spoiled child or his surrounding himself with adoring people made him that way, means little in the end. The guy became like the rock stars whose fame he courted. Not quite Mao with hundreds of the hottest country girls from rural China at his parties every night, but a sizable heap of hypocrisy for a self- proclaimed celibate who preached its virtues to us, while having his own holy pipes regularly cleaned. In one section another girl tells Judith about him copping a feel and then telling her not to
[FairfieldLife] Re: Divindra and Sattyanand
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Your guru, Swami Rama of the Himalayas, who is survived by one daughter and two sons? Joe: I see. It's my guru's better than your guru time for Wee Willy. You don't have to get so upset. So, you wanted to be a spiritual teacher, but things just didn't work out for you. The least you could do is say you're sorry for misleading all those poor students you initiated. What happened to all the money? Just be honest, Joe. I already addressed this Tex, yesterday. The vast majority of the money ended up in the hands of the Shrivastava/Varma clan. You should direct your question to them. Only your own tortured logic could have you asking me a question like that. I think I'm out of posts for the week. Or mighty close.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
Well done! forwarded review to Jerry J. just now. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Great review, Curtis. I have not read the book yet and probably will not get to for some time, because I'm leaving for a long summer vacation soon and it wouldn't have had time to to get here before I left. Thanks man, it is worth a read. I only wish it was twice as long! I hope it is not the last memoir. It wouldn't even have to be another sex revelation, I would like to read a thick Kitty Kelly type book on his personal life. I'm sure there are some entertaining Howard Hughes/Jacko lifestyle revelations to come. That said, and reading in between the lines of posts made by those who have read the book, isn't it interesting that you and I, the way we have been both characterized on this forum as woman-hating skirt chasers, are among the only people so far expressing any concern for the *women* in all of this? I've been tracking Joe's discussions on the book and not much else here. I never sensed any of that neg on women vibe from you. Both of us have been in situations where we could have abused our movement position with women so our money is where our mouth is on this. I was a good little doobie. But I can cop to putting women in some of my MIU relationships into Maharishi's double bind that their intimacy with me was limiting my spiritual progress. OTH I was 21 and he was 56 while running this unsavory number on women. I've been making it up to women ever since. (Cue pizza deliver boy porno synthesizer music here!) Have a great vacation and I hope it involves some excellent tests to your stalwart nature. (thongs) I mean, the so-called feminists are busy trying to find ways to give MMY a free pass. Go figure, eh? I've had close friends and lovers who have been placed in this situation by a supposed enlightened being. Put out or get out, followed by OK, *now* get out...I'm bored with you. I've seen first-hand what this does to a person. This is not my idea of the way that a human being should treat a woman, let alone an enlightened human being. But our residents feminists seem to see nothing wrong with it. Go figure. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Thought I would weigh in on Judith's book because I believe it is a profound contribution to understanding Maharishi. My first impression is that he was lucky to have it be Judith as the first to document one of his affairs. She is a sensitive writer and presents her experience with a lot of kindness to Maharishi. Judith comes off as too thoughtful and sincere for people to continue to challenge her veracity. She is for real. I can easily understand why it took her so long to process her feelings about this relationship. She did an excellent job with an extremely sensitive and personal topic. This book is a gift to all of us who knew him and I thank her for it. As with Maharishi's death, the book represents another milestone in my evolving perspective on the guy. Initially I was a little pissed that someone, out of all the people in cahoots to make these affairs possible (Jerry for one), hadn't blown the whistle explicitly a long time ago. It sure would have helped me when I was under his brahmachari instructions to know that even the great Maharishi was tormented and couldn't control the mighty dhoti dolphin. That this conflict wasn't due to MY lack of focus on my energy going up. (The Catholic Church just called and wants its sex-guilt-teaching back.) His inner conflicts, revealed in his discussing with Judith how his energy was going down because of his banging her, shows him as a religious zealot who was tormented Jerry Falwell style by his own antiquated beliefs. Then he pats the bed beside him inviting her once again to play Gopi to his Krishna. Woman maligned as Eve the temptress is one of the shittiest implied messages religion peddles! The book made me see Maharishi paradoxically in both a more sympathetic light, as well as revealing that he was a world-class selfish lout. I get his own internal struggles with his beliefs and I also get the kid-in-the-candy-store temptation he was under. I believe that people who live in this kind of atmosphere of reverence lose their brain's checks and balances between parts of the brain that usually controls our impulses. Whether he started off as the emperor's spoiled child or his surrounding himself with adoring people made him that way, means little in the end. The guy became like the rock stars whose fame he courted. Not quite Mao with hundreds of the hottest country girls from rural China at his parties every night, but a sizable heap of
[FairfieldLife] Re: Galbraith: The danger posed by the deficit 'is zero' (was: US Federal Deficit
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgil...@... wrote: More in this vein: The Miracle Deficit Cure? Growth. http://www.slate.com/id/2260365/ Federal tax revenues are highly leveraged to economic growth and to the performance of markets, corporations, and rich people. This means they can be volatile. When markets and profits boom, capital gains taxes, payroll and income taxes, and corporate income taxes flow like a mighty stream. As a result, it's not uncommon for tax receipts to rise 6 percent or 7 percent in a year when the economy grows by 3 percent. ... In good times, when tax receipts are high, less money is spent on stimulus and social welfare benefits. In bad times, when tax receipts are ebbing, more money goes out the door. And that's why surpluses and deficits can materialize out of nowhere. http://www.slate.com/id/2260365/ Yes, indeed. The article gives real concrete ongoing evidence of how stimulus spending affects growth, increasing tax revenues and actually turning around the deficit on that basis. Thanks Patrick, for the article. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Galbraith: The danger posed by the deficit `is zero' James Galbraith is an economist and the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government and business relations at the University of Texas at Austin. He's also a skeptic of the prevailing concern over America's long-term deficit. With many people now comparing America's fiscal condition to Greece, I spoke with Galbraith to get the other side of the argument. An edited transcript of our conversation follows. EK: You think the danger posed by the long-term deficit is overstated by most economists and economic commentators. JG: No, I think the danger is zero. It's not overstated. It's completely misstated. EK: Why? JG: What is the nature of the danger? The only possible answer is that this larger deficit would cause a rise in the interest rate. Well, if the markets thought that was a serious risk, the rate on 20-year treasury bonds wouldn't be 4 percent and change now. If the markets thought that the interest rate would be forced up by funding difficulties 10 year from now, it would show up in the 20-year rate. That rate has actually been coming down in the wake of the European crisis. So there are two possibilities here. One is the theory is wrong. The other is that the market isn't rational. And if the market isn't rational, there's no point in designing policy to accommodate the markets because you can't accommodate an irrational entity. EK: Then why are the bulk of your colleagues so worried about this? JG: Let's push a bit deeper on the CBO forecasts. They publish a baseline set of projections. One of those projections holds the economy will return to a normal high-employment level with low inflation over the next 10 years. If true, that would be wonderful news. Go down a few lines and they also have the short-term interest rate going up to 5 percent. It's that short-term interest rate combined with that low inflation rate that allows them to generate, quite mechanically, these enormous future deficit forecasts. And those forecasts are driven partially by the assumption that health-care costs will rise forever at a faster rate than everything else and by interest payments on the debt will hit 20 or 25 percent of GDP. At this point, the whole thing is completely incoherent. You cannot write checks to 20 percent to anybody without that money entering the economy and increasing employment and inflation. And if it does that, then debt-to-GDP has to be lower, because inflation figures into how much debt we have. These numbers need to come together in a coherent story, and the CBO's forecast does not give us a coherent story. So everything that is said that is based on the CBO's baseline is, strictly speaking, nonsense. EK: But couldn't there be a space between the CBO being totally correct and the debt not being a problem? It seems certain, for instance, that health-care costs will continue to rise faster than other sectors of the economy. JG: No, it's not reasonable. Share of health-care cost would rise as part of total GDP and the inflation would rise to be nearer to what the rate of health-care inflation is. And if health care does get that expensive, and we're paying 30 percent of GDP while everyone else is paying 12 percent, we could buy Paris and all the doctors and just move our elderly there. EK: But putting inflation aside, the gap between spending and revenues won't have other ill effects? JG: Is there any terrible consequence because we haven't prefunded the defense budget? No. There's only one budget and one borrowing authority and all that matters is what that authority pays. Say
