[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
Yes. I have no power, no shakti, whatsoever, but my particle-Is or devatas believe in me utterly, and in that faith they manifest whatever I tell or give them. Having no siddhis, I bestow all siddhis on them, and enjoy all things through them. They are my Shakti, and I am their Shiva :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I have no way of knowing, though perhaps Maharishi set this particular, and practically impossible definition of UC to ensure that all of us understood enlightenment or realization to be an ever expanding process, once we experience our initial Awakening. Seems to me that particular sidhis go with particular nervous systems, much as each of us becomes an engineer or doctor or circus clown. I haven't looked for success with them, though my ability for subtle sight continues to grow, as does my ability for healing through visualization of body energy. Nothing I cultivate. Like I said it just happens. I wouldn't be at all surprised if others found that a particular sidhi jumped out at them so to speak. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote: Yo Lawson I wouldn't take MMY's words seriously. You may have some beliefs regarding what UC and full liberation is and I don't agree with it. TM is clearly a path of yoga with milestones, description and categories of enlightenment. The fact that I haven't heard one TM'er experience match all these shows that perhaps there's another reason why MMY would have gone to so much trouble to state all these. IMO he might have prescribed these understanding the Rajasic, goal oriented nature of the human mind. Other than a Jim here or a Rory there the literal interpretation of this has resulted in widespread prevalence of what I call pimps(intellectuals) among TM'ers totally fascinated with the whore (intellect). I don't think self-knowledge has anything to do with Siddhis, sure there seem to be varying degrees of self-knowledge based upon the external manifestation of it. According to their predominant samkaras - some become Gurus, some debate with others, a lot just continue in their respective professions, some just fall out of the society and wander enjoying their bliss. In either case I think I agree that full liberation would not be possible until you drop the physical body. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Yo, William, don't take them too seriously. According to MMY, if you can't perform any and all of the sidhis (e.g. Yogic Flying) then you're not truly in Unity Consciousness. Now, for those who like to play semantic games with the above, I'll take it back a step: if, immediately prior to Full Liberation, you don't find yourself able to perform all the Sidhis to perfection during sutra practice during your participation in the TM/TM-SIdhis program, then you are probably not fully enlightened, no matter what your perceptions suggest. MMY himself once hinted that that was one of the reasons why he realized the world wasn't quite how it should be when he was off on his own, meditating after his guru dev died: he wasn't doing/experiencing some of the stuff that was predicted for someone in his apparent state of consciousness and finally concluded that the current state of the world's consciousness wouldn't support full enlightenment, and eventually set out to remedy the situation. L.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
Lawson, thank you for the excellent collection of links on TM research. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@ wrote: L., forgive me, but I went though my old posts, which had several from you and none had any links for further research. Did I miss one of them? Cheers Bill Re: The Soul is extracted and judged by weight An email I fired off recently might be of interest to you: Dear Professor Brown, I just finished reading your article, Doubt as Methodology and Object in the Phenomenology of Religion, found in M/C Journal http://www.journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/\ 334 ... I'd like to present the TM theoretical take of the Vedic philosophy and ask that you reconsider calling TM a religion, per se: Rather than theories or beliefs about God, the Universe and Everything that are strictly the product of the specific culture that they are found in, TM theory asserts that these are cultural interpretations of states of consciousness that are natural to humans, regardless of culture. TM theory further asserts that TM is a technique (in the same sense that the Way that cannot be spoken is a technique) that increases the probability that practitioners will enter into the state of consciousness called turya -pure consciousness- in the Upanishads. The theory further asserts that long-term practice of TM, alternated with normal activity, leads to the situation called turyatita (quality of turya) where turya is omni-present, in some sense, in the individual. This theory is nothing new. You can find it, with minor variations, in various places. E.G. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turiya What IS unique to TM theory, however, are the assertions that: 1) turya is a physiological state of the brain in the Western scientific sense, that can be measured using the tools of Western science; 2) that turyatita is likewise a measurable state; 3) that turya is the state of least stress in a resting nervous system; 4) the process of TM is merely a resting state of the nervous system that repairs stress (note that obvious episodes of turya are NOT required for this resting state to be effective --one can become fully enlightened according to TM theory, without ever having a clear experience of turya during meditation, at least prior to full enlightenment); 4) turyatita is merely a state in mature adults whose nervous systems are sufficiently strong and mature due to lack of physiological stress that turya is evident, even during waking, dreaming and sleeping. this leads to the logical conclusion that turyatita is NOT some esoteric state, and that the physiological signature of turya during meditation should more likely appear, not only in long-term practitioners of TM contrasted with non-meditating or short-term meditating controls, but also in non-meditators whose success in life suggests that their nervous systems are very efficient, e.g.: world champion athletes (as compared to non-champion professionals in the same sport), professional classical musicians (as compared to amateur classical musicians) and high-functioning business managers as compared to their less successful counterparts. Research on the physiological correlates of turya found during TM practice: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7045911 Breath suspension during the transcendental meditation technique. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10512549 Pure consciousness: distinct phenomenological and physiological correlates of consciousness itself. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9009807 Autonomic patterns during respiratory suspensions: possible markers of Transcendental Consciousness. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10487785 Autonomic and EEG patterns during eyes-closed rest and transcendental meditation (TM) practice: the basis for a neural model of TM practice. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19862565 A self-referential default brain state: patterns of coherence, power, and eLORETA sources during eyes-closed rest and Transcendental Meditation practice. Research on the physiological correlates of turyatita in long-term TM meditators: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12406612 Patterns of EEG coherence, power, and contingent negative variation characterize the integration of transcendental and waking states. http://www.tm.org/american-psychological-association Abstract for the 2007 Conference of the American Psychological Association Brain Integration Scale: Corroborating Language-based â¨Instruments of Post-conventional Development Research on the physiological correlates of turyatita in non-meditators: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10./j.1600-0838.2009.01007.x/full Higher psycho-physiological refinement in world-class Norwegian athletes: brain measures
[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled Judy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnt johnlasher20002000@ wrote: What I'm saying, and I fully understand what satire and irony are, is that this is too serious a situation to deal with subtly or through sarcasm. The point I was trying to make is not a matter of you doing my homework asking you (Judy) to write a satire on the holocaust, but to demonstrate that with such a serious threat to millions neither you nor most people would be willing to approach the holocaust in that manner. I think what you are saying is that you had a full blown hissy fit. Exactly. With a drama queen tiara on top.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
Bill, Contrary to what you might read, Shakti does not mean energy, as in electricity, but rather power. Shakti (power) carries none of our modern connotations of a strictly mechanistic force but rather points to what Shakta-s (shakti initiates) see as the intelligence(s) that actualize the cosmos and enact its unmanifest design. You seem to recognize that Shaktivada (shakti-ism) is a doctrine (-vada) that is quite separate from Advaita. It is a doctrine asserting that there is a universal power that manifests the cosmos and that it's actualizations are various all-constituting intelligences. Since these are intelligences, rather than insentient material forces, the further insight is that they are accessible to other intelligences (like us) and that there is a methodology for doing just this. That methodology is called Tantra and includes not only formulae for contacting these intelligences but also specific etiquettes for creating, maintaining and enhancing this contact. These intelligences are deva-s/devi-s the numinous presences that constitute and animate our body, along with our sense powers, mental operations and the functions of consciousness (chitta). All of these internal deva-s/devi-s are considered micro-processes of macro-intelligences that are massively awake and actively cognizant. They are the internal-external values that order, organize and interconnect the various subjective/objective strata of the universe. This, however, does not include Awareness (chit) which is a reality eulogized as Shiva, the auspicious One, the Presence-Awareness-Felicity that is the essence of all true identity. Sounds abstract but that's the cliff notes version for dummies like me. You may find it a mere iteration of what you already know but it never hurts of hear it again. Now I think I'll go have a beer. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: Richard and Emptybill: Given my rudimentary knowledge at this point I am wondering if the both of you can clarify something. I went and looked up on Wikipedia about Sri Vidya. I thought that the basic shakti doctrine was as follows: Shiva is the static consciousness that pervades all things, while shakti represents (envisioned in feminine form) the dynamic form of consciousness. In essence, they have divided up the notion of Brahman. One is pure consciousness, static in existence, while the other is pure consciousness in its changeable phenomenal form? I thought all these divine goddesses were simply a manifestation of shakti. Is that not correct? Cheers Bill  From: richardjwilliamstexas willytex@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 3:04 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras  emptybill: All modern Western scholars of Shankara or Advaita firmly reject the claim that Adi-Shankara was the author of either Ananda-Larari or Saundarya-Lahari. Maybe so, but as TMers we are not concerned with what most Western scholars think about Shankara. It is a fact that all the Dasanami Sannyasins worship the Sri Vidya and accept the Adi Shankara as the author of the Saundarylahri. That's why at all the Ammnya Mathas founded by Shankara you will find the Sri Chakra ensconced on the mandir. Our Guru Dev was a Sri Vidya adherent and his master, Swami Krishnaanada was a Sri Vidya practitioner. So, we TMers have a direct connection to the Sringeri Matha, through Brahmananda Saraswati. Bija 'mantras', by definition, have no semantic meaning - that's why they're called 'mantras' instead of being called 'words'. If the bijas were Sanskrit words, there would be no need for a definition of them, since their meaning would be obvious to anyone who could read a Sanskrit lexicon. So, let's review: In basic TM you get the single seed sound (bija) and later the fertilizer; and you get the simple set of instructions for the correct angle to dive. So, it has now been established that at least two of the most sacred bija-mantras, out of the fifteen, contained in the Saundaryalahari, are in fact, TM bija-mantras. Read more: Subject: Guru Dev and Mantrayana Author: Willytex Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: December 17, 2003 http://tinyurl.com/ykp6rhs On the origin of the TM bija mantras: Bija mantras issued by TM are ''Sri Vidya'' bija mantras. To be fair, I won't go into what they are, but if one listens to all TM mantras, except for 2, they are 2 or 3 syllable, and this is a very important component of the technique... Subject: Re: Guru Dev and Sri Vidya Author: Billy Smith Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: April 22, 2003 http://tinyurl.com/ye8my2 You are getting warmer when it comes to understanding TM's origins with your posts regarding the Shankaracharya tradition and its practice of Srividya... Subject: Re: TM: Siva Sutra Author: James Duffy
[FairfieldLife] Ancient Maya Tools of Astronomy
This is a very interesting documentary about the Mayan's technology for keeping time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7MaGCyuwkfeature=related
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Bastille Day You F'ing Rich!
Bhairitu: I see a guillotine in your future! You're not even a bystander at a Tea Party Rally, much less the leader of a revolution. You probably don't even have weapon in yer house. You'd be one of the last people I'd want to rely on to bring down big government. Liberals like to talk a lot, but when it comes to taking action - when was the last time you heard from the 'anti-war' movement? According to what I've read, communism feels the need to control someone, because they have legally built up wealth, or want to, through their own endeavours (and want to keep it). That wealth makes that person deserving of being plundered? You're not even making any sense! Workers of the world unite! is OK, but for what? The unspoken goal is to plunder those who have. It is not a call for brotherly love. It is a mobilisation call for a lynch mob.
