[FairfieldLife] Pete Johnson at his best?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud6OhLFkPNk
[FairfieldLife] Gun control? Yeah, right...
Here's an article for those who actually believe that it's possible to control access to guns. As Marek so rightly pointed out, it's controlling the murderous impulses that some put them to that is the issue. Canada has the same percentage of guns per population that the US does, but a third of its firearm-related deaths. Gun Enthusiast 'Prints' And Tests .22 Pistol He Downloaded Online Huffington Post UK| By Michael Rundle http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/michael-rundle Posted: 26/07/2012 14:53 Updated: 26/07/2012 15:14 [Worldsfirst3dprintedgun520x363] A gun enthusiast has managed to 'print' a weapon at home and successfully fire it for the first time. The man wrote in a blog post that he printed the lower receiver for a .22 pistol. Printing 3D objects is usually achieved through an automated machine which builds up objects in layers, often using plastic or another malleable material. The gun part was made using ABS plastic and a Stratasys 3D printer, the man claimed http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_118/579913_3D_printed_lower___yes__it_wo\ rks_.htmlpage=2 . Only the lower receiver was printed, but The Next Web pointed out http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/07/26/the-worlds-first-3d-printed\ -gun-is-a-terrifying-thing/?utm_source=Facebookutm_medium=share+button\ utm_content=The+world that this is the part of a weapon which the American Gun Control Act counts as a firearm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Control_Act_of_1968 The man, named HaveBlue on the website, where he is listed as coming from Wisconsin, built the gun and assembled it, before firing more than 200 rounds. He then posted the design of the gun part on a publicly available website for 3D objects. He also tried to build a rifle with the part, but said that feed and extraction issues meant he wasn't able to make it work. No, it did not blow up into a bazillion tiny plastic shards and maim me for life, the man told the AR15 forum. I am sorry to have disappointed those of you who foretold doom and gloom. The man's project was welcomed by the gun enthusiasts on the forum, who said it would leave no meaningful way to restrict and infringe on the private civilian ownership of modern firearms. Another user wondered if the man's project would leave him in trouble with the law. Maybe it's just me, but posting pictures of an operational lower reciever that doesn't have a serial numberThat just sounds like your asking for the feds to pound on your door, he said. Either way, it's still pretty cool. In a separate development, a man has demonstrated a 3D printer which can fit into a briefcase. Ben Heck, a famed tech hacker known for his work modifying games consoles, unveiled the project. The printer is just 5 inches thick and can fit in the overhead compartment of an aeroplane. http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/?NewsID=3372256
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
Bd Nabby very bad (-: From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Horseshit. Absolute, self-serving, egomaniacal horseshit. I've been to Vlodrop. It has all the silence of an auto factory in full production. The silence of Leiden comes from several centuries of energies emanating from and circulating along its canals and the land they're sitting on. Nabby wouldn't recognize a Place Of Power if one snuck up and carved a crop circle on his ass. :-) One point that I've never seen any TMer address with any seriousness is how, if the TMO wants to take credit for any good things they perceive happening in the world, they can't be held responsible for all the bad things as well. If the Buttbouncers Of Being and the Fart Of Flying were responsible for avoiding floods last year, aren't they responsible for the drought and heat this year? If they claim to be responsible for lower crime rates, aren't they responsible for Hurricane Katrina. It must be one of those mysteries of the Laws Of Nature. We only take credit for those things that make us seem more important; the other stuff we blame on Buddhists. :-) While we're laughing at Nabby for this, we might as well throw in his ludicrous gaffe in trying to diss Iranitea. Tea suggested that the Dalai Lama was more popular in his country than the current Pope, even though the Pope was from that country. Nabby came back with a diatribe against Poles and Poland, obviously trying to insinuate that Iranitea was from there. Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
laughing because when I was a young Catholic girl growing up, the nuns who were our teachers would always give credit for the good in the world to the cloistered nuns especially the ones who are always praying, always in silence. All I'm saying is I'm accustomed to this attributing credit business. I say let's give everybody, Heck, not only credit but extra credit! Ok, I'm going back to bed like a sane person (-: From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:44 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Horseshit. Absolute, self-serving, egomaniacal horseshit. I've been to Vlodrop. It has all the silence of an auto factory in full production. The silence of Leiden comes from several centuries of energies emanating from and circulating along its canals and the land they're sitting on. Nabby wouldn't recognize a Place Of Power if one snuck up and carved a crop circle on his ass. :-) One point that I've never seen any TMer address with any seriousness is how, if the TMO wants to take credit for any good things they perceive happening in the world, they can't be held responsible for all the bad things as well. If the Buttbouncers Of Being and the Fart Of Flying were responsible for avoiding floods last year, aren't they responsible for the drought and heat this year? If they claim to be responsible for lower crime rates, aren't they responsible for Hurricane Katrina. It must be one of those mysteries of the Laws Of Nature. We only take credit for those things that make us seem more important; the other stuff we blame on Buddhists. :-) While we're laughing at Nabby for this, we might as well throw in his ludicrous gaffe in trying to diss Iranitea. Tea suggested that the Dalai Lama was more popular in his country than the current Pope, even though the Pope was from that country. Nabby came back with a diatribe against Poles and Poland, obviously trying to insinuate that Iranitea was from there. Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of Horsemen (and great horses)
just like I suspected they DO have more fun in the mens Dome (-: From: merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:24 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of Horsemen (and great horses) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2DPh9zvSb4feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYThblo74hgfeature=relmfu That's the way i like it:.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd--tIkrVoA ...riding to the DOME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGKSMC9eDawfeature=related --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNid10_Bku0
[FairfieldLife] Re: Study of the scriptures useless?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: Shrii ShaMkara, viveka-cuuDaa-maNi: (à = aa, A, â, a., a:, a_ and so on...) *avijñàte pare tattve* shàstr'àdhItis tu niSphalà vijñàte'pi pare tattve shàstr'àdhItis tu niSphalà. 59 When the supreme reality is not understood, the study of the scriptures is useless, and study of the scriptures is useless when the supreme reality has been understood. Ah, finally a scripture I can agree with. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Study of the scriptures useless?
the knowledge in books stays in books... L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: Shrii ShaMkara, viveka-cuuDaa-maNi: (� = aa, A, �, a., a:, a_ and so on...) *avij��te pare tattve* sh�str'�dhItis tu niSphal� vij��te'pi pare tattve sh�str'�dhItis tu niSphal�. 59 When the supreme reality is not understood, the study of the scriptures is useless, and study of the scriptures is useless when the supreme reality has been understood. 59 *locative absolute
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from. That's right, it was the former Pope who was Polish, Ratzinger is from Bavaria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria#Kingdom_of_Bavaria
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Bd Nabby very bad (-: HeHe :-) From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Please snip your posts when possible
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/25/2012 08:40 PM, raunchydog wrote: I've been busy, not much time to post so I take a quick peek at messages on my browser. Lately I've seen this pop up a few times: The message you requested is temporarily unavailable because this group has exceeded its download limit. http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=contenty=PROD_GRPSlocale=en_USid=SLN4059impressions=true That's probably just another one of Yahoo's many bugs. Text is not very much data. Pictures are though. ;-) Or the new boss at Yahoo is planning to get rid of groups or charge us for them. http://tinyurl.com/bndkxn7
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from. Nope, Nabby isn't from Germany, not of 2012. Before 1945, for a short period his country was. That's right, it was the former Pope who was Polish, Ratzinger is from Bavaria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria#Kingdom_of_Bavaria Bild isn't a Bavarian newspaper. It's the main German tabloid, roughly corresponding to the Sun in UK, the same that features excerpts from the Dalai Lama. The headline, no very famous says: 'We are Pope', meaning something like, with Ratzi, we all Germans became now pope sort of. [Headline: ]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from. Nope, Nabby isn't from Germany, not of 2012. Before 1945, for a short period his country was. That's right, it was the former Pope who was Polish, Ratzinger is from Bavaria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria#Kingdom_of_Bavaria Bild isn't a Bavarian newspaper. It's the main German tabloid, roughly corresponding to the Sun in UK, the same that features excerpts from the Dalai Lama. http://www.bild.de/leute/2007/leute/dalai-lama-bild-gala-leipzig-1830428.bild.html They even gave him a media price, called Bild-Osgar. http://www.bild.de/news/2007/news/gluecklicher-mensch-1798012.bild.html The headline, no very famous says: 'We are Pope', meaning something like, with Ratzi, we all Germans became now pope sort of. [Headline: ]
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
Furthermore sharelong tho being an earth rat doesnt even know about Cardinal Rat much less write about him Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers Moon debilitated in Scorpio this weekend be nice to women cackle cackle From: iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 5:50 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from. Nope, Nabby isn't from Germany, not of 2012. Before 1945, for a short period his country was. That's right, it was the former Pope who was Polish, Ratzinger is from Bavaria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria#Kingdom_of_Bavaria Bild isn't a Bavarian newspaper. It's the main German tabloid, roughly corresponding to the Sun in UK, the same that features excerpts from the Dalai Lama. The headline, no very famous says: 'We are Pope', meaning something like, with Ratzi, we all Germans became now pope sort of.