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote: Hey Curtis! We've missed you brother, and we've REALLY missed your exceptional writing. I forwarded your review to Judith...hope you don't mind! Thanks Joe. I'm glad she will read what I wrote. I was going to send her a more gushy thank you for the book, but my post gave her the solid props she deserves. Isn't it funny that this book, while sealing the deal about what MMY did sexually, also has the effect of humanizing him, and as a result, causing us both to feel a new kind of sympathy for him. You nailed it. Your thoughtful posts made me want to write about how the book affected me. I am stuck between the feelings of seeing him as another conflicted dude with a high falut'n fantasy mission, trying to live up to his own hype, and seeing him as another religious hypocrite who placed impossible standards on others that he couldn't live up to. I see him as psychologically damaged goods. His life was many versions of weird. And I do believe that humans put in personal fiefdoms where they never hear no makes them nuts. But Judith has given me more spin on the side of him evolving into the user he became rather than a straight-up narcissist con man working us all. He seemed to be as much of a victim of his own bullshit as I was. And who do we have to thank for that? An uber-oddball homeless guy who won the lottery and became the Hindu pope! Jai guru wh! Since Maharishi knew his holy sage routine was an act, he could have been a bit more real with us. But as a religious fundamentalist on a mission, I can see why that was impossible for him. And if enough people tell you your farts smell like rose petals perhaps you just believe that you are the chosen one eventually. I am still undecided about whether he had contempt for his followers like a person with a true narcissist personality disorder would have. Judy did us a real favor with this book. The people who can't face Maharishi the human and would never read this are missing something much more intriguing on a human level than seeing him as the cartoon character poster boy for an over-hyped state of mind and point of view. Oh yeah and one last thing. At least we can be grateful that he gave his purity kingdom facade up for such a genuine stunner! I would have been very disappointed with another Monica! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Thought I would weigh in on Judith's book because I believe it is a profound contribution to understanding Maharishi. My first impression is that he was lucky to have it be Judith as the first to document one of his affairs. She is a sensitive writer and presents her experience with a lot of kindness to Maharishi. Judith comes off as too thoughtful and sincere for people to continue to challenge her veracity. She is for real. I can easily understand why it took her so long to process her feelings about this relationship. She did an excellent job with an extremely sensitive and personal topic. This book is a gift to all of us who knew him and I thank her for it. As with Maharishi's death, the book represents another milestone in my evolving perspective on the guy. Initially I was a little pissed that someone, out of all the people in cahoots to make these affairs possible (Jerry for one), hadn't blown the whistle explicitly a long time ago. It sure would have helped me when I was under his brahmachari instructions to know that even the great Maharishi was tormented and couldn't control the mighty dhoti dolphin. That this conflict wasn't due to MY lack of focus on my energy going up. (The Catholic Church just called and wants its sex-guilt-teaching back.) His inner conflicts, revealed in his discussing with Judith how his energy was going down because of his banging her, shows him as a religious zealot who was tormented Jerry Falwell style by his own antiquated beliefs. Then he pats the bed beside him inviting her once again to play Gopi to his Krishna. Woman maligned as Eve the temptress is one of the shittiest implied messages religion peddles! The book made me see Maharishi paradoxically in both a more sympathetic light, as well as revealing that he was a world-class selfish lout. I get his own internal struggles with his beliefs and I also get the kid-in-the-candy-store temptation he was under. I believe that people who live in this kind of atmosphere of reverence lose their brain's checks and balances between parts of the brain that usually controls our impulses. Whether he started off as the emperor's spoiled child or his surrounding himself with adoring people made him that way, means little in the end. The guy became like the rock stars whose fame he courted. Not quite Mao with hundreds of the hottest
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
I enjoyed the review, too. Thanks for going to the trouble. So, the book was well-written? I was wondering. It makes a difference. Is the book stocked at Revelations bookstore in Fairfield? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote: Well done! forwarded review to Jerry J. just now. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Great review, Curtis. I have not read the book yet and probably will not get to for some time, because I'm leaving for a long summer vacation soon and it wouldn't have had time to to get here before I left. Thanks man, it is worth a read. I only wish it was twice as long! I hope it is not the last memoir. It wouldn't even have to be another sex revelation, I would like to read a thick Kitty Kelly type book on his personal life. I'm sure there are some entertaining Howard Hughes/Jacko lifestyle revelations to come.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
Curtis, I still think you would do well writing a book. You're such an entertaining writer, and you've got a lot to write about. There are lots of autobiographies these days by people who were in and then out of cults, such as Cartwheels in a Sari. From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:27 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Joe geezerfr...@... wrote: Hey Curtis! We've missed you brother, and we've REALLY missed your exceptional writing. I forwarded your review to Judith...hope you don't mind! Thanks Joe. I'm glad she will read what I wrote. I was going to send her a more gushy thank you for the book, but my post gave her the solid props she deserves. Isn't it funny that this book, while sealing the deal about what MMY did sexually, also has the effect of humanizing him, and as a result, causing us both to feel a new kind of sympathy for him. You nailed it. Your thoughtful posts made me want to write about how the book affected me. I am stuck between the feelings of seeing him as another conflicted dude with a high falut'n fantasy mission, trying to live up to his own hype, and seeing him as another religious hypocrite who placed impossible standards on others that he couldn't live up to. I see him as psychologically damaged goods. His life was many versions of weird. And I do believe that humans put in personal fiefdoms where they never hear no makes them nuts. But Judith has given me more spin on the side of him evolving into the user he became rather than a straight-up narcissist con man working us all. He seemed to be as much of a victim of his own bullshit as I was. And who do we have to thank for that? An uber-oddball homeless guy who won the lottery and became the Hindu pope! Jai guru wh! Since Maharishi knew his holy sage routine was an act, he could have been a bit more real with us. But as a religious fundamentalist on a mission, I can see why that was impossible for him. And if enough people tell you your farts smell like rose petals perhaps you just believe that you are the chosen one eventually. I am still undecided about whether he had contempt for his followers like a person with a true narcissist personality disorder would have. Judy did us a real favor with this book. The people who can't face Maharishi the human and would never read this are missing something much more intriguing on a human level than seeing him as the cartoon character poster boy for an over-hyped state of mind and point of view. Oh yeah and one last thing. At least we can be grateful that he gave his purity kingdom facade up for such a genuine stunner! I would have been very disappointed with another Monica! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Thought I would weigh in on Judith's book because I believe it is a profound contribution to understanding Maharishi. My first impression is that he was lucky to have it be Judith as the first to document one of his affairs. She is a sensitive writer and presents her experience with a lot of kindness to Maharishi. Judith comes off as too thoughtful and sincere for people to continue to challenge her veracity. She is for real. I can easily understand why it took her so long to process her feelings about this relationship. She did an excellent job with an extremely sensitive and personal topic. This book is a gift to all of us who knew him and I thank her for it. As with Maharishi's death, the book represents another milestone in my evolving perspective on the guy. Initially I was a little pissed that someone, out of all the people in cahoots to make these affairs possible (Jerry for one), hadn't blown the whistle explicitly a long time ago. It sure would have helped me when I was under his brahmachari instructions to know that even the great Maharishi was tormented and couldn't control the mighty dhoti dolphin. That this conflict wasn't due to MY lack of focus on my energy going up. (The Catholic Church just called and wants its sex-guilt-teaching back.) His inner conflicts, revealed in his discussing with Judith how his energy was going down because of his banging her, shows him as a religious zealot who was tormented Jerry Falwell style by his own antiquated beliefs. Then he pats the bed beside him inviting her once again to play Gopi to his Krishna. Woman maligned as Eve the temptress is one of the shittiest implied messages religion peddles! The book made me see Maharishi paradoxically in both a more sympathetic light, as well as revealing that he was a world-class selfish lout. I get his own internal struggles with his beliefs and I also get the kid-in-the-candy-store temptation he was under. I
