[FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time
Barry, I bet you have lots of Sagittarius (at least) in your Western Tropical Birth Chart... ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: A friend on another forum, which centers on time we spent together in (gasp) high school, posted a couple of songs recently from his post-Morocco days in New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana. That got me to thinkin' about my favorite Louisiana musicians, and what I came up with as a reply song on the thread was Mac Rebennack's classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT4RainY-lY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT4RainY-lY And *that* got me thinkin' about the contrary, Bein' in the right place at the right time. That's more fun, so because I'm in one of my favorite Right Places (Bad Habits, in Leiden) again, and because it seems like the Right Time, I'll rap about it a little. There are some on this forum -- some still doing TM, some not -- who got on the TM bus back during the Beatles wave. That was the Right Place, and the Right Time. For a number of years, for those of us who were tired of the drugs and kinda burned out on all the easy sex and guiltlessness :-) climbing onto the TM bus was the right thing to do. And it gave us quite a ride. Many parts of the ride were fun, and gave us glimpses of what we were really riding *towards*. When the guilt crept back in and the ride became not quite as fun, some of us pushed the buzzer and got off the bus. But that doesn't mean that the whole TM thang was either the Wrong Place, or the Wrong Time. It was what it was, and I for one don't regret a minute of it. Since then, for me, there have been other Right Place, Right Time experiences. Climbing on the Rama bus. Climbing off again, when it was the Right Time to do so. I have no regrets about those places and times, either. Next came a period of living in Back Bay, Boston, and while that was fun, something in me could tell that it was neither the Right Place, nor the Right Time. So I took a long Road Trip, with no fixed direction in mind, just to search for the Next Right Place in which to have further adventures. I settled on Santa Fe, New Mexico, and that turned into six of the most Right Place, Right Time years of my life. No regrets. Then came Paris. And then came Sauve, in the south of France. Then came Sitges, Spain. Not a *one* of them less than the Right Place, at the Right Time. I would be a *fool* to regret any of the time I spent in those places. Then came the Netherlands, and although the first town I lived in might not have been the Right Place (it was boring with a capital Blech!), it was the Right Time, and gave me a chance to settle in to the weird Dutch way of life. It was also the springboard for moving to Leiden, and that has turned into one of the best Right Place, Right Time moves of my life. Then Paris reared its head, and I went for it, and that was pretty Right Place, Right Time, too. Until it wasn't any more. So I'm happy that I'm going to be spending more time here in Leiden, because -- right now, for me -- this is the Right Place. And I hope, when I return full-time in three weeks, to have a Right Fun Time here again.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. On Sun, 11/24/13, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days. What a drag that was. It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I received some communication from someone I know who is in the Domes and this person told me some interesting things that I had not heard before. I have changed some of the wording to keep this person's identity confidential, but in essence she said that the TMO or I guess more accurately the powers that be at MUM, are paying 2 full time monitors to regulate activity in the Lady's Dome - to wit, they go about taking names of people who are sleeping during program. Subsequently these folks are called in for a talking to for lying down during any part of program except rest AND people are being taken to task for not getting high enough off the foam. Anyone else know of this and is it happening in the Men's Dome?
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time
That's my way too, the other way, Marshy's way you keep the spectre of the unpleasant task looming in your awareness while you do the easy stuff - creates stress and screws up the enjoyment of the stuff one loves to do. Amazing that an enlightened feller got it wrong. On Sun, 11/24/13, s3raph...@yahoo.com s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 2:40 AM Re I also thought it interesting that Maharishi said that when you have a bunch of tasks to do, do the easy ones first to build up momentum. Then do the difficult ones.: The exact opposite of my approach. When I have a series of tasks to get out the way I always do the ones I dislike most first so that I'm always advancing towards the tasks I find easiest - even enjoyable. That's better psychology - at least it suits my temperament. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: John, I also thought it interesting that Maharishi said that when you're taking a test or have a bunch of tasks to do, do the easy ones first to build up momentum. Then do the difficult ones. On Saturday, November 23, 2013 5:29 PM, jr_esq@... jr_esq@... wrote: Richard, MMY stated to take the path of least resistance. That is the more likely the correct alternative. Jyotish can help in that regard. But some people have a problem with that. IMO, they end up fighting for a lost cause. FWIW. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: This got me to thinking too, about being in the right place at the right time. I wonder how much being in the right place at the right time is a matter of personal choice or just plain old karma. As I get older I've begun to think back about the choices I made in the past, and why I made those choices. Only a few times can I remember actually deciding what to do - there's always some force involved that is often unseen or accounted for. Most of the time being where I was was not something I had much control over - it was mostly a matter of necessity and/or survival. Most of us don't get to make real choices - we think we do, but mainly we make choices because of finances that seem to dictate where we go, how we live, and what we do. But, if you look back and examine things and events real closely, you may find that things and events happen for a reason, sometimes for reasons we don't understand at the time. Everything is connected and every action we take comes from a cause - there's not much free will when you really think about it. If we've all lived lives in the past, you'll realize that there's nothing much we can do now to change what came before - all we can do now is try to make things better for ourselves in the future. For some, being in the right place at the right times is just a matter of fate, but I think most of what happens to us is the result of what we did in the past, which we often don't even understand. If we could go back and make another different decision, who knows what would happen? Karma is a bitch! Remember the future. On 11/23/2013 8:39 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Bein' in the right place at the right time...
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM Nazis, Again??
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. I don't know about 'dead', but this certainly sounds like 'in its death throes' to me. This whole scene sounds to me like a bunch of Blissnazis trying to *scapegoat* some among their number to create a plausible excuse in their minds for why all the butt-bouncing doesn't seem to be doing anything whatsoever to help -- or even affect -- the world. Because they cannot admit even as a possibility that the whole *program* does nothing, and was a con from Day One, they have to find someone to blame its obvious failure on. Fall asleep, and you're It, and they can attack you. Don't bounce high enough, and you're It. Pretty soon they'll move farting to the list of indicators that someone is Off The Program, and *everyone* will be in deep shit. :-) On Sun, 11/24/13, dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days.  What a drag that was.  It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@ wrote: I received some communication from someone I know who is in the Domes and this person told me some interesting things that I had not heard before. I have changed some of the wording to keep this person's identity confidential, but in essence she said that the TMO or I guess more accurately the powers that be at MUM, are paying 2 full time monitors to regulate activity in the Lady's Dome - to wit, they go about taking names of people who are sleeping during program. Subsequently these folks are called in for a talking to for lying down during any part of program except rest AND people are being taken to task for not getting high enough off the foam. Anyone else know of this and is it happening in the Men's Dome?
[FairfieldLife] Buck asks for more spiritual stuff, so here's some Spiritual Art
[d] [p] [lync] WHY is it spiritual? Because it's by David Lynch, of course. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?\ utm_hp_ref=arts http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html\ ?utm_hp_ref=arts From the article: How do you mean spiritual? David is very into transcendental meditation, and there is a spiritual belief that when the gods name things they come into existence. To me, that felt like how David described his own process of naming. He always has to give something a name to make it into some kind of object. For example in one piece, The Ricky Board, a 1987 drawing, he drew a bunch of rickies, or flies, and gave them proper names like Steve or John or Bucky. He said as he named each of the flies they took on personalities and had a kind of uniqueness to them. See? If someone else gave names to a bunch of flies, people would think he was a nut case. But when Lynch does it, it's spiritual.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time
I think it's about time that the TMO remembered that hopping is just the first stage of flying. People should be fined for not hovering in mid-air. That'd sort them out. I mean, if you are going to alter the laws of physics and create action at a distance by hopping up and down, why not go the whole hog and levitate. Remember the lecture? Gravity is merely a statistical probability and at the level of the unified field we can achieve anything. Put yer money where yer mouth is... It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. On Sun, 11/24/13, dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days. What a drag that was. It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I received some communication from someone I know who is in the Domes and this person told me some interesting things that I had not heard before. I have changed some of the wording to keep this person's identity confidential, but in essence she said that the TMO or I guess more accurately the powers that be at MUM, are paying 2 full time monitors to regulate activity in the Lady's Dome - to wit, they go about taking names of people who are sleeping during program. Subsequently these folks are called in for a talking to for lying down during any part of program except rest AND people are being taken to task for not getting high enough off the foam. Anyone else know of this and is it happening in the Men's Dome?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Right Place, Right Time
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: I think it's about time that the TMO remembered that hopping is just the first stage of flying. People should be fined for not hovering in mid-air. That'd sort them out. I mean, if you are going to alter the laws of physics and create action at a distance by hopping up and down, why not go the whole hog and levitate. Remember the lecture? Gravity is merely a statistical probability and at the level of the unified field we can achieve anything. Put yer money where yer mouth is... And not just WITHIN the TM organization -- put yer money where yer mouth is *publicly*. Arrange a Superpower-Off TV special, in which TMers who have mastered the Sidhis face off against Scientologists who have mastered their super powers program. Think of the drama. Teams of cultists who believe that they can fly face off against challenging teams of cultists who believe that they can revive the dead. The teams glare intently at each other, invoke their respective delusions, and nothing happens. Nothing happens for the entire length of the special. At the end of the contest, both teams declare victory.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Buck asks for more spiritual stuff, so here#39;s some Spiritual Art
You ask and assert, WHY is it spiritual? Because it's by David Lynch, of course. Spiritual Buck's Practical Discernment and Discipline says: Harmonize Dissonance and Practical life skill: while on the spiritual path, and even avert the eyes and go around as needed along the way. Seek the company of saints, wise people and mahatmas as company along the way and choose your battles. It's called discernment, and discipline. If walking along and you see a diamond in a pile of manure, pick the diamond out, clean it, walk on and take it with you. Take the good and wash off the bad. I don't have time for David Lynch and don't worry about it. -Buck in the Dome ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: WHY is it spiritual? Because it's by David Lynch, of course. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?utm_hp_ref=arts http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?utm_hp_ref=arts From the article: How do you mean spiritual? David is very into transcendental meditation, and there is a spiritual belief that when the gods name things they come into existence. To me, that felt like how David described his own process of naming. He always has to give something a name to make it into some kind of object. For example in one piece, The Ricky Board, a 1987 drawing, he drew a bunch of rickies, or flies, and gave them proper names like Steve or John or Bucky. He said as he named each of the flies they took on personalities and had a kind of uniqueness to them. See? If someone else gave names to a bunch of flies, people would think he was a nut case. But when Lynch does it, it's spiritual.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time WE CHOOSE OUR INCARNATION TIME SO ITS ALWAYS BEST4 US!
-Original Message- From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, Nov 24, 2013 5:15 am Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time That's my way too, the other way, Marshy's way you keep the spectre of the unpleasant task looming in your awareness while you do the easy stuff - creates stress and screws up the enjoyment of the stuff one loves to do. Amazing that an enlightened feller got it wrong. On Sun, 11/24/13, s3raph...@yahoo.com s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 2:40 AM Re I also thought it interesting that Maharishi said that when you have a bunch of tasks to do, do the easy ones first to build up momentum. Then do the difficult ones.: The exact opposite of my approach. When I have a series of tasks to get out the way I always do the ones I dislike most first so that I'm always advancing towards the tasks I find easiest - even enjoyable. That's better psychology - at least it suits my temperament. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: John, I also thought it interesting that Maharishi said that when you're taking a test or have a bunch of tasks to do, do the easy ones first to build up momentum. Then do the difficult ones. On Saturday, November 23, 2013 5:29 PM, jr_esq@... jr_esq@... wrote: Richard, MMY stated to take the path of least resistance. That is the more likely the correct alternative. Jyotish can help in that regard. But some people have a problem with that. IMO, they end up fighting for a lost cause. FWIW. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: This got me to thinking too, about being in the right place at the right time. I wonder how much being in the right place at the right time is a matter of personal choice or just plain old karma. As I get older I've begun to think back about the choices I made in the past, and why I made those choices. Only a few times can I remember actually deciding what to do - there's always some force involved that is often unseen or accounted for. Most of the time being where I was was not something I had much control over - it was mostly a matter of necessity and/or survival. Most of us don't get to make real choices - we think we do, but mainly we make choices because of finances that seem to dictate where we go, how we live, and what we do. But, if you look back and examine things and events real closely, you may find that things and events happen for a reason, sometimes for reasons we don't understand at the time. Everything is connected and every action we take comes from a cause - there's not much free will when you really think about it. If we've all lived lives in the past, you'll realize that there's nothing much we can do now to change what came before - all we can do now is try to make things better for ourselves in the future. For some, being in the right place at the right times is just a matter of fate, but I think most of what happens to us is the result of what we did in the past, which we often don't even understand. If we could go back and make another different decision, who knows what would happen? Karma is a bitch! Remember the future. On 11/23/2013 8:39 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Bein' in the right place at the right time... To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo Groups Links
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Buck asks for more spiritual stuff, so here's some Spiritual Art
Practical and kind advice, Buck. Could even be applied to FFL (-: On Sunday, November 24, 2013 7:05 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: You ask and assert, WHY is it spiritual? Because it's by David Lynch, of course. Spiritual Buck's Practical Discernment and Discipline says: Harmonize Dissonance and Practical life skill: while on the spiritual path, and even avert the eyes and go around as needed along the way. Seek the company of saints, wise people and mahatmas as company along the way and choose your battles. It's called discernment, and discipline. If walking along and you see a diamond in a pile of manure, pick the diamond out, clean it, walk on and take it with you. Take the good and wash off the bad. I don't have time for David Lynch and don't worry about it. -Buck in the Dome ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: WHY is it spiritual? Because it's by David Lynch, of course. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?utm_hp_ref=arts From the article: How do you mean spiritual? David is very into transcendental meditation, and there is a spiritual belief that when the gods name things they come into existence. To me, that felt like how David described his own process of naming. He always has to give something a name to make it into some kind of object. For example in one piece, The Ricky Board, a 1987 drawing, he drew a bunch of rickies, or flies, and gave them proper names like Steve or John or Bucky. He said as he named each of the flies they took on personalities and had a kind of uniqueness to them. See? If someone else gave names to a bunch of flies, people would think he was a nut case. But when Lynch does it, it's spiritual.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Buck asks for more spiritual stuff, so here#39;s some Spiritual Art
Artists often dig deep for material, and it threatens the idea of what art should be, for many observers. A good friend of mine is a lifetime artist - She has educated me on the subject matter that is considered acceptable in the art world, particularly with how women are portrayed. Lynch's stuff is off-kilter, and a little goes a long way, for me, but I appreciate his courage to display these things. The most challenging thing I find about creating art is the emotional questions it brings up, as it is being created. Good for him. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: WHY is it spiritual? Because it's by David Lynch, of course. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?utm_hp_ref=arts http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?utm_hp_ref=arts From the article: How do you mean spiritual? David is very into transcendental meditation, and there is a spiritual belief that when the gods name things they come into existence. To me, that felt like how David described his own process of naming. He always has to give something a name to make it into some kind of object. For example in one piece, The Ricky Board, a 1987 drawing, he drew a bunch of rickies, or flies, and gave them proper names like Steve or John or Bucky. He said as he named each of the flies they took on personalities and had a kind of uniqueness to them. See? If someone else gave names to a bunch of flies, people would think he was a nut case. But when Lynch does it, it's spiritual.
RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] An Effective Online Pedegogy
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote: Oh...yeshere is how it goes...the attack, then the reality rewrite, the defence of the rewrite, the attack on those who would call for honesty or question the attacker or the subsequent reality rewrite, then the victim shows up, and now the innocence gamewhat a sweet little girl Share is, so cute, so wholesome, so flirty in a childlike way. Richard is just overwhelmed by all this and is under the Share spelldon't feel bad Richard, Steve fell under it as well. Enjoyit's endless...I can't wait to do this again with her. The cycle will repeat. This isn't the first time, after all. Share, I get to be next, remember. Next time you feel like you need to go after someone, I want it to be me and I promise not to get mean. You may, I won't. That's my promise to you. Dear Emily, As of last night, arriving back home from an awards banquet and having a glass of wine and a piece of Toblerone as I sat in front of the computer for a final sweep of my emails, news and, you guessed it, FFL I came to a firm conclusion: no more FFL for me. The place had sunk as far as it could, we had reached the dregs. It just wasn't something I could stomach anymore. I knew I was finished here when I realized I was actually looking forward to a post, any post, from (wait for it) Barry to relieve the nauseating presence of both Texas Dick and Share Long. It had seemed that one more inane question, one more disengenuous comment and stroking by Share was going to do me in. It isn't her meanness that was getting to me it was her utter irrelevance and superficiality that finally was eroding any ability to endure it here. And as for Richard, who wants to stay in a room with the dolt that keeps poking and poking at everyone all the while with his finger stuck up his snotty nose saying,Nah, nah, ne, nah, nah.? Nope, I don't. I was done. Then, my masochistic streak got the better of me and I decided to take a look and see if any glimmer of hope for this place had emerged - maybe a new thread on something interesting, relevant, intelligent - anything. And there was a new topic and there was Salyavin and there was hope. I just had to get that off my chest, it was a close one! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Hey, Richard I just wanted to say thank you for all the great posts this evening about knowledge. Mom and I were out shopping today, including Whole Foods! I'm pretty zonked right now. We're also watching a TV show about a cute litter of puppies called Too Cute. Evidently Saturday night leaves a lot to be desired TV-wise! My last job at MUM was as the Distance Education Coordinator for the Computer Science Dept. We sent out videotapes, that's how long ago that was! Why don't you and Richard take your posts to each other offline where the two of you can marvel at how inane they all are. Remember, save the bandwidth, or whatever it is Ricky continually goes on about. On Saturday, November 23, 2013 7:08 PM, Richard Williams punditster@... wrote: So, I'm sitting here in my home office, and even though it's Saturday night, these students still need help posting their essays to the class and taking their online exams - and the emails just keep on coming and the phone is ringing off the hook. But, at least I'm working from home now and not in that tall building on campus anymore. One teacher I know told me he 'didn't work on weekends' and I told him that if he wanted to teach an online course, it's the weekends when the students need the most help doing their homework! So, I got the job. Go figure. My Mission Statement: We are aware that learning is a complex, inter-related series of system processes. Instruction requires the employment of cognitive psychology in the design and structure of online teaching to enhance the goal at hand: faster, easier, and to retain and assimilate knowledge. In short, what is needed is an effective pedagogy. When your course or presentation is made interesting and interactive with multimedia, your audience will stay longer, return more often, and retain more knowledge. The primary tool to attain this goal are the new internet media course tools with technical support in an on-line or off-line setting. The incorporation of multimedia and the internet in computer based training and distance learning has made the dream of teachers, trainers, and/or learners come true. Richard J. Williams, A.A.S., B.S. Specialist, Blackboard Learning 9.1 'Online Courses Attract Degree Holders, Survey Finds' New York Times: http://www.nytimes/education/online-courses/survey http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/education/online-courses-attract-degree-holders-survey-finds.html?_r=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Learning_System
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Buck asks for more spiritual stuff, so here's some Spiritual Art
Doc, the first piece about dead animals reminds me of a scene from Lynch's film The Straight Story. (spoiler) A young woman drives into and kills a deer, becomes hysterical about it and then drives off. The hero of the movie, an older man riding a lawn mower across country to visit his estranged brother, takes the carcass and fixes himself dinner! On Sunday, November 24, 2013 8:24 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: Artists often dig deep for material, and it threatens the idea of what art should be, for many observers. A good friend of mine is a lifetime artist - She has educated me on the subject matter that is considered acceptable in the art world, particularly with how women are portrayed. Lynch's stuff is off-kilter, and a little goes a long way, for me, but I appreciate his courage to display these things. The most challenging thing I find about creating art is the emotional questions it brings up, as it is being created. Good for him. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: WHY is it spiritual? Because it's by David Lynch, of course. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?utm_hp_ref=arts From the article: How do you mean spiritual? David is very into transcendental meditation, and there is a spiritual belief that when the gods name things they come into existence. To me, that felt like how David described his own process of naming. He always has to give something a name to make it into some kind of object. For example in one piece, The Ricky Board, a 1987 drawing, he drew a bunch of rickies, or flies, and gave them proper names like Steve or John or Bucky. He said as he named each of the flies they took on personalities and had a kind of uniqueness to them. See? If someone else gave names to a bunch of flies, people would think he was a nut case. But when Lynch does it, it's spiritual.
RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Message from Ravi
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote: I am s hungry for jello. It's the only thing that comes to mind, every time I see the word JELLOS. I'm going to surrender to the urge to make something deliciously jello. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: You sound really JELLOS, Richard.
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. It would be interesting to infiltrate the Domes and all of the activities on campus as some unknown, undercover participant for about 6 months attending all the meetings, the news releases, everything to see what is actually the reality of the thing. Of course, I wouldn't have the ability, mentally, to do this as my boredom and tolerance quotient is not great but only then could you get a fair reading on what is going on in FF, the TM FF, at least. Until then, unfortunately, it is all sort of hearsay. On Sun, 11/24/13, dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days. What a drag that was. It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I received some communication from someone I know who is in the Domes and this person told me some interesting things that I had not heard before. I have changed some of the wording to keep this person's identity confidential, but in essence she said that the TMO or I guess more accurately the powers that be at MUM, are paying 2 full time monitors to regulate activity in the Lady's Dome - to wit, they go about taking names of people who are sleeping during program. Subsequently these folks are called in for a talking to for lying down during any part of program except rest AND people are being taken to task for not getting high enough off the foam. Anyone else know of this and is it happening in the Men's Dome?
[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Buck asks for more spiritual stuff, so here#39;s some Spiritual Art
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Artists often dig deep for material, and it threatens the idea of what art should be, for many observers. A good friend of mine is a lifetime artist - She has educated me on the subject matter that is considered acceptable in the art world, particularly with how women are portrayed. Lynch's stuff is off-kilter, and a little goes a long way, for me, but I appreciate his courage to display these things. The most challenging thing I find about creating art is the emotional questions it brings up, as it is being created. Good for him. Certainly art does not have to be beautiful nor does it have to be liked to be great. It does have to, in my opinion, open up something new for the viewer, the perceiver. Art, for me, is best when it resonates or reveals. Surprises are good too. Also when art can leave you astounded or moved that is also welcome. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: WHY is it spiritual? Because it's by David Lynch, of course. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?utm_hp_ref=arts http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/david-lynch-art_n_4318015.html?utm_hp_ref=arts From the article: How do you mean spiritual? David is very into transcendental meditation, and there is a spiritual belief that when the gods name things they come into existence. To me, that felt like how David described his own process of naming. He always has to give something a name to make it into some kind of object. For example in one piece, The Ricky Board, a 1987 drawing, he drew a bunch of rickies, or flies, and gave them proper names like Steve or John or Bucky. He said as he named each of the flies they took on personalities and had a kind of uniqueness to them. See? If someone else gave names to a bunch of flies, people would think he was a nut case. But when Lynch does it, it's spiritual.
Re: [FairfieldLife] OMG: madhusuudana#39;s definition of dhaaraNaa??
It's a reference to the 'Night Technique', once taught by MMY, otherwise known as 'Laya Yoga' or 'Kundalini Yoga' which is a synthesis of Hatha Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga, first mentioned apparently by Swami Sivananda Saraswati back in 1935 in his book 'Kundalini Yoga'. Swami Sivananda Radha wrote that Kundalini yoga is the yoga of awareness, it aims to cultivate the creative spiritual potential of a human to uphold values, speak truth, and focus on the compassion and consciousness needed to serve and heal others. So, Laya Yoga is similar to MMYs Night Technique, apparently no longer taught, but which was one of the main components of MMYs series of 'advanced techniques'. Dream yoga is very popular in Tibetan Buddhism (see my recent post to this forum concerning lucid dreaming). The purport of the passage is: By resting your bija at the navel chakra or at the heart chakra, the subtle currents from your istadevata will permeate your entire being. For example, my istadevata is Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning. So, by resting the bija portion of her name, that is, 'sring', at the navel chakra, my intelligence will grow by leaps and bounds, right while I'm sleeping. Then, when I awake in the morning I will feel refreshed and full of knowledge. It's that simple! Most TMers only repeat the bija portion of their mantra when they are meditating. However, according to Swami Sivananda Radha, a bija mantra may be repeated during the first portions of sleep. For example, when I practice MMYs secret Night Technique I often fall asleep with the bija portion of my mantra in mind as I fall into asleep. When practicing the Night Technique Satyanand advised me to be aware of the area just above my abdomen, (heart chakra) and to put your attention there and let it rest. My take on this technique is to be aware of my bija mantra at the heart chakra while in a sitting position and to gently fall into sleep as I assume the corpse pose at the end of the day. So, all you have to do is be aware of the chakra of the heart, start the bija just like any other thought, then just babysit your bija for a few minutes, right on at your heart area. You just set it, and then forget it. This technique was confirmed to me by Vaj in a posting to FFL in 2005. It sure beats counting sheep in order to fall asleep! Notes: Yogi Bhajan says that Kundalini energy is technically explained as being sparked during yogic breathing when prana and apana blends at the 3rd chakra (naval center) at which point it initially drops down to the 1st and 2nd chakras before traveling up to the spine to the higher centers of the brain to activate the golden cord - the connection between the pituitary and pineal glands - and penetrate the 7 chakras. However, this technique was denigrated by Judy in a somewhat inane post denying that MMY bijas were the nicknames of the Istadevatas. Go figure. Works cited: 'Kundalini Yoga for the West' by Swami Sivananda Radha (1979; 2nd ed. 1996) pp. 13, 15 'Kundalini Yoga' by Swami Sivananda Divine Life Society, 1935 page 32 Kundalini Yoga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini_yoga References: 'Realities of the Dreaming Mind: The Practice of Dream Yoga' by Swami Sivananda Radha Timeless Books, 2004 'The Serpent Power: The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga' by Sir John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon) Dover, 1974 Read more: Note to newbies: Willytex, aka pundit, punditster, punditmoderator, etc., spouts a great deal of absolute nonsense. Nothing he says about TM (or about much of anything else, but *especially* TM) is to be taken seriously. Just for example, the TM mantras are *not* the names of the Hindu gods. The Hindu gods have perfectly good names of their own. Subject: Re: do you ever repeat your mantra when you are asleep and dreaming? Author: Judy Stein Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: Sat, Dec 17 2005 1:22 pm http://tinyurl.com/9gxse In 30 years, I've never heard a TMer say anything about repeating the mantra when they are asleep, nor have I ever heard a TM teacher mention it. Subject: Re: do you ever repeat your mantra when you are asleep and dreaming? Author: Judy Stein Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: Sat, Dec 17 2005 9:56 am http://tinyurl.com/9gxse http://tinyurl.com/9gxse I actually got two night techniques, one at Estes Park as my 2nd technique, one on my 6-month course. Neither of them was what you described, but one of them could have been a simple version of it. Subject: Re: The new night technique? Author: Rick Archer Newsgroup: Yahoo! FairfieldLife Date: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:52 am http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/83577 Yes. That's why I suspect they may be teaching it. If you want to witness deep sleep, rest your awareness in your heart center or feel your mantra there gently and go to sleep. Subject: Re: The new night technique? Author: Vaj Newsgroup: Yahoo! FairfieldLife Date:
RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
(snip) Ann wrote: It would be interesting to infiltrate the Domes and all of the activities on campus as some unknown, undercover participant for about 6 months attending all the meetings, the news releases, everything to see what is actually the reality of the thing. Of course, I wouldn't have the ability, mentally, to do this as my boredom and tolerance quotient is not great but only then could you get a fair reading on what is going on in FF, the TM FF, at least. Until then, unfortunately, it is all sort of hearsay. Well, exactly. It's interesting--not surprising, though, I guess--that every scrap of negative rumor is taken by some here to be the gospel truth, while anything positive is ignored or dumped on.
RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Church of England Paves Way for Women Bishops in 2014
Oh, surely not! Do you really think so? The Church, anti-woman and anti-body and anti-sexuality? Really? Share babbled: (snip) OTOH, I do think that after St. Paul the Church became very anti body and anti woman and anti sexuality.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: (snip) Ann wrote: It would be interesting to infiltrate the Domes and all of the activities on campus as some unknown, undercover participant for about 6 months attending all the meetings, the news releases, everything to see what is actually the reality of the thing. Of course, I wouldn't have the ability, mentally, to do this as my boredom and tolerance quotient is not great but only then could you get a fair reading on what is going on in FF, the TM FF, at least. Until then, unfortunately, it is all sort of hearsay. Well, exactly. It's interesting--not surprising, though, I guess--that every scrap of negative rumor is taken by some here to be the gospel truth, while anything positive is ignored or dumped on. Have you ever noticed how similar TM cultists sound to One Direction cultists? http://digg.com/video/a-dramatic-reenactment-of-a-youtube-comments-fight http://digg.com/video/a-dramatic-reenactment-of-a-youtube-comments-figh\ t :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
It's been my experience that most TMers don't know much of anything about what is going on inside the TMO, even folks who live in Fairfield and practice regularly in the domes. That's supposed to be what this forum is all about - Fairfield Life - but anyone who reads here can tell you that even insiders like Alex, whose brother is a Raja - or even Rick or Buck seem to not know what's really going on. Real and accurate TMO insider information is very rare these days - we heard from one Raja on this forum a few times, but apparently most of the MUM faculty and the current students avoid this place like the plague! They could be lurking here - I don't know. This leads me to the conclusion that there is no 'TMO' - it's a fiction invented by outsiders. If there were a TMO there would be a lot more and better management. There is a MUM administration for sure, but that's local - who knows what is going on in India or in other countries. Apparently there are numerous TMOs, and none of them seem to be talking to each other. There is apparently still an SRM. Go figure. At one time I read here that MUM sends money to India, to MMYs uncle and his section, and/or to MMYs relatives, but this has not been conformed by any authoritative sources, as far as I know. It may be that the so-called TMO has no money at all to be doling out anyway. Which is not to say there aren't any wealthy donors out there. But, according to the Kaplan brothers most of the money donated was dispersed into failed projects. My guess is that MUM is operating on a shoestring budget and relying on student loans to pay all the bills, just like many other universities and colleges these days. But, I am really impressed that MUM has been sustained since 1972! 'The Maharishi Effect: A Personal Journey Through the Movement That Transformed American Spirituality' by Geoff Gilpin Tarcher/Penguin, 2006 'David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation: David Wants to Fly' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wants_to_Fly The film is too cynically lightweight about the benefits of meditation, as well as about the integrity of Lynch's vision. Any reader of Lynch's published musing on creativity and meditation -- Catching the Big Fish -- will note that Lynch is no fanatic, but simply (and intelligently) proposes a helpful connection between meditating 20 minutes a day and opening channels of creativity. - Amazon review On 11/24/2013 8:44 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. It would be interesting to infiltrate the Domes and all of the activities on campus as some unknown, undercover participant for about 6 months attending all the meetings, the news releases, everything to see what is actually the reality of the thing. Of course, I wouldn't have the ability, mentally, to do this as my boredom and tolerance quotient is not great but only then could you get a fair reading on what is going on in FF, the TM FF, at least. Until then, unfortunately, it is all sort of hearsay. On Sun, 11/24/13, dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
Did you have a comment to make, Barry? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: (snip) Ann wrote: It would be interesting to infiltrate the Domes and all of the activities on campus as some unknown, undercover participant for about 6 months attending all the meetings, the news releases, everything to see what is actually the reality of the thing. Of course, I wouldn't have the ability, mentally, to do this as my boredom and tolerance quotient is not great but only then could you get a fair reading on what is going on in FF, the TM FF, at least. Until then, unfortunately, it is all sort of hearsay. Well, exactly. It's interesting--not surprising, though, I guess--that every scrap of negative rumor is taken by some here to be the gospel truth, while anything positive is ignored or dumped on. Have you ever noticed how similar TM cultists sound to One Direction cultists? http://digg.com/video/a-dramatic-reenactment-of-a-youtube-comments-fight http://digg.com/video/a-dramatic-reenactment-of-a-youtube-comments-fight :-)
RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] An Effective Online Pedegogy
(snip) Ann wrote: Dear Emily, As of last night, arriving back home from an awards banquet and having a glass of wine and a piece of Toblerone as I sat in front of the computer for a final sweep of my emails, news and, you guessed it, FFL I came to a firm conclusion: no more FFL for me. The place had sunk as far as it could, we had reached the dregs. It just wasn't something I could stomach anymore. I knew I was finished here when I realized I was actually looking forward to a post, any post, from (wait for it) Barry to relieve the nauseating presence of both Texas Dick and Share Long. It had seemed that one more inane question, one more disengenuous comment and stroking by Share was going to do me in. It isn't her meanness that was getting to me it was her utter irrelevance and superficiality that finally was eroding any ability to endure it here. And as for Richard, who wants to stay in a room with the dolt that keeps poking and poking at everyone all the while with his finger stuck up his snotty nose saying,Nah, nah, ne, nah, nah.? Nope, I don't. I was done. Then, my masochistic streak got the better of me and I decided to take a look and see if any glimmer of hope for this place had emerged - maybe a new thread on something interesting, relevant, intelligent - anything. And there was a new topic and there was Salyavin and there was hope. I just had to get that off my chest, it was a close one! I've finally figured out what Share's cuter-than-cute posts have been reminding me of: Remember these? This one's called Waiting for Grandma. http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt9r6qD5Cl1r50veuo1_500.jpg http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt9r6qD5Cl1r50veuo1_500.jpg And these: Black velvet painting, Jesus and Elvis. http://darnsexysecondhand.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/jesus-elvis-velvet-painting-sm-frame.jpg?w=640 http://darnsexysecondhand.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/jesus-elvis-velvet-painting-sm-frame.jpg?w=640 Oh, the inanity... A relentlessly steady diet of the kind of verbal kitsch Share churns out is deadening and depressing and even, as you say, nauseating. Devoid of any self-discipline, any self-critical evaluation, any subtlety: whatever the thought is, just spew it out as fast as possible, with no reservation, no filtering, no dignity. See, everybody, I had a thought, and here it is! No reflection, no selection, platitudes delivered as if they were profound insights.
Re: [FairfieldLife] An Effective Online Pedegogy
You sound a little JELLOS. But have you taken any online courses or enrolled at MUM? Not sure what this has to do with an effective online pedagogy - it's not something to fight over I hope. Go figure. On 11/23/2013 11:59 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Oh...yeshere is how it goes...the attack, then the reality rewrite, the defence of the rewrite, the attack on those who would call for honesty or question the attacker or the subsequent reality rewrite, then the victim shows up, and now the innocence gamewhat a sweet little girl Share is, so cute, so wholesome, so flirty in a childlike way. Richard is just overwhelmed by all this and is under the Share spelldon't feel bad Richard, Steve fell under it as well. Enjoyit's endless...I can't wait to do this again with her. The cycle will repeat. This isn't the first time, after all. Share, I get to be next, remember. Next time you feel like you need to go after someone, I want it to be me and I promise not to get mean. You may, I won't. That's my promise to you. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Hey, Richard I just wanted to say thank you for all the great posts this evening about knowledge. Mom and I were out shopping today, including Whole Foods! I'm pretty zonked right now. We're also watching a TV show about a cute litter of puppies called Too Cute. Evidently Saturday night leaves a lot to be desired TV-wise! My last job at MUM was as the Distance Education Coordinator for the Computer Science Dept. We sent out videotapes, that's how long ago that was! Why don't you and Richard take your posts to each other offline where the two of you can marvel at how inane they all are. Remember, save the bandwidth, or whatever it is Ricky continually goes on about. On Saturday, November 23, 2013 7:08 PM, Richard Williams punditster@... wrote: So, I'm sitting here in my home office, and even though it's Saturday night, these students still need help posting their essays to the class and taking their online exams - and the emails just keep on coming and the phone is ringing off the hook. But, at least I'm working from home now and not in that tall building on campus anymore. Inline image 1 One teacher I know told me he 'didn't work on weekends' and I told him that if he wanted to teach an online course, it's the weekends when the students need the most help doing their homework! So, I got the job. Go figure. My Mission Statement: We are aware that learning is a complex, inter-related series of system processes. Instruction requires the employment of cognitive psychology in the design and structure of online teaching to enhance the goal at hand: faster, easier, and to retain and assimilate knowledge. In short, what is needed is an effective pedagogy. When your course or presentation is made interesting and interactive with multimedia, your audience will stay longer, return more often, and retain more knowledge. The primary tool to attain this goal are the new internet media course tools with technical support in an on-line or off-line setting. The incorporation of multimedia and the internet in computer based training and distance learning has made the dream of teachers, trainers, and/or learners come true. Richard J. Williams, A.A.S., B.S. Specialist, Blackboard Learning 9.1 'Online Courses Attract Degree Holders, Survey Finds' New York Times: http://www.nytimes/education/online-courses/survey http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/education/online-courses-attract-degree-holders-survey-finds.html?_r=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Learning_System
[FairfieldLife] Meet the FBI Spies Doing the NSA#39;s Dirty Work
This obscure FBI unit does the domestic surveillance that no other intelligence agency can touch. This is how the NSA gets around the ban against domestic surveillance. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/11/21/the_obscure_fbi_team_that_does_the_nsa_dirty_work http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/11/21/the_obscure_fbi_team_that_does_the_nsa_dirty_work
Re: [FairfieldLife] An Effective Online Pedegogy
