[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Social Progressives vs.TM Conservatives, Light at the End of the Tunnel

[Joe]

Precisely. Keep that curtain covering the wizard of Oz tightly drawn!

(And, in case I need to remind anyone, I say that as someone who still enjoys 
TM and thanks MMY for pleasure it has given me.)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> Thanks for your thoughts on this, Buck. And thanks
> also for not making it an exercise in "demonize the
> source of the question while never dealing with the
> question." 
> 
> The bottom line is the same now as it's always been.
> If there were a *real* desire to "make the numbers,"
> and thus put the concept of the Maharishi Effect to
> the test, it could be done at any time. The TMO has,
> and has always had, more than enough money to do this.
> 
> That they do not speaks loudly to another "bottom line,"
> which is that no one really wants the ME ever put to
> the test. As long as they never "make the numbers,"
> they can claim that the theory is still true. But if
> they "make the numbers" and nothing happens, then they
> will have to admit that the whole theory was a crock of
> shit. When placed in that position, the "easy way out"
> is to find a way of never "making the numbers." 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ...if you're an old-time meditator and should like to come 
> > > > back to help meditate some in the domes, just practically 
> > > > know that the TMmovement policy guidelines on having visited 
> > > > and been with other saints is effectively un-changed.  Rather, 
> > > > it applies more evenly to meditators and old TM teachers now.  
> > > > Essentially is still, "Don't ask, Don't tell" , or as 
> > > > Maharaishi once coached, "practice lying".
> > > > 
> > > > This Youtube short essentially is not far from the truth: 
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOPXgBflM8I
> > > > 
> > > > Status quo.  
> > > 
> > > Speaking directly to the "Buck" persona, what would
> > > he answer to the question, "Has it ever occurred to
> > > you that adherence to these policies is, in fact, a 
> > > ploy to keep the 'Dome numbers' *down*, a way of
> > > making sure that the 'right numbers' are never 
> > > reached, and that the 'Maharishi Effect' is thus
> > > never put to the test?"
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Color me not convinced that many of these people 
> > > making these urgent pleas for more BBs For Peace
> > > actually want more BBs For Peace. Based on seeing
> > > him speak at the "Watershed Meeting," I am convinced
> > > that Mr. Settle wants that. But I also came away 
> > > from watching that stream feeling that he suspects
> > > the same thing I do above. Do the "people in charge"
> > > ever want to *emerge* from the tunnel? Or do they
> > > want to keep the tunnel ride going on forever?
> > > 
> > > What do the folks at ground zero think about all of 
> > > these machinations, Buck? What do they think is behind 
> > > the whole "Dome policy" thang, and what do they think 
> > > its intent is? Genuinely curious.
> > >
> > 
> > Dear Turqb,
> > 
> > That is a great focal journalistic question for the meditating community.  
> > A kind of a crux for the TM community.  Yes certainly I have written a lot 
> > about this here.  It would be useful additionally to have some of the real 
> > tru-believers who post here explain this split in their own words here.   
> > Like Dick Mays, Feste and Shukra for instance.  Or have a TM-Raja who 
> > actually lives in Fairfield come on and explain themselves in a public 
> > forum.  Or a university trustee.  If they have hearts they must have 
> > feelings about how it is going for the dome numbers.  
> > 
> > Clearly there are different elements around in the TM- middle.  There 
> > certainly are different activity areas that draw people differently like 
> > the university, the dome meditations, the pundits, the MSAE Maharishi 
> > School, the schools of Maharishi Vedic-Hinduism like Maharishi AV, 
> > Maharishi SV, Maharishi music, astrology etc.  The David Lynch Foundation.  
> > Meditation runs through it all as the common denominator though faith and 
> > belief in Maharishi does not necessarily run through the community in the 
> > same way by relationship.  
> > 
> > With the dome numbers, there certainly have been progressive people who by 
> > experience would like to see the numbers of meditators facilitated with the 
> > dome numbers effectively working.  Progressives versus more conservative 
> > elements who are rigidly doctrinal and would hold the domes hostage even to 
> > a bitter end in their own way.  These later are the ultra-"Maharishi-said"  
> > TB'er fundamental-ists inside.  The faith-and-belief in Maharishi devotee 
> > types.  These TM orthodox have consolidated their grasp since Maharishi's 
> > death and they seem to hold court now over the progressive elements.   
> > 
> > In the end, these ultra orth

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Social Progressives vs.TM Conservatives, Light at the End of the Tunnel

[Joe]

