[FairfieldLife] Impressionist Impressions of the Weekend
Gee. I post a few numbers, straight from the Yahoo Search Engine, that suggest that a few people on this forum seem to have a bit of an obsession thang going on about their enemies, and what happens while I'm away enjoying Bastille Day? An avalanche of spin, equivocation, and obsessing on the very people I suggested they obsess on. I consider the post a success, in that Judy has only ten posts left for the rest of the week, and her minions will probably post out early, too. Meanwhile I spent the morning with my family, the afternoon traveling, and the evening enjoying Bastille Day. The Eiffel Tower is that pointy, shiny thing on the right, all lit up, waiting for the sky to join it with a fireworks show. The shiny thing on the left is the crescent moon. The impressionism is not due to Photoshop but to trying to hold an iPhone steady while trying not to fall off of the quai into the Seine. :-) [https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1005310_63259034\ 0098436_101242183_n.jpg] I hope the rest of you -- those who didn't spend their time trying to get their enemies on FFL trying to make a case that that isn't what they do in *most* of their posts -- had a wonderful weekend.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it.
:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita s3raphita@... wrote: Re I disagree completely: now that made me laugh as we do finally agree. I also am not one to protest reality (I'm a quietist at heart). I don't really care that much what happens to Zimmerman from here on in; he can look after himself. And, yep, karma's a bitch alright. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: Yeah, OK. I disagree completely, though I am not one to protest reality. I don't care what happens to the killer - karma's a bitch.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Impressionist Impressions of the Weekend
Yes, but You Still Suck. Here's hoping you fall into the Seine! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Gee. I post a few numbers, straight from the Yahoo Search Engine, that suggest that a few people on this forum seem to have a bit of an obsession thang going on about their enemies, and what happens while I'm away enjoying Bastille Day? An avalanche of spin, equivocation, and obsessing on the very people I suggested they obsess on. I consider the post a success, in that Judy has only ten posts left for the rest of the week, and her minions will probably post out early, too. Meanwhile I spent the morning with my family, the afternoon traveling, and the evening enjoying Bastille Day. The Eiffel Tower is that pointy, shiny thing on the right, all lit up, waiting for the sky to join it with a fireworks show. The shiny thing on the left is the crescent moon. The impressionism is not due to Photoshop but to trying to hold an iPhone steady while trying not to fall off of the quai into the Seine. :-) [https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1005310_63259034\ 0098436_101242183_n.jpg] I hope the rest of you -- those who didn't spend their time trying to get their enemies on FFL trying to make a case that that isn't what they do in *most* of their posts -- had a wonderful weekend.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Four for Share
Sounds incredible! I have also recently visited Lake Champlain, which extends just about the entire length of Vermont. There is a causeway linking the islands through the middle of the lake, and just an amazingly beautiful drive, with blue water on both sides, surrounding cornfields and the prototypical New England red barns. The next time I visit, I would love to go to Montreal also, which is only ninety minutes away. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: What a wonderful part of the world. Two of my closest friends lived in Snowmass and my husband and I were married in their backyard overlooking the valley and the mountains. It was glorious. It is also very high up there and hiking is strenuous at that altitude. We stayed at the Jerome Hotel for our wedding night and had a memorable pre-wedding dinner there the night before the marriage ceremony. I will always think fondly of Snowmass and Aspen. Father Thomas Keating used to live at the Trappist Monastery St Benedicts there in Snowmass and that monastery is extra-ordinary in every way. http://www.stbenedictsretreat.com/ Truthfully, in all the years we've been going out, I'm embarrassed to say we haven't visited the monastery. It was on my list for this year to go to Thursday Vesper services, but we didn't make it. I remember staying in the Jerome, back in the day (some 40 years ago) when it was a flea bag hotel, literally. Now, and for the last many years, it is as five star as you could want. What a nice place to start your honeymoon. I did pretty well on my 3-1/2 mile hike up the Difficult Campground trail. Maybe I'll post the picture I took when I was up there. My wife was still getting acclimated and couldn't quite make it the whole way. Yes, it is beautiful at every turn. There is so much building along the valley. I am trying to figure out what supports and drives that development. I know there are a lot of rich people there, but other than the ski season, and the pretty busy summer season, I don't quite see how the developments can keep at the pace they are going. But Aspen, being Aspen, anytime a developer wants to put up some luxury units, they are required to also put up an equal number of affordable living units. Sometimes in the same place, sometimes down valley. That is a good thing. At least this year, we got a chance to go deeper into the big archaeological find they made in Snowmass a couple years ago. http://www.snowmassiceage.com/
[FairfieldLife] The problem with narcissism: high maintenance
Do any of you remember the rap in When Harry Met Sally about high maintenance vs. low maintenance when it comes to romantic relationships? I'm a fan of low maintenance -- certainly in a girlfriend or partner, but also in other things. High maintenance is just Too Much Fucking Work To Be Worth The Effort. All of my extended family members are low maintenance. (With one exception, of course, but we cut her some slack because she's four.) No one needs a lot of constant stroking and complimenting to get through the day, which frees us to express such things when they're really appropriate, not when they aren't. Even my car is low maintenance. It's an old Peugeot 306 diesel that gets better mileage than many modern hybrids and simply refuses to stop running, and literally the only maintenance it has required in all the years I've owned it is a couple of new tires. My kinda car. Anyway, I kinda associate this high maintenance/low maintenance thang with personality types, too, which is what this rap is about. Some folks on FFL -- among whom I would include Curtis, Rick, Susan, Salyavin, myself, and a few others -- are pretty WSIWYG when it comes to their image, whatever that might be. They're pretty content with What You See Is What You Get, and don't seem to waste a lot of time trying either to project a certain image, or defend it. My kinda people. They're more interested in being that in being insert carefully managed image here, and that makes them more interesting. Low maintenance. Then there are those who *definitely* seem to have a strong self image, bordering IMO on narcissism. These folks seem to have a VERY strong image of who they are, what they do, what they believe, and WHY they do all of these things, and they seem to spend an inordinate amount of time both *projecting* and *selling* that self image to others, and *defending* it when someone on this forum doesn't buy it. They -- and in this group I think it is safe to include Judy, Robin, Jim, Ravi, and Ann -- seem to never tire of telling people exactly who they are and what their real motivations are. They also seem to get their buttons pushed BIG TIME when someone else's view of who and what they are and why they do the things they do doesn't agree with theirs. Some fly into rages and declare that the other person is LYING by not agreeing with their carefully managed image. Most of them DEMAND that the person who *doesn't* buy their carefully managed image must argue with them about it, so that (presumably) the affronted narcissist can either 1) convince the offending person that they are WRONG, or 2) they can convince an imaginary lurking audience that the person who disagrees with their carefully managed image is WRONG, and that only *they* are RIGHT. High maintenance. Just look at this weekend's posts. Judy felt the need to make 40 posts in two days, almost all of them falling into the category (IMO) of image repair. I think most of them can be summed up as, NO, that is NOT who I am. NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT. insert angry stamping of feet here I am who *I* say I am, NOT who these lying bastids say I am! Ann made 20 posts of her own, many along the same lines. Dumbbutt made 18. And Ravi, lagging behind for once, made another 17. I would suggest (without wasting my time trying to check, naturally), that the majority of these posts fell *easily* into the category of image repair, trying to deny my suggestion that these five people (only four currently posting) seem to spend MOST of their time here obsessing on a few obvious enemies. In doing so, MOST of them managed to obsess on these same enemies even more than usual. :-) For some reason, it is *important* to these people that *they* believe that other people on this forum believe *them*, and THEIR version of who they are, what they do on a regular basis here, and why they do it. Clinically, this is called narcissism. Pragmatically, this is called boring. Their lives seem to have devolved into a constant struggle to perform image repair, spending inordinate amounts of time claiming that they're NOT DOING what they are so obviously DOING. High maintenance. It all seems like an enormous waste of time to me. Especially because I don't think that anyone *except* the four of them actually believe their spin and their equivocations any more.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Impressionist Impressions of the Weekend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: sky to join it with a fireworks show. The shiny thing on the left is the crescent moon. The impressionism is not due to Photoshop but to trying to hold an iPhone steady while trying not to fall off of the quai into the Seine. :-) Perhaps you should've used a phone with OIS... ;-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: The problem with narcissism: high maintenance
zz... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Do any of you remember the rap in When Harry Met Sally about high maintenance vs. low maintenance when it comes to romantic relationships? I'm a fan of low maintenance -- certainly in a girlfriend or partner, but also in other things. High maintenance is just Too Much Fucking Work To Be Worth The Effort. All of my extended family members are low maintenance. (With one exception, of course, but we cut her some slack because she's four.) No one needs a lot of constant stroking and complimenting to get through the day, which frees us to express such things when they're really appropriate, not when they aren't. Even my car is low maintenance. It's an old Peugeot 306 diesel that gets better mileage than many modern hybrids and simply refuses to stop running, and literally the only maintenance it has required in all the years I've owned it is a couple of new tires. My kinda car. Anyway, I kinda associate this high maintenance/low maintenance thang with personality types, too, which is what this rap is about. Some folks on FFL -- among whom I would include Curtis, Rick, Susan, Salyavin, myself, and a few others -- are pretty WSIWYG when it comes to their image, whatever that might be. They're pretty content with What You See Is What You Get, and don't seem to waste a lot of time trying either to project a certain image, or defend it. My kinda people. They're more interested in being that in being insert carefully managed image here, and that makes them more interesting. Low maintenance. Then there are those who *definitely* seem to have a strong self image, bordering IMO on narcissism. These folks seem to have a VERY strong image of who they are, what they do, what they believe, and WHY they do all of these things, and they seem to spend an inordinate amount of time both *projecting* and *selling* that self image to others, and *defending* it when someone on this forum doesn't buy it. They -- and in this group I think it is safe to include Judy, Robin, Jim, Ravi, and Ann -- seem to never tire of telling people exactly who they are and what their real motivations are. They also seem to get their buttons pushed BIG TIME when someone else's view of who and what they are and why they do the things they do doesn't agree with theirs. Some fly into rages and declare that the other person is LYING by not agreeing with their carefully managed image. Most of them DEMAND that the person who *doesn't* buy their carefully managed image must argue with them about it, so that (presumably) the affronted narcissist can either 1) convince the offending person that they are WRONG, or 2) they can convince an imaginary lurking audience that the person who disagrees with their carefully managed image is WRONG, and that only *they* are RIGHT. High maintenance. Just look at this weekend's posts. Judy felt the need to make 40 posts in two days, almost all of them falling into the category (IMO) of image repair. I think most of them can be summed up as, NO, that is NOT who I am. NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT. insert angry stamping of feet here I am who *I* say I am, NOT who these lying bastids say I am! Ann made 20 posts of her own, many along the same lines. Dumbbutt made 18. And Ravi, lagging behind for once, made another 17. I would suggest (without wasting my time trying to check, naturally), that the majority of these posts fell *easily* into the category of image repair, trying to deny my suggestion that these five people (only four currently posting) seem to spend MOST of their time here obsessing on a few obvious enemies. In doing so, MOST of them managed to obsess on these same enemies even more than usual. :-) For some reason, it is *important* to these people that *they* believe that other people on this forum believe *them*, and THEIR version of who they are, what they do on a regular basis here, and why they do it. Clinically, this is called narcissism. Pragmatically, this is called boring. Their lives seem to have devolved into a constant struggle to perform image repair, spending inordinate amounts of time claiming that they're NOT DOING what they are so obviously DOING. High maintenance. It all seems like an enormous waste of time to me. Especially because I don't think that anyone *except* the four of them actually believe their spin and their equivocations any more.
[FairfieldLife] Barry's problem with Barry's projection
There are those here on FFL who understand their perception well. There are others, like Barry and his ilk, who turn on others when they *feel uncomfortable*. When someone is knee-jerking their inner emotional state, the result is projection to a very unhealthy degree. Take Barry (please...). He is always complaining and whining and criticizing anyone and everyone on FFL. He is constantly unhappy, except when he is putting others down. He ALWAYS accuses others of all of his worst behaviors. The funny part is that some of us see it, and he clearly does not. His tell is his inability to sustain his momentum, with regard to his accusations. There is no reality behind them, and so no support in the real world for his delusions. However, with an emotional blindspot the size of Brazil, he never learns, and never sees it. I enjoy ensuring that his toxicity is severely limited here, and it always works. I can shut Barry up faster than a speeding bullet. However, he is so clueless, he will always react to his emotional discomfort, not recognizing that he creates his own world, and lives in it, all by himself. Anyway, he fails to see that, comparing his current state, with his activity here a few years ago, he is isolated, repetitive, and increasingly feeeling embattled and unhappy. He has increasingly brought up those who used to support him here, and have become disenchanted with him, and left. His fantasy is that they will join him in the future, and vanquish his enemies forever. However, without a trip to Brazil, so to speak, he remains deaf dumb and blind to his unending emotional discomfort. This causes in him, on the one hand, a need to grossly embellish his daily life - like calling his roommates a family LOL - and on the other hand, always projecting his pain on others. Free Clue: Barry, it ain't working. I, for one, hugely appreciate that your job of projecting your pain and arrogance on others is becoming increasingly difficult for you. YAY! Now, run away and get lost for awhile. An unintentional swim in the Seine, perhaps? With ankle weights, perhaps??? :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry's problem with Barry's projection
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: ... Now, run away and get lost for awhile. An unintentional swim in the Seine, perhaps? With ankle weights, perhaps??? :-) Consider yourself lucky that you didn't aim this at Judy or one of the other real Drama Queens here. She would have run around screaming Death threat! Death threat! at the top of her lungs, as she has done before. :-) :-) :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Impressionist Impressions of the Weekend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: Gee. I post a few numbers, straight from the Yahoo Search Engine, that suggest that a few people on this forum seem to have a bit of an obsession thang going on about their enemies, and what happens while I'm away enjoying Bastille Day? An avalanche of spin, equivocation, and obsessing on the very people I suggested they obsess on. I consider the post a success, in that Judy has only ten posts left for the rest of the week, and her minions will probably post out early, too. Meanwhile I spent the morning with my family, the afternoon traveling, and the evening enjoying Bastille Day. The Eiffel Tower is that pointy, shiny thing on the right, all lit up, waiting for the sky to join it with a fireworks show. The shiny thing on the left is the crescent moon. The impressionism is not due to Photoshop but to trying to hold an iPhone steady while trying not to fall off of the quai into the Seine. :-) I kind of like it actually, much better than the other crappy photos you have posted here. Try desaturating it in PS and beef up the contrast, it would be even better. [https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1005310_63259034\ \ 0098436_101242183_n.jpg] I hope the rest of you -- those who didn't spend their time trying to get their enemies on FFL trying to make a case that that isn't what they do in *most* of their posts -- had a wonderful weekend.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry's problem with Barry's projection
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: ... Now, run away and get lost for awhile. An unintentional swim in the Seine, perhaps? With ankle weights, perhaps??? :-) Consider yourself lucky that you didn't aim this at Judy or one of the other real Drama Queens here. She would have run around screaming Death threat! Death threat! at the top of her lungs, as she has done before. :-) :-) :-) Nope, Doc has the best of intentions for you. Swimming in the Seine Ankle with ankle weights builds strong leg muscles. It's good for your health if you survive. It's a sink or swim proposition, but hey, you've survived FFLife all these years and no one has succeeded in feeding you rat poison, so it's all good.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NTSB summer intern: Mi So Wong
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: Asiana Air Lines may sue KTVU for the prank. http://news.yahoo.com/asiana-pilot-names-ktvu-apologizes-racist-prank-lawsuit-115733494.html If I were the judge or on the jury, I'd laugh that case out of court. They're worried that a TV station getting pranked with a crude phonetic joke is somehow damaging to the reputation of the pilots? Excuse me, but the reputation of your pilots went up in flames on the runway at SFO.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry's problem with Barry's projection
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: ... Now, run away and get lost for awhile. An unintentional swim in the Seine, perhaps? With ankle weights, perhaps??? :-) Consider yourself lucky that you didn't aim this at Judy or one of the other real Drama Queens here. She would have run around screaming Death threat! Death threat! at the top of her lungs, as she has done before. :-) :-) :-) Nope, Doc has the best of intentions for you. Swimming in the Seine Ankle with ankle weights builds strong leg muscles. It's good for your health if you survive. It's a sink or swim proposition, but hey, you've survived FFLife all these years and no one has succeeded in feeding you rat poison, so it's all good. See, now THAT is the kinda of see-the-positive-in-it 'tude you could have displayed back when you were joining Judy in screaming Death threat! Instead of seeing my suggestion that the fate that dumb cunts too stupid to live had to watch out for was that their own internal anger would become so hot that they might spontaneously combust and burst into flames as a negative thing, you *could* have equally perceived it as all good, and as what it was, an obvious joke. Y'know...kinda the way you did just now with Jimbo's. If you'd had this more enlightened 'tude back then, instead of being such a Drama Queen, you might have been able to view even the suggestion of bursting into flames as equally all good, a homage to Carlos Castaneda's metaphor for enlightenment, burning from within. :-) Keep working on that 'tude, Raunchy. Someday you may even evolve to the point where you can figure out when the people you don't like are joking, instead of limiting this ability to the ones you like. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it.
