[FairfieldLife] QA: David Lynch on Enlightenment, ZZ Top and 'Yeezus'
The 'Blue Velvet' director and self-described 'bliss ninny' talks meditation and music What aspect of the Foundation are you proudest of? Well, all of it. Transcendental meditation is for human beings, and it transforms life for the good, no matter who you are or what your situation is. For instance, everybody knows education is pretty bad shape these days. There's lots of problems, even in the so-called good schools. Stress is hitting kids at a younger and younger age, and there's bullying, there's fights, there's legal and illegal drugs, there's bad relationships, bad grades, nobody likes to learn, there's teacher burnout, and it's kind of a mess. People have tried many things to help, but in my opinion, lots of these good things are surface cures--they don't address the torment inside the student, or the teacher, or the principal. When they get this transcendental meditation, it's a mental techique that allows them to dive deep within to the deepest level of life, which underlies all matter and mind. At the border of intellect, you transcend and experience that unbounded level of life: all positive, pure consciousness with qualities of intelligence, creativity, happiness, love, energy, and peace. I like to say gold flows in and garbage goes out. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/q-a-david-lynch-on-enlightenment-zz-top-and-yeezus-20140225#ixzz2uQ0YYXUU http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/q-a-david-lynch-on-enlightenment-zz-top-and-yeezus-20140225#ixzz2uQ0YYXUU Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bbJxak64Kr4kEzacwqm_6lu=rollingstone | RollingStone on Facebook http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bbJxak64Kr4kEzacwqm_6lu=RollingStone
[FairfieldLife] Camera falls from airplane and lands in pig pen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrxPuk0JefA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrxPuk0JefA
[FairfieldLife] A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
http://www.nationofchange.org/robin-hood-tax-take-back-our-economy-1393344562 http://www.nationofchange.org/robin-hood-tax-take-back-our-economy-1393344562
[FairfieldLife] Beach Boys' Mike Love Honors Maharishi With Unreleased Track
Beautiful song by Mike Love https://soundcloud.com/mikelovemusic-3/mike-love-pisces-brothers https://soundcloud.com/mikelovemusic-3/mike-love-pisces-brothers
[FairfieldLife] Mike Love Honours George Harrison on Unreleased song
Beautiful song by Mike Love: https://soundcloud.com/mikelovemusic-3/mike-love-pisces-brothers https://soundcloud.com/mikelovemusic-3/mike-love-pisces-brothers
[FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
Can I wear green tights? I look good in green tights. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://www.nationofchange.org/robin-hood-tax-take-back-our-economy-1393344562 http://www.nationofchange.org/robin-hood-tax-take-back-our-economy-1393344562
[FairfieldLife] Fascinating French film about gender inequality
Only about 11 minutes long, this film takes a fascinating look at a society in which one gender rules, while the other is subjected to derision, disrespect, and sexual abuse, all while the ruling gender treats it as normal and does absolutely nothing about it. http://www.upworthy.com/a-french-film-showing-men-what-being-a-woman-feels-like-kinda?c=reccon1 http://www.upworthy.com/a-french-film-showing-men-what-being-a-woman-feels-like-kinda?c=reccon1
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
I'm sure you look positively Errol Flynn-esque in green tights, Salyavin. But the thought of Nabby or any other TM Purusha type wearing green tights makes me want to wash my brain. :-) From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:33 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy Can I wear green tights? I look good in green tights. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://www.nationofchange.org/robin-hood-tax-take-back-our-economy-1393344562
Re: [FairfieldLife] Netflix's new disc delivery method
Yikes! Is this our future?! A sky full of drones?! On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:56 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: ;-) http://youtu.be/ucz3JpvDQjk
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
Yes, I see what you mean, asanas and sipping hot water are no substitute for decent exercise. It's just as well the TMO can cause positive social change with their minds Good choice of picture again, I wonder just how camp it's possible to make a macho dude? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: I'm sure you look positively Errol Flynn-esque in green tights, Salyavin. But the thought of Nabby or any other TM Purusha type wearing green tights makes me want to wash my brain. :-) From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:33 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy Can I wear green tights? I look good in green tights. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://www.nationofchange.org/robin-hood-tax-take-back-our-economy-1393344562 http://www.nationofchange.org/robin-hood-tax-take-back-our-economy-1393344562
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Argument from Evil
There is difference between Theology and Theism. Theology is study of religions. Theism is study on the existence of God. In Cudworth's definition, they are strictly and properly called Theists, who affirm, that a perfectly conscious understanding being, or mind, existing of itself from eternity, was the cause of all other things Deism, on the other hand, encompasses both the approaches that you mentioned, the top-down and bottom-up approach. Perhaps, both the approaches are partly involved. This intelligence which John mentions is an automated, mechanical, impersonal intelligence. There are basicaly two types of Gods. The personal god, of Abraham, and the impersonal God, Spinoza type God. The impersonalistic theists may not have too much problems with it. This sure is a problem for the personalistic theists. --- anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: This argument originated with Epicurus (341–271 BCE), and the exposition below is a more modern form of it. (P1) If God exists, then only God, necessary things, and things necessarily coexisting with God exist prior to an initial creation event. (P2) There are no necessary things, or things necessarily coexisting with God, that are evil. (P3) If God exists, then the world consists of the highest level of goodness prior to an initial creation event. (from P1 P2) (P4) If the world consists of the highest level of goodness prior to an initial creation event, then nothing that comes about from an initial creation event can make the world better. (P5) If nothing that comes about from an initial creation event can make the world better, then there is no initially created evil or initially created thing that could produce evil that can make the world better. (P6) If there is no initially created evil or initially created thing that could produce evil that can make the world better, then God will not initially create any evil or anything that could produce evil. (P7) If God exists, then he will not initially create any evil or anything that could produce evil. (from P3-P6) (P8) If (a) God exists, (b) the world consists of the highest level of goodness prior to an initial creation event, and (c) God will not initially create any evil or anything that could produce evil, then God will never create any evil or anything that could produce evil. (P9) If God exists, then he will never create any evil or anything that could produce evil. (from P3, P7, P8) (P10) If God exists, then there is no evil in the world. (from P1, P2, P9) (P11) There is evil in the world. (C) Therefore, God does not exist. (from P10 P11)
[FairfieldLife] RE: QA: David Lynch on Enlightenment, ZZ Top and 'Yeezus'
The article had 'enlightenment' in the title, but the use of the word in the article was absent, there was no discussion of it per se, other than the usual if you meditate, things will be peachy. So it is left up to the reader to somehow connect the two.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Israel Airstrikes in Lebanon-Syria Border
On 2/26/2014 12:50 AM, salyavin808 wrote: So, stealing people's land is your idea of world peace? Go figure. Nobody should own the land since it all belongs to God, so I'm personally not that big on nationalism of any kind. If anyone should own the land around here where I live it should probably be the Mexicans or the native inhabitants who lived here before any Europeans arrived to steal their land. So, let's be realistic: you're probably sitting on someone's land that got stolen at one time in the past. Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
There is actually a much simpler solution, although it will never happen -- The investor class, those who, own most of the wealth in the USA, do not work, and are taxed at the lowest rate possible, despite earning the largest incomes, only pay 15% on their capital gains (income). If the rate were raised to just 20% on their profits, we would no longer have deficit spending, and the 1% of the 1% would never feel it. Unfortunately this country is founded on the principle that the richer you are, the less accountable, and responsible, to society, you need to be. Too bad - an easy fix. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://www.nationofchange.org/robin-hood-tax-take-back-our-economy-1393344562 http://www.nationofchange.org/robin-hood-tax-take-back-our-economy-1393344562
Re: [FairfieldLife] Netflix's new disc delivery method
Yes, starting next year. Unfortunately, their optics are so good, and they are so small, that we will not be able to easily use them for target practice. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Yikes! Is this our future?! A sky full of drones?! On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:56 PM, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: ;-) http://youtu.be/ucz3JpvDQjk
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Israel Airstrikes in Lebanon-Syria Border
From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Israel Airstrikes in Lebanon-Syria Border On 2/26/2014 12:50 AM, salyavin808 wrote: So, stealing people's land is your idea of world peace? Go figure. Nobody should own the land since it all belongs to God... If it all belongs to God, and he's all-powerful, I think we have to state for the record that he's a pretty shitty landlord: http://www.naturalnews.com/023362_natural_disasters_floods.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Argument from Evil