Finally, a genuinely thoughtful response. Thank you Buck/Doug.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck"  wrote:
>
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" >  wrote:
> > >
> > > ...if you're an old-time meditator and should like to come 
> > > back to help meditate some in the domes, just practically 
> > > know that the TMmovement policy guidelines on having visited 
> > > and been with other saints is effectively un-changed.  Rather, 
> > > it applies more evenly to meditators and old TM teachers now.  
> > > Essentially is still, "Don't ask, Don't tell" , or as 
> > > Maharaishi once coached, "practice lying".
> > > 
> > > This Youtube short essentially is not far from the truth: 
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOPXgBflM8I
> > > 
> > > Status quo.  
> > 
> > Speaking directly to the "Buck" persona, what would
> > he answer to the question, "Has it ever occurred to
> > you that adherence to these policies is, in fact, a 
> > ploy to keep the 'Dome numbers' *down*, a way of
> > making sure that the 'right numbers' are never 
> > reached, and that the 'Maharishi Effect' is thus
> > never put to the test?"
> > 
> > 
> > Color me not convinced that many of these people 
> > making these urgent pleas for more BBs For Peace
> > actually want more BBs For Peace. Based on seeing
> > him speak at the "Watershed Meeting," I am convinced
> > that Mr. Settle wants that. But I also came away 
> > from watching that stream feeling that he suspects
> > the same thing I do above. Do the "people in charge"
> > ever want to *emerge* from the tunnel? Or do they
> > want to keep the tunnel ride going on forever?
> > 
> > What do the folks at ground zero think about all of 
> > these machinations, Buck? What do they think is behind 
> > the whole "Dome policy" thang, and what do they think 
> > its intent is? Genuinely curious.
> >
> 
> Dear Turqb,
> 
> That is a great focal journalistic question for the meditating community.  A 
> kind of a crux for the TM community.  Yes certainly I have written a lot 
> about this here.  It would be useful additionally to have some of the real 
> tru-believers who post here explain this split in their own words here.   
> Like Dick Mays, Feste and Shukra for instance.  Or have a TM-Raja who 
> actually lives in Fairfield come on and explain themselves in a public forum. 
>  Or a university trustee.  If they have hearts they must have feelings about 
> how it is going for the dome numbers.  
> 
> Clearly there are different elements around in the TM- middle.  There 
> certainly are different activity areas that draw people differently like the 
> university, the dome meditations, the pundits, the MSAE Maharishi School, the 
> schools of Maharishi Vedic-Hinduism like Maharishi AV, Maharishi SV, 
> Maharishi music, astrology etc.  The David Lynch Foundation.  Meditation runs 
> through it all as the common denominator though faith and belief in Maharishi 
> does not necessarily run through the community in the same way by 
> relationship.  
> 
> With the dome numbers, there certainly have been progressive people who by 
> experience would like to see the numbers of meditators facilitated with the 
> dome numbers effectively working.  Progressives versus more conservative 
> elements who are rigidly doctrinal and would hold the domes hostage even to a 
> bitter end in their own way.  These later are the ultra-"Maharishi-said"  
> TB'er fundamental-ists inside.  The faith-and-belief in Maharishi devotee 
> types.  These TM orthodox have consolidated their grasp since Maharishi's 
> death and they seem to hold court now over the progressive elements.   
> 
> In the end, these ultra orthodox meditator conservatives won out over the 
> dome policy last year, holding that policy a fealty test to their own 
> standard.  That was their choice to take it the way they did.  As such they 
> effectively doomed the dome numbers last summer in their own wisdom.  Plan B 
> now is augmenting the Pundit numbers to some threshold at some cost for some 
> while.
> 
> Status quo now,
> -Buck
>  in FF
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic vegetable garden: 'Never tasted anything so full, alive, and vital'

[Joe]

Ahhh, there's nothing quite like the aroma of money!

 Vastu refers to Vastu vidya, Vedic architectureâ€"the knowledge of designing 
and constructing Fortune-Creating buildings in accord with Natural 
Lawâ€"brought to light in its completeness from the Vedic Literature by 
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as Maharishi Sthapatya Veda. 
© Copyright 2011 Maharishi Vastu® Architecture


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin  wrote:
>
> Vedic vegetable garden: 'Never tasted anything so full, alive, and vital'
> 
> At Home in Maharishi Vastu 
> 17 March 2011
> 
> 
> According to the first US clients of the Maharishi Vedic Garden Design 
> services, the difference between the vegetables produced by their first year 
> Vedic vegetable gardenâ€"compared to other locally produced, organic 
> vegetablesâ€"is dramatic. 
> 
> ''We used to buy our produce from [a national food store chain] until we 
> discovered a nearby farm that sold organic produceâ€"freshly picked that 
> morning. The difference was striking and dramatic. Suddenly [the store's] 
> produce started looking not very 'fresh'. 
> 
> ''Then one day we sat down to the first harvest of salad greens from our 
> Maharishi Vedic garden. With the first bite my wife and I stared at each 
> other with a look of incredulity and delight. 
> 
> ''We had never, ever tasted anything that felt so full and alive and vital. 
> The difference from even the neighborhood organic farm was nothing short of 
> amazing. Now we only buy produce off-season when the garden is covered with 
> snow.'' 
> 
> This new service designs garden space for both vegetable and decorative 
> gardens. You can read about their services and the principles behind them on 
> their beautiful website: www.MaharishiVedicGarden.com 
> 
> 
> * Vastu refers to Vastu vidya, Vedic architectureâ€"the knowledge of 
> designing and constructing Fortune-Creating buildings in accord with Natural 
> Lawâ€"brought to light in its completeness from the Vedic Literature by 
> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as Maharishi Sthapatya Veda. 
> 
> © Copyright 2011 Maharishi Vastu® Architecture
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramana Maharshi on Lokas

[hermandan0]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj  wrote:
>
>
> 'There's a hole in everything, that's how the light gets in.'
>

There's a crack in everything, that's how the light geys in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e39UmEnqY8

[FairfieldLife] Re: The deeper implications of the "dome policies"

[yifuxero]

Looks like your wife has eyes on the Klingons!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/TOS-day_of_the_dove_klingons.png