mjackson: wrong again - you discount the idea that the local law enforcement didn't give a shit about Martin because of his color You'll be demonizing everyone in sight between now and the election in 2014! - my step father was a cop in a small Southern town in SC and I know from him the level of prejudice that existed and still exists today in many Southern towns - it happens, don't doubt that. You would be knowing more about this, but: After interviewing nearly three dozen people in the George Zimmerman murder case, the FBI found no evidence that racial bias was a motivating factor in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, records released Thursday show. 'FBI records: agents found no evidence that Zimmerman was racist' McClatchey: http://tinyurl.com/owv72yf Yes, I've a lot of sympathy for your point here Ann - but then here in the UK we have some of the strictest gun-control laws in the world! You're not even allowed to carry pepper spray as a deterrent as you can in France, for example. The bottom-line in this Zimmerman case is probably that it should never have been a case at all as there was always insufficient evidence to take it to court. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: That is the crux right there, a very good reason why guns have no business in the hands of any member of the public. The threat of a broken jaw, a few stitches is not worth taking the life of another for. Level playing fields are not created by putting guns in the hands of those scared enough or angry enough to use them against others without a gun. Violence happens, people get threatened, injured, killed all the time. Add guns into the mix and you exponentially increase the bloodletting. No one will ever be able to convince me that guns are a right I should exercise or fight for. I didn't want to get into this topic but I guess I have now.
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide
I correct myself ... your not even a rakshasa. Only a fool claims to be a devi-fucking shiva. Yer just a bragging little pasu. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Oh empty baby I'm so sorry - I didn't know you were a stupid, seventy year old too, I apologize for hurting your senile, sensitive feelings. Anyway I am going to clear all your doubts today. This will be tricky for you, but take your time OK? Who is a Brahma-raakshasaa? The playful, loving one who sleeps with the Devi or the one who insults Shiva in a senile induced rage? On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:43 AM, emptybill emptybill@... wrote: ** Ravioli - You must have been out last night drinking martinis again ⦠all along chanting your beloved Rahu stotra-s as you raise your glass to Ravana. You're acting like a brahma-rakshasa again. Yep, them past-life sudra vasanas are hard to overcome. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Don't get clever with me Xeno baby, I don't have a whole lot of time monitoring, correcting you. I have lot of responsibilities and my time is better served elsewhere than baby sitting a stupid, senile, seventy year old having trouble sticking to his sole trick. No more slip ups OK? Now focus and reply to Emily, don't veer from the template we have identified.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Impressionist Impressions of the Weekend
sky to join it with a fireworks show. The shiny thing on the left is the crescent moon. The impressionism is not due to Photoshop but to trying to hold an iPhone steady while trying not to fall off of the quai into the Seine. :-) card: Perhaps you should've used a phone with OIS... ;-) Go with Pure View and stop texting when on a quai? LoL!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Impressionist Impressions of the Weekend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Gee. Barry says,Gee, I lie and manipulate again, go off and do my business elsewhere and people actually take the time to and show me where and how I was lying. What, are they nuts? What do you mean I can't just make my way through my sorry life spewing out false accusations? What, do you think I 'm going to admit what I was doing? Are you all insane? Of course you are. Only nutbars care if other people libel them. Because that is what I did, I wrote libellous bullshit but I don't give a shit because I don't believe that there is a thing in the world that can touch me no matter what I do to others. You can all rot in hell you narcissistic imbeciles. I post a few numbers, straight from the Yahoo Search Engine, that suggest that a few people on this forum seem to have a bit of an obsession thang going on about their enemies, and what happens while I'm away enjoying Bastille Day? An avalanche of spin, equivocation, and obsessing on the very people I suggested they obsess on. I consider the post a success, in that Judy has only ten posts left for the rest of the week, and her minions will probably post out early, too. Meanwhile I spent the morning with my family, the afternoon traveling, and the evening enjoying Bastille Day. The Eiffel Tower is that pointy, shiny thing on the right, all lit up, waiting for the sky to join it with a fireworks show. The shiny thing on the left is the crescent moon. The impressionism is not due to Photoshop but to trying to hold an iPhone steady while trying not to fall off of the quai into the Seine. :-) [https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1005310_63259034\ 0098436_101242183_n.jpg] I hope the rest of you -- those who didn't spend their time trying to get their enemies on FFL trying to make a case that that isn't what they do in *most* of their posts -- had a wonderful weekend.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Holly Hunter is U.G.Krishnamurti
Even though I like Holly Hunter, and I even loved the combination of her and Jane Campion in The Piano, I have become so incredibly disappointed by Campion's work since that I'm not really willing to give her another shot. Besides, I'm unconvinced of her ability to make movies (or TV) about spiritual figures, period. After all, we are talking about the director who made arguably the worst film ever made about cults, Holy Smoke. In it, she managed the almost-impossible task of getting terrible performances from not only Harvey Keitel, but Kate Winslet as well. Then In The Cut was so terrible that in the theater I saw it in, over half of the audience got up and walked out. This despite another talented (but wasted on Campion) cast, including Meg Ryan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Mark Ruffalo. But follow up with more impressions of the series, if you continue watching it. My admiration for Holly Hunter might outweigh my distaste for Jane Campion if enough people rave about it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita wrote: On BBCtv tonight I just watched the first episode of Top of the Lake (available to watch for free on BBC iPlayer and Netflix) in which Holly Hunter plays GJ, an androgynous guru (based on the irascible UG). It seems that New Zealand film director Jane Campion was a friend of U.G. Krishnamurti. I've read a few of his books (they are all transcribed talks) and it was always as though you'd come across Jiddu Krishnamurti (no relation) in an especially foul temper - though UG was always entertaining and challenging in his self-appointed role as an anti-guru. Interesting cast, naturalistic performances and quite an effective and creepy turn by Holly who arrives with her female followers at a remote spot in southern New Zealand, much to the consternation of the locals. I was intrigued enough by this opener to want to check out next week's episode. If you Google the title you'll find plenty of reviews on-line. One of them describes it as grim and preachy, but beautiful which would fit both of Campion's movies I've seen (The Piano and Bright Star). If you've ever been curious about UG you might want to take a peek.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry's problem with Barry's projection
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: ... Now, run away and get lost for awhile. An unintentional swim in the Seine, perhaps? With ankle weights, perhaps??? :-) Consider yourself lucky that you didn't aim this at Judy or one of the other real Drama Queens here. She would have run around screaming Death threat! Death threat! at the top of her lungs, as she has done before. :-) :-) :-) Oops, you read Jim's post. Don't do that from now on. And, by the way, a death WISH is a lot different than a death THREAT. Or maybe the Doc was just thinking you needed a strenuous and refreshing aquatic workout.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Guru Dev [SBS] Discourses
A, come on Buck! Give us details! Who is embezzling! What the Good Old Boys complaining about with Mother Divine? They wearin' their saris an inch too short? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Om, may the Unified Field save the Domes and the TM movement.. Word on the street, coffee shops and at meditation; evidently there is the usual embezzlement of donated money inside the general lack of transparency. Challenges between various elements to authenticity between seemingly now disparate elements of TM. Strong personalities. Beliefs. Corporate boards. Lawsuits. In a particular split over the heir-apparent legitimacy of Nader Ram vs Nandkishor, Girish, the Shakaracharya(s) and various western Rajas and TM elements. A strong letter just went out to Mother Divine proposing to either git in line or resign their positions with the movement. There is a tremendous lot going on right now within TM with faction fragmentation and stuff happening right now both here and abroad; the usual things of money, control and power. Within it all everyone TM could proly stand to read these Guru Dev discourses now and then push a re-set button for themselves relative to the teaching and spiritual regeneration. There is a lot of guidance in these discourses that could very practically help sort of the controversies going on in the movement's MMY aftermath. Everybody ought to read them through. Within the Guru Dev discourses there is direct plain advice pertinent to pricing spirituality and also policy recommendation throughout about seeing saints. You know, Brahmananda Saraswati, Guru Dev . It's also a lot of what we grew up with as the teaching and the spiritual regeneration movement. http://lbshriver.wordpress.com/guru-dev-lectures/ the Guru Dev Discourses, Cultivating to the subtle nervous system I like reading the discourses as an adjunct spiritual practice at those times as I sit with them. It's a nice checking. Of course their coming from the mid-20th Century there is that cultural overlay and application but they are quite true and practical even so. Presently in the 21st Century I like mentally substituting Unified Field for the Indian jargon used around the spiritual instruction, Unified Field for Paramatma and the Bhagavan. That works good as technique. Same field with same vectors just a different cultural overlay of fluctuation or ray of the divine. The Sanskrit modality though is quaint too. The footnotes are interesting for context. But overall great practical everyday spiritual teaching that is essential. http://lbshriver.wordpress.com/guru-dev-lectures/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: Very nice and thanks Yup, reading these Guru Dev discourses are like administering a Ras#257;yana, These discourses are indeed practical. Everyday teachings that are cultivating to the subtle system. I am liking very much reading them in bits. http://lbshriver.wordpress.com/guru-dev-lectures/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: 71. By forgetting your nature, you get submerged in the sea of sorrow. Just once take a look and ask who am I? What ever you have experienced in samsara (human life), all that is different from you. Body, mind, breath, and so on -all these things you see as your own. It is said, my body, my mind, my intellect, my breath. Clearly, you are master of these things you consider as your self, but your existence is different from them, like your house, or your temple. The temple is yours; but you are not the temple. Similarly, body, mind, intellect, breath, and so on- all these things belong to you, but they are not you. You are different from them. You are Sat, Chit, Ananda -being, consciousness, bliss- a ray of Paramatma. But due to lack of discrimination, due to ignorance, you have built up such a strong association with the body-mind-intellect and so forth that you have started thinking these things to be your true form. Swami Brahmananda Saraswati,
[FairfieldLife] Re: The problem with narcissism: high maintenance
Message 349863 - Barry has just confirmed my prediction (along with Judy's). --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Do any of you remember the rap in When Harry Met Sally about high maintenance vs. low maintenance when it comes to romantic relationships? I'm a fan of low maintenance -- certainly in a girlfriend or partner, but also in other things. High maintenance is just Too Much Fucking Work To Be Worth The Effort. All of my extended family members are low maintenance. (With one exception, of course, but we cut her some slack because she's four.) No one needs a lot of constant stroking and complimenting to get through the day, which frees us to express such things when they're really appropriate, not when they aren't. Even my car is low maintenance. It's an old Peugeot 306 diesel that gets better mileage than many modern hybrids and simply refuses to stop running, and literally the only maintenance it has required in all the years I've owned it is a couple of new tires. My kinda car. Anyway, I kinda associate this high maintenance/low maintenance thang with personality types, too, which is what this rap is about. Some folks on FFL -- among whom I would include Curtis, Rick, Susan, Salyavin, myself, and a few others -- are pretty WSIWYG when it comes to their image, whatever that might be. They're pretty content with What You See Is What You Get, and don't seem to waste a lot of time trying either to project a certain image, or defend it. My kinda people. They're more interested in being that in being insert carefully managed image here, and that makes them more interesting. Low maintenance. Then there are those who *definitely* seem to have a strong self image, bordering IMO on narcissism. These folks seem to have a VERY strong image of who they are, what they do, what they believe, and WHY they do all of these things, and they seem to spend an inordinate amount of time both *projecting* and *selling* that self image to others, and *defending* it when someone on this forum doesn't buy it. They -- and in this group I think it is safe to include Judy, Robin, Jim, Ravi, and Ann -- seem to never tire of telling people exactly who they are and what their real motivations are. They also seem to get their buttons pushed BIG TIME when someone else's view of who and what they are and why they do the things they do doesn't agree with theirs. Some fly into rages and declare that the other person is LYING by not agreeing with their carefully managed image. Most of them DEMAND that the person who *doesn't* buy their carefully managed image must argue with them about it, so that (presumably) the affronted narcissist can either 1) convince the offending person that they are WRONG, or 2) they can convince an imaginary lurking audience that the person who disagrees with their carefully managed image is WRONG, and that only *they* are RIGHT. High maintenance. Just look at this weekend's posts. Judy felt the need to make 40 posts in two days, almost all of them falling into the category (IMO) of image repair. I think most of them can be summed up as, NO, that is NOT who I am. NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT. insert angry stamping of feet here I am who *I* say I am, NOT who these lying bastids say I am! Ann made 20 posts of her own, many along the same lines. Dumbbutt made 18. And Ravi, lagging behind for once, made another 17. I would suggest (without wasting my time trying to check, naturally), that the majority of these posts fell *easily* into the category of image repair, trying to deny my suggestion that these five people (only four currently posting) seem to spend MOST of their time here obsessing on a few obvious enemies. In doing so, MOST of them managed to obsess on these same enemies even more than usual. :-) For some reason, it is *important* to these people that *they* believe that other people on this forum believe *them*, and THEIR version of who they are, what they do on a regular basis here, and why they do it. Clinically, this is called narcissism. Pragmatically, this is called boring. Their lives seem to have devolved into a constant struggle to perform image repair, spending inordinate amounts of time claiming that they're NOT DOING what they are so obviously DOING. High maintenance. It all seems like an enormous waste of time to me. Especially because I don't think that anyone *except* the four of them actually believe their spin and their equivocations any more.
Re: [FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]
Ravi and Doc, yep funny how Judy and others referred to Robin's emails to me as private whereas when she referred to my alleged demands for such, she used the term behind the scenes. So, Robin sends private emails to Share but Share *demands* emails that are *behind the scenes* Go figure! Here's an editorial exercise exploring connotations by reversing Judy's wordings: Last month Robin emailed Share *behind the scenes.* AND Share has demanded that the upsets between her and Robin be discussed via private emails. Private and demanded being Judy's word choices. Share says: I have requested that Robin and I discuss our upsets via direct, offline emails. From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share] Barry attempted to email me privately, too -
[FairfieldLife] Damn!