You can see the effects of holding the belief that god is impersonal, Spinoza was kicked out of his synagogue as a result of his writings. Bertrand Russell did not agree with Spinoza, but called him 'the most lovable of all philosophers'. Here is the cheerful record of his censure: The Lords of the ma'amad, having long known of the evil opinions and acts of Baruch de Espinoza, have endeavord by various means and promises, to turn him from his evil ways. But having failed to make him mend his wicked ways, and, on the contrary, daily receiving more and more serious information about the abominable heresies which he practiced and taught and about his monstrous deeds, and having for this numerous trustworthy witnesses who have deposed and born witness to this effect in the presence of the said Espinoza, they became convinced of the truth of the matter; and after all of this has been investigated in the presence of the honorable chachamin, they have decided, with their consent, that the said Espinoza should be excommunicated and expelled from the people of Israel. By the decree of the angels, and by the command of the holy men, we excommunicate, expel, curse and damn Baruch de Espinoza, with the consent of God, Blessed be He, and with the consent of all the Holy Congregation, in front of these holy Scrolls with the six-hundred-and-thirteen precepts which are written therein, with the excommunication with which Joshua banned Jericho, with the curse with which Elisha cursed the boys, and with all the curses which are written in the Book of the Law. Cursed be he by day and cursed be he by night; cursed be he when he lies down, and cursed be he when he rises up; cursed be he when he goes out, and cursed be he when he comes in. The Lord will not spare him; the anger and wrath of the Lord will rage against this man, and bring upon him all the curses which are written in this book, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven, and the Lord will separate him to his injury from all the tribes of Israel with all the curses of the covenant, which are written in the Book of the Law. But you who cleave unto the Lord God are all alive this day. We order that no one should communicate with him orally or in writing, or show him any favor, or stay with him under the same roof, or within four ells of him, or read anything composed or written by him. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jedi_spock@... wrote: There is difference between Theology and Theism. Theology is study of religions. Theism is study on the existence of God. In Cudworth's definition, they are strictly and properly called Theists, who affirm, that a perfectly conscious understanding being, or mind, existing of itself from eternity, was the cause of all other things Deism, on the other hand, encompasses both the approaches that you mentioned, the top-down and bottom-up approach. Perhaps, both the approaches are partly involved. This intelligence which John mentions is an automated, mechanical, impersonal intelligence. There are basicaly two types of Gods. The personal god, of Abraham, and the impersonal God, Spinoza type God. The impersonalistic theists may not have too much problems with it. This sure is a problem for the personalistic theists. --- anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: This argument originated with Epicurus (341–271 BCE), and the exposition below is a more modern form of it. (P1) If God exists, then only God, necessary things, and things necessarily coexisting with God exist prior to an initial creation event. (P2) There are no necessary things, or things necessarily coexisting with God, that are evil. (P3) If God exists, then the world consists of the highest level of goodness prior to an initial creation event. (from P1 P2) (P4) If the world consists of the highest level of goodness prior to an initial creation event, then nothing that comes about from an initial creation event can make the world better. (P5) If nothing that comes about from an initial creation event can make the world better, then there is no initially created evil or initially created thing that could produce evil that can make the world better. (P6) If there is no initially created evil or initially created thing that could produce evil that can make the world better, then God will not initially create any evil or anything that could produce evil. (P7) If God exists, then he will not initially create any evil or anything that could produce evil. (from P3-P6) (P8) If (a) God exists, (b) the world consists of the highest level of goodness prior to an initial creation event, and (c) God will not initially create any evil or anything that could produce evil, then God will never create any evil or anything that could produce evil. (P9) If God exists, then he will never create any evil or anything that could produce evil. (from P3, P7, P8) (P10) If God exists, then there is no evil
Re: [FairfieldLife] Netflix's new disc delivery method
Recently, I read about a new surveillance program, using optics and software, that makes it possible, with a continuously flying platform, to track every vehicle and human being within *five square miles* - all of them. Fairfield would be exceptionally easy to bring on line. Of course the manufacturer issues guidelines against invasion of privacy, though it is very creepy to think that the next time I go to visit someone, or even grab a gallon of milk, that trip will be registered, analyzed, and cataloged. This is going WAY beyond protecting our borders. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Yes, starting next year. Unfortunately, their optics are so good, and they are so small, that we will not be able to easily use them for target practice. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Yikes! Is this our future?! A sky full of drones?! On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:56 PM, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: ;-) http://youtu.be/ucz3JpvDQjk
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Israel Airstrikes in Lebanon-Syria Border
In any case, She is a Landlady, actually... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: From: Richard J. Williams punditster@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Israel Airstrikes in Lebanon-Syria Border On 2/26/2014 12:50 AM, salyavin808 wrote: So, stealing people's land is your idea of world peace? Go figure. Nobody should own the land since it all belongs to God... If it all belongs to God, and he's all-powerful, I think we have to state for the record that he's a pretty shitty landlord: http://www.naturalnews.com/023362_natural_disasters_floods.html http://www.naturalnews.com/023362_natural_disasters_floods.html
[FairfieldLife] Question for Sal
Hey Sal, what is the name of the other vastu village in England, is it the place the Skelmersdale folk went to after they discovered the hill was too high?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Beach Boys' Mike Love Honors Maharishi With Unreleased Track
Sweet... Jai Guru Dev and Harvey Krishna On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:20 AM, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Beautiful song by Mike Love https://soundcloud.com/mikelovemusic-3/mike-love-pisces-brothers
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax Take Back Our EconomyDividendsRtaxedtwice now!
I note to U that no corporation ever pays any tax it the tax bill they may pay is passed on the their customers in higher prices. This method distorts the level playing board. I also now those who invest in successful companies receive dividends are taxed 2 time once corporaprately again as an individual. Thus 2 time enough already! My advice may be to U would be to work , SAVE then Invest especially in stocks in a self directed Roth IRA! enjoy the fruits of your labors! In a message dated 02/26/14 09:18:06 Eastern Standard Time, no_re...@yahoogroups.com writes: There is actually a much simpler solution, although it will never happen -- The investor class, those who, own most of the wealth in the USA, do not work, and are taxed at the lowest rate possible, despite earning the largest incomes, only pay 15% on their capital gains (income). If the rate were raised to just 20% on their profits, we would no longer have deficit spending, and the 1% of the 1% would never feel it. Unfortunately this country is founded on the principle that the richer you are, the less accountable, and responsible, to society, you need to be. Too bad - an easy fix. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://www.nationofchange.org/robin-hood-tax-take-back-our-economy-1393344562
Re: [FairfieldLife] A of E Techniques
I got them on the 2nd Age of Enlightenment or Six month course which started in Biaritz France, later moving to Fueregan Switzerland and ending up some place else in France. Some were taught by Billy Clayton and others by M . On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 2:48 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote: Can someone explain to me what the Age of Enlightenment Techniques were and who taught them?
[FairfieldLife] A very unusual source of beauty
Almost along the lines of the pearly teeth, on the dead dog, of Brahmananda Saraswati fame: http://tinyurl.com/lbo5ovo http://tinyurl.com/lbo5ovo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Netflix's new disc delivery method
Doc, the whole thing is ridiculous and obsessive and some madman's idea, not to mention a huge waste of taxpayer money! IMO! On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 8:33 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: Recently, I read about a new surveillance program, using optics and software, that makes it possible, with a continuously flying platform, to track every vehicle and human being within *five square miles* - all of them. Fairfield would be exceptionally easy to bring on line. Of course the manufacturer issues guidelines against invasion of privacy, though it is very creepy to think that the next time I go to visit someone, or even grab a gallon of milk, that trip will be registered, analyzed, and cataloged. This is going WAY beyond protecting our borders. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Yes, starting next year. Unfortunately, their optics are so good, and they are so small, that we will not be able to easily use them for target practice. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Yikes! Is this our future?! A sky full of drones?! On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:56 PM, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: ;-) http://youtu.be/ucz3JpvDQjk
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Deification and the Uncreated Engergies of God
On 2/25/2014 3:21 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: This article misrepresents the smarta sampradaya. We should probably get into the details of this Advaita Vedanta system and sort it all out, since this is the tradition TMers are supposed to be interested in. Swami Brahmananda Saraswati the Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math followed the Smarta tradition. Smartas worship the Supreme in one of six forms - that's where the TMer bija mantras come from. So, let's review what we know: The Sanskrit word Smarta is derived from smriti - what is remembered by human teachers. The Smarta Sampradaya follows the Advaita Vedanta philosophy, the tradition of the Adi Shankaracharya. The Sringeri Sharada monastery founded by Adi Shankara Acharya in Karnataka is headquarters of the sect. According to Smartism, the supreme reality, Brahman, transcends all of the various forms of personal deity and God is both Saguna and Nirguna Brahman.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
Rendlesham in Suffolk. Here's a pic: https://coherenttimes.wordpress.com/tag/rendlesham/ Looks rather nice now the greenery has grown up a bit. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Hey Sal, what is the name of the other vastu village in England, is it the place the Skelmersdale folk went to after they discovered the hill was too high?
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Israel Airstrikes in Lebanon-Syria Border
Ah, those stupid Palestinians sitting in their stinking, overcrowded refugee camps gazing over the wire at their stolen family homes must be happy that you've got such a convenient excuse for anyone doing anything about it. It's all god's land anyway, he said so in a non-classical, non-personal way in his book. Maybe they could all move to Texas and bulldoze your home. Go figure. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: On 2/26/2014 12:50 AM, salyavin808 wrote: So, stealing people's land is your idea of world peace? Go figure. Nobody should own the land since it all belongs to God, so I'm personally not that big on nationalism of any kind. If anyone should own the land around here where I live it should probably be the Mexicans or the native inhabitants who lived here before any Europeans arrived to steal their land. So, let's be realistic: you're probably sitting on someone's land that got stolen at one time in the past. Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine
I'm afraid the WW III has already begun (Russia + Eastern Ukraine vs. NATO + W. Ukraine)??
[FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine
Ah well, bound to happen sooner or later. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister@... wrote: I'm afraid the WW III has already begun (Russia + Eastern Ukraine vs. NATO + W. Ukraine)??