[FairfieldLife] The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (wasRe: Ancient Maya Tools of Astronomy)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: This is a very interesting documentary about the Mayan's technology for keeping time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7MaGCyuwkfeature=related I rarely look at these things, because I'm just not on The ancients knew more than we do bus, and I didn't watch this clip, either. However, it being posted reminded me of a fascinating film that used to be hard to find (you could only get it on DVD from the filmmakers or at the gift shop at Chaco Canyon itself), but which, after a quick search, I discover is now on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFRQfPQCic0 Narrated by and partially funded by Robert Redford, this is a great film about one of the most spectacular historical sites on the planet, and certainly the most spectacular in North America, Chaco Canyon. I've been there many times. There are buildings there larger than the Colusseum in Rome, built in an ares in which few of the building materials could be found. The Anasazi ruled an area that encompassed 95,000 square miles in the American Southwest. They were the Romans of the North American continent. And then one day (literally, in a historical sense), they just went away. Where, how, and why are still a mystery. In the film, they use computer modeling to show that the Anasazi were so hip to the movement of the stars and planets that the whole complex can be legitimately be seen as an enormous computer, just as Stonehenge can. That said, the Anasazi were kinda on the dark side; modern-day Peublo Indians won't even go there, and consider their ancestors the Anasazi almost black magicians. I certainly felt some darker vibes in some of the sites there at Chaco, but in others what I felt while meditating there was shiny and high, and to me supports the film's theory that this was a place not for dwelling in full-time, but a place of pilgrimage to which tens of thousands of Anasazi would travel at times of power (Solstices, Equinoxes, eclipses, etc.) to revere power. Enjoy. If you liked the clip about the Mayans, you'll like this one about their more Northern counterparts.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Notice of Infringement
Yeah I found out that the options and upgrades, like the stores you mentioned, are ONLY AVAILABLE with the *Brahman* Certification - an extra ten thousand bucks!!! Jeezus H. Christ. Anyway, they claim the ordinary Enlightenment Certificate will still count for discounts on automotive purchases (like those bad-ass chrome rims I saw at Pep Boys), and timeshare vacations. I'm feeling skeptical though, and will be examining the fine print for a refund if I decide to return to Ignorance. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: Jim - OMG I'm shocked, what a bunch of crooks at HS of E, they had promised me Haagen Dazs and that I could shop at Lucky's, Raley's and Nob Hill Foods as well. What a rip off, it's too late to turn back now, I have worked my butt of for this Certificate - I'm glad it's impressive looking - at least I can show-off with others. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote: Ravi, I am surprised that you have revealed here on FFL the second, hidden way to enlightenment: cash. I found out too late in the game that an end run, greasing the right palms at the aforementioned HS of E with plenty of moolah would've resulted in my certified enlightenment being granted 40% earlier! Who knew?? PS My Certificate Of Enlightenment arrived two days ago - really impressive looking. I've already used it in lieu of coupons at the Safeway and was able to get a half gallon of rocky road ice cream free! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:08 AM, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@ wrote: On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@ wrote: It's only a matter of time before Tom Pall creates a couple of well disguised profiles which get approved and he starts posting TM copyrighted materials to take FFL down. Looks like your enlightened shtick has a couple holes in it, Ravi. What happened to the sweetness and light, I love everything and everybody, everyone and everything is my teacher? One could conclude that you're a fraud. Assuming one didn't decide you were ages ago. Sorry I was just kidding Tom, I love ya 'bro. Good to hear that it was just a prolonged joke. Never enlightened after all, eh? Just exercising your sense of humor? Welcome back to planet Earth, Ravi. Now why don't you and your fellow pretenders go eat shit and die? Tom, the prolonged joke's yours - the Himalayan Society of Enlightened is not quite thrilled with your response, they are just waiting for you to sign off so they can certify me as enlightened. I just thought you were sending all emails to your junk folder and made a mistake. C'mon man please forgive me, and get back to them quickly - please don't let me suffer like this. In return for your endorsement, they are willing to put you on a fast track to being certified as enlightened as well.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled Judy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnt johnlasher20002000@... wrote: making light or trivializing a potential genocide is what I object to. Do not read this article, then: http://www.theonion.com/articles/nigeria-chosen-to-host-2008-genocides,1261/ Nigeria Chosen To Host 2008 Genocides DECEMBER 15, 2004 | ISSUE 4050 ABUJA, NIGERIAAt a celebratory press conference Monday, President Olusegun Obasanjo announced that Nigeria's troubled but oil-rich city of Warri has been chosen to host the 2008 Genocides. Nigeria is excited for this chance to follow in the footsteps of Somalia, Rwanda, and Sudan, Obasanjo said. Much work remains to be done, but all of the building blocks are in place. Nigeria has many contentious ethnic groups, a volatile economy, and a dependence on food imports. We are well on our way to making 2008 a genocidal year to remember in Nigeria!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Maher, accused of sexism, rips Palin, Bachman, and Jesus
God's big book of bad ideas! Damn, I wish I had thought of that descriptive phrase for the Bible. Maybe if I just use it about 5000 times I can eventually claim ownership! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: And well. A great rant. I particularly liked, If you want to know where most of this nation's sexism is coming from, you don't have to look any further than the one person who makes the cover of Newsweek more often than Sarah Palin -- Jesus. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/17/bill-maher-michele-bachmann-sarah-palin_n_900994.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Maher, accused of sexism, rips Palin, Bachman, and Jesus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: And well. A great rant. I particularly liked, If you want to know where most of this nation's sexism is coming from, you don't have to look any further than the one person who makes the cover of Newsweek more often than Sarah Palin -- Jesus. Clever rant - reminds me I need to watch him more often. He nails ideas so beautifully. With this piece he is off a bit in terms of accuracy. My understanding is that Jesus was rather profeminist and treated women better than was the custom in those days. His New Testament teachings were more about love and kindness to all. It is the Old Testament (God) that has all the commandments and many rules as per orthodox Judaism, not Jesus. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/17/bill-maher-michele-bachmann-sarah-palin_n_900994.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Best UFO video we've ever seen?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/8599547/UFOs-spotted-over-London.html Sorry, that's obviously a hoax... :]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Maher, accused of sexism, rips Palin, Bachman, and Jesus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: God's big book of bad ideas! Damn, I wish I had thought of that descriptive phrase for the Bible. Maybe if I just use it about 5000 times I can eventually claim ownership! Wait'll you see the rap I just came up with in a cafe this afternoon about whether God wears briefs or boxers. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: And well. A great rant. I particularly liked, If you want to know where most of this nation's sexism is coming from, you don't have to look any further than the one person who makes the cover of Newsweek more often than Sarah Palin -- Jesus. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/17/bill-maher-michele-bachmann-sarah-palin_n_900994.html
[FairfieldLife] Googling God
Following up on my rap about Mystery, it occurs to me that a lot of my issue with those who seek to understand life's Mystery rather than just enjoy- ing it as the E-ticket ride it is has to do with the search for seeming facts. It's not just that many spiritual seekers mistake what they were told by some spiritual authority for facts, it's that they've IMO often become habituated to searching for them. It's like their minds have become a kind of internal Internet search engine. A question arises, and they Google what they've been told by various spiritual authorities, either in person or on videotape or in some scripture. And then having found what that authority said (it popped up in the first page of Google results, the only page that 80% of users ever read links from), they close their browsers and stop searching. Besides his almost-unique ability to have been a major film critic for several decades without losing his ability to sit down in a theater, open his bag of popcorn and suspend disbelief anew, immersed in a glorious LOVE of movies, one of the things I've always loved Roger Ebert for is a quote he threw into one of his reviews. He was talking about the IMDB, and how he can't imagine how he did his job without it, and then inserted, I love the Internet; it contains an almost infinite amount of information. And some of it is even true. I don't tend to Google the wealth of Other People's Opinions for the answers to the questions that the spiritual path opens before me. I may reference these other opinions, but in the end I'm more in search of my own opinion. That opinion may be as constantly in flux as a flamewar-beset Wikipedia page, but that to me is more valuable than the contents of the page presenting themselves as fact. As mentioned in the thread about cognitive dissonance, I get off more on the tantra of the balls of seeming facts being constantly up in the air in a kind of eternal juggling act than I do in the sutra of them remaining in one place, as if they were nestled comfortably in God's ball sack, and supported by the snug fit of His Calvins in perpetuity. Based on the things He has written in the scriptures He's supposed to have dictated, or that those He has on speed dial on his iPhone have said, God is SO a briefs kinda guy. He speaks in pronouncements and declarations, as if His word were synonymous with fact. Snug. Balls firmly in place, eternally. My kinda God, were I to imagine one, would be SO much more a boxers kinda guy. I can imagine Him saying, in that big, booming Charleton Heston voice of His, Swing free, boys. Even better, under His flowing robes my kinda God would go commando.
[FairfieldLife] Mystery and its possible opposite, Understanding
Something said in the Mystery of Chaco Canyon video I posted a link to earlier got me thinking about the mysterious topic of Mystery. In the film Robert Redford was speaking eloquently about the Anasazi gazing up into the sky and perceiving its predictable patterns -- patterns recognized only after 19 gener- ations of careful observation, but patterns nonetheless -- as being to some extent the opposite of the chaos and unpredictability they saw in the world around them. It would have been natural for people in that time to look to the heavens and try to extrapolate from its patterns similar patterns that would work for us humans down on earth. They longed for Understanding. I'm not as big a fan as some people of Understanding. I don't understand shit about the universe and How It All Works. But I'm a big fanboy of its Mystery. One of the things that I've noticed in my Road Trips around the spiritual marketplace is that quite a few of the people who feel -- or say -- that they under- stand things coincidentally seem to me to be the same ones who have the least feeling for Mystery. It's as if the folks who were presented with what for them intellectually constituted a believable answer we have already prepared or who had their own cognitions based on a powerful subjective experience *stopped wondering* about the things they felt they understood, and to some extent closed themselves off to further Wonder. The greater the sense of I understand the Mystery, the lesser the sense of Wonder, and the lesser a corresponding openness to Mystery. I get the desire to feel as if one had figured things out. But personally I get off more on the Go Figuring. I was amused when I moved to France that one of my favorite phrases in English (Go figure) had its counterpart in French (Va savoir). Even though literally (Go forth to know) it's more explicit in French about seeking some kind of goal, the more common meaning when it's spoken in conversation is more like the Brooklynese Go figure. It's an expres- sion of the idea that the goal may be unattainable, and that the going is the important thing, not the figuring. That kinda captures my credo as well. Even though I am often accused of being a Buddhist, I am probably more of a Taoist. The quote I used for the frontis- piece of the book I called Road Trip Mind was from Lao-tzu: A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent upon arriving. I hope to never understand the universe and How It All Works. Where's the fun in that? I hope to keep wandering and wondering till my last day on this rock, and after that to keep doing the same thing in future incarnations, if they present themselves. In my experience those I've met who seemed most convinced that they understood things also seemed to be the most locked into a kind of intellectual (and often spiritual) stasis. They didn't go much of anywhere new, and just kept repeating the things they knew over and over. Boring. My path has no destination, and hopefully will never have an end. The saddest thing I can imagine is the spiritual path having an end. And yet others not only embrace this idea, they seek it fervently. It's just another instance of predilection, I guess. For them, the phrase Go figure has its emphasis on the second word. For me, the emphasis is very much on the first. Although I may ponder many sub- jects on this forum in a seeming attempt to figure them out, for me the wonder is to be found in the continual going, not in the figuring. If what Maharishi said about the natural tendency of the mind is true, my personal natural tendency is in the direction of Mystery and Wonder. If there was a branch of the path that veered off to the right and had a signpost there at the crossroads saying This Way To Understanding, I missed it. And I don't miss having missed it.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled Judy
johnlasher: Hissy plus plus still having it... Maybe getting out and voting would be a better idea, instead of posting satire on a newsgroup forum, and trying to pick a fight with Judy. If you're new to this group, that wouldn't be a good way to introduce yourself! Plus, you could write your own satires like Turq does - you're not the only informant that reads the newspapers. I think what you are saying is that you had a full blown hissy fit.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled
Bhairitu: To get the US out of debt we should tax stock sales on Wall Street. It could be a very small tax and again nothing that anyone would notice much... So, how much would taxing 'Wall Street' go toward either balancing the federal budget or eliminating the $14 trillion deficit? Didn't Obama already approve a national budget a few months ago? Obama's Budget for Fiscal Year 2012: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget
[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled
Bhairitu: Those are the ones to get out on the street... Maybe they could join a 'Tea Party Rally' to show they are against runaway federal spending and payroll taxation. Or, were you thinking you would start a new 'rally protest' to promote MORE taxation and MORE spending? You're not making much sense. Is that your best plan for balancing the federal budget? Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] Nice crib, dude
It's always fascinated me how different spiritual teacher types choose to live, and where. I've seen a few of the places Maharishi lived, including the Godfather II house on Lake Tahoe and Seelisberg. I've seen photos of Vlodrop and personally liked it better before he set about remaking it in the image of S-V. I've also visited Yogananda's old house in California. Today I stumbled upon a realtor listing of one of the houses dwelt in by Rama - Frederick Lenz. As it turns out, now having GoogleMapped the address, I realize that at the time I lived in a guest house on a private lake a couple of miles away, but never got to see this particular house. Wish I'd been able to. That would have been a cool place to sit on a terrace and rap. http://www.realtor.com/blogs/2011/03/10/zen-master-rama-lenz-bedford-hou\ se-home-of-the-day/ http://www.realtor.com/blogs/2011/03/10/zen-master-rama-lenz-bedford-ho\ use-home-of-the-day/ [http://p.rdcpix.com/v03/l888dcb42-m1x.jpg]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count
So, which one is the one from Missouri? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/282854 Vaj: Empty Willy. Which one, the one from Texas, or the one from Missouri?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Nice crib, dude
turquoiseb: Today I stumbled upon a realtor listing of one of the houses dwelt in by Rama - Frederick Lenz. As it turns out, now having GoogleMapped the address, I realize that at the time I lived in a guest house on a private lake a couple of miles away, but never got to see this particular house. Wish I'd been able to. That would have been a cool place to sit on a terrace and rap... So, you gave Rama over $10,000 for seminars and books over ten years, and you moved all the way to New York to be near him, but he never invited you up to his house for a rap? Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Nice crib, dude
One of the most amazing places I lived as a child was an apartment on Hong Kong island in the early '70's, with a view sweeping down from the island to the close shore of skyscrapers and neon, across the harbor of ships from everywhere, to the Kowloon peninsula, bordered by the weathered spines of the Seven Dragon peaks, and beyond that to China. I was in high school and loved to sit on the balcony and watch the harbor and neon-lit city reflected in the water late at night. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: It's always fascinated me how different spiritual teacher types choose to live, and where. I've seen a few of the places Maharishi lived, including the Godfather II house on Lake Tahoe and Seelisberg. I've seen photos of Vlodrop and personally liked it better before he set about remaking it in the image of S-V. I've also visited Yogananda's old house in California. Today I stumbled upon a realtor listing of one of the houses dwelt in by Rama - Frederick Lenz. As it turns out, now having GoogleMapped the address, I realize that at the time I lived in a guest house on a private lake a couple of miles away, but never got to see this particular house. Wish I'd been able to. That would have been a cool place to sit on a terrace and rap. http://www.realtor.com/blogs/2011/03/10/zen-master-rama-lenz-bedford-hou\ se-home-of-the-day/ http://www.realtor.com/blogs/2011/03/10/zen-master-rama-lenz-bedford-ho\ use-home-of-the-day/ [http://p.rdcpix.com/v03/l888dcb42-m1x.jpg]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fight against the FDA's ridiculous supplement regulation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, metoostill metoostill@ wrote: More to the point many inner circle re-certified TM teachers living in FF and out of town have recently suffered devastating lead poisoning from visits to the much praised Raju's clinic in India where they were treated to ayur-vedic pills and potions. There have been enough extremely serious cases in FF that the University of Iowa has offered to test free for heavy metals anyone who brings a sample of herbs from india to protect the public health. Does anyone else know more of the details? I don't doubt what you are saying, but can you name one? I am an old timer and several of my old time best friends who still maintain the TMO code of silence and work in the company are involved, but I heard this also from my kids who are old MSAE grads. I just looked on FF Life to get any detail I didn't have. Apparently Raju is horrified and afraid he'll loose his American meal ticket (with good reason), and has tracked the problem to one of his pill and herb suppliers. Lead poisoning that caused serious symptoms that drove several to the hospital after home in IA, where lead was pinpointed as the problem, in blood concentration that pins the dial when measured, and then tested for and discovered in mega amounts in the Raju ayur-vedic medicines. Yes the FDA can be obstructive but yes the FDA plays a valuable role at other times. This might have been one where their involvement would have been to our benefit.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Googling God
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Following up on my rap about Mystery, it occurs to me that a lot of my issue with those who seek to understand life's Mystery rather than just enjoy- ing it as the E-ticket ride it is Why is it necessary for you to have an issue with people who approach life differently than you do? Does the fact that they seek to understand get in the way of your mindless enjoyment? Here's a suggestion: Try *just once* to write about some aspect of how you live your life without putting down any aspect of how other people live theirs. It won't be easy. It'll be like Dr. Strangelove trying to keep his arm from automatically shooting up in a Nazi salute. You seem unable to value your ideas and ways of being unless you can compare them favorably to those of others. You have tremendous difficulty seeing yourself on your own terms; you seem able to define yourself only in terms of how you're better than other people. If you resist this description, try the exercise I proposed. I think it'll be very revealing.