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices
The Dome meditation numbers: http://invincibleamerica.org/tallies/ The immediate urgent priority for national invincibility and world peace is to join the Invincible America Assembly at MUM. Only 2000 Flyers in Fairfield/Maharishi Vedic City will bring security to America and defuse the precarious escalation of conflict in the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Hopefully guidelines facilitate what you are doing and don't get in the way of what you are doing. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Whittling the Dome guidelines Those parts in the Dome admission guideline about pundits, joytish and yagyas really don't need to be there. They don't have much to do with running the meditation programs in the Domes. There evidently is something else going on in those paragraphs. Effectively they are an administrative attempt to control religious practices by using the Dome admission as a punishment towards coercing the use of TM-sanctioned vedic/hindu astrological and religious practices. Part of the policy question becomes: is there not a place in the Domes or the TM movement for just practitioners of meditation and the TM-sidhis without judging and interfering with people's religious practices? What do those paragraphs have to do with running the Dome program? Within TM, it seems we have TM and TM-Sidhi practitioners over here, and then sanctioned TM religious activities over there, like over in Vedic City. Within this it seems the TM-Rajas with this anti-religious activity policy are using in a business plan the Dome admission policy as coercion towards using the TM-sanctioned religious practices more exclusively. It's proly bad enough to be 'anti-saint'. Does the new TM.org really want to be known as 'anti-religious' in business as well? Public grants and funding going to an institution discriminating, based on religious activity? That does not sound good at all. With those anti-religious TM guidelines about access to these other astrological systems or religious people or indeed about hosting them, then one would worry for TM and the Dome meditation. Those paragraphs really don't need to be in the guidelines for running the Domes. They certainly could be changed or deleted. This would help people a lot from having to look over their shoulder if they have a valid Dome badge or would like to apply for one if they are meditators. There are very few TM-virgins anymore and there's a lot of people in the Dome who meditate in a fear for their status for being found out. It's the way it is and it's a communal problem with the Dome meditation. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Buck, do you ever ask yourself why you buck the system?  Bucking? Naw, I'm an Iowan, an old practicing mediator, and a pretty reasonable person. By experience and the science I'd like to see the numbers do well in the Domes. I'm quite hope full and I'd like to see those people facilitate the Dome numbers better. I'm pretty simple. They've got old problems that they've created with the Dome numbers with those guidelines and the meditating community. Raja Hagelin has created a lot of process inside to help run things since Maharishi's death. Things could change. I got time. -Buck From: Buck To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:19 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices  Om, waht oh. I may lose my Dome badge, again. I got called in by the chief inspector the other day over my religious activities with non-TM pundits. If it goes badly they'll take my Dome badge away, again. It is still in the balance but it is an interesting thing; they have these anti-religious practices paragraphs in the Dome meditation admission guidelines that are a snare. The paragraphs are part of a business plan to coerce people to use TM movement joytish astrology and yagya services more exclusively by using the dome admission as a punishment. I had an hour long interview in the Peace Palace the other day. Some committee that I'll not see will adjudicate my case. We have something in our files, tell us about it.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU.
[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS's instruction on silent awareness during meditation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: Determining whether or not the mantra is subtle isn't part of TM practice. Lawson, you were making the point, that just thinking OF the mantra, would be a subtle form of the mantra. And, since it is your main point here, to immediately return to the mantra, if you notice it isn't there, as you make this point again below, that it is imperial to follow the TM instruction, you constantly contradict yourself. If the mantra can be so vague, that you don't know anymore if you are thinking it or not, how could you then follow the instruction? You should at least know if you are thinking the mantra, in order to be able to determine if you should go back to it, when you are not. Now you say it doesn't matter if it is subtle or not, then you claim, thinking about the mantra is a subtle form thereof. It is all self contradictory. You and Judy have been making this point for ages, that the mantra could be so subtle, that you don't know if it's there. That's all BS, if you don't know if it's there, you can't go back to it. So much for your 'I just follow instructions' Nor does it matter that it doesn't matter. If you're doing TM, then you follow the instructions, if you don't follow the instructions, such as they are, then you're not doing TM. Of course, follow the instructions can be kind of vauge sometimes, but that's as OK as any other part of the process. As long as you can think a thought, you can meditate. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Oh dear, for the last 39 years I've been doing TM improperly. The horror. Lawson, that's the dawn of knowledge, when you know that you don't know anymore, all your previous knowledge has been evaporated. There is a very good practice in Zen to cultivate the 'don't know' mind. If you like, read this http://www.kwanumzen.org/about-zen/three-letters-to-a-beginner/ I have been practicing TM for a long time, and I do think this 'don't know' mind has come about. A long long time ago I learned mindfulness, and found at that time it was rather difficult, or perhaps because my mind would not settle down then, annoying. Lately though the character of TM and mindfulness just seem to have merged; it does not matter anymore. It does not matter whether the mantra is there or not, or if I notice that the mantra is not there, it does not matter if I start it again or not. It actually seems as if there are no subtle levels of the mantra at all. I think it helps to find alternative explanations, to try to find different ways to explain the same thing. This is easy to do with metaphysics because there are no facts. The scientist Richard Feynman would attack physics problems this way, he would try to find alternative ways to explain various phenomena, and of course he was ultimately constrained by facts, what the experiments showed. This keeps thinking more flexible, and when you do this, you are breaking the potential for doctrinaire ossification of belief. You step outside on a fine sunny day and there is all this stuff and instead of saying, 'Well, there is a pond, and trees, and clouds'; you just feel 'Wow!', And then if that could be expressed in more concrete conceptual terms it might be something like 'What is all this?'. A certain freshness imbues experience because you do not know what is going to happen and you are not thinking about what things are and what they might become.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
It was Nabby not Tea who snipped stuff so it appeared that I wrote the bit about Cardinal Rat Since it required snipping a lot of stuff I assume done to take a swipe at me Yep I'm flawed. Whatever! If accident then ok no forgiveness happening and mea culpa to Nabby But why turquoise knicks in such a twist today? From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 6:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU. OK, I understand. You were probably cheezed that Yahoo attributed the original quote about Ratzinger to you instead of me. You'll have to pardon me, but Big Fuckin' Deal. Did that really require a comment? It's just that we've lived for years with claims from one paranoid person or another that they were being misrepresented by someone snipping the parts of the paranoid's posts that they weren't replying to. Evil intent was (and often still is) implied. While it's nice to get the attribution right, and assign quotes to the person who actually said them, I don't think there is ANY case to be made for reposting the entire contents of the post you're replying to, only the parts that you're *directly* replying to. Off of soapbox now, apologies if you were trying to be funny and failing. It's just that I and others have been dealing with the You snipped something from my post in the process of replying to it...that means that either you were trying to misrepresent me by removing the full context, or that you didn't feel that the stuff you snipped was worth replying to...either is a sin, and you are evil routine for a long time now. Your comment, on the heels of another similar comment not long ago, made me suspect that you were starting to run this routine, too. If not, as Emily Latella used to say, Never mind.
[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS's instruction on silent awareness during meditation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: I'll put it differently: if there is a choice, there is also a chooser. There is no choice. It is choiceless awareness. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: You're sure about this, are you... Yes, absoutely. From everything you have said here, I am absolutely sure that you don't know about it, and that's okay. You cannot relate from your on experience, and then project it to what I and for example Xeno or Empty were saying. I accept, that whatever you say, is the way for you, you cannot go any other way. But you have not enough knowledge to comment on the instructions of other teachers like SSRS, or even Guru Dev, or Swami Shantanand Saraswathi. To believe that these later two, didn't know how to meditate correctly is just hilarious and arrogant. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: And again: noticing something, however subtle, even the first glimmering of awareness of awareness, is no longer pure consciousness. Lawson, not trying to be arrogant here, but the states Empty and I are talking about, you simply don't know. You really have no glue. You are just talking from a script. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: Thank you Empty, this is simply superb, best post of the week IMHO. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@ wrote: Lawson. You do not seem to understand SSRS's instructions about meditation with a mantra. Is this because you have never heard those instructions? SSRS pointed out that a meditator does not need to place attention back upon the mantra during meditation just because they become aware they are not thinking the mantra. Recognition of not thinking the mantra does not itself constitute a requirement to think the mantra. Likewise, the realization of not thinking the mantra does not, in itself, constitute a form of thinking. The reason is simple. The nature of awareness is witnessing (sakshi-j�ana). This is pure Vedanta. When the field of experience subsides with the ceasing (nirodha) of every external or internal experience, including the termination of I-consciousness (aham-pratyaya), what remains is the awareness that is naturally present as the inner self (pratyag-atman). Awareness is a seer (drista). It is not the cognizer of a cognitive activity (pramata). It is not a knower (j�aatri), a doer (kartri) or an enjoyer (bhoktri) but rather is knowingness itself. The seer is the witness-consciousness (sakshin) which witnesses the ending of all forms of experience during meditation and simply remains as is, uninvolved and prior to all experience. SSRS's instruction is founded upon this realization and is the pointing-out instruction which allows meditators to remain as they truly are. They remain, during this period of silent awareness, as sheer seeing (dristi-matrataa) until cognitive, affective or sensory activity causes limited identification once again. Thus recognizing or remembering the mantra occurs as a natural consequence rather than from a demand to think the mantra. ..
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM newsletter from India
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: http://www.e-gyan.net/ the current issue starts out in HIndu-Urdi, then continues in English. Okay, Lawson, this was a little confusing, but even though Hindu and Urdu are almost the same when spoken, the letters are most definitely different, Urdu is written like Arabic, from right to left, Hindi is almost the same as Devanagari, and that is what you see in the issue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Hindi
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is no horseman, nowhere near.