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jpgillam Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:31 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book I enjoyed the review, too. Thanks for going to the trouble. So, the book was well-written? I was wondering. It makes a difference. Is the book stocked at Revelations bookstore in Fairfield? I doubt it. A big chunk of their business consists of true blue ru's. I doubt they'd want to stock it. But the Fairfield Public Library will get one.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgil...@... wrote: I enjoyed the review, too. Thanks for going to the trouble. So, the book was well-written? I was wondering. It makes a difference. I don't pretend to be the best judge of that. It comes across as thoughtfully written and carefully edited to me. This is no shitty first draft. She has whittled down pretty complex situations with conciseness and precision. This took work and it obviously meant a lot to her. Is the book stocked at Revelations bookstore in Fairfield? Don't know. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifuxero@ wrote: Well done! forwarded review to Jerry J. just now. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Great review, Curtis. I have not read the book yet and probably will not get to for some time, because I'm leaving for a long summer vacation soon and it wouldn't have had time to to get here before I left. Thanks man, it is worth a read. I only wish it was twice as long! I hope it is not the last memoir. It wouldn't even have to be another sex revelation, I would like to read a thick Kitty Kelly type book on his personal life. I'm sure there are some entertaining Howard Hughes/Jacko lifestyle revelations to come.
[FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
You have to be careful in buying into the Tea Party/Republican agenda. Historically, Republicans tend to promise Americans tax cuts to cure the economy. Reagan and the Bushes adopted this strategy and won. The tax cuts are obviously appealing to the voters and thus would vote for the Republican idea. But the voters ignore the fact that these tax cuts contribute the deficits that we are having now. On the other hand, Democrats tend to raise taxes to solve problems in the economy. For example, Mondale stated this idea during his candidacy. The voters obviously did not like this idea and thus Mondale lost. President Obama was forced to adopt the stimulus package to save the banks and prevent another great depression. IMO, this strategy worked to save the country and the world from economic collapse. The question now is what do we do with the current deficit and the national debt which is approaching in trillions of dollars (about 10 trillion from the last figure I remember reading). The GAO chief has already warned the public of the current government balance sheet. Another round of tax cuts will not be the solution for obvious reason. IMO, both parties would have to stop playing politics and should get together to come up with a common/bipartisan solution. The longer the politicians blame each other, the more the taxpayers pay for the interest for the money that was borrowed to pay our expenses. And, guess who is the biggest lender to the US economy? Red China. That's right. Think about it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: The Tea Party is listening, that is their message! In 2006 conservatives abandoned the Republicans at the polls because of too much spending, not because the war in Iraq was going badly or Osama Bin Laden had not been captured. Recent polls suggest the country wants divided government again to keep taxing and spending in check. Hell, Pelosi won't even submit a budget, much less commit to one. I'm sure the idea is to run up the debt and let the Republicans deal with it and take the blame. From: John jr_...@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 9:42:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars  I just want to repeat this over and over again. Nobody seems to be listening. Maybe the repetition will create a vibration of warning for the entire forum and the country as a whole. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Ummm John... just now figurin' this out? From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:00:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars àBoth major parties are to blame for this financial fiasco. In the end, we as taxpayers will pay for this huge bill. If not, future generations of Americans will pay for it if the country is still existing by then. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget_deficit
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
Geeze, confession: Just sat down before the screen still drowsy after a nap and started reading the below and kept saying to myself that I couldn't believe Barry was writing such a piece that showed such insight into the predatory possibilities of any meeting between minds separated by decades in age apart and with such disparity in personal power. I was so torn between wanting to praise Barry and yet rub his nose into the very words he'd written as proof that he, indeed, knew how to seduce a young one such that he saw clearly the art of Maharishi's methodology. And then only at the very end did I see Curtis. What a lesson for me, eh? Barry ya cudda been a contender. Curtis, I bow. But, heh, I gotta rub your nose in the same ken. Does ya gots a lots of baby babes swooning on the curb to your pluckin' ways? Hee hee. Talk about a gig for gigging the gals; hmmm, are you pre-filling your open guitar case with twenty dollar bills like cheese in a trap for them like it was a taste of your Scrooge McDuck pile-back-home? Just askin' -- ;-) I remember being tempted right and left running the Napa center during the Merv era and processing the crowds, but I was married, and it was that vow that kept me clean a lot more than any imprecations by Maharishi. If I had been single while doing my thang with the candles and fruit and incense, I would have probably had to wrestle with the same temptations of misusing one's office regarding initiates. As it was, there were several women who made it very clear that I was, indeed, special to them by virtue of my holy occupation. Thank GAWD my wife was HAWT. But doing a harem, even if I'd been single, was wy not right to me then and now. Serial rape just isn't loving no matter how agog are the babes-lined-up. Nice piece, bro -- made me all turmoilish. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: Thought I would weigh in on Judith's book because I believe it is a profound contribution to understanding Maharishi. My first impression is that he was lucky to have it be Judith as the first to document one of his affairs. She is a sensitive writer and presents her experience with a lot of kindness to Maharishi. Judith comes off as too thoughtful and sincere for people to continue to challenge her veracity. She is for real. I can easily understand why it took her so long to process her feelings about this relationship. She did an excellent job with an extremely sensitive and personal topic. This book is a gift to all of us who knew him and I thank her for it. As with Maharishi's death, the book represents another milestone in my evolving perspective on the guy. Initially I was a little pissed that someone, out of all the people in cahoots to make these affairs possible (Jerry for one), hadn't blown the whistle explicitly a long time ago. It sure would have helped me when I was under his brahmachari instructions to know that even the great Maharishi was tormented and couldn't control the mighty dhoti dolphin. That this conflict wasn't due to MY lack of focus on my energy going up. (The Catholic Church just called and wants its sex-guilt-teaching back.) His inner conflicts, revealed in his discussing with Judith how his energy was going down because of his banging her, shows him as a religious zealot who was tormented Jerry Falwell style by his own antiquated beliefs. Then he pats the bed beside him inviting her once again to play Gopi to his Krishna. Woman maligned as Eve the temptress is one of the shittiest implied messages religion peddles! The book made me see Maharishi paradoxically in both a more sympathetic light, as well as revealing that he was a world-class selfish lout. I get his own internal struggles with his beliefs and I also get the kid-in-the-candy-store temptation he was under. I believe that people who live in this kind of atmosphere of reverence lose their brain's checks and balances between parts of the brain that usually controls our impulses. Whether he started off as the emperor's spoiled child or his surrounding himself with adoring people made him that way, means little in the end. The guy became like the rock stars whose fame he courted. Not quite Mao with hundreds of the hottest country girls from rural China at his parties every night, but a sizable heap of hypocrisy for a self- proclaimed celibate who preached its virtues to us, while having his own holy pipes regularly cleaned. In one section another girl tells Judith about him copping a feel and then telling her not to wear that top again! WTF, Don't they have bases in Cricket like baseball? Anytime your hands are rounding second base without any kissing beforehand you are a masher on the level of the weaselly guy on a crowded bus. Then blaming her clothes for this caddish behavior is lame. Very