[FairfieldLife] Austrian Man Wins Right To Wear Pasta Strainer In License Photo
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Mystery and its possible opposite, Understanding
And another example. You can't just rap about your love of mystery without belittling other people who love looking for answers. It's so *predictable*. It's such a *rut*. It's as if you're so insecure about the value of your own predilections you're afraid to let people form their own opinions about them unless you first instruct them in the inferior value of predilections different from yours. Let your predilections stand on their own for a change. Explain why you find value in them *without* also devaluing others. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Something said in the Mystery of Chaco Canyon video I posted a link to earlier got me thinking about the mysterious topic of Mystery. In the film Robert Redford was speaking eloquently about the Anasazi gazing up into the sky and perceiving its predictable patterns -- patterns recognized only after 19 gener- ations of careful observation, but patterns nonetheless -- as being to some extent the opposite of the chaos and unpredictability they saw in the world around them. It would have been natural for people in that time to look to the heavens and try to extrapolate from its patterns similar patterns that would work for us humans down on earth. They longed for Understanding. I'm not as big a fan as some people of Understanding. I don't understand shit about the universe and How It All Works. But I'm a big fanboy of its Mystery. One of the things that I've noticed in my Road Trips around the spiritual marketplace is that quite a few of the people who feel -- or say -- that they under- stand things coincidentally seem to me to be the same ones who have the least feeling for Mystery. It's as if the folks who were presented with what for them intellectually constituted a believable answer we have already prepared or who had their own cognitions based on a powerful subjective experience *stopped wondering* about the things they felt they understood, and to some extent closed themselves off to further Wonder. The greater the sense of I understand the Mystery, the lesser the sense of Wonder, and the lesser a corresponding openness to Mystery. I get the desire to feel as if one had figured things out. But personally I get off more on the Go Figuring. I was amused when I moved to France that one of my favorite phrases in English (Go figure) had its counterpart in French (Va savoir). Even though literally (Go forth to know) it's more explicit in French about seeking some kind of goal, the more common meaning when it's spoken in conversation is more like the Brooklynese Go figure. It's an expres- sion of the idea that the goal may be unattainable, and that the going is the important thing, not the figuring. That kinda captures my credo as well. Even though I am often accused of being a Buddhist, I am probably more of a Taoist. The quote I used for the frontis- piece of the book I called Road Trip Mind was from Lao-tzu: A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent upon arriving. I hope to never understand the universe and How It All Works. Where's the fun in that? I hope to keep wandering and wondering till my last day on this rock, and after that to keep doing the same thing in future incarnations, if they present themselves. In my experience those I've met who seemed most convinced that they understood things also seemed to be the most locked into a kind of intellectual (and often spiritual) stasis. They didn't go much of anywhere new, and just kept repeating the things they knew over and over. Boring. My path has no destination, and hopefully will never have an end. The saddest thing I can imagine is the spiritual path having an end. And yet others not only embrace this idea, they seek it fervently. It's just another instance of predilection, I guess. For them, the phrase Go figure has its emphasis on the second word. For me, the emphasis is very much on the first. Although I may ponder many sub- jects on this forum in a seeming attempt to figure them out, for me the wonder is to be found in the continual going, not in the figuring. If what Maharishi said about the natural tendency of the mind is true, my personal natural tendency is in the direction of Mystery and Wonder. If there was a branch of the path that veered off to the right and had a signpost there at the crossroads saying This Way To Understanding, I missed it. And I don't miss having missed it.
[FairfieldLife] Meditation May Change Brain's Physical Structure, Strengthen Connections
MEDITATION MAY CHANGE BRAIN'S PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS KurzweilAI July 15, 2011 http://nhne-pulse.org/meditation-may-change-brains-physical-structure/ http://www.kurzweilai.net/meditation-may-change-brains-physical-structure-st rengthen-connections Meditation may have potential to change the brain's physical structure, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have found. People who meditate have stronger connections between brain regions and show less age-related brain atrophy, according to the researchers. Stronger connections influence the ability to rapidly relay electrical signals in the brain. And significantly, these effects are evident throughout the entire brain, not just in specific areas. The study consisted of 27 active meditation practitioners (average age 52) and 27 control subjects, who were matched by age and sex. The meditation and the control group each consisted of 11 men and 16 women. The number of years of meditation practice ranged from 5 to 46; self-reported meditation styles included Shamatha, Vipassana and Zazen, practiced by about 55 percent of the meditators, either exclusively or in combination with other styles. Pronounced Structural Connectivity The researchers used a type of brain imaging known as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a relatively new imaging mode that provides insights into the structural connectivity of the brain. They found that the differences between meditators and controls are not confined to a particular core region of the brain but involve large-scale networks that include the frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes and the anterior corpus callosum, as well as limbic structures and the brain stem. They found pronounced structural connectivity in meditators throughout the entire brain's pathways. The greatest differences between the two groups were seen within the corticospinal tract (a collection of axons that travel between the cerebral cortex of the brain and the spinal cord), the superior longitudinal fasciculus (long bi-directional bundles of neurons connecting the front and the back of the cerebrum), and the uncinate fasciculus (white matter that connects parts of the limbic system, such as the hippocampus and amygdala, with the frontal cortex). Meditation appears to be a powerful mental exercise with the potential to change the physical structure of the brain at large, said Eileen Luders of UCLA. Collecting evidence that active, frequent, and regular meditation practices cause alterations of white-matter fiber tracts that are profound and sustainable may become relevant for patient populations suffering from axonal demyelination and white-matter atrophy.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fight against the FDA's ridiculous supplement regulation
On 07/18/2011 08:19 AM, metoostill wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, metoostillmetoostill@ wrote: More to the point many inner circle re-certified TM teachers living in FF and out of town have recently suffered devastating lead poisoning from visits to the much praised Raju's clinic in India where they were treated to ayur-vedic pills and potions. There have been enough extremely serious cases in FF that the University of Iowa has offered to test free for heavy metals anyone who brings a sample of herbs from india to protect the public health. Does anyone else know more of the details? I don't doubt what you are saying, but can you name one? I am an old timer and several of my old time best friends who still maintain the TMO code of silence and work in the company are involved, but I heard this also from my kids who are old MSAE grads. I just looked on FF Life to get any detail I didn't have. Apparently Raju is horrified and afraid he'll loose his American meal ticket (with good reason), and has tracked the problem to one of his pill and herb suppliers. Lead poisoning that caused serious symptoms that drove several to the hospital after home in IA, where lead was pinpointed as the problem, in blood concentration that pins the dial when measured, and then tested for and discovered in mega amounts in the Raju ayur-vedic medicines. Yes the FDA can be obstructive but yes the FDA plays a valuable role at other times. This might have been one where their involvement would have been to our benefit. Go back and read my original post. I *said* that supplement manufacturers would like some regulations. That would have insured against such tainted goods. The problem is not the FDA but the greedy pharmaceutical companies wanting the supplement market for themselves. It is important to understand the term pull the ladder up regulation. This is how big companies unfairly eliminate competition. And big pharma has given us things like Vioxx. Big pharma has killed more people than tainted ayurvedic products ever have.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled Judy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnt johnlasher20002000@ wrote: What I'm saying, and I fully understand what satire and irony are, is that this is too serious a situation to deal with subtly or through sarcasm. The point I was trying to make is not a matter of you doing my homework asking you (Judy) to write a satire on the holocaust, but to demonstrate that with such a serious threat to millions neither you nor most people would be willing to approach the holocaust in that manner. I think what you are saying is that you had a full blown hissy fit. Exactly. With a drama queen tiara on top. But that applies only to johnt, of course, not to, say, Bhairitu: The Republicans are pulling a robbery on Americans. And we have these fools who probably don't even earn much more than $50k a year supporting them! That's because Bhairitu is no longer a TMer, but johnt still is. So Bhairitu gets a pass, while johnt must be put down and piled onto.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled
On 07/18/2011 07:29 AM, richardjwilliamstexas wrote: Bhairitu: Those are the ones to get out on the street... Maybe they could join a 'Tea Party Rally' to show they are against runaway federal spending and payroll taxation. Or, were you thinking you would start a new 'rally protest' to promote MORE taxation and MORE spending? You're not making much sense. Is that your best plan for balancing the federal budget? Go figure. Stop the costly wars of empire. That would help a lot to balance the budget. Why didn't you mention that?
[FairfieldLife] Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept.
