[FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Watching this video from UFO Phil, the former alien abductee who says he'll assume the Presidency of the US (and the Earth) without a single vote, I found myself wondering if Phil were our own Nabby. Watch the video and decide for yourself. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ufo-phil-for-president_n_1289440.html I'm disapointed. The text seemed promising. Particularily the idea of building a gigantic pyramid behind the Hollywood sign and replacing the Statue of Liberty with a Monument of Zaxon. The video revealed a phony :-(
[FairfieldLife] Laughing Yoga for politics:Dawn of a new era of politics?
A verbal ball to improvise as experiencing the Trinity of God,politics and posting at FFL We all have so many resources retained in us. Subjecting us to so many restrictions, individually and in the system. This creates frustration, paralyzes. Art and fun can encourage and demonstrate to break out of our narrow limits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obg_sdo5uFo Icelander's Campaign Is a Joke, Until He's Elected http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/world/europe/26iceland.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMiKpVylV_8 The interaction between politics and cabaret are numerous and often deliberate. Jon Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik, Munich mayor Christian Ude, Beppe Grillo, a comedian and star party leader in Italy, are just three examples of the bizarre combination. Beppe Grillo interview Could Italy's answer to Michael Moore possibly be his country's next PrimeMinister? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/comedy/8362260/Beppe-Grillo-i\ nterview.html [182] They fight against boredom and disenchantment with politics. When comedians go into politics, they want to stifle creativity and humor where otherwise dreary meetings and records the daily routine work. Voters sometimes give them a chance. Mostly, if unconventional solutions are then announced by Jon Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik, Beppe Grillo, a comedian and star party leader in Italy, they all bring their audience to laugh - even outside the office. And even politicians, such as Munich's mayor Christian Ude occur in the spotlight of the cabaret. It's about unmasking the false policy of the professional politician cares so much. It is an ambivalent relationship between the constraints of the politician and the unmasking of the cabaret humor telling us how good it is to draw from the full can, once you sit at the source from which supplies the cabaret. Good example is Jon Gnarr - from actor to the original Mayor Europe. For 9 months he ruled Reykjavik. Dawn of a new era of politics? As Mayor Gnarr he is committed to: + Continuous visibility + Free towels at all swimming pools + A polar bear at the zoo + For only ONE Santa Claus + All kinds of misfortune + A drug-free Parliament in 2020 As he and the contractor / interior, bankers, etc. get along? I entertain companies. He uses his power, where it is possible. Calmly, disarmingly, radical, playful. One of his favorite initiatives, since he is the mayor, is aGood day day. In a television spot, where he is seen grimacing, he calls for the wish to Good Day in honor of the good-day tags. And whether or not it also be possible, the good day day more often than twice a year to celebrate one - perhaps even daily? Sure all of them,Munich's mayor Christian Ude , Jon Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik, Beppe Grillo, are interested in further suggestion from FFL- Fairy Field Light [:D] forever
[FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Watching this video from UFO Phil, the former alien abductee who says he'll assume the Presidency of the US (and the Earth) without a single vote, I found myself wondering if Phil were our own Nabby. Watch the video and decide for yourself. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ufo-phil-for-president_n_1289440.html I'm disapointed. The text seemed promising. Particularily the idea of building a gigantic pyramid behind the Hollywood sign and replacing the Statue of Liberty with a Monument of Zaxon. The video revealed a phony :-( How exactly could you tell? Was there some lack of credulity in his presentation? Improper aura? Costume too garish? Maybe this clip of Benjamin Creme channeling Maitreya on Bill Maher's show is more...uh...promising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi68lzwzYM
[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughing Yoga for politics:Dawn of a new era of politics?
ooops forget to mention: Jon Gnarr promised not to keep his campaign promises: [:D] + Continuous visibility + Free towels at all swimming pools + A polar bear at the zoo + For only ONE Santa Claus + All kinds of misfortune + A drug-free Parliament in 2020 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: A verbal ball to improvise as experiencing the Trinity of God,politics and posting at FFL We all have so many resources retained in us. Subjecting us to so many restrictions, individually and in the system. This creates frustration, paralyzes. Art and fun can encourage and demonstrate to break out of our narrow limits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obg_sdo5uFo Icelander's Campaign Is a Joke, Until He's Elected http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/world/europe/26iceland.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMiKpVylV_8 The interaction between politics and cabaret are numerous and often deliberate. Jon Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik, Munich mayor Christian Ude, Beppe Grillo, a comedian and star party leader in Italy, are just three examples of the bizarre combination. Beppe Grillo interview Could Italy's answer to Michael Moore possibly be his country's next PrimeMinister? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/comedy/8362260/Beppe-Grillo-i\ \ nterview.html [182] They fight against boredom and disenchantment with politics. When comedians go into politics, they want to stifle creativity and humor where otherwise dreary meetings and records the daily routine work. Voters sometimes give them a chance. Mostly, if unconventional solutions are then announced by Jon Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik, Beppe Grillo, a comedian and star party leader in Italy, they all bring their audience to laugh - even outside the office. And even politicians, such as Munich's mayor Christian Ude occur in the spotlight of the cabaret. It's about unmasking the false policy of the professional politician cares so much. It is an ambivalent relationship between the constraints of the politician and the unmasking of the cabaret humor telling us how good it is to draw from the full can, once you sit at the source from which supplies the cabaret. Good example is Jon Gnarr - from actor to the original Mayor Europe. For 9 months he ruled Reykjavik. Dawn of a new era of politics? As Mayor Gnarr he is committed to: + Continuous visibility + Free towels at all swimming pools + A polar bear at the zoo + For only ONE Santa Claus + All kinds of misfortune + A drug-free Parliament in 2020 As he and the contractor / interior, bankers, etc. get along? I entertain companies. He uses his power, where it is possible. Calmly, disarmingly, radical, playful. One of his favorite initiatives, since he is the mayor, is aGood day day. In a television spot, where he is seen grimacing, he calls for the wish to Good Day in honor of the good-day tags. And whether or not it also be possible, the good day day more often than twice a year to celebrate one - perhaps even daily? Sure all of them,Munich's mayor Christian Ude , Jon Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik, Beppe Grillo, are interested in further suggestion from FFL- Fairy Field Light [:D] forever
[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas hits $4+ here
Don't complain. Consider moving to Nigeria or Venezuela. http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/ http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/ Now you see why over 50% of all commutes in the Netherlands are via bicycle. To give them some credit, most of the high price for gas in Holland goes to taxes, which pay for the infrastructure and social services. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: I know it's higher elsewhere but this is a refinery town and when I filled up the other day it was only $3.89. Yesterday the same station showed $4.09 for unleaded. Now it is a little hard to discuss gas prices because some will brag of lower prices in states that don't have a lot of highways to pay for or pay for them otherwise (toll roads, yuk!). He have higher gas taxes here and we get mad because those taxes were supposed to go only for highway building but the dumb ass assembly used those funds elsewhere. We even passed a proposition saying those taxes could only be use for roads. But the important thing to remember is that the oil companies don't need more money. They are robber barons and robbing YOU! Time to rise up, seize those companies and nationalize them. The Koch monsters are rich enough!