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7"  wrote:
>
> Ha ha! Funny coincidence! James Kirk looks like a spitting image of my wife's 
> ex. :-)
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > How'd I get into this?:-)
> > 
> > Methinks they're talking about that *other* Jim,
> > James Tiberius Kirk, born 2233 in Riverside, Iowa.
> > 
> > [JamesTKirk.jpg] 
> > 
> > 
> > He was famous for having to have the obvious pointed
> > out to him.  :-)
> > 
> > I'm not convinced that there is a true parallel to the
> > Fairfield Domes, but if you start to notice that anyone
> > who shows up for a flying session dressed in a different
> > uniform than everyone else gets snorfed before the
> > session is over, there might be.  :-)
> > 
> > Have no fear. It's all the doing of the Three Gunas and
> > the Laws Of Nature. In the words of another space
> > cadet, they're just doing their best to "Make it so."  :-)
> > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" 
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > He's dead, Jim. Pass the catchup.
> > > > >
> > > > Don't  you mean, "It's worse than that.  He's dead Jim"
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Radiation hormesis

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero"  wrote:
>
> http://radiationhormesis.com/tag/bernard-cohen/

Radiation hormesis is *very* controversial. It would be
lovely if it turned out to be true, but the National
Research Council and other major institutions that study
the effects of radiation don't accept it. E.g.:

"Until the...uncertainties on low-dose response are
resolved, the Committee believes that an increase in
the risk of tumour induction proportionate to the
radiation dose is consistent with developing knowledge
and that it remains, accordingly, the most
scientifically defensible approximation of low-dose
response."

--UNSCEAR 2000 REPORT Vol. II: Sources and Effects of
Ionizing Radiation: Annex G: Biological effects at low
radiation doses

[FairfieldLife] Vajrapani Institute

[yifuxero]

Amongst the California redwoods
http://www.vajrapani.org/photo-tour/category/3-main-building

[FairfieldLife] Radiation hormesis

[yifuxero]

http://radiationhormesis.com/tag/bernard-cohen/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sam Harris: Honesty in the Muslim world

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero"  wrote:
>
> http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/honesty-the-muslim-worlds-scarcest-resource/

Harris writes:

"...It is growing increasingly disconcerting to see moderate
Muslims reflexively lie about the tenets of their faith. Of 
course, it's hard to know whether [Rep. Keith] Ellison was 
actually lying or is merely unaware of the contents of the 
Qur'an. But I have witnessed too many of these exchanges 
with Muslim apologists, both in public and private, to 
ignore the general trend. Who will reform Islam if moderate 
Muslims refuse to speak honestly about the very doctrines in 
need of reform?"

In other words, if moderate Muslims disagree with Sam 
Harris's interpretation of their holy book, they must either 
not know what's in it, or they're lying, because Harris's
interpretation is the correct one.

Does that strike anybody as a rather peculiar conclusion?

[FairfieldLife] Battle: Los Angeles

[yifuxero]

http://www.thefridayflyer.com/FF-2011-3-18/FFS-16764.htm
As usual, find the Mothership and do it in. (buried in the ground, Santa 
Monica).

[FairfieldLife] Sam Harris: Honesty in the Muslim world

[yifuxero]

http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/honesty-the-muslim-worlds-scarcest-resource/

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

[FFL PostCount]

Fairfield Life Post Counter
===
Start Date (UTC): Sat Mar 12 00:00:00 2011
End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 19 00:00:00 2011
400 messages as of (UTC) Fri Mar 18 23:10:38 2011

50 authfriend 
42 turquoiseb 
29 Buck 
28 WillyTex 
28 Bhairitu 
24 seventhray1 
22 whynotnow7 
18 Vaj 
16 Robert 
14 Ravi Yogi 
12 emptybill 
11 yifuxero 
10 feste37 
10 cardemaister 
 8 Tom Pall 
 7 wgm4u 
 7 Sal Sunshine 
 7 Peter 
 6 Mike Dixon 
 6 John 
 5 Rick Archer 
 5 PaliGap 
 4 wayback71 
 4 seekliberation 
 4 Xenophaneros Anartaxius 
 3 raunchydog 
 3 nablusoss1008 
 2 shanti2218411 
 2 danfriedman2002 
 2 Dick Mays 
 1 sittingduck165203 
 1 merudanda 
 1 merlin 
 1 m 13 
 1 laughingkumquat 
 1 gullible fool 
 1 Yifu Xero 
 1 Peter L Sutphen 
 1 FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 1 Bill Coop 
 1 Alex Stanley 

Posters: 41
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] The Blue man

[yifuxero]

Watchman's Dr. Manhattan:
http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/459124-dr_manhattan_pic_super.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Is Obama Bluffing?