You're sounding a little JELLOS too, but thanks for confirming your bias based on my birth circumstances. Your comments are appreciated anyway, but sometimes you seem to be two people in one - one is thoughtful and informative and the other really hates people from Texas and is really mean. Go figure. On 11/24/2013 8:36 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote: Oh...yeshere is how it goes...the attack, then the reality rewrite, the defence of the rewrite, the attack on those who would call for honesty or question the attacker or the subsequent reality rewrite, then the victim shows up, and now the innocence gamewhat a sweet little girl Share is, so cute, so wholesome, so flirty in a childlike way. Richard is just overwhelmed by all this and is under the Share spelldon't feel bad Richard, Steve fell under it as well. Enjoyit's endless...I can't wait to do this again with her. The cycle will repeat. This isn't the first time, after all. Share, I get to be next, remember. Next time you feel like you need to go after someone, I want it to be me and I promise not to get mean. You may, I won't. That's my promise to you. Dear Emily, As of last night, arriving back home from an awards banquet and having a glass of wine and a piece of Toblerone as I sat in front of the computer for a final sweep of my emails, news and, you guessed it, FFL I came to a firm conclusion: no more FFL for me. The place had sunk as far as it could, we had reached the dregs. It just wasn't something I could stomach anymore. I knew I was finished here when I realized I was actually looking forward to a post, any post, from (wait for it) Barry to relieve the nauseating presence of both Texas Dick and Share Long. It had seemed that one more inane question, one more disengenuous comment and stroking by Share was going to do me in. It isn't her meanness that was getting to me it was her utter irrelevance and superficiality that finally was eroding any ability to endure it here. And as for Richard, who wants to stay in a room with the dolt that keeps poking and poking at everyone all the while with his finger stuck up his snotty nose saying,Nah, nah, ne, nah, nah.? Nope, I don't. I was done. Then, my masochistic streak got the better of me and I decided to take a look and see if any glimmer of hope for this place had emerged - maybe a new thread on something interesting, relevant, intelligent - anything. And there was a new topic and there was Salyavin and there was hope. I just had to get that off my chest, it was a close one! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Hey, Richard I just wanted to say thank you for all the great posts this evening about knowledge. Mom and I were out shopping today, including Whole Foods! I'm pretty zonked right now. We're also watching a TV show about a cute litter of puppies called Too Cute. Evidently Saturday night leaves a lot to be desired TV-wise! My last job at MUM was as the Distance Education Coordinator for the Computer Science Dept. We sent out videotapes, that's how long ago that was! Why don't you and Richard take your posts to each other offline where the two of you can marvel at how inane they all are. Remember, save the bandwidth, or whatever it is Ricky continually goes on about. On Saturday, November 23, 2013 7:08 PM, Richard Williams punditster@... wrote: So, I'm sitting here in my home office, and even though it's Saturday night, these students still need help posting their essays to the class and taking their online exams - and the emails just keep on coming and the phone is ringing off the hook. But, at least I'm working from home now and not in that tall building on campus anymore. Inline image 1 One teacher I know told me he 'didn't work on weekends' and I told him that if he wanted to teach an online course, it's the weekends when the students need the most help doing their homework! So, I got the job. Go figure. My Mission Statement: We are aware that learning is a complex, inter-related series of system processes. Instruction requires the employment of cognitive psychology in the design and structure of online teaching to enhance the goal at hand: faster, easier, and to retain and assimilate knowledge. In short, what is needed is an effective pedagogy. When your course or presentation is made interesting and interactive with multimedia, your audience will stay longer, return more often, and retain more knowledge. The primary tool to attain this goal are the new
[FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time
Re Richard's It would be interesting to speculate just how much Leibnitz . . . knew about the pessimistic philosophies of ancient India: Very interesting indeed. Leibniz (died 1716) was one of the most switched-on and turned-on of philosophers. He was the first westerner to investigate the Chinese book of change(s), the I Ching, with its yin/yang lines, trigrams and hexagrams - a major influence on his promoting a binary arithmetic and his championing of early calculating devices and prophesying the advent of the computer. What's more, his novel idea that each of us is a monad reflecting whatever occurs elsewhere in the universe owes a great deal to the Hindu myth of the Net of Indra later adopted by Hua-yen Buddhism.: The most important philosophical contributions of the Hua-yen school were in the area of its metaphysics. It taught the doctrine of the mutual containment and interpenetration of all phenomena, as expressed in Indra's Net. One thing contains all other existing things, and all existing things contain that one thing. (A forerunner of the holographic interpretation of modern physics.) Voltaire was pretty shallow compared to Leibniz - but a first-rate journalist and champion of freedom. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: Did you have a comment to make, Barry? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: (snip) Ann wrote: It would be interesting to infiltrate the Domes and all of the activities on campus as some unknown, undercover participant for about 6 months attending all the meetings, the news releases, everything to see what is actually the reality of the thing. Of course, I wouldn't have the ability, mentally, to do this as my boredom and tolerance quotient is not great but only then could you get a fair reading on what is going on in FF, the TM FF, at least. Until then, unfortunately, it is all sort of hearsay. Well, exactly. It's interesting--not surprising, though, I guess--that every scrap of negative rumor is taken by some here to be the gospel truth, while anything positive is ignored or dumped on. Have you ever noticed how similar TM cultists sound to One Direction cultists? http://digg.com/video/a-dramatic-reenactment-of-a-youtube-comments-fight http://digg.com/video/a-dramatic-reenactment-of-a-youtube-comments-fight :-)
[FairfieldLife] The gnomes of Zurich are getting richer
From Telegraph: Early results suggest Swiss voters are saying no to a proposal to bring in a law that would limit executive pay to 12 times that of the lowest paid. There are many more votes still to count, but it is clear the initiative cannot pass now. The new rules would have given Switzerland the world's toughest pay rules and some of the lowest executive salaries - which business leaders said would limit foreign investment. It is the second time this year that Swiss voters have been balloted on the issue. In March they did back strict limits on bonuses and golden handshakes. There has been widespread public anger at revelations that some of Switzerland's chief executives are earning more than 200 times what their employees take home. Some Swiss have been further irritated that these high levels of pay are being given to executives whose firms have been cutting jobs. Although this proposal may have been defeated, the issue of high salaries and a widening wage gap has not gone away. Early next year, Switzerland will hold another referendum on a guaranteed minimum wage.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time WE CHOOSE OUR INCARNATION TIME SO ITS ALWAYS BEST4 US!
When I go to the gym for my exercise program I always start out slow, doing some stretching exercises to warm up. I've noticed several others doing the same thing before a long run in the park. Then comes the heavy lifting like curls, or running on the treadmill or on the elliptic. I've also got a habit of stretching in bed when I wake up before I get up and start walking around the house. When taking an exam in school, experts say to read all the questions before you start, then work the easy problems first, and save the more difficult ones for last. In one one class I took, Business Math, when the final exam came, I already knew what my average was in the course and how many points I needed to make on the final in order to pass with a 'C'. So, in just a few minutes I completed all the easy questions and I had over two hours to complete the difficult ones. Sure, I made an 'A' in the course by completing all the questions, but I could have left the room in about ten minutes knowing I had already passed the course with a 'B'. If I had attempted the hard questions first, I might have run out of time and really screwed up. Go figure. On 11/24/2013 7:41 AM, William Leed wrote: -Original Message- From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, Nov 24, 2013 5:15 am Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time That's my way too, the other way, Marshy's way you keep the spectre of the unpleasant task looming in your awareness while you do the easy stuff - creates stress and screws up the enjoyment of the stuff one loves to do. Amazing that an enlightened feller got it wrong. On Sun, 11/24/13,s3raph...@yahoo.com mailto:s3raph...@yahoo.com s3raph...@yahoo.com mailto:s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time To:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 2:40 AM Re I also thought it interesting that Maharishi said that when you have a bunch of tasks to do, do the easy ones first to build up momentum. Then do the difficult ones.: The exact opposite of my approach. When I have a series of tasks to get out the way I always do the ones I dislike most first so that I'm always advancing towards the tasks I find easiest - even enjoyable. That's better psychology - at least it suits my temperament. ---infairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: John, I also thought it interesting that Maharishi said that when you're taking a test or have a bunch of tasks to do, do the easy ones first to build up momentum. Then do the difficult ones. On Saturday, November 23, 2013 5:29 PM, jr_esq@... jr_esq@... wrote: Richard, MMY stated to take the path of least resistance. That is the more likely the correct alternative. Jyotish can help in that regard. But some people have a problem with that. IMO, they end up fighting for a lost cause. FWIW. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: This got me to thinking too, about being in the right place at the right time. I wonder how much being in the right place at the right time is a matter of personal choice or just plain old karma. As I get older I've begun to think back about the choices I made in the past, and why I made those choices. Only a few times can I remember actually deciding what to do - there's always some force involved that is often unseen or accounted for. Most of the time being where I was was not something I had much control over - it was mostly a matter of necessity and/or survival. Most of us don't get to make real choices - we think we do, but mainly we make choices because of finances that seem to dictate where we go, how we live, and what we do. But, if you look back and examine things and events real closely, you may find that things and events happen for a reason, sometimes for reasons we don't understand at the time. Everything is connected and every action we take comes from a cause - there's not much free will when you really think about it. If we've all lived lives in the past, you'll realize that there's nothing much we can do now to change what came before - all we can do now is try to make things better for ourselves in the future. For some, being in the right place at the right times is just a matter of fate, but I think most of what happens to us is the result of what we
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Right Place, Right Time
Well, you could start out by explaining the Rama levitation event. There must have been a lot of drama in the lecture hall when even the guards saw the golden light around Rama's head as he bobbed and hovered! The question is, why couldn't Rama float and walk on water instead of drowning his self in a lake? I guess that's what he wanted to do, drown, but I wonder why he didn't just shoot out into space to make a real impression. Go figure. But, if we have free will, anyone should be able to defy gravity any time they want to. Go figure. On 11/24/2013 6:51 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 wrote: I think it's about time that the TMO remembered that hopping is just the first stage of flying. People should be fined for not hovering in mid-air. That'd sort them out. I mean, if you are going to alter the laws of physics and create action at a distance by hopping up and down, why not go the whole hog and levitate. Remember the lecture? Gravity is merely a statistical probability and at the level of the unified field we can achieve anything. Put yer money where yer mouth is... And not just WITHIN the TM organization -- put yer money where yer mouth is *publicly*. Arrange a Superpower-Off TV special, in which TMers who have mastered the Sidhis face off against Scientologists who have mastered their super powers program. Think of the drama. Teams of cultists who believe that they can fly face off against challenging teams of cultists who believe that they can revive the dead. The teams glare intently at each other, invoke their respective delusions, and nothing happens. Nothing happens for the entire length of the special. At the end of the contest, both teams declare victory.
RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] An Effective Online Pedegogy
So many posts - so much prattle. FFL would be better served by returning to a posting limit. Perhaps even lowering it to 30-40 posts per week. People would once again start to count the cost of cheap babbling. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: Dear Emily, As of last night, arriving back home from an awards banquet and having a glass of wine and a piece of Toblerone as I sat in front of the computer for a final sweep of my emails, news and, you guessed it, FFL I came to a firm conclusion: no more FFL for me. The place had sunk as far as it could, we had reached the dregs. It just wasn't something I could stomach anymore. I knew I was finished here when I realized I was actually looking forward to a post, any post, from (wait for it) Barry to relieve the nauseating presence of both Texas Dick and Share Long. It had seemed that one more inane question, one more disengenuous comment and stroking by Share was going to do me in. It isn't her meanness that was getting to me it was her utter irrelevance and superficiality that finally was eroding any ability to endure it here. And as for Richard, who wants to stay in a room with the dolt that keeps poking and poking at everyone all the while with his finger stuck up his snotty nose saying,Nah, nah, ne, nah, nah.? Nope, I don't. I was done. Then, my masochistic streak got the better of me and I decided to take a look and see if any glimmer of hope for this place had emerged - maybe a new thread on something interesting, relevant, intelligent - anything. And there was a new topic and there was Salyavin and there was hope. I just had to get that off my chest, it was a close one!