[FairfieldLife] A Red Letter Day for England
News of Maharishi's Global Country of World Peace in Great Britain 28 July 2007 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi reopens his Transcendental Meditation Centres throughout the UK 'My leaders will resume their national services immediately and raise Great Britain to the height of great Invincibility.' Tower of Invincibility and Maharishi School of Invincibility to be inaugurated this Sunday, 29 July Inauguration of Tower of Invincibility for England Sunday 29 July Maharishi Garden Village, Rendlesham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk The programme for the day will begin at 11:45 a.m. and conclude at 4:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Please inform Press Officer of your attendance: Phone 020 8894 9229 Mobile 07852 279 176 Email i...@maharishifoundation.org.uk London, Friday 27 July 2007:- His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the worldwide Transcendental Meditation Movement, which has been active in the world for over 50 years, has announced that he is lifting the ban on the teaching of Transcendental Meditation (TM) in Great Britain. Maharishi had imposed the ban in May 2005 when the population of the country re-elected Tony Blair as Prime Minister and thereby perpetuated the destructive policy of Britain in the world, including its leading role in the war in Iraq. Maharishi closed British TM organisation in May 2005 so as not to 'feed nectar to the destroyer of the world' During an international press conference on 11 May 2005, Maharishi had said: 'I am withdrawing my activity from Britain because the island has been so bold in continuously destroying the world and creating divisions and dissensions in every nation, working on the principle of 'divide and rule'. When I heard that again the same destroyer of the world had been re-elected by the people of England, I decided that I am not going to feed Britain with the positive values that are produced through Transcendental Meditation.' Maharishi referred to the extensive published scientific research on Transcendental Meditation showing the wide ranging health benefits of the practice, particularly a newly-published study showing that it significantly increases longevity. (See: http://www.alltm.org/research.html) Maharishi said: 'I don't want to increase the lifespan of the destroyer of the world. British policy has proved for many decades to be poison to the whole world.' Maharishi's historic initiative to raise whole nations to the level of invincibility Maharishi emphasised that he did not want it to go down in history that his Movement had fed the destroyers of the world. At that time, Maharishi was adopting countries that were more positive in order to make them invincible - totally immune to negative - through the application of his scientifically validated programme to enhance positive trends in society, based on group practice of Transcendental Meditation and its advanced techniques, including Yogic Flying. 'I cannot support long life and healthy life and more creativity for a country that is constantly destroying the world. You cannot afford to feed the scorpion, because a more healthy scorpion will have a stronger sting. Transcendental Meditation is a gift of nectar from me to those who want to create peace and harmony in the world.' Maharishi predicted at the time that the focus of his organisation on raising positivity and invincibility in countries such as The Netherlands, the USA, and India would help to raise coherence and positivity in world consciousness as a whole - a phenomenon already demonstrated in over 40 published scientific studies over the past 30 years. Maharishi explained that the negativity in British national consciousness could only be neutralised from outside through this rise in world consciousness. Maharishi acknowledged that although there were many peace-loving people in Great Britain, the country as a whole had nonetheless re-elected such a leadership, and this is why he had to deal with the country in this way. However, now there has been a dramatic shift. Maharishi hears review of policies of new UK Government The trigger for Maharishi to reopen his organisation in Britain came when he heard a review of the policies of the new Prime Minister, Mr Gordon Brown, and his Government. These included the fact that one of the first measures introduced by Mr Brown was to initiate a change of Parliamentary procedures so that the Commons has a formal say on the deployment of Armed Forces abroad, so that the Prime Minister could not unilaterally take the country to war. Maharishi also heard excerpts from the speech of cabinet minister, Douglas Alexander, the new Trade and Development Secretary, as presented in Washington recently. In that speech, Mr Alexander had said: 'In the 20th century a country's might was too often measured in what they could destroy. In the 21st century strength should be measured by what we can build together. And so we must form new alliances,
Re: [FairfieldLife] A of E Techniques
Did they work real good? On Wed, 2/26/14, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A of E Techniques To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 3:05 PM I got them on the 2nd Age of Enlightenment or Six month course which started in Biaritz France, later moving to Fueregan Switzerland and ending up some place else in France. Some were taught by Billy Clayton and others by M . On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 2:48 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote: Can someone explain to me what the Age of Enlightenment Techniques were and who taught them?
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
On 2/26/2014 5:53 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: the thought of Nabby or any other TM Purusha type wearing green tights makes me want to wash my brain. :-) What exactly, are you doing thinking about men in tights, or anybody's under pants, tight or loose, or green or gold? :-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Israel Airstrikes in Lebanon-Syria Border
On 2/26/2014 8:22 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: If it all belongs to God, and he's all-powerful, I think we have to state for the record that he's a pretty shitty landlord: God, who by definition is all-powerful, owns the land but humans are supposed to be the managers of the land. It's like working like a serf on a fruit farm as a migrant worker managing a garden - you get to live on the land and eat it's produce, but ownership of the land belongs to the owner, the Creator. There have been humans managing the land of Canaan since before recorded history, and they have not done a good job. The British mandate drawing lines in the sand for national borders based on religion was probably not a good idea in the first place. Most of the countries we're talking about don't even have a history of state-hood and never existed as nations or countries before the end of WW I - that's the real problem - it's all a matter of management. Modern archaeologists dispute parts of the Biblical tradition, the latest thinking being that the Israelites emerged from a dramatic social transformation that took place in the people of the central hill country of Canaan around 1200 BCE, with no signs of violent invasion or even of peaceful infiltration of a clearly defined ethnic group from elsewhere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
Are there two Rendleshams in England? Most of what comes up when searching is UFO stuff - do they have both yogic flying, vastu ved AND UFOs galore?? It must be Nabby's dream come true. On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 3:31 PM Rendlesham in Suffolk. Here's a pic: Looks rather nice now the greenery has grown up a bit. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Hey Sal, what is the name of the other vastu village in England, is it the place the Skelmersdale folk went to after they discovered the hill was too high?
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
I must admit that it [Rendlesham...see photo at bottom] looks kinda ghastly. All that symmetry and sameness feels oppressive to me, as if the whole thing is inside some kind of lifeless Truman dome created by an autistic, obessive-compulsive designer/architect. In a city, I tend to prefer...uh...non-sameness and asymmetry. That's one reason I like Leiden. The older areas in which I live are all...uh...older, and so the blocks may consist of row houses, but each one was originally built by an individual family (not to mention families *of* individuals), and so the blocks have a charm that you rarely see in any of these Vastu Woo Woo Lego neighborhoods. For example: The Dutch seem to share my tastes, because even in modern designer cities like the one I lived in when I first moved to the Netherlands (95% of it built since 1980), the new row houses preserve this idea of individuality. No two adjacent houses/apartment buildings in the same complex look the same. The silly Vastu Woo Woo stuff notwithstanding, I simply cannot conceive of how people could consider living in little boxes, all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same to really be *living*. Here's a very creative cover of Malvina Reynold's old folk song on the subject by the talented group Walk off the earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM8JhvfoqdA From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:31 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal Rendlesham in Suffolk. Here's a pic: Looks rather nice now the greenery has grown up a bit. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Hey Sal, what is the name of the other vastu village in England, is it the place the Skelmersdale folk went to after they discovered the hill was too high?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Fascinating French film about gender inequality
On 2/26/2014 5:41 AM, turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: this film takes a fascinating look at a society in which one gender rules, while the other is subjected to derision, disrespect, and sexual abuse, all while the ruling gender treats it as normal and does absolutely nothing about it. It looks like there has been a gender reversal: European and American society has become anti-male. Men like Barry are sensing the backlash and are consciously and/or unconsciously just dropping out; avoiding marriage and fatherhood; leaving school, moving to a remote spot on the map, quitting their jobs and leaving the workforce - for a stay-at-home social networking occupation. Go figure. The trend is so pronounced that a number of books have been written about this man-child phenomenon, concluding that men have taken a vacation from responsibility simply because they can. But why should men participate in a system that seems to be increasingly stacked against them? Go figure. 'Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream - and Why It Matters' by Helen Smith Encounter Books, 2013
[FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
Sal: Can I wear green tights? I look good in green tights. Only if you use a codpiece. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/04/01/bringing-back-the-codpiece/ http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/04/01/bringing-back-the-codpiece/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Netflix's new disc delivery method
It's looking more and more to be the end of the CD and the DVD disc as we know it - be sure to save a few for coasters and for craft projects. Soon, everything will be one the cloud available for .99 cents, so who would need a store, mail or a drone? Go figure. [image: Inline image 1] On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: ;-) http://youtu.be/ucz3JpvDQjk
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Argument from Evil
On 2/26/2014 8:00 AM, jedi_sp...@yahoo.com wrote: There is difference between Theology and Theism. According to what I've read, Hinduism is sometimes considered to be be polytheistic. That's because the Smartas, the leading sect in India, follow the Advaita Vedanta in which there is a basic unity in all personal forms of God. Absolute monists see the personal forms as different aspects of the one Supreme Being - Nirguna Brahman; and all personal forms of God are equal in the Saguna Brahman. In fact, Smartism is impersonalistic theism. Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
On 2/26/2014 8:18 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: If the rate were raised to just 20% on their profits, we would no longer have deficit spending, and the 1% of the 1% would never feel it. In general, I'm opposed to taxation on income and property, but I'd consider supporting a consumption tax. But, a flat taxes offer simplicity in the tax code, which has been reported to increase compliance and decrease administration costs. A true flat rate tax is a system of taxation where one tax rate is applied to all income with no exceptions. Go figure. According to what I've read, the flat rate would be applied to all taxable income and profits without exception or exemption. It could be argued that under such an arrangement, no one is subject to a preferential or unfair tax treatment. No industry receives special treatment, large households are not advantaged at the expense of small ones, etc. Moreover, the cost of tax filing for citizens and the cost of tax administration for the government would be further reduced, as under a true flat tax only businesses and the self-employed would need to interact with the tax authorities. That's what I think.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Netflix's new disc delivery method
On 2/26/2014 8:20 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: their optics are so good, and they are so small, that we will not be able to easily use them for target practice. It will never fly - nobody is going to wait twenty seconds to download a movie disk when they could get it in 100 Mbps using fiber optics.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
Codpiece... LOL! I guess ther could be anything from a minnowpiece to a balugapiece as well. On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 8:29 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Sal: Can I wear green tights? I look good in green tights. Only if you use a codpiece. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/04/01/bringing-back-the-codpiece/
Re: [FairfieldLife] A of E Techniques
On 2/26/2014 9:56 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: Did they work real good? Apparently they worked real good since they were able to bring down the Berlin Wall. All it takes is to be able to *cause change at will* using the mind's own mental powers. With a mind that is perfectly coherent a person can cause physiological changes in the the human body - they could for example become as light as cotton fiber. The advanced techniques in the AofE are so powerful that some siddhas can cause their body to lift up and hover. The first step in this is the hopping, followed by hovering, then actual flying. We know that Zen Master Rama employed these same techniques in order to fill a whole room with golden light and hover above a large crowd of people. So, I guess you could say they work real good. Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Netflix's new disc delivery method
Of course this is a video Netflix made to spoof Amazon's proposed drone delivery system. On 02/26/2014 04:22 AM, Share Long wrote: Yikes! Is this our future?! A sky full of drones?! On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:56 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: ;-) http://youtu.be/ucz3JpvDQjk
Re: [FairfieldLife] Netflix's new disc delivery method
and noozguru, of course I knew that all along! (-: On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:05 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Of course this is a video Netflix made to spoof Amazon's proposed drone delivery system. On 02/26/2014 04:22 AM, Share Long wrote: Yikes! Is this our future?! A sky full of drones?! On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:56 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: ;-) http://youtu.be/ucz3JpvDQjk
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
Yes, as I said I don't like the grid layout because all the windows line up and it's like being watched. Very odd feeling. That pic gives a false impression too because the small development is surrounded by higgeldy piggeldy normal homes and it's all a bit chaotic. I like how cities and countries even, evolve and keep a look. All these architects currently ruining the London skyline with their unsympathetic ego trips drive me nuts. These vastu pads are built according to local styles though, I remember them doing the research and picking the features of the best looking places, the grid thing spoils it though, and you have to sign a contract saying you won't alter it by putting extensions on the side. Still, each to their own but I'm sure glad Marshy didn't get his way and rebuild the entire world like this, I'm sure I'd miss bits of London and the odd English town, quite partial to Rome too, and Athens...Paris... etc... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: I must admit that it [Rendlesham...see photo at bottom] looks kinda ghastly. All that symmetry and sameness feels oppressive to me, as if the whole thing is inside some kind of lifeless Truman dome created by an autistic, obessive-compulsive designer/architect. In a city, I tend to prefer...uh...non-sameness and asymmetry. That's one reason I like Leiden. The older areas in which I live are all...uh...older, and so the blocks may consist of row houses, but each one was originally built by an individual family (not to mention families *of* individuals), and so the blocks have a charm that you rarely see in any of these Vastu Woo Woo Lego neighborhoods. For example: The Dutch seem to share my tastes, because even in modern designer cities like the one I lived in when I first moved to the Netherlands (95% of it built since 1980), the new row houses preserve this idea of individuality. No two adjacent houses/apartment buildings in the same complex look the same. The silly Vastu Woo Woo stuff notwithstanding, I simply cannot conceive of how people could consider living in little boxes, all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same to really be *living*. Here's a very creative cover of Malvina Reynold's old folk song on the subject by the talented group Walk off the earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM8JhvfoqdA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM8JhvfoqdA From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:31 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal Rendlesham in Suffolk. Here's a pic: https://coherenttimes.wordpress.com/tag/rendlesham/ Looks rather nice now the greenery has grown up a bit. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Hey Sal, what is the name of the other vastu village in England, is it the place the Skelmersdale folk went to after they discovered the hill was too high?