[John]

Everybody knows the US doesn't have any more money for another war.  Obama 
would be in trouble if Gaddafhi calls his bluff.  If Obama gets inot another 
war, he's done politically.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42145571/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/?GT1=43001

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramana Maharshi on Lokas

[whynotnow7]

You get to know these other folks pretty well - very humbling and cool too...:-)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7"  wrote:
> >
> > "I just know it's Fairfield, Iowa some time in the mid 21st century."
> > 
> > Are they still showing Seinfeld reruns on cable? ...not that there's 
> > anything wrong with it...
> > 
> > I recall about 30 years ago I would get these flashes of a place with white 
> > marble streets, lined with brightly gleaming temples in the clear yellow 
> > sun. Made quite an impression. About 15 years ago, got strong flashes of 
> > being a young Japanese guy in 1920's Tokyo. also an American Indian, and a 
> > Roman soldier - who knows if any of this is accurate - after all, I *have* 
> > moved on - lol. 
> > 
> > Since then I find my ability to expand my senses into subtler dimensions 
> > always available. Ex: Brahmananda Saraswati, Shiva, Vishnu. 
> 
> Caution, esp to Vaj: This was a direct result of the practice of the 
> TM-Sidhis program!! 
> 
> 
> HaHa, very nice. 
> Thanks for posting this :-)
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] A PSA for those who believe anything an "authority" tells them

[Bhairitu]

On 03/18/2011 01:51 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
> As a kind of Public Service Announcement for those here
> who tend to believe everything that anyone in authority
> tells them, here is a video from Japan explaining the
> "tummy problems" that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
> plant is experiencing, in language that you can under-
> stand:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5sakN2hSVxA
>
> An explanation of the video can be found here, but it
> has words in the article, so those who like things "easy
> to understand and believe" might want to just skip that
> and watch only the video. It's got subtitles, and only
> uses small words aimed at your intellectual level.
>
> http://www.salon.com/news/japan_earthquake/index.html?story=/ent/tv/feature/2011/03/17/japan_cartoon_nuclear_crisis
>
> Those defeatests who tend to think like Woody Harrelson
> did in "2012" might enjoy this video more:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzMHl4EZw-c
>
> As he said in that film: "When they tell you not to worry,
> that's when you run!"   :-)
>
> Caveat: Personally, I don't have the foggiest notion
> what the real nuclear danger factor is in Japan right
> now. My only point is to make fun of the people who
> claim that they do, based on a little Googling and
> TV watching. As oxymorons go, "Internet expert" is
> right up there with "jumbo shrimp" and "military
> intelligence" and "business ethics."

People seemed to stay away from the park this morning.  It was raining 
lightly but right after I left to head for Starbucks started a 
downpour.  Supposedly there is no radiation in this storm but may be in 
the storm on Sunday.  Moods are a bit strange in the bots these days.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Game Of Thrones

[Bhairitu]

On 03/18/2011 02:32 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
> One of my friends is a big George R.R. Martin
> fan, and has us all expectantly watching all of
> the trailers and teasers and early-release-to-
> establish-buzz "making of" videos for the HBO
> series coming up in April. He describes the
> novels as "Tolkien for thinking people," and I
> have to admit, it looks good. The last link is
> an 11+ minute "look inside" the production:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWIyCUHrESk
>
> http://www.youtube.com/user/GameofThrones?blend=2&ob=1
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ5p18wIQEI
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJYNVhGf1s
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43LW7a_NKMk
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psbBi7dLnT4

Just a note that your recently reviewed "Paul" has opened at US theaters 
including the one up the hill.  Reviews are pretty good already 
especially compared to the panned "Battle: Los Angeles".

[FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic vegetable garden: 'Never tasted anything so full, alive, and vital'

[whynotnow7]

Anything you grow yourself tastes the best. I have organic fruit and avocado 
trees - much more flavor than anything I could buy. On the other hand, I am 
totally OK with Safeway produce also. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merlin  wrote:
>
> Vedic vegetable garden: 'Never tasted anything so full, alive, and vital'
> 
> At Home in Maharishi Vastu 
> 17 March 2011
> 
> 
> According to the first US clients of the Maharishi Vedic Garden Design 
> services, the difference between the vegetables produced by their first year 
> Vedic vegetable gardenâ€"compared to other locally produced, organic 
> vegetablesâ€"is dramatic. 
> 
> ''We used to buy our produce from [a national food store chain] until we 
> discovered a nearby farm that sold organic produceâ€"freshly picked that 
> morning. The difference was striking and dramatic. Suddenly [the store's] 
> produce started looking not very 'fresh'. 
> 
> ''Then one day we sat down to the first harvest of salad greens from our 
> Maharishi Vedic garden. With the first bite my wife and I stared at each 
> other with a look of incredulity and delight. 
> 
> ''We had never, ever tasted anything that felt so full and alive and vital. 
> The difference from even the neighborhood organic farm was nothing short of 
> amazing. Now we only buy produce off-season when the garden is covered with 
> snow.'' 
> 
> This new service designs garden space for both vegetable and decorative 
> gardens. You can read about their services and the principles behind them on 
> their beautiful website: www.MaharishiVedicGarden.com 
> 
> 
> * Vastu refers to Vastu vidya, Vedic architectureâ€"the knowledge of 
> designing and constructing Fortune-Creating buildings in accord with Natural 
> Lawâ€"brought to light in its completeness from the Vedic Literature by 
> Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as Maharishi Sthapatya Veda. 
> 
> © Copyright 2011 Maharishi Vastu® Architecture
>

[FairfieldLife] Vedic vegetable garden: 'Never tasted anything so full, alive, and vital'

[merlin]

Vedic vegetable garden: 'Never tasted anything so full, alive, and vital'

At Home in Maharishi Vastu 
17 March 2011


According to the first US clients of the Maharishi Vedic Garden Design 
services, the difference between the vegetables produced by their first year 
Vedic vegetable garden—compared to other locally produced, organic 
vegetables—is dramatic. 