I am not sure if this is an indictment of not enough yogic flyers in Latin America or the use of asbestos roofs but damn! Brazilian man killed in his bed by falling cow A cow has fallen through the roof of a house in south-eastern Brazil killing a man and narrowly missing his wife. The one-tonne cow was grazing on a hill behind the small house, in the town of Caratinga, when it stepped onto the asbestos roof, which collapsed under its weight. Joao Maria de Souza, 45, was lying in bed when the animal fell on him. He was taken to hospital and died the day after, reportedly of internal bleeding. Mr Souza was conscious and appeared to be in a good condition, but he had to wait too long to be seen by a doctor, relatives said. Local media says this is the third such incident in the region in the past three years. There were no casualties in the two previous incidents. In the first occasion, there was no one inside the house when the cow fell through the roof. In the second incident, a baby and a small child were sleeping next to the spot where the animal fell, in what was described at time as a miraculous escape. Caratinga is in a hilly area of Minas Gerais, a Brazilian state traditionally known as a cattle raising and dairy producing region.
[FairfieldLife] Words fail me......
Want to be richer, more successful and live longer? PALM SURGERY is on the rise in Japan as people carve new lines into their hands in bid to improve their fortune * New plastic surgery trend in Japan and Korea * Patients want to extend their lines to change their future * One clinic has stopped advertising the procedure as demand was too high * Men want longer financial lines, women want longer marriage lines By BIANCA LONDON http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=authornamef=Bianca+Londo\ n PUBLISHED: 11:30, 15 July 2013 | UPDATED: 12:41, 15 July 2013 * * * * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2363917/Palm-surgery-rise-Jap\ an-people-seek-alter-lines-improve-fortune.html#socialLinks 16 shares 20 View comments http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2363917/Palm-surgery-rise-Jap\ an-people-seek-alter-lines-improve-fortune.html#comments Palmistry is the ancient art of predicting the future through the reading of palm lines. The art is hugely popular in Japan where palm readers charge optimistic customers upwards of £50 a session to tell them what the future could hold, simply by looking at the markings on their hands. But and now for those not content with the fortune lines that nature gave them there is a drastic new way of trying to be master of their own destiny: by altering their palm lines through cosmetic surgery. The surgery, which has also been known to be carried out in Korea, is performed with an electric scalpel which burns the flesh leaving a semi-permanent scar. [The people of Japan, where palmistry is huge, are having their palm lines improved by cosmetic surgery to enhance their fate] The people of Japan, where palmistry is huge, are having their palm lines improved by cosmetic surgery to enhance their fate A report on The Daily Beast http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/12/your-future-is-in-the-\ palm-of-your-surgeon-s-hand.html found that between January 2011 and May this year, 37 palm plastic surgeries have been performed at one clinic in Japan. Shonan Beauty Clinic offers the surgery for £662 but no longer advertises the treatment because they couldn't keep up with demand. More... * The ultimate beauty bargain! This £1.69 body cream will do wonders for your skin http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2363831/Bottle-OButter-ultima\ te-beauty-bargain-This-1-69-body-cream-wonders-skin.html * The women left infertile because the NHS refused them one simple test http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2363291/The-women-left-infert\ ile-NHS-refused-simple-test.html * Hell yah! Cara Delevingne and Cressida Bonas lead London's hottest new style tribe - the Sloane Ravers http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2362928/Cara-Delevingne-Cress\ ida-Bonas-lead-Londons-hottest-new-style-tribe--Sloane-Ravers.html Dr Matsuoka, who has performed 20 of the operations, told The Daily Beast: 'If you try to create a palm line with a laser, it heals, and it won't leave a clear mark. 'You have to use the electric scalpel and make a shaky incision on purpose, because palm lines are never completely straight. 'If you don't burn the skin and just use a plain scalpel, the lines don't form. It's not a difficult surgery, but it has to be done right.' The procedure usually takes 10 to 15 minutes and can include between 5 to 10 lines being on the palm being altered. [One clinic in Japan offers the surgery for x80;xa0;xa0;xa3;662 and it takes around 15 minutes to complete. Men want their financial lines lengthening and women opt for enhancement to their marriage line] One clinic in Japan offers the surgery for £662 and it takes around 15 minutes to complete. Men want their financial lines lengthening and women opt for enhancement to their marriage line Some patients use a marker pen to show the surgeon which lines they want extending prior to surgery. It takes around a month for the wounds to heal and for the new palm lines to form. Most of the patients are thirty-something men and women who have a predilection for fortune-telling. Whilst men want their money line or success line extending, women want their love/marriage line lengthening. Some women don't even have a marriage line and believe that because of this, they won't find love. Others do have a marriage line but seek another one because they believe their first one appeared too early and they missed their chance. But does it work? Dr Matsuoka gave one woman a wedding line and soon after she wrote to him saying she had married. Two other patients won the lottery after he extended their fortune lines. Despite these success stories, Matsuoka isn't, however, sure how effective the surgery really is and believes there may be a placebo effect. 'If people think they'll be lucky, sometimes they become lucky. And it's not like the palm lines are really written in stone they're basically wrinkles,' he adds. He explains that lines do change
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Minions, minions, and more minions...
turq, forget Russell Brand! Having finally seen DMe2 yesterday, I'm still marveling at Steve Carell's voice for Gru. And admit that I like villain in 2 way better than Vector. Plus I noticed at least one cool allusion to another film: that scene towards the end when 2 characters in disguise are escorting another character into the fortress reminds me of a similar scene in Wizard of Oz. SPOILER ALERT: I even think that pre wedding musical scene with Minions is a cinematic allusion but don't recognize it myself. Fortunately Van had alerted me to staying for the credits which he knows I usually wouldn't do. Of course parents with restless kids immediately got up to leave and then several paused when the saw the post film fun happening. The Minions remind me of R2D2 and the Ewoks of Endor though are much more mischievous. And their language! So creative. BTW, I definitely gotta get myself a papoy (-: From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 7:27 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Minions, minions, and more minions... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgDLryzDzYg Dr. Nefario is voiced by Russell Brand, BTW. :-)
[FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Ravi and Doc, yep funny how Judy and others referred to Robin's emails to me as private whereas when she referred to my alleged demands for such, she used the term behind the scenes. So, Robin sends private emails to Share but Share *demands* emails that are *behind the scenes* Go figure! Here's an editorial exercise exploring connotations by reversing Judy's wordings: Last month Robin emailed Share *behind the scenes.* AND Share has demanded that the upsets between her and Robin be discussed via private emails. Private and demanded being Judy's word choices. Share says: I have requested that Robin and I discuss our upsets via direct, offline emails. Great, and how's that goin' for you? You better take a chaperone because you never know what he might get up to, er, psychologically. From: doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share] Â Barry attempted to email me privately, too -
[FairfieldLife] Re: Minions, minions, and more minions...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: turq, forget Russell Brand! Having finally seen DMe2 yesterday, I'm still marveling at Steve Carell's voice for Gru. And admit that I like villain in 2 way better than Vector. Plus I noticed at least one cool allusion to another film: that scene towards the end when 2 characters in disguise are escorting another character into the fortress reminds me of a similar scene in Wizard of Oz. There are a LOT of these homages. I noticed references to The Terminator, and about a dozen other films. :-) SPOILER ALERT: I even think that pre wedding musical scene with Minions is a cinematic allusion but don't recognize it myself. Well, obviously, the minions are dressed as the Village People during one of the music numbers, but the scene with the minion singing in French is straight out of a dozen French films that all show someone singing that song. :-) Fortunately Van had alerted me to staying for the credits which he knows I usually wouldn't do. Absolutely a must. They save some of the best bits for the credits. Of course parents with restless kids immediately got up to leave and then several paused when the saw the post film fun happening. The Minions remind me of R2D2 and the Ewoks of Endor though are much more mischievous. And their language! So creative. BTW, I definitely gotta get myself a papoy (-:Â The two creators of the series are French, and they provide the voices for all the minions, so I assume they made up the language themselves. Glad you enjoyed it. There is a quality *missing* in a lot of people here which prevented me from recommend- ing it to them, but which you have. Which (no offense, really) is the ability to just be silly. Silly rocks, IMO. Being willing to just be outrageously silly indicates to me a powerful lack of ego and pretense and -- especially -- that trait I rapped about earlier, the compulsive need to manage one's image. Whatever else one could say about the Rama guy I spent some time with, the man could do silly really well. And did, often, to help his students who were in danger of taking themselves and the world too seriously lighten the fuck up. I think the DM minions help to serve a similar function.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The solution to Climate Change -- more sex!
whoops, turq, I forgot to say that I enjoyed the photo of the Seine on Bastille Day. Though Ann said Doc was wishing you a refreshing swim, would it really be such? Meaning, is the Seine clean? And is it legal to swim in it?! Anyway, yes I realized you were in Leiden with your family and yes, Maya looked adorable with the stuffed Minions lined up next to her. She's so angelic looking I bet people kind of do a double take when they see her. About the stuffed Minions, I understand there are talking ones which would be tempting given how fun their language is. I can't decide which one I'd like. Of course Kevin got more camera time in DMe2 but at the end I also saw one whose eyes are 2 different colors! And I love Dave's hair sprockets and Stuart's grin. And isn't he the one who got in line twice for a good night kiss in DMe1?! Oy, well at least I never had a Beanie Baby collection! As for me being silly, I totally take it as a compliment and will boast that I was laughing in the movie almost immediately and would bet money that I laughed and chuckled and giggled more than any other adult in the audience. And I didn't even need popcorn! PS Yes, what happened to Jane Campion after The Piano? I've noticed that with some artists and writers: sometimes they just have one masterpiece in them and that's it. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 10:37 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The solution to Climate Change -- more sex! 0--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: funny, turq and articles were interesting and just to keep Ann happy, I'll mention the photos which were sweet. But what the heck about Bastille Day? Will you participate? And I can't help but think of who on FFL might play Madame Dufarge knitting those head bags by la guillotine. My bad. I am here in Leiden with my family for now, Share, but tomorrow I will be returning to Paris in time to head over to where it's all happening on Bastille Day. And didn't Maya look cute sitting beside her new minions, watching Despicable Me 2 with them? I found them online and ordered them for her, and she had met them only a few minutes before those photos were taken. They already have names -- the same as from the movies -- Dave (the one with only one eye), Stuart (the one with the toothy smile), and Kevin (the one with eight strands of hair). :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: NTSB summer intern: Mi So Wong
On 07/14/2013 07:36 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/14/2013 05:59 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/14/2013 11:05 AM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/14/2013 03:13 AM, raunchydog wrote: An awful story just got a little more awful yesterday when San Franciso station KTVU-TV (a Fox affiliate) identified the pilots of the crashed Asiana Airlines plane as Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow. http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/san-franciscotv-station-ntsb-apologize-pran I posted about this Friday afternoon in The harzards of teleprompters: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/349673 You all must've been too busy masturbating to notice. Ah shucks. All you needed was a snappy subject line and I would have unplugged my vibrator. The hazards of teleprompters isn't as snappy as NTSB summer intern: Mi So Wong? It's probably due to folks steering away from Friday afternoon posts to keep from overposting in response. Perhaps teleprompters is too geeky for the folks here though it's been discussed how much Obama relies on them. Good thing his aren't run by interns. Next someone will ask what a Chyron is and if it is used in astrology. As for masturbating a popular topic of the day involved that. :-D Excuses, excuses...Want attention? Even Barry would have stopped whacking off had you posted Sum Dum Fuk Blows Up Teleprompter So you're saying that FFL has fallen to the levels of tabloid journalism? Don't care about attention, just find it funny that folks are a couple days late catching up with the news. :-D Tuff Ruck So sez Wonchi Dog.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gayatri Mantra Around the World
Which Gayatri? Since as you know there are a bunch of them and for different deities, but we can't expect the neophytes here to know that. And they can be made more powerful with samput. The more well known Gayatri is good for reducing kapha since can make your blood boil and hence must be treated with care. On 07/14/2013 10:15 PM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Nice dear Emily. Every time I go to India my brother-in-law's like - God where's your sacred thread, you should at least chant Gayatri once a day - you are a Brahmin. I'm like - oh please. I have worn it only when I perform the annual departed soul ritual for my dad. Here's a picture of the fake Brahmin from Apr 2012 at Malibu Temple [image: Inline image 1] On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Yes, it's mostly about Europe isn't it - eurocentric. I love her voice. -- *From:* raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 14, 2013 5:51 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Gayatri Mantra Around the World --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlUsoWmso9U Beautiful voice. Africa and the Middle East are notably missing from the travelogue. Thanks for posting, em, very enjoyable.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry's problem with Barry's projection
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: ... Now, run away and get lost for awhile. An unintentional swim in the Seine, perhaps? With ankle weights, perhaps??? :-) Consider yourself lucky that you didn't aim this at Judy or one of the other real Drama Queens here. She would have run around screaming Death threat! Death threat! at the top of her lungs, as she has done before. :-) :-) :-) Nope, Doc has the best of intentions for you. Swimming in the Seine Ankle with ankle weights builds strong leg muscles. It's good for your health if you survive. It's a sink or swim proposition, but hey, you've survived FFLife all these years and no one has succeeded in feeding you rat poison, so it's all good. See, now THAT is the kinda of see-the-positive-in-it 'tude you could have displayed back when you were joining Judy in screaming Death threat! Instead of seeing my suggestion that the fate that dumb cunts too stupid to live had to watch out for was that their own internal anger would become so hot that they might spontaneously combust and burst into flames as a negative thing, you *could* have equally perceived it as all good, and as what it was, an obvious joke. Y'know...kinda the way you did just now with Jimbo's. If you'd had this more enlightened 'tude back then, instead of being such a Drama Queen, you might have been able to view even the suggestion of bursting into flames as equally all good, a homage to Carlos Castaneda's metaphor for enlightenment, burning from within. :-) Keep working on that 'tude, Raunchy. Someday you may even evolve to the point where you can figure out when the people you don't like are joking, instead of limiting this ability to the ones you like. :-) Jerking off in public again, Barry?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holly Hunter is U.G.Krishnamurti
Of course folks here would love Sweetie with it's obvious nod to TM being that one of the characters is a TM teacher. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098725/ Actually I like Holy Smoke and have the DVD. I thought she did a pretty good job of depicting shaktipat at the beginning. Holly Hunter had that dreadful neo-religious TV series that probably didn't do much for her career. On 07/15/2013 06:51 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Even though I like Holly Hunter, and I even loved the combination of her and Jane Campion in The Piano, I have become so incredibly disappointed by Campion's work since that I'm not really willing to give her another shot. Besides, I'm unconvinced of her ability to make movies (or TV) about spiritual figures, period. After all, we are talking about the director who made arguably the worst film ever made about cults, Holy Smoke. In it, she managed the almost-impossible task of getting terrible performances from not only Harvey Keitel, but Kate Winslet as well. Then In The Cut was so terrible that in the theater I saw it in, over half of the audience got up and walked out. This despite another talented (but wasted on Campion) cast, including Meg Ryan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Mark Ruffalo. But follow up with more impressions of the series, if you continue watching it. My admiration for Holly Hunter might outweigh my distaste for Jane Campion if enough people rave about it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita wrote: On BBCtv tonight I just watched the first episode of Top of the Lake (available to watch for free on BBC iPlayer and Netflix) in which Holly Hunter plays GJ, an androgynous guru (based on the irascible UG). It seems that New Zealand film director Jane Campion was a friend of U.G. Krishnamurti. I've read a few of his books (they are all transcribed talks) and it was always as though you'd come across Jiddu Krishnamurti (no relation) in an especially foul temper - though UG was always entertaining and challenging in his self-appointed role as an anti-guru. Interesting cast, naturalistic performances and quite an effective and creepy turn by Holly who arrives with her female followers at a remote spot in southern New Zealand, much to the consternation of the locals. I was intrigued enough by this opener to want to check out next week's episode. If you Google the title you'll find plenty of reviews on-line. One of them describes it as grim and preachy, but beautiful which would fit both of Campion's movies I've seen (The Piano and Bright Star). If you've ever been curious about UG you might want to take a peek.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Interested in Windoze Phone?