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time
Anyone can create physical change by hopping - there will be sound waves and a gravitational effect that can be felt and seen by anyone. If you throw a pebble into a pond of water the effect will be ripples radiating out in waves to the edge of the pond. This analogy corresponds to the theory of cause and effect - causality. For everything that happens there is a cause and a corresponding effect - there is a relation between cause and effect. The question is, can a thought influence nature or our surroundings? Buddhist certainly think so, because one of the cardinal beliefs of Buddhism is to project good thoughts along with acts that do no harm to a living thing. So, if thought is energy it would have an effect on something, if nothing more than an effect on the mind itself. Some people think there is a relation between thoughts and the ability to cause physical change. It may be possible that positive thinking can influence the ability of the body to heal itself in a sick person. On 11/24/2013 5:43 AM, salyavin808 wrote: I think it's about time that the TMO remembered that hopping is just the first stage of flying. People should be fined for not hovering in mid-air. That'd sort them out. I mean, if you are going to alter the laws of physics and create action at a distance by hopping up and down, why not go the whole hog and levitate. Remember the lecture? Gravity is merely a statistical probability and at the level of the unified field we can achieve anything. Put yer money where yer mouth is... It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. On Sun, 11/24/13, dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@... mailto:dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days. What a drag that was. It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I received some communication from someone I know who is in the Domes and this person told me some interesting things that I had not heard before.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Where People Live
Thanks, your opinion means a lot to me. Apparently you've done some traveling yourself. My daughter lives in Santa Rosa in Sonoma. She wants us to move out there. I asked her why she picked one of the most expensive places to live on the planet and she said it was just karma. It's not often that we get to start with a blank slate, in this case, a blank map. I had to work until I was 65 years old to do be able to do want I really want to do! On 11/24/2013 12:17 AM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: Richard, I like this particular post of yours rolling out your thought process. I've been developing my criteria for moving as well, in the next 5 years or so. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: Inline image 1 Someday soon we are going to be selling everything and packing up what's left to move to a place that's right for us. There are good reasons to move and good reason to stay where we are. Each area has its pros and cons. Every place you live is a compromise and there is no perfect place For example some place have good weather all year like Laguna Beach, California, and some places have weather that sucks, like Cut Bank, Montana. For others, weather is perhaps not as big of a deal. Most people like what they already know and the older people get the more they have resistance to change. For me, moving isn't a big deal, since I spent eighteen years a military brat, living in over ten U.S. states, England and Japan. After college I lived in California for thirteen years, both north and south, and then moved to Austin, Texas for twelve years. Recently Rita and I visited her hometown, Detroit, and visited her sister for a few weeks. And, I've driven through most of the U.S. at one time or another. I love northern California and the Escondido area around San Diego - lots of business opportunities;good schools; avocados.. These are the many reasons people like to live near the ocean or the mountains. But, there are some negatives also, like in California where the state is struggling, which means the cities are now struggling. The bureaucracy is increasing out there. Some people are getting tired of dealing high property taxes - Prop 13 sets property tax on homes at 1% - and sales taxes are going up all the time. If you buy a $1M home you'll pay $10,000 just in taxes to live in San Diego County! Is there some place that would be an almost ideal place to live? If you take out a map of the U.S. you can easily cross off several locations. The first thing we did was cut out places where homes are very expensive, like Seattle, Washington or San Francisco, California or Portland, Oregon. We want someplace that is cheap where you can park a lot of cars and play loud music. So, you can cross off places where it's too hot or too dry or too wet - bad weather. And, we want to avoid tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, blizzards and deserts. That rules out most of the middle of the country, California, Texas, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Montana and most of the Gulf of Mexico states, and the far north both east and west. Some people don't like living in flat lands - they prefer mountains with trees and scenery. We want a place that has rivers, lakes, and less traffic. So, after ruling out those places (there are still some rural places in California, Oregon, and Washington, but they're not ideal for one reason or another). Years ago Stephen Gaskin and his family opted to move from San Francisco to Tennessee to be on The Farm. So, I started to consider places like Nashville and Memphis where Rita could still continue playing in her band and I could park my cars and work out of my home office on the internet. In a recent survey of great places to retire Chattanooga was at the top of the list. Go figure. I've been reading about how Chattanooga is experiencing a resurgence of vitality in the city: very low rates for electricity due to good management by the Tennessee Valley Authority. And very fast network connections too. You can buy a nice house in Chattanooga for $150,000 or rent a house for around $1000 a month; car registration is $28; $2 a year to register your boat; you can establish a corporation for $150. So, living costs would be a lot cheaper in Chattanooga than some other places. What is there to do there? We don't want to be out in the sticks with no culture or entertainment. We want to live near a town or city where there are lakes and river for rafting and caves to explore, and trails for mountain biking. And, there are historical sites too; Washington D.C. is just a days drive away. So, in a quick review of the positives of living in Chattanooga: there is cheap housing; cheap energy; cheap water; cheap land; low taxes; and low bureaucracy. There are green lands, mountains, rivers and lakes and fire flies out in nature. And industry - Amazon is out there and Ikea, Home Depot, and a Whole
[FairfieldLife] Stewart Cubley: New Interview on Buddha at the Gas Pump - 11/23/2013
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Re: [FairfieldLife] An Effective Online Pedegogy
Who says we don't already do that? But if we did, what would you have to read here? So, I welcome your feed-back, even tho sometimes it's a little rough, but I can take it - I'm pretty thick-skinned, having tolerated years of abusive dialog on Usenet. LoL! What we need here is more posting, not less. It's difficult to carry on a conversation in just 50 posts a week! There are over 1000 people subscribed to this list, but only about a dozen are participating these days. I first came here to get information and to maybe contact some old TMer friends. We all know what the two Barry's and Judy are doing - they seem to have a way with words. But, I wonder what Rick Stanley and Ned Wynn are doing these days? Apparently John Manning is still harassing that Mormon discussion group. Go figure. On 11/23/2013 10:19 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Hey, Richard I just wanted to say thank you for all the great posts this evening about knowledge. Mom and I were out shopping today, including Whole Foods! I'm pretty zonked right now. We're also watching a TV show about a cute litter of puppies called Too Cute. Evidently Saturday night leaves a lot to be desired TV-wise! My last job at MUM was as the Distance Education Coordinator for the Computer Science Dept. We sent out videotapes, that's how long ago that was! Why don't you and Richard take your posts to each other offline where the two of you can marvel at how inane they all are. Remember, save the bandwidth, or whatever it is Ricky continually goes on about. On Saturday, November 23, 2013 7:08 PM, Richard Williams punditster@... wrote: So, I'm sitting here in my home office, and even though it's Saturday night, these students still need help posting their essays to the class and taking their online exams - and the emails just keep on coming and the phone is ringing off the hook. But, at least I'm working from home now and not in that tall building on campus anymore. Inline image 1 One teacher I know told me he 'didn't work on weekends' and I told him that if he wanted to teach an online course, it's the weekends when the students need the most help doing their homework! So, I got the job. Go figure. My Mission Statement: We are aware that learning is a complex, inter-related series of system processes. Instruction requires the employment of cognitive psychology in the design and structure of online teaching to enhance the goal at hand: faster, easier, and to retain and assimilate knowledge. In short, what is needed is an effective pedagogy. When your course or presentation is made interesting and interactive with multimedia, your audience will stay longer, return more often, and retain more knowledge. The primary tool to attain this goal are the new internet media course tools with technical support in an on-line or off-line setting. The incorporation of multimedia and the internet in computer based training and distance learning has made the dream of teachers, trainers, and/or learners come true. Richard J. Williams, A.A.S., B.S. Specialist, Blackboard Learning 9.1 'Online Courses Attract Degree Holders, Survey Finds' New York Times: http://www.nytimes/education/online-courses/survey http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/education/online-courses-attract-degree-holders-survey-finds.html?_r=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Learning_System
Re: [FairfieldLife] The gnomes of Zurich are getting richer
More raping and pillaging of the world by the privileged aided and abetted by Swiss stupid who must all believe they're going to be given a job someday that more than 200 times what they were getting sweeping floors. On 11/24/2013 08:34 AM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: From Telegraph: Early results suggest Swiss voters are saying no to a proposal to bring in a law that would limit executive pay to 12 times that of the lowest paid. There are many more votes still to count, but it is clear the initiative cannot pass now. The new rules would have given Switzerland the world's toughest pay rules and some of the lowest executive salaries - which business leaders said would limit foreign investment. It is the second time this year that Swiss voters have been balloted on the issue. In March they did back strict limits on bonuses and golden handshakes. There has been widespread public anger at revelations that some of Switzerland's chief executives are earning more than 200 times what their employees take home. Some Swiss have been further irritated that these high levels of pay are being given to executives whose firms have been cutting jobs. Although this proposal may have been defeated, the issue of high salaries and a widening wage gap has not gone away. Early next year, Switzerland will hold another referendum on a guaranteed minimum wage.
Re: [FairfieldLife] An Effective Online Pedegogy
You're forgetting this places is also known as the Funny Farm Lounge. Nurse Ratched will be along with meds in a minute. On 11/24/2013 06:36 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emilymaenot@... wrote: Oh...yeshere is how it goes...the attack, then the reality rewrite, the defence of the rewrite, the attack on those who would call for honesty or question the attacker or the subsequent reality rewrite, then the victim shows up, and now the innocence gamewhat a sweet little girl Share is, so cute, so wholesome, so flirty in a childlike way. Richard is just overwhelmed by all this and is under the Share spelldon't feel bad Richard, Steve fell under it as well. Enjoyit's endless...I can't wait to do this again with her. The cycle will repeat. This isn't the first time, after all. Share, I get to be next, remember. Next time you feel like you need to go after someone, I want it to be me and I promise not to get mean. You may, I won't. That's my promise to you. Dear Emily, As of last night, arriving back home from an awards banquet and having a glass of wine and a piece of Toblerone as I sat in front of the computer for a final sweep of my emails, news and, you guessed it, FFL I came to a firm conclusion: no more FFL for me. The place had sunk as far as it could, we had reached the dregs. It just wasn't something I could stomach anymore. I knew I was finished here when I realized I was actually looking forward to a post, any post, from (wait for it) Barry to relieve the nauseating presence of both Texas Dick and Share Long. It had seemed that one more inane question, one more disengenuous comment and stroking by Share was going to do me in. It isn't her meanness that was getting to me it was her utter irrelevance and superficiality that finally was eroding any ability to endure it here. And as for Richard, who wants to stay in a room with the dolt that keeps poking and poking at everyone all the while with his finger stuck up his snotty nose saying,Nah, nah, ne, nah, nah.? Nope, I don't. I was done. Then, my masochistic streak got the better of me and I decided to take a look and see if any glimmer of hope for this place had emerged - maybe a new thread on something interesting, relevant, intelligent - anything. And there was a new topic and there was Salyavin and there was hope. I just had to get that off my chest, it was a close one! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote:
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Where People Live
Go to it. This is your one life, as far as I'm concerned. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: Thanks, your opinion means a lot to me. Apparently you've done some traveling yourself. My daughter lives in Santa Rosa in Sonoma. She wants us to move out there. I asked her why she picked one of the most expensive places to live on the planet and she said it was just karma. It's not often that we get to start with a blank slate, in this case, a blank map. I had to work until I was 65 years old to do be able to do want I really want to do! On 11/24/2013 12:17 AM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote: Richard, I like this particular post of yours rolling out your thought process. I've been developing my criteria for moving as well, in the next 5 years or so. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: Someday soon we are going to be selling everything and packing up what's left to move to a place that's right for us. There are good reasons to move and good reason to stay where we are. Each area has its pros and cons. Every place you live is a compromise and there is no perfect place For example some place have good weather all year like Laguna Beach, California, and some places have weather that sucks, like Cut Bank, Montana. For others, weather is perhaps not as big of a deal. Most people like what they already know and the older people get the more they have resistance to change. For me, moving isn't a big deal, since I spent eighteen years a military brat, living in over ten U.S. states, England and Japan. After college I lived in California for thirteen years, both north and south, and then moved to Austin, Texas for twelve years. Recently Rita and I visited her hometown, Detroit, and visited her sister for a few weeks. And, I've driven through most of the U.S. at one time or another. I love northern California and the Escondido area around San Diego - lots of business opportunities;good schools; avocados.. These are the many reasons people like to live near the ocean or the mountains. But, there are some negatives also, like in California where the state is struggling, which means the cities are now struggling. The bureaucracy is increasing out there. Some people are getting tired of dealing high property taxes - Prop 13 sets property tax on homes at 1% - and sales taxes are going up all the time. If you buy a $1M home you'll pay $10,000 just in taxes to live in San Diego County! Is there some place that would be an almost ideal place to live? If you take out a map of the U.S. you can easily cross off several locations. The first thing we did was cut out places where homes are very expensive, like Seattle, Washington or San Francisco, California or Portland, Oregon. We want someplace that is cheap where you can park a lot of cars and play loud music. So, you can cross off places where it's too hot or too dry or too wet - bad weather. And, we want to avoid tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, blizzards and deserts. That rules out most of the middle of the country, California, Texas, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Montana and most of the Gulf of Mexico states, and the far north both east and west. Some people don't like living in flat lands - they prefer mountains with trees and scenery. We want a place that has rivers, lakes, and less traffic. So, after ruling out those places (there are still some rural places in California, Oregon, and Washington, but they're not ideal for one reason or another). Years ago Stephen Gaskin and his family opted to move from San Francisco to Tennessee to be on The Farm. So, I started to consider places like Nashville and Memphis where Rita could still continue playing in her band and I could park my cars and work out of my home office on the internet. In a recent survey of great places to retire Chattanooga was at the top of the list. Go figure. I've been reading about how Chattanooga is experiencing a resurgence of vitality in the city: very low rates for electricity due to good management by the Tennessee Valley Authority. And very fast network connections too. You can buy a nice house in Chattanooga for $150,000 or rent a house for around $1000 a month; car registration is $28; $2 a year to register your boat; you can establish a corporation for $150. So, living costs would be a lot cheaper in Chattanooga than some other places. What is there to do there? We don't want to be out in the sticks with no culture or entertainment. We want to live near a town or city where there are lakes and river for rafting and caves to explore, and trails for mountain biking. And, there are historical sites too; Washington D.C. is just a days drive away. So, in a quick review of the positives of living in
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] An Effective Online Pedegogy
Yes Ann and Judy, I agree with all of this. Share's scary plane rides post was the one that almost did me in. It will never stop. I believe her brain is wired this way and there is nothing she is doing to increase awareness of her self and her condition, nothing at least that has had any effect on her behavior since she joined. As I've said, I learn in reverse so in some perverted sense, she's taught me a lesson or two. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: (snip) Ann wrote: Dear Emily, As of last night, arriving back home from an awards banquet and having a glass of wine and a piece of Toblerone as I sat in front of the computer for a final sweep of my emails, news and, you guessed it, FFL I came to a firm conclusion: no more FFL for me. The place had sunk as far as it could, we had reached the dregs. It just wasn't something I could stomach anymore. I knew I was finished here when I realized I was actually looking forward to a post, any post, from (wait for it) Barry to relieve the nauseating presence of both Texas Dick and Share Long. It had seemed that one more inane question, one more disengenuous comment and stroking by Share was going to do me in. It isn't her meanness that was getting to me it was her utter irrelevance and superficiality that finally was eroding any ability to endure it here. And as for Richard, who wants to stay in a room with the dolt that keeps poking and poking at everyone all the while with his finger stuck up his snotty nose saying,Nah, nah, ne, nah, nah.? Nope, I don't. I was done. Then, my masochistic streak got the better of me and I decided to take a look and see if any glimmer of hope for this place had emerged - maybe a new thread on something interesting, relevant, intelligent - anything. And there was a new topic and there was Salyavin and there was hope. I just had to get that off my chest, it was a close one! I've finally figured out what Share's cuter-than-cute posts have been reminding me of: Remember these? This one's called Waiting for Grandma. http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt9r6qD5Cl1r50veuo1_500.jpg http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt9r6qD5Cl1r50veuo1_500.jpg And these: Black velvet painting, Jesus and Elvis. http://darnsexysecondhand.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/jesus-elvis-velvet-painting-sm-frame.jpg?w=640 http://darnsexysecondhand.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/jesus-elvis-velvet-painting-sm-frame.jpg?w=640 Oh, the inanity... A relentlessly steady diet of the kind of verbal kitsch Share churns out is deadening and depressing and even, as you say, nauseating. Devoid of any self-discipline, any self-critical evaluation, any subtlety: whatever the thought is, just spew it out as fast as possible, with no reservation, no filtering, no dignity. See, everybody, I had a thought, and here it is! No reflection, no selection, platitudes delivered as if they were profound insights.