[FairfieldLife] Members breach Yogi trusts with land deal
When non-invincibility is established in consciousness, bickering and greed prevails and radiates into the environment. Jai Guru Dev. Members breach Yogi trusts with land deal MONDAY, 23 JANUARY 2012 00:20 PIONEER NEWS SERVICE | NEW DELHI Several trusts established by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi are mired in controversy following allegation of illegal disposal of their land. The members of these trusts have alleged that huge plots of lands in Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh were “illegally sold off” by some trust members without any authorisation from the trusts. These trusts became “non-functional” after the death of the founder in early 2008. A complaint filed by some persons, claiming as the real trust members and disciples of Maharishi in the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police, allege a prime property in the Golf Links was “illegally” sold by their rival group in the trust. Maharishi’s disciples allege that similar kind of “illegal sales and land encroachments” have happened in Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh and Durg ashrams, with the connivance of some relatives of the late spiritual guru. They claim that such incidents started within a year of Maharishi’s death in February 2008. The late guru, who first started a television channel in India for yoga and spiritual classes, had established several trusts like Spiritual Regeneration Movement Foundation (SRM Foundation), Maharishi Siksha Sansthan, Maharishi Veda Vigyan Vidyapeeth, Maharishi Gandharv Ved Vidyapeeth, Maharishi Mahila Dhyan Vidyapeeth. Most of these trusts have massive moveable and immovable assets in India and abroad. Soon after the death of Maharishi, bickering started between the trust members and followers for the control of the billions of worth of assets. In the petitions to different authorities, his disciples alleged that “all such illegal transactions were routed through hawala transaction with the connivance of certain persons from Yogi’s ashrams located abroad.” “Some people purposefully started activities to paralyse the functions of these trusts to take away the properties according to their wish. Several illegal and bogus land deeds were created to mint money. Some land deeds were just bogus and buyers and sellers were created to fool the government. Our request to the government is to take over all the orphaned assets of the trusts established by Maharishi,” the disciples have said in their petitions to Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax and various State Governments.
[FairfieldLife] Demonic Gaga
Lady Gaga haunted by devilTUESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2012 11:36 IANS | LOS ANGELESPop star Lady Gaga believes the devil keeps haunting her during sleep. The 25-year-old has enlisted the help of Michael Jackson's former doctor and spiritual adviser Deepak Chopra to try to ward off evil spirits from her "terrifying" dreams. Chopra helped the late Jackson achieve better sleep and breathing patterns with counselling sessions. "I have this recurring dream where there's a phantom in my home and he takes me into a room where there's a blonde girl with ropes tied to her limbs pulling her apart," showbizspy.com quoted Gaga as saying. "I told Deepak the dream was so terrifying I thought somehow that a devil force was trying to take hold of me," she added. Gaga has also asked Chopra to help her achieve her dreams of "going into a coma" and levitating. "I want to go into a coma and levitate. I am a very spiritual person. Deepak is the most influential person in my life. His message is a true inspiration. He helps me to reach inside my spirituality and we take it to the next level," she said.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas hits $4+ here
All prices updated March 2005 I think they could have found something a little more current. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Don't complain. Consider moving to Nigeria or Venezuela. http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/ http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/ Now you see why over 50% of all commutes in the Netherlands are via bicycle. To give them some credit, most of the high price for gas in Holland goes to taxes, which pay for the infrastructure and social services. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: I know it's higher elsewhere but this is a refinery town and when I filled up the other day it was only $3.89. Yesterday the same station showed $4.09 for unleaded. Now it is a little hard to discuss gas prices because some will brag of lower prices in states that don't have a lot of highways to pay for or pay for them otherwise (toll roads, yuk!). He have higher gas taxes here and we get mad because those taxes were supposed to go only for highway building but the dumb ass assembly used those funds elsewhere. We even passed a proposition saying those taxes could only be use for roads. But the important thing to remember is that the oil companies don't need more money. They are robber barons and robbing YOU! Time to rise up, seize those companies and nationalize them. The Koch monsters are rich enough!
[FairfieldLife] Heaven continues to entertain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1E2EwKTBJEfeature=youtu.be What you see is what you get. Edg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven continues to entertain
another heavenly TYROL MMY loved already since the mid 60s A Magic Day in Tyrol (by Georg Riha) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ds0p0iDS8 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1E2EwKTBJEfeature=youtu.be What you see is what you get. Edg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas hits $4+ here
turquoiseb: Now you see why over 50% of all commutes in the Netherlands are via bicycle... That sounds like a lot of fun... http://tinyurl.com/883j3jx http://tinyurl.com/883j3jx http://tinyurl.com/883j3jx Amsterdam City Tours: http://tinyurl.com/883j3jx http://tinyurl.com/883j3jx
[FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven continues to entertain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: another heavenly TYROL MMY loved already since the mid 60s A Magic Day in Tyrol (by Georg Riha) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ds0p0iDS8 Nice find. One thing you can say for the Swiss and Austrian Alps...it's one of the few places on Earth where the landscape looks better than the postcards of it. As for Maharishi liking the terrain, as I watched the film I could not help but notice how similar some of the Tyrol terrain was to the Himalayas. I've seen a number of films and clips of that area lately, and as postcard landscapes go, its would probably be better even than those in Tyrol gift shops. Made me wonder if part of Maharishi still longed for the terrain of the place he was sent to meditate after Guru Dev died. If he thought, from time to time, What would my life have been like if I'd stayed there? What would have happened if I had taken the Red Pill instead of the Blue Pill? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1E2EwKTBJEfeature=youtu.be What you see is what you get. Edg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas hits $4+ here
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: turquoiseb: Now you see why over 50% of all commutes in the Netherlands are via bicycle... That sounds like a lot of fun... Actually, it is. Riding a bike in the snow is an adventure. But I'm uncharacteristically replying to one of your posts, Richard, because you happened to pick a photograph of a street near where I used to live in Amsterdam. We (me and a few other Rama students) rented a nice apartment there and taught meditation from it. http://tinyurl.com/883j3jx
[FairfieldLife] Why Even Educated Conservatives Deny Science -- and Reality
The Republican Brain: Why Even Educated Conservatives Deny Science -- and Reality New research shows that conservatives who consider themselves well-informed and educated are also deeper in denial about issues like global warming. February 22, 2012 | Bottom of Form This essay is adapted from Chris Mooneys forthcoming book, The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science http://www.amazon.com/Republican-Brain-Science-Scienceand-Reality/dp/111809 4514/ and Reality, due out in April from Wiley. I can still remember when I first realized how naïve I was in thinkinghopingthat laying out the facts would suffice to change politicized minds, and especially Republican ones. It was a typically wonkish, liberal revelation: One based on statistics and data. Only this time, the data were showing, rather awkwardly, that people ignore data and evidenceand often, knowledge and education only make the problem worse. Someone had sent me a 2008 Pew report http://www.people-press.org/2008/05/08/a-deeper-partisan-divide-over-global -warming/ documenting the intense partisan divide in the U.S. over the reality of global warming.. Its a divide that, maddeningly for scientists, has shown a paradoxical tendency to widen even as the basic facts about global warming have become more firmly established. Those facts are these: Humans, since the industrial revolution, have been burning more and more fossil fuels to power their societies, and this has led to a steady accumulation of greenhouse gases, and especially carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. At this point, very simple physics takes over, and you are pretty much doomed, by what scientists refer to as the radiative properties of carbon dioxide molecules (which trap infrared heat radiation that would otherwise escape to space), to have a warming planet. Since about 1995, scientists have not only confirmed that this warming is taking place, but have also grown confident that it has, like the gun in a murder mystery, our fingerprint on it. Natural fluctuations, although they exist, cant explain what were seeing. The only reasonable verdict is that humans did it, in the atmosphere, with their cars and their smokestacks. Such is what is known to science--what is true (no matter what Rick Santorum might say). But the Pew data showed that humans arent as predictable as carbon dioxide molecules. Despite a growing scientific consensus about global warming, as of 2008 Democrats and Republicans had cleaved over the facts stated above, like a divorcing couple. One side bought into them, one side didntand if anything, knowledge and intelligence seemed to be worsening matters. Buried in the Pew report was a little chart showing the relationship between ones political party affiliation, ones acceptance that humans are causing global warming, and ones level of education. And heres the mind-blowing surprise: For Republicans, having a college degree didnt appear to make one any more open to what scientists have to say. On the contrary, better-educated Republicans were more skeptical of modern climate science than their less educated brethren. Only 19 percent of college-educated Republicans agreed that the planet is warming due to human actions, versus 31 percent of non-college-educated Republicans. For Democrats and Independents, the opposite was the case. More education correlated with being more accepting of climate scienceamong Democrats, dramatically so. The difference in acceptance between more and less educated Democrats was 23 percentage points. This was my first encounter with what I now like to call the smart idiots effect: The fact that politically sophisticated or knowledgeable people are often more biased, and less persuadable, than the ignorant. Its a reality that generates endless frustration for many scientistsand indeed, for many well-educated, reasonable people. And most of all, for many liberals. Lets face it: We liberals and progressives are absolutely outraged by partisan misinformation. Lies about death panels. People seriously thinking that President Obama is a Muslim, not born in the United States. Climate-change denial. Debt ceiling denial. These things drive us crazy, in large part because we cant comprehend how such intellectual abominations could possibly exist. And not only are we enraged by lies and misinformation; we want to refute themto argue, argue, argue about why were right and Republicans are wrong. Indeed, we often act as though right-wing misinformations defeat is nigh, if we could only make people wiser and more educated (just like us) and get them the medicine that is correct information. No less than President Obamas science adviser John Holdren (a man whom I greatly admire, but disagree with in this instance) has stated, when asked how to get Republicans in Congress to accept our mainstream scientific understanding of climate change, that its an education problem