On 07/14/2013 01:27 PM, card wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: If you are interested in Windoze Phone, your best bet might well be the fairly affordable Lumia 520: http://www.neowin.net/news/adduplex-july-2013-lumia-520-reigns-supreme-windows-phone-8-on-the-rise Well, actually 521 in the US of A, I guess... :] I find it amusing that LinkedIn is telling me I'm a pretty good candidate for a Nokia position at their San Francisco office.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it.
Sorry Jackson, you are the one that is continually wrong here. Justice in a court room is not determined by *ideas* as you suggest, it's determined by facts. There is no evidence that law enforcement didn't care about Martin, especially because of his race. There has to be evidence, enough to convict, in order to prosecute a case. The original investigators came to the conclusion there wasn't enough to charge Zimmerman. Due to political pressure, charges were filed and the trial proved there wasn't anything close to having sufficient evidence for a conviction. Zimmerman now has an excellent case against the state of Florida for an illegal prosecution. Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law says there was incredible prosecutorial misconduct involved as well, which was the attempted withholding of exculpatory evidence by the prosecution. The defense had to prove nothing! The state had to prove guilt. Remember, *innocent until proven guilty*? The defense bent over backward and proved Zimmerman's innocence, something they weren't obligated to do. All the prosecution had were theories and ideas of what *may* have happened. The defense was able to take the key testimony of many, if not most of the prosecution's witnesses, to prove Zimmerman's innocence. Now all you hear on MSNBC et al is how the prosecution blew it. They should have done this or they should have done that. They had nothing to work with! From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it. wrong again - you discount the idea that the local law enforcement didn't give a shit about Martin because of his color - my step father was a cop in a small Southern town in SC and I know from him the level of prejudice that existed and still exists today in many Southern towns - it happens, don't doubt that. From: Seraphita s3raph...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 9:23 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it. Yes, I've a lot of sympathy for your point here Ann - but then here in the UK we have some of the strictest gun-control laws in the world! You're not even allowed to carry pepper spray as a deterrent as you can in France, for example. The bottom-line in this Zimmerman case is probably that it should never have been a case at all as there was always insufficient evidence to take it to court. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: That is the crux right there, a very good reason why guns have no business in the hands of any member of the public. The threat of a broken jaw, a few stitches is not worth taking the life of another for. Level playing fields are not created by putting guns in the hands of those scared enough or angry enough to use them against others without a gun. Violence happens, people get threatened, injured, killed all the time. Add guns into the mix and you exponentially increase the bloodletting. No one will ever be able to convince me that guns are a right I should exercise or fight for. I didn't want to get into this topic but I guess I have now.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it.
mjackson74: Maybe Zimmerman will go to Brazil to escape notice and a cow will fall through his roof while he sleeps and justice will be done. But for that to happen he would probably have to have had a past life as a Brahmin in India who disrespected cows in some way. So, for you it's a racial issue. Go figure. 'Did the Department of Justice Stir Up Trayvon Martin Riots?' Powerline: http://tinyurl.com/l4hfz5x Yes, that's what I said! Trayvon on top, pinning Zimmerman to the ground, As Trayvon leaned forward, his shirt was hanging forward. Zimmerman placed the gun against the shirt and fired. The blast burned the shirt but ballistics experts said the shirt was 2-4 inches away from Trayvon's skin, indicating that Trayvon was leaning forward while pinning Zimmerman down on the ground, This is consistent with Zimmerman;s account and eye witness accounts that Trayvon attacked Zimmerman. The *analysts* on MSNBC would have you believe that Zimmerman stalked Trayvon and just shot him for no reason at all other than he was black and that Trayvon did nothing to provoke the shooting. Every shred of evidence, including eye witness testimony, indicated Trayvon attacked Zimmerman, pinned him to the ground and was pummeling him with fists and banging his head against the side walk. So why would Trayvon be yelling for help? It was Zimmerman getting the ass whooping. The only injury on Trayon's body, other than the gun shot wound, were bruised knuckles indicating that he was hitting Zimmerman who had multiple bruises over his body, particularly to his head. Zimmerman had every moral and legal right to draw his gun and fire to prevent his death or further bodily injury. The next pounding could have been the one that killed or caused severe brain injury. MSNBC and other so called news agencies should be ashamed of themselves how they have portrayed this event. As I have said earlier, they weren't interested in reporting the news but rather getting a racial dialog going about how unfair it is to be black in America and if they have to throw someone under the bus to advance that story, so be it. The media advanced a story to rile people up, but it was a lie. The truth, the best we'll ever know, came out in the trial. This story was also intended to advance gun control laws and repeal stand your ground laws. All liberal causes, and they lied. I guess the end justifies the means, to some. From: Michael Jackson mjackson74@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it.  that's not what ZImmerman said, he said clearly that Martin was ON TOP of him, straddling him, meaning SITTING on him, he did not say LEANING over him - if you are gonna make a hero out of a murderer, at least quote him accurately From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it.  Did I say differently? The evidence shows and Zimmerman said he shot Trayvon while he was on top of him. The evidence showed the gun was touching Trayvon's shirt which was hanging two to four inches away from his body, indicating Trayvon was leaning over Zimmerman. What I said below was to see if your cloths don;t shift while rolling around on the ground. Stand up to see how much they have shifted. I never said Zimmerman stood up then shot Trayvon. You see, you're grasping at straws again. From: Michael Jackson mjackson74@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it.  you are still an idiot - Zimmerman said he drew WHILE he was on the ground, with Martin still on top of him From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it.  It's quite simple Michael, neither one of us were there but you could use your imagination if you really wanted the truth. There was a struggle on the ground and Zimmerman squirmed around trying to get out from under Martin and get his head off of the pavement. It's very easy to imagine not only his clothing but also the holster shifting to to his right, especially if his cloths were lose fitting. Try it, organize your clothing in a straight line, lay on the ground and roll around as if you were fighting for your life . Then stand up and see if your cloths are still organized as neat and straight as they were before. Your reasons for Martin not being able to go for the gun or Zimmerman not being able to get to
[FairfieldLife] Re: NTSB summer intern: Mi So Wong
Asiana Air Lines may sue KTVU for the prank. Alex Stanley: If I were the judge or on the jury, I'd laugh that case out of court. They're worried that a TV station getting pranked with a crude phonetic joke is somehow damaging to the reputation of the pilots? Excuse me, but the reputation of your pilots went up in flames on the runway at SFO. What makes you think it would go to court? They can probably get millions out of court. I don't think race had anything to do with the crash. But, the TV station news announcers should be fired for being so stupid they didn't even recognize a juvenile racial prank. Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] Re: NTSB summer intern: Mi So Wong
Asiana Air Lines may sue KTVU for the prank. raunchydog: Mai Su News Say, Hi - Don't you just hate those Asians with funny names! An awful story just got a little more awful yesterday when San Franciso station KTVU-TV (a Fox affiliate) identified the pilots of the crashed Asiana Airlines plane as Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow.
[FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Ravi and Doc, yep funny how Judy and others referred to Robin's emails to me as private whereas when she referred to my alleged demands for such, she used the term behind the scenes. So, Robin sends private emails to Share but Share *demands* emails that are *behind the scenes* Go figure! Here's an editorial exercise exploring connotations by reversing Judy's wordings: Last month Robin emailed Share *behind the scenes.* AND Share has demanded that the upsets between her and Robin be discussed via private emails. Private and demanded being Judy's word choices. Share says: I have requested that Robin and I discuss our upsets via direct, offline emails. Great, and how's that goin' for you? You better take a chaperone because you never know what he might get up to, er, psychologically. Good point, Ann. It didn't occur to me that Share's preference for offline emails with Robin doesn't make any sense if she is so concerned about psychological rape. One wouldn't want to walk in a dark alley knowing that a rapist is about. Actually, I suspect Robin was concerned about *his* safety communicating with Share via email and had the good sense to bring the conversation forward. From: doctordumbass@ doctordumbass@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share] Â Barry attempted to email me privately, too -
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide
Oh empty baby I'm so sorry - I didn't know you were a stupid, seventy year old too... emptybill: I correct myself ... your not even a rakshasa. Only a fool claims to be a devi-fucking shiva. Yer just a bragging little pasu. You'd think that a pundit over seventy years of age would have taught himself a little Sanskrit by now. Everyone knows that the Aryans who raped India called the indigenous population 'rakshasas' which translated means 'nigger-devil'. What took you so long to show your racial prejudice? Go figure. According to the Dictionary of Hinduism, the term Raksasa is ...an epithet applied in the Rig Veda to Indian indigenes whose characteristics were likened to demons of popular folklore. Most of the native resistance to the Aryan infiltration was made from fortified positions, that offered by less organized tribes consisted of guerrilla tactics from forest hiding places, which Indra was constantly invoked to burn and destroy. (R.V. I.76,3, etc) (245). Reference: Dictionary of Hinduism Its Mythology, Folklore, Philosophy, Literature, and History By M. and J. Stutley Harper Row, 1977 old too, I apologize for hurting your senile, sensitive feelings. Anyway I am going to clear all your doubts today. This will be tricky for you, but take your time OK? Who is a Brahma-raakshasaa? The playful, loving one who sleeps with the Devi or the one who insults Shiva in a senile induced rage?
[FairfieldLife] The Pentagon has a contract on Barry's backside
Alfred W. McCoy, author of The Politics of Heroin has written an excellent history of the growth of the American surveillance state. In the stratosphere, close enough to Earth for audiovisual surveillance, the Pentagon is planning to launch an armada of 99 Global Hawk drones - each equipped with high-resolution cameras to surveil all terrain within a 100-mile radius, electronic sensors to intercept communications, and efficient engines for continuous 24-hour flight. Within a decade, the US will likely deploy this aerospace shield, advanced cyberwarfare capabilities, and even vaster, more omnipresent digital surveillance networks that will envelop the Earth in an electronic grid capable of blinding entire armies on the battlefield, atomizing a single suspected terrorist, or monitoring millions of private lives at home and abroad. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-01-150713.html
[FairfieldLife] Brazil, was Damn!
mjackson74: I am not sure if this is an indictment of not enough yogic flyers in Latin America or the use of asbestos roofs but damn! Addressing the important issues! Don't you just hate those damned Hispanic yogic flyers down in Brazil. President Dilma Rousseff has tried to defuse the protests that have rocked the streets of Brazil by seemingly granting the demonstrators what they want... 'Brazilian President's Attempts to Placate Protesters Backfire' New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/o8xobwd Brazilian man killed in his bed by falling cow...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Words fail me......
The obvious next step, although it costs a bit more, is for those who feel that they are afflicted by various planets to hire someone to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Although I have never been really into astrology except as enter- taining bullshit, for some reason I still remember the opening paragraph of an article I read back in 1967 in Haight-Ashbury. It was in a short-lived but interesting mag named Innerspace, and its subject matter was usually...uh...psychedelics. But in this one issue, someone wrote an article whose opener still sticks in my mind, probably verbatim. It read: As all astrologers and competent bullshitters know, the malefic influence of the planet Saturn has been long established. Given its well-documented ill effects on the planet Earth and its people, we believe that the only reasonable thing we can do as a species is to band together, person with person, nation with nation, and create an international project to send up rockets armed with nuclear missiles and blow the big, greasy sonofabitch out of the sky. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: Want to be richer, more successful and live longer? PALM SURGERY is on the rise in Japan as people carve new lines into their hands in bid to improve their fortune * New plastic surgery trend in Japan and Korea * Patients want to extend their lines to change their future * One clinic has stopped advertising the procedure as demand was too high * Men want longer financial lines, women want longer marriage lines By BIANCA LONDON PUBLISHED: 11:30, 15 July 2013 | UPDATED: 12:41, 15 July 2013 The art is hugely popular in Japan where palm readers charge optimistic customers upwards of £50 a session to tell them what the future could hold, simply by looking at the markings on their hands. But and now for those not content with the fortune lines that nature gave them there is a drastic new way of trying to be master of their own destiny: by altering their palm lines through cosmetic surgery. The surgery, which has also been known to be carried out in Korea, is performed with an electric scalpel which burns the flesh leaving a semi-permanent scar. [The people of Japan, where palmistry is huge, are having their palm lines improved by cosmetic surgery to enhance their fate] The people of Japan, where palmistry is huge, are having their palm lines improved by cosmetic surgery to enhance their fate A report on The Daily Beast palm-of-your-surgeon-s-hand.html found that between January 2011 and May this year, 37 palm plastic surgeries have been performed at one clinic in Japan. Shonan Beauty Clinic offers the surgery for £662 but no longer advertises the treatment because they couldn't keep up with demand. More... * The ultimate beauty bargain! This £1.69 body cream will do wonders for your skin te-beauty-bargain-This-1-69-body-cream-wonders-skin.html * The women left infertile because the NHS refused them one simple test ile-NHS-refused-simple-test.html * Hell yah! Cara Delevingne and Cressida Bonas lead London's hottest new style tribe - the Sloane Ravers ida-Bonas-lead-Londons-hottest-new-style-tribe--Sloane-Ravers.html Dr Matsuoka, who has performed 20 of the operations, told The Daily Beast: 'If you try to create a palm line with a laser, it heals, and it won't leave a clear mark. 'You have to use the electric scalpel and make a shaky incision on purpose, because palm lines are never completely straight. 'If you don't burn the skin and just use a plain scalpel, the lines don't form. It's not a difficult surgery, but it has to be done right.' The procedure usually takes 10 to 15 minutes and can include between 5 to 10 lines being on the palm being altered. [One clinic in Japan offers the surgery for x80;xa0;xa0;xa3;662 and it takes around 15 minutes to complete. Men want their financial lines lengthening and women opt for enhancement to their marriage line] One clinic in Japan offers the surgery for £662 and it takes around 15 minutes to complete. Men want their financial lines lengthening and women opt for enhancement to their marriage line Some patients use a marker pen to show the surgeon which lines they want extending prior to surgery. It takes around a month for the wounds to heal and for the new palm lines to form. Most of the patients are thirty-something men and women who have a predilection for fortune-telling. Whilst men want their money line or success line extending, women want their love/marriage line lengthening. Some women don't even have a marriage line and believe that because of this, they won't find love. Others do have a marriage line but seek another one because they believe their first one appeared too early and they missed their chance. But does it work? Dr Matsuoka gave one woman a wedding line and soon after she wrote to him saying she had married. Two other
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gayatri Mantra Around the World
yep noozguru I remembered something from FFL, probably you, along those lines about Gayatri mantra so gave it a miss. I also heard it's especially boiling for grannys no matter how wonchi they are (-: I used to read city-data. I think that's a forum. BTW, the NSA USA video was cute. Briefest of the brief too! I've fallen for this stereotype about Chinese people: they don't get mad, they get revenge. I almost never post on Friday evening because I think of those posts as belonging to Saturday. And I long ago stopped thinking in terms of 50 posts per week. I think in terms of 7 posts per day. Why do you think the neighbors drove by slowly watching you after the Zimmerman verdict? Holy Smoke? VERY edgy! I'd say the casting was brilliant in that movie. And I don't need to own it, the FF library lends it out! Good luck with the Nokia job (-: From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gayatri Mantra Around the World Which Gayatri? Since as you know there are a bunch of them and for different deities, but we can't expect the neophytes here to know that. And they can be made more powerful with samput. The more well known Gayatri is good for reducing kapha since can make your blood boil and hence must be treated with care.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide
Look empty baby I really understand your frustration. It's never easy accepting your mother's lover. The only Raakshasaas my dear little child are the inner ones. So arise Oh mighty, naughty, haughty, empty and slay your inner Raakshasaas !!! Love - Shiva. On Jul 15, 2013, at 6:41 AM, emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: I correct myself ... your not even a rakshasa. Only a fool claims to be a devi-fucking shiva. Yer just a bragging little pasu. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Oh empty baby I'm so sorry - I didn't know you were a stupid, seventy year old too, I apologize for hurting your senile, sensitive feelings. Anyway I am going to clear all your doubts today. This will be tricky for you, but take your time OK? Who is a Brahma-raakshasaa? The playful, loving one who sleeps with the Devi or the one who insults Shiva in a senile induced rage? On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:43 AM, emptybill emptybill@... wrote: ** Ravioli - You must have been out last night drinking martinis again … all along chanting your beloved Rahu stotra-s as you raise your glass to Ravana. You're acting like a brahma-rakshasa again. Yep, them past-life sudra vasanas are hard to overcome. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Don't get clever with me Xeno baby, I don't have a whole lot of time monitoring, correcting you. I have lot of responsibilities and my time is better served elsewhere than baby sitting a stupid, senile, seventy year old having trouble sticking to his sole trick. No more slip ups OK? Now focus and reply to Emily, don't veer from the template we have identified.
