[FairfieldLife] Re: Nokia 808 PureView : Thunderstorm!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x717XQHfq_Ufeature=player_embedded Hard to believe that was shot on a cellphone. I haven't yet shot any video with my Galaxy S2, but the video quality on my HTC Desire and the Motorola RAZR before that were both crap. http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-808-PureView-Unlocked-Optics--U-S/dp/B0087OXZ3K/ref=sr_1_1?s=wirelessie=UTF8qid=1344548723sr=1-1keywords=pureview+808 The customer reviews might even be real, not fake like in the case of Nokia Lumia 900 Windoze phoney, according to some...
[FairfieldLife] Unbelievable: Symbian Belle (Nokia N8) faster than Android (Sony)??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreenNR=1v=9e8_G3J3xKo
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Inward Stroke of TM and Dhyana Shaki'...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@... wrote: From the very first experience of TM after the Initition Puja is done for Guru Dev... Then the 'Inward Stroke of TM' is established from the very 1st experience...this is the genius of Maharishi and Guru Dev...this simple way of exeriencing what is called in sanskrit, 'Dhyana Shakti'... Dhyana Shakti increases many fold around the domes and in any group of meditators... So, when we say, 'Let's close the eyes'...immediately one starts to dive within... And when we say, 'Open the eyes'...then one begins to come back out, or comes back a grosser level of thinking... So, we close the eyes and go within... And we slowly open the eyes and come back out... Here, we are learning the 'Beginning of Self-Referral'... That is to train the mind, how to look within, by recognizing that more subtle layers of thought are quieter and more abstract... We recognize that more subtle levels of thinking provides for healing in the body and great feeliings of expansion of our awareness... We begin to structure the Dhayana Shakti, which allows us, to more and more effortlessly and naturally expand our awareness, by going within to the source of thought... So, Dhyana Shakti, is one of the 3 main Shaktis Jai Guru Dev yasyonmeSa-nimeSaabhyaaM jagataH pralayodayau taM shakti-cakra-vibhava-prabhavaM shankaraM stumaH! (Attempt at sandhi-vigraha: yasya + unmeSa-nimeSaabhyaam; jagataH pralaya + udayau taM shakti-cakra-vibhava-prabhavam; shankaram; stumaH!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Robin your last post has a double message ((shades of yesteryear)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Dear Lord Knows, First, congratulations on seeing through Robin's blatantly obvious attempt to lure you into another of his confrontations, a tarbaby that once you interacted with it he would make nigh unto difficult to escape from. As you so accurately described w.r.t. his interactions with Curtis, that is exactly what he was trying to do, and you wisely didn't fall for it. Now, if the people whose lives revolve around confrontation and argumentation will allow it, I'd like to try to shift the tone and the content of interaction with you somewhat. I was taken with both the clarity and the compassion of your first post and its followups, and find myself wondering a little about you and what you've been doing in the Time Since Robin. I will *completely* understand if you don't feel like getting into such stuff, first with an absolute stranger (moi) and second on a very public forum full of people who will attempt to turn anything you say into an attempt to get you (this place, FFL, the Funny Farm Lounge). But here's why I'm asking. As you may have surmised, if you have been lurking here for a while, you may know that I too had my run-ins with those of the Narcissistic Personality Disorder persuasion. In particular, one Rama - Dr. Frederick Lenz. Many of his antics and abuses made Robin's look like the amateur wannabee guru poseur behaviors they were. It was quite a ride. But, like you, I felt that I learned something from the ride. I learned never to mistake charisma for enlightenment; the former is often an occult thang, driven by the will of the charismatic person (either consciously or subconsciously), and often completely self-serving, which says a lot about the charismatic person still having a lot of self. :-) In my experience enlightenment is a much quieter, softer thing; it doesn't seek to attract attention to its self, because... duh...it no longer has much of a self. It just IS. You either notice it or you don't, and IF you don't, the enlightened being Just Doesn't Give A Shit. It is tempting, after a prolonged interaction with a spir- itual teacher who fits the DSM-IV definitions for NPD and hypomania, to become disillusioned with the spiritual path entirely, and to walk away from the whole thing in disgust. I know quite a few people who did just that after spending some time with Rama. Me, I like to think that I took another path. I am still more than open to the possibility of enlightenment. (How could I not be? I've had flashes of it myself.) But what I no longer accept are the many descriptions of it that IMHO have nothing to do with What Enlightenment Is. Like the enlightened person being perfect, or omniscient, or even capable of performing siddhis. The last one doesn't compute *at all*, because Rama could perform siddhis out the ying-yang, and I don't believe for an instant that he was fully enlightened. Siddhis and enlightenment are apples and oranges in my book, not related in any way. IMHO, the siddhis and enlightenment are related to each other at least this way: For one to able to abandon the siddhis it seems almost inevitable to experience at least some of them. Otherwise, you don't have nothing much to abandon, have you? A bit like, it's easy to not give a shit for having sex, if you are a eunuch, but it's whole another thing if your testosterone levels are normal or perhaps even above normal? Or, it's easy to abstain from smoking if you've never smoked in the first place. Etc, etc... As Patañjali puts it: tad-vairaagyaad api doSa-biija-kSaye kaivalyam (III 51). And prasaMkhyaane 'pi akusiidasya sarvathaa viveka-khyaater dharma-meghaH samaadhiH (IV 29).