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Timelt; WE CHOOSE OUR INCARNATION TIME SO ITS ALWAYS BEST4 US!
What you've said here has nothing to do with what Seraphita was saying, just so you know. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: When I go to the gym for my exercise program I always start out slow, doing some stretching exercises to warm up. I've noticed several others doing the same thing before a long run in the park. Then comes the heavy lifting like curls, or running on the treadmill or on the elliptic. I've also got a habit of stretching in bed when I wake up before I get up and start walking around the house. When taking an exam in school, experts say to read all the questions before you start, then work the easy problems first, and save the more difficult ones for last. In one one class I took, Business Math, when the final exam came, I already knew what my average was in the course and how many points I needed to make on the final in order to pass with a 'C'. So, in just a few minutes I completed all the easy questions and I had over two hours to complete the difficult ones. Sure, I made an 'A' in the course by completing all the questions, but I could have left the room in about ten minutes knowing I had already passed the course with a 'B'. If I had attempted the hard questions first, I might have run out of time and really screwed up. Go figure. On 11/24/2013 7:41 AM, William Leed wrote: -Original Message- From: Michael Jackson mjackson74@... mailto:mjackson74@... To: FairfieldLife FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, Nov 24, 2013 5:15 am Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time That's my way too, the other way, Marshy's way you keep the spectre of the unpleasant task looming in your awareness while you do the easy stuff - creates stress and screws up the enjoyment of the stuff one loves to do. Amazing that an enlightened feller got it wrong. On Sun, 11/24/13, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 2:40 AM Re I also thought it interesting that Maharishi said that when you have a bunch of tasks to do, do the easy ones first to build up momentum. Then do the difficult ones.: The exact opposite of my approach. When I have a series of tasks to get out the way I always do the ones I dislike most first so that I'm always advancing towards the tasks I find easiest - even enjoyable. That's better psychology - at least it suits my temperament. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@... wrote: John, I also thought it interesting that Maharishi said that when you're taking a test or have a bunch of tasks to do, do the easy ones first to build up momentum. Then do the difficult ones. On Saturday, November 23, 2013 5:29 PM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... wrote: Richard, MMY stated to take the path of least resistance. That is the more likely the correct alternative. Jyotish can help in that regard. But some people have a problem with that. IMO, they end up fighting for a lost cause. FWIW. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... mailto:punditster@... wrote: This got me to thinking too, about being in the right place at the right time. I wonder how much being in the right place at the right time is a matter of personal choice or just plain old karma. As I get older I've begun to think back about the choices I made in the past, and why I made those choices. Only a few times can I remember actually deciding what to do - there's always some force involved that is often unseen or accounted for. Most of the time being where I was was not something I had much control over - it was mostly a matter of necessity and/or survival. Most of us don't get to make real choices - we think we do, but mainly we make choices because of finances that seem to dictate where we go, how we live, and what we do. But, if you look back and examine things and events real closely, you may find that things and events happen for a reason, sometimes for reasons we don't understand at the time. Everything is connected and every action we take comes from a cause - there's not much free will when you really think about it. If we've all lived lives in the past, you'll realize that there's nothing much we can do now to change what came before - all we can do now is try to make things better for ourselves in the future. For some, being in
Re: [FairfieldLife] Autisim + TM = game-changer for the TM organization AND for people with autism?
The party's over, most of the guests have gone home but a few drunken revelers are trying to keep it alive at 4 AM. :-D On 11/21/2013 09:46 PM, lengli...@cox.net wrote: I watched that autism webinar that was put on by the David Lynch and Joey Lowenstein foundations, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhK6PVp2AjI. and it was nice, but I heard a lot of people claiming, as usual, that TM was no different than any other form of meditation, was too expensive, and that the webinar was merely an infomertial, etc. So, I did a scholar.google.com search, and came across a new research review on the EEG of autism. Not to put too fine a point on it, but, after checking further, on just about every measure I could find, TM's effects on normal people reverses what you find in an autistic person --brainwave power, brain activity, brain connections-- they all appear to be /exactly the opposite/ from what is typical for an autistic person. Also, /mindfulness/ and /concentration/ meditation techniques show measures that are similar to what autistic people already show, which implies they are NOT good for autistic people to practice. If research on autistic people doing TM shows the same kinds of changes that normal people show when they do TM, this implies that TM is a direct treatment for autism, not just an anti-stress technique that might be good for autistic people to practice. Here's my original reddit.com message I put up, which includes the links to the various studies that I use to justify what I say above: A recent review of all studies on EEG and autism showed that the main pattern of EEG found in people with ASD actually resembles the changes that take place DURING mindfulness and concentration practices. This suggests that such practices are completely inappropriate for individuals with autism. [Resting state EEG abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders (full text, pdf file)]ttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3058935/pdf/nihms210802.pdf Mindfulness and concentration-based meditation practices tend to show higher levels of Gamma EEG or higher levels of theta EEG while showing lower levels of Alpha EEG [Focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending: Categories to organize meditations from Vedic, Buddhist and Chinese traditions -Table 1 (full text, pdf file)]http://drfredtravis.com/downloads/Travis_preprint.pdf while Transcendental Meditation tends to show higher levels of Alpha EEG power and lower power levels in other EEG frequency bands. [A self-referential default brain state: patterns of coherence, power, and eLORETA sources during eyes-closed rest and Transcendental Meditation practice]http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10339-009-0343-2 The first study above also mentions that people with Autism Spectrum Disorder show a markedly reduced level of long-distance connectivity in the brain. Recently published research on many forms of meditation _other than_ TM also found that most forms of meditation reduce the level of long-distance connectivity in the brain, making their effect similar to that which is considered abnormal when found in patients with ASD: [Reduced functional connectivity between cortical sources in five meditation traditions detected with lagged coherence using EEG tomography (full text, pdf file)]http://www.amaye.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/med-connectivity-EEG-tomog.pdf The above researchers were recently given a live demo of how fast and how effectively TM establishes long-distance connectivity in the brain, and are conducting their study again, this time using TM practitioners, so that they can compare the results. Based on published research on EEG, researchers on TM expect that this new study will show that TM has exactly the opposite effect from other forms of meditation with respect to long-distance connectivity. Research on ASD and the resting network of the brain –the so-called “default mode network”– has found that there is a marked abnormality in how the DMN functions in patients with ASD, especially the connectivity to and activity of, the medial Prefrontal Cortex: [Abnormal functional connectivity of default mode sub-networks in autism spectrum disorder patients (full text, pdf file)]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3058935/pdf/nihms210802.pdf This turns out to be exactly the same area mostly like to show reduced activity and connectivity due to the practice of mindfulness and concentrative practices: [Attending to the present: mindfulness meditation reveals distinct neural modes of self-reference]http://scan.oxfordjournals.org/content/2/4/313.abstract [Impact of meditation training on the default mode network during a restful state (full text, pdf file)]http://scan.oxfordjournals.org/content/8/1/4.full.pdf [Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity (full text,
[FairfieldLife] RE: An Effective Online Pedegogy
Nah ... it's nurse Hatchet who is handing out pre-fab dentures for the old folks here who have nothing more to do but sputter and fume. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: You're forgetting this places is also known as the Funny Farm Lounge. Nurse Ratched will be along with meds in a minute.
[FairfieldLife] Going out of my mind?
http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html
[FairfieldLife] RE: Going out of my mind?
This seems like it may explain out-of-my-body-into-somebody-else's-body experiences, but not just plain old out-of-body experiences. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Going out of my mind?
I think what she's trying to say is that the scientists left out The Woo Factor. Cultists always need The Woo Factor. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: This seems like it may explain out-of-my-body-into-somebody-else's-body experiences, but not just plain old out-of-body experiences. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html
[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Going out of my mind?
Is that so? (snicker) Barry, don't try to figure out what I'm trying to say, OK? You aren't smart enough. And remember your principled objection to the term cultist from awhile back here: The word 'cult,' when used by *anyone*, is a thought-stopper. I'm fairly sensitive to it because I've had to fight such epithets, and more concrete issues such as blacklisting, on the front lines. It's sorta like calling any American who was against the rush to war after 9/11 a 'traitor.' The intent of hurling the epithet is to demean the person being called the name, to encourage other people in the audience to brand the person with that label, and thus to undercut anything that the targeted victim says by calling his or her credibility into question. You wouldn't like it much if the epithet 'cultist' was applied to you, right? If that's so, you might think about not trying to brand others with it. Just my opinion... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: I think what she's trying to say is that the scientists left out The Woo Factor. Cultists always need The Woo Factor. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: This seems like it may explain out-of-my-body-into-somebody-else's-body experiences, but not just plain old out-of-body experiences. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Going out of my mind?
Reminds me of the folks I listened to on the radio this last week explaining why people won't believe the lone gunman theory. They have all these sewed up psychological theories about how the mind develops conspiracy theories. I find the lone gunman theory as preposterous a the idea Martians assassinated JFK. On 11/24/2013 11:15 AM, salyavin808 wrote: http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: An Effective Online Pedegogy
I'm guessing you don't know who Nurse Ratched is. ;-) On 11/24/2013 10:10 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Nah ... it's nurse Hatchet who is handing out pre-fab dentures for the old folks here who have nothing more to do but sputter and fume. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: You're forgetting this places is also known as the Funny Farm Lounge. Nurse Ratched will be along with meds in a minute.
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
I look forward to the group meditating. It's a fabulous place to meditate for the field effect that is there. You should come back some time and within join the group meditating. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. On Sun, 11/24/13, Buck wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days. What a drag that was. It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I received some communication from someone I know who is in the Domes and this person told me some interesting things that I had not heard before. I have changed some of the wording to keep this person's identity confidential, but in essence she said that the TMO or I guess more accurately the powers that be at MUM, are paying 2 full time monitors to regulate activity in the Lady's Dome - to wit, they go about taking names of people who are sleeping during program. Subsequently these folks are called in for a talking to for lying down during any part of program except rest AND people are being taken to task for not getting high enough off the foam. Anyone else know of this and is it happening in the Men's Dome?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Going out of my mind?
Can you name a single co-conspirator? Lee Harvey Oswald left his rifle inside the building where the shots were fired with three spent shells on the floor. Oswald was arrested inside the the theater holding the pistol he used to shoot Tippet. What other proof do you need that Oswald killed Kennedy and Tippet? On 11/24/2013 2:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Reminds me of the folks I listened to on the radio this last week explaining why people won't believe the lone gunman theory. They have all these sewed up psychological theories about how the mind develops conspiracy theories. I find the lone gunman theory as preposterous a the idea Martians assassinated JFK. On 11/24/2013 11:15 AM, salyavin808 wrote: http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: An Effective Online Pedegogy
At one time, I used to give supplies to a psychiatric unit. Sometimes it was pretty weird yet some of the denizens seems unusually rational. Usually they were in unit because they had indulged in a rampage at some point and destroyed a few things. Actually that might be a reaction that mimics certain FFL members who recently departed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: I'm guessing you don't know who Nurse Ratched is. ;-) On 11/24/2013 10:10 AM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... wrote: Nah ... it's nurse Hatchet who is handing out pre-fab dentures for the old folks here who have nothing more to do but sputter and fume. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... wrote: You're forgetting this places is also known as the Funny Farm Lounge. Nurse Ratched will be along with meds in a minute.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Right Place, Right Time
Richard, I think if positive, or even not so positive, thinking comes from a more surface level of the mind, then the thoughts will not have much power. Only thoughts that come from the quieter levels of mind have power to heal, manifest, etc. On Sunday, November 24, 2013 11:09 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone can create physical change by hopping - there will be sound waves and a gravitational effect that can be felt and seen by anyone. If you throw a pebble into a pond of water the effect will be ripples radiating out in waves to the edge of the pond. This analogy corresponds to the theory of cause and effect - causality. For everything that happens there is a cause and a corresponding effect - there is a relation between cause and effect. The question is, can a thought influence nature or our surroundings? Buddhist certainly think so, because one of the cardinal beliefs of Buddhism is to project good thoughts along with acts that do no harm to a living thing. So, if thought is energy it would have an effect on something, if nothing more than an effect on the mind itself. Some people think there is a relation between thoughts and the ability to cause physical change. It may be possible that positive thinking can influence the ability of the body to heal itself in a sick person. On 11/24/2013 5:43 AM, salyavin808 wrote: I think it's about time that the TMO remembered that hopping is just the first stage of flying. People should be fined for not hovering in mid-air. That'd sort them out. I mean, if you are going to alter the laws of physics and create action at a distance by hopping up and down, why not go the whole hog and levitate. Remember the lecture? Gravity is merely a statistical probability and at the level of the unified field we can achieve anything. Put yer money where yer mouth is... It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. On Sun, 11/24/13, dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying
Re: [FairfieldLife] Going out of my mind?