''We used to buy our produce from [a national food store chain] until we 
discovered a nearby farm that sold organic produce—freshly picked that morning. 
The difference was striking and dramatic. Suddenly [the store's] produce 
started looking not very 'fresh'. 

''Then one day we sat down to the first harvest of salad greens from our 
Maharishi Vedic garden. With the first bite my wife and I stared at each other 
with a look of incredulity and delight. 

''We had never, ever tasted anything that felt so full and alive and vital. The 
difference from even the neighborhood organic farm was nothing short of 
amazing. Now we only buy produce off-season when the garden is covered with 
snow.'' 

This new service designs garden space for both vegetable and decorative 
gardens. You can read about their services and the principles behind them on 
their beautiful website: www.MaharishiVedicGarden.com 


* Vastu refers to Vastu vidya, Vedic architecture—the knowledge of designing 
and constructing Fortune-Creating buildings in accord with Natural Law—brought 
to light in its completeness from the Vedic Literature by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 
as Maharishi Sthapatya Veda. 

© Copyright 2011 Maharishi Vastu® Architecture 

[FairfieldLife] Craig Pearson to Present on History of Flying

[Dick Mays]

Craig Pearson to Present on History of Flying

Dr. Craig Pearson, author of The Complete Book of Yogic Flying, will 
speak about "Flying Throughout Time and Throughout the World" at the 
Ultimate Flying Club meeting at Dalby Hall at the Argiro Student 
Center at 8:00 pm on Sunday March 20th. Everyone is cordially invited.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Personalizing "forwards" with fiction (was Re: Sweet letter from Japan)

[Peter]

Bevan in MMY's will wasn't worth a mention because it's some dome zombie's 
fantasy!

--- On Fri, 3/18/11, turquoiseb  wrote:

> From: turquoiseb 
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Personalizing "forwards" with fiction (was Re: Sweet 
> letter from Japan)
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, March 18, 2011, 11:10 AM
> Following up on these thoughts, I
> wanted to comment
> on a line thrown out casually here yesterday. The
> person who had earlier claimed that Bevan Morris 
> had been "written into Maharishi's Will" as the
> leader of the TM movement in the West felt the need 
> to post a followup, saying that he "heard this from 
> someone who saw the Will."
> 
> Not a single comment from the peanut gallery here.
> I grew curious, so I searched FFL, and found not a 
> single mention of a will (other than a put-on "Last
> Message" that someone wrote that was very funny).
> Then I searched Google, and similarly found zero 
> mentions of a will ever existing. 
> 
> Then, because I was once curious enough about the 
> actual wording of Rama-Frederic Lenz's will to track
> it down and get a copy (easy as pie in the US because
> wills are public documents), I tried the same thing
> here in the Netherlands. I was unsuccessful. Then I
> called a Dutch friend who is a lawyer and she was
> similarly unsuccessful, even though if one existed
> it would have to be registered in the country in 
> which he died, in law libraries that she has full 
> access to. 
> 
> So am I wrong to assume that any mention of "Maharishi's
> Will" is a similar attempt to "personalize" a made-up 
> story to theoretically give it more weight or credibility?
> Has *anyone* heard of an actual legal "last will and
> testa-
> ment" written or dictated by Maharishi, witnessed by 
> lawyers, and recognized in any country? 
> 
> People make up shit all the time to make it seem that
> the things they believe should be believed by others. 
> Until someone can produce an actual piece of paper (or 
> a scan or photocopy thereof) that can legally be certified
> 
> to be "Maharishi's Will," I have to assume that no such 
> document exists. This might make me sound like the TM-
> critic version of a "birther," but I prefer to think
> of myself as a "deather?"  :-)  :-)  :-)
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
> turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > I want to take a moment to commend Rick for passing
> this letter 
> > along prefaced by the truth: "I have no idea who wrote
> this, but 
> > received it from another friend." That's an honest
> thing to do, 
> > and admirable.
> > 
> > I say this because today I've found literally dozens
> of copies 
> > of this letter, many heavily edited to either remove
> or add text, 
> > many of which are introduced by the phrase, "This is a
> letter 
> > from a personal friend of mine" or "This is a letter
> from a 
> > member of my family in Japan," or "This is a letter
> than my 
> > Dad received from his girlfriend in Japan" or
> something similar. 
> > Google finds literally tens of thousands of hits on
> this letter, 
> > *lots* of them "personalized" in this way. If we were
> to
> > believe all of these "personalizations," Anne really
> gets 
> > around, has enough "boyfriends" to qualify as a real
> slut, and 
> > has immediate family in hundreds of cities and dozens
> of 
> > countries. :-)
> > 
> > Stuff like this reminds me of letters or quotes
> purporting to 
> > come from the Dalai Lama or someone else famous, but
> which 
> > really have nothing to do with them. People find some
> quote 
> > that inspires them but then can't just pass it along
> like Rick 
> > did with a simple "I don't know who wrote this, but I
> like it." 
> > Instead they have to make something up to "improve"
> its 
> > "believability" or its "forwardability."
> > 
> > Color me too "real world based" or "non New Age," but
> I think 
> > that this *very* common Internet practice just sucks,
> and 
> > detracts from the believability of such writing. As
> far as I 
> > can tell there really might be a person named Anne
> Thomas who 
> > wrote the original letter, but this practice of
> "personalizing" 
> > her letter with fiction would lead any thoughtful
> person to 
> > suspect that there isn't, and that the whole thing is
> fiction.
> > 
> > I'm giving the situation the "benefit of a doubt" and
> assuming 
> > that the original letter is not fiction, but given the
> way that 
> > people "passing it around" have tried to amplify or
> personalize 
> > it *using* fiction, there is no real reason I should.
> It's a 
> > really dumb practice, and I wish people would just
> stop it.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
>     fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com
> 
> 
> 


  

[FairfieldLife] Turn the other cheek? or creating coherence?!