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam wrote: I enjoyed the review, too. Thanks for going to the trouble. So, the book was well-written? I was wondering. It makes a difference. I don't pretend to be the best judge of that. It comes across as thoughtfully written and carefully edited to me. This is no shitty first draft. She has whittled down pretty complex situations with conciseness and precision. This took work and it obviously meant a lot to her. This ^ is what I was hoping for - that the book is not emotional vomit, but a thoughtful story. Lots of personal stories are more cathartic than artful. Glad to read this is an exception.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:44 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Curtis, I still think you would do well writing a book. You're such an entertaining writer, and you've got a lot to write about. There are lots of autobiographies these days by people who were in and then out of cults, such as Cartwheels in a Sari. Thanks Rick for always being a positive cheerleader for me! I want to send some big props your way for taking a rash of heat through the years on a story you were light years ahead of the pack on. Your focus on what is real and true about Maharishis over what supports personal belief agendas is an inspiration. After years of people calling you a rumor monger you are finally vindicated. And what happens...they still call you a rumor monger! Consistency and commitment are such a human Achilles heel! I was still decades behind McCutcheon, Clayton, et al, but I wasn't a skin boy. Also, they didn't have the internet. Another difference: I didn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. I tried to take a more nuanced approach, as did Judith.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Nice piece, bro -- made me all turmoilish. Edg High compliment indeed brother. Thanks, creating turmoil is my business! Geeze, confession: Just sat down before the screen still drowsy after a nap and started reading the below and kept saying to myself that I couldn't believe Barry was writing such a piece that showed such insight into the predatory possibilities of any meeting between minds separated by decades in age apart and with such disparity in personal power. I was so torn between wanting to praise Barry and yet rub his nose into the very words he'd written as proof that he, indeed, knew how to seduce a young one such that he saw clearly the art of Maharishi's methodology. And then only at the very end did I see Curtis. What a lesson for me, eh? Barry ya cudda been a contender. Curtis, I bow. But, heh, I gotta rub your nose in the same ken. Does ya gots a lots of baby babes swooning on the curb to your pluckin' ways? Hee hee. Talk about a gig for gigging the gals; hmmm, are you pre-filling your open guitar case with twenty dollar bills like cheese in a trap for them like it was a taste of your Scrooge McDuck pile-back-home? Just askin' -- ;-) I remember being tempted right and left running the Napa center during the Merv era and processing the crowds, but I was married, and it was that vow that kept me clean a lot more than any imprecations by Maharishi. If I had been single while doing my thang with the candles and fruit and incense, I would have probably had to wrestle with the same temptations of misusing one's office regarding initiates. As it was, there were several women who made it very clear that I was, indeed, special to them by virtue of my holy occupation. Thank GAWD my wife was HAWT. But doing a harem, even if I'd been single, was wy not right to me then and now. Serial rape just isn't loving no matter how agog are the babes-lined-up. Nice piece, bro -- made me all turmoilish. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Thought I would weigh in on Judith's book because I believe it is a profound contribution to understanding Maharishi. My first impression is that he was lucky to have it be Judith as the first to document one of his affairs. She is a sensitive writer and presents her experience with a lot of kindness to Maharishi. Judith comes off as too thoughtful and sincere for people to continue to challenge her veracity. She is for real. I can easily understand why it took her so long to process her feelings about this relationship. She did an excellent job with an extremely sensitive and personal topic. This book is a gift to all of us who knew him and I thank her for it. As with Maharishi's death, the book represents another milestone in my evolving perspective on the guy. Initially I was a little pissed that someone, out of all the people in cahoots to make these affairs possible (Jerry for one), hadn't blown the whistle explicitly a long time ago. It sure would have helped me when I was under his brahmachari instructions to know that even the great Maharishi was tormented and couldn't control the mighty dhoti dolphin. That this conflict wasn't due to MY lack of focus on my energy going up. (The Catholic Church just called and wants its sex-guilt-teaching back.) His inner conflicts, revealed in his discussing with Judith how his energy was going down because of his banging her, shows him as a religious zealot who was tormented Jerry Falwell style by his own antiquated beliefs. Then he pats the bed beside him inviting her once again to play Gopi to his Krishna. Woman maligned as Eve the temptress is one of the shittiest implied messages religion peddles! The book made me see Maharishi paradoxically in both a more sympathetic light, as well as revealing that he was a world-class selfish lout. I get his own internal struggles with his beliefs and I also get the kid-in-the-candy-store temptation he was under. I believe that people who live in this kind of atmosphere of reverence lose their brain's checks and balances between parts of the brain that usually controls our impulses. Whether he started off as the emperor's spoiled child or his surrounding himself with adoring people made him that way, means little in the end. The guy became like the rock stars whose fame he courted. Not quite Mao with hundreds of the hottest country girls from rural China at his parties every night, but a sizable heap of hypocrisy for a self- proclaimed celibate who preached its virtues to us, while having his own holy pipes regularly cleaned. In one section another girl tells Judith about him copping a feel and then telling her not to wear that top
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: snip I was still decades behind McCutcheon, Clayton, et al, but I wasn't a skin boy. Also, they didn't have the internet. Another difference: I didn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. I tried to take a more nuanced approach, as did Judith. My take on that baby in the bath! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BceXBtJZ-Qfeature=related
[FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Don't forget people were marketed loans and spending. Remember the George Dumbfuck Bush told people to go shopping after 9-11. The banksters were lending out 33 dollars for every one they actually had in the bank. They should have told people wanting mortgages that the house they wanted to buy was overpriced and denied them the loan that way. Greed is the monster. Yes, the banks are part to blame in the whole mess, and greed is the monster.but it's also greed that makes a person dumb enough to buy into the idea of purchasing a home or taking a huge loan despite the fact they don't have the income to pay it off. I never fell for anything like that, and I know others who didn't. Basically, if you're going to be dumb enough to buy something bogus, there will never be a shortage of those who are willing to sell. seekliberation
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
I have to disagree with part of this, although I have not read the book. Just because a woman writes a book, it doesn't mean that what she writes is true, although it may be. I would say that this woman's affair with MMY is no longer a rumor but nor is it a fact, so no one can be vindicated by its publication. It is a claim or an allegation, and I think there is a difference. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Curtis, I still think you would do well writing a book. You're such an entertaining writer, and you've got a lot to write about. There are lots of autobiographies these days by people who were in and then out of cults, such as Cartwheels in a Sari. Thanks Rick for always being a positive cheerleader for me! I want to send some big props your way for taking a rash of heat through the years on a story you were light years ahead of the pack on. Your focus on what is real and true about Maharishis over what supports personal belief agendas is an inspiration. After years of people calling you a rumor monger you are finally vindicated. And what happens...they still call you a rumor monger! Consistency and commitment are such a human Achilles heel! From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:27 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Joe geezerfreak@ wrote: Hey Curtis! We've missed you brother, and we've REALLY missed your exceptional writing. I forwarded your review to Judith...hope you don't mind! Thanks Joe. I'm glad she will read what I wrote. I was going to send her a more gushy thank you for the book, but my post gave her the solid props she deserves. Isn't it funny that this book, while sealing the deal about what MMY did sexually, also has the effect of humanizing him, and as a result, causing us both to feel a new kind of sympathy for him. You nailed it. Your thoughtful posts made me want to write about how the book affected me. I am stuck between the feelings of seeing him as another conflicted dude with a high falut'n fantasy mission, trying to live up to his own hype, and seeing him as another religious hypocrite who placed impossible standards on others that he couldn't live up to. I see him as psychologically damaged goods. His life was many versions of weird. And I do believe that humans put in personal fiefdoms where they never hear no makes them nuts. But Judith has given me more spin on the side of him evolving into the user he became rather than a straight-up narcissist con man working us all. He seemed to be as much of a victim of his own bullshit as I was. And who do we have to thank for that? An uber-oddball homeless guy who won the lottery and became the Hindu pope! Jai guru wh! Since Maharishi knew his holy sage routine was an act, he could have been a bit more real with us. But as a religious fundamentalist on a mission, I can see why that was impossible for him. And if enough people tell you your farts smell like rose petals perhaps you just believe that you are the chosen one eventually. I am still undecided about whether he had contempt for his followers like a person with a true narcissist personality disorder would have. Judy did us a real favor with this book. The people who can't face Maharishi the human and would never read this are missing something much more intriguing on a human level than seeing him as the cartoon character poster boy for an over-hyped state of mind and point of view. Oh yeah and one last thing. At least we can be grateful that he gave his purity kingdom facade up for such a genuine stunner! I would have been very disappointed with another Monica! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Thought I would weigh in on Judith's book because I believe it is a profound contribution to understanding Maharishi. My first impression is that he was lucky to have it be Judith as the first to document one of his affairs. She is a sensitive writer and presents her experience with a lot of kindness to Maharishi. Judith comes off as too thoughtful and sincere for people to continue to challenge her veracity. She is for real. I can easily understand why it took her so long to process her feelings about this relationship. She did an excellent job with an extremely sensitive and personal topic. This book is a gift to all of us who knew him and I thank her for it. As with Maharishi's death, the book
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of feste37 Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 3:48 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book I have to disagree with part of this, although I have not read the book. Just because a woman writes a book, it doesn't mean that what she writes is true, although it may be. I would say that this woman's affair with MMY is no longer a rumor but nor is it a fact, so no one can be vindicated by its publication. It is a claim or an allegation, and I think there is a difference. I haven't read it yet either, but those who have say it is very credible. Maharishi's hand-written letters to Judith, reproduced in the book, must increase that credibility a lot. It would be a stretch to suggest that she forged them.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: I want to send some big props your way for taking a rash of heat through the years on a story you were light years ahead of the pack on. Your focus on what is real and true about Maharishis over what supports personal belief agendas is an inspiration. After years of people calling you a rumor monger you are finally vindicated. Because of what a woman who runs after Conny Larson writes ? What a joke !
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 4:17 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: I want to send some big props your way for taking a rash of heat through the years on a story you were light years ahead of the pack on. Your focus on what is real and true about Maharishis over what supports personal belief agendas is an inspiration. After years of people calling you a rumor monger you are finally vindicated. Because of what a woman who runs after Conny Larson writes ? What a joke ! Read the book Nabbykinspie. Otherwise you don't know what you're talking about.
[FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wg...@... wrote: Unfortunately GWya kind of through us conservatives under the bus with his/their lavish spending (at least the economy was good at the time), most EVERY Democrat went along with it too...at least the Republicans have some modicum of fiscal accountability left. The Democrats are truly sociopathic when it comes to spending In truth, the only modern president who cut taxes for the middle class, balanced the budget, created a surplus, cut the size of government, reformed welfare, created jobs, and presided over the nation during a time of unprecedented peace and prosperity was a Democrat, President Bill Clinton http://linton5.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-03.html . He did this after inheriting a recession with record deficits. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: The Tea Party is listening, that is their message! In 2006 conservatives abandoned the Republicans at the polls because of too much spending, not because the war in Iraq was going badly or Osama Bin Laden had not been captured. Recent polls suggest the country wants divided government again to keep taxing and spending in check. Hell, Pelosi won't even submit a budget, much less commit to one. I'm sure the idea is to run up the debt and let the Republicans deal with it and take the blame. From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 9:42:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars  I just want to repeat this over and over again. Nobody seems to be listening. Maybe the repetition will create a vibration of warning for the entire forum and the country as a whole. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Ummm John... just now figurin' this out? From: John jr_esq@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:00:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars àBoth major parties are to blame for this financial fiasco. In the end, we as taxpayers will pay for this huge bill. If not, future generations of Americans will pay for it if the country is still existing by then. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget_deficit
[FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
do.rflex: To suggest that the New Deal did not help, and maybe made it worse, is appalling... As far as rhetoric is concerned, the revival of the old-time religion is most evident in Europe, where officials seem to be getting their talking points from the collected speeches of Herbert Hoover, up to and including the claim that raising taxes and cutting spending will actually expand the economy, by improving business confidence... Read more: Bhairitu: So Krugman finally wakes up: 'Krugman: The Third Depression' http://tinyurl.com/24u7tco New York Times, June 28, 2010 FairfieldLife/message/250806 http://tinyurl.com/238ya37
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 4:17 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I want to send some big props your way for taking a rash of heat through the years on a story you were light years ahead of the pack on. Your focus on what is real and true about Maharishis over what supports personal belief agendas is an inspiration. After years of people calling you a rumor monger you are finally vindicated. Because of what a woman who runs after Conny Larson writes ? What a joke ! Read the book Nabbykinspie. Otherwise you don't know what you're talking about. I know she runs after Conny Larson, that says all about her credibility,
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:31 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book Because of what a woman who runs after Conny Larson writes ? What a joke ! Read the book Nabbykinspie. Otherwise you don't know what you're talking about. I know she runs after Conny Larson, that says all about her credibility. As I understand it they are friends, and have been through similar experiences with gurus. I suppose you don't like Conny because he's a Sai Baba critic. You're on pretty thin ice with that one, bub.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:31 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book Because of what a woman who runs after Conny Larson writes ? What a joke ! Read the book Nabbykinspie. Otherwise you don't know what you're talking about. I know she runs after Conny Larson, that says all about her credibility. As I understand it they are friends, and have been through similar experiences with gurus. I suppose you don't like Conny because he's a Sai Baba critic. You're on pretty thin ice with that one, bub. Kinspie, now bub - what will be the next ? As many have described here CL is a very disturbed person having been sexually abused from a very young age, according to himself. But for you anything goes and anyone will be a truthful witness as long as is a seedy rumor. You're not just an idiot, you're totally naive.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
feste37: I have to disagree with part of this, although I have not read the book. Just because a woman writes a book, it doesn't mean that what she writes is true, although it may be. I would say that this woman's affair with MMY is no longer a rumor but nor is it a fact, so no one can be vindicated by its publication. It is a claim or an allegation, and I think there is a difference. It will be interesting to read what Connie Larsson has to say about Judith and her book. Apparently they are both into the same 'screw the guru', and then write a book about it. Apparently Connie and Judith have been playing this game for years, with various gurus. The question is, why would Judith want to blow the Maha and why would Connie want to get blowed by the Baba?