A co-conspirator can't be named because Oswald appears to have been patsy so it wasn't a conspirator. He even said so himself. Why else would have Jack Ruby shot him other than to keep him quiet otherwise a trial might have shown he indeed was innocent? The spent shells might not have been the result of Oswald firing that junk rifle that had magical properties. Workers at the book depository said he was in the lunch room before and 75 seconds after the assassination. There was a lot at stake and money to be made with a war in Vietnam that Kennedy wanted to end. We had criminal minds running big business then and we have them now. Wake up or I've got another bridge to sell you that you can live under. On 11/24/2013 01:46 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Can you name a single co-conspirator? Lee Harvey Oswald left his rifle inside the building where the shots were fired with three spent shells on the floor. Oswald was arrested inside the the theater holding the pistol he used to shoot Tippet. What other proof do you need that Oswald killed Kennedy and Tippet? On 11/24/2013 2:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Reminds me of the folks I listened to on the radio this last week explaining why people won't believe the lone gunman theory. They have all these sewed up psychological theories about how the mind develops conspiracy theories. I find the lone gunman theory as preposterous a the idea Martians assassinated JFK. On 11/24/2013 11:15 AM, salyavin808 wrote: http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Going out of my mind?
There is no doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy and Tippet - hardly anyone supports the theory that Oswald was innocent of the killings. He was caught red-handed (no pun intended). Oswald didn't need any co-conspirators in order to pull the trigger three times on Kennedy and four times on Tippet, Oswald being a patsy or not. Oswald was a crack shot and he used his own weapons that he bought via mail order. The only serious question is, was there a fourth shot fired from the the direction of the grassy knoll? If so, that might indicate a conspiracy, but even if it was proved that a fourth shot was fired, that would not necessarily prove a conspiracy - two people acting alone could have done the killing of Kennedy, if they were both accurate shooters. But, there has never been any doubt that Oswald killed Tippet, according to eyewitnesses. I've read four books on the assassination and none of the authors could or would name a co-conspirator, although there are many questions left unanswered about the investigation. You might as well claim that the Dallas Cowboys conspired to kill Kennedy, which would be impossible, since they were all at football practice that day, including Don Meridith. On 11/24/2013 4:09 PM, Bhairitu wrote: A co-conspirator can't be named because Oswald appears to have been patsy so it wasn't a conspirator. He even said so himself. Why else would have Jack Ruby shot him other than to keep him quiet otherwise a trial might have shown he indeed was innocent? The spent shells might not have been the result of Oswald firing that junk rifle that had magical properties. Workers at the book depository said he was in the lunch room before and 75 seconds after the assassination. There was a lot at stake and money to be made with a war in Vietnam that Kennedy wanted to end. We had criminal minds running big business then and we have them now. Wake up or I've got another bridge to sell you that you can live under. On 11/24/2013 01:46 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Can you name a single co-conspirator? Lee Harvey Oswald left his rifle inside the building where the shots were fired with three spent shells on the floor. Oswald was arrested inside the the theater holding the pistol he used to shoot Tippet. What other proof do you need that Oswald killed Kennedy and Tippet? On 11/24/2013 2:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Reminds me of the folks I listened to on the radio this last week explaining why people won't believe the lone gunman theory. They have all these sewed up psychological theories about how the mind develops conspiracy theories. I find the lone gunman theory as preposterous a the idea Martians assassinated JFK. On 11/24/2013 11:15 AM, salyavin808 wrote: http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: An Effective Online Pedegogy
As long as you're changing the subject, why not just tell us why you claimed Ravi was stalking your wife? Up until you made that claim, I thought you were pretty rational too, if not a little eccentric. Now, I don't know what to think you're up to. It's a pretty serious charge - stalking your family on Facebook. Go figure. On 11/24/2013 3:48 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: At one time, I used to give supplies to a psychiatric unit. Sometimes it was pretty weird yet some of the denizens seems unusually rational. Usually they were in unit because they had indulged in a rampage at some point and destroyed a few things. Actually that might be a reaction that mimics certain FFL members who recently departed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: I'm guessing you don't know who Nurse Ratched is. ;-) On 11/24/2013 10:10 AM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... wrote: Nah ... it's nurse Hatchet who is handing out pre-fab dentures for the old folks here who have nothing more to do but sputter and fume. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... wrote: You're forgetting this places is also known as the Funny Farm Lounge. Nurse Ratched will be along with meds in a minute.
[FairfieldLife] Free energy???
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[FairfieldLife] RE: The gnomes of Zurich are getting richer
That's a very interesting development, it brings in to question the whole free market system and whether or not pay restrictions have any effect at all on productivity. If so, then they're shooting themselves in the foot...kind of like, OBAMACARE! ;-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: From Telegraph: Early results suggest Swiss voters are saying no to a proposal to bring in a law that would limit executive pay to 12 times that of the lowest paid. There are many more votes still to count, but it is clear the initiative cannot pass now. The new rules would have given Switzerland the world's toughest pay rules and some of the lowest executive salaries - which business leaders said would limit foreign investment. It is the second time this year that Swiss voters have been balloted on the issue. In March they did back strict limits on bonuses and golden handshakes. There has been widespread public anger at revelations that some of Switzerland's chief executives are earning more than 200 times what their employees take home. Some Swiss have been further irritated that these high levels of pay are being given to executives whose firms have been cutting jobs. Although this proposal may have been defeated, the issue of high salaries and a widening wage gap has not gone away. Early next year, Switzerland will hold another referendum on a guaranteed minimum wage.
RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
Really the Dome is run pretty good and you don't have to have much to do with the real tru- believers if you don't want to. However, I like them. A lot of people come and go according to their lives here. There really are not that many people on the Howard Settle grant being paid to be in the Domes to 'hop' anymore doing the long rounds. They are part of what makes Fairfield so special and they do give us all so much to talk and think about. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days. What a drag that was. It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: I look forward to the group meditating. It's a fabulous place to meditate for the field effect that is there. You should come back some time and within join the group meditating. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. On Sun, 11/24/13, Buck wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days. What a drag that was. It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I received some communication from someone I know who is in the Domes and this person told me some interesting things that I had not heard before. I have changed some of the wording to keep this person's identity confidential, but in essence she said that the TMO or I guess more accurately the powers that be at MUM, are paying 2 full time monitors to regulate activity in the Lady's Dome - to wit, they go about taking names of people who are sleeping during program. Subsequently these folks are called in for a talking to for lying down during any part of program except rest AND people are being taken to task for not getting high enough off the foam. Anyone else know of this and is it happening in the Men's Dome?
[FairfieldLife] Mick Jagger Will be a Great-Grandfather?
It appears that he's got a good jyotish chart for children. http://music.yahoo.com/news/mick-jagger-become-great-grandfather-205700131-rolling-stone.html http://music.yahoo.com/news/mick-jagger-become-great-grandfather-205700131-rolling-stone.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The gnomes of Zurich are getting richer
You wonder what the board of directors are doing approving such pay? They certainly don't have the stockholders in mind. On 11/24/2013 04:20 PM, wgm4u wrote: That's a very interesting development, it brings in to question the whole free market system and whether or not pay restrictions have any effect at all on productivity. If so, then they're shooting themselves in the foot...kind of like, OBAMACARE! ;-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: From Telegraph: Early results suggest Swiss voters are saying no to a proposal to bring in a law that would limit executive pay to 12 times that of the lowest paid. There are many more votes still to count, but it is clear the initiative cannot pass now. The new rules would have given Switzerland the world's toughest pay rules and some of the lowest executive salaries - which business leaders said would limit foreign investment. It is the second time this year that Swiss voters have been balloted on the issue. In March they did back strict limits on bonuses and golden handshakes. There has been widespread public anger at revelations that some of Switzerland's chief executives are earning more than 200 times what their employees take home. Some Swiss have been further irritated that these high levels of pay are being given to executives whose firms have been cutting jobs. Although this proposal may have been defeated, the issue of high salaries and a widening wage gap has not gone away. Early next year, Switzerland will hold another referendum on a guaranteed minimum wage.
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The gnomes of Zurich are getting richer
It does seem greedy to me! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: You wonder what the board of directors are doing approving such pay? They certainly don't have the stockholders in mind. On 11/24/2013 04:20 PM, wgm4u wrote: That's a very interesting development, it brings in to question the whole free market system and whether or not pay restrictions have any effect at all on productivity. If so, then they're shooting themselves in the foot...kind of like, OBAMACARE! ;-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: From Telegraph: Early results suggest Swiss voters are saying no to a proposal to bring in a law that would limit executive pay to 12 times that of the lowest paid. There are many more votes still to count, but it is clear the initiative cannot pass now. The new rules would have given Switzerland the world's toughest pay rules and some of the lowest executive salaries - which business leaders said would limit foreign investment. It is the second time this year that Swiss voters have been balloted on the issue. In March they did back strict limits on bonuses and golden handshakes. There has been widespread public anger at revelations that some of Switzerland's chief executives are earning more than 200 times what their employees take home. Some Swiss have been further irritated that these high levels of pay are being given to executives whose firms have been cutting jobs. Although this proposal may have been defeated, the issue of high salaries and a widening wage gap has not gone away. Early next year, Switzerland will hold another referendum on a guaranteed minimum wage.
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: An Effective Online Pedegogy
You have nothing to do with this conflict between me and this other party. You are just looking for something salacious to gossip about. If Rick or Alex want more info, I will give them time/place/platform/contents when these interactions occurred. BTW, I can be called any name whatsoever and simply not care because the insulter has no status for me. However, when my family is attacked, as they were, I shall not tolerate it. I deny the validity of sippenhaft and shall eliminate the problem by any legal means. Mr. Bill - let me know if you want to play this game, I have your full name,email, wife's name, when you married, where you live, your FB profile all ready. From my viewpoint, such a threat against my family is a declaration of unremitting and merciless warfare ... total war. So it goes ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: As long as you're changing the subject, why not just tell us why you claimed Ravi was stalking your wife? Up until you made that claim, I thought you were pretty rational too, if not a little eccentric. Now, I don't know what to think you're up to. It's a pretty serious charge - stalking your family on Facebook. Go figure.
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: An Effective Online Pedegogy
Maybe calling the police might be a better solution. Not sure if Rick or Alex would be much help, since they're both in Iowa. Anyway, thanks for the heads up - I'll tell Rita to be on the watch for any strange behavior on Facebook.The best solution for situations like this is to just go off the grid grid entirely.The internet is is not for anyone who wants privacy. I should have done this years ago - the guy that tried to out me by posting my real name on Usenet is still a subscriber on this list.There's no telling what he's up to now. Go figure. On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 4:57 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: You have nothing to do with this conflict between me and this other party. You are just looking for something salacious to gossip about. If Rick or Alex want more info, I will give them time/place/platform/contents when these interactions occurred. BTW, I can be called any name whatsoever and simply not care because the insulter has no status for me. However, when my family is attacked, as they were, I shall not tolerate it. I deny the validity of sippenhaft and shall eliminate the problem by any legal means. Mr. Bill - let me know if you want to play this game, I have your full name,email, wife's name, when you married, where you live, your FB profile all ready. From my viewpoint, such a threat against my family is a declaration of unremitting and merciless warfare ... total war. So it goes ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: As long as you're changing the subject, why not just tell us why you claimed Ravi was stalking your wife? Up until you made that claim, I thought you were pretty rational too, if not a little eccentric. Now, I don't know what to think you're up to. It's a pretty serious charge - stalking your family on Facebook. Go figure.
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
that's why I was asking if it was true and if any of the regulars here on FFL who are also in the Dome could confirm or deny - thus far Buck is the only one who says one way or the other and he confirms and condones On Sun, 11/24/13, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 2:44 PM ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. It would be interesting to infiltrate the Domes and all of the activities on campus as some unknown, undercover participant for about 6 months attending all the meetings, the news releases, everything to see what is actually the reality of the thing. Of course, I wouldn't have the ability, mentally, to do this as my boredom and tolerance quotient is not great but only then could you get a fair reading on what is going on in FF, the TM FF, at least. Until then, unfortunately, it is all sort of hearsay. On Sun, 11/24/13, dhamiltony2k5@... dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days. What a drag that was. It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I received some communication from someone I know who is in the Domes and this person told me some interesting things that I had not heard before. I have changed some of the wording to keep this person's identity confidential, but in essence she said that the TMO or I guess more accurately the powers that be at MUM, are paying 2 full time monitors to regulate activity in the Lady's Dome - to wit, they go about taking names of people who are sleeping during program. Subsequently these folks are called in for a talking to for lying down during any part of program except rest AND people are being taken to task for not getting high enough off the foam. Anyone else know of this and is it
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Message from Ravi
Well, I thought I was being restrained compared to what Judy said to Share. I don't think Judy is a crappy human being, I just thinks she SUCKS. Go figure You really just have to be amazed at her brazenness. No conscience. Yes, Quare, when you were new, before it was clear what a crappy human being you were, I did do you that favor. Complete non sequitur in this context, as you know. On 11/23/2013 10:15 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Would someone, anyone, please help me understand this kind of behavior? Maybe you could explain all of it Dickwad. Here is an example of your posting style made to Judy today. Now tell me who is full of hate, Dick. Richard the Benevolent spews across the page: It sounds about right to me, and in my opinion you are JELLOS when other people post to your buddies. And, I can't think of any other reason for you to try and be a communicator here - how long has it been since you posted anything interesting to read? Your attitude these days is hateful and pathetic and I'm not the only one to notice it. You've got almost zero support here anymore - maybe it's time for you to go back to Usenet where you came from. I can't think of anything else you could say that would make any of us want to be your friend on Facebook, that's fer sure! I'd sure not want to meet up with you at a yoga camp! Of all the informants I've read in the past ten years on the internet, I can say without the least hesitation, YOU SUCK the most!