[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas hits $4+ here
Now you see why over 50% of all commutes in the Netherlands are via bicycle... That sounds like a lot of fun... turquoiseb: Actually, it is. Riding a bike in the snow is an adventure. Me and Rita can't wait to get over there for a visit, but it will probably be in the summertime. But I'm uncharacteristically replying to one of your posts, Richard, because you happened to pick a photograph of a street near where I used to live in Amsterdam. We (me and a few other Rama students) rented a nice apartment there and taught meditation from it. http://tinyurl.com/883j3jx
[FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Watching this video from UFO Phil, the former alien abductee who says he'll assume the Presidency of the US (and the Earth) without a single vote, I found myself wondering if Phil were our own Nabby. Watch the video and decide for yourself. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ufo-phil-for-president_n_1289440.html I'm disapointed. The text seemed promising. Particularily the idea of building a gigantic pyramid behind the Hollywood sign and replacing the Statue of Liberty with a Monument of Zaxon. The video revealed a phony :-( How exactly could you tell? Was there some lack of credulity in his presentation? Improper aura? Costume too garish? Maybe this clip of Benjamin Creme channeling Maitreya on Bill Maher's show is more...uh...promising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi68lzwzYM Like Maharishi, Benjamin Creme has been from time to time exposed to idiots. And like Maharishi, Benjamin Creme shows an astonishing patience with meeting yet another moron. This Maher fellow is probably a socalled Buddhist, which makes his performance seem even worse.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Watching this video from UFO Phil, the former alien abductee who says he'll assume the Presidency of the US (and the Earth) without a single vote, I found myself wondering if Phil were our own Nabby. Watch the video and decide for yourself. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ufo-phil-for-president_n_1289440.html I'm disapointed. The text seemed promising. Particularily the idea of building a gigantic pyramid behind the Hollywood sign and replacing the Statue of Liberty with a Monument of Zaxon. The video revealed a phony :-( How exactly could you tell? Was there some lack of credulity in his presentation? Improper aura? Costume too garish? Maybe this clip of Benjamin Creme channeling Maitreya on Bill Maher's show is more...uh...promising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi68lzwzYM Like Maharishi, Benjamin Creme has been from time to time exposed to idiots. And like Maharishi, Benjamin Creme shows an astonishing patience with meeting yet another moron. This Maher fellow is probably a socalled Buddhist, which makes his performance seem even worse. Actually, it's even worse than that, Nabs. Bill Maher is an atheist. If you're unclear on the difference, neither atheists nor Buddhists believe in a God, but atheists eat babies and small children whereas we Buddhists merely spirit them away to monasteries, shave their heads, and teach them to persecute TMers.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip Middle School last week after presenting the school with an assembly concerning bullying and creating a culture of respect in a school. She told me that because of the focus on bullying today, students are misusing the term, as you have here, I don't know whether students are misusing the term, but I wasn't. Check Mr. Dictionary, please. I suspect the principal has adopted the power differential sense of the term because it serves her purposes in educating the children. No, it is a part of all the definitions I read, Websters' for example. Do you think we can't look things up too? I can't decide whether this is a tactic--pretending that I didn't just get done saying Check Mr. Dictionary, please five lines above and hoping nobody else will notice--or whether you're losing the ability to keep track of what you read. I checked many definitions of the term when I designed my course including over a dozen books on the subject. I am familiar with the term in detail and you are misusing it as a way to make Sal look bad. It also neuters an important term following your absurd assertion that a power differential is not key. Webster's, by the way, has long since become a generic term; any publisher can use it for their dictionary. It no longer carries any special authority. The Merriam Webster Collegiate* Dictionary, 11th edition, has this definition: a blustering browbeating person; especially: one habitually cruel to others who are weaker. Especially does not mean limited to. The definition of browbeating includes intimidation because it also rests on an inequality of power to be meaningful. Especially means in particular, to help distinguish this word's meanings from others. In other words they are defining the term in terms of its reliance on the other person being weaker. But all this is bluff and bluster parsing on your part. You know that you were using the term to make Sal look worse than if she was just being sarcastic, you were implying that she was doing something that we all sense is unfair, bullying. Or would you be comfortable with a claim that Robin's long criticisms of me were an act of bullying on his part? Do you bully Barry in your long castigation exercises here? The meaningfulness of the term relies on the unequal nature of the relationship and therefore Sal never bullied anyone here, you never bullied anyone here, because we are all equal and cannot bully each other here. The verb to bully is defined thus: 1: to treat abusively; 2: to affect by means of force or coercion; intransitive verb: to use browbeating language or behavior: BLUSTER - * To save you time and embarrassment, I'll point out that Collegiate in the title does not mean dumbed down. The M-W Collegiate is the one used by most book publishers and is considered among the most authoritative. I am familiar. - Of course the power differential notion is *part of* most definitions, but it's usually in the especially sense, i.e., the term bully does not *require* that a power differential exist. Just if you want the term to be meaningfully distinguished from other concepts. If you are arguing that blibbity blab is the same as blibbity blimp then you have left a rational discussion. The word has a meaning and you purposefully misapplied it to make her look worse. Now your dancing is getting comical and I appreciate that. But more importantly, there is a whole body of knowledge about bullying behavior that I am referencing. There is no use of the term in a social situations that doesn't include this important piece. You know this, which is why you chose the term as adding more inappropriate drama to your charge. Well, actually, I know to the contrary. And inappropriate drama is not the best way to make one's case, so it's not an approach I'd be likely to take. Nice dodge of the whole body of knowledge about bullying that goes beyond the words of the definition to make sure people don't misunderstand its meaning and misuse it as you have. And yes, the drama of the word was inappropriate because it is inaccurate and misleading. Sal never bullied anyone here. snip What you are mischaracterizing as bullying is your judgement that Sal was being unfriendly to others maybe. No, I meant bullying in the more general sense of the term. All the definitions I have read contain the power differential as a part of what defines it as bullying. You have to go to uncommon usage to find examples of it being used any other way. Quite possibly in the
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers
Just as commentary, compare this post: Sal, IMHO, is a bully, an exceptionally nasty one, and a dishonest one at that (as you yourself have reason to know, Steve). If she couldn't deal with getting a taste of her own medicine from me, maybe she'll have learned something from that. Hopefully her hypothetical therapist will help her recognize it's not OK for her to gratuitously take out her own private hurts, whatever they may be, on other people. to a post made by the same FFL member, less than a month ago in post #302968: I wouldn't be in favor of legislating it, but IMHO FFL would be a better, more enjoyable place, and its discussions more interesting and productive, if we all would refrain from personal attacks against each other, if we could express our disagreements without being disagreeable, in Obama's phrase. Wouldn't hurt if we all made an effort to be as truthful as we possibly can, either. Which poster was right, and which wrong? The debate should prove interesting, because after all: Yes, I usually double down when I'm right and someone maliciously tries to pretend otherwise. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip Middle School last week after presenting the school with an assembly concerning bullying and creating a culture of respect in a school. She told me that because of the focus on bullying today, students are misusing the term, as you have here, I don't know whether students are misusing the term, but I wasn't. Check Mr. Dictionary, please. I suspect the principal has adopted the power differential sense of the term because it serves her purposes in educating the children. No, it is a part of all the definitions I read, Websters' for example. Do you think we can't look things up too? I can't decide whether this is a tactic--pretending that I didn't just get done saying Check Mr. Dictionary, please five lines above and hoping nobody else will notice--or whether you're losing the ability to keep track of what you read. I checked many definitions of the term when I designed my course including over a dozen books on the subject. I am familiar with the term in detail and you are misusing it as a way to make Sal look bad. It also neuters an important term following your absurd assertion that a power differential is not key. Webster's, by the way, has long since become a generic term; any publisher can use it for their dictionary. It no longer carries any special authority. The Merriam Webster Collegiate* Dictionary, 11th edition, has this definition: a blustering browbeating person; especially: one habitually cruel to others who are weaker. Especially does not mean limited to. The definition of browbeating includes intimidation because it also rests on an inequality of power to be meaningful. Especially means in particular, to help distinguish this word's meanings from others. In other words they are defining the term in terms of its reliance on the other person being weaker. But all this is bluff and bluster parsing on your part. You know that you were using the term to make Sal look worse than if she was just being sarcastic, you were implying that she was doing something that we all sense is unfair, bullying. Or would you be comfortable with a claim that Robin's long criticisms of me were an act of bullying on his part? Do you bully Barry in your long castigation exercises here? The meaningfulness of the term relies on the unequal nature of the relationship and therefore Sal never bullied anyone here, you never bullied anyone here, because we are all equal and cannot bully each other here. The verb to bully is defined thus: 1: to treat abusively; 2: to affect by means of force or coercion; intransitive verb: to use browbeating language or behavior: BLUSTER - * To save you time and embarrassment, I'll point out that Collegiate in the title does not mean dumbed down. The M-W Collegiate is the one used by most book publishers and is considered among the most authoritative. I am familiar. - Of course the power differential notion is *part of* most definitions, but it's usually in the especially sense, i.e., the term bully does not *require* that a power differential exist. Just if you want the term to be meaningfully distinguished from other concepts. If you are arguing that blibbity blab is the same as blibbity blimp then you have left a rational discussion. The word has a meaning and