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:56 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:31 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book Because of what a woman who runs after Conny Larson writes ? What a joke ! Read the book Nabbykinspie. Otherwise you don't know what you're talking about. I know she runs after Conny Larson, that says all about her credibility. As I understand it they are friends, and have been through similar experiences with gurus. I suppose you don't like Conny because he's a Sai Baba critic. You're on pretty thin ice with that one, bub. Kinspie, now bub - what will be the next ? Snookums? As many have described here CL is a very disturbed person having been sexually abused from a very young age, according to himself. But for you anything goes and anyone will be a truthful witness as long as is a seedy rumor. You're not just an idiot, you're totally naive. There's a pot/kettle blackness situation for you.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: US Federal Deficit Tops One Trillion Dollars
seekliberation wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Don't forget people were marketed loans and spending. Remember the George Dumbfuck Bush told people to go shopping after 9-11. The banksters were lending out 33 dollars for every one they actually had in the bank. They should have told people wanting mortgages that the house they wanted to buy was overpriced and denied them the loan that way. Greed is the monster. Yes, the banks are part to blame in the whole mess, and greed is the monster.but it's also greed that makes a person dumb enough to buy into the idea of purchasing a home or taking a huge loan despite the fact they don't have the income to pay it off. I never fell for anything like that, and I know others who didn't. Basically, if you're going to be dumb enough to buy something bogus, there will never be a shortage of those who are willing to sell. seekliberation Hey a lot of people 5-6 years ago had jobs they never even dreamed would go away. Back then you when asked by one of these people you might have even said go for it when it came to buying a house. And many could afford the house but then they made the mistake of taking out an LOC on it and turning it into a cash machine. That's why a lot of people are underwater. But philosophically the problem goes deeper. I truly believe that the wealthy old families of Europe truly do not like the masses owning property. They have schemed for centuries to get their hands on what property the masses had. Yup, it's a conspiracy but not a theory. I truly think they want to crash the economy to buy property for pennies on the dollar. And tell me why can't someone whose in trouble do a deal with the bank to reduce the principal? Some people have been able to do that. Many of the banks would prefer the house to go through foreclosure as they make more money that way rather than work something out. I think that stinks and is why the people should rise up and lynch the bankers. They are nothing more than crooks.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
You know Judith runs after Conny? How on earth did you come up with that idea? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 4:17 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I want to send some big props your way for taking a rash of heat through the years on a story you were light years ahead of the pack on. Your focus on what is real and true about Maharishis over what supports personal belief agendas is an inspiration. After years of people calling you a rumor monger you are finally vindicated. Because of what a woman who runs after Conny Larson writes ? What a joke ! Read the book Nabbykinspie. Otherwise you don't know what you're talking about. I know she runs after Conny Larson, that says all about her credibility,
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
On Jul 14, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I enjoyed the review, too. Thanks for going to the trouble. So, the book was well-written? I was wondering. It makes a difference. Is the book stocked at Revelations bookstore in Fairfield? I doubt it. A big chunk of their business consists of true blue ru’s. I doubt they’d want to stock it. But the Fairfield Public Library will get one. Good! And then I'll read it. I'm simply too cheap to buy one otherwise. Sal the cheapskate Hey Curtis! I second the welcome-back. (Cue John Sebastian here...) Glad to see you name again in these-here parts. Sal 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] Post Count
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jul 10 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Jul 17 00:00:00 2010 458 messages as of (UTC) Thu Jul 15 00:05:21 2010 51 Joe geezerfr...@yahoo.com 49 Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com 45 authfriend jst...@panix.com 39 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com 34 WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com 28 Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net 25 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 18 Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net 18 John jr_...@yahoo.com 16 ditzyklanmail carc...@yahoo.co.in 15 Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com 15 do.rflex do.rf...@yahoo.com 12 yifuxero yifux...@yahoo.com 8 cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com 7 mahavid3h no_re...@yahoogroups.com 7 curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com 6 seventhray1 steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net 6 raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com 5 merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com 5 emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com 4 sgrayatlarge no_re...@yahoogroups.com 4 Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com 3 seekliberation seekliberat...@yahoo.com 3 randyanand ra...@rocketmail.com 3 jpgillam jpgil...@yahoo.com 3 Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@lisco.com 3 It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@gmail.com 3 Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com 2 shukra69 shukr...@yahoo.ca 2 parsleysage meowthirt...@yahoo.com 2 mainstream20016 mainstream20...@yahoo.com 2 confmkeinst no_re...@yahoogroups.com 2 Yifu Xero yifux...@yahoo.com 2 Paul at_man_and_brah...@sbcglobal.net 2 MinP min.p...@yahoo.com 1 wgm4u wg...@yahoo.com 1 pranamoocher bh...@hotmail.com 1 merlin vedamer...@yahoo.de 1 johnlasher20002000 johnltheob...@mchsi.com 1 feste37 fest...@yahoo.com 1 andrasayer sandraa...@hotmail.com 1 Robert babajii...@yahoo.com 1 Hugo fintlewoodle...@mail.com 1 Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com Posters: 44 Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times = Daylight Saving Time (Summer): US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM Standard Time (Winter): US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com
[FairfieldLife] Re: My take on Judith's book
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: Hey Curtis! I second the welcome-back. (Cue John Sebastian here...) Glad to see you name again in these-here parts. Sal Hey Sal, Thanks for the welcome. I am on a limited engagement run here focused on this topic. Being a big library user myself, I understand your waiting for it there. See if they will put it on hold for you as they do here. You'll dig it for sure. On Jul 14, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Rick Archer wrote: I enjoyed the review, too. Thanks for going to the trouble. So, the book was well-written? I was wondering. It makes a difference. Is the book stocked at Revelations bookstore in Fairfield? I doubt it. A big chunk of their business consists of true blue ru's. I doubt they'd want to stock it. But the Fairfield Public Library will get one. Good! And then I'll read it. I'm simply too cheap to buy one otherwise. Sal the cheapskate Hey Curtis! I second the welcome-back. (Cue John Sebastian here...) Glad to see you name again in these-here parts. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Moving Sale This Saturday, 9 am to 1 pm
Fwd from a friend of a friend: INSIDE MOVING SALE ! The house is sold, and I have to be out! Selling just about everything. This Saturday ONLY, July 17, 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. No earlies, please. 703 E. Burlington Avenue, Fairfield Please park on Maple Street around the corner and walk to front door. Brand New High-Quality Dark Bamboo Flooring, cost $700, selling for $350 Italian Dining-Room Chairs Round Pedestal Dining-Table (floor-length table cloth and topper included) Queen-sized Platform bed with foam Big mirrors 9x12 hooked rug, ecru, red, black, yellow (needs a good steam cleaning) with underlay Jewelry Vedic posters Spiritual books Like new kerosene heaters, fans and some not so new Computer accessories Flat screen TV, TV Stand Ladders, Extension and Other Lamps Mobiles Lawn Mower etc. Shark Steam Cleaner, one for floors and one for counters, etc. Much Miscellaneous Original Skyscape by David Kupferman David's large abstract color paintings evoke the light and mood of the inner and outer landscape. David's works are in many museums, private collections and corporations, and can be seen at galleries in Boston , Florida and on the Cape . attachment: image001 8.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount ffl.postco...@... wrote: Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jul 10 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Jul 17 00:00:00 2010 458 messages as of (UTC) Thu Jul 15 00:05:21 2010 51 Joe geezerfr...@... Ruh-roh. I guess that's buh-bye until the evening of Friday July 23.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Most important marriage criterion for Indians: skin color