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
that is hilarious On Sun, 11/24/13, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:53 PM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: (snip) Ann wrote: It would be interesting to infiltrate the Domes and all of the activities on campus as some unknown, undercover participant for about 6 months attending all the meetings, the news releases, everything to see what is actually the reality of the thing. Of course, I wouldn't have the ability, mentally, to do this as my boredom and tolerance quotient is not great but only then could you get a fair reading on what is going on in FF, the TM FF, at least. Until then, unfortunately, it is all sort of hearsay. Well, exactly. It's interesting--not surprising, though, I guess--that every scrap of negative rumor is taken by some here to be the gospel truth, while anything positive is ignored or dumped on. Have you ever noticed how similar TM cultists sound to One Direction cultists? http://digg.com/video/a-dramatic-reenactment-of-a-youtube-comments-fight :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
From what I can tell, Buck is the only regular here, other than Share, who meditates in the dome on a regular basis. Were you thinking this was a forum for TMers? Go figure. On 11/24/2013 8:09 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: that's why I was asking if it was true and if any of the regulars here on FFL who are also in the Dome could confirm or deny - thus far Buck is the only one who says one way or the other and he confirms and condones On Sun, 11/24/13, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 2:44 PM
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
I'm too old to bounce very high and if after program James Beddinger or some other jack ass gave me some crap about my hopping I would go to jail for kicking his ass. On Sun, 11/24/13, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 9:33 PM I look forward to the group meditating. It's a fabulous place to meditate for the field effect that is there. You should come back some time and within join the group meditating. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. On Sun, 11/24/13, Buck wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again?? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 3:38 AM Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days. What a drag that was. It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I received some communication from someone I know who is in the Domes and this person told me some interesting things that I had not heard before. I have changed some of the wording to keep this person's identity confidential, but in essence she said that the TMO or I guess more accurately the powers that be at MUM, are paying 2 full time monitors to regulate activity in the Lady's Dome - to wit, they go about taking names of people who are sleeping during program. Subsequently these folks are called in for a talking to for lying down during any part of program except rest AND people are being taken to task for not getting high enough off the foam. Anyone else know of this and is it happening in the Men's Dome?
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The gnomes of Zurich are getting richer
I think the 'tude is I'm going to get mine while I can and screw the rest of you! On 11/24/2013 04:53 PM, wgm4u wrote: It does seem greedy to me! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: You wonder what the board of directors are doing approving such pay? They certainly don't have the stockholders in mind. On 11/24/2013 04:20 PM, wgm4u wrote: That's a very interesting development, it brings in to question the whole free market system and whether or not pay restrictions have any effect at all on productivity. If so, then they're shooting themselves in the foot...kind of like, OBAMACARE! ;-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: From Telegraph: Early results suggest Swiss voters are saying no to a proposal to bring in a law that would limit executive pay to 12 times that of the lowest paid. There are many more votes still to count, but it is clear the initiative cannot pass now. The new rules would have given Switzerland the world's toughest pay rules and some of the lowest executive salaries - which business leaders said would limit foreign investment. It is the second time this year that Swiss voters have been balloted on the issue. In March they did back strict limits on bonuses and golden handshakes. There has been widespread public anger at revelations that some of Switzerland's chief executives are earning more than 200 times what their employees take home. Some Swiss have been further irritated that these high levels of pay are being given to executives whose firms have been cutting jobs. Although this proposal may have been defeated, the issue of high salaries and a widening wage gap has not gone away. Early next year, Switzerland will hold another referendum on a guaranteed minimum wage.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Going out of my mind?
Why are we not surprised the Prof Troll buys the Warren Report kool-aid. On 11/24/2013 02:44 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: There is no doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy and Tippet - hardly anyone supports the theory that Oswald was innocent of the killings. He was caught red-handed (no pun intended). Oswald didn't need any co-conspirators in order to pull the trigger three times on Kennedy and four times on Tippet, Oswald being a patsy or not. Oswald was a crack shot and he used his own weapons that he bought via mail order. The only serious question is, was there a fourth shot fired from the the direction of the grassy knoll? If so, that might indicate a conspiracy, but even if it was proved that a fourth shot was fired, that would not necessarily prove a conspiracy - two people acting alone could have done the killing of Kennedy, if they were both accurate shooters. But, there has never been any doubt that Oswald killed Tippet, according to eyewitnesses. I've read four books on the assassination and none of the authors could or would name a co-conspirator, although there are many questions left unanswered about the investigation. You might as well claim that the Dallas Cowboys conspired to kill Kennedy, which would be impossible, since they were all at football practice that day, including Don Meridith. On 11/24/2013 4:09 PM, Bhairitu wrote: A co-conspirator can't be named because Oswald appears to have been patsy so it wasn't a conspirator. He even said so himself. Why else would have Jack Ruby shot him other than to keep him quiet otherwise a trial might have shown he indeed was innocent? The spent shells might not have been the result of Oswald firing that junk rifle that had magical properties. Workers at the book depository said he was in the lunch room before and 75 seconds after the assassination. There was a lot at stake and money to be made with a war in Vietnam that Kennedy wanted to end. We had criminal minds running big business then and we have them now. Wake up or I've got another bridge to sell you that you can live under. On 11/24/2013 01:46 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Can you name a single co-conspirator? Lee Harvey Oswald left his rifle inside the building where the shots were fired with three spent shells on the floor. Oswald was arrested inside the the theater holding the pistol he used to shoot Tippet. What other proof do you need that Oswald killed Kennedy and Tippet? On 11/24/2013 2:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Reminds me of the folks I listened to on the radio this last week explaining why people won't believe the lone gunman theory. They have all these sewed up psychological theories about how the mind develops conspiracy theories. I find the lone gunman theory as preposterous a the idea Martians assassinated JFK. On 11/24/2013 11:15 AM, salyavin808 wrote: http://www.livescience.com/41128-out-of-body-experiences-explained.html
RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: An Effective Online Pedegogy
Let's remember that Ravi denies the charges: This is in response to emptybill's accusations that I have harassed her wife. This is nothing but a vicious, malicious lie. I have stretched the limits to confront, shock and humiliate emptybill but to suggest I ever contacted his wife is hilarious. Emptybill had accidentally emailed me last year and we have had private conversations, I have all emails with me and they were all cordial and I even wished him luck after he talked about his marriage after a 10 year live-in relationship. I'm really shocked at emptybill's dishonesty and I have warned him and the moderators to disallow these kinds of malicious lies. Ravi. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: Maybe calling the police might be a better solution. Not sure if Rick or Alex would be much help, since they're both in Iowa. Anyway, thanks for the heads up - I'll tell Rita to be on the watch for any strange behavior on Facebook.The best solution for situations like this is to just go off the grid grid entirely.The internet is is not for anyone who wants privacy. I should have done this years ago - the guy that tried to out me by posting my real name on Usenet is still a subscriber on this list.There's no telling what he's up to now. Go figure. On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 4:57 PM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... wrote: You have nothing to do with this conflict between me and this other party. You are just looking for something salacious to gossip about. If Rick or Alex want more info, I will give them time/place/platform/contents when these interactions occurred. BTW, I can be called any name whatsoever and simply not care because the insulter has no status for me. However, when my family is attacked, as they were, I shall not tolerate it. I deny the validity of sippenhaft and shall eliminate the problem by any legal means. Mr. Bill - let me know if you want to play this game, I have your full name,email, wife's name, when you married, where you live, your FB profile all ready. From my viewpoint, such a threat against my family is a declaration of unremitting and merciless warfare ... total war. So it goes ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: As long as you're changing the subject, why not just tell us why you claimed Ravi was stalking your wife? Up until you made that claim, I thought you were pretty rational too, if not a little eccentric. Now, I don't know what to think you're up to. It's a pretty serious charge - stalking your family on Facebook. Go figure.
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] The gnomes of Zurich are getting richer
Even if it had passed, it would have just made the lawyers rich, justifying other ways for the CEO to be paid - It reminds me of the time Steve Jobs took a one dollar annual salary, from Apple, and the board, that year, coincidentally gave him a $50 million jet. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: More raping and pillaging of the world by the privileged aided and abetted by Swiss stupid who must all believe they're going to be given a job someday that more than 200 times what they were getting sweeping floors. On 11/24/2013 08:34 AM, s3raphita@... mailto:s3raphita@... wrote: From Telegraph: Early results suggest Swiss voters are saying no to a proposal to bring in a law that would limit executive pay to 12 times that of the lowest paid. There are many more votes still to count, but it is clear the initiative cannot pass now. The new rules would have given Switzerland the world's toughest pay rules and some of the lowest executive salaries - which business leaders said would limit foreign investment. It is the second time this year that Swiss voters have been balloted on the issue. In March they did back strict limits on bonuses and golden handshakes. There has been widespread public anger at revelations that some of Switzerland's chief executives are earning more than 200 times what their employees take home. Some Swiss have been further irritated that these high levels of pay are being given to executives whose firms have been cutting jobs. Although this proposal may have been defeated, the issue of high salaries and a widening wage gap has not gone away. Early next year, Switzerland will hold another referendum on a guaranteed minimum wage.
RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: An Effective Online Pedegogy
Rick and I have absolutely nothing to do with any communications that happen outside FFL. Hell, we barely have anything to do with the communications that do happen on FFL. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: You have nothing to do with this conflict between me and this other party. You are just looking for something salacious to gossip about. If Rick or Alex want more info, I will give them time/place/platform/contents when these interactions occurred. BTW, I can be called any name whatsoever and simply not care because the insulter has no status for me. However, when my family is attacked, as they were, I shall not tolerate it. I deny the validity of sippenhaft and shall eliminate the problem by any legal means. Mr. Bill - let me know if you want to play this game, I have your full name,email, wife's name, when you married, where you live, your FB profile all ready. From my viewpoint, such a threat against my family is a declaration of unremitting and merciless warfare ... total war. So it goes ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: As long as you're changing the subject, why not just tell us why you claimed Ravi was stalking your wife? Up until you made that claim, I thought you were pretty rational too, if not a little eccentric. Now, I don't know what to think you're up to. It's a pretty serious charge - stalking your family on Facebook. Go figure.
RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM Nazis, Again??
Yes, old bones, that is a communal rub that really hurts some morale (feelings) of some old dedicated meditators that had come here to be in a big group meditation. That before were people having number one great experiences who were being subsidized to be in the Domes with the original Settle grant program are dropped from the grant program for other people who can perform 'hopping' and keep that performance up. The Settle granting as it is now is not necessarily all good in effect on the Dome numbers. From interviewing folks around it could be argued that paying for 'hopping' is actually counter-productive to the overall numbers. Could proly be better to just skip the grant program and go back to having people meditating the program out according to their experience. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I'm too old to bounce very high and if after program James Beddinger or some other jack ass gave me some crap about my hopping I would go to jail for kicking his ass. wrote: I look forward to the group meditating. It's a fabulous place to meditate for the field effect that is there. You should come back some time and within join the group meditating. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: It doesn't bother you that people are being taken to task for not hopping high enough??? THe entire TM and TM Sidhi program was SUPPOSED to be practiced naturally with NO STRAIN? What happened to that? If indeed this is taking place inside and out of the Domes, the TMO is going against the fundamental basics of proper practice of the TM and TM Sidhi programes, and to paraphrase the Old Goat himself, if you aren't doing TM the way its taught, you aren't doing TM. If these monitor Nazis are introducing fear into people's awareness between programs ABOUT program itself then they are defeating the very Marsy Effect you are so fond of praising and worshiping. I have to agree with past statements made by Barry - the Movement is dead and it is continually being re-buried by practices like this. On Sun, 11/24/13, Buck wrote: Overseers. Well yes, and what is the problem(?). It's about pay for performance. If you are being paid to meditate and 'hop' then all the more certainly your employers should get some disciplined work (meditation) from you. It is called performance contract. This criteria calls for overseers for meditating is for the few folks who are still funded to be regularly attending the dome meditating and doing the long TM-sidhis yogic flying prescribed for on the Howard Settle grant program. Of the total number of people in the larger group meditation only a few remain now on the money grant. They got standards to keep up if they are getting money for it. Other meditators who were dropped from the grant program when it collapsed before for lack of money may well think these others are selling their souls to have to 'hop' just for money. Other people who before were there for having great and powerful meditation in the Domes may see it has become otherwise for some, a form of performance art for money, as another corruption of money. People see it differently. I think it is wonderful that people are generally a little more disciplined sitting up in meditation now and attending to the technique and adding to the group meditation field effect. It's a lot more awake in the Domes than some times ago when people would generally come in just laying down to sleep and miss the incredible opportunity of the field effect to meditate in the Domes. The lack of discipline was profound in those days. What a drag that was. It is a lot better now. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I received some communication from someone I know who is in the Domes and this person told me some interesting things that I had not heard before. MJ writes: I have changed some of the wording to keep this person's identity confidential, but in essence she said that the TMO or I guess more accurately the powers that be at MUM, are paying 2 full time monitors to regulate activity in the Lady's Dome - to wit, they go about taking names of people who are sleeping during program. Subsequently these folks are called in for a talking to for lying down during any part of program except rest AND people are being taken to task for not getting high enough off the foam. Anyone else know of this and is it happening in the Men's Dome?