[FairfieldLife] Re: Robin your last post has a double message ((shades of yesteryear)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Me, I like to think that I took another path. I am still more than open to the possibility of enlightenment. (How could I not be? I've had flashes of it myself.) But what I no longer accept are the many descriptions of it that IMHO have nothing to do with What Enlightenment Is. Like the enlightened person being perfect, or omniscient, or even capable of performing siddhis. The last one doesn't compute *at all*, because Rama could perform siddhis out the ying-yang, and I don't believe for an instant that he was fully enlightened. Siddhis and enlightenment are apples and oranges in my book, not related in any way. IMHO, the siddhis and enlightenment are related to each other at least this way: For one to able to abandon the siddhis it seems almost inevitable to experience at least some of them. Otherwise, you don't have nothing much to abandon, have you? I honestly do not understand what you mean by abandon, Card. Do you mean not be interested in them, or do you mean not be interested in learning to perform them, or do you mean not being interested in them once having mastered them, or what? I'm not a good writer by any standard, especially my semantic ear might be way weaker than average, even in writing/speaking in my own language. The last one of your alternatives is what I mean. A bit like, it's easy to not give a shit for having sex, if you are a eunuch, but it's whole another thing if your testosterone levels are normal or perhaps even above normal? I honestly think -- having witnessed siddhis being performed on a regular basis for over 14 years -- that a lot of it has to do with their relative rareness in the world. A *lot* of people are flashed out by the rarity of them, and think that either being able to witness them or perform them will alter their lives forever, and in a positive way. Having been there done that with both, I disagree. I think that there is a *value* in either witnessing or performing siddhis, in that they allow the seeker to break the boundaries of what they consider reality and what its constrictions are. But do they transform a person or *do anything* for them? I would have to say, based on my experience and that of hundreds (nay, thousands) who saw Rama perform them, that they don't do diddley- squat *except* expand one's vision of what the possibilities of life really are. They do NOT transform consciousness in any mean- ingful and lasting way. Or, it's easy to abstain from smoking if you've never smoked in the first place. Etc, etc... As Patañjali puts it: tad-vairaagyaad api doSa-biija-kSaye kaivalyam (III 51). And prasaMkhyaane 'pi akusiidasya sarvathaa viveka-khyaater dharma-meghaH samaadhiH (IV 29). This means nothing to me. I neither know Sanskrit, nor care to learn it. And I don't recognize Patanjali as any kind of authority. I think it's best that everybody checks out their favourite translation(s). Those who know some Sanskrit can then compare the translation to the original.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Robin your last post has a double message ((shades of yesteryear)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: Me, I like to think that I took another path. I am still more than open to the possibility of enlightenment. (How could I not be? I've had flashes of it myself.) But what I no longer accept are the many descriptions of it that IMHO have nothing to do with What Enlightenment Is. Like the enlightened person being perfect, or omniscient, or even capable of performing siddhis. The last one doesn't compute *at all*, because Rama could perform siddhis out the ying-yang, and I don't believe for an instant that he was fully enlightened. Siddhis and enlightenment are apples and oranges in my book, not related in any way. IMHO, the siddhis and enlightenment are related to each other at least this way: For one to able to abandon the siddhis it seems almost inevitable to experience at least some of them. Otherwise, you don't have nothing much to abandon, have you? I honestly do not understand what you mean by abandon, Card. Do you mean not be interested in them, or do you mean not be interested in learning to perform them, or do you mean not being interested in them once having mastered them, or what? I'm not a good writer by any standard, especially my semantic ear might be way weaker than average, even in writing/speaking in my own language. The last one of your alternatives is what I mean. Au contraire, I think that you are an excellent writer, given that English is not your native language. I have never mastered *any* other language to the extent that you have. Why, thanks, but IMO English is a rather easy language, apart from spelling. At least you don't have to memorize inflectional/conjucational paradigms as in e.g. Sanskrit. I think my weakest points in English are choosing the correct preposition and sometimes not knowing whether to use an article (a/an/the) or not...And Nabby is by far better than me in writing *idiomatic* English, IMO. :D
[FairfieldLife] Re: Some facts and background on Robin Carlsen / umasking the zebra
Wonder if there could be even the remotest of possibilities that the entities Robin and Lordknows occupy(?) exactly the same space-time coordinates... ;D --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: This would make an excellent starting point for a RWC and WTS FAQ, in my opinion. It's the bitch-slap of enlightened insight. Thanks for taking the time, effort and emotional digging it took to write this. And ditto on wishing RWC the best - think of it as a `shirts off bear hug' R. :-). On Aug 6, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Lord Knows lordknows888@... wrote: Dear Robin, I know you well, I was in the inner circle of your followers. I lived in the group house you named Annapurna in Victoria. I fully
[FairfieldLife] Nok has gone nuts??