[FairfieldLife] Barriers to Enlightenment
In the Old Testament, the story of Adam and Eve tells us of the devolution of the first human beings from unity consciousness to the bondage of the gunas. The main key to their fall was their pride of being equal to the Source of the unified field. Thus, they disobeyed the rule by eating the forbidden fruit. Along with pride came the desire to indulge in the senses. Since they thought they were gods, then they can get anything they wanted in the phenomenal world. By doing so, they knowingly put their spirit in bondage to matter.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas hits $4+ here
Actually the US is actually exporting oil so why would I want to move to Nigeria or Venezuela though the latter might suit my tastes in climates and politics. ;-) Oil being such an important resource should have never been left to capitalist sociopaths to game and control. As you well know they kept the US from building good mass transit just so they could line their own pockets. They've run their businesses like drug dealers. On 02/23/2012 04:16 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Don't complain. Consider moving to Nigeria or Venezuela. http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/ http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/ Now you see why over 50% of all commutes in the Netherlands are via bicycle. To give them some credit, most of the high price for gas in Holland goes to taxes, which pay for the infrastructure and social services. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: I know it's higher elsewhere but this is a refinery town and when I filled up the other day it was only $3.89. Yesterday the same station showed $4.09 for unleaded. Now it is a little hard to discuss gas prices because some will brag of lower prices in states that don't have a lot of highways to pay for or pay for them otherwise (toll roads, yuk!). He have higher gas taxes here and we get mad because those taxes were supposed to go only for highway building but the dumb ass assembly used those funds elsewhere. We even passed a proposition saying those taxes could only be use for roads. But the important thing to remember is that the oil companies don't need more money. They are robber barons and robbing YOU! Time to rise up, seize those companies and nationalize them. The Koch monsters are rich enough!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Heaven continues to entertain
On 02/23/2012 07:22 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudandano_reply@... wrote: another heavenly TYROL MMY loved already since the mid 60s A Magic Day in Tyrol (by Georg Riha) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ds0p0iDS8 Nice find. One thing you can say for the Swiss and Austrian Alps...it's one of the few places on Earth where the landscape looks better than the postcards of it. As for Maharishi liking the terrain, as I watched the film I could not help but notice how similar some of the Tyrol terrain was to the Himalayas. I've seen a number of films and clips of that area lately, and as postcard landscapes go, its would probably be better even than those in Tyrol gift shops. Made me wonder if part of Maharishi still longed for the terrain of the place he was sent to meditate after Guru Dev died. If he thought, from time to time, What would my life have been like if I'd stayed there? What would have happened if I had taken the Red Pill instead of the Blue Pill? One thing I noticed with a lot of Bollywood films is they don't shoot mountain scenes in the Himalayas but travel to Switzerland and shoot there. Never understood why. Maybe they just couldn't find the chalets they wanted in the Himalayas. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoungno_reply@ wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1E2EwKTBJEfeature=youtu.be What you see is what you get. Edg
[FairfieldLife] Your Uplifting Thought Of The Day
Courtesy of There's One Reborn Every Minute, Inc. Today's Uplifting Thought Of The Day Is: I could have been born in Germany, or in Zimbabwe. http://digg.com/newsbar/Worldnews/giant_chunks_of_frozen_shit_and_urine_falling_from_planes_in_germany http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/crocodile-bites-off-testicles_n_1290647.html :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alignment of Planets
On 02/22/2012 07:18 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Johnjr_esq@... wrote: The Moon is now in conjunction with Mercury and the Sun in Aquarius. Suppose you were *on* Mars. What would it look like and what would be the significance from that viewpoint? I spilled two Cheerios on the floor. They are lying there eight inches apart. From across the room they look like they are in conjunction, but to an ant between them, they are far, far apart. Suppose you were transported to another galaxy, to another planet in a double star system with four planets around one of the stars, and you are on the outer one. You woke up there at dusk and looked at the sky. All the stars and planets are completely different than on Earth. How would you create a system of astrolgy from this? Would it even be worth the trouble? It is possible the ancients were using the planets as time keepers for macro cycles in nature and society. Some of these cycles come close to the timing of planetary returns. The Sun and Moon however obviously do exact influence on our environment and even human behavior. On another planet one would have to chronicle such effects and develop a new system but if you already understand macro cycle effects it might not be necessary. But then on another planet the macro cycles might even be different. They might be just a harmonic of the effects of the planet's Sun and any moons. If you run two planetary calculation engines (this is astronomy not astrology), one where perturbations are calculated and the other without you'll find that dates where conjunctions occur to be the most off in position for the set that perturbation terms are not applied. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@ wrote: On 02/22/2012 03:01 AM, merlin wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8br4JiFEik One of the things I neglected to mention about Another Earth was the poetic license they took about the idea of a planet as large as earth that close to us. A planet of that mass would have played all kinds of havoc with our environment and they would be too busy dealing with that than to try to communicate (same for the inhabitants of the other planet). I'm wondering how much this alignment might mess with the perturbations of Earth and the Moon orbits though it has probably been factored into any planetary calculations.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alignment of Planets
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The Moon is now in conjunction with Mercury and the Sun in Aquarius. Suppose you were *on* Mars. What would it look like and what would be the significance from that viewpoint? I spilled two Cheerios on the floor. They are lying there eight inches apart. From across the room they look like they are in conjunction, but to an ant between them, they are far, far apart. This is a good question. I believe the planets would have different perspectives and effects when on Mars. From Mars, you would not see the Moon of Earth on the horizon. Instead, you would see and be affected by the Moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. In addition, you would see and be affected by the presence of the planet Earth. Suppose you were transported to another galaxy, to another planet in a double star system with four planets around one of the stars, and you are on the outer one. You woke up there at dusk and looked at the sky. All the stars and planets are completely different than on Earth. How would you create a system of astrolgy from this? Would it even be worth the trouble? In speculating, I would think that life would be drastically different when you're located in another galaxy, star system and planet. If the system can sustain human life, then the environment must be similar to that of earth. That means the planet must have similar ingredients as the earth and it must be located in a habitable zone from the host star. Otherwise, humans cannot live there. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 02/22/2012 03:01 AM, merlin wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8br4JiFEik One of the things I neglected to mention about Another Earth was the poetic license they took about the idea of a planet as large as earth that close to us. A planet of that mass would have played all kinds of havoc with our environment and they would be too busy dealing with that than to try to communicate (same for the inhabitants of the other planet). I'm wondering how much this alignment might mess with the perturbations of Earth and the Moon orbits though it has probably been factored into any planetary calculations.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Barriers to Enlightenment
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: In the Old Testament, the story of Adam and Eve tells us of the devolution of the first human beings from unity consciousness to the bondage of the gunas. The main key to their fall was their pride of being equal to the Source of the unified field. Thus, they disobeyed the rule by eating the forbidden fruit. Along with pride came the desire to indulge in the senses. Since they thought they were gods, then they can get anything they wanted in the phenomenal world. By doing so, they knowingly put their spirit in bondage to matter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDZFf0pm0SE
[FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Watching this video from UFO Phil, the former alien abductee who says he'll assume the Presidency of the US (and the Earth) without a single vote, I found myself wondering if Phil were our own Nabby. Watch the video and decide for yourself. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/ufo-phil-for-president_n_1289440.html I'm disapointed. The text seemed promising. Particularily the idea of building a gigantic pyramid behind the Hollywood sign and replacing the Statue of Liberty with a Monument of Zaxon. The video revealed a phony :-( How exactly could you tell? Was there some lack of credulity in his presentation? Improper aura? Costume too garish? Maybe this clip of Benjamin Creme channeling Maitreya on Bill Maher's show is more...uh...promising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi68lzwzYM Like Maharishi, Benjamin Creme has been from time to time exposed to idiots. And like Maharishi, Benjamin Creme shows an astonishing patience with meeting yet another moron. This Maher fellow is probably a socalled Buddhist, which makes his performance seem even worse. Actually, it's even worse than that, Nabs. Bill Maher is an atheist. If you're unclear on the difference, neither atheists nor Buddhists believe in a God, but atheists eat babies and small children whereas we Buddhists merely spirit them away to monasteries, shave their heads, and teach them to persecute TMers. Wow, I missed this memo. Any hints on preparation? Due to the fat content I think wrapping them in bacon would be overkill, but a nice poaching at a low temp might be nice covered with thinly sliced lemons and perhaps studded with cloves. Or with the right marinade they might be good in a smoker like pulled pork. I suspect low and slow would be the way to go whatever technique was used, due to the assumed delicacy of the flesh. One last thing, at what age do they toughen up? There is such a temptation to get a bargain for an older child when having a big atheist blowout, but you would hate your guests to complain afterwards that you had gone cheapo on the event with off brand generic cheese doodles and a child past its culinary prime.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alignment of Planets
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The Moon is now in conjunction with Mercury and the Sun in Aquarius. Suppose you were *on* Mars. What would it look like and what would be the significance from that viewpoint? I spilled two Cheerios on the floor. They are lying there eight inches apart. From across the room they look like they are in conjunction, but to an ant between them, they are far, far apart. This is a good question. I believe the planets would have different perspectives and effects when on Mars. From Mars, you would not see the Moon of Earth on the horizon. Instead, you would see and be affected by the Moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. In addition, you would see and be affected by the presence of the planet Earth. Current position (23 February 2012) of the planets, from a different point of view. Constellation names included. The fuzzy spot to the right of the sun is the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the bright spot below the cloud is the Tarantula Nebula. Suppose someone is born at this time at this viewing location. What is their future? Suppose you were transported to another galaxy, to another planet in a double star system with four planets around one of the stars, and you are on the outer one. You woke up there at dusk and looked at the sky. All the stars and planets are completely different than on Earth. How would you create a system of astrolgy from this? Would it even be worth the trouble? In speculating, I would think that life would be drastically different when you're located in another galaxy, star system and planet. If the system can sustain human life, then the environment must be similar to that of earth. That means the planet must have similar ingredients as the earth and it must be located in a habitable zone from the host star. Otherwise, humans cannot live there. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 02/22/2012 03:01 AM, merlin wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8br4JiFEik One of the things I neglected to mention about Another Earth was the poetic license they took about the idea of a planet as large as earth that close to us. A planet of that mass would have played all kinds of havoc with our environment and they would be too busy dealing with that than to try to communicate (same for the inhabitants of the other planet). I'm wondering how much this alignment might mess with the perturbations of Earth and the Moon orbits though it has probably been factored into any planetary calculations.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip Middle School last week after presenting the school with an assembly concerning bullying and creating a culture of respect in a school. She told me that because of the focus on bullying today, students are misusing the term, as you have here, I don't know whether students are misusing the term, but I wasn't. Check Mr. Dictionary, please. I suspect the principal has adopted the power differential sense of the term because it serves her purposes in educating the children. No, it is a part of all the definitions I read, Websters' for example. Do you think we can't look things up too? I can't decide whether this is a tactic--pretending that I didn't just get done saying Check Mr. Dictionary, please five lines above and hoping nobody else will notice--or whether you're losing the ability to keep track of what you read. (Curtis avoids copping to his goof, as usual.) I checked many definitions of the term when I designed my course including over a dozen books on the subject. I am familiar with the term in detail and you are misusing it as a way to make Sal look bad. It also neuters an important term following your absurd assertion that a power differential is not key. This is just bluster, Curtis. In fact, you're attempting to bully *me*. snip The Merriam Webster Collegiate* Dictionary, 11th edition, has this definition: a blustering browbeating person; especially: one habitually cruel to others who are weaker. Especially does not mean limited to. The definition of browbeating includes intimidation because it also rests on an inequality of power to be meaningful. Are you really trying to claim one person can't intimidate another person unless there's an inequality of power to start with? That's just bizarre. Intimidation can *create* an inequality of power between two people who were peers to start with. And so, of course, can bullying. Especially means in particular, to help distinguish this word's meanings from others. In other words they are defining the term in terms of its reliance on the other person being weaker. Nope, you're wrong, sorry. Especially defines a special sense distinguished from the more general sense of the definition that precedes it. Especially does not *limit* how the word may be used to that special sense. At least not per Merriam-Webster. It's called a sense divider. But all this is bluff and bluster parsing on your part. You know that you were using the term to make Sal look worse than if she was just being sarcastic, you were implying that she was doing something that we all sense is unfair, bullying. That would make no sense at all, Curtis, since we all know there are no power differentials on FFL. Or would you be comfortable with a claim that Robin's long criticisms of me were an act of bullying on his part? Sure. Not anywhere near as nasty as Sal's bullying, though. Or as malicious as your bullying of him with regard to the open letter. Or your collusion with Barry to bully him about not giving you a Reader's Digest version of his five-parter. Do you bully Barry in your long castigation exercises here? Sure. Just as he bullies me in his long castigation exercises here. The meaningfulness of the term relies on the unequal nature of the relationship and therefore Sal never bullied anyone here, you never bullied anyone here, because we are all equal and cannot bully each other here. Curtis Has Spoken. Thus Must It Be, because Curtis will not permit any context but his own, no matter how valid another context is. The verb to bully is defined thus: 1: to treat abusively; 2: to affect by means of force or coercion; intransitive verb: to use browbeating language or behavior: BLUSTER So I guess if I said Sal bullies people, Curtis would have trouble finding a way to object. That's why Curtis carefully ignored the definition of the verb, which does not include anything about a power differential. snip Of course the power differential notion is *part of* most definitions, but it's usually in the especially sense, i.e., the term bully does not *require* that a power differential exist. Just if you want the term to be meaningfully distinguished from other concepts. If you are arguing that blibbity blab is the same as blibbity blimp then you have left a rational discussion. Empty and lame, Curtis. No such distinction is necessary, *unless you want to convey a power differential* as distinct from bullying that does *not* involve a power differential. Which is fine and useful, but it doesn't erase the more general meaning of the term. The word has a meaning and you purposefully
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Just as commentary, compare this post: Sal, IMHO, is a bully, an exceptionally nasty one, and a dishonest one at that (as you yourself have reason to know, Steve). If she couldn't deal with getting a taste of her own medicine from me, maybe she'll have learned something from that. Hopefully her hypothetical therapist will help her recognize it's not OK for her to gratuitously take out her own private hurts, whatever they may be, on other people. to a post made by the same FFL member, less than a month ago in post #302968: I wouldn't be in favor of legislating it, but IMHO FFL would be a better, more enjoyable place, and its discussions more interesting and productive, if we all would refrain from personal attacks against each other, if we could express our disagreements without being disagreeable, in Obama's phrase. Wouldn't hurt if we all made an effort to be as truthful as we possibly can, either. Which poster was right, and which wrong? Wait, you said it was the same poster. Opsie! The debate should prove interesting, because after all: No debate involved between those two posts, sorry. Maybe you should read them both again, along with the context. If there are any words you don't understand, let me know. Yes, I usually double down when I'm right and someone maliciously tries to pretend otherwise.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alignment of Planets
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The Moon is now in conjunction with Mercury and the Sun in Aquarius. Suppose you were *on* Mars. What would it look like and what would be the significance from that viewpoint? I spilled two Cheerios on the floor. They are lying there eight inches apart. From across the room they look like they are in conjunction, but to an ant between them, they are far, far apart. This is a good question. I believe the planets would have different perspectives and effects when on Mars. From Mars, you would not see the Moon of Earth on the horizon. Instead, you would see and be affected by the Moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. In addition, you would see and be affected by the presence of the planet Earth. Suppose you were transported to another galaxy, to another planet in a double star system with four planets around one of the stars, and you are on the outer one. You woke up there at dusk and looked at the sky. All the stars and planets are completely different than on Earth. How would you create a system of astrolgy from this? Would it even be worth the trouble? In speculating, I would think that life would be drastically different when you're located in another galaxy, star system and planet. If the system can sustain human life, then the environment must be similar to that of earth. That means the planet must have similar ingredients as the earth and it must be located in a habitable zone from the host star. Otherwise, humans cannot live there. I'd venture a guess that any civilization of sentient beings, assuming their planet had a night and that they were able to see the night sky clearly, would in its early stages develop a system of astrology.