[wgm4u]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLqYGvdKY5U&feature=related

[FairfieldLife] US nuclear facilities mapped to an earthquake-risk map

[turquoiseb]

Posted as an answer to the person who asked earlier this week, "...how
greedy is it, to build a nuclear power station in the middle of an
earthquake zone?" Full article at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/18/nuclear-plants-regulators-risk_\
n_837504.html




What are the risks of an earthquake beneath a reactor near you? This
image combines a 2006 map
  by the United States
Geological Survey showing varying seismic hazards across the U.S. with
locations of nuclear reactors. Reactors
   in black are active;
reactors in blue are proposed sites for the new  model known as the
AP1000. Probability of strong shaking increases from  very low (white),
to moderate (blue, green, and yellow), to high  (orange, pink, and red).
Credit: Kimberly Leonard/Center for Public  Integrity.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The deeper implications of the "dome policies"

[whynotnow7]

Ha ha! Funny coincidence! James Kirk looks like a spitting image of my wife's 
ex. :-)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" 
> wrote:
> >
> > How'd I get into this?:-)
> 
> Methinks they're talking about that *other* Jim,
> James Tiberius Kirk, born 2233 in Riverside, Iowa.
> 
> [JamesTKirk.jpg] 
> 
> 
> He was famous for having to have the obvious pointed
> out to him.  :-)
> 
> I'm not convinced that there is a true parallel to the
> Fairfield Domes, but if you start to notice that anyone
> who shows up for a flying session dressed in a different
> uniform than everyone else gets snorfed before the
> session is over, there might be.  :-)
> 
> Have no fear. It's all the doing of the Three Gunas and
> the Laws Of Nature. In the words of another space
> cadet, they're just doing their best to "Make it so."  :-)
> 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> > >
> > > > He's dead, Jim. Pass the catchup.
> > > >
> > > Don't  you mean, "It's worse than that.  He's dead Jim"
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Personalizing "forwards" with fiction (was Re: Sweet letter from Japan)

[turquoiseb]

Following up on these thoughts, I wanted to comment
on a line thrown out casually here yesterday. The
person who had earlier claimed that Bevan Morris 
had been "written into Maharishi's Will" as the
leader of the TM movement in the West felt the need 
to post a followup, saying that he "heard this from 
someone who saw the Will."

Not a single comment from the peanut gallery here.
I grew curious, so I searched FFL, and found not a 
single mention of a will (other than a put-on "Last
Message" that someone wrote that was very funny).
Then I searched Google, and similarly found zero 
mentions of a will ever existing. 

Then, because I was once curious enough about the 
actual wording of Rama-Frederic Lenz's will to track
it down and get a copy (easy as pie in the US because
wills are public documents), I tried the same thing
here in the Netherlands. I was unsuccessful. Then I
called a Dutch friend who is a lawyer and she was
similarly unsuccessful, even though if one existed
it would have to be registered in the country in 
which he died, in law libraries that she has full 
access to. 

So am I wrong to assume that any mention of "Maharishi's
Will" is a similar attempt to "personalize" a made-up 
story to theoretically give it more weight or credibility?
Has *anyone* heard of an actual legal "last will and testa-
ment" written or dictated by Maharishi, witnessed by 
lawyers, and recognized in any country? 

People make up shit all the time to make it seem that
the things they believe should be believed by others. 
Until someone can produce an actual piece of paper (or 
a scan or photocopy thereof) that can legally be certified 
to be "Maharishi's Will," I have to assume that no such 
document exists. This might make me sound like the TM-
critic version of a "birther," but I prefer to think
of myself as a "deather?"  :-)  :-)  :-)


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> I want to take a moment to commend Rick for passing this letter 
> along prefaced by the truth: "I have no idea who wrote this, but 
> received it from another friend." That's an honest thing to do, 
> and admirable.
> 
> I say this because today I've found literally dozens of copies 
> of this letter, many heavily edited to either remove or add text, 
> many of which are introduced by the phrase, "This is a letter 
> from a personal friend of mine" or "This is a letter from a 
> member of my family in Japan," or "This is a letter than my 
> Dad received from his girlfriend in Japan" or something similar. 
> Google finds literally tens of thousands of hits on this letter, 
> *lots* of them "personalized" in this way. If we were to
> believe all of these "personalizations," Anne really gets 
> around, has enough "boyfriends" to qualify as a real slut, and 
> has immediate family in hundreds of cities and dozens of 
> countries. :-)
> 
> Stuff like this reminds me of letters or quotes purporting to 
> come from the Dalai Lama or someone else famous, but which 
> really have nothing to do with them. People find some quote 
> that inspires them but then can't just pass it along like Rick 
> did with a simple "I don't know who wrote this, but I like it." 
> Instead they have to make something up to "improve" its 
> "believability" or its "forwardability."
> 
> Color me too "real world based" or "non New Age," but I think 
> that this *very* common Internet practice just sucks, and 
> detracts from the believability of such writing. As far as I 
> can tell there really might be a person named Anne Thomas who 
> wrote the original letter, but this practice of "personalizing" 
> her letter with fiction would lead any thoughtful person to 
> suspect that there isn't, and that the whole thing is fiction.
> 
> I'm giving the situation the "benefit of a doubt" and assuming 
> that the original letter is not fiction, but given the way that 
> people "passing it around" have tried to amplify or personalize 
> it *using* fiction, there is no real reason I should. It's a 
> really dumb practice, and I wish people would just stop it.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramana Maharshi on Lokas