Nokia 888 (ROFLMAO!) http://seekingalpha.com/article/786081-why-i-bought-nokia-a-picture-s-worth-2-per-share?source=email_rt_article_readmoreifp=0
[FairfieldLife] Re: Some facts and background on Robin Carlsen / umasking the zebra
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit (...)? affero, abstuli, ablatum, afferre??
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Mantra by Swami R'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@... wrote: Use of Mantra · chanting mantra aloud · chanting mantra internally more external (gross) more internal (subtle) · parrot-like repetition · repetition with feeling more external (gross) more internal (subtle) Yee-haw! Prolly one of the most informative posts I've ever read on FFL! :D
[FairfieldLife] USA in bolt?
Are Obama and, say, Usain Bolt the first symptoms of a possible future Afro-American rule of the world? :D
[FairfieldLife] Re: Giant Footprint in South Africa
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Oh that's BS. Lucy carved that as a practicle joke. From: John jr_esq@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2012 2:52 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Giant Footprint in South Africa  It could be millions of years old. If true, who were they? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwpNR=1v=dRuxw-nZoJw Mr. Klaus Dona (German??) reveals the one inconsistency in the footprint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7qZnieFvNsfeature=relmfu
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Maharishi and the End of the Practice'...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: All of these things, begin to be experienced as a 'Kind of Wholeness of Awareness' which is translated in Sanskrit to be 'Brahm'... NBD, but there might be such a word in *transliterated* Hindi, whilst certainly not in Sanskrit, where the proper spelling of the neuter nominative / accusative form of that word (without sandhi) is 'brahma', as in brahma-suutras ayam aatmaa brahma sarvaM khalvidaM (khalu + idam) brahma ahaM brahmaasmi (brahma + asmi), etc. http://translate.google.fi/#hi/en/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE
[FairfieldLife] Amazon top rated phones!
Nothing short of miraculous: a *Symbian* phone on the second place: http://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/wireless/2407749011/ref=zg_bsnr_tab_t_tr?pf_rd_p=1374969762pf_rd_s=right-8pf_rd_t=2201pf_rd_i=listpf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DERpf_rd_r=016RQANF6HQHXC5N5HTE
[FairfieldLife] Re: Video Interview: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Celibate Guru had a love affair - Judith Bourque
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Aug 5, 2012, at 3:45 AM, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: I kinda lost any hope that TWB had such omniscience when he was so sadly and brutally murdered. Why? Perhaps he didn't care if he was murdered? So you're posing that he was suicidal? WTF!? Oh, well, shucks... :D
[FairfieldLife] Re: Video Interview: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Celibate Guru had a love affair - Judith Bourque
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: I quite remember a fellow I know brought up the question of sex on weekend cources to Maharishi as if it was a very BAD thing. Maharishi scolded the idea of complaining about such activities on cources saying, from my memory; Sex is a natural thing. People react in a negative way because their Christian upbringing since childhood have made them to believe it is a sin. Oh yeah! Rgveda IX 112 (part): shepo romaNvantau bhedau vArin maNDUka ichatIndrAyendo pari srava (shepaH; romaNvantau bhedau [...] ichati [...] : c*ck [a] hairy-m cvnt-um [...] wants [...])
[FairfieldLife] Basic instinct, Ukranian style!