Hahaha! Same expression. The place behind him looks like a restaurant in Brooklynn, Williamsburg, NY. From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, 14 July, 2010 10:28:18 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Most important marriage criterion for Indians: skin color --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, ditzyklanmail carc...@... wrote: Funny that you mention this! I was looking at a photo of an Indian friend on FB. He was pretty dark, like a tropical brown tan. The picture, lol, looked like technicolor! I had to look at it for a long time, because I do not remember the person being so light when I visited him in person. Hhaahaha. Now this explains it. Thanks for posting! Doesn't it make ya wonder what this Facebook app would do to Krishna's profile photo if he used it? He'd end up looking like this guy. :-) _ _ __ From: TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroup s.com To: FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Wed, 14 July, 2010 3:13:11 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Most important marriage criterion for Indians: skin color Go figure. Not caste, not wealth, not a compatible Jyotish chart. Lightness of skin color. So much so that there is now an app for Facebook India that will make users' skin in profile photos look lighter. This is Sat Yuga? Vaseline launches skin-whitening Facebook app for India NEW DELHI (AFP) †Skincare group Vaseline has introduced a skin-lightening application for Facebook in India, enabling users to make their faces whiter in their profile pictures. The download is designed to promote Vaseline's range of skin-lightening creams for men, a huge and fast-growing market driven by fashion and a cultural preference for fairer skin. The widget promises to Transform Your Face On Facebook With Vaseline Men in a campaign fronted by Bollywood actor Shahid Kapur, who is depicted with his face divided into dark and fair halves. We started campaign advertising (for the application) from the second week of June and the response has been pretty phenomenal, Pankaj Parihar from global advertising firm Omnicom, which designed the campaign, told AFP. Indian cosmetics giant Emami launched the first skin-whitening cream for men in 2005, called Fair and Handsome and advertised by Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan. It came 27 years after the first cream for women. Since then a half dozen foreign brands have piled into the male market, including Garnier, L'Oreal and Nivea, which promote the seemingly magical lightening qualities of their products in ubiquitous advertising. In 2009, a poll of nearly 12,000 people by online dating site Shaadi.com, revealed that skin tone was considered the most important criteria when choosing a partner in three northern Indian states. More and more, there's an anxiety in the mind of men about having fair skin, sociology professor T. K. Oommen at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi told AFP. Indians believe that if you have fair skin you belong to the higher caste, the Brahmins, he added, explaining that a succession of light-skinned colonisers in India reinforced the association of fairness with power. The Aryans, who came from central Asia, in addition to the Portuguese, the French and the British colonisers ruled over the country and probably contributed to this negative perception of dark-skin.
[FairfieldLife] 'Article on Recent Solar Eclipse'
My Experience of our Recent Eclipse Published on July 13th, 2010 | Posted by Jim Sher Tagged: Neptune, Solar Eclipse, Uranus, Venus It’s fun, and hopefully helpful, to sometimes write about how I am experiencing the transits about which I write. It gives the reader some idea of who I am as well as a chance to hear first-hand what a particular transit is doing. But this article goes beyond that, because the way I have experienced the most recent Solar eclipse gives me a chance to explain a principle in astrology that can illuminate you to something that links us with our past and future in a significant and profound way. Astrology is best understood in terms of cycles, rather than regarding events as individual and isolated moments that are not connected to anything. Sometimes it is difficult to see these cycles operating, but one of the ways we can do so is when we are able to connect the transits occurring at present with previous cycles. Perhaps, I can describe this better by giving a specific example. My natal Venus is 20° Cancer, which means that the recent Solar eclipse, was in close conjunction with that planet in my birth chart. I know that most of us think of Venus as an indicator of love and relationships, which is certainly true. But Venus is more than that. It rules our sense of the aesthetic and the way in which art, music, design, etc., connect us with the divine principles operating in the universe. Gurdjieff referred to this principle as “objective art.” This form of art is designed consciously by the artist to create a specific effect in the observer that speaks to not only the mind, but to the heart as well. It can even help us integrate the two, allowing us to experience something that takes us into new territories as we can apprehend something that speaks to our Soul, rather than to mere parts of our being. In astrology, I often look for what I call ’sensitive points.’ Today’s article is about this. A sensitive point is created in more than one way, but the one that applies to the recent eclipse is a very significant transit that occurred in 1993. I am referring to the conjunction of Uranus and Neptune, which last occurred in 1993. Its location was in the area of 20° of Capricorn. This means that the recent eclipse was in exact opposition to the newly born cycle of Uranus and Neptune that happened 17 years ago. This conjunction only occurs every 160-170 years, so it is very rare. Many generations can pass by without anyone experiencing this new birth or ‘renaissance’. The one word that best describes the meaning and effects of this conjunction is the word ‘Renaissance.’ By the way, the previous conjunction before the one in 1993 occurred in 1821 at 3° of Capricorn, which is also being activated by the present transits in the early degrees of the cardinal signs (Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Pluto). Back in 1993, I was very aware of this conjunction and since it was opposing my Venus, I suspected I might be in store for some big changes in my relationships. This did not happen and I often asked myself what had happened. Why didn’t anything more obvious or noticeable happen? Well, one thing did happen, but it didn’t seem to be significant. I began taking harp lessons which I continued for about 6 years until I could play in front of people and have some fun. I was learning to play on a beautiful Dusty Strings harp that was perfectly made for Celtic and ‘troubadour’ music. I really enjoyed this, but still I wondered why something bigger didn’t occur. I knew that conjunctions mark beginnings so it can often be that the full importance of the new cycle isn’t revealed until later, which turned out to be the case for me. Well, a Solar eclipse is exactly one of those periods where the ’seed’ that was planted at the earlier conjunction 17 years ago can begin to come to some sort of fruition. I know that this is exactly what is happening to me now. The realizations I’m writing about in this article have only come to me in the last few weeks or so, although it feels like I’ve understood it for a long time. More specifically, what I’ve been focused on the last few months has been the reading of three books by Kathleen McGowan. Her books have covered many things, including the hidden role of women in history over the past 2,000 years, the nature of the Divine Feminine and the possibility of ’sacred marriage’ (hierosgamos) and finally she presents a revision of the life of Jesus and his relationship with Mary Magdalene. To me, she goes way beyond the silly book by Dan Brown called “The Da Vinci Code.” She did a far better job of imagining a new scenario for what early Christianity might have looked like and connected it with aspects of early Christianity that Brown simply didn’t understand. In her third book, called “The Poet Prince,” she examines the historical period of the 1400’s in Florence, Italy, when there was a tremendous outpouring
[FairfieldLife] 'Transformation Now!...'