[nablusoss1008]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7"  wrote:
>
> "I just know it's Fairfield, Iowa some time in the mid 21st century."
> 
> Are they still showing Seinfeld reruns on cable? ...not that there's anything 
> wrong with it...
> 
> I recall about 30 years ago I would get these flashes of a place with white 
> marble streets, lined with brightly gleaming temples in the clear yellow sun. 
> Made quite an impression. About 15 years ago, got strong flashes of being a 
> young Japanese guy in 1920's Tokyo. also an American Indian, and a Roman 
> soldier - who knows if any of this is accurate - after all, I *have* moved on 
> - lol. 
> 
> Since then I find my ability to expand my senses into subtler dimensions 
> always available. Ex: Brahmananda Saraswati, Shiva, Vishnu. 

Caution, esp to Vaj: This was a direct result of the practice of the TM-Sidhis 
program!! 


HaHa, very nice. 
Thanks for posting this :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: A PSA for those who believe anything an "authority" tells them

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:

> Caveat: Personally, I don't have the foggiest notion 
> what the real nuclear danger factor is in Japan right
> now.

Right.

> My only point is to make fun of the people who
> claim that they do, based on a little Googling and
> TV watching.

Nor do you have the foggiest notion of what the folks
you think you're making fun of here have been saying.

Such as:

"At this point, we simply don't know whether there has been
a loss of containment at the Fukushima Diachi reactors, at
least of the crucial primary containment structures, the
reactor vessels themselves. Even if there's a full-scale
meltdown, the vessels may be able to contain it. But
nobody knows."

And:

"Not even the folks on the scene are sure what's going on
with those reactors (although obviously they know more than
the public does)."

Ooopsie!

Looks like you're the person who is in a position to be
made fun of.

> As oxymorons go, "Internet expert" is
> right up there with "jumbo shrimp" and "military
> intelligence" and "business ethics."

Even more (oxy)moronic is thinking you can magically
divine what's in a post without reading it.

(You wouldn't know this, of course, because you're too
lazy to even try to inform yourself, but that video is
actually an ingenious explanation for kids of what's
going on with the nuclear plant. Except for the happy-
happy conclusion, which assumes facts not yet in
evidence.)

[FairfieldLife] Personalizing "forwards" with fiction (was Re: Sweet letter from Japan)

[turquoiseb]

I want to take a moment to commend Rick for passing this letter along
prefaced by the truth: "I have no idea who wrote this, but received it
from another friend." That's an honest thing to do, and admirable.

I say this because today I've found literally dozens of copies of this
letter, many heavily edited to either remove or add text, many of which
are introduced by the phrase, "This is a letter from a personal friend
of mine" or "This is a letter from a member of my family in Japan," or
"This is a letter than my Dad received from his girlfriend in Japan" or
something similar. Google finds literally tens of thousands of hits on
this letter, *lots* of them "personalized" in this way. If we were to
believe all of these "personalizations," Anne really gets around, has
enough "boyfriends" to qualify as a real slut, and has immediate family
in hundreds of cities and dozens of countries. :-)

Stuff like this reminds me of letters or quotes purporting to come from
the Dalai Lama or someone else famous, but which really have nothing to
do with them. People find some quote that inspires them but then can't
just pass it along like Rick did with a simple "I don't know who wrote
this, but I like it." Instead they have to make something up to
"improve" its "believability" or its "forwardability."

Color me too "real world based" or "non New Age," but I think that this
*very* common Internet practice just sucks, and detracts from the
believability of such writing. As far as I can tell there really might
be a person named Anne Thomas who wrote the original letter, but this
practice of "personalizing" her letter with fiction would lead any
thoughtful person to suspect that there isn't, and that the whole thing
is fiction.

I'm giving the situation the "benefit of a doubt" and assuming that the
original letter is not fiction, but given the way that people "passing
it around" have tried to amplify or personalize it *using* fiction,
there is no real reason I should. It's a really dumb practice, and I
wish people would just stop it.

"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." - Albert
Einstein

( The above quote is really by philosopher G.K. Chesterton, but you
laughed harder because you thought it was by Albert Einstein, didn't
you? You laughed at a lie. 'Nuff said. )