[FairfieldLife] Who leads on mobile Internet traffic??
http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/02/21/nokia-leads-on-mobile-internet-traffic/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alignment of Planets
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The Moon is now in conjunction with Mercury and the Sun in Aquarius. Suppose you were *on* Mars. What would it look like and what would be the significance from that viewpoint? I spilled two Cheerios on the floor. They are lying there eight inches apart. From across the room they look like they are in conjunction, but to an ant between them, they are far, far apart. This is a good question. I believe the planets would have different perspectives and effects when on Mars. From Mars, you would not see the Moon of Earth on the horizon. Instead, you would see and be affected by the Moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. In addition, you would see and be affected by the presence of the planet Earth. Suppose you were transported to another galaxy, to another planet in a double star system with four planets around one of the stars, and you are on the outer one. You woke up there at dusk and looked at the sky. All the stars and planets are completely different than on Earth. How would you create a system of astrolgy from this? Would it even be worth the trouble? In speculating, I would think that life would be drastically different when you're located in another galaxy, star system and planet. If the system can sustain human life, then the environment must be similar to that of earth. That means the planet must have similar ingredients as the earth and it must be located in a habitable zone from the host star. Otherwise, humans cannot live there. I'd venture a guess that any civilization of sentient beings, assuming their planet had a night and that they were able to see the night sky clearly, would in its early stages develop a system of astrology. This idea would be about right. If they had different planets nearby, those would be affecting their brains and physiology in different ways. As such, they would have different significators for their emotional and physical traits.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed?
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of turquoiseb Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:34 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: How exactly could you tell? Was there some lack of credulity in his presentation? Improper aura? Costume too garish? Maybe this clip of Benjamin Creme channeling Maitreya on Bill Maher's show is more...uh...promising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi68lzwzYM Got a lot of LOL moments out of that video.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alignment of Planets
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The Moon is now in conjunction with Mercury and the Sun in Aquarius. Suppose you were *on* Mars. What would it look like and what would be the significance from that viewpoint? I spilled two Cheerios on the floor. They are lying there eight inches apart. From across the room they look like they are in conjunction, but to an ant between them, they are far, far apart. This is a good question. I believe the planets would have different perspectives and effects when on Mars. From Mars, you would not see the Moon of Earth on the horizon. Instead, you would see and be affected by the Moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. In addition, you would see and be affected by the presence of the planet Earth. Current position (23 February 2012) of the planets, from a different point of view. Constellation names included. The fuzzy spot to the right of the sun is the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the bright spot below the cloud is the Tarantula Nebula. Suppose someone is born at this time at this viewing location. What is their future? With an alignment of planets like that, the location of the viewer must be outside the planet Earth. As such, the environment must be unlike Earth and no humans could possibly live there. I would venture to guess that this viewpoint could only be taken by a space probe. Suppose you were transported to another galaxy, to another planet in a double star system with four planets around one of the stars, and you are on the outer one. You woke up there at dusk and looked at the sky. All the stars and planets are completely different than on Earth. How would you create a system of astrolgy from this? Would it even be worth the trouble? In speculating, I would think that life would be drastically different when you're located in another galaxy, star system and planet. If the system can sustain human life, then the environment must be similar to that of earth. That means the planet must have similar ingredients as the earth and it must be located in a habitable zone from the host star. Otherwise, humans cannot live there. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 02/22/2012 03:01 AM, merlin wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8br4JiFEik One of the things I neglected to mention about Another Earth was the poetic license they took about the idea of a planet as large as earth that close to us. A planet of that mass would have played all kinds of havoc with our environment and they would be too busy dealing with that than to try to communicate (same for the inhabitants of the other planet). I'm wondering how much this alignment might mess with the perturbations of Earth and the Moon orbits though it has probably been factored into any planetary calculations.
[FairfieldLife] Supper at Emmaus
by Jocobo Pontorno, (1494-1557); 1525: http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/2/16748.jpg
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alignment of Planets
On 02/23/2012 01:19 PM, John wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxiusanartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Johnjr_esq@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Johnjr_esq@ wrote: The Moon is now in conjunction with Mercury and the Sun in Aquarius. Suppose you were *on* Mars. What would it look like and what would be the significance from that viewpoint? I spilled two Cheerios on the floor. They are lying there eight inches apart. From across the room they look like they are in conjunction, but to an ant between them, they are far, far apart. This is a good question. I believe the planets would have different perspectives and effects when on Mars. From Mars, you would not see the Moon of Earth on the horizon. Instead, you would see and be affected by the Moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. In addition, you would see and be affected by the presence of the planet Earth. Current position (23 February 2012) of the planets, from a different point of view. Constellation names included. The fuzzy spot to the right of the sun is the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the bright spot below the cloud is the Tarantula Nebula. Suppose someone is born at this time at this viewing location. What is their future? With an alignment of planets like that, the location of the viewer must be outside the planet Earth. As such, the environment must be unlike Earth and no humans could possibly live there. I would venture to guess that this viewpoint could only be taken by a space probe. Well, maybe no humans but why does sentient life have to be human or even be composed of matter visible in our narrow visual range? I go with the universe behaving more like fractals and as such our species would be replicated throughout the universe along with other intelligent species too. We can't be so vain to think we're that unique or even that bright. We seem to be just highly domesticated apes and who did the domestication is a real mystery. Or maybe an ape ate some matter from an asteroid that contained DNA of an intelligent species and the modification came from that. I also look up on a living beings including humans to be biological machines just following learned patterns.
[FairfieldLife] Guanyin Mountain
Dungguan, China http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Dongguan_Guanyinshan.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Chenrezig
http://blog.dwbuk.org/diamond-way-teachings/chenrezig-the-embodiment-of-the-sangha/
[FairfieldLife] Almost New Freezer and Washer/Dryer For Sale
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of turquoiseb Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:34 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: How exactly could you tell? Was there some lack of credulity in his presentation? Improper aura? Costume too garish? Maybe this clip of Benjamin Creme channeling Maitreya on Bill Maher's show is more...uh...promising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi68lzwzYM Got a lot of LOL moments out of that video. Shows how serious you are :-)
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed?