Re: [FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]
What is this stubbornness dear Share. It's clear you are being triggered, you just need to stop communicating with these 4 women - Judy, raunchy, Ann and Emily, I personally think they are evil, you hear me - just pure evil OK? On Jul 15, 2013, at 7:13 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: Ravi and Doc, yep funny how Judy and others referred to Robin's emails to me as private whereas when she referred to my alleged demands for such, she used the term behind the scenes. So, Robin sends private emails to Share but Share *demands* emails that are *behind the scenes* Go figure! Here's an editorial exercise exploring connotations by reversing Judy's wordings: Last month Robin emailed Share *behind the scenes.* AND Share has demanded that the upsets between her and Robin be discussed via private emails. Private and demanded being Judy's word choices. Share says: I have requested that Robin and I discuss our upsets via direct, offline emails. From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share] Barry attempted to email me privately, too -
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide
On Jul 15, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Richard J. Williams rich...@rwilliams.us wrote: Oh empty baby I'm so sorry - I didn't know you were a stupid, seventy year old too... emptybill: I correct myself ... your not even a rakshasa. Only a fool claims to be a devi-fucking shiva. Yer just a bragging little pasu. You'd think that a pundit over seventy years of age would have taught himself a little Sanskrit by now. Everyone knows that the Aryans who raped India called the indigenous population 'rakshasas' which translated means 'nigger-devil'. What took you so long to show your racial prejudice? Go figure. Stop all this garbage Richard. According to the Dictionary of Hinduism, the term Raksasa is ...an epithet applied in the Rig Veda to Indian indigenes whose characteristics were likened to demons of popular folklore. Most of the native resistance to the Aryan infiltration was made from fortified positions, that offered by less organized tribes consisted of guerrilla tactics from forest hiding places, which Indra was constantly invoked to burn and destroy. (R.V. I.76,3, etc) (245). Reference: Dictionary of Hinduism Its Mythology, Folklore, Philosophy, Literature, and History By M. and J. Stutley Harper Row, 1977 old too, I apologize for hurting your senile, sensitive feelings. Anyway I am going to clear all your doubts today. This will be tricky for you, but take your time OK? Who is a Brahma-raakshasaa? The playful, loving one who sleeps with the Devi or the one who insults Shiva in a senile induced rage?
[FairfieldLife] Re: The solution to Climate Change -- more sex!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: whoops, turq, I forgot to say that I enjoyed the photo of the Seine on Bastille Day. Though Ann said Doc was wishing you a refreshing swim, would it really be such? Meaning, is the Seine clean? And is it legal to swim in it?! It is not particularly clean, although more so than many Big City Rivers, but no...most people do not try to swim in it. But last night as I sat at the location in the photo I actually got to see someone do it. The edge of the quai was slanted steeply in the direction of the river, and one young woman foolishly lost her grip on her purse, and then watched it slide downhill and into the Seine. Who *knows* what she had in that purse that was so precious to her, but she slid down the slope herself and jumped into the Seine and retrieved it. Her boy- friend (who was not quite gallant enough to do so himself) helped her out, and then tried to make up for it by holding up a blanket to shield her from prying eyes as she changed into his dry shirt, hers being soaked and all. It was sweet in a young love kinda way. Anyway, yes I realized you were in Leiden with your family and yes, Maya looked adorable with the stuffed Minions lined up next to her. She's so angelic looking I bet people kind of do a double take when they see her. They actually do. *Tourists* ask if they can take photos of the little Dutch girl. :-) About the stuffed Minions, I understand there are talking ones which would be tempting given how fun their language is. I am similarly tempted, but haven't succumbed yet, so I can offer no advice. I can't decide which one I'd like. Of course Kevin got more camera time in DMe2 but at the end I also saw one whose eyes are 2 different colors! And I love Dave's hair sprockets and Stuart's grin. And isn't he the one who got in line twice for a good night kiss in DMe1?! Oy, well at least I never had a Beanie Baby collection! Almost everyone could use a minion or two (this kind, that is, not the aberrant kind we see on FFL) to keep them real. As for me being silly, I totally take it as a compliment and will boast that I was laughing in the movie almost immediately and would bet money that I laughed and chuckled and giggled more than any other adult in the audience. And I didn't even need popcorn! I don't do popcorn, either. Not for any health reason, just because -- as much as I like movies -- I never developed a taste for it. But I laughed more than most of the *kids*, much less the adults. PS Yes, what happened to Jane Campion after The Piano? A good question. I honestly suspect that after The Piano she got hit on by so many arch feminists that their ideas began to creep into her work, limiting its audience, not to mention her creativity. I've noticed that with some artists and writers: sometimes they just have one masterpiece in them and that's it. If you'd been around FFL longer, you would have read me rapping about this very subject. There are IMO a great number of Shoot your entire wad on your first movie writer/directors. And sadly, few of them *ever* managed to come up with anything to match their first effort. Think Jeremy Leven, and his brilliant Don Juan de Marco. Think Paul Brickman, and Risky Business. Think Bernard Rose, with Immmortal Beloved. All of these guys spent their entire lives dreaming of being able to make a movie, and when they got the chance to make their first one, they put their entire *lives* into it. Then they seemed to have nothing left. Either that, or all of them fell prey to the Hollywood Syndrome, and snorted their success right up their noses, destroying their creativity forever...
Re: [FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share]
Maybe I should post a Gayatri mantra to her personally? Share, for the record, I don't chant or sing mantras - because I know nothing and choose to stay ignorant on this matter, I just listen to tune and voice - some which stay with me, some which don't past the moment I'm listening. Also, Share, nothing you said here makes any sense at all. Just an observation for you. Every time you sink into some kind of revenge post - it backfires on you because you can't think clearly from a dishonest place. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] words and connotations was Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share] What is this stubbornness dear Share. It's clear you are being triggered, you just need to stop communicating with these 4 women - Judy, raunchy, Ann and Emily, I personally think they are evil, you hear me - just pure evil OK? On Jul 15, 2013, at 7:13 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: Ravi and Doc, yep funny how Judy and others referred to Robin's emails to me as private whereas when she referred to my alleged demands for such, she used the term behind the scenes. So, Robin sends private emails to Share but Share *demands* emails that are *behind the scenes* Go figure! Here's an editorial exercise exploring connotations by reversing Judy's wordings: Last month Robin emailed Share *behind the scenes.* AND Share has demanded that the upsets between her and Robin be discussed via private emails. Private and demanded being Judy's word choices. Share says: I have requested that Robin and I discuss our upsets via direct, offline emails. From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Barry's private emails [was Re: Four for Share] Barry attempted to email me privately, too -
[FairfieldLife] So you think time is a law of nature, and a constant?
Think again: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/07/15/time-warped-claudia-hammond/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feed
[FairfieldLife] Re: Holly Hunter is U.G.Krishnamurti
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Of course folks here would love Sweetie with it's obvious nod to TM being that one of the characters is a TM teacher. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098725/ Actually I like Holy Smoke and have the DVD. I thought she did a pretty good job of depicting shaktipat at the beginning. Holly Hunter had that dreadful neo-religious TV series that probably didn't do much for her career. I rather enjoyed Saving Grace. L
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gayatri Mantra Around the World
It's the regular Gayatri mantra Uncleji - I didn't even know there was such a thing until I came to America. My Hindu revivalist or actually initiatory movement initiated by my ex. Now that you mention multiple Gayatri's I recall this vista to an ashram in Nashville. There was this white Guru and he chanted the Devi Gayatri during the evening and I got really high, for the first time. Certainly lot of energy that guy created by his chanting - made me really hot and my ex thwarted my sexual overture during our overnight stay - bad woman :-). Same thing after Amma's darshan, she did relent some times though making sure she let me know how depraved I was for wanting sex after a holy darshan LOL. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: ** Which Gayatri? Since as you know there are a bunch of them and for different deities, but we can't expect the neophytes here to know that. And they can be made more powerful with samput. The more well known Gayatri is good for reducing kapha since can make your blood boil and hence must be treated with care. On 07/14/2013 10:15 PM, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Nice dear Emily. Every time I go to India my brother-in-law's like - God where's your sacred thread, you should at least chant Gayatri once a day - you are a Brahmin. I'm like - oh please. I have worn it only when I perform the annual departed soul ritual for my dad. Here's a picture of the fake Brahmin from Apr 2012 at Malibu Temple [image: Inline image 1] On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Yes, it's mostly about Europe isn't it - eurocentric. I love her voice. -- *From:* raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 14, 2013 5:51 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Gayatri Mantra Around the World --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlUsoWmso9U Beautiful voice. Africa and the Middle East are notably missing from the travelogue. Thanks for posting, em, very enjoyable.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Words fail me......
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: The obvious next step, although it costs a bit more, is for those who feel that they are afflicted by various planets to hire someone to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Although I have never been really into astrology except as enter- taining bullshit, for some reason I still remember the opening paragraph of an article I read back in 1967 in Haight-Ashbury. It was in a short-lived but interesting mag named Innerspace, and its subject matter was usually...uh...psychedelics. But in this one issue, someone wrote an article whose opener still sticks in my mind, probably verbatim. It read: As all astrologers and competent bullshitters know, the malefic influence of the planet Saturn has been long established. Given its well-documented ill effects on the planet Earth and its people, we believe that the only reasonable thing we can do as a species is to band together, person with person, nation with nation, and create an international project to send up rockets armed with nuclear missiles and blow the big, greasy sonofabitch out of the sky. :-) Quite right, those pesky planets have bossed us around for too long! My first thoughts went to astrology too actually. Specifically Tony Nader's book of discoveries in which he has a diagram of the brain linking to the planets (some of them anyway) so why not - if palmistry surgery proves effective* - offer brain surgery to re-align the parts of the brain so that any negative influence from having, say, venus in the first house at birth could be shifted to effectively having it in the second house - which I'm sure we all agree is much better - by simply moving some of the pituitary gland to the median oblongata. Simples. I can see a potential market for it. People buy yagyas after all. *And even if it doesn't! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: Want to be richer, more successful and live longer? PALM SURGERY is on the rise in Japan as people carve new lines into their hands in bid to improve their fortune * New plastic surgery trend in Japan and Korea * Patients want to extend their lines to change their future * One clinic has stopped advertising the procedure as demand was too high * Men want longer financial lines, women want longer marriage lines By BIANCA LONDON PUBLISHED: 11:30, 15 July 2013 | UPDATED: 12:41, 15 July 2013 The art is hugely popular in Japan where palm readers charge optimistic customers upwards of £50 a session to tell them what the future could hold, simply by looking at the markings on their hands. But and now for those not content with the fortune lines that nature gave them there is a drastic new way of trying to be master of their own destiny: by altering their palm lines through cosmetic surgery. The surgery, which has also been known to be carried out in Korea, is performed with an electric scalpel which burns the flesh leaving a semi-permanent scar. [The people of Japan, where palmistry is huge, are having their palm lines improved by cosmetic surgery to enhance their fate] The people of Japan, where palmistry is huge, are having their palm lines improved by cosmetic surgery to enhance their fate A report on The Daily Beast palm-of-your-surgeon-s-hand.html found that between January 2011 and May this year, 37 palm plastic surgeries have been performed at one clinic in Japan. Shonan Beauty Clinic offers the surgery for £662 but no longer advertises the treatment because they couldn't keep up with demand. More... * The ultimate beauty bargain! This £1.69 body cream will do wonders for your skin te-beauty-bargain-This-1-69-body-cream-wonders-skin.html * The women left infertile because the NHS refused them one simple test ile-NHS-refused-simple-test.html * Hell yah! Cara Delevingne and Cressida Bonas lead London's hottest new style tribe - the Sloane Ravers ida-Bonas-lead-Londons-hottest-new-style-tribe--Sloane-Ravers.html Dr Matsuoka, who has performed 20 of the operations, told The Daily Beast: 'If you try to create a palm line with a laser, it heals, and it won't leave a clear mark. 'You have to use the electric scalpel and make a shaky incision on purpose, because palm lines are never completely straight. 'If you don't burn the skin and just use a plain scalpel, the lines don't form. It's not a difficult surgery, but it has to be done right.' The procedure usually takes 10 to 15 minutes and can include between 5 to 10 lines being on the palm being altered. [One clinic in Japan offers the surgery for x80;xa0;xa0;xa3;662 and it takes around 15 minutes to complete. Men want their financial lines lengthening and women opt for enhancement to their marriage line] One clinic in Japan offers the surgery for £662 and it takes around 15
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Words fail me......