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
A flat tax is nothing for the rich to pay but disastrous for the poor. I'm for a progressive tax like there was during the Eisenhower era. It discouraged money hoarding. The investment transaction tax is also a good idea. Stop sucking up to the money hoarders, Willy. You keep saying the rent is too damn high. Go figure. On 02/26/2014 08:47 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 2/26/2014 8:18 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: If the rate were raised to just 20% on their profits, we would no longer have deficit spending, and the 1% of the 1% would never feel it. In general, I'm opposed to taxation on income and property, but I'd consider supporting a consumption tax. But, a flat taxes offer simplicity in the tax code, which has been reported to increase compliance and decrease administration costs. A true flat rate tax is a system of taxation where one tax rate is applied to all income with no exceptions. Go figure. According to what I've read, the flat rate would be applied to all taxable income and profits without exception or exemption. It could be argued that under such an arrangement, no one is subject to a preferential or unfair tax treatment. No industry receives special treatment, large households are not advantaged at the expense of small ones, etc. Moreover, the cost of tax filing for citizens and the cost of tax administration for the government would be further reduced, as under a true flat tax only businesses and the self-employed would need to interact with the tax authorities. That's what I think.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Fascinating French film about gender inequality
Or maybe living simply so you can simply live. You keep sayin' the rent is too damn high. And it sounds like Rita brings home the bread in your household. Go figure. On 02/26/2014 08:12 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 2/26/2014 5:41 AM, turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote: this film takes a fascinating look at a society in which one gender rules, while the other is subjected to derision, disrespect, and sexual abuse, all while the ruling gender treats it as normal and does absolutely nothing about it. It looks like there has been a gender reversal: European and American society has become anti-male. Men like Barry are sensing the backlash and are consciously and/or unconsciously just dropping out; avoiding marriage and fatherhood; leaving school, moving to a remote spot on the map, quitting their jobs and leaving the workforce - for a stay-at-home social networking occupation. Go figure. The trend is so pronounced that a number of books have been written about this man-child phenomenon, concluding that men have taken a vacation from responsibility simply because they can. But why should men participate in a system that seems to be increasingly stacked against them? Go figure. 'Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream - and Why It Matters' by Helen Smith Encounter Books, 2013
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
On 2/26/2014 10:01 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: All that symmetry and sameness feels oppressive to me It's called Town Planning - that's where a town or city is planned to make sense; where roads and streets are laid out in a logical manner with plenty of room to get around. There's nothing like a town that is planned - especially one that is planned using a grid. In a town or city that is planned, the streets are straight and wide and named according to their function: Main, or First Street, or Second Street. A town where there are planned sidewalks for everyone. Town planning means freedom. But, I'd have to say there's nothing more oppressive than to have to live in row house on a windy road next to a ditch where you have to park your car blocks away on a hillside or carry your bicycle and groceries up two or more flights of stairs. I don't know how anyone could stand to live in a two-story house with no front yard and that didn't have a paved driveway with an attached two car garage. I mean, what are we, sardines? Where is the fun in that? Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine
On 2/26/2014 9:38 AM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm afraid the WW III has already begun (Russia + Eastern Ukraine vs. NATO + W. Ukraine)?? There may not be enough money for the Russians to conduct a war since most of the oil and gas money comes from shipping through the Ukraine to Europe. I'd say that it's more likely that the IMF will be bailing out both Eastern and Western Ukraine, if not Russia itself. Without the infrastructure and the fracking technology, the whole region is going to run out of energy within a year. That's what I predict.
Re: [FairfieldLife] A of E Techniques
I had pretty nice experiences with them. Others did as well. One of them is found in the Shiva Purana (not going to say which one or where). I also lifted -off once before the Sidhis were taught. I was laying down after meditation when kundalini started in my solar plexus and weightlessness started spreading outwardly to my extremities and I slowly rose in the air, off of my bed.Next thing I know , it gave out and I bounced back on the bed.I think they are being taught now as *advanced techniques*. On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 9:11 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote: Did they work real good? On Wed, 2/26/14, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A of E Techniques To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 3:05 PM I got them on the 2nd Age of Enlightenment or Six month course which started in Biaritz France, later moving to Fueregan Switzerland and ending up some place else in France. Some were taught by Billy Clayton and others by M . On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 2:48 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote: Can someone explain to me what the Age of Enlightenment Techniques were and who taught them?
Re: [FairfieldLife] A Red Letter Day for England
On 2/26/2014 9:55 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: Unless every sovereign country is invincible in its own right, the sovereignty of any nation will always remain fragile and world peace will always be elusive. It looks like MMY was correct in his assessment - world peace will always be elusive. Go figure.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Argument from Evil
On 2/26/2014 8:00 AM, jedi_spock@... mailto:jedi_spock@... wrote: There is difference between Theology and Theism. --- WillyTex punditster@... wrote: According to what I've read, Hinduism is sometimes considered to be be polytheistic. That's because the Smartas, the leading sect in India, follow the Advaita Vedanta in which there is a basic unity in all personal forms of God. Absolute monists see the personal forms as different aspects of the one Supreme Being - Nirguna Brahman; and all personal forms of God are equal in the Saguna Brahman. In fact, Smartism is impersonalistic theism. Go figure. The term henotheism was first coined to describe the theology of Rigvedic religion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigvedic_religion. The Rigveda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda was the basis for Max Müller's description of henotheism in the sense of a polytheistic tradition striving towards a formulation of The One (ekam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekam) Divinity aimed at by the worship of different cosmic principles. From this mix of monism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monism, monotheism and naturalist polytheism Max Müller decided to name the early Vedic religion henotheistic. A prime example of the monistic aspects of the late Rigveda is the Nasadiya sukta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasadiya_sukta, a hymn describing creation: That One breathed by itself without breath, other than it there has been nothing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henotheism#Hinduism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henotheism#Hinduism
[FairfieldLife] RE: A Red Letter Day for England
Thanks for finding that MJ, it does one good to be reminded of just how deluded old Ozymandias - I mean Marshy was. Will the world ever see his like again? Maharishi saw the words and actions of the new Government as an expression of the changed quality of national consciousness in Great Britain, which had quietly resulted from the activities of his organisation to raise coherence in world consciousness in recent years. So it was all that meditating that actually got Gordon Brown into power, not the fact he was always going to take over from Blair. True those early few days of the Brown regime were indeed refreshing but the reality of his incompetence means this would be possibly the least convincing demonstration of global coherence that I've heard yet. Smart of the reesh to jump on the bandwagon and claim it's all down to him though. On hearing this and other positive developments since the change of leadership in Westminster, Maharishi proclaimed that he was completely releasing his hold on the activities of his organisation in Great Britain. Maharishi said that he was lifting all his reservations to make the country invincible. Thanks Marshy, a few years of Gordon Brown and then a coalition between the two worst parties imaginable has really taught me the value of invincibility as brought around by your megalomania - I mean movement.