As the hidden camera show N?ked Funny proves, there are loads of attractive chicks with *natural b??bies* in Ukraine? http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3862527/naked_and_funny_basic_instinct_3_2201/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunis
[FairfieldLife] Why buy Acme Inc?
Why buy Acme (or Nokia, or whatever) Inc? Because for the fundie Christians of Goldman-Sachs Acme (Nokia, etc.) is 'sell'!? ROFLMAO!
[FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Question to FFLers
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: This question has been posed before, by numerous people, but I don't remember it ever being dealt with in any depth, or with any real honesty, so I'm posing it again: If you believe that Maharishi was enlightened (in at least Cosmic Consciousness as he defined it, let alone Unity Consciousness as he defined it), WHY do you believe this? If the anecdotes by David Fiske on TM-News several years back are true, IMO he must have been in Unity Consciousness. (Apparently going through walls, controlling peoples minds from far away, and stuff...heh...)
[FairfieldLife] 2K Yffers??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwpv=gE2OjvyJmjENR=1
[FairfieldLife] Go pink!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdFkWQNY_nU Do women really like that colour? I mean REALLY? Yuck! :/
[FairfieldLife] Poor man's Stevie Ray!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lB8cLq4SeAfeature=g-vrec The guy with the Sunburst Strat plays IMO quite a lot like SRV! (I think Miss Erja rushes a bit at one point...)
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Robin Carlsen Story
Hey gals, don't feed a troll! :D
[FairfieldLife] Pale in?
http://www.facebook.com/ironsky Yes she can, LOL!
[FairfieldLife] Pre-market sucker rallye?
Home Quotes NOK Pre-Market Trading $2.75 *0.34 14.11%
[FairfieldLife] khecarii mudraa, light (beginner) version?
Wiki: In recent times, it was taught by Paramahansa Yogananda as a part of Kriya Yoga practice.[14][15] Yogananda stated that: Through the performance of Kechari Mudra, touching the tip of the tongue to the uvula, or little tongue, (or placing it in the nasal cavity behind the uvula), that divine life-current draws the prana from the senses into the spine and draws it up through the chakras to Vaishvanara (Universal Spirit), uniting the consciousness with spirit.
[FairfieldLife] NOK short squeeze??
http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/nok/real-time
[FairfieldLife] Aishwarya prettier, Anoushka zekhsier?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CnhcGpmH9Y Anoushka looks more Aryan than average Indian women??
[FairfieldLife] Re: For Buck...mending my ways and posting only photos of sattvic TMers
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Laura Dern: Ellen DeGeneris (with Portia de Rossi): Sheryl Crow: Heather Graham: whoa! Phantastic, uh... eyes! :] Naomi Watts:
[FairfieldLife] Don't expect harmony or counterpoint!
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=al1q01CZgtc
[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't expect harmony or counterpoint!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: ww.youtube.com/watch?v=al1q01CZgtc www.youtube.com/watch?v=al1q01CZgtc
[FairfieldLife] Re: Don't expect harmony or counterpoint!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: ww.youtube.com/watch?v=al1q01CZgtc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al1q01CZgtc
[FairfieldLife] Shank rocks!
Initially, I didn't like that much Shrii Shankara Bhagavatpaadaacaarya's Sanskrit, perhaps somewhat affected by His possible Dravidian native language?? Now, that I've read a couple of verses of viveka-cuuDaa-maNi, I must say that Shankara's Sanskrit is actually nothing short of superb! OTOH, the English translation by John Richards makes it rather easy to grasp...
[FairfieldLife] VCM: effect of the senses
doSeNa tIvro viSayaH kRSNa-sarpa-viSàd api viSaM nihanti bhoktàraM draSñàraM cakSuS'àpyayam. 77 The effect of the senses is more deadly than even that of a cobra. Their poison kills a man who only just looks at them with his eyes. 77 doSeNa tIvro [ faultwise more intense: more deadly] viSayaH [poison] kRSNa-sarpa-viSàd [from (= compared to) cobra-poison] api [even] viSaM [poison]nihanti [kills] bhoktàraM [the enjoyer?] draSTàraM [seer-im] cakSuSaa [through eye(s)]; api [just]; ayam [this]. 77
[FairfieldLife] Re: 2012 Opening Ceremony for London 2012 Olympic Games
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: uuups..sorry wrong link here you are http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/group/cartoonists-olympics-herne-bay-museum http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/group/cartoonists-olympics-herne-bay-museum --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@ wrote: [http://www.kentonline.co.uk/images/CARTOONS%20WO%20230712%20bg3_l.jpg] http://tinyurl.com/dx7udnr Prayers appear to have been answered and the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games looks like it will be a dry affair. Yet Lord Coe will be hoping events do not pan out like they did at the London Games in 1948, as shown in one of several Olympic cartoons going on display. Back then the athletics were blighted by rain, which Ronald Niebour captured in his artwork published in the Daily Mail 64 years ago. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: Watch on NBC tonight: 10:30. You'll know why the sun never set on the British Empire. First 90 minutes awesome. Why on earth did the director show a Nazi-ish greeting in the audience during the presentation of the German team?? :0
[FairfieldLife] Re: 2012 Opening Ceremony for London 2012 Olympic Games
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: Why on earth did the director show a Nazi-ish greeting in the audience during the presentation of the German team?? :0 Greeting for the Arabs (writing Arabic text from left to right): N O D N O L O T E M O C L E W.