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[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Alert: Obama chooses terror organization over American security
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Re: [FairfieldLife] The people of Walmart
Or... America drinks ... and goes to Walmart. :-D On 07/17/2011 12:37 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: Those are actual photos of people shopping, so they can look their very best, appearing on the Jerry Springer Show. From: Bhairitunoozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 2:06 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] The people of Walmart I don't know if anyone has posted this stuff before but I was listening to the YouTube video of Gerald Celente's latest appearance no Jeff Rense and the video has a running slide show of photos taken of Walmart shoppers. Quite gross and hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jETXJ8cRceM And if you just want to peruse Walmart shopper photos there is a site devoted to it: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/photos Aren't Americans a grand sight!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
Haven't you guys ever heard of AC? From: Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=IAZ087warncounty=IAC101firewxzone=IAZ087local_place1=Fairfield+IAproduct1=Excessive+Heat+Warning Excessive Heat Warning URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 ...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH MOST OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PUSH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES TO 100 TO OVER 110. LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT SINCE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S. THE DANGEROUS HEAT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY AND MAY CONTINUE INTO NEXT SATURDAY OVER ALL OR PART OF THE AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HEATWAVE THE REGION HAS EXPERIENCED IN AT LEAST THE LAST 5 YEARS. 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... * HEAT INDEX/TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 115 THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. NIGHT TIME LOWS WILL BE IN THE 70S...OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. THE DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY COULD CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR. THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Haven't you guys ever heard of AC? Didn't you read the last two paragaphs? And BTW, there are many poor/elderly people who can't afford AC. Some can't even afford *fans*; local governments often have programs to distribute free fans to those who don't own one. From: Dick Mays dickmays@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning  http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=IAZ087warncounty=IAC101firewxzone=IAZ087local_place1=Fairfield+IAproduct1=Excessive+Heat+Warning Excessive Heat Warning URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 ...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH MOST OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PUSH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES TO 100 TO OVER 110. LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT SINCE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S. THE DANGEROUS HEAT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY AND MAY CONTINUE INTO NEXT SATURDAY OVER ALL OR PART OF THE AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HEATWAVE THE REGION HAS EXPERIENCED IN AT LEAST THE LAST 5 YEARS. 330 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... * HEAT INDEX/TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO  MIDDLE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX  VALUES OF 105 TO 115 THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. NIGHT TIME LOWS  WILL BE IN THE 70S...OFFERING LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. THE  DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY COULD CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO NEXT  WEEKEND. * IMPACTS...THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY  WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR. THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept.
That kinda looks like Maharishi or Charlie Manson. On Jul 18, 2011, at 12:49 PM, turquoiseb wrote: Couple Finds Jesus In Walmart Receipt (VIDEO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/jesus-in-walmart- receipt_n_901548.html
[FairfieldLife] The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (wasRe: Ancient Maya Tools of Astronomy)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: This is a very interesting documentary about the Mayan's technology for keeping time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7MaGCyuwkfeature=related I rarely look at these things, because I'm just not on The ancients knew more than we do bus, and I didn't watch this clip, either. And you're so smart you just knew this film was on that silly bus without having to watch any of it. Wrong. It's not on that bus any more than the Chaco Canyon film you tout. In fact, from your description, the Chaco Canyon film comes to very much the same conclusion the Tools of Astronomy film does: the people who constructed the huge buildings and complexes the films examine did so on the basis of highly detailed naked-eye observation of the sky. However, it being posted reminded me of a fascinating film that used to be hard to find (you could only get it on DVD from the filmmakers or at the gift shop at Chaco Canyon itself), but which, after a quick search, I discover is now on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFRQfPQCic0 Narrated by and partially funded by Robert Redford, this is a great film about one of the most spectacular historical sites on the planet, and certainly the most spectacular in North America, Chaco Canyon. I've been there many times. There are buildings there larger than the Colusseum in Rome, built in an ares in which few of the building materials could be found. The Anasazi ruled an area that encompassed 95,000 square miles in the American Southwest. They were the Romans of the North American continent. And then one day (literally, in a historical sense), they just went away. Where, how, and why are still a mystery. In the film, they use computer modeling to show that the Anasazi were so hip to the movement of the stars and planets that the whole complex can be legitimately be seen as an enormous computer, just as Stonehenge can. That said, the Anasazi were kinda on the dark side; modern-day Peublo Indians won't even go there, and consider their ancestors the Anasazi almost black magicians. I certainly felt some darker vibes in some of the sites there at Chaco, but in others what I felt while meditating there was shiny and high, and to me supports the film's theory that this was a place not for dwelling in full-time, but a place of pilgrimage to which tens of thousands of Anasazi would travel at times of power (Solstices, Equinoxes, eclipses, etc.) to revere power. Enjoy. If you liked the clip about the Mayans, you'll like this one about their more Northern counterparts.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept.
Kinda looks like a homeless guy to me.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
Heat index is 110 here at the moment, and climbing.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation May Change Brain's Physical Structure, Strengthen Connections
I suspect that this study will end up being the relaxation response study of teh teens. Just as virtually all meditation techniques result in some level of relaxation, but the details of that relaxation vary from technique to technique, so just about all mental techniques that show consistent brain activity will show this same general thing: the connections between parts of the brain that are activated together get stronger. In the case of compassion meditation, you will find such connections getting stronger in the areas associated with compassion. In TM, you will find the connections getting stronger between the prefrontal cortex and the rest of the brain. THe difference between TM and the otehrs is that the connections are getting stronger while in resting modes of activity (alpha EEG), while in the case of many of the others, they will be getting stronger during higher activity modes (gamma EEG). This many or may not make a difference in the long run, or in the short run, or it may, but my intuition suggests that more sophisticated research is going to find that there is a difference between connections strengthened during periods of high concentration, and connections strengthened during periods of rest. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: MEDITATION MAY CHANGE BRAIN'S PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS KurzweilAI July 15, 2011 http://nhne-pulse.org/meditation-may-change-brains-physical-structure/ http://www.kurzweilai.net/meditation-may-change-brains-physical-structure-st rengthen-connections Meditation may have potential to change the brain's physical structure, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have found. People who meditate have stronger connections between brain regions and show less age-related brain atrophy, according to the researchers. Stronger connections influence the ability to rapidly relay electrical signals in the brain. And significantly, these effects are evident throughout the entire brain, not just in specific areas. The study consisted of 27 active meditation practitioners (average age 52) and 27 control subjects, who were matched by age and sex. The meditation and the control group each consisted of 11 men and 16 women. The number of years of meditation practice ranged from 5 to 46; self-reported meditation styles included Shamatha, Vipassana and Zazen, practiced by about 55 percent of the meditators, either exclusively or in combination with other styles. Pronounced Structural Connectivity The researchers used a type of brain imaging known as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a relatively new imaging mode that provides insights into the structural connectivity of the brain. They found that the differences between meditators and controls are not confined to a particular core region of the brain but involve large-scale networks that include the frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes and the anterior corpus callosum, as well as limbic structures and the brain stem. They found pronounced structural connectivity in meditators throughout the entire brain's pathways. The greatest differences between the two groups were seen within the corticospinal tract (a collection of axons that travel between the cerebral cortex of the brain and the spinal cord), the superior longitudinal fasciculus (long bi-directional bundles of neurons connecting the front and the back of the cerebrum), and the uncinate fasciculus (white matter that connects parts of the limbic system, such as the hippocampus and amygdala, with the frontal cortex). Meditation appears to be a powerful mental exercise with the potential to change the physical structure of the brain at large, said Eileen Luders of UCLA. Collecting evidence that active, frequent, and regular meditation practices cause alterations of white-matter fiber tracts that are profound and sustainable may become relevant for patient populations suffering from axonal demyelination and white-matter atrophy.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept.
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Archer Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 12:21 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept. Kinda looks like a homeless guy to me. But then Jesus was homeless: Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. - Luke 9:58 Cool verse, that. To me, he's talking about not being locked into conceptual boundaries or limited perspectives.
[FairfieldLife] Super Dog fights off robbers
http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/07/paco-the-chihuahua-chases-away-armed-robbers/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept.
On Jul 18, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Rick Archer wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Archer Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 12:21 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept. Kinda looks like a homeless guy to me. But then Jesus was homeless: Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. - Luke 9:58 Cool verse, that. To me, he’s talking about not being locked into conceptual boundaries or limited perspectives. And the old picture of Mahesh in B/W that this looks like, he was homeless.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
I just went through this back East. Drink LOTS of water and liquids - a gallon a day. Crank the AC. If outside and you stop sweating, see a doctor. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Heat index is 110 here at the moment, and climbing.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Meditation May Change Brain's Physical Structure, Strengthen Connections
On Jul 18, 2011, at 1:07 PM, sparaig wrote: I suspect that this study will end up being the relaxation response study of teh teens. Just as virtually all meditation techniques result in some level of relaxation, but the details of that relaxation vary from technique to technique, so just about all mental techniques that show consistent brain activity will show this same general thing: the connections between parts of the brain that are activated together get stronger. In the case of compassion meditation, you will find such connections getting stronger in the areas associated with compassion. In TM, you will find the connections getting stronger between the prefrontal cortex and the rest of the brain. THe difference between TM and the otehrs is that the connections are getting stronger while in resting modes of activity (alpha EEG), while in the case of many of the others, they will be getting stronger during higher activity modes (gamma EEG). This many or may not make a difference in the long run, or in the short run, or it may, but my intuition suggests that more sophisticated research is going to find that there is a difference between connections strengthened during periods of high concentration, and connections strengthened during periods of rest. They found that the differences between meditators and controls are not confined to a particular core region of the brain but involve large-scale networks that include the frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes and the anterior corpus callosum, as well as limbic structures and the brain stem. Actually what this sounds like is a further validation of Sarah Lazar's groundbreaking findings on the thickness of the cortex increasing -- not in just certain areas, but now across wider swaths of the entire brain. This could explain why and how advanced yogis are able to control various autonomic functions like temperature, breathing or heart rate, as it's like upgrading the cerebral cortex's connection to the reptilian brainstem.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled
Those are the ones to get out on the street... Maybe they could join a 'Tea Party Rally' to show they are against runaway federal spending and payroll taxation. Or, were you thinking you would start a new 'rally protest' to promote MORE taxation and MORE spending? You're not making much sense. Is that your best plan for balancing the federal budget? Go figure. Bhairitu: Stop the costly wars of empire. That would help a lot to balance the budget. Has the U.S. declared war against anyone? Why didn't you mention that? Because the defense budget is only a fraction of the federal spending budget? How much do you think you could reduce the federal deficit of $13 trillion by bringing all the troops home?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept.
I enjoy finding that stuff in the Bible sometimes. In a code of sorts, that clarity unlocks. Someone oughta rewrite The Book to make stuff like that more evident. Probably wouldn't sell though. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Archer Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 12:21 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept. Kinda looks like a homeless guy to me. But then Jesus was homeless: Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. - Luke 9:58 Cool verse, that. To me, he's talking about not being locked into conceptual boundaries or limited perspectives.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardjwilliamstexas willytex@... wrote: snip Has the U.S. declared war against anyone? Seriously??