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:34 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed? --- 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 turquoiseb Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:34 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Has Nabby finally been outed? How exactly could you tell? Was there some lack of credulity in his presentation? Improper aura? Costume too garish? Maybe this clip of Benjamin Creme channeling Maitreya on Bill Maher's show is more...uh...promising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi68lzwzYM Got a lot of LOL moments out of that video. Shows how serious you are :-) Not serious in the least. And I like Bill Maher a lot, although I'm no atheist.
[FairfieldLife] Post Count
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Barriers to Enlightenment
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: In the Old Testament, the story of Adam and Eve tells us of the devolution of the first human beings from unity consciousness to the bondage of the gunas. The main key to their fall was their pride of being equal to the Source of the unified field. Thus, they disobeyed the rule by eating the forbidden fruit. Actually, involution would perhaps describe it better, they certainly weren't in Unity Consciousness. Infant humanity was the product of eons of evolution through all the kingdoms of nature, mineral, plant and animal. The consciousness that evolved/involved through the kingdoms finally arrived at the state where a special creation was made (man) by God, with all the potentials possible as reflected in man as having all 7 chakras. The Divine Plan is to evolve man to the point where his material/astral/causal physiology can unfold a pure reflection of Being or Consciousness, (which is Cosmic Consciousness or what MMY calls Unity Consciousness), then man can be said to be truly made In the Image of God. The lose-knit allegory of the 'fall' is merely a story encapsulating the ingredients of this transformation of nescient (ignorant) man. Pride came later; once they were given *free will* they were also told by the Almighty, if you yield to the sex sensations you will 'fall' from the Garden of Eden (Paradise lost), but as Satan (the Luciferian spirits, the light givers who 'opened' their eyes) proclaimed, but ye shall be as Gods. Both 'Satan' and 'God' were right and merely stating the facts of the matter! (It's just a story!!) So Adam and Eve (early man) persevered and became the 'pioneers' who ventured forth from their passive nescience (ignorant) state of being to fulfill their inner urge to unfold their full potential. It was all part of a plan, 'Satan' was merely playing a role. Along with pride came the desire to indulge in the senses. Since they thought they were gods, then they can get anything they wanted in the phenomenal world. By doing so, they knowingly put their spirit in bondage to matter. I don't think they had much mind function in those early periods, I think the 'chit' (sensation and feeling) was the first to evolve and mind came later, FWIW. Sources: The Cosmo Conception (Max Heindel) and The Second Coming of Christ (Paramahansa Yogananda).
[FairfieldLife] Bullying
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip I checked many definitions of the term when I designed my course including over a dozen books on the subject. I am familiar with the term in detail and you are misusing it as a way to make Sal look bad. It also neuters an important term following your absurd assertion that a power differential is not key. This is just bluster, Curtis. In fact, you're attempting to bully *me*. I think Curtis is just elucidating points snip The Merriam Webster Collegiate* Dictionary, 11th edition, has this definition: a blustering browbeating person; especially: one habitually cruel to others who are weaker. Especially does not mean limited to. The definition of browbeating includes intimidation because it also rests on an inequality of power to be meaningful. Are you really trying to claim one person can't intimidate another person unless there's an inequality of power to start with? That's just bizarre. Intimidation can *create* an inequality of power between two people who were peers to start with. And so, of course, can bullying. Especially means in particular, to help distinguish this word's meanings from others. In other words they are defining the term in terms of its reliance on the other person being weaker. Nope, you're wrong, sorry. Especially defines a special sense distinguished from the more general sense of the definition that precedes it. Especially does not *limit* how the word may be used to that special sense. At least not per Merriam-Webster. It's called a sense divider. es·pe·cial·ly adverb Used to single out one person, thing, or situation over all others - he despised them all, especially Sylvester - a new song, written especially for Jonathan To a great extent; very much - he didn't especially like dancing - sleep is especially important for growing children I think Judy got you there Curtis. I got this definition of 'bullying' from a New Zealand website: Bullying is when someone keeps doing or saying things to have power over another person. Some of the ways they bully other people are by: calling them names, saying or writing nasty things about them, leaving them out of activities, not talking to them, threatening them, making them feel uncomfortable or scared, taking or damaging their things, hitting or kicking them, or making them do things they don't want to do. Maybe there is a difference in the way girls and women intimidate, and the way boys and men intimidate. Whether there is a perceived power differential or not, the bully thinks they have the power, that the power differential exists and the advantage is on their side. In a person to person situation, this may already be established early in childhood. Certain people are known to be weaker than others, less agressive than others, and some take advantage of that knowledge. A bully is only surprised if their perception of power is in error. For example, in male oriented action movies, the protagonist is theatened by the antagonist or his henchmen. The protagonist and/or the henchment make their move and get creamed, they get their butts kicked by the protagonist. But in a school yard etc., this is much less likely, kids kind of know where they are in the heirarchy of doom. Online it is a bit more complicated because the visual, intuitive physical clues about power are much less in evidence. A number of online incidents of bullying seem to have relied on an actual physical familiarity of the people. Now here on FFL, it is less clear, though there are pictures of some of the people here. I do not think Curtis talks like a bully normally, and Judy, I think you tend to use language in a way that seems kind of like bullying, in the sense of the New Zealand definition, I think you use it to attempt to get power over others. Your are probably better at this than Curtis could be because you know meanings and syntax better. Curtis mispells words from time to time. But all this is bluff and bluster parsing on your part. You know that you were using the term to make Sal look worse than if she was just being sarcastic, you were implying that she was doing something that we all sense is unfair, bullying. That would make no sense at all, Curtis, since we all know there are no power differentials on FFL. Or would you be comfortable with a claim that Robin's long criticisms of me were an act of bullying on his part? Sure. Not anywhere near as nasty as Sal's bullying, though. Or as malicious as your bullying of him with regard to the open letter. Or your
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bullying
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: snip I do not think Curtis talks like a bully normally, I do not think I said he did. He does not, in fact, talk like a bully except in the context of a hostile conflict. and Judy, I think you tend to use language in a way that seems kind of like bullying, in the sense of the New Zealand definition, I think you use it to attempt to get power over others. Usually only in response to others' attempts to get power over me or over somebody else by bullying me/them.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bullying
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip I checked many definitions of the term when I designed my course including over a dozen books on the subject. I am familiar with the term in detail and you are misusing it as a way to make Sal look bad. It also neuters an important term following your absurd assertion that a power differential is not key. This is just bluster, Curtis. In fact, you're attempting to bully *me*. I think Curtis is just elucidating points. Misusing it as a way to make Sal look bad is bullying. The Merriam Webster Collegiate* Dictionary, 11th edition, has this definition: a blustering browbeating person; especially: one habitually cruel to others who are weaker. Especially does not mean limited to. The definition of browbeating includes intimidation because it also rests on an inequality of power to be meaningful. Are you really trying to claim one person can't intimidate another person unless there's an inequality of power to start with? That's just bizarre. Intimidation can *create* an inequality of power between two people who were peers to start with. And so, of course, can bullying. Especially means in particular, to help distinguish this word's meanings from others. In other words they are defining the term in terms of its reliance on the other person being weaker. Nope, you're wrong, sorry. Especially defines a special sense distinguished from the more general sense of the definition that precedes it. Especially does not *limit* how the word may be used to that special sense. At least not per Merriam-Webster. It's called a sense divider. es·pe·cial·ly adverb Used to single out one person, thing, or situation over all others - he despised them all, especially Sylvester - a new song, written especially for Jonathan To a great extent; very much - he didn't especially like dancing - sleep is especially important for growing children I think Judy got you there Curtis. Thanks, but note that it's Merriam-Webster who got him there. That's how they use the esp. designation, to elucidate a particular sense encompassed by a more general sense. He despised them all, especially Sylvester is the closest example you've given above: the general followed by the particular. What Curtis is trying to claim with regard to the bully definition amounts to insisting that the person despised *only* Sylvester, which is clearly absurd. The M-W dictionary has extensive explanations in the front of the book of all the various terms used in its definitions; this isn't just my interpretation based on the definition of especially.