[FairfieldLife] Secure Yourself
A friend of mine that lives down the street says that there are a few basic things that anyone can do to protect their home. First, crooks hate light. Always leave a light on in your house at night or on the front and back porch. Did I tell you to lock your doors? An ideal security system will have a dead bolt lock on the front and the back door. Here is a handy article on how to install a dead botllock.It's not complicated. [image: Inline image 1] Several steps to a full DIY home-security system will stop intruders in their tracks. Fitting a deadbolt is just one of those steps--and it's one of the quickest, easiest, and cheapest DIY home-security projects you can do. With a few basic tools you can finish this project in less than an hour. 'How to Install a Deadbolt' Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/improvement/securityhttp://www.popularmechanics.com/home/improvement/security/how-to-install-a-deadbolt-16528604?click=pm_latest
[FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine
And I missed the obvious contradiction, you can't stop feeding nectar to the scorpion and then claim it was your nectar that changed the consciousness of the country. Duh, I'm half asleep today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Thanks for finding that MJ, it does one good to be reminded of just how deluded old Ozymandias - I mean Marshy was. Will the world ever see his like again? Maharishi saw the words and actions of the new Government as an expression of the changed quality of national consciousness in Great Britain, which had quietly resulted from the activities of his organisation to raise coherence in world consciousness in recent years. So it was all that meditating that actually got Gordon Brown into power, not the fact he was always going to take over from Blair. True those early few days of the Brown regime were indeed refreshing but the reality of his incompetence means this would be possibly the least convincing demonstration of global coherence that I've heard yet. Smart of the reesh to jump on the bandwagon and claim it's all down to him though. On hearing this and other positive developments since the change of leadership in Westminster, Maharishi proclaimed that he was completely releasing his hold on the activities of his organisation in Great Britain. Maharishi said that he was lifting all his reservations to make the country invincible. Thanks Marshy, a few years of Gordon Brown and then a coalition between the two worst parties imaginable has really taught me the value of invincibility as brought around by your megalomania - I mean movement.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
On 2/26/2014 11:16 AM, Bhairitu wrote: You keep saying the rent is too damn high. And the tax code is too damn complex - everyone should be equal under the law. That's what I think.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A Red Letter Day for England
Oh I'm so glad I posted that! Thanks Sal! On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: A Red Letter Day for England To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 6:22 PM Thanks for finding that MJ, it does one good to be reminded of just how deluded old Ozymandias - I mean Marshy was. Will the world ever see his like again? Maharishi saw the words and actions of the new Government as an expression of the changed quality of national consciousness in Great Britain, which had quietly resulted from the activities of his organisation to raise coherence in world consciousness in recent years. So it was all that meditating that actually got Gordon Brown into power, not the fact he was always going to take over from Blair. True those early few days of the Brown regime were indeed refreshing but the reality of his incompetence means this would be possibly the least convincing demonstration of global coherence that I've heard yet. Smart of the reesh to jump on the bandwagon and claim it's all down to him though. On hearing this and other positive developments since the change of leadership in Westminster, Maharishi proclaimed that he was completely releasing his hold on the activities of his organisation in Great Britain. Maharishi said that he was lifting all his reservations to make the country invincible. Thanks Marshy, a few years of Gordon Brown and then a coalition between the two worst parties imaginable has really taught me the value of invincibility as brought around by your megalomania - I mean movement.
[FairfieldLife] RE: The Argument from Evil
If John Bunyan and Spinoza were born in india, they would have been considered as saints. I remember reading Bunyan's book pilgrim's progress in a comic book form (pictographical) way back in the 1980's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim's_Progress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress --- anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: You can see the effects of holding the belief that god is impersonal, Spinoza was kicked out of his synagogue as a result of his writings. Bertrand Russell did not agree with Spinoza, but called him 'the most lovable of all philosophers'. Here is the cheerful record of his censure: The Lords of the ma'amad, having long known of the evil opinions and acts of Baruch de Espinoza, have endeavord by various means and promises, to turn him from his evil ways. But having failed to make him mend his wicked ways, and, on the contrary, daily receiving more and more serious information about the abominable heresies which he practiced and taught and about his monstrous deeds, and having for this numerous trustworthy witnesses who have deposed and born witness to this effect in the presence of the said Espinoza, they became convinced of the truth of the matter; and after all of this has been investigated in the presence of the honorable chachamin, they have decided, with their consent, that the said Espinoza should be excommunicated and expelled from the people of Israel. By the decree of the angels, and by the command of the holy men, we excommunicate, expel, curse and damn Baruch de Espinoza, with the consent of God, Blessed be He, and with the consent of all the Holy Congregation, in front of these holy Scrolls with the six-hundred-and-thirteen precepts which are written therein, with the excommunication with which Joshua banned Jericho, with the curse with which Elisha cursed the boys, and with all the curses which are written in the Book of the Law. Cursed be he by day and cursed be he by night; cursed be he when he lies down, and cursed be he when he rises up; cursed be he when he goes out, and cursed be he when he comes in. The Lord will not spare him; the anger and wrath of the Lord will rage against this man, and bring upon him all the curses which are written in this book, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven, and the Lord will separate him to his injury from all the tribes of Israel with all the curses of the covenant, which are written in the Book of the Law. But you who cleave unto the Lord God are all alive this day. We order that no one should communicate with him orally or in writing, or show him any favor, or stay with him under the same roof, or within four ells of him, or read anything composed or written by him. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jedi_spock@... wrote: There is difference between Theology and Theism. Theology is study of religions. Theism is study on the existence of God. In Cudworth's definition, they are strictly and properly called Theists, who affirm, that a perfectly conscious understanding being, or mind, existing of itself from eternity, was the cause of all other things Deism, on the other hand, encompasses both the approaches that you mentioned, the top-down and bottom-up approach. Perhaps, both the approaches are partly involved. This intelligence which John mentions is an automated, mechanical, impersonal intelligence. There are basicaly two types of Gods. The personal god, of Abraham, and the impersonal God, Spinoza type God. The impersonalistic theists may not have too much problems with it. This sure is a problem for the personalistic theists. --- anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: This argument originated with Epicurus (341–271 BCE), and the exposition below is a more modern form of it. (P1) If God exists, then only God, necessary things, and things necessarily coexisting with God exist prior to an initial creation event. (P2) There are no necessary things, or things necessarily coexisting with God, that are evil. (P3) If God exists, then the world consists of the highest level of goodness prior to an initial creation event. (from P1 P2) (P4) If the world consists of the highest level of goodness prior to an initial creation event, then nothing that comes about from an initial creation event can make the world better. (P5) If nothing that comes about from an initial creation event can make the world better, then there is no initially created evil or initially created thing that could produce evil that can make the world better. (P6) If there is no initially created evil or initially created thing that could produce evil that can make the world better, then God will not initially create any evil or anything that could
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A Red Letter Day for England
I think those of us in America are not really in the loop about what the GOrdon Brown administration has brought to Merry Old England On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: A Red Letter Day for England To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 6:22 PM Thanks for finding that MJ, it does one good to be reminded of just how deluded old Ozymandias - I mean Marshy was. Will the world ever see his like again? Maharishi saw the words and actions of the new Government as an expression of the changed quality of national consciousness in Great Britain, which had quietly resulted from the activities of his organisation to raise coherence in world consciousness in recent years. So it was all that meditating that actually got Gordon Brown into power, not the fact he was always going to take over from Blair. True those early few days of the Brown regime were indeed refreshing but the reality of his incompetence means this would be possibly the least convincing demonstration of global coherence that I've heard yet. Smart of the reesh to jump on the bandwagon and claim it's all down to him though. On hearing this and other positive developments since the change of leadership in Westminster, Maharishi proclaimed that he was completely releasing his hold on the activities of his organisation in Great Britain. Maharishi said that he was lifting all his reservations to make the country invincible. Thanks Marshy, a few years of Gordon Brown and then a coalition between the two worst parties imaginable has really taught me the value of invincibility as brought around by your megalomania - I mean movement.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine
Well, how was it that the TM Sidhi practice and all other TM related activities had allowed England to become the Scorpion Nation to begin with? You think maybe some Brit on Marshy's staff snuck off and watched the Scorpion King movie and Marshy heard him talking about, and in his advanced years mental state suddenly thought Blair was the Scorpion King? On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 6:27 PM And I missed the obvious contradiction, you can't stop feeding nectar to the scorpion and then claim it was your nectar that changed the consciousness of the country. Duh, I'm half asleep today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Thanks for finding that MJ, it does one good to be reminded of just how deluded old Ozymandias - I mean Marshy was. Will the world ever see his like again? Maharishi saw the words and actions of the new Government as an expression of the changed quality of national consciousness in Great Britain, which had quietly resulted from the activities of his organisation to raise coherence in world consciousness in recent years. So it was all that meditating that actually got Gordon Brown into power, not the fact he was always going to take over from Blair. True those early few days of the Brown regime were indeed refreshing but the reality of his incompetence means this would be possibly the least convincing demonstration of global coherence that I've heard yet. Smart of the reesh to jump on the bandwagon and claim it's all down to him though. On hearing this and other positive developments since the change of leadership in Westminster, Maharishi proclaimed that he was completely releasing his hold on the activities of his organisation in Great Britain. Maharishi said that he was lifting all his reservations to make the country invincible. Thanks Marshy, a few years of Gordon Brown and then a coalition between the two worst parties imaginable has really taught me the value of invincibility as brought around by your megalomania - I mean movement.
[FairfieldLife] Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Russell Simmons and his TM practice are on today's front page of News.Yahoo.com: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/newsmakers/russell-simmons-key-happiness-takes-40-minutes-day-221454646.html?vp=1
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
It is too complex. It's been gamed by the rich and the corporations so they can get off paying less and make us peons pay more. Not fair or democratic at all. Billionairism is a disease. On 02/26/2014 10:33 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 2/26/2014 11:16 AM, Bhairitu wrote: You keep saying the rent is too damn high. And the tax code is too damn complex - everyone should be equal under the law. That's what I think.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A Red Letter Day for England
GB and Tony Blair made a pact that TB would be PM as he was more media friendly and then GB would take over. TB secretly thought GB was a bit hopeless and went back on the deal fearing that Labour would lose the second election. This pissed of GB and he started scheming and plotting to get rid of TB. He needn't have bothered as TB forming a military alliance with GWB was more than we hardcore lefties could take and we weren't happy to be vindicated that it was a bad move after the slaughter in Iraq. That was really the end of TB and he stepped down after winning a third term but with a much reduced majority. And what did GB have to offer after 10 years of planning on the sideline? Nothing, nothing at all. It was the biggest disappointment imaginable, he had no far reaching plan, no great projects, he was so far out of his depth it was actually painful to watch. Anyway, he called an early election and was booted out, and is generally considered the worst prime minister ever. And we of the left thought he was an heir to John Smith the excellent politician and Labour leader who died too young, letting Blair take over. And now we've got a bunch of vicious, multi-millionaire Eton educated toffs who don't give a shit about anything except making their rich friends even richer. They blame GB totally for our ruined economy but that was the only thing that wasn't really his fault! In fact he did quite a good job repairing the damage and the toffs know that if they were in power they would have given the banks more freedom to rip us off making the crash even worse! That's the way the world is all over I guess ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: I think those of us in America are not really in the loop about what the GOrdon Brown administration has brought to Merry Old England On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: A Red Letter Day for England To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 6:22 PM Thanks for finding that MJ, it does one good to be reminded of just how deluded old Ozymandias - I mean Marshy was. Will the world ever see his like again? Maharishi saw the words and actions of the new Government as an expression of the changed quality of national consciousness in Great Britain, which had quietly resulted from the activities of his organisation to raise coherence in world consciousness in recent years. So it was all that meditating that actually got Gordon Brown into power, not the fact he was always going to take over from Blair. True those early few days of the Brown regime were indeed refreshing but the reality of his incompetence means this would be possibly the least convincing demonstration of global coherence that I've heard yet. Smart of the reesh to jump on the bandwagon and claim it's all down to him though. On hearing this and other positive developments since the change of leadership in Westminster, Maharishi proclaimed that he was completely releasing his hold on the activities of his organisation in Great Britain. Maharishi said that he was lifting all his reservations to make the country invincible. Thanks Marshy, a few years of Gordon Brown and then a coalition between the two worst parties imaginable has really taught me the value of invincibility as brought around by your megalomania - I mean movement.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
so what is the non-meditating atmosphere like in Rendlesham as compared to Skelmersdale - about the same or more upscale? On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 3:31 PM Rendlesham in Suffolk. Here's a pic: Looks rather nice now the greenery has grown up a bit. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Hey Sal, what is the name of the other vastu village in England, is it the place the Skelmersdale folk went to after they discovered the hill was too high?
[FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Among the many different forms, Simmons said he teaches mantra-based meditation in which someone sits quietly and repeats a single word – in his case, “Rum” – for a period of 20 minutes. He has one meditation session in the morning at his Los Angeles home, then drives over to his ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons’ home for another session from 6:45 a.m. to 7:05 a.m. with his two daughters, Aoki Lee, 11, and Ming Lee, 14. They’ve been meditating together for three years.
[FairfieldLife] Nader lecture - Can you see the Youtube link?
Can you see the Youtube link? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFR19lrZMlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFR19lrZMlg
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine
The whole Scorpionland thing was pathetic, it made me sad to see all these TM teachers running round like headless chickens having to ring the national office about what they could or couldn't do and after years or decades of supposedly learning how to think and act from a deep level. It really showed up what a deeply weird cult it is. The whole thing based on Marshy's word, no matter how illogical, contradictory or stupid, these TM teachers spent the whole time trying to rationalise it, but obey it too. So everyone went from thinking themselves Marshy's favourite country to being a land of scorpions to be shunned by the world because of a government no one liked anyway! Poor old Marshy probably thought democracy results in the most popular party getting elected, but it's really the one that more people dislike least compared to the other two put together. TB was bad but the alternatives were worse. Some TM teacher seriously suggested to me that we should have had a dictatorship with Geoffrey Clements ruling because he must have the most coherent brainwaves because Marshy chose him to be TM leader. How weird is that! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Well, how was it that the TM Sidhi practice and all other TM related activities had allowed England to become the Scorpion Nation to begin with? You think maybe some Brit on Marshy's staff snuck off and watched the Scorpion King movie and Marshy heard him talking about, and in his advanced years mental state suddenly thought Blair was the Scorpion King? On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 6:27 PM And I missed the obvious contradiction, you can't stop feeding nectar to the scorpion and then claim it was your nectar that changed the consciousness of the country. Duh, I'm half asleep today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Thanks for finding that MJ, it does one good to be reminded of just how deluded old Ozymandias - I mean Marshy was. Will the world ever see his like again? Maharishi saw the words and actions of the new Government as an expression of the changed quality of national consciousness in Great Britain, which had quietly resulted from the activities of his organisation to raise coherence in world consciousness in recent years. So it was all that meditating that actually got Gordon Brown into power, not the fact he was always going to take over from Blair. True those early few days of the Brown regime were indeed refreshing but the reality of his incompetence means this would be possibly the least convincing demonstration of global coherence that I've heard yet. Smart of the reesh to jump on the bandwagon and claim it's all down to him though. On hearing this and other positive developments since the change of leadership in Westminster, Maharishi proclaimed that he was completely releasing his hold on the activities of his organisation in Great Britain. Maharishi said that he was lifting all his reservations to make the country invincible. Thanks Marshy, a few years of Gordon Brown and then a coalition between the two worst parties imaginable has really taught me the value of invincibility as brought around by your megalomania - I mean movement.
[FairfieldLife] Pizza Berlusconi
Pizza Berlusconi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kotipizza_Berlusconi.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kotipizza_Berlusconi.JPG Pizza Berlusconi. Pizza Berlusconi is Kotipizza's name for its smoked reindeer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer pizza. With Pizza Berlusconi, Kotipizza won the America's Plate International http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=America%27s_Plate_Internationalaction=editredlink=1 pizza contest in New York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York in March 2008, beating the Italians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy, who got second place, and the Australians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia at third.[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotipizza#cite_note-5 Kotipizza named its smoked reindeer pizza Pizza Berlusconi in its advertising campaign and menu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu in early summer 2008 after Prime Minister of Italy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Italy Silvio Berlusconi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi. Kotipizza did this to mock Berlusconi's statements from 2005 that he had to endure Finnish cuisine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_cuisine,[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotipizza#cite_note-6 when he joked disparagingly about Finns eating marinated reindeer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer.; Although marinated reindeer is a common dish in Lapland and Alaska, in Finland the meat is traditionally stewed or dried.[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotipizza#cite_note-7
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
You mean the local area? Much nicer from my POV, a nice lower middle class town, it's not posh but not run down like parts of Skem. No obvious lowlifes wandering about and a great many more cars. I'd feel more at home than in Skem. Are you thinking of moving over here? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: so what is the non-meditating atmosphere like in Rendlesham as compared to Skelmersdale - about the same or more upscale? On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 3:31 PM Rendlesham in Suffolk. Here's a pic: Looks rather nice now the greenery has grown up a bit. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Hey Sal, what is the name of the other vastu village in England, is it the place the Skelmersdale folk went to after they discovered the hill was too high?
[FairfieldLife] RE: A National Robin Hood Tax To Take Back Our Economy
Gosh, I can't imagine why the codpiece went out of fashion. Those sleeves are fetching too, I can see a new look for summer! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote: Sal: Can I wear green tights? I look good in green tights. Only if you use a codpiece. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/04/01/bringing-back-the-codpiece/ http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/04/01/bringing-back-the-codpiece/
[FairfieldLife] RE: Nader lecture - Can you see the Youtube link?
I think the embeded youtube doesn't showup in mail. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jedi_spock@... wrote: Can you see the Youtube link? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFR19lrZMlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFR19lrZMlg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Russell Simmons' meditation
Oops! I listened while cooking lunch and enjoyed, much as in Russell Simmons' previous interviews endorsing TM, his descriptions of the value he's found from doing TM 20 minutes twice daily for 20 years, as well as meditating with his daughters for the past three years. Although I noticed his description of how to respond to thoughts seemed superficial and inaccurate, I hadn't noticed his saying he's teaching his own mantra-based meditation or that he didn't mention TM. I am sorry for sending this. Begin forwarded message: From: Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com Subject: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com Date: February 26, 2014 1:17:49 PM CST To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Russell Simmons and his TM practice
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Ram is a common shanti mantra given to the general public. The journalist probably heard it wrong as Rum which is hilarious and might might make someone drunk. According to some including Bhavagan Das in his autobiography Maharishi used Ram in the first days of TM. The reason TM uses beej mantras is because anyone can use them without any special ceremony. I think MMY was looking for a system anyone could teach. MMY also used shaktipat when teaching in the early days. Keeping mantras secret might have also been just to keep Indians from blowing whistle on the project as nothing special. Except for a select few, westerners of course in the 1960s and 70s knew about nothing mantras nor mantra shastra so would not have understood this. On 02/26/2014 11:30 AM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: Among the many different forms, Simmons said he teaches mantra-based meditation in which someone sits quietly and repeats a single word – in his case, “Rum” – for a period of 20 minutes. He has one meditation session in the morning at his Los Angeles home, then drives over to his ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons’ home for another session from 6:45 a.m. to 7:05 a.m. with his two daughters, Aoki Lee, 11, and Ming Lee, 14. They’ve been meditating together for three years.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine
On 2/26/2014 12:49 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: how was it that the TM Sidhi practice and all other TM related activities had allowed England to become the Scorpion Nation to begin with? It takes some serious TMSP in order to go from being a Scorpion Nation to being a heaven on earth with TM Centers open for business. So, now everyone is watching to see what happens with the TMers over in the Crimea - if they can prevent a civil war or not. We already know that most people in Europe don't want to see the Crimea split in two, so the TMers in Britain will have to do some TMSP as well - as backup flyers for the Ukraine. Let's get to work! '150,000 Russian troops on alert as US warns Putin' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/worldnews/europe/ukraine/Crimea/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10662187/Ukraine-revolution-Protesters-in-stand-off-in-pro-Russian-Crimea.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine
I'll go, It'll be the Crimean war all over again!. I'm a veteran of long courses and could do with a holiday. Into the valley of death hopped the six hundred etc... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: On 2/26/2014 12:49 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: how was it that the TM Sidhi practice and all other TM related activities had allowed England to become the Scorpion Nation to begin with? It takes some serious TMSP in order to go from being a Scorpion Nation to being a heaven on earth with TM Centers open for business. So, now everyone is watching to see what happens with the TMers over in the Crimea - if they can prevent a civil war or not. We already know that most people in Europe don't want to see the Crimea split in two, so the TMers in Britain will have to do some TMSP as well - as backup flyers for the Ukraine. Let's get to work! '150,000 Russian troops on alert as US warns Putin' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/worldnews/europe/ukraine/Crimea/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10662187/Ukraine-revolution-Protesters-in-stand-off-in-pro-Russian-Crimea.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Nader lecture - Can you see the Youtube link?