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I just went through this back East. Drink LOTS of water and liquids - a gallon a day. Crank the AC. If outside and you stop sweating, see a doctor. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Heat index is 110 here at the moment, and climbing. Too much water can kill you. One to two liters a day depending on your body mass is plenty.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
On 07/18/2011 10:11 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixonmdixon.6569@... wrote: Haven't you guys ever heard of AC? Didn't you read the last two paragaphs? And BTW, there are many poor/elderly people who can't afford AC. Some can't even afford *fans*; local governments often have programs to distribute free fans to those who don't own one. The mid-west normally has heat waves during the summer. Mike was kidding. Probably most homes there do have some form of AC. OTOH, the Jet Stream has shifted further north and they may be getting the weather we usually get in the Bay Area. Right now it's in the 70s here and will probably top out in the mid-80s today. For me that is not even enough to turn on ceiling fans. So far this summer I have run my AC only about 3 times. The house is prepped for central air but it would have cost me $5000 due to a needed electrical upgrade to have it installed. So I passed. And a new roof helped. The previous owner spared no money on improvements and if it was hot enough to have central air she would have. The day of the open house I asked her about that and she told me there just weren't that many hot days to justify it. Currently I'm running probably a 26 year old GE through the wall in the living room. I wanted to replace it with a new Fedders with a remote. For the computer room I got a Soleus portable which keeps the room cool on hot days. I live inland from the Bay and San Francisco folks are usually rejoicing when we have heat waves because that's mean shirt sleeve weather there while we inland folks are sweltering. Sometimes we want to reach into the radio and strangle the weather reporter who is so gleeful about the heat because they are in SF. :-D
Re: [FairfieldLife] Bill Maher, accused of sexism, rips Palin, Bachman, and Jesus
On 07/17/2011 10:40 PM, turquoiseb wrote: And well. A great rant. I particularly liked, If you want to know where most of this nation's sexism is coming from, you don't have to look any further than the one person who makes the cover of Newsweek more often than Sarah Palin -- Jesus. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/17/bill-maher-michele-bachmann-sarah-palin_n_900994.html Being a liberal myself and having HBO you'd probably think I would be a regular watcher of Maher. But he is a limousine liberal and only covers specific liberal agenda. So I haven't watched any of the recent episodes. And of course he is closed minded when it comes to conspiracies which lowered my opinion of him.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled
On 07/18/2011 11:32 AM, richardjwilliamstexas wrote: Those are the ones to get out on the street... Maybe they could join a 'Tea Party Rally' to show they are against runaway federal spending and payroll taxation. Or, were you thinking you would start a new 'rally protest' to promote MORE taxation and MORE spending? You're not making much sense. Is that your best plan for balancing the federal budget? Go figure. Bhairitu: Stop the costly wars of empire. That would help a lot to balance the budget. Has the U.S. declared war against anyone? Why didn't you mention that? Because the defense budget is only a fraction of the federal spending budget? How much do you think you could reduce the federal deficit of $13 trillion by bringing all the troops home? We could have given everyone in the US free health care for the last 10 years for what we wasted in these wars of empire the last 10 years. Members of the Bush administration should be convicted of war crimes and spending the rest of their lives in prison rather that touring the world. Of course their tours are a little limited these days as there are some countries they had to skip because they will get arrested there.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled Judy
On 07/18/2011 09:20 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johntjohnlasher20002000@ wrote: What I'm saying, and I fully understand what satire and irony are, is that this is too serious a situation to deal with subtly or through sarcasm. The point I was trying to make is not a matter of you doing my homework asking you (Judy) to write a satire on the holocaust, but to demonstrate that with such a serious threat to millions neither you nor most people would be willing to approach the holocaust in that manner. I think what you are saying is that you had a full blown hissy fit. Exactly. With a drama queen tiara on top. But that applies only to johnt, of course, not to, say, Bhairitu: The Republicans are pulling a robbery on Americans. And we have these fools who probably don't even earn much more than $50k a year supporting them! That's because Bhairitu is no longer a TMer, but johnt still is. So Bhairitu gets a pass, while johnt must be put down and piled onto. Perhaps if Judy would have just replied to johnt, I think the author was being facetious then there wouldn't be an issue. Instead Judy had to make johnt look like a fool. But Judy has this bad habit of doing this a lot the time. So she invites reprisal (which we can assume she is looking for). We know that both Judy and Turq probably don't want to see senior citizens starving on the streets because they are ones themselves. Judy has already stated that in one reply. I think Judy often misses the point that such articles are there to wake people up to what *could* actually happen if we let these selfish thugs run the government. It wouldn't be the first time in history that things have gone awry. And the rich are the real complacent ones that haven't learned from history even if they attended an exclusive Ivy League college (where daddy probably had to pull some string to keep them from flunking out). It is important to note that last year Bill Gate's own father mounted a campaign and initiative in Washington state raise taxes on the state's wealthy. The initiative lost in the election due to a bunch of stupid people who apparently think they are wealthy earning $40,000 a year. Those kind of fools are what I mean when I use the term useful idiots (for the rich) and we even have some of those on FFL. Always notice that the Republicans say raise taxes as if they mean raise taxes on everyone not just people earning $250,000 or more a year. You fools are being had. This country is so dead. :-(
[FairfieldLife] The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (wasRe: Ancient Maya Tools of Astronomy)
Hey, Barry Your link doesn't work for me. Anyway, I read somewhere that the Anasazi culture disappeared because they had to move out of their location due to drought. This was also the same theory for the demise of the Mayan civilization. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: This is a very interesting documentary about the Mayan's technology for keeping time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7MaGCyuwkfeature=related I rarely look at these things, because I'm just not on The ancients knew more than we do bus, and I didn't watch this clip, either. However, it being posted reminded me of a fascinating film that used to be hard to find (you could only get it on DVD from the filmmakers or at the gift shop at Chaco Canyon itself), but which, after a quick search, I discover is now on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFRQfPQCic0 Narrated by and partially funded by Robert Redford, this is a great film about one of the most spectacular historical sites on the planet, and certainly the most spectacular in North America, Chaco Canyon. I've been there many times. There are buildings there larger than the Colusseum in Rome, built in an ares in which few of the building materials could be found. The Anasazi ruled an area that encompassed 95,000 square miles in the American Southwest. They were the Romans of the North American continent. And then one day (literally, in a historical sense), they just went away. Where, how, and why are still a mystery. In the film, they use computer modeling to show that the Anasazi were so hip to the movement of the stars and planets that the whole complex can be legitimately be seen as an enormous computer, just as Stonehenge can. That said, the Anasazi were kinda on the dark side; modern-day Peublo Indians won't even go there, and consider their ancestors the Anasazi almost black magicians. I certainly felt some darker vibes in some of the sites there at Chaco, but in others what I felt while meditating there was shiny and high, and to me supports the film's theory that this was a place not for dwelling in full-time, but a place of pilgrimage to which tens of thousands of Anasazi would travel at times of power (Solstices, Equinoxes, eclipses, etc.) to revere power. Enjoy. If you liked the clip about the Mayans, you'll like this one about their more Northern counterparts.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax. Does that mean big snowstorms this Winter will disprove it? The macro/micro trend distinction.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: snip But then Jesus was homeless: Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. - Luke 9:58 Actually Jesus had no trouble finding places to rest his head along the way. People were happy to put him up. Here, in context, he's telling a scribe who says he'll follow Jesus wherever he goes that he has to keep going to fulfill his mission. He wants to let the scribe know what he's in for. Cool verse, that. To me, he's talking about not being locked into conceptual boundaries or limited perspectives. And yet he *was* surely locked into his mission. In the following verses, two more people tell him they want to follow him, but they have to do this or that first. He says, in essence, forget all that stuff. Proclaiming the kingdom of God is more important than any earthly task. If you think you need to do something else first, you're not ready for it.
[FairfieldLife] The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (wasRe: Ancient Maya Tools of Astronomy)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: Hey, Barry Your link doesn't work for me. Then look up the title on YouTube. Duh. Anyway, I read somewhere that the Anasazi culture disappeared because they had to move out of their location due to drought. This was also the same theory for the demise of the Mayan civilization. This theory was discarded years ago, because no one can find any archeological evidence of a drought or famine, which is fairly easily detectable. The prevailing theory these days (although they keep it under their hats because it would so fuck the tourist industry) is that one of the factors of their demise was cannibalism. The current theory is that a bunch of badass Indians from Mexico and Central or South America migrated northward to Chaco and, being both militaristic and cannibalistic, brought their ways to a previously peaceful society and took it over. There is sadly some archeological evidence for this theory. Newagers prefer to believe that the Anasazi just walked off into a parallel dimension, en masse. Nicer theory on some levels, but harder to find evidence for. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: This is a very interesting documentary about the Mayan's technology for keeping time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7MaGCyuwkfeature=related I rarely look at these things, because I'm just not on The ancients knew more than we do bus, and I didn't watch this clip, either. However, it being posted reminded me of a fascinating film that used to be hard to find (you could only get it on DVD from the filmmakers or at the gift shop at Chaco Canyon itself), but which, after a quick search, I discover is now on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFRQfPQCic0 Narrated by and partially funded by Robert Redford, this is a great film about one of the most spectacular historical sites on the planet, and certainly the most spectacular in North America, Chaco Canyon. I've been there many times. There are buildings there larger than the Colusseum in Rome, built in an ares in which few of the building materials could be found. The Anasazi ruled an area that encompassed 95,000 square miles in the American Southwest. They were the Romans of the North American continent. And then one day (literally, in a historical sense), they just went away. Where, how, and why are still a mystery. In the film, they use computer modeling to show that the Anasazi were so hip to the movement of the stars and planets that the whole complex can be legitimately be seen as an enormous computer, just as Stonehenge can. That said, the Anasazi were kinda on the dark side; modern-day Peublo Indians won't even go there, and consider their ancestors the Anasazi almost black magicians. I certainly felt some darker vibes in some of the sites there at Chaco, but in others what I felt while meditating there was shiny and high, and to me supports the film's theory that this was a place not for dwelling in full-time, but a place of pilgrimage to which tens of thousands of Anasazi would travel at times of power (Solstices, Equinoxes, eclipses, etc.) to revere power. Enjoy. If you liked the clip about the Mayans, you'll like this one about their more Northern counterparts.
[FairfieldLife] The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (wasRe: Ancient Maya Tools of Astronomy)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: Hey, Barry Your link doesn't work for me. Then look up the title on YouTube. Duh. It appears the clips have been taken down at the request of the Solstice Project, the group that produced the film. Too bad. I hope a couple of people got to watch it before it got copywronged. Anyway, I read somewhere that the Anasazi culture disappeared because they had to move out of their location due to drought. This was also the same theory for the demise of the Mayan civilization. This theory was discarded years ago, because no one can find any archeological evidence of a drought or famine, which is fairly easily detectable. The prevailing theory these days (although they keep it under their hats because it would so fuck the tourist industry) is that one of the factors of their demise was cannibalism. The current theory is that a bunch of badass Indians from Mexico and Central or South America migrated northward to Chaco and, being both militaristic and cannibalistic, brought their ways to a previously peaceful society and took it over. There is sadly some archeological evidence for this theory. Newagers prefer to believe that the Anasazi just walked off into a parallel dimension, en masse. Nicer theory on some levels, but harder to find evidence for. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: This is a very interesting documentary about the Mayan's technology for keeping time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7MaGCyuwkfeature=related I rarely look at these things, because I'm just not on The ancients knew more than we do bus, and I didn't watch this clip, either. However, it being posted reminded me of a fascinating film that used to be hard to find (you could only get it on DVD from the filmmakers or at the gift shop at Chaco Canyon itself), but which, after a quick search, I discover is now on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFRQfPQCic0 Narrated by and partially funded by Robert Redford, this is a great film about one of the most spectacular historical sites on the planet, and certainly the most spectacular in North America, Chaco Canyon. I've been there many times. There are buildings there larger than the Colusseum in Rome, built in an ares in which few of the building materials could be found. The Anasazi ruled an area that encompassed 95,000 square miles in the American Southwest. They were the Romans of the North American continent. And then one day (literally, in a historical sense), they just went away. Where, how, and why are still a mystery. In the film, they use computer modeling to show that the Anasazi were so hip to the movement of the stars and planets that the whole complex can be legitimately be seen as an enormous computer, just as Stonehenge can. That said, the Anasazi were kinda on the dark side; modern-day Peublo Indians won't even go there, and consider their ancestors the Anasazi almost black magicians. I certainly felt some darker vibes in some of the sites there at Chaco, but in others what I felt while meditating there was shiny and high, and to me supports the film's theory that this was a place not for dwelling in full-time, but a place of pilgrimage to which tens of thousands of Anasazi would travel at times of power (Solstices, Equinoxes, eclipses, etc.) to revere power. Enjoy. If you liked the clip about the Mayans, you'll like this one about their more Northern counterparts.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 2:58 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax. Does that mean big snowstorms this Winter will disprove it? The macro/micro trend distinction. Nope. They'll further prove it. The ones last winter did, according to climatologists.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled Judy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/18/2011 09:20 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johntjohnlasher20002000@ wrote: What I'm saying, and I fully understand what satire and irony are, is that this is too serious a situation to deal with subtly or through sarcasm. The point I was trying to make is not a matter of you doing my homework asking you (Judy) to write a satire on the holocaust, but to demonstrate that with such a serious threat to millions neither you nor most people would be willing to approach the holocaust in that manner. I think what you are saying is that you had a full blown hissy fit. Exactly. With a drama queen tiara on top. But that applies only to johnt, of course, not to, say, Bhairitu: The Republicans are pulling a robbery on Americans. And we have these fools who probably don't even earn much more than $50k a year supporting them! That's because Bhairitu is no longer a TMer, but johnt still is. So Bhairitu gets a pass, while johnt must be put down and piled onto. Perhaps if Judy would have just replied to johnt, I think the author was being facetious then there wouldn't be an issue. Non sequitur. The above is about Barry's hypocrisy, a different issue entirely. But addressing your comment on its own terms: You weren't following the thread. feste explained to johnt that it was satire before I ever spoke up; then when he didn't get it, I explained it to him again, very politely. He still didn't get it. Only at that point did I tweak him a bit. Instead Judy had to make johnt look like a fool. But Judy has this bad habit of doing this a lot the time. As if you didn't! I don't do it unless the person is both wrong *and* arrogant. So she invites reprisal (which we can assume she is looking for). What are you, nuts?? There wasn't any reprisal here. Go back to the beginning and read through the thread. Once johnt realized the guy who wrote the article wasn't seriously suggesting old people be left to die to save the country money, our only disagreement was about whether cutting Medicare and Medicaid was a suitable topic for satire. We know that both Judy and Turq probably don't want to see senior citizens starving on the streets because they are ones themselves. Judy has already stated that in one reply. Don't know about Barry, but I wouldn't want to see senior citizens starving on the street even if I were still a teenager. As it happens, I'm fortunate that I'm unlikely to have to worry about my own situation in any case. But unlike Barry, I don't have any problem with folks expressing alarm at the prospect of cutbacks to the safety net. I think we should *all* be alarmed. I think Judy often misses the point that such articles are there to wake people up to what *could* actually happen if we let these selfish thugs run the government. Yeah, that's right, Bhairitu believes I'm a conservative. Tell us, please, what you believe I *do* think such articles are there for. That should be good for even more of a laugh than what you've written so far.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled Judy
Bhairitu: Always notice that the Republicans say raise taxes as if they mean raise taxes on everyone not just people earning $250,000 or more a year. Well, I'd vote for a flat tax that everyone could pay. I'm against payroll taxation on general principles, but I'd be willing to pay my fair share. Everyone knows that when you increase taxes there is actually less revenue coming in because of the many tax loopholes. Can you give me one good reason that some people should pay more in payroll taxes than others pay? That doesn't sound American to me because we're all supposed to be equal under the U.S. Constitution. You fools are being had. You are the one still living out in California! The income tax in California is 9.5%, plus your federal income tax. Looks like you're being had - there is no state income tax in Texas. The combined federal tax rate on income of $60,000, then, is actually 18.5% in California on earnings over $34,500.00.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
Yeah, I thought about that after I wrote it. Shouldn't have specified an amount. Thanks for the correction. Hopefully it breaks soon. When I was in NC it went from a string of high 100's to 76 the next day. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@ wrote: I just went through this back East. Drink LOTS of water and liquids - a gallon a day. Crank the AC. If outside and you stop sweating, see a doctor. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Heat index is 110 here at the moment, and climbing. Too much water can kill you. One to two liters a day depending on your body mass is plenty.