[FairfieldLife] The Ghent Altarpiece
Jan Van Eyck, 1432; featuring Adam, Eve, and God. ... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Eyck.hubert.lamb.750pix.jpg
[FairfieldLife] The Crucifixion
Jan Van Eyck, 1430 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/item.php?item=735
[FairfieldLife] Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
Jan Van Eyck, 1435; commissioned by Chancellor Nicolas Rolin for a Parish Church. http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/1/26.jpg
[FairfieldLife] The Butterfly
by John Collier http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/59507.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Wreck of the Gratitude
Macquairie Island, 1911 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/59541.jpg
[FairfieldLife] The remains of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komorov
after the crash of Soyuz 1; 1967 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/59539.jpg
[FairfieldLife] A glass of wine with Caesar Borgia
I wouldn't touch that wine by John Collier, 1893 http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/59499.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Clint Eastwood with armadillo
Wouldn't touch that either! http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/59520.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Barriers to Enlightenment
wgm4u, My comments are shown below: 1. In the Old Testament, the story of Adam and Eve tells us of the devolution of the first human beings from unity consciousness to the bondage of the gunas. The main key to their fall was their pride of being equal to the Source of the unified field. Thus, they disobeyed the rule by eating the forbidden fruit. Actually, involution would perhaps describe it better, they certainly weren't in Unity Consciousness. There are many ways to interpret the story of Adam and Eve. The bible author could have meant that the dawning of human awareness or consciousness started out at the highest level, namely at unity consciousness. This is the reason why we read in the bible text that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden of Eden. This idea doesn't necessarily mean that the theory of evolution is incorrect. It's still possible that the human physiology evolved from lesser species. The major change of event is when the first humans acquired awareness or consciousness of themselves. However, there are some people both Christians and others who believe that humans did not evolve from the lower species. They believe that humans devolved from the spirit world to the world of the flesh. Thus, we encounter the likes of the Christian Creationists who interpret the bible literally. A. Infant humanity was the product of eons of evolution through all the kingdoms of nature, mineral, plant and animal. The consciousness that evolved/involved through the kingdoms finally arrived at the state where a special creation was made (man) by God, with all the potentials possible as reflected in man as having all 7 chakras. I agree somewhat with what you're saying here. But there is an author by the name of Michael Cremo who believes that human beings have been on earth for millions of years, perhaps during the time of the dinosaurs. However, he believes that humans devolved directly from the spirit world. In other words, humans are not related to the lower primates. B. The Divine Plan is to evolve man to the point where his material/astral/causal physiology can unfold a pure reflection of Being or Consciousness, (which is Cosmic Consciousness or what MMY calls Unity Consciousness), then man can be said to be truly made In the Image of God. I understand your point. Using the bible story, it is possible to believe that this apex of development started out at unity consciousness, which is in the image of God. C. The lose-knit allegory of the 'fall' is merely a story encapsulating the ingredients of this transformation of nescient (ignorant) man. Using the bible text, the first humans may not have been as ignorant as you may think. They may have been fully aware of their consciousness and of God the Father who walked with them. That means they lived life in bliss and enlightenment, as MMY would describe it. D. Pride came later; once they were given *free will* they were also told by the Almighty, if you yield to the sex sensations you will 'fall' from the Garden of Eden (Paradise lost), but as Satan (the Luciferian spirits, the light givers who 'opened' their eyes) proclaimed, but ye shall be as Gods. Both 'Satan' and 'God' were right and merely stating the facts of the matter! (It's just a story!!) Pride comes along with human awareness, IMO. It is possible that Adam and Eve wanted something more than what God had given them. They wanted to experience evil for themselves. They were not satisfied with knowing evil by inference during their stay in the Garden of Eden. Thus, they rebelled and ate the forbidden fruit. E. So Adam and Eve (early man) persevered and became the 'pioneers' who ventured forth from their passive nescience (ignorant) state of being to fulfill their inner urge to unfold their full potential. It was all part of a plan, 'Satan' was merely playing a role. It's also possible to interpret that after their experience of evil, they fully realized that they have voluntarily put their spirit in bondage to the senses and matter. Thus, the bible tells us that they lost their immortal status and suffered for the rest of their life here on earth. 2. Along with pride came the desire to indulge in the senses. Since they thought they were gods, then they can get anything they wanted in the phenomenal world. By doing so, they knowingly put their spirit in bondage to matter. I don't think they had much mind function in those early periods, I think the 'chit' (sensation and feeling) was the first to evolve and mind came later, FWIW. The point I'm saying is that when the animal physiology and mind became fully human, then there was full awareness, but at the same time there was an inherent danger of falling into the sin of pride. Sources: The Cosmo Conception (Max Heindel) and The Second Coming of Christ (Paramahansa Yogananda).
[FairfieldLife] Re: Alignment of Planets
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 02/23/2012 01:19 PM, John wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxiusanartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Johnjr_esq@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Johnjr_esq@ wrote: The Moon is now in conjunction with Mercury and the Sun in Aquarius. Suppose you were *on* Mars. What would it look like and what would be the significance from that viewpoint? I spilled two Cheerios on the floor. They are lying there eight inches apart. From across the room they look like they are in conjunction, but to an ant between them, they are far, far apart. This is a good question. I believe the planets would have different perspectives and effects when on Mars. From Mars, you would not see the Moon of Earth on the horizon. Instead, you would see and be affected by the Moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. In addition, you would see and be affected by the presence of the planet Earth. Current position (23 February 2012) of the planets, from a different point of view. Constellation names included. The fuzzy spot to the right of the sun is the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the bright spot below the cloud is the Tarantula Nebula. Suppose someone is born at this time at this viewing location. What is their future? With an alignment of planets like that, the location of the viewer must be outside the planet Earth. As such, the environment must be unlike Earth and no humans could possibly live there. I would venture to guess that this viewpoint could only be taken by a space probe. Well, maybe no humans but why does sentient life have to be human or even be composed of matter visible in our narrow visual range? I go with the universe behaving more like fractals and as such our species would be replicated throughout the universe along with other intelligent species too. We can't be so vain to think we're that unique or even that bright. We seem to be just highly domesticated apes and who did the domestication is a real mystery. Or maybe an ape ate some matter from an asteroid that contained DNA of an intelligent species and the modification came from that. I also look up on a living beings including humans to be biological machines just following learned patterns. These are good points. MMY would certainly agree that there is consciousness in every particle of atom throughout the universe and the multiverse. Sentience could certainly appear anywhere given the billions of galaxies throughout the universe. Human sentience in primates could have developed as part of the natural process of evolution. However, there are some people, like Michael Cremo, who believe that humans devolved from the spirit world into this physical world. Humans can be considered biological machines. But you would have to account for human consciousness. Where did it come from?
[FairfieldLife] Diorama of humans coexisting peacefully with T-Rex
Yup...no doubt about it. This diorama from a Creation Museum courtesy of Wiki proves that humans lived peacefully with the dinosaurs. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Creation_Museum_10.png
[FairfieldLife] Hillary's prescience on the 2008 Bank Bailouts
Hillary appeared on talk shows during the financial crisis September 23, 2008, a month after the nomination. She wanted to bailout homeowners, and hold banks accountable. Jeez, what a novel idea. Four years later, the Occupy Wall Street folks agree with her. Hillary strongly supported regulating the banks and the public option for health insurance. Too bad no one listened to her. Maybe more people could have stayed in their homes and have less expensive health insurance. No wonder the DNC wanted Obama. Had he not rolled over for the banks, and dropped the ball on the public option, the DNC would have to go begging for campaign donations. Still smarting from Obama's renewed populist rhetoric, Wall Street now loves them some Mittens but not to worry, Obama's ace in the hole is money from the military industrial complex now tooling up to manufacture insect-sized drones that can fly around in your backyard to see if you're smoking pot or doing sun salutations in the buff. Who will win the future? The war profiteers or free market libertarians, for whom greed is the only virtue? More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose wisely. Woody Allen Hillary Uneasy Over Bank Bailout http://youtu.be/11qXjmmx7m4 Hillary Talks About The Economy on NBC Today Show http://youtu.be/YT8VManPu0c HRC on MSNBC's Morning Joe http://youtu.be/9cCPngU_TqI HRC on CNN's American Morning http://youtu.be/xj3bzyMOomA