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> Letter from Japan
> Friends,
>  I have no idea who wrote this, but received it from another
friend
>
>
>
> 
> A letter from Sendai
> 3/14/2011
>
>
>
>  Things here in Sendai have been rather surreal. But I am very blessed
to
> have wonderful friends who are helping me a lot. Since my shack is
even more
> worthy of that name, I am now staying at a friend's home. We share
supplies
> like water, food and a kerosene heater. We sleep lined up in one room,
eat
> by candlelight, share stories. It is warm, friendly, and beautiful.
>
>  During the day we help each other clean up the mess in our homes.
People
> sit in their cars, looking at news on their navigation screens, or
line up
> to get drinking water when a source is open. If someone has water
running in
> their home, they put out a sign so people can come to fill up their
jugs and
> buckets.
>
>  It's utterly amazingly that where I am there has been no looting, no
> pushing in lines. People leave their front door open, as it is safer
when an
> earthquake strikes. People keep saying, "Oh, this is how it used to be
in
> the old days when everyone helped one another."
>
>  Quakes keep coming. Last night they struck about every 15 minutes.
Sirens
> are constant and helicopters pass overhead often.
>
>  We got water for a few hours in our homes last night, and now it is
for
> half a day. Electricity came on this afternoon. Gas has not yet come
on. But
> all of this is by area. Some people have these things, others do not.
No one
> has washed for several days. We feel grubby, but there are so much
more
> important concerns than that for us now. I love this peeling away of
> non-essentials. Living fully on the level of instinct, of intuition,
of
> caring, of what is needed for survival, not just of me, but of the
entire
> group.
>
>  There are strange parallel universes happening. Houses a mess in some
> places, yet then a house with futons or laundry out drying in the sun.
> People lining up for water and food, and yet a few people out walking
their
> dogs. All happening at the same time.
>
>
>  Other unexpected touches of beauty are first, the silence at night.
No
> cars. No one out on the streets. And the heavens at night are
scattered with
> stars. I usually can see about two, but now the whole sky is filled.
The
> mountains are Sendai are solid and with the crisp air we can see them
> silhouetted against the sky magnificently.
>
>  And the Japanese themselves are so wonderful. I come back to my shack
to
> check on it each day, now to send this e-mail since the electricity is
on,
> and

[FairfieldLife] Re: The deeper implications of the "dome policies"

[seventhray1]

Thanks! for getting it!  One of the great lines of television.


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" whynotnow7@
> wrote:
> >
> > How'd I get into this?:-)
>
> Methinks they're talking about that *other* Jim,
> James Tiberius Kirk, born 2233 in Riverside, Iowa.
>
> [JamesTKirk.jpg]
> 
>
> He was famous for having to have the obvious pointed
> out to him. :-)
>
> I'm not convinced that there is a true parallel to the
> Fairfield Domes, but if you start to notice that anyone
> who shows up for a flying session dressed in a different
> uniform than everyone else gets snorfed before the
> session is over, there might be. :-)
>
> Have no fear. It's all the doing of the Three Gunas and
> the Laws Of Nature. In the words of another space
> cadet, they're just doing their best to "Make it so." :-)
>
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall 
wrote:
> > >
> > > > He's dead, Jim. Pass the catchup.
> > > >
> > > Don't you mean, "It's worse than that. He's dead Jim"
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Game Of Thrones

[turquoiseb]

One of my friends is a big George R.R. Martin
fan, and has us all expectantly watching all of
the trailers and teasers and early-release-to-
establish-buzz "making of" videos for the HBO
series coming up in April. He describes the 
novels as "Tolkien for thinking people," and I 
have to admit, it looks good. The last link is
an 11+ minute "look inside" the production:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWIyCUHrESk

http://www.youtube.com/user/GameofThrones?blend=2&ob=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ5p18wIQEI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJYNVhGf1s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43LW7a_NKMk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psbBi7dLnT4

[FairfieldLife] A PSA for those who believe anything an "authority" tells them

[turquoiseb]

As a kind of Public Service Announcement for those here
who tend to believe everything that anyone in authority
tells them, here is a video from Japan explaining the
"tummy problems" that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear 
plant is experiencing, in language that you can under-
stand:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5sakN2hSVxA

An explanation of the video can be found here, but it 
has words in the article, so those who like things "easy
to understand and believe" might want to just skip that
and watch only the video. It's got subtitles, and only
uses small words aimed at your intellectual level.

http://www.salon.com/news/japan_earthquake/index.html?story=/ent/tv/feature/2011/03/17/japan_cartoon_nuclear_crisis

Those defeatests who tend to think like Woody Harrelson 
did in "2012" might enjoy this video more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzMHl4EZw-c

As he said in that film: "When they tell you not to worry, 
that's when you run!"   :-)

Caveat: Personally, I don't have the foggiest notion 
what the real nuclear danger factor is in Japan right
now. My only point is to make fun of the people who
claim that they do, based on a little Googling and
TV watching. As oxymorons go, "Internet expert" is
right up there with "jumbo shrimp" and "military
intelligence" and "business ethics." 

[FairfieldLife] Re: The deeper implications of the "dome policies"

[turquoiseb]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" 
wrote:
>
> How'd I get into this?:-)

Methinks they're talking about that *other* Jim,
James Tiberius Kirk, born 2233 in Riverside, Iowa.

[JamesTKirk.jpg] 


He was famous for having to have the obvious pointed
out to him.  :-)

I'm not convinced that there is a true parallel to the
Fairfield Domes, but if you start to notice that anyone
who shows up for a flying session dressed in a different
uniform than everyone else gets snorfed before the
session is over, there might be.  :-)

Have no fear. It's all the doing of the Three Gunas and
the Laws Of Nature. In the words of another space
cadet, they're just doing their best to "Make it so."  :-)

> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" 
wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall  wrote:
> >
> > > He's dead, Jim. Pass the catchup.
> > >
> > Don't  you mean, "It's worse than that.  He's dead Jim"
> >
>