[FairfieldLife] The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (wasRe: Ancient Maya Tools of Astronomy)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: Hey, Barry Your link doesn't work for me. Then look up the title on YouTube. Duh. Heaven forbid Barry go the trouble of checking his own link: This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by the Solstice Project. Duh. Anyway, I read somewhere that the Anasazi culture disappeared because they had to move out of their location due to drought. This was also the same theory for the demise of the Mayan civilization. This theory was discarded years ago, because no one can find any archeological evidence of a drought or famine, which is fairly easily detectable. The prevailing theory these days (although they keep it under their hats because it would so fuck the tourist industry) is that one of the factors of their demise was cannibalism. Yeah, they keep it so well hidden under their hats that it's discussed in the Wikipedia article on the Anasazi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Pueblo_Peoples#Warfare_and_cannibalism http://tinyurl.com/63wg89a The current theory There are quite a few current theories, and a lot of dispute about them.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
Heat index is 110 here at the moment, and climbing. raunchydog: Too much water can kill you. One to two liters a day depending on your body mass is plenty. Right, too much DHMO can kill you! Several years ago we got a good warning about that stuff being used in the TM puja up in Fairfield - very dangerous according to several informants.
[FairfieldLife] Maharishi's Sandals
Maharishi's Sandals When I was skin boy in the early seventies, a pair of Maharishi’s sandals came from him to me. They were his exclusive pair for many years. They broke one evening in the wet grass of the Love Foundation, Mike Love’s place in Santa Barbara. MIU, now MUM, was in Santa Barbara then and Maharishi was staying there. Anthony Jobbe, the skin boy at the time, found a rock and hammered the nails of the strap back in. Maharishi then wore them to Seelisburg the first time we visited. When we left for Switzerland, Anthony stayed behind, and I soon became skin boy. In Maharishi’s small meeting room, attached to his bedroom, he stepped on blank sheets of paper and had me draw the outlines of his feet. I then cut them out and sent them to his preferred sandal maker in India. In due course, his new sandals arrived. In that same meeting room, Maharishi put them on and asked if they looked too big. The few of us there said, “No.” When he left the room to go to bed, he left his old sandals where they stood. That night, I did, as well. When I went in the next morning, they were still standing in the middle of the room. I realized that he either didn’t care what happened to them or was purposefully leaving them for me. Needless to say, I didn’t throw them away. In my experience, they still carry a lot of his energy, as if the atoms and molecules have been entrained in it. And, of course, in India, they would be holy objects to be revered. I have kept them very well protected and have handled them very little over the decades. At sixty-five, I have very little savings and have lost my job. I was planning to work into my seventies. My predicament forces me to attempt to sell them. I am hoping that the person they are meant to go to will have the wherewithal and will to honor their value. As 108 for over four years, I spent around $100K working for the movement pretty much seven days a week (when not rounding). As 108s, we weren't paid, paid $1000 a month so as not to be a financial drain on the movement, and paid all our own travel (and sometimes other) expenses. Small amounts will not be considered. Another possibility is donating to me so I can donate them to the movement. Please forward or copy and email to anyone you know who may be able and interested. Thank you, Mark Landau, m...@sky5.com
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 2:58 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax. Does that mean big snowstorms this Winter will disprove it? The macro/micro trend distinction. Nope. They'll further prove it. The ones last winter did, according to climatologists. I thought their point was that it could be consistent with the theory in response to idiots on Fox news who claimed it proved the opposite. But these small trends in weather are not the proof on either end. The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere behaves over relatively long periods of time. (taken from some sciency looking site.) I realize that I may be preaching to the choir here, and you may know much more about the science supporting climate change than I do. But I believe this distinction is important because weather variations don't prove or disprove of climate change.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 4:23 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of curtisdeltablues Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 2:58 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax. Does that mean big snowstorms this Winter will disprove it? The macro/micro trend distinction. Nope. They'll further prove it. The ones last winter did, according to climatologists. I thought their point was that it could be consistent with the theory in response to idiots on Fox news who claimed it proved the opposite. But these small trends in weather are not the proof on either end. The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere behaves over relatively long periods of time. (taken from some sciency looking site.) I realize that I may be preaching to the choir here, and you may know much more about the science supporting climate change than I do. But I believe this distinction is important because weather variations don't prove or disprove of climate change. I read an article a while back stating that climatologists are agreeing more and more that all the weird weather we've been having is indeed linked to global warming. Here's a good link: http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2011/07/extreme-weather-and-climate-ch.php
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: snip I read an article a while back stating that climatologists are agreeing more and more that all the weird weather we've been having is indeed linked to global warming. Here's a good link: http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2011/07/extreme-weather-and-climate-ch.php As I understand it, the key words are extreme and frequency. One predicted effect of climate change is an increasing frequency of extreme weather events. That does appear to be what we've been seeing, but it's not a slam-dunk (as distinct from very likely) that it's because of climate change. It's not inconceivable that there could be other reasons for the greater frequency of extreme events. The issue is, how sure do we have to be that climate change is causing the increased frequency of extreme weather before we start taking measures to stop, or at least slow, the change? Or--since change may already be irreversible--to take measures to mitigate the effects of extreme weather (as well as all the other effects of climate change)?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fight against the FDA's ridiculous supplement regulation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/18/2011 08:19 AM, metoostill wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, metoostillmetoostill@ wrote: More to the point many inner circle re-certified TM teachers living in FF and out of town have recently suffered devastating lead poisoning from visits to the much praised Raju's clinic in India where they were treated to ayur-vedic pills and potions. There have been enough extremely serious cases in FF that the University of Iowa has offered to test free for heavy metals anyone who brings a sample of herbs from india to protect the public health. Does anyone else know more of the details? I don't doubt what you are saying, but can you name one? I am an old timer and several of my old time best friends who still maintain the TMO code of silence and work in the company are involved, but I heard this also from my kids who are old MSAE grads. I just looked on FF Life to get any detail I didn't have. Apparently Raju is horrified and afraid he'll loose his American meal ticket (with good reason), and has tracked the problem to one of his pill and herb suppliers. Lead poisoning that caused serious symptoms that drove several to the hospital after home in IA, where lead was pinpointed as the problem, in blood concentration that pins the dial when measured, and then tested for and discovered in mega amounts in the Raju ayur-vedic medicines. Yes the FDA can be obstructive but yes the FDA plays a valuable role at other times. This might have been one where their involvement would have been to our benefit. Go back and read my original post. I *said* that supplement manufacturers would like some regulations. That would have insured against such tainted goods. The problem is not the FDA but the greedy pharmaceutical companies wanting the supplement market for themselves. It is important to understand the term pull the ladder up regulation. This is how big companies unfairly eliminate competition. And big pharma has given us things like Vioxx. Big pharma has killed more people than tainted ayurvedic products ever have. You make a fair point and perhaps I strayed off your intended topic. Stream of consciousness.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: Did you and Ravi (are you there?) engage in this more dedicated practice of TM? No like I said I didn't engage in any advanced practices. IME the result does not seem to be proportional to the effort Which effort is that? L.
[FairfieldLife] Homes for sale
Two TMO stalwarts have their MSV homes on the market. Maharishi Vedic City Mayor Bob Wynne http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N173093,-N,-A,-N0 Elegance and grandeur grace the halls of this 5-bedroom, 4.5 bath, 4341 sq. ft. stately mansion... MSV design by Dr. Eike Hartmann. MUM professor Robert Schneider http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N166026,-N,-A,-N0 The Bow of Rama graces the front door of this 4 bedroom, 2 bath, one-story Maharishi Sthapatya Veda(SM) design masterpiece ... A royal and sublime environment is generated in this house designed by Sturla Sighvatsson, a master architect.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Homes for sale
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bill Coop williamgcoop@... wrote: Two TMO stalwarts have their MSV homes on the market. Maharishi Vedic City Mayor Bob Wynne http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N173093,-N,-A,-N0 Elegance and grandeur grace the halls of this 5-bedroom, 4.5 bath, 4341 sq. ft. stately mansion... MSV design by Dr. Eike Hartmann. MUM professor Robert Schneider http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N166026,-N,-A,-N0 The Bow of Rama graces the front door of this 4 bedroom, 2 bath, one-story Maharishi Sthapatya Veda(SM) design masterpiece ... A royal and sublime environment is generated in this house designed by Sturla Sighvatsson, a master architect. Nice! I may wish to buy this one though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hog2warts.jpg
Re: [FairfieldLife] Homes for sale
On Jul 18, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Bill Coop wrote: Two TMO stalwarts have their MSV homes on the market. Maharishi Vedic City Mayor Bob Wynne http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N173093,-N,-A,-N0 Elegance and grandeur grace the halls of this 5-bedroom, 4.5 bath, 4341 sq. ft. stately mansion... MSV design by Dr. Eike Hartmann. They're asking $720,000, taxes are $7956.00, and they will accept cash (which is big of them). It's a steal. MUM professor Robert Schneider http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N166026,-N,-A,-N0 The Bow of Rama graces the front door of this 4 bedroom, 2 bath, one-story Maharishi Sthapatya Veda(SM) design masterpiece ... A royal and sublime environment is generated in this house designed by Sturla Sighvatsson, a master architect. For this one, they're asking $385,000, taxes are $5224.00, and they'll *only* accept cash. Anybody got a spare $385,000 laying around? Take a look at the pictures~~these have got to be two of the ugliest houses in creation. What were the owners thinking~~ what were the architects thinking? It's a new style: Neo-Nazi Lite. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A word from St. Paul
Actually scholars in this area know all of these names. However, in practical terms, the only name we really interact with from time to time is Origen. So, for example, if one wanted to look at the nascent Alexandrian Christianity one would look at these names: Apollo, the authorr of Hebrews (which many speculate was Apollo), Philo (who was Jewish), Clement, and to a lesser degree Tertullian, and Origen, to name but a few. Depending on the question in hand they might also have to interact with the Gnostic finds at Nag Hammadi or at Oxyrhyncus. We must do so to trace certain traditions which are recorded in these works. Cheers Bill From: emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A word from St. Paul To bad for you. You missed Plotinus and the other Platonists that followed him until Justinian closed the academy. No wonder you don't believe in this stuff.…… --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, William Parkinson ameradian2@... wrote: Now I understand!! Well, my own expertise runs from 200 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.. My concentration and my doctoral program was in Early Christianity, Second Temple Judaism, and to a lesser degree Greco-Roman mystery cults (in particular, Mithras and Hekete). Once we get beyond 200 C.E., I fear I will be a precious little use. But certainly anything anyone wants to discuss I would be open to chiming in if I felt like anything worthwhile to add.  What did you have in mind? Cheers Bill From: Bob Price bobpriced@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A word from St. Paul  Bill,  I was using AD (Anno Domini) interchangeably with CE (common or Christian era). The period I'm hoping to start a new discussion on is 31/32 C.E. (death of Jesus) to May 22, 337 C.E. (death of Constantine).  When Robin returned some excellent serves from a number of FFL posters the focus was the 13th centuryand 1943 (I believe the 1943 reference concerned the bombing by the Allies of the Benedictine Monastery at Mount Cassino).  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,796392,00.html From: William Parkinson ameradian2@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 3:36:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A word from St. Paul  Bob did you mean 37C.E.? I have never heard of a 337C.E. date. Is that what you meant? Cheers Bill From: Bob Price bobpriced@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 2:17 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] A word from St. Paul  1 Corinthians 13 American Standard Version (ASV)   1If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.  2And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.  3And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.  4Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,  5doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;  6rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;  7beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.  8Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.  9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;  10but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.  11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.  12For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.  13But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. Â
[FairfieldLife] Re: Homes for sale
I wonder why they're selling. Are they leaving Vedic City, perhaps? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bill Coop williamgcoop@... wrote: Two TMO stalwarts have their MSV homes on the market. Maharishi Vedic City Mayor Bob Wynne http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N173093,-N,-A,-N0 Elegance and grandeur grace the halls of this 5-bedroom, 4.5 bath, 4341 sq. ft. stately mansion... MSV design by Dr. Eike Hartmann. MUM professor Robert Schneider http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N166026,-N,-A,-N0 The Bow of Rama graces the front door of this 4 bedroom, 2 bath, one-story Maharishi Sthapatya Veda(SM) design masterpiece ... A royal and sublime environment is generated in this house designed by Sturla Sighvatsson, a master architect.