impressing gaits-Is that's the horse ?could not see the O on her legs though(seems to me a classic German horse and a classic German rider) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5le_6KFmo4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5le_6KFmo4 Rafalca , too young for the 2008 Beijing Olympic team bid, a now 15-year-old Oldenburg mare with rich bloodlines- http://www.sporthorse-data.com/d?i=10572287 http://www.sporthorse-data.com/d?i=10572287 sire Hanoverian jumping stallion Argentinus, mother Ratine ( Oldenberg) damsire fabulous dressage horse Rubenstein, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Qzw__KGC0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Qzw__KGC0%20 (bred by Erwin Risch, Zuchthof Risch,from the north-western corner of Lower Saxony specialized in warm blood horse breeding since 1975 only) Ah you will certainly looks marvelous in this t-shirts and a baseball capall made in the USA. I know, part of the proceeds(is) going to therapeutic riding programs in honor of part-owner Ann Romneyforgive me but after me looking in the mirror I may quit [http://www.dressage-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rafalca-t-shirt\ 3.jpg] Looking forward to watch your team-- http://www.dressage-news.com/?p=16797 http://www.dressage-news.com/?p=16797 http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/road-olympics-jan-ebeling-part-1 http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/road-olympics-jan-ebeling-part-1 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@... wrote: Romney pays for expensive horses, that is it. He is so not a horseman that he won't even be bothered to watch his Olympic sponsored horse compete in London in the dressage discipline. snip
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
and appreciating how you continued the horse theme (-: Horse hockies as Col. Potter used to say on MASH From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:44 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Horseshit. Absolute, self-serving, egomaniacal horseshit. I've been to Vlodrop. It has all the silence of an auto factory in full production. The silence of Leiden comes from several centuries of energies emanating from and circulating along its canals and the land they're sitting on. Nabby wouldn't recognize a Place Of Power if one snuck up and carved a crop circle on his ass. :-) One point that I've never seen any TMer address with any seriousness is how, if the TMO wants to take credit for any good things they perceive happening in the world, they can't be held responsible for all the bad things as well. If the Buttbouncers Of Being and the Fart Of Flying were responsible for avoiding floods last year, aren't they responsible for the drought and heat this year? If they claim to be responsible for lower crime rates, aren't they responsible for Hurricane Katrina. It must be one of those mysteries of the Laws Of Nature. We only take credit for those things that make us seem more important; the other stuff we blame on Buddhists. :-) While we're laughing at Nabby for this, we might as well throw in his ludicrous gaffe in trying to diss Iranitea. Tea suggested that the Dalai Lama was more popular in his country than the current Pope, even though the Pope was from that country. Nabby came back with a diatribe against Poles and Poland, obviously trying to insinuate that Iranitea was from there. Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Romney is no horseman, nowhere near.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: impressing gaits-Is that's the horse ?could not see the O on her legs though(seems to me a classic German horse and a classic German rider) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5le_6KFmo4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5le_6KFmo4 Yes, big Oldenburg horse and rider, Ebeling, is originally from Germany, was married to Lisa Wilcox who stayed in Germany to train but who also trains out of Florida. She is now riding one of my trainer's horses who I purchased in Germany with a friend and who we sold three years ago. It is almost at Intermediare I. This video was taken at one of the qualifiers at Gladstone NJ very close to where I used to live and ride. I have also ridden at Gladstone but not for an Olympic qualifier!! Rafalca , too young for the 2008 Beijing Olympic team bid, a now 15-year-old Oldenburg mare with rich bloodlines- http://www.sporthorse-data.com/d?i=10572287 http://www.sporthorse-data.com/d?i=10572287 sire Hanoverian jumping stallion Argentinus, mother Ratine ( Oldenberg) damsire fabulous dressage horse Rubenstein, Check out the DeNiro stallion. My current horse is by him. And there are about two or three DeNiro's in this Olympics. Edward Gal is also riding a DeNiro in Holland currently. DeNiro is by the legendary stallion Donnerhall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Qzw__KGC0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Qzw__KGC0%20 (bred by Erwin Risch, Zuchthof Risch,from the north-western corner of Lower Saxony specialized in warm blood horse breeding since 1975 only) Ah you will certainly looks marvelous in this t-shirts and a baseball capall made in the USA. I know, part of the proceeds(is) going to therapeutic riding programs in honor of part-owner Ann Romneyforgive me but after me looking in the mirror I may quit [http://www.dressage-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rafalca-t-shirt\ 3.jpg] Looking forward to watch your team-- I'll be rooting for the Dutch actually. The Germans now have Totillas which is a crying shame but he is not competing at the Olympics. He just doesn't work for his new rider like he did for wonderful Edward Gal. http://www.dressage-news.com/?p=16797 http://www.dressage-news.com/?p=16797 http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/road-olympics-jan-ebeling-part-1 http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/road-olympics-jan-ebeling-part-1 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: Romney pays for expensive horses, that is it. He is so not a horseman that he won't even be bothered to watch his Olympic sponsored horse compete in London in the dressage discipline. snip
[FairfieldLife] A note to Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from. Nope, Nabby isn't from Germany, not of 2012. Before 1945, for a short period his country was. Last time the iran tried to out me he was off target but that doesn't seem to stop him from trying. I take it that Alex will use stronger sanctions if he violates the rules of FFL again.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: It was Nabby not Tea who snipped stuff so it appeared that I wrote the bit about Cardinal Rat  Since it required snipping a lot of stuff I assume done to take a swipe at me Yep I'm flawed. Whatever! If accident then ok no forgiveness happening and mea culpa to Nabby You see Share, you are in a habit of answering to posts that are already vry long, in fact up to 32 pages long in some cases. To those of us who read this stuff from the web it's kind of waste of the indexfinger hitting the PgDn button all the time to get to the next poster. I'm sure you wil agree :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... wrote: I remained utterly devoted to Maharishi right up until I determined that my enlightenment was a form of profound mystical deceitfulness, a perfect hallucination. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NQn9HqMQ70
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[FairfieldLife] El Shaday
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[FairfieldLife] Re: A note to Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from. Nope, Nabby isn't from Germany, not of 2012. Before 1945, for a short period his country was. Nabby, don't be paranoid. I am deliberately not telling your name nor country. Nazi Germany had occupied many countries. All that ended in 1945. Last time the iran tried to out me he was off target but that doesn't seem to stop him from trying. I take it that Alex will use stronger sanctions if he violates the rules of FFL again.
[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS's instruction on silent awareness during meditation
I have never made the claim that I never knew the mantra was there or not. I have made the claim that mantraness can be infinitely faint/vague/ill-defined, etc and that just as one doesn't have to be thinking P I N K E L E P H A N T in order to qualify as thinking about pink elephants, so too, one need not be able to describe just what makes your mental activity mantra-ish enough to qualify as thinking the mantra. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Determining whether or not the mantra is subtle isn't part of TM practice. Lawson, you were making the point, that just thinking OF the mantra, would be a subtle form of the mantra. And, since it is your main point here, to immediately return to the mantra, if you notice it isn't there, as you make this point again below, that it is imperial to follow the TM instruction, you constantly contradict yourself. If the mantra can be so vague, that you don't know anymore if you are thinking it or not, how could you then follow the instruction? You should at least know if you are thinking the mantra, in order to be able to determine if you should go back to it, when you are not. Now you say it doesn't matter if it is subtle or not, then you claim, thinking about the mantra is a subtle form thereof. It is all self contradictory. You and Judy have been making this point for ages, that the mantra could be so subtle, that you don't know if it's there. That's all BS, if you don't know if it's there, you can't go back to it. So much for your 'I just follow instructions' Nor does it matter that it doesn't matter. If you're doing TM, then you follow the instructions, if you don't follow the instructions, such as they are, then you're not doing TM. Of course, follow the instructions can be kind of vauge sometimes, but that's as OK as any other part of the process. As long as you can think a thought, you can meditate. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Oh dear, for the last 39 years I've been doing TM improperly. The horror. Lawson, that's the dawn of knowledge, when you know that you don't know anymore, all your previous knowledge has been evaporated. There is a very good practice in Zen to cultivate the 'don't know' mind. If you like, read this http://www.kwanumzen.org/about-zen/three-letters-to-a-beginner/ I have been practicing TM for a long time, and I do think this 'don't know' mind has come about. A long long time ago I learned mindfulness, and found at that time it was rather difficult, or perhaps because my mind would not settle down then, annoying. Lately though the character of TM and mindfulness just seem to have merged; it does not matter anymore. It does not matter whether the mantra is there or not, or if I notice that the mantra is not there, it does not matter if I start it again or not. It actually seems as if there are no subtle levels of the mantra at all. I think it helps to find alternative explanations, to try to find different ways to explain the same thing. This is easy to do with metaphysics because there are no facts. The scientist Richard Feynman would attack physics problems this way, he would try to find alternative ways to explain various phenomena, and of course he was ultimately constrained by facts, what the experiments showed. This keeps thinking more flexible, and when you do this, you are breaking the potential for doctrinaire ossification of belief. You step outside on a fine sunny day and there is all this stuff and instead of saying, 'Well, there is a pond, and trees, and clouds'; you just feel 'Wow!', And then if that could be expressed in more concrete conceptual terms it might be something like 'What is all this?'. A certain freshness imbues experience because you do not know what is going to happen and you are not thinking about what things are and what they might become.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices
just plain Share: From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:47 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices Dear Share, I think I was unclear in making my intent known to you in writing that second letter to you. I chose to address you, because of the receptivity and positivity that is part of your spiritual approach to persons and reality. But I was simply taking the opportunity—this had nothing to do with you personally—to explain how I felt that my own behaviour (when I came to Fairfield) vis-a-vis Maharishi and MIU was not some attempt to introduce a different teaching or technique, and therefore could not—at least from my own point of view—be used as an example of some form of spirituality other than and in some sense at variance with anything that Maharishi was teaching. Indeed I made it my objective to force Maharishi to commit himself to a judgment of the validity of the knowledge that came out of my enlightenment. Share: Could it be that your knowledge is valid within the context of your enlightenment but maybe not useful to Maharishi and his vision? My own experience was that I realized that the emotional healing was not a priority within the TMO. So I went elsewhere for that. R: I had argued in my previous post (also addressed to you because of your 'charity'—See Saint Paul) on behalf of the enforcers of Dome policies. Now to do this might seem unseemly, given how the officials at MIU reacted to my seminars in Fairfield back in 1982-83. I thought the readers at FFL would possibly make the assumption: Here is this guy defending Bevan and the actions of Dome officials and he himself became a renegade from the purity of the teaching, and tried to set himself up as a Guru against Maharishi. Whereas this was decidedly not my intention or belief, even though this was the deliberate judgment of the authorities at MIU. Share: St. Paul! Tho my birthday falls on his feast day, I sometimes wonder if he wasn't responsible for the early church becoming, well, less about Christ and more about rules and structures. R: There are a lot of things I regret. If a student at MIU felt, in retrospect, they would have rather stayed away from me and completed their education at MIU, that would indeed constitute a source of concern for me. But what was opened up in their experience, and where most of these persons ended up, I doubt anyone who took their chances with me feels on balance they lost rather than gained from the experience. But this is a very complex issue. And I have no hard data to support this conclusion. Share: I'm glad to hear that people gained rather than lost from association with you. So no need to regret then. I believe this is a learning place. We're here to make mistakes. And learn from them. So make amends if possible and live your life as well as possible. That's good enough. Also, even leaders are on a learning curve. Best not to expect perfection from them either. R: Buck was making his case. I weighed in on the side of the authorities. This would seem bizarre given that I was considered at the time to be the heretic par excellence. But I never thought of opposing Maharishi in the least; I was confident I was doing his will, and only yearned to bring about a reconciliation with Bevan and the officials at MIU, something I knew could only happen through the expressed judgment of Maharishi himself. Share: Did you ever read Eric Hofer's True Believer? According to him, the biggest heretics can become the biggest TBs. Oh, how I'd love to see your jyotish chart... Share: As for James Holmes, I'm sure there are souls way more evolved than me who are praying for him, etc. R: Shall I return to our big conversation, Share? You are walking that tightrope across Niagara Falls and it doesn't seem as if you are going to fall—and I see no safety harness. Pretty amazing feat there, Share, baby! Share: Waaa! Baby wearing water wings I hope (-: Then, RC, have your criteria been met for returning to personal love universal love chat? Hmmm... Ok, off to first weight training. Osteo in hips just diagnosed. Must do preventative stuff. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Dear Robin, Gosh, you don't have to explain yourself at all to me. I believe what you say and I'm content to engage with you as you are now. I wasn't at MIU when you were there. Of course I heard a few stories. And I've read some of the emails here. Also my last X is a Canadian gov. What can I say? Your life has been much more eventful than mine. Even your inner life. I'm sorry if those events, inner and outer, caused you or others unnecessary suffering. I would imagine that as a leader, you would regret causing a student to lose something
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of Horsemen (and great horses)
I've also thought he reminds me of Bush more and more. I remember when people slammed Kerry for living in an elitist world; Romney takes it all to a whole new level. He is a puppet in all ways; probably what the conservative movement wantssomeone they can manipulate easily. From: raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:29 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of Horsemen (and great horses) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Beautiful. Â Thank you. Â I also can't believe Romney isn't there supporting his wife in the sport she loves. Â Romney has a tin ear. He's a robot sticking to poll driven talking points, lower taxes for the rich and screw the poor. He has no sense of how to read people. I didn't think it possible, but he's as gaff prone as Bush. Had he enthusiastically supported his wife, it would have made him seem almost human. From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:02 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Speaking of Horsemen (and great horses) Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNid10_Bku0
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
turquoiseb: It's really *neat* to live in a town that you can live in successfully and comfortably without a car. Over here, we have cars so we can get OUT of town! So why, exactly, would you want to living in an upstairs apartment downtown with a couple of dogs to care for? It doesn't make any sense - you're still contracting, right? You could be living anywhere - why pick MMY's front yard? Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices
If this is such a priority and they really believe what they are saying, why don't they just bring in meditators from other countries to reach the goal? Are there not 2000 flyers in the entire world? In the name of global peace, I would think that many of the idealistic and altruistic nature would volunteer even to pick up and move. From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 4:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices The Dome meditation numbers: http://invincibleamerica.org/tallies/ The immediate urgent priority for national invincibility and world peace is to join the Invincible America Assembly at MUM. Only 2000 Flyers in Fairfield/Maharishi Vedic City will bring security to America and defuse the precarious escalation of conflict in the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Hopefully guidelines facilitate what you are doing and don't get in the way of what you are doing. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Whittling the Dome guidelines Those parts in the Dome admission guideline about pundits, joytish and yagyas really don't need to be there. They don't have much to do with running the meditation programs in the Domes. There evidently is something else going on in those paragraphs. Effectively they are an administrative attempt to control religious practices by using the Dome admission as a punishment towards coercing the use of TM-sanctioned vedic/hindu astrological and religious practices. Part of the policy question becomes: is there not a place in the Domes or the TM movement for just practitioners of meditation and the TM-sidhis without judging and interfering with people's religious practices? What do those paragraphs have to do with running the Dome program? Within TM, it seems we have TM and TM-Sidhi practitioners over here, and then sanctioned TM religious activities over there, like over in Vedic City. Within this it seems the TM-Rajas with this anti-religious activity policy are using in a business plan the Dome admission policy as coercion towards using the TM-sanctioned religious practices more exclusively. It's proly bad enough to be 'anti-saint'. Does the new TM.org really want to be known as 'anti-religious' in business as well? Public grants and funding going to an institution discriminating, based on religious activity? That does not sound good at all. With those anti-religious TM guidelines about access to these other astrological systems or religious people or indeed about hosting them, then one would worry for TM and the Dome meditation. Those paragraphs really don't need to be in the guidelines for running the Domes. They certainly could be changed or deleted. This would help people a lot from having to look over their shoulder if they have a valid Dome badge or would like to apply for one if they are meditators. There are very few TM-virgins anymore and there's a lot of people in the Dome who meditate in a fear for their status for being found out. It's the way it is and it's a communal problem with the Dome meditation. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Buck, do you ever ask yourself why you buck the system?  Bucking? Naw, I'm an Iowan, an old practicing mediator, and a pretty reasonable person. By experience and the science I'd like to see the numbers do well in the Domes. I'm quite hope full and I'd like to see those people facilitate the Dome numbers better. I'm pretty simple. They've got old problems that they've created with the Dome numbers with those guidelines and the meditating community. Raja Hagelin has created a lot of process inside to help run things since Maharishi's death. Things could change. I got time. -Buck From: Buck To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:19 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices  Om, waht oh. I may lose my Dome badge, again. I got called in by the chief inspector the other day over my religious activities with non-TM pundits. If it goes badly they'll take my Dome badge away, again. It is still in the balance but it is an interesting thing; they have these anti-religious practices paragraphs in the Dome meditation admission guidelines that are a snare. The paragraphs are part of a business plan to coerce people to use TM movement joytish astrology and yagya services more exclusively by using the dome admission as a punishment. I had an hour long interview in the
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
Dear Share, now is the time to exercise unconditional love towards Barry. He cannot help himself; his hostility runs subconsciously, especially towards women. It always only a matter of time before you get slimed. The good thing is, he is fully predictable, so it's easy to sidestep if one so chooses. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 4:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Gun control? Yeah, right...
Yesterday, in chat room, I had some pacifists wanting to shoot me because I disagreed with them on gun control. :-D On 07/27/2012 01:32 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Here's an article for those who actually believe that it's possible to control access to guns. As Marek so rightly pointed out, it's controlling the murderous impulses that some put them to that is the issue. Canada has the same percentage of guns per population that the US does, but a third of its firearm-related deaths. Gun Enthusiast 'Prints' And Tests .22 Pistol He Downloaded Online Huffington Post UK| By Michael Rundle http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/michael-rundle Posted: 26/07/2012 14:53 Updated: 26/07/2012 15:14 [Worldsfirst3dprintedgun520x363] A gun enthusiast has managed to 'print' a weapon at home and successfully fire it for the first time. The man wrote in a blog post that he printed the lower receiver for a .22 pistol. Printing 3D objects is usually achieved through an automated machine which builds up objects in layers, often using plastic or another malleable material. The gun part was made using ABS plastic and a Stratasys 3D printer, the man claimed http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_118/579913_3D_printed_lower___yes__it_wo\ rks_.htmlpage=2 . Only the lower receiver was printed, but The Next Web pointed out http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/07/26/the-worlds-first-3d-printed\ -gun-is-a-terrifying-thing/?utm_source=Facebookutm_medium=share+button\ utm_content=The+world that this is the part of a weapon which the American Gun Control Act counts as a firearm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Control_Act_of_1968 The man, named HaveBlue on the website, where he is listed as coming from Wisconsin, built the gun and assembled it, before firing more than 200 rounds. He then posted the design of the gun part on a publicly available website for 3D objects. He also tried to build a rifle with the part, but said that feed and extraction issues meant he wasn't able to make it work. No, it did not blow up into a bazillion tiny plastic shards and maim me for life, the man told the AR15 forum. I am sorry to have disappointed those of you who foretold doom and gloom. The man's project was welcomed by the gun enthusiasts on the forum, who said it would leave no meaningful way to restrict and infringe on the private civilian ownership of modern firearms. Another user wondered if the man's project would leave him in trouble with the law. Maybe it's just me, but posting pictures of an operational lower reciever that doesn't have a serial numberThat just sounds like your asking for the feds to pound on your door, he said. Either way, it's still pretty cool. In a separate development, a man has demonstrated a 3D printer which can fit into a briefcase. Ben Heck, a famed tech hacker known for his work modifying games consoles, unveiled the project. The printer is just 5 inches thick and can fit in the overhead compartment of an aeroplane. http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/?NewsID=3372256
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of Horsemen (and great horses)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: I've heard they have to use geldings in this competition. No horse with any balls would be caught dead prancing around like that. Sorry, but that dude was a stallion and so is the man riding him. From: awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:02 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Speaking of Horsemen (and great horses) Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNid10_Bku0