[FairfieldLife] Fructose is extremely poisonous??
http://blueheronhealthnews.com/site/?p=5640
[FairfieldLife] Re: VCM: effect of the senses
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: What does VCM stand for? viveka-cuuDaa-maNi (Crest Jewel of Discrimination) by Shankara (Bhagavatpaadaacaarya) whose guru was Govinda Bhagavatpaada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govinda_Bhagavatpada Their poison kills a man who only just looks at them with his eyes. my emphasis Yep, need to look with consciousness too. Is that how you interpret this? Actually, I'm not sure how to interpret it... :] From: cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 4:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] VCM: effect of the senses  doSeNa tIvro viSayaH kRSNa-sarpa-viSà d api viSaM nihanti bhoktà raM draSñà raM cakSuS'à pyayam. 77 The effect of the senses is more deadly than even that of a cobra. Their poison kills a man who only just looks at them with his eyes. 77 doSeNa tIvro [ faultwise more intense: more deadly] viSayaH [poison] kRSNa-sarpa-viSà d [from (= compared to) cobra-poison] api [even] viSaM [poison]nihanti [kills] bhoktà raM [the enjoyer?] draSTà raM [seer-im] cakSuSaa [through eye(s)]; api [just]; ayam [this]. 77
[FairfieldLife] Pete Johnson at his best?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud6OhLFkPNk
[FairfieldLife] Power of sound?
http://theaviationist.com/2012/07/02/m2000-flyover/
[FairfieldLife] Dog Carry Lazy Cat Home
Domoi nizi(sp?) /duh-moy nizzy!/ == Carry [her/him] home! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt0r8m0CcXs
[FairfieldLife] OMG: kiMcid maarjaara-janebhyaH (sp?)
Something for cat-people? http://www.youtube.com/mugumogu
[FairfieldLife] Tribute to Buddy Rich!
Yee-haw! http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/frankbelluccibuddyrich.html http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/frankbelluccibuddyrich.html [:D]
[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS's instruction on silent awareness during meditation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: And again: noticing something, however subtle, even the first glimmering of awareness of awareness, is no longer pure consciousness. Lawson, not trying to be arrogant here, but the states Empty and I are talking about, you simply don't know. You really have no glue. You are just talking from a script. IMHO, silent awareness seems refer to 'praatibha' and the other five divine, intuitional senses (shraavaNa, etc; YS III 37), that according to III 38 are obstacles to samaadhi (te samaadhaav upasargaaH...).
[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS's instruction on silent awareness during meditation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: And again: noticing something, however subtle, even the first glimmering of awareness of awareness, is no longer pure consciousness. Lawson, not trying to be arrogant here, but the states Empty and I are talking about, you simply don't know. You really have no glue. You are just talking from a script. IMHO, silent awareness seems refer to 'praatibha' and the other five divine, intuitional senses (shraavaNa, etc; YS III 37), that according to III 38 are obstacles to samaadhi (te samaadhaav upasargaaH...). An interesting take. One thing that I'll mention is that the research on pure consciousness shows that people's brains have returned to a more normal mode of functioning by the time they actually notice PC. In a very real sense, PC cannot be held onto or indulged in or even enjoyed. By the time you notice it, it's been gone for quite a while, relatively speaking. L I think most upaniSat-s compare turiiya (caturtha) to deep sleep. So, if one can be aware during deep sleep, it's possible for one to have silent awareness during Transcendental Consciousness??