I think that the embeded youtube doesn't show up in mail. Maharishi's Main Message - Dr. Tony Nader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqM9sxQD_EE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqM9sxQD_EE
[FairfieldLife] Re: Nader lecture - Can you see the Youtube link?
It shows up on the page but I'm not getting links from Bill Leeds and sometimes Xeno, don't know what's up with it as mine come out OK. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jedi_spock@... wrote: I think that the embeded youtube doesn't show up in mail. Maharishi's Main Message - Dr. Tony Nader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqM9sxQD_EE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqM9sxQD_EE
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
Ha ha! Not at this time and were I to relocate to Merrye Olde Englande, it certainly would not be anywhere near any vastu ved outifts, unless I thought I could help some of the denizens escape. On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 7:50 PM You mean the local area? Much nicer from my POV, a nice lower middle class town, it's not posh but not run down like parts of Skem. No obvious lowlifes wandering about and a great many more cars. I'd feel more at home than in Skem. Are you thinking of moving over here? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: so what is the non-meditating atmosphere like in Rendlesham as compared to Skelmersdale - about the same or more upscale? On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 3:31 PM Rendlesham in Suffolk. Here's a pic: Looks rather nice now the greenery has grown up a bit. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Hey Sal, what is the name of the other vastu village in England, is it the place the Skelmersdale folk went to after they discovered the hill was too high?
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine
But he warn't good enuff to be Englands raja - looks like some of the regular royals might ahve a bone to pick with someone claiming to be the vedic king of England, come to think of it. On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 7:40 PM The whole Scorpionland thing was pathetic, it made me sad to see all these TM teachers running round like headless chickens having to ring the national office about what they could or couldn't do and after years or decades of supposedly learning how to think and act from a deep level. It really showed up what a deeply weird cult it is. The whole thing based on Marshy's word, no matter how illogical, contradictory or stupid, these TM teachers spent the whole time trying to rationalise it, but obey it too. So everyone went from thinking themselves Marshy's favourite country to being a land of scorpions to be shunned by the world because of a government no one liked anyway! Poor old Marshy probably thought democracy results in the most popular party getting elected, but it's really the one that more people dislike least compared to the other two put together. TB was bad but the alternatives were worse. Some TM teacher seriously suggested to me that we should have had a dictatorship with Geoffrey Clements ruling because he must have the most coherent brainwaves because Marshy chose him to be TM leader. How weird is that! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Well, how was it that the TM Sidhi practice and all other TM related activities had allowed England to become the Scorpion Nation to begin with? You think maybe some Brit on Marshy's staff snuck off and watched the Scorpion King movie and Marshy heard him talking about, and in his advanced years mental state suddenly thought Blair was the Scorpion King? On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Proven Strategy to Prevent Turmoil in Ukraine To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 6:27 PM And I missed the obvious contradiction, you can't stop feeding nectar to the scorpion and then claim it was your nectar that changed the consciousness of the country. Duh, I'm half asleep today. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Thanks for finding that MJ, it does one good to be reminded of just how deluded old Ozymandias - I mean Marshy was. Will the world ever see his like again? Maharishi saw the words and actions of the new Government as an expression of the changed quality of national consciousness in Great Britain, which had quietly resulted from the activities of his organisation to raise coherence in world consciousness in recent years. So it was all that meditating that actually got Gordon Brown into power, not the fact he was always going to take over from Blair. True those early few days of the Brown regime were indeed refreshing but the reality of his incompetence means this would be possibly the least convincing demonstration of global coherence that I've heard yet. Smart of the reesh to jump on the bandwagon and claim it's all down to him though. On hearing this and other positive developments since the change of leadership in Westminster, Maharishi proclaimed that he was completely releasing his hold on the activities of his organisation in Great Britain. Maharishi said that he was lifting all his reservations to make the country invincible. Thanks Marshy, a few years of Gordon Brown and then a coalition between the two worst parties imaginable has really taught me the value of invincibility as brought around by your megalomania - I mean movement.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
In Sanskrit, vowels save the short a-sound are pure. I guess another way to express that is they are non-reduced. I'm quite certain that for native speakers of English the impurity of the short a-sound in Sanskrit is easier to hear than for those whose native languages have only pure vowel sounds, like e.g. Italian and Finnish. Be it as it may, I think the short a-sound in Sanskrit *might* be closer to vowel sounds like 'aw' in English 'raw', but short. Listening to the pronunciation of 'rum' in Google translator rendered me quite shure it's fairly close to the Sanskrit pronunciation of 'ram', whereas pronouncing that (ram) according to the phonetic rules of English might make it too frontal(?), like the a-sound e.g. in 'bat'.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
These guys don't want to escape, they love it. You should go for a course and see if you get back into it, might be a revelation The raja lives there and you have to stand up when he enters the room. I can see you getting into that. I wonder what it would take to get back into the TMO as a believer? I'll wager it isn't possible once you have turned your back on it. Not without some sort of decent evidence that it works as more than just away of having a bit of extra kip every day. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Ha ha! Not at this time and were I to relocate to Merrye Olde Englande, it certainly would not be anywhere near any vastu ved outifts, unless I thought I could help some of the denizens escape.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Nader lecture - Can you see the Youtube link?
Very nice, Yogananda called it a portable heaven or ever new joy.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
Come one! You are surely bullshitting - the TM people HAVE to stand up when the raja enters a room?? I would knock him on his ass and walk out. On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 9:02 PM These guys don't want to escape, they love it. You should go for a course and see if you get back into it, might be a revelation The raja lives there and you have to stand up when he enters the room. I can see you getting into that. I wonder what it would take to get back into the TMO as a believer? I'll wager it isn't possible once you have turned your back on it. Not without some sort of decent evidence that it works as more than just away of having a bit of extra kip every day. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Ha ha! Not at this time and were I to relocate to Merrye Olde Englande, it certainly would not be anywhere near any vastu ved outifts, unless I thought I could help some of the denizens escape.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Ram rhymes with Tom while Rum rhymes with bum. Also it is highly improvable the writer knows ANY Sanskrit. :-D On 02/26/2014 01:01 PM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: In Sanskrit, vowels save the short a-sound are pure. I guess another way to express that is they are non-reduced. I'm quite certain that for native speakers of English the impurity of the short a-sound in Sanskrit is easier to hear than for those whose native languages have only pure vowel sounds, like e.g. Italian and Finnish. Be it as it may, I think the short a-sound in Sanskrit *might* be closer to vowel sounds like 'aw' in English 'raw', but short. Listening to the pronunciation of 'rum' in Google translator rendered me quite shure it'sfairly close to the Sanskrit pronunciation of 'ram', whereas pronouncing that (ram) according to the phonetic rules of English might make it too frontal(?), like the a-sound e.g. in 'bat'.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Russell Simmons' meditation
Don't apologize! Its great to see someone who has been paraded around by Lynch yapping about TM for the past few years apparently defecting and teaching his own brand of mantra meditation. I mean after all, if TM is so great, why doesn't Rush just become a certified TM Governor and teach through the Movement? Maybe he didn't like having to get up off his chair everytime a raja came in the room. On Wed, 2/26/14, Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Russell Simmons' meditation To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 7:59 PM Oops! I listened while cooking lunch and enjoyed, much as in Russell Simmons' previous interviews endorsing TM, his descriptions of the value he's found from doing TM 20 minutes twice daily for 20 years, as well as meditating with his daughters for the past three years. Although I noticed his description of how to respond to thoughts seemed superficial and inaccurate, I hadn't noticed his saying he's teaching his own mantra-based meditation or that he didn't mention TM. I am sorry for sending this. Begin forwarded message: From: Dick Mays dickm...@lisco.com Subject: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com Date: February 26, 2014 1:17:49 PM CST To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Russell Simmons and his TM practice
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Well, hell, old Marshy always said the mantra didn't matter, so I think I'll meditate to bourbon tonight. Ora maybe tequila and if that works I'll make up some sutras like tequila with an amrit chaser and see can I walk through a wall. On Wed, 2/26/14, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 9:34 PM Ram rhymes with Tom while Rum rhymes with bum. Also it is highly improvable the writer knows ANY Sanskrit. :-D On 02/26/2014 01:01 PM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: In Sanskrit, vowels save the short a-sound are pure. I guess another way to express that is they are non-reduced. I'm quite certain that for native speakers of English the impurity of the short a-sound in Sanskrit is easier to hear than for those whose native languages have only pure vowel sounds, like e.g. Italian and Finnish. Be it as it may, I think the short a-sound in Sanskrit *might* be closer to vowel sounds like 'aw' in English 'raw', but short. Listening to the pronunciation of 'rum' in Google translator rendered me quite shure it's fairly close to the Sanskrit pronunciation of 'ram', whereas pronouncing that (ram) according to the phonetic rules of English might make it too frontal(?), like the a-sound e.g. in 'bat'.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Nah In high school everyone was already chanting the shakti form of the vahni-bija - rah rah shish koom bah or the really secret high school mantra - rama longa ding dong. Must be why all the time they wanted to eat and have sex. It wasn't the hormones after all. Just the short uh (as in ə - the schwah) is all they need for SM (Simmons Meditation) ... as in rəm rəm rəmə rəmə.