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: just plain Share: From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:47 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices Dear Share, I think I was unclear in making my intent known to you in writing that second letter to you. I chose to address you, because of the receptivity and positivity that is part of your spiritual approach to persons and reality. But I was simply taking the opportunitythis had nothing to do with you personallyto explain how I felt that my own behaviour (when I came to Fairfield) vis-a-vis Maharishi and MIU was not some attempt to introduce a different teaching or technique, and therefore could notat least from my own point of viewbe used as an example of some form of spirituality other than and in some sense at variance with anything that Maharishi was teaching. Indeed I made it my objective to force Maharishi to commit himself to a judgment of the validity of the knowledge that came out of my enlightenment. Share1: Could it be that your knowledge is valid within the context of your enlightenment but maybe not useful to Maharishi and his vision? My own experience was that I realized that the emotional healing was not a priority within the TMO. So I went elsewhere for that. Robin2: Not exactly sure what you mean here, Share. No, if you are asking me to speculate on the reasons for why Maharishi, after seven years of never criticizing medespite the clamour from his governors, finally uttered four sounds which did not indicate he approved of what I was doing there in Fairfieldthat is a question that merits a separate post. What you are not taking into consideration is: *This was not a personal desire of Robin's* that Maharishi officially recognize my enlightenment and its immediate and profound application to every TM Governorand therefore to Maharishi's very Teaching; no, Share, the intelligence which had created my enlightenment and which had control over my actions, that intelligence was pushing me into this confrontation and resolution with Maharishi. I had the sense, throughout those seven years, that Maharishi and I were performing a kind of dance of very subtle mental intelligence; but finally, I forced him to commit himself. And then there was a form of superficial peaceeven though the reality remained the sameand my connection with Maharishi was what it had always been. I was not seeking emotional healingalthough I admit I don't quite see the connection of this comment to what I said in what I have said to you. Robin1:: I had argued in my previous post (also addressed to you because of your 'charitySee Saint Paul) on behalf of the enforcers of Dome policies. Now to do this might seem unseemly, given how the officials at MIU reacted to my seminars in Fairfield back in 1982-83. I thought the readers at FFL would possibly make the assumption: Here is this guy defending Bevan and the actions of Dome officials and he himself became a renegade from the purity of the teaching, and tried to set himself up as a Guru against Maharishi. Whereas this was decidedly not my intention or belief, even though this was the deliberate judgment of the authorities at MIU. Share1: St. Paul! Tho my birthday falls on his feast day, I sometimes wonder if he wasn't responsible for the early church becoming, well, less about Christ and more about rules and structures. Robin2: Is this a discussion you really want to have, Share? I will just stipulate that Paul baby didn't get Christ wrongChrist made certain of that by knocking him down and blinding him on the Road to Damascus. Before this he was standing around urging his brethren to make those stones draw blood from Saint Stephen's uncovered head. Admittedly he would be a somewhat strident poster on FFL; but he was brilliant, brave, and trueGood choice by Christ to forcibly recruit him to the good side. Christ destroyed his boundaries and his prejudices in a lightning moment; after that he was aggressive as a missionary, but secretly docile to his Master. I hope we both get to meet him some day, Sharehe chose not to reincarnate by the way: He wanted the heaven thing, solidly inside his first-person ontology. Too bad we can't e-mail him right now. :-) But I will grant you that Paul, he was pretty big on them there rules and regulationsbut for us fallen souls, they were, until you got to heaven, pretty indispensable. Who have you seen achieve anything without obeying rules and regulations, Share? The only rationale for ignoring rules and regulations is to be beyond those rules and regulations and in direct contact with Natural Law, with the intrinsic laws and regulations of the universelike physics. Like mathematics. Like astronomy. Like architecture. Likelet me say itlove. Hi, Share: did you see Emily's comment
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
So now you're calling Emily a cricket? You're pretty amazing, Robin. :-D On 07/27/2012 09:56 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: And lest we forget the golden Barry classic,Dumb angry cunts too stupid to live. Ann, are you feeling a tiny bit faint? As in feint? Or that my voice is hardly heard? Perhaps that I am about to expire on the spot? Maybe I resemble a Victorian lady experiencing a shock? Other than any of the above I am not sure of what you speak AZ. Pray, do explain. Dear Ann, Those who have attached the appellation Drama Queen to you are clearly incorrect. You are much more a Melodrama Queen. xoxoxo, Azgrey
[FairfieldLife] Republic of Love movie rec
Yesterday, in a chat room, I was arguing that we really don't know if a possible overthrow of the US government might have occurred if the 2nd Amendment didn't exist.Logic defies some liberals and they trot out poor old Gandhi to defend their ideas. My bad, I should have asked, and what happened to Gandhi? And furthermore, what happened to India after Gandhi. Typically many liberals have only a naive notion about Gandhi and I've talked to Indians who actually didn't think much of him. I also knew on of his assistants. Some of this is characterized in Deepa Mehta film Earth, which is about the turmoil that occurred in India after the British left around 1947. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150433/ Thinking about that film I remembered I had one of her movies in my Netflix queue that I had not yet watched called Republic of Love which is another one of her quirky comedies about a radio talk show host played by Bruce Greenwood and the relationship he gets into with a overly cautious academic, Fay. Mehta spares no punches in lampooning modern society in her comedies and this is well worth a watch. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Republic_of_Love/70032913 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345855/ There IS a TM connection here. Mehta's ex-husband was on the Rishikesh course with the Beatles and just a few year back published a book of photos he had taken of that course. Mehta in her film Fire is critical of the whole guru thing. But the hilarious scene I remember is her lampooning of the son of the owners of an Indian grocery watching a porn tape while his grandmother gets upset in the background. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116308/ Netflix also has Water (which many folks here liked) and Hollywood/Bollywood which her ex also appears in.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Can TM Save Medicare from bankruptcy?
HuffPo Article about the difference in metabolisms and food transit times: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/what-is-metabolism_n_1701547.html Sounds like mainstream medicine is beginning to wake up. Of course now big pharma will have to figure out a way to capitalize on it. :-D On 07/26/2012 05:58 PM, Share Long wrote: Yes, when people decrease calories the primitive brains starts screaming, Famine, famine and holds onto fat. After 1 week of a no carb diet, I saw such a dramatic improvement in my body that I was easily motivated to continue. That was almost 4 years ago. My latest wonderful discovery is coconut water. High in potassium which balances salt. And so yummy and hydrating is this horrific heat. Another recent addition is sauerkraut. Very good for beneficial gut bacteria. I eat an avocado every day. The brain needs fat! Like I said before, I don't feel deprived because I eat so much delicious food that's also nutritious. I admit I gave up on ayurvedic diet years ago. Also a Chinese medicine diet that wanted me to eat pork! From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Can TM Save Medicare from bankruptcy? Good strategury Share! High protein, low carb and fat breakfast keeps blood sugar levels more even, sustaining energy levels longer. It may take 2-3 weeks to feel the effect but it works. However, it needs to be a lifestyle otherwise you gain back everything you lost. I did the yo-yo thing too many times. That trains the body to hang on to every ounce of fat and make more so you don't *starve*. You lose twenty and gain back twenty-five. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Can TM Save Medicare from bankruptcy? Bhairitu wrote: Then you have people who think there is nothing to losing weight that probably have never been on a diet in their life. My reply: Don't even get me started! Whoops, too late! For one thing, it isnot mainly a matter of will power. As I explain to my Mom, if a person has a sugery breakfast, and even milk will make it so, then they will be craving sweets/carbs the rest of the day. For me, one of the tricks to dieting is to eat food I really enjoy, And to eat good protein especially early in the day. These days I eat mostly uncooked food. Wasn't planning that but it's simply unfolded in this way. And I'm so grateful for our locally owned health food store which carries lots of locally made food such as soups and humuus and more recently a totally yummy quinoa salad. Quinoa has all 12 amino acids and is a seed rather than a grain. Plus I just found out that it's high in calcium which is great since I don't eat dairy foods. Oy, am I sounding like a Baining now?! Anyway, Lawson, as you can tell, I'm into all this and I've been successful losing weight and keeping it off. Without feeling deprived and without compromising my health. My recent blood tests show that even my B12 levels are great, especially for someone who's mainly vegetarian. If you'd like some encouragement or good info, feel free to email me directly. Best of luck with all this. Share From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Can TM Save Medicare from bankruptcy? Those are probably your vakriti or how you are functioning when the evaluation was done. The constitution (prakriti) doesn't change. When kapha runs high with me I don't have much appetite and certainly none to eat any kind of breakfast. The appetite won't appear until early afternoon. The appetite can also be vague instead of suggesting something the body wants. I've used the one meal a day diet which Doulliard recommends but it was difficult to do since you eat at noon and gets blown if someone wants to go out to dinner. :-D I feel for anyone who has a weight problem because our medical system doesn't deal with them very well. Most doctors at best have had only one quarter of nutrition in school. They also hate the idea of biochemical individuality which is at the core of Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. They want one shoe to fit all. Then you have people who think there is nothing to losing weight that probably have never been on a diet in their life. What a joke! On 07/24/2012 05:30 PM, sparaig wrote: Actually, my original body-type evaluation was pitta-vatta, then pitta-kapha, and now, kapha-pitta. Id's ay that before I learned TM, it was pure vatta. LIterally I was the skinnyest kid in the school system. I was literally envious of 98 pound weakings as I
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
Dear Bhairitu, Very good point, Bhairitu. I wanted to insult Emily, but thought no one would notice. You caught my real intention hereand I am found out. Is there any way I can expiate for my derogatory remark? Your objection (which nailed me good) reminds me of the idea of poetry: imaginary gardens with real toads in them. But I, for one, am glad that the Pudget Sound lady graces us once in awhile by rubbing her wings together to create a distinct chirp,which, you will observe, silences. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: So now you're calling Emily a cricket? You're pretty amazing, Robin. :-D On 07/27/2012 09:56 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
I'm sure I would agree too, Mr. Nablusoss. If only I knew what the heck you mean! Very computer illiterate here, sorr (-: From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 8:51 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: It was Nabby not Tea who snipped stuff so it appeared that I wrote the bit about Cardinal Rat  Since it required snipping a lot of stuff I assume done to take a swipe at me Yep I'm flawed. Whatever! If accident then ok no forgiveness happening and mea culpa to Nabby You see Share, you are in a habit of answering to posts that are already vry long, in fact up to 32 pages long in some cases. To those of us who read this stuff from the web it's kind of waste of the indexfinger hitting the PgDn button all the time to get to the next poster. I'm sure you wil agree :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: And lest we forget the golden Barry classic,Dumb angry cunts too stupid to live. Ann, are you feeling a tiny bit faint? As in feint? Or that my voice is hardly heard? Perhaps that I am about to expire on the spot? Maybe I resemble a Victorian lady experiencing a shock? Other than any of the above I am not sure of what you speak AZ. Pray, do explain. Dear Ann, Those who have attached the appellation Drama Queen to you are clearly incorrect. You are much more a Melodrama Queen. xoxoxo, Azgrey Not gonna go there. :-) I shall lay low, having Other Things To Do. Such as wander around my new 'hood in the rain, thinking up bad haikus: Light summer rain in boisterous city center And yet all I can hear is the sound of raindrops http://stratford.patch.com/articles/jerry-garcia-haiku-contest-win-gathering-of-the-vibes-tickets#photo-10695803 Ripple (the chorus of which is a haiku): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdTQ3OPtGY
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
Yahoo needs to do what Google does on their groups. When you read something on Google Groups it doesn't display the quoted sections but has a link saying show quoted text if you want to load it. Of course maybe Google has a patent on it. :-D On 07/27/2012 01:23 PM, Share Long wrote: I'm sure I would agree too, Mr. Nablusoss. If only I knew what the heck you mean! Very computer illiterate here, sorr (-: From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 8:51 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: It was Nabby not Tea who snipped stuff so it appeared that I wrote the bit about Cardinal Rat  Since it required snipping a lot of stuff I assume done to take a swipe at me Yep I'm flawed. Whatever! If accident then ok no forgiveness happening and mea culpa to Nabby You see Share, you are in a habit of answering to posts that are already vry long, in fact up to 32 pages long in some cases. To those of us who read this stuff from the web it's kind of waste of the indexfinger hitting the PgDn button all the time to get to the next poster. I'm sure you wil agree :-)
[FairfieldLife] OK...I apologize...