[FairfieldLife] Post Count
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Homes for sale
So, are they downsizing or do they have early notification that things are going to shut down in the TMO presence in Fairfield? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Jul 18, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Bill Coop wrote: Two TMO stalwarts have their MSV homes on the market. Maharishi Vedic City Mayor Bob Wynne http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N173093,-N,-A,-N0 Elegance and grandeur grace the halls of this 5-bedroom, 4.5 bath, 4341 sq. ft. stately mansion... MSV design by Dr. Eike Hartmann. They're asking $720,000, taxes are $7956.00, and they will accept cash (which is big of them). It's a steal. MUM professor Robert Schneider http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N166026,-N,-A,-N0 The Bow of Rama graces the front door of this 4 bedroom, 2 bath, one-story Maharishi Sthapatya Veda(SM) design masterpiece ... A royal and sublime environment is generated in this house designed by Sturla Sighvatsson, a master architect. For this one, they're asking $385,000, taxes are $5224.00, and they'll *only* accept cash. Anybody got a spare $385,000 laying around? Take a look at the pictures~~these have got to be two of the ugliest houses in creation. What were the owners thinking~~ what were the architects thinking? It's a new style: Neo-Nazi Lite. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Homes for sale
On Jul 18, 2011, at 7:22 PM, wayback71 wrote: So, are they downsizing or do they have early notification that things are going to shut down in the TMO presence in Fairfield? Haven't a clue. I really know these guys by name only. I've never been part of their social circle, so to speak. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Homes for sale
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bill Coop williamgcoop@... wrote: Two TMO stalwarts have their MSV homes on the market. Maharishi Vedic City Mayor Bob Wynne http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N173093,-N,-A,-N0 Elegance and grandeur grace the halls of this 5-bedroom, 4.5 bath, 4341 sq. ft. stately mansion... MSV design by Dr. Eike Hartmann. MUM professor Robert Schneider http://fairfieldmls.rapmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=IastPRGNAME=MLSPropertyDetailARGUMENTS=-N503278945,-N166026,-N,-A,-N0 The Bow of Rama graces the front door of this 4 bedroom, 2 bath, one-story Maharishi Sthapatya Veda(SM) design masterpiece ... A royal and sublime environment is generated in this house designed by Sturla Sighvatsson, a master architect. Is the weather Vedic too?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax. I see Professor Rick is doing research again, (god help us all).
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals
How do you intend to authenticate them, your word? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: Maharishi's Sandals When I was skin boy in the early seventies, a pair of Maharishi's sandals came from him to me. They were his exclusive pair for many years. They broke one evening in the wet grass of the Love Foundation, Mike Love's place in Santa Barbara. MIU, now MUM, was in Santa Barbara then and Maharishi was staying there. Anthony Jobbe, the skin boy at the time, found a rock and hammered the nails of the strap back in. Maharishi then wore them to Seelisburg the first time we visited. When we left for Switzerland, Anthony stayed behind, and I soon became skin boy. In Maharishi's small meeting room, attached to his bedroom, he stepped on blank sheets of paper and had me draw the outlines of his feet. I then cut them out and sent them to his preferred sandal maker in India. In due course, his new sandals arrived. In that same meeting room, Maharishi put them on and asked if they looked too big. The few of us there said, No. When he left the room to go to bed, he left his old sandals where they stood. That night, I did, as well. When I went in the next morning, they were still standing in the middle of the room. I realized that he either didn't care what happened to them or was purposefully leaving them for me. Needless to say, I didn't throw them away. In my experience, they still carry a lot of his energy, as if the atoms and molecules have been entrained in it. And, of course, in India, they would be holy objects to be revered. I have kept them very well protected and have handled them very little over the decades. At sixty-five, I have very little savings and have lost my job. I was planning to work into my seventies. My predicament forces me to attempt to sell them. I am hoping that the person they are meant to go to will have the wherewithal and will to honor their value. As 108 for over four years, I spent around $100K working for the movement pretty much seven days a week (when not rounding). As 108s, we weren't paid, paid $1000 a month so as not to be a financial drain on the movement, and paid all our own travel (and sometimes other) expenses. Small amounts will not be considered. Another possibility is donating to me so I can donate them to the movement. Please forward or copy and email to anyone you know who may be able and interested. Thank you, Mark Landau, m...@sky5.com
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (wasRe: Ancient Maya Tools of Astronomy)
On Jul 18, 2011, at 3:05 PM, turquoiseb wrote: This theory was discarded years ago, because no one can find any archeological evidence of a drought or famine, which is fairly easily detectable. The prevailing theory these days (although they keep it under their hats because it would so fuck the tourist industry) is that one of the factors of their demise was cannibalism. Well, it's possible it could have contributed to the demise of the Anasazi, but it's a little tough to believe it was in any major way. Not unless the cannibals had really big appetites. I'm pretty sure that if that went on, it was a result of desperation, not a cause of it. The current theory is that a bunch of badass Indians from Mexico and Central or South America migrated northward to Chaco and, being both militaristic and cannibalistic, brought their ways to a previously peaceful society and took it over. There is sadly some archeological evidence for this theory. Well, Jared Diamond's theory, after extensive research, is that what felled their society is pretty much what fells most~~resource mismanagement (in this case water) and deforestation. Not nearly as colorful as badass cannibals, but there you have it. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Homes for sale
Sal Sunshine : Take a look at the pictures~~these have got to be two of the ugliest houses in creation. What were the owners thinking~~what were the architects thinking? It's a new style: Neo-Nazi Lite. Obviously you're prejudiced against Indians, but the one reminds me of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. http://www.monticello.org/ You've got to admit, it would be a step up from living in a trailer down in 'Utopia Park'. LoL!
[FairfieldLife] Sukhothai Park
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras
Hi Bhairitu. What is the JyotishList all about? Cheers Bill From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras On 07/14/2011 10:43 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: You have opened a whole can of worms here. I've watched for years different tantra school argue over whether the beej mantras should have use the ng ending or the m ending. They have slightly different effects as far as resonance patterns go. And Indians given their nature will argue passionately over this, making the arguments on FFL look very wimpy (I'm sure Ravi will agree). Bhairitu - I have to plead ignorance in spite of being born a Brahmin, you and others seem to be more well versed and yeah lot of Indians for sure. However give me some Sanskrit slokas and I will chant it perfectly, comes naturally to me. I wasn't talking about the knowledge but how Indians love to argue. They really went at it on one forum over the ng and m endings. And just wander over to the JyotishList on Yahoo. There is often a brawl going on there. ;-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals
For those who never saw them in person, they're in all the old photos. And there are many who were in the movement, including Rick, who knew/know me. I could never fabricate such a thing. They're authentic and have been in my possession for these 38 or so years, though I suppose there will always be those who will disbelieve. Who could authenticate them, and how? Perhaps one of the others who were in the room one of those two nights would come forward, though that would be amazing to me. I certainly don't remember who was there. Of course I have pictures of me carrying the skin, but that doesn't authenticate them, either. Those who know will know, those who don't, won't. On Jul 18, 2011, at 6:59 PM, wgm4u wrote: How do you intend to authenticate them, your word? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: Maharishi's Sandals When I was skin boy in the early seventies, a pair of Maharishi's sandals came from him to me. They were his exclusive pair for many years. They broke one evening in the wet grass of the Love Foundation, Mike Love's place in Santa Barbara. MIU, now MUM, was in Santa Barbara then and Maharishi was staying there. Anthony Jobbe, the skin boy at the time, found a rock and hammered the nails of the strap back in. Maharishi then wore them to Seelisburg the first time we visited. When we left for Switzerland, Anthony stayed behind, and I soon became skin boy. In Maharishi's small meeting room, attached to his bedroom, he stepped on blank sheets of paper and had me draw the outlines of his feet. I then cut them out and sent them to his preferred sandal maker in India. In due course, his new sandals arrived. In that same meeting room, Maharishi put them on and asked if they looked too big. The few of us there said, No. When he left the room to go to bed, he left his old sandals where they stood. That night, I did, as well. When I went in the next morning, they were still standing in the middle of the room. I realized that he either didn't care what happened to them or was purposefully leaving them for me. Needless to say, I didn't throw them away. In my experience, they still carry a lot of his energy, as if the atoms and molecules have been entrained in it. And, of course, in India, they would be holy objects to be revered. I have kept them very well protected and have handled them very little over the decades. At sixty-five, I have very little savings and have lost my job. I was planning to work into my seventies. My predicament forces me to attempt to sell them. I am hoping that the person they are meant to go to will have the wherewithal and will to honor their value. As 108 for over four years, I spent around $100K working for the movement pretty much seven days a week (when not rounding). As 108s, we weren't paid, paid $1000 a month so as not to be a financial drain on the movement, and paid all our own travel (and sometimes other) expenses. Small amounts will not be considered. Another possibility is donating to me so I can donate them to the movement. Please forward or copy and email to anyone you know who may be able and interested. Thank you, Mark Landau, m...@sky5.com
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Landau Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 9:40 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals For those who never saw them in person, they're in all the old photos. And there are many who were in the movement, including Rick, who knew/know me. I could never fabricate such a thing. They're authentic and have been in my possession for these 38 or so years, though I suppose there will always be those who will disbelieve. Who could authenticate them, and how? Perhaps one of the others who were in the room one of those two nights would come forward, though that would be amazing to me. I certainly don't remember who was there. Of course I have pictures of me carrying the skin, but that doesn't authenticate them, either. Those who know will know, those who don't, won't. I initiated Mark. I haven't seen a photo of the sandals he has in his possession, but I believe Mark's story, and I'm sure I saw the sandals Mark possesses on Maharishi's feet many times.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: For those who never saw them in person, they're in all the old photos. And there are many who were in the movement, including Rick, who knew/know me. I could never fabricate such a thing. They're authentic and have been in my possession for these 38 or so years, though I suppose there will always be those who will disbelieve. Who could authenticate them, and how? Perhaps one of the others who were in the room one of those two nights would come forward, though that would be amazing to me. I certainly don't remember who was there. Of course I have pictures of me carrying the skin, but that doesn't authenticate them, either. Those who know will know, those who don't, won't. On Jul 18, 2011, at 6:59 PM, wgm4u wrote: How do you intend to authenticate them, your word? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: Maharishi's Sandals When I was skin boy in the early seventies, a pair of Maharishi's sandals came from him to me. They were his exclusive pair for many years. They broke one evening in the wet grass of the Love Foundation, Mike Love's place in Santa Barbara. MIU, now MUM, was in Santa Barbara then and Maharishi was staying there. Anthony Jobbe, the skin boy at the time, found a rock and hammered the nails of the strap back in. Maharishi then wore them to Seelisburg the first time we visited. When we left for Switzerland, Anthony stayed behind, and I soon became skin boy. In Maharishi's small meeting room, attached to his bedroom, he stepped on blank sheets of paper and had me draw the outlines of his feet. I then cut them out and sent them to his preferred sandal maker in India. In due course, his new sandals arrived. In that same meeting room, Maharishi put them on and asked if they looked too big. The few of us there said, No. When he left the room to go to bed, he left his old sandals where they stood. That night, I did, as well. When I went in the next morning, they were still standing in the middle of the room. I realized that he either didn't care what happened to them or was purposefully leaving them for me. Needless to say, I didn't throw them away. In my experience, they still carry a lot of his energy, as if the atoms and molecules have been entrained in it. And, of course, in India, they would be holy objects to be revered. I have kept them very well protected and have handled them very little over the decades. At sixty-five, I have very little savings and have lost my job. I was planning to work into my seventies. My predicament forces me to attempt to sell them. I am hoping that the person they are meant to go to will have the wherewithal and will to honor their value. As 108 for over four years, I spent around $100K working for the movement pretty much seven days a week (when not rounding). As 108s, we weren't paid, paid $1000 a month so as not to be a financial drain on the movement, and paid all our own travel (and sometimes other) expenses. Small amounts will not be considered. Another possibility is donating to me so I can donate them to the movement. Please forward or copy and email to anyone you know who may be able and interested. Thank you, Mark Landau, m...@sky5.com Nice to hear this story, Mark. I hope you can find a buyer - I would think that within the TMO there are several people with the means to pay a decent price for such precious objects.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals
On Jul 18, 2011, at 8:49 PM, wayback71 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: For those who never saw them in person, they're in all the old photos. And there are many who were in the movement, including Rick, who knew/know me. I could never fabricate such a thing. They're authentic and have been in my possession for these 38 or so years, though I suppose there will always be those who will disbelieve. Who could authenticate them, and how? Perhaps one of the others who were in the room one of those two nights would come forward, though that would be amazing to me. I certainly don't remember who was there. Of course I have pictures of me carrying the skin, but that doesn't authenticate them, either. Those who know will know, those who don't, won't. On Jul 18, 2011, at 6:59 PM, wgm4u wrote: How do you intend to authenticate them, your word? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: Maharishi's Sandals When I was skin boy in the early seventies, a pair of Maharishi's sandals came from him to me. They were his exclusive pair for many years. They broke one evening in the wet grass of the Love Foundation, Mike Love's place in Santa Barbara. MIU, now MUM, was in Santa Barbara then and Maharishi was staying there. Anthony Jobbe, the skin boy at the time, found a rock and hammered the nails of the strap back in. Maharishi then wore them to Seelisburg the first time we visited. When we left for Switzerland, Anthony stayed behind, and I soon became skin boy. In Maharishi's small meeting room, attached to his bedroom, he stepped on blank sheets of paper and had me draw the outlines of his feet. I then cut them out and sent them to his preferred sandal maker in India. In due course, his new sandals arrived. In that same meeting room, Maharishi put them on and asked if they looked too big. The few of us there said, No. When he left the room to go to bed, he left his old sandals where they stood. That night, I did, as well. When I went in the next morning, they were still standing in the middle of the room. I realized that he either didn't care what happened to them or was purposefully leaving them for me. Needless to say, I didn't throw them away. In my experience, they still carry a lot of his energy, as if the atoms and molecules have been entrained in it. And, of course, in India, they would be holy objects to be revered. I have kept them very well protected and have handled them very little over the decades. At sixty-five, I have very little savings and have lost my job. I was planning to work into my seventies. My predicament forces me to attempt to sell them. I am hoping that the person they are meant to go to will have the wherewithal and will to honor their value. As 108 for over four years, I spent around $100K working for the movement pretty much seven days a week (when not rounding). As 108s, we weren't paid, paid $1000 a month so as not to be a financial drain on the movement, and paid all our own travel (and sometimes other) expenses. Small amounts will not be considered. Another possibility is donating to me so I can donate them to the movement. Please forward or copy and email to anyone you know who may be able and interested. Thank you, Mark Landau, m...@sky5.com Nice to hear this story, Mark. I hope you can find a buyer - I would think that within the TMO there are several people with the means to pay a decent price for such precious objects. Thank you, w, yes, one would think, if the right party finds out...
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals
Thank you, Rick On Jul 18, 2011, at 8:53 PM, Rick Archer wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Landau Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 9:40 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals For those who never saw them in person, they're in all the old photos. And there are many who were in the movement, including Rick, who knew/know me. I could never fabricate such a thing. They're authentic and have been in my possession for these 38 or so years, though I suppose there will always be those who will disbelieve. Who could authenticate them, and how? Perhaps one of the others who were in the room one of those two nights would come forward, though that would be amazing to me. I certainly don't remember who was there. Of course I have pictures of me carrying the skin, but that doesn't authenticate them, either. Those who know will know, those who don't, won't. I initiated Mark. I haven’t seen a photo of the sandals he has in his possession, but I believe Mark’s story, and I’m sure I saw the sandals Mark possesses on Maharishi’s feet many times.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Maher, accused of sexism, rips Palin, Bachman, and Jesus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote: Clever rant - reminds me I need to watch him more often. He nails ideas so beautifully. . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/17/bill-maher-michele-bachmann-sar\ ah-palin_n_900994.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/17/bill-maher-michele-bachmann-sa\ rah-palin_n_900994.html I mentioned this last time. It's sort of the same thing you see with conservatives. Whatever the celebrity or personality says the audience just laps it up. For whatever reason it just sort of grates on me. Seems like a lot of clever phrases designed to get a laugh (for which he is guranteed), but I'm not sure what else.
[FairfieldLife] Economic Collapse -- why it won't be stopped
Sort of sums up what I've been saying for awhile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D71aiYq7jeM And Bucky Fuller said it 50 years ago. The establishment will just not relinquish control so that humanity can move forward. They'd rather go down like a sinking ship.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi's Sandals
On Jul 18, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Mark Landau wrote: At sixty-five, I have very little savings and have lost my job. I was planning to work into my seventies. My predicament forces me to attempt to sell them. I am hoping that the person they are meant to go to will have the wherewithal and will to honor their value. As 108 for over four years, I spent around $100K working for the movement pretty much seven days a week (when not rounding). As 108s, we weren't paid, paid $1000 a month so as not to be a financial drain on the movement, and paid all our own travel (and sometimes other) expenses. Small amounts will not be considered. Another possibility is donating to me so I can donate them to the movement. Mark, this sounds familiar. Didn't you try selling them here a few years back? Did you ever try the suggestions about ebay? Sorry to hear you're in such dire circumstances, but I am failing to see what the sale of the sandals, even if they were to bring in, say, $1000, is going to do for you in the long run, not to mention that trying to sell MMY memorabilia on a forum filled with disillusioned former TMers is a serious losing battle. You're 65? Then you're eligible for SS. You don't say what your predicament is, but there are various programs in most states for seniors on fixed incomes, or no income. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fight against the FDA's ridiculous supplement regulation
Not really related but, several years ago, I had a torn miniscus. They of course wanted to do orthoscopic surgery to remove the cartilidge. I never got around to scheduling it, and in the meantime continued to play softball, and after one particular game, I noticed that the symptoms had disappeared, and have never returned. Now, a couple weeks ago, I developed severe tendenities in my upper arm - pain that would not go away. The Dr. prescribed some medicine which really wasn't doing much good. Then yesterday, I was doing a lot of yard work, (in preperation for going on vacation), and it seemed to have the effect of greatly alleviating the tendenitis. Just an observation. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/18/2011 08:19 AM, metoostill wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, metoostillmetoostill@ wrote: More to the point many inner circle re-certified TM teachers living in FF and out of town have recently suffered devastating lead poisoning from visits to the much praised Raju's clinic in India where they were treated to ayur-vedic pills and potions. There have been enough extremely serious cases in FF that the University of Iowa has offered to test free for heavy metals anyone who brings a sample of herbs from india to protect the public health. Does anyone else know more of the details? I don't doubt what you are saying, but can you name one? I am an old timer and several of my old time best friends who still maintain the TMO code of silence and work in the company are involved, but I heard this also from my kids who are old MSAE grads. I just looked on FF Life to get any detail I didn't have. Apparently Raju is horrified and afraid he'll loose his American meal ticket (with good reason), and has tracked the problem to one of his pill and herb suppliers. Lead poisoning that caused serious symptoms that drove several to the hospital after home in IA, where lead was pinpointed as the problem, in blood concentration that pins the dial when measured, and then tested for and discovered in mega amounts in the Raju ayur-vedic medicines. Yes the FDA can be obstructive but yes the FDA plays a valuable role at other times. This might have been one where their involvement would have been to our benefit. Go back and read my original post. I *said* that supplement manufacturers would like some regulations. That would have insured against such tainted goods. The problem is not the FDA but the greedy pharmaceutical companies wanting the supplement market for themselves. It is important to understand the term pull the ladder up regulation. This is how big companies unfairly eliminate competition. And big pharma has given us things like Vioxx. Big pharma has killed more people than tainted ayurvedic products ever have.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals
not to mention that trying to sell MMY memorabilia on a forum filled with disillusioned former TMers is a serious losing battle. So can we get some honest self-disclosure here? How many disillusioned former TMers exist here on the forum? Who still even assumes they can fit in such a category? Come on `fess up. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Jul 18, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Mark Landau wrote: At sixty-five, I have very little savings and have lost my job. I was planning to work into my seventies. My predicament forces me to attempt to sell them. I am hoping that the person they are meant to go to will have the wherewithal and will to honor their value. As 108 for over four years, I spent around $100K working for the movement pretty much seven days a week (when not rounding). As 108s, we weren't paid, paid $1000 a month so as not to be a financial drain on the movement, and paid all our own travel (and sometimes other) expenses. Small amounts will not be considered. Another possibility is donating to me so I can donate them to the movement. Mark, this sounds familiar. Didn't you try selling them here a few years back? Did you ever try the suggestions about ebay? Sorry to hear you're in such dire circumstances, but I am failing to see what the sale of the sandals, even if they were to bring in, say, $1000, is going to do for you in the long run, not to mention that trying to sell MMY memorabilia on a forum filled with disillusioned former TMers is a serious losing battle. You're 65? Then you're eligible for SS. You don't say what your predicament is, but there are various programs in most states for seniors on fixed incomes, or no income. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Maharishi's Sandals
Thank you, Sal. My main reason for posting it here is in the hopes that readers might know appropriate people and let them know. No, I never tried to sell them here. They were featured in David Wants To Fly, if anyone saw that. To me, for these, $1,000 is one of those small amounts I wouldn't consider. Do you really think anyone would be searching ebay for a pair of M's sandals? Perhaps I don't understand how ebay works. My age group is eligible for full retirement at 66. The more years I wait, the more I would get per month. I hope to secure another job, but could very much use a significant influx of cash in the not too distant future... I hope not to have to resort to state sponsored programs, but one never knows... On Jul 18, 2011, at 9:19 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Jul 18, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Mark Landau wrote: At sixty-five, I have very little savings and have lost my job. I was planning to work into my seventies. My predicament forces me to attempt to sell them. I am hoping that the person they are meant to go to will have the wherewithal and will to honor their value. As 108 for over four years, I spent around $100K working for the movement pretty much seven days a week (when not rounding). As 108s, we weren't paid, paid $1000 a month so as not to be a financial drain on the movement, and paid all our own travel (and sometimes other) expenses. Small amounts will not be considered. Another possibility is donating to me so I can donate them to the movement. Mark, this sounds familiar. Didn't you try selling them here a few years back? Did you ever try the suggestions about ebay? Sorry to hear you're in such dire circumstances, but I am failing to see what the sale of the sandals, even if they were to bring in, say, $1000, is going to do for you in the long run, not to mention that trying to sell MMY memorabilia on a forum filled with disillusioned former TMers is a serious losing battle. You're 65? Then you're eligible for SS. You don't say what your predicament is, but there are various programs in most states for seniors on fixed incomes, or no income. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept.
I mean the old testament is kind of messed up. But the new testament? It seems kind of cool. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I enjoy finding that stuff in the Bible sometimes. In a code of sorts, that clarity unlocks. Someone oughta rewrite The Book to make stuff like that more evident. Probably wouldn't sell though. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Archer Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 12:21 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Confirmation Bias Corp, you can't make this kinda stuff up dept. Kinda looks like a homeless guy to me. But then Jesus was homeless: Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. - Luke 9:58 Cool verse, that. To me, he's talking about not being locked into conceptual boundaries or limited perspectives.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Jefferson County Excessive Heat Warning
Heat index is 115 now, but of course global warming is a hoax. Does that mean big snowstorms this Winter will disprove it? The macro/micro trend distinction. Nope. They'll further prove it. The ones last winter did, according to climatologists. Surprise!