Re: [FairfieldLife] A of E Techniques
Is this what you learned or are you willing to say?Full Age of Enlightenment Technique After T[ranscendental]M[editation]S[idhi]P[rogram]: Place attention on the following in sequence: • Nostrils • Lips • Ears • Eyes • Between Brows • Top of head • Whole head • Throat • Chest • Stomach • Sides of the body • Back • Upper back • Shoulder blades • Upper arms • Lower arms • Palms • Fingers • Upper legs • Ankles • Feet • Whole body Then have sequential and growing awareness of the following spaces, along with the mantras which follow: • City you are in • Country you are in • Continent (North/SouthAmerica) • Africa • Europe • Austral-Asia • Whole world • Earth and the Sun together • The Solar System • The Galaxy • Clusters of Galaxies • Whole Universe • The Absolute • The Whole Body Lokas (done simultaneously with the above): • Om Bhu (mentally utter at level of clouds) • Om Bhu Va (higher and higher) • Om Sva • Om Maha • Om Jana • Om Tapa • Om Sat Yam (pron: Om Sut Yum) When you utter Sat Yam place attention on the top of your head. Have an awareness of the Whole Body. Sutra: Soma, soma, soma. Rest 5-10 minutes. On Wed, 2/26/14, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A of E Techniques To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 5:42 PM I had pretty nice experiences with them. Others did as well. One of them is found in the Shiva Purana (not going to say which one or where). I also lifted -off once before the Sidhis were taught. I was laying down after meditation when kundalini started in my solar plexus and weightlessness started spreading outwardly to my extremities and I slowly rose in the air, off of my bed.Next thing I know , it gave out and I bounced back on the bed.I think they are being taught now as *advanced techniques*. On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 9:11 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote: Did they work real good? On Wed, 2/26/14, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A of E Techniques To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 3:05 PM I got them on the 2nd Age of Enlightenment or Six month course which started in Biaritz France, later moving to Fueregan Switzerland and ending up some place else in France. Some were taught by Billy Clayton and others by M . On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 2:48 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote: Can someone explain to me what the Age of Enlightenment Techniques were and who taught them?
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
I suspect that might be the reason that life in a vastu village may not suit you! But stand up they do. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote: Come one! You are surely bullshitting - the TM people HAVE to stand up when the raja enters a room?? I would knock him on his ass and walk out. On Wed, 2/26/14, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 9:02 PM
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Given the amount of PR Rush has given the TMO over the years, reckon they'll reciprocate by having the rajas encourage all the TM'ers in the world to buy Simmon's book on non-TM meditation? Reckon the MUM bookstore will carry it and the Peace Palaces? Might could get a discount if you paid in raams. On Wed, 2/26/14, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 9:38 PM Well, hell, old Marshy always said the mantra didn't matter, so I think I'll meditate to bourbon tonight. Ora maybe tequila and if that works I'll make up some sutras like tequila with an amrit chaser and see can I walk through a wall. On Wed, 2/26/14, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 9:34 PM Ram rhymes with Tom while Rum rhymes with bum. Also it is highly improvable the writer knows ANY Sanskrit. :-D On 02/26/2014 01:01 PM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: In Sanskrit, vowels save the short a-sound are pure. I guess another way to express that is they are non-reduced. I'm quite certain that for native speakers of English the impurity of the short a-sound in Sanskrit is easier to hear than for those whose native languages have only pure vowel sounds, like e.g. Italian and Finnish. Be it as it may, I think the short a-sound in Sanskrit *might* be closer to vowel sounds like 'aw' in English 'raw', but short. Listening to the pronunciation of 'rum' in Google translator rendered me quite shure it's fairly close to the Sanskrit pronunciation of 'ram', whereas pronouncing that (ram) according to the phonetic rules of English might make it too frontal(?), like the a-sound e.g. in 'bat'.
[FairfieldLife] Respect Yourself
Robert Palmer - Respect Yourself http://youtu.be/af0XKu88YTE [image: Inline image 1]
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath
The will of SBS was not disputed by the VHP. The VHP fully supported Guru Dev's successor Swami Shantanada Saraswati as the Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath. In an interview with Robert Kropinsky the Swami Swaroopanand has stated that Guru Dev left a will which clearly specified the names of those individuals who were to assume the title and responsibilities of Shankaracharya after Guru Dev's death. The will specifed that Swami Shantanand was to succeed to the seat of the Shankaracharya of the North. http://minet.org/Documents/shank-5 On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Allahabad, January 10, 2001 The brass band gave a standing ovation to the triumphant entry of Vasudevanand Saraswati. The Shankarcharya sat on high gold-coloured throne with four of his men standing beside him as flag-bearers on the Triveni Sangam Marg. The throne was being carried on a tractor trolley that moved slowly towards the Akahara area in Sector 7 of the Mahakumbh. The Shankaracharya raised his right hand to bless the thousands of the people who stood by to watch his entrance. It was like a recreation of a historical scene, the entry of a king or an emperor. Only the tunes - mainly film songs - played by the band were out of place. But the devotees could not care less. Another sadhu was sitting on his throne wearing sunglasses. On being asked his name, he handed over his business card, which read: Shri 1008 Mahant Vishnu Devanandji Dera Baba Atmandand Ashram Himachal Pradesh
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ishvara - The Transcendental Person
A King never desires to be God Krishna, but a King would desire to be God's servant. The very highest calling for anyone in the bhakti movement is to serve the Lord. Ramakrishna once remarked that he wanted to taste sugar, not be sugar. Thus the Vaishnavas came to be called 'rasiks', as in the nectar of ambrosia. The rasiks then tried to reverse engineer the original Sahajiya Buddhist philosophical system, and turned it upside down, calling Sri Radha the 'active' female principle, and Krishna the 'static', in order to represent the highest state of bliss. Go figure. On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: So, since Krishna is the Absolute, he is in fact 'indescribably different', (Acyenta Bheda Bheda). At first this seems to be non-sensical, but if you think about it, it makes more sense, and if you remember what MMY said in CBG 1-6. According to MMY, Lord Krishna is the 'Transcendental Person', mentioned in Bhagavad Gita. That means that He is beyond, or transcendental to, phenomenon - the relative world of change. Many of the Vedantists who composed the Vedic literature were dualists or qualified-dualists, and others were mixed dualists and some were qualified-dualists. While all the Upanishadic thinkers were transcendentalists, not all of them ascribed to the Advaita philosophy, non-dualism. In fact, there is good reason to doubt the Advaita of the Adi Shankaracharya. Because many of these good fellows (sadhus) do not ascribe to the illusion theory, 'maya' proposed by the Adi. According to Sri Aurobindo, this Transcendental Person is not false - He is real, not an illusion. Isha Upanishad: The face of Truth is covered with a brilliant golden lid; that do thou remove O'Fosterer, for the law of the Truth, for sight. - Isha v 2 The term 'Isha' refers to Ishvara, the cosmic person, Paramatman or Brahman. Ishvara is the supreme controller. Sri Aurobindo wrote that the Ultimate Reality is two fulls - 200% of each. One who knows nescience side-by-side with the transcendent, can pass beyond repeated birth and death, and can enjoy the full blessings of immortality. Work cited: 'Isha Upanishad' Translation by Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust Pondicherry, India 1914 Notes: nescience adjective from Latin nescient, present participle of nescire not to know, from ne- not + scire to know -- more at no, science. 1. lack of knowledge or awareness 2. ignorance Synonyms benightedness, cluelessness, incognizance, innocence, ignorance, obliviousness, unawareness, unfamiliarity Examples: The appalling nescience of today's high schoolers concerning international affairs. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nescience
[FairfieldLife] NASA Discovers More New Worlds
But only a few are in the habitable zone. Will they find life, albeit intelligent ones, in those exoplanets? http://news.yahoo.com/population-known-alien-planets-nearly-doubles-nasa-discovers-191250870.html http://news.yahoo.com/population-known-alien-planets-nearly-doubles-nasa-discovers-191250870.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: More About Badrinath
Char-dhama - Badrinath [image: Inline image 1] http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/08-12/features2552.htm The image of Shri Badri Narayana at Badrika, Himalayas, India, which lies on the right bank of the river Alaknanda, is fashioned out of a Saligram stone. Shri Badri Narayana is seated under the badari tree, flanked by Kubera and Garuda, Narada, Narayana and Nara. Lord Badri Narayan is armed with Conch and Chakra in two arms in a lifted posture and two more arms rested on the lap in Yoga Mudra. There is also a shrine to Adi Shankara, and the procedures of daily poojas and rituals are supposed to have been prescribed by Adi Sankara. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Pundit Sir pundits...@gmail.com wrote: My Journey to India 2011 - Badarikashrama - The Mountain Home of God [image: Inline image 1] At holy places you don't have to wait for miracles - they are all around you. Diaries by Sacinandana Swami: http://www.sacinandanaswami.com/my-journey-to-india/http://www.sacinandanaswami.com/en/s1a23/diaries-by-sacinandana-swami/my-journey-to-india-2011-badarikashrama-the-mountain-home-of-god.html On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: A broad stairway leads up to a tall arched gateway, which is the main entrance. The architecture resembles a Buddhist vihara (temple), with the brightly painted facade also more typical of Buddhism temples. [image: Inline image 1] The main shrine houses the 1 m (3.3 ft) Shaligram (black stone) image of Badrinarayan, housed in a gold canopy, under a Badri Tree. The image of Badari Narayan is armed with Shankh (conch) and Chakra (wheel) in two of his arms in a lifted posture and two arms rested on the lap in Yogamudra posture. Vishnu in the form of Badrinath, is depicted in the temple sitting in padmasana posture. According to the legend, Vishnu was chastised by a sage who saw Vishnu's consort Lakshmi massaging his feet. Vishnu went to Badrinath to perform austerity, meditating for a long time in padmasana. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badrinath_temple
[FairfieldLife] What's Up With That?
In 2013, for the first time in the 55-year-history of the Billboard Hot 100, not one black artist lodged a number-one single. Go figure. Maybe someone will invent a whole new word for it, and it will evolve to the point that it sounds so different from our traditional understanding of hip-hop that it will become a genre unto itself, with its own hard-line purists trying to protect its borders. By that point, maybe hip-hop will be left to the stodgy old white guys. http://tinyurl.com/n95d8b7 http://www.newrepublic.com/white-hip-hop-artistshttp://www.newrepublic.com/article/116649/white-hip-hop-artists-are-changing-rap-are-more-macklemores-come?utm_source=twitterutm_medium=socialutm_content=4021172
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
On 2/26/2014 3:38 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: I think I'll meditate to bourbon tonight. Ora maybe tequila and if that works I'll make up some sutras like tequila with an amrit chaser and see can I walk through a wall. We all do what we can for world peace. Go figure.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Sal
On 2/26/2014 3:02 PM, salyavin808 wrote: You should go for a course and see if you get back into it Do they have any openings for kitchen help or computer repair at the vastu outfit?