When I suggested in a post here recently that the folks at Chik-Fil-A could go fuck themselves, I didn't expect them to take my words so literally. Chick-fil-A's Vice President of Public Relations Dies of Heart Attack http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/chick-fil-as-vice-presiden\ t-of-public-relations-dies-of-heart-attack/# Chick-fil-A's Vice President of Public Relations Don Perry died suddenly Friday morning, the company confirmed. Perry was based in the Atlanta area and worked in Chick-fil-A's corporate communications department for 29 years. Ross Cathy, who owns the Midland, Georgia Chick-fil-A and is related to the company's CEO Dan Cathy, said Perry died of a heart attack, Columbus, Georgia's News 3 reports. A company spokesman could not confirm Perry's cause of death to ABC News. Perry's death comes amid controversy this week over comments that Chick-fil-A's CEO Dan Cathy made against gay marriage. Cathy told the Baptist Press that he was guilty as charged for supporting the biblical definition of the family unit. In response to the backlash, conservative commentator Mike Huckabee organized a Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/mike-huckabee-calls-for-ch\ ick-fil-a-day/ , calling on people who support the company's Christian values to eat at Chick-fil-A next Wednesday. Let's affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executives are willing to take a stand for the Godly values we espouse by simply showing up and eating at Chick-Fil-A on Wednesday, August 1, Huckabee wrote on the Facebook page created for the event. So far nearly 300,000 people have signed on to attend the event. Here is the full statement from Chick-fil-A on Perry's death: We are saddened to report the news to you that our dear friend Don Perry, vice president of public relations, passed away suddenly this morning. Don was a member of our Chick-fil-A family for nearly 29 years. For many of you in the media, he was the spokesperson for Chick-fil-A. He was a well-respected and well-liked media executive in the Atlanta and University of Georgia communities, and we will all miss him. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. For those interested in what kinds of campaigns PR Man Don Perry was working on in the days leading up to his sad death, see these links: Here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/jim-henson-company-chick-fil-a-\ anti-gay_n_1694809.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/jim-henson-company-chick-fil-a\ -anti-gay_n_1694809.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/chick-fil-a-jim-henson-toy-reca\ ll-gay_n_1699597.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/chick-fil-a-jim-henson-toy-rec\ all-gay_n_1699597.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/chick-fil-a-pretend-to-be-teena\ ge-girl-facebook_n_1703321.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/chick-fil-a-pretend-to-be-teen\ age-girl-facebook_n_1703321.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS's instruction on silent awareness during meditation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: I have never made the claim that I never knew the mantra was there or not. I have made the claim that mantraness can be infinitely faint/vague/ill-defined, etc and that just as one doesn't have to be thinking P I N K E L E P H A N T in order to qualify as thinking about pink elephants, so too, one need not be able to describe just what makes your mental activity mantra-ish enough to qualify as thinking the mantra. L Lawson this response is not so much about what everyone has been discussing, but you said something interesting, that 'mantraness can be infinitely faint/vague, ill-defined, etc.' Activity in the human brain seems to be largely chemical, you could stop that activity by injecting, say, hydrochloric or sulphuric acid into the brain (do not attempt this at home). We can easily suppose that this would stop all thought in its tracks. At a more subtle level there is quantum mechanics, though the processing function of the brain does not seem to be at the quantum mechanical level operationally. However, because observed reality is quantized at the quantum level, it would seem there is a limit to how fine something can be before it vanishes; that, is a thought could not be infinitely divisible in amplitude, since the thought requires processes at the molecular level to exist. And even if the mind somehow could function as a quantum level machine, it still would have this quantization limit. The philosopher David Hume also discussed this (in 1739): 'It is universally allowed, that the capacity of the mind is limited, and can never attain a full and adequate conception of infinity. And though it were not allowed, it would be sufficiently evident from the plainest observation and experience. It is also obvious, that whatever is capable of being divided in infinitum, must consist of an infinite number of parts, and that it is impossible to set any bound to the number of parts, without setting bounds at the same time to the division. It requires scare any induction to conclude from hence, that the idea which we form of any finite quantity, is not infinitely divisible, but that by proper disctinctions and separations we may run up this idea to inferior ones, which wil be perfectly simple and indivisible. In rejecting the infinite capacity of the mind, we suppose it may arrive at an end in the division of its ideas; nor are there any possible means of evading the evidence of this conclusion.' In other words, the mantra becoming fainter is kind of like descending a staircase rather than a slide, we may not notice the steps, but as one approaches the limit, reality gets grainy, not smooth. The processes of the brain thus are quantized, at the molecular and atomic level, on the level of basic chemical interaction, and even if we were to allow these processes to be at the quantum level, they would be discrete and not infinitely divisible.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: I'm sure I would agree too, Mr. Nablusoss. If only I knew what the heck you mean! Very computer illiterate here, sorr (-: Me too, if I know how to turn the machine on + open Photoshop that's about it. Downloading programmes is a pain because I have sometimes no idea where it went or how to access them :-( Fortunately the programmes I really need mysteriously find their way to Photoshop automatically these days. And I don't know how you read this forum... But if you read it off the net all you have to do is mark (drag your mouse at the side of the text and it become blue/black) the stuff that is unrelated to what you want to reply to and press the backSpace button, and voila, it's gone ! Very handy feature.
[FairfieldLife] Pyramid Power
Aside from many other theories, the Great Pyramid may have been used to transmit signals to the universe, like the SETI program today, that humans are present here on earth. Also, the alignment of the pyramid's shafts with the stars Sirius and Orion shows that the Egyptians knew of the earth's precession or wobble of earth's rotation. It could further mean that the Egyptians knew that the Sun and Sirius are binary stars dancing with each other as they travel through the Milky Way. This mutual revolution could account for the precession or the Great Year or Cycle, as mentioned by Plato, which lasts for 24,000 years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMhIx6QEcp0feature=g-vrec JR
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
Some people like urban environments, some rural. I tend to like rural environments, but when you want what is in a city, you have to drive there, or like long, long walks. People who like urban environments like New York City because its pretty easy to get around without a car. Turq seems to be far more gregarious than I am, for example. I can be around neighbours for years and have no idea who they are. Some other members of my family can strike up relationships in minutes. Its fine he lives where he enjoys life. Leiden looks like a charming place. The question is, has Turq found the ideal café in Leiden from which to assault us with his humour. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@ wrote: turquoiseb: It's really *neat* to live in a town that you can live in successfully and comfortably without a car. Over here, we have cars so we can get OUT of town! That's what you get for living in a town you want -- or need -- to get OUT of. :-) So why, exactly, would you want to living in an upstairs apartment downtown with a couple of dogs to care for? It doesn't make any sense - you're still contracting, right? You could be living anywhere - why pick MMY's front yard? Go figure. I know that Texans cannot comprehend geography, but Vlodrop is 200 kilometers away, on the other side of the Netherlands. ( That's 125 miles, since Texas schools probably don't teach you much in the way of math, either. :-) As for where I live, it's a very nice three-story townhouse, close to everything I might need or want. My supermarket is less than a block away. One of my favorite writing cafes so far, even closer. I have spent time in what Americans call suburbs, and understand both the geography and the mindset of them. In many cases, there are no sidewalks, because no one walks, and even if they did, there is nowhere to walk *to*. I know a couple of dozen of my neighbors already, and I've been here less than two weeks; how many of yours do you know? When I was living in Santa Fe and commuting (for economic reasons) to the Detroit area for work, they stuck us consultants in an apartment in one of these 'burb communities. There was no there there. It was awful. I later found out that in that particular community, a medical study had been recently undertaken that showed that over 70% of its residents were on a constant prescription for anti-depressants. Duh. Fairfield sounds much nicer by comparison. There is a there there, and (from what I understand) a downtown area that you can walk around in, and run into your neighbors and converse with them. That's more my idea of an OK place to live. Out in the boonies in Texas, with only prairie dogs to talk to...not so much. No wonder you need to get OUT of town. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS's instruction on silent awareness during meditation
Lawson, As SSRS discussed many times, abiding in silent awareness during meditation happens naturally in TM practice that is if someone has meditated for a long time following proper instruction. He further clarified that if a practitioner continues to maintain an effortless TM practice, then they do not need Sahaj meditation. That is because they have already realized what he is pointing out and are practicing accordingly. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: Determining whether or not the mantra is subtle isn't part of TM practice. Nor does it matter that it doesn't matter. If you're doing TM, then you follow the instructions, if you don't follow the instructions, such as they are, then you're not doing TM. Of course, follow the instructions can be kind of vauge sometimes, but that's as OK as any other part of the process. As long as you can think a thought, you can meditate. L. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Oh dear, for the last 39 years I've been doing TM improperly. The horror. Lawson, that's the dawn of knowledge, when you know that you don't know anymore, all your previous knowledge has been evaporated. There is a very good practice in Zen to cultivate the 'don't know' mind. If you like, read this http://www.kwanumzen.org/about-zen/three-letters-to-a-beginner/ I have been practicing TM for a long time, and I do think this 'don't know' mind has come about. A long long time ago I learned mindfulness, and found at that time it was rather difficult, or perhaps because my mind would not settle down then, annoying. Lately though the character of TM and mindfulness just seem to have merged; it does not matter anymore. It does not matter whether the mantra is there or not, or if I notice that the mantra is not there, it does not matter if I start it again or not. It actually seems as if there are no subtle levels of the mantra at all. I think it helps to find alternative explanations, to try to find different ways to explain the same thing. This is easy to do with metaphysics because there are no facts. The scientist Richard Feynman would attack physics problems this way, he would try to find alternative ways to explain various phenomena, and of course he was ultimately constrained by facts, what the experiments showed. This keeps thinking more flexible, and when you do this, you are breaking the potential for doctrinaire ossification of belief. You step outside on a fine sunny day and there is all this stuff and instead of saying, 'Well, there is a pond, and trees, and clouds'; you just feel 'Wow!', And then if that could be expressed in more concrete conceptual terms it might be something like 'What is all this?'. A certain freshness imbues experience because you do not know what is going to happen and you are not thinking about what things are and what they might become.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU. OK, I understand. You were probably cheezed that Yahoo attributed the original quote about Ratzinger to you instead of me. You'll have to pardon me, but Big Fuckin' Deal. Did that really require a comment? It's just that we've lived for years with claims from one paranoid person or another that they were being misrepresented by someone snipping the parts of the paranoid's posts that they weren't replying to. Evil intent was (and often still is) implied. While it's nice to get the attribution right, and assign quotes to the person who actually said them, I don't think there is ANY case to be made for reposting the entire contents of the post you're replying to, only the parts that you're *directly* replying to. Off of soapbox now, apologies if you were trying to be funny and failing. It's just that I and others have been dealing with the You snipped something from my post in the process of replying to it...that means that either you were trying to misrepresent me by removing the full context, or that you didn't feel that the stuff you snipped was worth replying to...either is a sin, and you are evil routine for a long time now. Your comment, on the heels of another similar comment not long ago, made me suspect that you were starting to run this routine, too. If not, as Emily Latella used to say, Never mind. How about I'm sorry?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