salyavin, LOL and I bet even Spock would admire your logic. And BTW, I'm glad words didn't fail you after all (-: From: salyavin808 fintlewoodle...@mail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 2:49 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Words fail me.. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: The obvious next step, although it costs a bit more, is for those who feel that they are afflicted by various planets to hire someone to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Although I have never been really into astrology except as enter- taining bullshit, for some reason I still remember the opening paragraph of an article I read back in 1967 in Haight-Ashbury. It was in a short-lived but interesting mag named Innerspace, and its subject matter was usually...uh...psychedelics. But in this one issue, someone wrote an article whose opener still sticks in my mind, probably verbatim. It read: As all astrologers and competent bullshitters know, the malefic influence of the planet Saturn has been long established. Given its well-documented ill effects on the planet Earth and its people, we believe that the only reasonable thing we can do as a species is to band together, person with person, nation with nation, and create an international project to send up rockets armed with nuclear missiles and blow the big, greasy sonofabitch out of the sky. :-) Quite right, those pesky planets have bossed us around for too long! My first thoughts went to astrology too actually. Specifically Tony Nader's book of discoveries in which he has a diagram of the brain linking to the planets (some of them anyway) so why not - if palmistry surgery proves effective* - offer brain surgery to re-align the parts of the brain so that any negative influence from having, say, venus in the first house at birth could be shifted to effectively having it in the second house - which I'm sure we all agree is much better - by simply moving some of the pituitary gland to the median oblongata. Simples. I can see a potential market for it. People buy yagyas after all. *And even if it doesn't! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: Want to be richer, more successful and live longer? PALM SURGERY is on the rise in Japan as people carve new lines into their hands in bid to improve their fortune * New plastic surgery trend in Japan and Korea * Patients want to extend their lines to change their future * One clinic has stopped advertising the procedure as demand was too high * Men want longer financial lines, women want longer marriage lines By BIANCA LONDON PUBLISHED: 11:30, 15 July 2013 | UPDATED: 12:41, 15 July 2013 The art is hugely popular in Japan where palm readers charge optimistic customers upwards of £50 a session to tell them what the future could hold, simply by looking at the markings on their hands. But and now for those not content with the fortune lines that nature gave them there is a drastic new way of trying to be master of their own destiny: by altering their palm lines through cosmetic surgery. The surgery, which has also been known to be carried out in Korea, is performed with an electric scalpel which burns the flesh leaving a semi-permanent scar. [The people of Japan, where palmistry is huge, are having their palm lines improved by cosmetic surgery to enhance their fate] The people of Japan, where palmistry is huge, are having their palm lines improved by cosmetic surgery to enhance their fate A report on The Daily Beast palm-of-your-surgeon-s-hand.html found that between January 2011 and May this year, 37 palm plastic surgeries have been performed at one clinic in Japan. Shonan Beauty Clinic offers the surgery for £662 but no longer advertises the treatment because they couldn't keep up with demand. More... * The ultimate beauty bargain! This £1.69 body cream will do wonders for your skin te-beauty-bargain-This-1-69-body-cream-wonders-skin.html * The women left infertile because the NHS refused them one simple test ile-NHS-refused-simple-test.html * Hell yah! Cara Delevingne and Cressida Bonas lead London's hottest new style tribe - the Sloane Ravers ida-Bonas-lead-Londons-hottest-new-style-tribe--Sloane-Ravers.html Dr Matsuoka, who has performed 20 of the operations, told The Daily Beast: 'If you try to create a palm line with a laser, it heals, and it won't leave a clear mark. 'You have to use the electric scalpel and make a shaky incision on purpose, because palm lines are never completely straight. 'If you don't burn the skin and just use a plain scalpel, the lines don't form. It's not a difficult surgery, but it has to be done right.' The procedure usually takes 10 to 15 minutes and can include between 5 to 10 lines
[FairfieldLife] Back at Le Depart
I know that my subject line doesn't mean anything to you, but I'll explain. First, Le Départ is the first sidewalk cafe that I settled upon to write in, when I first started coming to Paris for work. And it's *far* from being a bad writing cafe; au contraire, Pierre. It's got that essential quality of a good writing cafe. No, not that it has Wifi...although it does...obviously, because I'm going to post this from there. It's that both the waiters and the clientele have artistic etiquette. They might hurry along tourists who have lingered too long over too few drinks, but they'd never even *dream* of hurrying along someone who seems to be sitting at one of their tables creating something. Some are writing in their paper journals, others on tablet computers, me on my laptop. But they're all *creating* something, even if that something is nothing more than a postcard to a distant lover or an Internet post to an obscure saloon in cyberspace. It's a nice cafe, in that no one ever fucks with that. But to be honest, it doesn't have a lot of phwam! That's a Rama (Fred Lenz) term for Style, and for doing things with some semblance of Style. Le Cafe des Affiches, in which I sat and dashed off a few posts a few nights ago, had Style. It also seems to be no more. My intuition about its owners not being happy about the size of its clientele was sadly prescient. They are pushing up daisies. They are an Ex-Cafe With Style. I will miss them. I mean, whoever created that cafe had excellent taste in poster art. I would have been comfortable with many of the posters hanging on its walls hanging in my own house. It was a great space, decorated tastefully and run by wonderful young people, but it seems not to have been successful. Their doors are shuttered, without even an En Vacances sign to give us hope that they might return. Color me sad. And also color me sitting in my second-choice cafe, and thus the color of Hey, it may not have been what I had in mind when I set out this evening, but y'know it's pretty cool, and this cafe has its *own* distinctive color. To be brutally honest, the music is better here than at Le Cafe des Affiches, too. Sigh. How quickly guys get over their ex's. :-) But, now that I'm here (and now), back to that word phwam! That sense of Style. Since I'm here in Paris, the clearest example I can think of to illustrate what the Rama guy might have considered Style may best be presented in a koan (mine, not his): Walking your dog in Paris and letting it crap on the sidewalks is having no style Walking your dog in Paris and picking up after it is style Salvador Dali walking his anteater in Paris was Style
[FairfieldLife] Re: Back at Le Depart
Three hundred and fifty thousand posts like this. oh,oh --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I know that my subject line doesn't mean anything to you, but I'll explain. First, Le Départ is the first sidewalk cafe that I settled upon to write in, when I first started coming to Paris for work. And it's *far* from being a bad writing cafe; au contraire, Pierre. It's got that essential quality of a good writing cafe. No, not that it has Wifi...although it does...obviously, because I'm going to post this from there. It's that both the waiters and the clientele have artistic etiquette. They might hurry along tourists who have lingered too long over too few drinks, but they'd never even *dream* of hurrying along someone who seems to be sitting at one of their tables creating something. Some are writing in their paper journals, others on tablet computers, me on my laptop. But they're all *creating* something, even if that something is nothing more than a postcard to a distant lover or an Internet post to an obscure saloon in cyberspace. It's a nice cafe, in that no one ever fucks with that. But to be honest, it doesn't have a lot of phwam! That's a Rama (Fred Lenz) term for Style, and for doing things with some semblance of Style. Le Cafe des Affiches, in which I sat and dashed off a few posts a few nights ago, had Style. It also seems to be no more. My intuition about its owners not being happy about the size of its clientele was sadly prescient. They are pushing up daisies. They are an Ex-Cafe With Style. I will miss them. I mean, whoever created that cafe had excellent taste in poster art. I would have been comfortable with many of the posters hanging on its walls hanging in my own house. It was a great space, decorated tastefully and run by wonderful young people, but it seems not to have been successful. Their doors are shuttered, without even an En Vacances sign to give us hope that they might return. Color me sad. And also color me sitting in my second-choice cafe, and thus the color of Hey, it may not have been what I had in mind when I set out this evening, but y'know it's pretty cool, and this cafe has its *own* distinctive color. To be brutally honest, the music is better here than at Le Cafe des Affiches, too. Sigh. How quickly guys get over their ex's. :-) But, now that I'm here (and now), back to that word phwam! That sense of Style. Since I'm here in Paris, the clearest example I can think of to illustrate what the Rama guy might have considered Style may best be presented in a koan (mine, not his): Walking your dog in Paris and letting it crap on the sidewalks is having no style Walking your dog in Paris and picking up after it is style Salvador Dali walking his anteater in Paris was Style
[FairfieldLife] Warning: This is a SO Not For Buck post
Messy Nessy Chic scores again! I love that she loves this. I want to have her child. So young (not yet 30), and yet so full of compassion and appreciation of beauty, no matter where it might reveal itself. http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/07/15/working-girls-of-place-blanche-documenting-the-parisian-sex-trade/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Back at Le Depart
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I know that my subject line doesn't mean anything to you, but I'll explain. First, Le Départ is the first sidewalk cafe that I settled upon to write in, when I first started coming to Paris for work. And it's *far* from being a bad writing cafe; au contraire, Pierre. It's got that essential quality of a good writing cafe. No, not that it has Wifi...although it does...obviously, because I'm going to post this from there. It's that both the waiters and the clientele have artistic etiquette. They might hurry along tourists who have lingered too long over too few drinks, but they'd never even *dream* of hurrying along someone who seems to be sitting at one of their tables creating something. Some are writing in their paper journals, others on tablet computers, me on my laptop. But they're all *creating* something, even if that something is nothing more than a postcard to a distant lover or an Internet post to an obscure saloon in cyberspace. It's a nice cafe, in that no one ever fucks with that. But to be honest, it doesn't have a lot of phwam! That's a Rama (Fred Lenz) term for Style, and for doing things with some semblance of Style. Le Cafe des Affiches, in which I sat and dashed off a few posts a few nights ago, had Style. It also seems to be no more. My intuition about its owners not being happy about the size of its clientele was sadly prescient. They are pushing up daisies. They are an Ex-Cafe With Style. I will miss them. I mean, whoever created that cafe had excellent taste in poster art. I would have been comfortable with many of the posters hanging on its walls hanging in my own house. It was a great space, decorated tastefully and run by wonderful young people, but it seems not to have been successful. Their doors are shuttered, without even an En Vacances sign to give us hope that they might return. Color me sad. And also color me sitting in my second-choice cafe, and thus the color of Hey, it may not have been what I had in mind when I set out this evening, but y'know it's pretty cool, and this cafe has its *own* distinctive color. To be brutally honest, the music is better here than at Le Cafe des Affiches, too. Sigh. How quickly guys get over their ex's. :-) But, now that I'm here (and now), back to that word phwam! That sense of Style. Since I'm here in Paris, the clearest example I can think of to illustrate what the Rama guy might have considered Style may best be presented in a koan (mine, not his): Walking your dog in Paris and letting it crap on the sidewalks is having no style Walking your dog in Paris and picking up after it is style Salvador Dali walking his anteater in Paris was Style I used to want a pet anteater but they are rather too specialised feeders, as the name implies, and I'd rather have a dog that will eat anything than something that only likes small live insects which would be a pain to source, unless you have a *huge* garden. Salvador's seems to have stopped for a drink though. BTW Paris will be a good place to be on sunday as the Tour de France finishes it's 100th anniversary race on the Champs Elysee. But it might get a tad crowded. And this year they finish at night which should be quite a sight. But if you live there it's quite possible you already know ;-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Back at Le Depart
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I know that my subject line doesn't mean anything to you, but I'll explain. First, Le Départ is the first sidewalk cafe that I settled upon to write in, when I first started coming to Paris for work. And it's *far* from being a bad writing cafe; au contraire, Pierre. It's got that essential quality of a good writing cafe. No, not that it has Wifi...although it does...obviously, because I'm going to post this from there. It's that both the waiters and the clientele have artistic etiquette. They might hurry along tourists who have lingered too long over too few drinks, but they'd never even *dream* of hurrying along someone who seems to be sitting at one of their tables creating something. Some are writing in their paper journals, others on tablet computers, me on my laptop. But they're all *creating* something, even if that something is nothing more than a postcard to a distant lover or an Internet post to an obscure saloon in cyberspace. It's a nice cafe, in that no one ever fucks with that. But to be honest, it doesn't have a lot of phwam! That's a Rama (Fred Lenz) term for Style, and for doing things with some semblance of Style. Le Cafe des Affiches, in which I sat and dashed off a few posts a few nights ago, had Style. It also seems to be no more. My intuition about its owners not being happy about the size of its clientele was sadly prescient. They are pushing up daisies. They are an Ex-Cafe With Style. I will miss them. I mean, whoever created that cafe had excellent taste in poster art. I would have been comfortable with many of the posters hanging on its walls hanging in my own house. It was a great space, decorated tastefully and run by wonderful young people, but it seems not to have been successful. Their doors are shuttered, without even an En Vacances sign to give us hope that they might return. Color me sad. And also color me sitting in my second-choice cafe, and thus the color of Hey, it may not have been what I had in mind when I set out this evening, but y'know it's pretty cool, and this cafe has its *own* distinctive color. To be brutally honest, the music is better here than at Le Cafe des Affiches, too. Sigh. How quickly guys get over their ex's. :-) But, now that I'm here (and now), back to that word phwam! That sense of Style. Since I'm here in Paris, the clearest example I can think of to illustrate what the Rama guy might have considered Style may best be presented in a koan (mine, not his): Walking your dog in Paris and letting it crap on the sidewalks is having no style Walking your dog in Paris and picking up after it is style Salvador Dali walking his anteater in Paris was Style I used to want a pet anteater but they are rather too specialised feeders, as the name implies, and I'd rather have a dog that will eat anything than something that only likes small live insects which would be a pain to source, unless you have a *huge* garden. Salvador's seems to have stopped for a drink though. That's what appeals to me about the photo. Sal's eatanter is clearly taking an *enormous* whiz just outside the Bastille Metro stop. Some of the passersby seem a tad affronted by this, but Sal's just SO into his artistic narcissocoolitude that he just assumes that he can get away with it. And he does. Now THAT is the Go Figure part of the equation. :-) BTW Paris will be a good place to be on sunday as the Tour de France finishes it's 100th anniversary race on the Champs Elysee. But it might get a tad crowded. I'll be back in Leiden. Been there, done the crowds. And this year they finish at night which should be quite a sight. But if you live there it's quite possible you already know ;-) Oh, I knew, but I was kinda ignoring it. The whole sport has kinda lost some of its glamor for me since Lance left. :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gayatri Mantra Around the World
On 07/15/2013 11:15 AM, Share Long wrote: yep noozguru I remembered something from FFL, probably you, along those lines about Gayatri mantra so gave it a miss. I also heard it's especially boiling for grannys no matter how wonchi they are (-: Longer mantras take more time to get siddhi but then are far more powerful than a beej mantra. I used to read city-data. I think that's a forum. BTW, the NSA USA video was cute. Briefest of the brief too! I've fallen for this stereotype about Chinese people: they don't get mad, they get revenge. I almost never post on Friday evening because I think of those posts as belonging to Saturday. And I long ago stopped thinking in terms of 50 posts per week. I think in terms of 7 posts per day. Why do you think the neighbors drove by slowly watching you after the Zimmerman verdict? No, this was last year after I started walking over to the park around the corner. I used to drive to another park because around here you sometimes have to walk in the road due to lack of sidewalks on some blocks. Then the city put a track around the soccer/baseball field and so I walk it instead. It's just funny to have people watch you when I suspect I've lived here longer than them. Living in a neighborhood still pretty much like living in an apartment complex, you only know your immediate neighbors though some have gotten used to seeing me on my walks. Holy Smoke? VERY edgy! I'd say the casting was brilliant in that movie. And I don't need to own it, the FF library lends it out! Good luck with the Nokia job (-: Not interested. It's in San Francisco anyway which is not a good commute though not that far away. I did muse that the requirements are for C++ and Java. LinkedIn just sends out lists of job openings occasionally that fit one's profile. This one had several on it most of which were bad commutes. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gayatri Mantra Around the World Which Gayatri? Since as you know there are a bunch of them and for different deities, but we can't expect the neophytes here to know that. And they can be made more powerful with samput. The more well known Gayatri is good for reducing kapha since can make your blood boil and hence must be treated with care.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Words fail me......