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Your Powers Are Returning...Exponentially! -the Spiritual Hierarchy Collectively, your planet has reached a critical crux of magnificent opportunity both for the masses, as well as for those who have consciously risen with the new sun. Way-showers of earth... your moment of power is now. The new solar codes that have been activated through the gateway portal of the lunar to solar eclipses are now fully integrating in the lives and bodies of awakened souls everywhere. The realization of this momentous event can be heralded through your subtle, but growing ability to stabilize in these incoming and unprecedented frequencies as you find the increasing capacity to remain in a state of emotional calm, despite the intensity that surrounds you at this time. You may even be noticing that events on earth suddenly seem very far away, almost at a distance comparable to a past time by which you are only observing as if in a movie of your own life. To this we confirm that YES, there is in fact great distance now between you and the timeline of past cause and effect creation. Let us explain: In the making of a divine world, you who are in tune with and aware of your roles that many have termed...lightworkers and starseeds...you have a knowing of things that others do not. It is not as though those around you unable to know, only that they are not yet prepared on a soul level to activate to these higher-level frequencies. The reason for this disparateness is as we have explained over the passing years...that there is a group of souls here to usher in the era of peace...to anchor the pillars, and in doing so, make the coming world possible for all to experience. In this deeply embedded quest for light, those of you who have been the grid anchors, divining rods and bridge builders have had an immeasurable amount of karmic energy to sort through. With much other-worldly experience, you have had the role of expunging, cleansing and filtering the outworn energies from the earth's grid and ley lines so that new energies could replace the old and so all others could experience the infusion of new light through a greater expansion of love. On your journeys, you have experienced much...you have released much...you have realized much...and you have begun to recognize your divinity in ways that others will begin to marvel at. You will remember things of your human history that will support the building of a new world and you will come to a place of comfort and confidence within yourself that you have never experienced in your human journey. This comfort results from the reuniting of your internal twin flame, your omnipresent god-self with your created human-self, the absolute divination that you were promised at the start of your selfless travails and in service to the One. Surely we will have more to share on the effects of this in the coming days. From Warrior to Creator What is most important that you realize through the opening of these powerful celestial gateways is that your role as warrior has definitively expired. In truth, you retired from this role many gateways ago, yet many of you are still shedding those skins in search of your new ones. Beloved counterparts, we say to you specificallyrelease yourselves fully into the bosom of divine creation now, for you no longer have a need to fight for your countenance...countenance is securely upon you. To all wayshowers preparing to step over the line of demarcation into full embodied truth, we on this side of the thinning veil dance in the absolute magnificence of what you've accomplished and what you are about to experience. To say that your life is about to change is an understatement, for only your imagination could dream up what you have planned for yourselves! Gladiators of the Next Wave The next wave of souls that are awakening to greater reality constructs have been triggered on a soul-genetic level through the activation portal between the grand cross alignment (that occurred on the full moon/lunar eclipse on June 26th) and the total solar eclipse (this past Sunday, July 11th). Know that all of life is forever changed through this transformational gateway. Many of you consciously entered this portal with what was, but are emerging with what IS. As you wipe the sleep from your eyes, you will notice that much has changed in your perceptual landscape and even those around you will respond to you in different ways. The new wave will be participating in this grand cosmic creation more as gladiators than warriors...defending, protecting fighting for the rise of consciousness as great institutions continue to dismantle and restructure to integrity based systems. These souls will be well versed in the workings of new energy and will see to it that the higher ways of being and coexisting in collaboration, love and respect for the planet, are seen and heard by those
[FairfieldLife] New Syfy series, Haven - Friday, July 16 at 10 PM
From The Week, 7-16-10: Based on Stephen King's The Colorado Kid, this new series centers on an FBI agent in a town whose residents have supernatural powers. Emily rose stars. Friday, July 16, at 10 PM, Syfy.
Re: [FairfieldLife] New Syfy series, Haven - Friday, July 16 at 10 PM
Yifu Xero wrote: From The Week, 7-16-10: Based on Stephen King's The Colorado Kid, this new series centers on an FBI agent in a town whose residents have supernatural powers. Emily rose stars. Friday, July 16, at 10 PM, Syfy. It debuted last Friday. We'll see if it hits it's stride as the pilot was a little shaky. Rose appeared in John from Cincinnati and Jericho. Reminded me of a mix of In Plain Site and Eureka.
[FairfieldLife] Sudarsha's testimony
from the TM free blog.: (a typical Knappian type of history) (I'm waaayyy to suspicious to get suckered like that.) Sudarsha * Location: Canada About Me I learnt TM in 1968 and became a teacher in 1970. I was one of Mahesh's secretaries from 1972 until 1974 when Mahesh sent me to India to teach SCI. While one of his secretaries, I helped create the SCI course and helped train 1,500 teachers at La Antilla. Mahesh also trained me to be an M Group initiator (one who teaches TM to Monks, Nuns, religious brothers and other ecclesiastical individuals). He also taught me the special techniques to ameliorate the effects of heavy unstressing, over-eating and alcohol/tobacco/drug abuse. I learnt all the advanced techniques, Age of Enlightenment as well as the 'sidhi' program from him as well. But learning all this, practising all this and observing Mahesh and his minions is only one part of the story. The other part is Mahesh's craving, lust and motivation for the accumulation of money, power and recognition. My conclusion: TM (2x20) may be useful to some people. BUT getting tempted into the full offerings of the TM organization can be and much too often has been financially as well as mentally disastrous for some people. My Blogs Team Members TM-Free BlogLaurie Gina John M. Knapp, LMSW