Awww, so nice. I don't require acknowledgment and I'm practicing listening, which my kids say I don't do enough of. I am a chirper in my current state and am not in the least offended; in fact FFL seldom offends me personally...and when it does, not for long. Mostly I laugh, which is a good thing. I'm not as nimble as most of ya'll, either in verse or intellectual musings or spiritual discourse or witticisms (is that a word?). I enjoy reading and trying to assimilate what crosses here. My brain still doesn't work the way it used to and I am beginning to seriously worry as I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I have been hiding and in denial about many things. But, I'm coming out of my denial and as I have yet to be diagnosed with a terminal illness, it looks like I'm going to *really* have to reinvent my life before all the money runs out. There is no going back. From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dear Bhairitu, Very good point, Bhairitu. I wanted to insult Emily, but thought no one would notice. You caught my real intention here—and I am found out. Is there any way I can expiate for my derogatory remark? Your objection (which nailed me good) reminds me of the idea of poetry: imaginary gardens with real toads in them. But I, for one, am glad that the Pudget Sound lady graces us once in awhile by rubbing her wings together to create a distinct chirp,—which, you will observe, silences. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: So now you're calling Emily a cricket? You're pretty amazing, Robin. :-D On 07/27/2012 09:56 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
Or are we talking about Emily Litella? Ahh, no matter. Never mind :) From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dear Bhairitu, Very good point, Bhairitu. I wanted to insult Emily, but thought no one would notice. You caught my real intention here—and I am found out. Is there any way I can expiate for my derogatory remark? Your objection (which nailed me good) reminds me of the idea of poetry: imaginary gardens with real toads in them. But I, for one, am glad that the Pudget Sound lady graces us once in awhile by rubbing her wings together to create a distinct chirp,—which, you will observe, silences. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: So now you're calling Emily a cricket? You're pretty amazing, Robin. :-D On 07/27/2012 09:56 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Providence before LSD and The Veda
A spectacularly beautiful rendition of this prayer. Tee Hee, such a beautiful, personal, rendition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IFlaG45xM8feature=related To say everything in one word, each human being is a *person*; his or her acts are *personal* acts, because they arise from the free decision of a reasonable being and depend only on his or her own initiative. . . From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:07 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Providence before LSD and The Veda --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Who is EG? Dear Emily, Unsolicited but here goes anyway: That post consists of excerpts from Etienne Gilson's book: *The Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy*. Chapter VIII Christian Providence (pp. 148-167). If we were living in pre-Christian pagan times, and someone described something like this, I believe it would have a far greater purchase on our sense of what truth was than any prevailing idea of Fate. But Christianity (or, as I like to say, Catholicism) has lost—especially since the late 40's and 50's—the aura of something real, relevant, and vital. *This has nothing I believe to do with the substance of its beliefs*. It has to do with the efficacy of those beliefs to speak to the personal experience of a postmodern human being. The East offers up an *experience* of reality; Catholicism does not do this; it can only impress intellectually—or sentimentally. But as proven here in this excerpt from Etienne Gilson's book, its ideas are extraordinary and beautiful. So, for me, Emily, *It [this notion of Providence] had to be true ONCE*. Because no one could imagine an idea of providence like this one, unless reality had uttered it. And it did. In the Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection. But the ontological power of this historical and supernatural truth, it doesn't get any respect by the creation which supposedly came out of it! So, something is wrong here. LSD created the pantheistic apriorism that makes the Dalai Lama into a Saint. What has he got to say which comes anywhere near to what Gilson presents at the Christian idea of providence? Not much if you measure his beliefs aesthetically, intellectually, morally, dramatically. But there's the problem: one reads this analysis of providence and one says: Oh, this is sublime, but how could it be true? because when I read it it seems to be almost like a fairy tale, whereas flying in the Dome, that produces for Share Long a real encounter with a truth which creation seems to like. Think of the virtually biological prejudice here at FFL against Christianity. It is not just a prejudice, it is a sense of condescension, cynicism and contempt: How pathetic these Christians are. And yet for me, this only goes to show how LSD, the Sixties, and Maharishi and TM just blew apart what remained of the Christian universe (which was already dead by the end of the Second World War). I remain in a mystery about what providence is nowadays. But whatever it is it has a hell of lot more to do with what Gilson is describing than it does with karma, evolution, reincarnation, enlightenment, and the Impersonal God—all ideas which would refute the truth of providence as described by Gilson. You will realize, Emily, that this does not need answering. :-) You have merely allowed me to make the introduction to that past which I had wanted to do, but knew, at the time, it would stop many persons on FFL from even looking at it. You see how unscrupulous I am—I am just exploiting your lack of post-TM/MMY disenchantment. You don't have the Mark of the Beast on you—like I do, like so many of the FFL posters. [Mark of the Beast = If you sang the Puja in front of that painting of Guru Dev and whispered mantras to an initiate—thus getting in on the buzz of the Holy Tradition.] Remember, Emily: I have written this in order to explain why I posted Providence before LSD and The Veda. :-) Without ever even having done TM you have become an indispensable character—poster—at FFL. I guess that says something good about Rick started. FFL is universalized in its meaningfulness. Glad you read the post, Emily. Robin From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 1:40 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Providence before LSD and The Veda  For [God] sees and foresees all things, what we are, what we think, and what we doâ€absolutely all, whether in past, present or future. Now if He brings all that marvellous and formidable knowledge to bear upon us, it is precisely because He made us. He created us and His hand rests upon us. . . The mechanical universe of Lucretius and Democritus had given place to a cosmos in which every element had been chosen, created, predestined with
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Tantrum Yoga
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: And lest we forget the golden Barry classic,Dumb angry cunts too stupid to live. Ann, are you feeling a tiny bit faint? As in feint? Or that my voice is hardly heard? Perhaps that I am about to expire on the spot? Maybe I resemble a Victorian lady experiencing a shock? Other than any of the above I am not sure of what you speak AZ. Pray, do explain. Dear Ann, Those who have attached the appellation Drama Queen to you are clearly incorrect. You are much more a Melodrama Queen. xoxoxo, Azgrey I'm still loving those hugs and kisses. And my status is climbing with you all the time. I am flattered. But where can I go from here? I feel like I've reached the pinnacle but perhaps not. I'm sure you can come up with even greater accolades. I await, breathless.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: I'm sure I would agree too, Mr. Nablusoss. If only I knew what the heck you mean! Very computer illiterate here, sorr (-: You and me both, Share. I don't take the chance of snipping anything around here. Someone might find they're missing some vital body part if I were to try and attempt it and God knows most of these men are pretty attached to what might be in the way of my snippers. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 8:51 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: It was Nabby not Tea who snipped stuff so it appeared that I wrote the bit about Cardinal RatààSince it required snipping a lot of stuff I assume done to take a swipe at me Yep I'm flawed.àWhatever! If accident then ok no forgiveness happening and mea culpa to Nabby You see Share, you are in a habit of answering to posts that are already vry long, in fact up to 32 pages long in some cases. To those of us who read this stuff from the web it's kind of waste of the indexfinger hitting the PgDn button all the time to get to the next poster. I'm sure you wil agree :-)
[FairfieldLife] Post Count
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jul 21 00:00:00 2012 End Date (UTC): Sat Jul 28 00:00:00 2012 524 messages as of (UTC) Fri Jul 27 23:51:32 2012 49 turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com 47 Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com 47 Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com 44 Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net 42 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 33 sparaig lengli...@cox.net 31 iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com 27 Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com 26 awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com 20 Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com 19 feste37 fest...@yahoo.com 18 cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com 16 merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com 13 Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com 11 Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com 10 raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com 10 Richard J. Williams rich...@rwilliams.us 9 oxcart49 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 7 salyavin808 fintlewoodle...@mail.com 7 marekreavis reavisma...@sbcglobal.net 5 Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com 4 emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com 4 azgrey no_re...@yahoogroups.com 4 John jr_...@yahoo.com 4 Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com 3 wgm4u no_re...@yahoogroups.com 3 merlin vedamer...@yahoo.de 3 Susan waybac...@yahoo.com 2 Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com 2 Richard rich...@infinitepie.net 1 stevelf ysoy1...@yahoo.com 1 eustace10679 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 Yifu yifux...@yahoo.com 1 Lawson English lengli...@cox.net Posters: 34 Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times = Daylight Saving Time (Summer): US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM Standard Time (Winter): US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com
[FairfieldLife] Call Me Maybe: 2012 USA Olympic Swimming Team
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPIA7mpm1wUfeature=em-share_video_user
[FairfieldLife] 2012 Opening Ceremony for London 2012 Olympic Games
Watch on NBC tonight: 10:30. You'll know why the sun never set on the British Empire. First 90 minutes awesome.