On 07/15/2013 12:49 PM, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: The obvious next step, although it costs a bit more, is for those who feel that they are afflicted by various planets to hire someone to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Although I have never been really into astrology except as enter- taining bullshit, for some reason I still remember the opening paragraph of an article I read back in 1967 in Haight-Ashbury. It was in a short-lived but interesting mag named Innerspace, and its subject matter was usually...uh...psychedelics. But in this one issue, someone wrote an article whose opener still sticks in my mind, probably verbatim. It read: As all astrologers and competent bullshitters know, the malefic influence of the planet Saturn has been long established. Given its well-documented ill effects on the planet Earth and its people, we believe that the only reasonable thing we can do as a species is to band together, person with person, nation with nation, and create an international project to send up rockets armed with nuclear missiles and blow the big, greasy sonofabitch out of the sky. :-) Quite right, those pesky planets have bossed us around for too long! My first thoughts went to astrology too actually. Specifically Tony Nader's book of discoveries in which he has a diagram of the brain linking to the planets (some of them anyway) so why not - if palmistry surgery proves effective* - offer brain surgery to re-align the parts of the brain so that any negative influence from having, say, venus in the first house at birth could be shifted to effectively having it in the second house - which I'm sure we all agree is much better - by simply moving some of the pituitary gland to the median oblongata. Simples. I can see a potential market for it. People buy yagyas after all. *And even if it doesn't! Most palmists would have a laugh at the article because changing the palm lines through surgery won't change destiny. Palmistry, for some reason, does reflect a lot of life events. Plus it once had a line of good looking young Playboy Mansion women lining for me to read their palms. You and Turq can eat your hearts out. :-D
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: Oh empty baby I'm so sorry - I didn't know you were a stupid, seventy year old too... emptybill: I correct myself ... your not even a rakshasa. Only a fool claims to be a devi-fucking shiva. Yer just a bragging little pasu. You'd think that a pundit over seventy years of age would have taught himself a little Sanskrit by now. Everyone knows that the Aryans who raped India called the indigenous population 'rakshasas' which translated means 'nigger-devil'. What took you so long to show your racial prejudice? Go figure. According to the Dictionary of Hinduism, the term Raksasa is ...an epithet applied in the Rig Veda to Indian indigenes whose characteristics were likened to demons of popular folklore. Most of the native resistance to the Aryan infiltration was made from fortified positions, that offered by less organized tribes consisted of guerrilla tactics from forest hiding places, which Indra was constantly invoked to burn and destroy. (R.V. I.76,3, etc) (245). Reference: Dictionary of Hinduism Its Mythology, Folklore, Philosophy, Literature, and History By M. and J. Stutley Harper Row, 1977 Interesting summary of more recent investigations of the Aryan invasion hypothesis, which has not held up well in recent years. THE MYTH OF ARYAN INVASIONS OF INDIA http://www.uwf.edu/lgoel/documents/AMythofAryanInvasionsofIndia.pdf
Re: [FairfieldLife] The problem with narcissism: high maintenance
Ah Bastille Day! It reminds me of a little experience I had at MIU where I inadvertently scared the crap-ola out of two Frenchmen (well it was inadvertent the first time, not so much the second time). I was whiling away an idle hour or so one day and as I had become friends with a few Frenchmen I was reading about the history of France and I read not only about Bastille Day, I also read about the nation-wide strikes and student demonstrations that occurred in May of 1968 in France that by all accounts brought the country to a complete halt. There was a fair amount of violence at times. Anyway, the next day I was in the bakery and I had an assistant from the Bordeaux region of France named Serge. So as we were cutting, weighing and shaping the dough for that day's batch of bread, just as a joke I said, Serge, I have a question I must ask you. Oh, OK Michael, ask me. Serge, its a very important question and your answer may determine your future here at MIU. I was known to joke around so Serge kind of smiled and said again OK Michael, ask me the question. I said All right. And I stood very straight and looked right in his eyes and said in a slightly louder than normal voice, Serge, where were you and what were you doing in May of 1968? Serge dropped the piece of dough he was working with. He started shifting from foot to foot. His eyes became very large and he started stammering. Who, who, who has asked you to ask me this question? No Serge! I do not answer questions, I ask them! Where were you and what were you doing in May of '68? I must know Serge, the people here at MIU want to know your activities of that time! No, Michael, who has told you to ask me this question? I need to know who is asking this question! I played it up a little bit more but I couldn't keep from laughing and so finally admitted I just had the piece of history on my mind because I had read about it the day before and standing there talking to him I figured he was old enough to have been there. Serge was relieved and said that he had indeed participated in the strikes, he had worked for a chemist at the time and every one was striking so he did too. So we laughed about it after I had assured him that no one in administration was interested in his revolutionary background. Then that night after program I went into Annapurna for dinner and the only person I saw that I knew to sit with was Yves who hailed from Paris. We sat and ate and talked and I was thinking about Serge and it occurred to me that although Yves was a good deal younger than Serge, he might have been old enough to have participated in some way in the May of '68 events. So I did the same number on Yves, telling him the same thing, that I had a question to ask him, and his answer might determine his future at MIU. He reacted the same, sort of laughing and telling me to ask away. When I asked him Yves, where were you and what were you doing in May of 1968? he nearly swallowed his tongue. I kept it going as long as I could but again, finally told him I was having him on. He also participated in the events as he was a university student at the time, but after telling me that he said the only reason he went to the demonstrations was I was hoping to meet some girls. He was quite relieved that I was not asking the question as some minion of the MIU police. Just a little vignette from my MIU days. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 5:23 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] The problem with narcissism: high maintenance Do any of you remember the rap in When Harry Met Sally about high maintenance vs. low maintenance when it comes to romantic relationships? I'm a fan of low maintenance -- certainly in a girlfriend or partner, but also in other things. High maintenance is just Too Much Fucking Work To Be Worth The Effort. All of my extended family members are low maintenance. (With one exception, of course, but we cut her some slack because she's four.) No one needs a lot of constant stroking and complimenting to get through the day, which frees us to express such things when they're really appropriate, not when they aren't. Even my car is low maintenance. It's an old Peugeot 306 diesel that gets better mileage than many modern hybrids and simply refuses to stop running, and literally the only maintenance it has required in all the years I've owned it is a couple of new tires. My kinda car. Anyway, I kinda associate this high maintenance/low maintenance thang with personality types, too, which is what this rap is about. Some folks on FFL -- among whom I would include Curtis, Rick, Susan, Salyavin, myself, and a few others -- are pretty WSIWYG when it comes to their image, whatever that might be. They're pretty content with What You See Is What You Get, and don't seem to waste a lot of time trying either
[FairfieldLife] Re: Words fail me......
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/15/2013 12:49 PM, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: The obvious next step, although it costs a bit more, is for those who feel that they are afflicted by various planets to hire someone to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Although I have never been really into astrology except as enter- taining bullshit, for some reason I still remember the opening paragraph of an article I read back in 1967 in Haight-Ashbury. It was in a short-lived but interesting mag named Innerspace, and its subject matter was usually...uh...psychedelics. But in this one issue, someone wrote an article whose opener still sticks in my mind, probably verbatim. It read: As all astrologers and competent bullshitters know, the malefic influence of the planet Saturn has been long established. Given its well-documented ill effects on the planet Earth and its people, we believe that the only reasonable thing we can do as a species is to band together, person with person, nation with nation, and create an international project to send up rockets armed with nuclear missiles and blow the big, greasy sonofabitch out of the sky. :-) Quite right, those pesky planets have bossed us around for too long! My first thoughts went to astrology too actually. Specifically Tony Nader's book of discoveries in which he has a diagram of the brain linking to the planets (some of them anyway) so why not - if palmistry surgery proves effective* - offer brain surgery to re-align the parts of the brain so that any negative influence from having, say, venus in the first house at birth could be shifted to effectively having it in the second house - which I'm sure we all agree is much better - by simply moving some of the pituitary gland to the median oblongata. Simples. I can see a potential market for it. People buy yagyas after all. *And even if it doesn't! Most palmists would have a laugh at the article because changing the palm lines through surgery won't change destiny. Palmistry, for some reason, does reflect a lot of life events. Plus it once had a line of good looking young Playboy Mansion women lining for me to read their palms. You and Turq can eat your hearts out. :-D Homeopathic Accident and Emergency http://youtu.be/HMGIbOGu8q0
[FairfieldLife] Go figure!
Can't help feeling that 'go' in 'go figure' is an imperative form. UD seems to support that view: Go figure 42 up, 126 down When you are talking to someone and they don't understand what you're talking about. Or they don't know what you're talking about. You are entitled to tell them to go figure. Josh: You should go listen to the White Stripes Amy: the Who? Josh: Go figure! LoL!
[FairfieldLife] I was going to remember to post about this, but I forgot...
In my new 'hood in Paris there is a bar called Le caveau des Oubliettes. Every time I walk past it, I think, Wow. That place looks *fascinating*. I should definitely stop and have a drink in there. Strangely enough, however, I cannot find any memory of ever having followed up on this thought, and no memory of having been in the place at all. Is that bad? :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
Yeah Baby! I visualize myself in that car - going much faster - without the police in chase, of course. I don't need any more tickets. Ha. Hate to be so female, but what kind of a car is this? From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
[FairfieldLife] Re: Holly Hunter is U.G.Krishnamurti
Lord, yes, I forgot about that one! Holy Smoke was a complete mess from start to finish. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: After all, we are talking about the director who made arguably the worst film ever made about cults, Holy Smoke. In it, she managed the almost-impossible task of getting terrible performances from not only Harvey Keitel, but Kate Winslet as well.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Words fail me......
On 07/15/2013 02:34 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/15/2013 12:49 PM, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: The obvious next step, although it costs a bit more, is for those who feel that they are afflicted by various planets to hire someone to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Although I have never been really into astrology except as enter- taining bullshit, for some reason I still remember the opening paragraph of an article I read back in 1967 in Haight-Ashbury. It was in a short-lived but interesting mag named Innerspace, and its subject matter was usually...uh...psychedelics. But in this one issue, someone wrote an article whose opener still sticks in my mind, probably verbatim. It read: As all astrologers and competent bullshitters know, the malefic influence of the planet Saturn has been long established. Given its well-documented ill effects on the planet Earth and its people, we believe that the only reasonable thing we can do as a species is to band together, person with person, nation with nation, and create an international project to send up rockets armed with nuclear missiles and blow the big, greasy sonofabitch out of the sky. :-) Quite right, those pesky planets have bossed us around for too long! My first thoughts went to astrology too actually. Specifically Tony Nader's book of discoveries in which he has a diagram of the brain linking to the planets (some of them anyway) so why not - if palmistry surgery proves effective* - offer brain surgery to re-align the parts of the brain so that any negative influence from having, say, venus in the first house at birth could be shifted to effectively having it in the second house - which I'm sure we all agree is much better - by simply moving some of the pituitary gland to the median oblongata. Simples. I can see a potential market for it. People buy yagyas after all. *And even if it doesn't! Most palmists would have a laugh at the article because changing the palm lines through surgery won't change destiny. Palmistry, for some reason, does reflect a lot of life events. Plus it once had a line of good looking young Playboy Mansion women lining for me to read their palms. You and Turq can eat your hearts out. :-D Homeopathic Accident and Emergency http://youtu.be/HMGIbOGu8q0 Yup, that's about the level of understanding most naysayers have. FYI, alternative physicians say conventional medicine is FOR traumatic injuries and good at it.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
Oh sorry dear Em I suppose you would just like to ride in the car then? This is better then http://youtu.be/Tkgad9gngOQ On Jul 15, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah Baby! I visualize myself in that car - going much faster - without the police in chase, of course. I don't need any more tickets. Ha. Hate to be so female, but what kind of a car is this? From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
[FairfieldLife] Re: Words fail me......
This might amuse you. Stephen Fry on what you can tell about someone from their palms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZKVF3p-83U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZKVF3p-83U --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: Want to be richer, more successful and live longer? PALM SURGERY is on the rise in Japan as people carve new lines into their hands in bid to improve their fortune
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
Yo Yo Honey, I don't like to ride in the car - I like to be in the driver's seat. One of my many character flaws. :) Now, I had to get up off my chair and dance to this tune of the year, but I like the car in the other video better. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh sorry dear Em I suppose you would just like to ride in the car then? This is better then http://youtu.be/Tkgad9gngOQ On Jul 15, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah Baby! I visualize myself in that car - going much faster - without the police in chase, of course. I don't need any more tickets. Ha. Hate to be so female, but what kind of a car is this? From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
Hmm..I could have sworn you would do fine in the passenger's seat, oh well - that's what happens when you try to cyber-intuit :-). Good to know. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Yo Yo Honey, I don't like to ride in the car - I like to be in the driver's seat. One of my many character flaws. :) Now, I had to get up off my chair and dance to this tune of the year, but I like the car in the other video better. -- *From:* Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 3:17 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh sorry dear Em I suppose you would just like to ride in the car then? This is better then http://youtu.be/Tkgad9gngOQ On Jul 15, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah Baby! I visualize myself in that car - going much faster - without the police in chase, of course. I don't need any more tickets. Ha. Hate to be so female, but what kind of a car is this? -- *From:* Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 12:54 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. -- *From:* Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A -- *From:* Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
[FairfieldLife] Re: Holly Hunter is U.G.Krishnamurti
Sweetie I've not seen, but your thumbs up for the beginning of Holy Smoke made me YouTube it. Yes, that shaktipat trickery is quite a fun scene, but the movie didn't live up to the opening promise for me. I recall one film reviewer on the TV here calling Holly Hunter a completely pointless actress (!) but that lack of affect she can display works in her favour in this series. You really get the feeling for UG's unnerving unpredictability. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: Of course folks here would love Sweetie with it's obvious nod to TM being that one of the characters is a TM teacher. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098725/ Actually I like Holy Smoke and have the DVD. I thought she did a pretty good job of depicting shaktipat at the beginning. Holly Hunter had that dreadful neo-religious TV series that probably didn't do much for her career.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
If you want to hear a traditional Punjabi folk song, here's a song from a movie a few years old that I really like http://youtu.be/7ToxkJ2KBtk On Jul 15, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm..I could have sworn you would do fine in the passenger's seat, oh well - that's what happens when you try to cyber-intuit :-). Good to know. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yo Yo Honey, I don't like to ride in the car - I like to be in the driver's seat. One of my many character flaws. :) Now, I had to get up off my chair and dance to this tune of the year, but I like the car in the other video better. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh sorry dear Em I suppose you would just like to ride in the car then? This is better then http://youtu.be/Tkgad9gngOQ On Jul 15, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah Baby! I visualize myself in that car - going much faster - without the police in chase, of course. I don't need any more tickets. Ha. Hate to be so female, but what kind of a car is this? From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
Ha. I guess I was being just a touch dishonest - depends on the car. Touche - with an accent. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Hmm..I could have sworn you would do fine in the passenger's seat, oh well - that's what happens when you try to cyber-intuit :-). Good to know. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yo Yo Honey, I don't like to ride in the car - I like to be in the driver's seat. One of my many character flaws. :) Now, I had to get up off my chair and dance to this tune of the year, but I like the car in the other video better. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh sorry dear Em I suppose you would just like to ride in the car then? This is better then http://youtu.be/Tkgad9gngOQ On Jul 15, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah Baby! I visualize myself in that car - going much faster - without the police in chase, of course. I don't need any more tickets. Ha. Hate to be so female, but what kind of a car is this? From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
[FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide
Thanks. Re TM is a very simple technique in more ways than one . . . and thus can be taught by about anyone : which is its selling point also, of course. Wherever you are in the world you know a Big Mac is going to taste like a Big Mac back home. Perhaps Maharishi's genius was precisely in providing a standardised form of meditation identical around the globe - which also made it useful for replicable scientific study. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: Sounds like you would do better to learn something more advanced than TM and have instruction with a one on one teacher as I had. TM is a very simple technique in more ways than one. Most mantra meditation taught to the public by other systems is more like the TM advanced technique. TM is more like the mantras given for astrology or ayurveda and thus can be taught by about anyone.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
Wow. What a scene to go with the music. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur If you want to hear a traditional Punjabi folk song, here's a song from a movie a few years old that I really like http://youtu.be/7ToxkJ2KBtk On Jul 15, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm..I could have sworn you would do fine in the passenger's seat, oh well - that's what happens when you try to cyber-intuit :-). Good to know. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yo Yo Honey, I don't like to ride in the car - I like to be in the driver's seat. One of my many character flaws. :) Now, I had to get up off my chair and dance to this tune of the year, but I like the car in the other video better. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh sorry dear Em I suppose you would just like to ride in the car then? This is better then http://youtu.be/Tkgad9gngOQ On Jul 15, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah Baby! I visualize myself in that car - going much faster - without the police in chase, of course. I don't need any more tickets. Ha. Hate to be so female, but what kind of a car is this? From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
Whew..thank you, you restored my faith in...myself :-) On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Ha. I guess I was being just a touch dishonest - depends on the car. Touche - with an accent. -- *From:* Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 3:34 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Hmm..I could have sworn you would do fine in the passenger's seat, oh well - that's what happens when you try to cyber-intuit :-). Good to know. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.comwrote: ** Yo Yo Honey, I don't like to ride in the car - I like to be in the driver's seat. One of my many character flaws. :) Now, I had to get up off my chair and dance to this tune of the year, but I like the car in the other video better. -- *From:* Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 3:17 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh sorry dear Em I suppose you would just like to ride in the car then? This is better then http://youtu.be/Tkgad9gngOQ On Jul 15, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah Baby! I visualize myself in that car - going much faster - without the police in chase, of course. I don't need any more tickets. Ha. Hate to be so female, but what kind of a car is this? -- *From:* Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 12:54 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. -- *From:* Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A -- *From:* Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
OMG - that is so funny. Personally, I'm trying to let go and let God - live in the present moment - dance to the rhythm of the universe, etc. etc. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Whew..thank you, you restored my faith in...myself :-) On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Ha. I guess I was being just a touch dishonest - depends on the car. Touche - with an accent. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Hmm..I could have sworn you would do fine in the passenger's seat, oh well - that's what happens when you try to cyber-intuit :-). Good to know. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yo Yo Honey, I don't like to ride in the car - I like to be in the driver's seat. One of my many character flaws. :) Now, I had to get up off my chair and dance to this tune of the year, but I like the car in the other video better. From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh sorry dear Em I suppose you would just like to ride in the car then? This is better then http://youtu.be/Tkgad9gngOQ On Jul 15, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah Baby! I visualize myself in that car - going much faster - without the police in chase, of course. I don't need any more tickets. Ha. Hate to be so female, but what kind of a car is this? From: Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
[FairfieldLife] Re: Barry's problem with Barry's projection
Not to sound all kung fu n' shit, though, by creating an image in a non-stop mind, a lot can be accomplished, with almost no effort on my part. Momentum, spurred on by attachment, does all the work, while I simply enjoy the result. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ no_reply@ wrote: ... Now, run away and get lost for awhile. An unintentional swim in the Seine, perhaps? With ankle weights, perhaps??? :-) Consider yourself lucky that you didn't aim this at Judy or one of the other real Drama Queens here. She would have run around screaming Death threat! Death threat! at the top of her lungs, as she has done before. :-) :-) :-) Oops, you read Jim's post. Don't do that from now on. And, by the way, a death WISH is a lot different than a death THREAT. Or maybe the Doc was just thinking you needed a strenuous and refreshing aquatic workout.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it.