[FairfieldLife] Utopian, Fairfield
A Vision of Community The United States in the 18th and 19th centuries was a fertile ground for ventures in communal living. The promise of religious and social freedom acted as a magnet for those who sought to escape the orthodoxies of state churches, or who were being persecuted, or who simply sought room to live according to their consciences. Others felt communal living, combined with humanitarian socialism, science and education, held promise of Utopia. Introduction Guide to Historic Communal Sites of the United States prepared by the Communal Studies Association, 2010
[FairfieldLife] 556 more Pandits have passports
This is the time we have all been waiting for. There are currently 556 Maharishi Vedic Pandits with passports assembled in India preparing to join us in Maharishi Vedic City. This will create the largest group of Maharishi Vedic Pandits ever assembled in the US and secure the daily Super Radiance numbers above 2,000 in Fairfield and Maharishi Vedic City. What a day it will be when we welcome these Pandits! What is needed to make this happen? In order to have the Pandits come, we need to raise the funds for various upfront costs, which are $2,000 per Pandit for passports, visas, airfare, ground transportation and supplies as well as set-up costs in the US. In addition, the campus needs upgrades including a significant kitchen and dining expansion and residential building improvements. For a detailed budget, click here. http://globalcountryofworldpeace.org/emailing/2012_07_26_budget.html#budget A Vision of Community The United States in the 18th and 19th centuries was a fertile ground for ventures in communal living. The promise of religious and social freedom acted as a magnet for those who sought to escape the orthodoxies of state churches, or who were being persecuted, or who simply sought room to live according to their consciences. Others felt communal living, combined with humanitarian socialism, science and education, held promise of Utopia. Introduction Guide to Historic Communal Sites of the United States prepared by the Communal Studies Association, 2010
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: If this is such a priority and they really believe what they are saying, why don't they just bring in meditators from other countries to reach the goal?  Are there not 2000 flyers in the entire world?  In the name of global peace, I would think that many of the idealistic and altruistic nature would volunteer even to pick up and move.   Em, Yes that would make sense. No, proly won't happen. Things seem to have got irreconcilable between the movement.org and the old meditating community for getting more meditators to come to the Domes. Hence the project of out-sourcing meditation to young Indian boys brought from India to FF to achieve the numbers has become easier. It is old TM history playing out. -Buck From: Buck To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 4:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices  The Dome meditation numbers: http://invincibleamerica.org/tallies/ The immediate urgent priority for national invincibility and world peace is to join the Invincible America Assembly at MUM. Only 2000 Flyers in Fairfield/Maharishi Vedic City will bring security to America and defuse the precarious escalation of conflict in the world. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Hopefully guidelines facilitate what you are doing and don't get in the way of what you are doing. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Whittling the Dome guidelines Those parts in the Dome admission guideline about pundits, joytish and yagyas really don't need to be there. They don't have much to do with running the meditation programs in the Domes. There evidently is something else going on in those paragraphs. Effectively they are an administrative attempt to control religious practices by using the Dome admission as a punishment towards coercing the use of TM-sanctioned vedic/hindu astrological and religious practices. Part of the policy question becomes: is there not a place in the Domes or the TM movement for just practitioners of meditation and the TM-sidhis without judging and interfering with people's religious practices? What do those paragraphs have to do with running the Dome program? Within TM, it seems we have TM and TM-Sidhi practitioners over here, and then sanctioned TM religious activities over there, like over in Vedic City. Within this it seems the TM-Rajas with this anti-religious activity policy are using in a business plan the Dome admission policy as coercion towards using the TM-sanctioned religious practices more exclusively. It's proly bad enough to be 'anti-saint'. Does the new TM.org really want to be known as 'anti-religious' in business as well? Public grants and funding going to an institution discriminating, based on religious activity? That does not sound good at all. With those anti-religious TM guidelines about access to these other astrological systems or religious people or indeed about hosting them, then one would worry for TM and the Dome meditation. Those paragraphs really don't need to be in the guidelines for running the Domes. They certainly could be changed or deleted. This would help people a lot from having to look over their shoulder if they have a valid Dome badge or would like to apply for one if they are meditators. There are very few TM-virgins anymore and there's a lot of people in the Dome who meditate in a fear for their status for being found out. It's the way it is and it's a communal problem with the Dome meditation. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Buck, do you ever ask yourself why you buck the system? à Bucking? Naw, I'm an Iowan, an old practicing mediator, and a pretty reasonable person. By experience and the science I'd like to see the numbers do well in the Domes. I'm quite hope full and I'd like to see those people facilitate the Dome numbers better. I'm pretty simple. They've got old problems that they've created with the Dome numbers with those guidelines and the meditating community. Raja Hagelin has created a lot of process inside to help run things since Maharishi's death. Things could change. I got time. -Buck From: Buck To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:19 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM, the Dome Badge, and Religious Practices à Om, waht oh. I may lose my Dome badge, again. I got
[FairfieldLife] US Will Not Pay $1 Trillion Debt to China
Here's the reason why. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M0IgIyM6d8feature=g-vrec
[FairfieldLife] 'Michelle Bachman gets Crucified'
WASHINGTON -- Forty-two religious and secular organizations united on Thursday in condemning conservative lawmakers' allegations that Muslim-American individuals connected to the U.S. government may be trying to spread the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood. They directed their criticisms at Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Thomas Rooney (R-Fla.) and Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.), who recently wrote to various government agencies and asked them to investigate the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood. In their letters, the lawmakers targeted top State Department official Huma Abedin and several advisers to the Department of Homeland Security. [W]e write to raise our voices in protest of your recent letters regarding prominent American Muslim individuals and organizations, the 42 organizations wrote in a letter to the lawmakers on Thursday. These letters question the loyalty of faithful Americans based on nothing more than their religious affiliations and what is at best tenuous evidence of their associations. As such, your actions have serious implications for religious freedom and the health of our democracy. The signatories include the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which often sides with Republicans on social issues, along with the Interfaith Alliance, American Civil Liberties Union, American Baptist Churches USA, NAACP and United Church of Christ. Far from supporting the safety of our country, these accusations distract us from examining legitimate threats using proven, evidence-based security strategies, the groups wrote. Moreover, we know all too well the danger of casting suspicion on loyal and innocent Americans simply because they hold particular beliefs. We will not stand idly by and allow our country to revive federal investigations into innocent individuals based on their religious adherence. The Anti-Defamation League has already condemned the lawmakers, calling their allegations anti-Muslim conspiracy theories. The accusations stem from a report by the Center for Security Policy, a group run by Frank Gaffney, who has been crusading against the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and Sharia law for years. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have condemned their colleagues' accusations. Bachmann has maintained that her concerns have been distorted. On Tuesday, Gohmert called his critics numb nuts.
[FairfieldLife] 'Letter to Michelle Bachman' (signed by 42 organizations)
July 26, 2012 The Honorable Michele Bachmann The Honorable Trent Franks 103 Cannon House Office Building 2435 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Louie Gohmert The Honorable Thomas Rooney 2440 Rayburn House Office Building 1529 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Lynn Westmoreland 2433 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Rep. Bachman, Rep. Franks, Rep. Gohmert, Rep. Rooney and Rep. Westmoreland: The 42 undersigned religious, secular, interfaith, advocacy, legal and community organizations are united by our work to protect religious freedom for all. As such, we write to raise our voices in protest of your recent letters regarding prominent American Muslim individuals and organizations. These letters question the loyalty of faithful Americans based on nothing more than their religious affiliations and what is at best tenuous evidence of their associations. As such, your actions have serious implications for religious freedom and the health of our democracy. In your open letters to the inspectors general of the Departments of State, Homeland Security, Defense, and Justice, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, you call for an investigation into individuals and organizations that you claim may have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The basis for these claims comes primarily from reports by the Center for Security Policy, known for its consistently anti-Muslim agenda. Those you accuseincluding Ms. Huma Abedin and leaders of the Islamic Society of North America, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and Muslim Advocateshave long-standing histories of positive and committed work to strengthen the United States of America. Furthermore, we take offense to the implications of your actions for the American Muslim community as a whole, as you give momentum to guilt by association accusations and betray our foundational religious freedoms. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) spoke well of the vision of America jeopardized by your approach when he said: When anyone, not least a member of Congress, launches specious and degrading attacks against fellow Americans on the basis of nothing more than fear of who they are and ignorance of what they stand for, it defames the spirit of our nation, and we all grow poorer because of it. More recently, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) provided a much-needed reminder about what religious freedom means in the United States: the First Amendment prohibits the government from making a distinction between what is a `good religion' and what is a `bad religion.' Far from supporting the safety of our country, these accusations distract us from examining legitimate threats using proven, evidence-based security strategies. Moreover, we know all too well the danger of casting suspicion on loyal and innocent Americans simply because they hold particular beliefs. We will not stand idly by and allow our country to revive federal investigations into innocent individuals based on their religious adherence. We will continue to speak out in support of people of all faiths and no faith, and the religious freedom of all Americans to practiceor choose not to practicea religion without fear of criticism or suspicion. Sincerely, African American Ministers in Action American Atheists American Baptist Churches USA American Civil Liberties Union American Humanist Association Americans United for Separation of Church and State Atheist Alliance of America Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Camp Quest Catholics for Choice Center for Inquiry Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada Counselors Helping (South) Asians/Indians, Inc. (CHAI) DignityUSA Disciples Justice Action Network Equal Partners in Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations Faith in Public Life Friends Committee on National Legislation Hindu American Foundation Interfaith Alliance Military Association of Atheists Freethinkers NAACP National Council of Jewish Women New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good People for the American Way Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office Of Public Witness Rabbis for Human Rights-North America Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Secular Coalition for America Secular Student Alliance Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) Society for Humanistic Judaism South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding The Jewish Council for Public Affairs Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations United Church of Christ United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER) Cc: Mr. Charles K. Edwards, Acting Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security;
[FairfieldLife] 'Romney gets Crucified by his Own'..
(with friends like this, who needs friends?.. says Willard M. Romney) Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer slammed Mitt Romney over his unfortunate remarks about the London Olympics on Thursday night. Romney recently questioned the city's readiness to host the games in an interview with Brian Williams, angering many Brits. Prime Minister David Cameron hit back at the remark, and London Mayor Boris Johnson also chided the candidate. The gaffe was one of several that Romney made on the first day of his overseas tour. On Thursday's Special Report, Krauthammer launched into a rant about Romney's Olympics comment. It's unbelievable, it's beyond human understanding, it's incomprehensible. I'm out of adjectives, he lamented. He said the purpose of Romney's trip was merely to express solidarity with America's British allies, and say nice things about his foreign hosts. All Romney has to do, say nothing, Krauthammer said. It's like a guy in the 100-meter dash. All he has to do is to finish, he doesn't have to win. And instead, he tackles the guy in the lane next to him and ends up disqualified. I don't get it. The other panelists suggested that Romney was speaking from his own experience organizing the Salt Lake City Olympics, but agreed that the candidate lost an easy opportunity to cozy up to the Brits. Later, Krauthammer also questioned the Romneys' choice to enter Ann's horse into the Olympics. I'm not sure why the horse has to be in the most upper-class hoity-toity Olympic event ever invented. It's unnecessary, he said.