Re if it's all Self why not be totally wild and out of control and provocative?: Why not? No reason whatsoever! The trick, of course, is to be able to do it with style - like the inimitable Aleister Crowley - and not get so carried away that you completely blow it - like Charles Manson. (To be fair to Charlie he had the shittiest start in life imaginable; while Crowley was able to cultivate his image thanks to a huge inheritance. I should be so lucky.) Of course, if it's all Self - and it is - why not be bookish, disciplined and discrete - if that appeals to you more? The only rule is that there are no rules. In Eternity the Archangel Gabriel isn't holding an emerald tablet with a list of dos and don'ts we have to abide by. That's what makes the ride so scary. On a footnote: if anything goes, then does it make sense to say in the Declaration of Independence: we hold these truths to be self-evident? If they're self-evident then why didn't bright spark Aristotle include them in his Politics? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Yep I'm opposite of the Seraphita, Xeno pseudo-Eastern, neo-advaita, Buddhist types - if it's all Self why not be totally wild and out of control and provocative?
[FairfieldLife] Re: I was going to remember to post about this, but I forgot...
Kinda like when I see some vintage car on the road. I enjoy just looking at it. Don't have to get in. If you operate from a dynamic of fear, you *must* visit the bar, imo. If not, who (the fuck) cares, right? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: In my new 'hood in Paris there is a bar called Le caveau des Oubliettes. Every time I walk past it, I think, Wow. That place looks *fascinating*. I should definitely stop and have a drink in there. Strangely enough, however, I cannot find any memory of ever having followed up on this thought, and no memory of having been in the place at all. Is that bad? :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The George Zimmerman case: Steyn nails it.
Oh god Seraphita please stop fucking boring me to death. Xeno's available, he really digs this kind of shit - why don't you go together - he is an intellectual masturbator like you as well and you can both both come together, if at all it's possible in this context? and compare your meagre, bookish, disciplined and discrete cum's whatever the fuck that means LOL.. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Seraphita s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: ** Re if it's all Self why not be totally wild and out of control and provocative?: Why not? No reason whatsoever! The trick, of course, is to be able to do it with style - like the inimitable Aleister Crowley - and not get so carried away that you completely blow it - like Charles Manson. (To be fair to Charlie he had the shittiest start in life imaginable; while Crowley was able to cultivate his image thanks to a huge inheritance. I should be so lucky.) Of course, if it's all Self - and it is - why not be bookish, disciplined and discrete - if that appeals to you more? The only rule is that there are no rules. In Eternity the Archangel Gabriel isn't holding an emerald tablet with a list of dos and don'ts we have to abide by. That's what makes the ride so scary. On a footnote: if anything goes, then does it make sense to say in the Declaration of Independence: we hold these truths to be self-evident? If they're self-evident then why didn't bright spark Aristotle include them in his *Politics*? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote: Yep I'm opposite of the Seraphita, Xeno pseudo-Eastern, neo-advaita, Buddhist types - if it's all Self why not be totally wild and out of control and provocative?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur
Yep - we need to make God live in the present moment and dance to the rhythms of the Universe. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: ** OMG - that is so funny. Personally, I'm trying to let go and let God - live in the present moment - dance to the rhythm of the universe, etc. etc. -- *From:* Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 4:19 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Whew..thank you, you restored my faith in...myself :-) On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.comwrote: ** Ha. I guess I was being just a touch dishonest - depends on the car. Touche - with an accent. -- *From:* Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 3:34 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Hmm..I could have sworn you would do fine in the passenger's seat, oh well - that's what happens when you try to cyber-intuit :-). Good to know. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.comwrote: ** Yo Yo Honey, I don't like to ride in the car - I like to be in the driver's seat. One of my many character flaws. :) Now, I had to get up off my chair and dance to this tune of the year, but I like the car in the other video better. -- *From:* Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 3:17 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh sorry dear Em I suppose you would just like to ride in the car then? This is better then http://youtu.be/Tkgad9gngOQ On Jul 15, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah Baby! I visualize myself in that car - going much faster - without the police in chase, of course. I don't need any more tickets. Ha. Hate to be so female, but what kind of a car is this? -- *From:* Ravi Chivukula chivukula.r...@gmail.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 12:54 PM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Oh come on this is the kind of Punjabi music I like http://youtu.be/uuCFRaFWjwY On Jul 15, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com wrote: I do like some of her melodies. This one is nice too. -- *From:* Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Monday, July 15, 2013 7:59 AM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur Thanks, Emily, I love this melody so much that I learned the words so that I could sing along in the car! Makes that hour long car trip to Iowa City much more enjoyable. Snatam has performed in FF twice, the last time just a few months after the birth of her daughter. The first time was after Maharishi's death and when she performed the chant below, the auditorium was suffused with sweet devotion. There's a bit of a long intro and the best part I think begins at 2 min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1XCS0g6J4A -- *From:* Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:32 PM *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Snatam Kaur She is Sikh - lovely voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3zUYK4YU8M
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide
Beej mantras are commonly used in astrology and ayurveda. They don't take much to work and the astrologer or ayurvedic practitioner just tells the person to repeat the mantra either in a short meditation or sometimes throughout the day (like a walking mantra).. Longer mantras like the advanced technique require more to work. When longer mantras are given as a public first technique then the teacher usually gives shaktipat to jumpstart them. Muktanda's organization teaches this way. But the guru has to wait until his teachers have developed enough shakti to give shakipat to teach these. I was also taught by my tantra guru to teach meditation this way. Maharishi wanted to create a lot of teachers so in a way went with the beej techniques ala astrology or ayurveda with a little zip from performing a puja before each teaching session. But a lot of people might have just picked the beej mantra up out of book and it would have worked after a while. Not so much so by taking a longer mantra out of a book. Certain beej mantras are considered useful for certain stages of life. On 07/15/2013 03:50 PM, Seraphita wrote: Thanks. Re TM is a very simple technique in more ways than one . . . and thus can be taught by about anyone : which is its selling point also, of course. Wherever you are in the world you know a Big Mac is going to taste like a Big Mac back home. Perhaps Maharishi's genius was precisely in providing a standardised form of meditation identical around the globe - which also made it useful for replicable scientific study. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: Sounds like you would do better to learn something more advanced than TM and have instruction with a one on one teacher as I had. TM is a very simple technique in more ways than one. Most mantra meditation taught to the public by other systems is more like the TM advanced technique. TM is more like the mantras given for astrology or ayurveda and thus can be taught by about anyone.
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Back at Le Depart
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I know that my subject line doesn't mean anything to you, but I'll explain. First, Le Départ is the first sidewalk cafe that I settled upon to write in, when I first started coming to Paris for work. And it's *far* from being a bad writing cafe; au contraire, Pierre. It's got that essential quality of a good writing cafe. No, not that it has Wifi...although it does...obviously, because I'm going to post this from there. It's that both the waiters and the clientele have artistic etiquette. They might hurry along tourists who have lingered too long over too few drinks, but they'd never even *dream* of hurrying along someone who seems to be sitting at one of their tables creating something. Some are writing in their paper journals, others on tablet computers, me on my laptop. But they're all *creating* something, even if that something is nothing more than a postcard to a distant lover or an Internet post to an obscure saloon in cyberspace. It's a nice cafe, in that no one ever fucks with that. But to be honest, it doesn't have a lot of phwam! That's a Rama (Fred Lenz) term for Style, and for doing things with some semblance of Style. Le Cafe des Affiches, in which I sat and dashed off a few posts a few nights ago, had Style. It also seems to be no more. My intuition about its owners not being happy about the size of its clientele was sadly prescient. They are pushing up daisies. They are an Ex-Cafe With Style. I will miss them. I mean, whoever created that cafe had excellent taste in poster art. I would have been comfortable with many of the posters hanging on its walls hanging in my own house. It was a great space, decorated tastefully and run by wonderful young people, but it seems not to have been successful. Their doors are shuttered, without even an En Vacances sign to give us hope that they might return. Color me sad. And also color me sitting in my second-choice cafe, and thus the color of Hey, it may not have been what I had in mind when I set out this evening, but y'know it's pretty cool, and this cafe has its *own* distinctive color. To be brutally honest, the music is better here than at Le Cafe des Affiches, too. Sigh. How quickly guys get over their ex's. :-) But, now that I'm here (and now), back to that word phwam! That sense of Style. Since I'm here in Paris, the clearest example I can think of to illustrate what the Rama guy might have considered Style may best be presented in a koan (mine, not his): Walking your dog in Paris and letting it crap on the sidewalks is having no style Walking your dog in Paris and picking up after it is style Salvador Dali walking his anteater in Paris was Style I think for a guy with style he could have used an upgrade on the leash.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Four for Share
However, I wish I could say the grilled artichoke was a winner. For some reason it was not. In the past, it had been a family favorite with the family hurriedly tearing off each petal to get to the meaty base which would then be apportioned out. But in this case the dipping sauce was a little strong for my tastes. I prefer just a basic lemon butter for my artichoke dipping. On the other hand, the nightly Foosball tournaments were thrilling, often coming down to the last goal. (not related, I know) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Steve, grilled artichoke! I've never even heard of that! But I love artichokes and that sounds delicious. Not to mention nutritious (-: Anyway, thank you for all the wonderful details. I think you have officially joined the ranks of good travel writers here on FFL. Part of that has to do with pacing in the narrating of events. It's not a skill I have so I enjoy seeing it in the writing of others. Anyway, welcome back, safe travels today, hope you found some good gifts and had a sweet arrival back home. From: seventhray27 steve.sundur@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 11:20 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Four for Share  Hi Share, We really only splurged one night. Wife had some kind of fancy chicken breast, son had a grilled flat iron steak, daughter had seafood pasta, and I had a caesar salad and grilled artichoke. Caesar salad was magnificent with the sliced anchovies. The taste I had of everyone elses dish was very good. We had Mexican one night, bbq tonight, and the rest of the time was eating at the condo or pizza type dinners. Activities were fun, but we didn't get to do the camping overnight. The conditioning wasn't really there for an 8-1/2 mile hike, and it turned out that I had to stay close to e-mail for much of each morning. But we did take a nice bike ride, (mostly all downhill) from Snowmass to Aspen, and then another day from Snowmass to Aspen via the Rio Grande Trail. About halfway through the Rio Grande Trail, tired and parched, we stopped at a path side water fall where we removed our shoes and waded in the the little spash pond and refreshed ourselves. Then yesterday was tubing on the Colorado River. Fun also, but I couldn't find a good way to stay on the tube and kept falling off. I lost the tube a one point and had to walk a ways. Little frustrating, but overall fun. Hi-light there was at the end, near Glenwood Springs, where Gaia had hot water mineral spring that went right into the river and they had built a rock pool around it where the rafters and tubers could stop and enjoy. Also, took one long day hike, which was strenuous but fun. It was that hike that made me realize I couldn't really bite off 8-1/2 miles. (along with the business stuff) Today did some fishing and caught fish after fish at a stocked  pond, but had no luck later at the fast running stream. That's it in a nutshell. Have to try to find some presents on the way home tomorrow for the employees who did a stand up job while I was gone. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Welcome back, Steve and it'll be great to hear about some of your adventures. I remember that you all went hiking last year. And you mentioned something about possibly camping. How was the weather? Did you all get to Aspen at all? Not to mention, how was the FOOD?àPS If time is limited, please talk about the food first (-:
[FairfieldLife] Re: I was going to remember to post about this, but I forgot...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: Kinda like when I see some vintage car on the road. I enjoy just looking at it. Don't have to get in. If you operate from a dynamic of fear, you *must* visit the bar, imo. If not, who (the fuck) cares, right? Lighten up, Jimbo. My comment was a joke, albeit a bilingual one and possibly not very accessible. Oublier = to forget, and an oubliette was an old type of prison in which they threw people to be forgotten. I was just having fun trying to imagine a bar in which every time you went there you had a great time, but afterwards you could never remember going there, so for all you know it could be the same great time over and over again. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: In my new 'hood in Paris there is a bar called Le caveau des Oubliettes. Every time I walk past it, I think, Wow. That place looks *fascinating*. I should definitely stop and have a drink in there. Strangely enough, however, I cannot find any memory of ever having followed up on this thought, and no memory of having been in the place at all. Is that bad? :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Words fail me......
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/15/2013 02:34 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/15/2013 12:49 PM, salyavin808 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: The obvious next step, although it costs a bit more, is for those who feel that they are afflicted by various planets to hire someone to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Although I have never been really into astrology except as enter- taining bullshit, for some reason I still remember the opening paragraph of an article I read back in 1967 in Haight-Ashbury. It was in a short-lived but interesting mag named Innerspace, and its subject matter was usually...uh...psychedelics. But in this one issue, someone wrote an article whose opener still sticks in my mind, probably verbatim. It read: As all astrologers and competent bullshitters know, the malefic influence of the planet Saturn has been long established. Given its well-documented ill effects on the planet Earth and its people, we believe that the only reasonable thing we can do as a species is to band together, person with person, nation with nation, and create an international project to send up rockets armed with nuclear missiles and blow the big, greasy sonofabitch out of the sky. :-) Quite right, those pesky planets have bossed us around for too long! My first thoughts went to astrology too actually. Specifically Tony Nader's book of discoveries in which he has a diagram of the brain linking to the planets (some of them anyway) so why not - if palmistry surgery proves effective* - offer brain surgery to re-align the parts of the brain so that any negative influence from having, say, venus in the first house at birth could be shifted to effectively having it in the second house - which I'm sure we all agree is much better - by simply moving some of the pituitary gland to the median oblongata. Simples. I can see a potential market for it. People buy yagyas after all. *And even if it doesn't! Most palmists would have a laugh at the article because changing the palm lines through surgery won't change destiny. Palmistry, for some reason, does reflect a lot of life events. Plus it once had a line of good looking young Playboy Mansion women lining for me to read their palms. You and Turq can eat your hearts out. :-D Homeopathic Accident and Emergency http://youtu.be/HMGIbOGu8q0 Yup, that's about the level of understanding most naysayers have. FYI, alternative physicians say conventional medicine is FOR traumatic injuries and good at it. Q: What do you call alternative medicine that has been proved to work? A: Medicine.