[FairfieldLife] Re: SSRS's instruction on silent awareness during meditation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: And again: noticing something, however subtle, even the first glimmering of awareness of awareness, is no longer pure consciousness. Lawson, not trying to be arrogant here, but the states Empty and I are talking about, you simply don't know. You really have no glue. You are just talking from a script. IMHO, silent awareness seems refer to 'praatibha' and the other five divine, intuitional senses (shraavaNa, etc; YS III 37), that according to III 38 are obstacles to samaadhi (te samaadhaav upasargaaH...). An interesting take. One thing that I'll mention is that the research on pure consciousness shows that people's brains have returned to a more normal mode of functioning by the time they actually notice PC. In a very real sense, PC cannot be held onto or indulged in or even enjoyed. By the time you notice it, it's been gone for quite a while, relatively speaking. L I think most upaniSat-s compare turiiya (caturtha) to deep sleep. Even viveka-cuuDaamaNi (lots of stuff about deep sleep, here's one, perhaps not the best one): Scripture declares that this dualism is Mayacreated and actually nondual in the final analysis. It is experienced for oneself in deep sleep. 405 mAyAmAtramidaM dvaitamadvaitaM paramArthataH . iti brUte shrutiH sAkShAtsuShuptAvanubhUyate .. 405.. (Attemp at sandhi-vigraha: legend -- ; = sandhi aka euphonic combination of sounds eliminated maayaa-maatram idam; dvaitam: advaitam; parama-arthataH. iti bruute shrutiH saakSaat suSuptau [locative singular from suSupti]; anubhuuyate.)
[FairfieldLife] Re: A movie to die for?
FWIW: Best Answer - Chosen by Asker After some searching, these are the most recent statistics I've found: Number of people killed by guns in the United States in 2004: 29,569 Percentage breakdown by US gun deaths in 2004, by type: * 16,750 suicides (56% of all U.S. gun deaths) * 11,624 homicides (40%) * 649 unintentional shootings, 311 from legal intervention and 235 from undetermined intent (4%). That averages out to 81 people dying everyday from guns.
[FairfieldLife] Re: A movie to die for?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: FWIW: Best Answer - Chosen by Asker After some searching, these are the most recent statistics I've found: Number of people killed by guns in the United States in 2004: 29,569 Percentage breakdown by US gun deaths in 2004, by type: * 16,750 suicides (56% of all U.S. gun deaths) * 11,624 homicides (40%) * 649 unintentional shootings, 311 from legal intervention and 235 from undetermined intent (4%). That averages out to 81 people dying everyday from guns. Best Answer - Chosen by Asker Car Crash Stats: There were nearly 6,420,000 auto accidents in the United States in 2005. The financial cost of these crashes is more than 230 Billion dollars. 2.9 million people were injured and 42,636 people killed. About 115 people die every day in vehicle crashes in the United States -- one death every 13 minutes.
[FairfieldLife] Re: A movie to die for?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/23/2012 12:01 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: FWIW: Best Answer - Chosen by Asker After some searching, these are the most recent statistics I've found: Number of people killed by guns in the United States in 2004: 29,569 Percentage breakdown by US gun deaths in 2004, by type: * 16,750 suicides (56% of all U.S. gun deaths) * 11,624 homicides (40%) * 649 unintentional shootings, 311 from legal intervention and 235 from undetermined intent (4%). That averages out to 81 people dying everyday from guns. Check out these statistics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate Among the European nations, Finland surprisingly is #1, followed by Northern Ireland. Again, go figure. I think the main reason might well be that -- according to DNA-studies -- about 60% of Finnish men are descendants of Siberian mammoth hunters (who might well have been in quite a close contact with the Vedic Aryans during their migration towards South..). As opposed to that, Finnish women's genes are more Western European. That makes women in Finland quite powerful. Men here have a hard time in trying to cope with those strong women, which quite often makes them mighty desperate and aggressive. That and heavy drinking often is a lethal combination...
[FairfieldLife] Jimi as Shiva!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QRrvnEZehs
[FairfieldLife] Re: Recommendations of the new TM.org campaign
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: [...] Though it proly would not work for TM to broadside SSRavi Shankar as his meditation is so like TM; evidently is also 'effortless' though he uses different mantras. Can't pick the same fight over 'effortlessness' that way as with the Buddhists so evidently AOL for as large as it is, is strategically ignored. Since this is an internal paper we saw, it has probably less to do whom you would like to mention, or who is you enemy, but rather, whom you see as a serious competitor, and with whom's publicity strategy you will compare. From our AOL fiends on FFL e could hear some time ago, that while AOL is largely successful, it is mainly through the Indian populace in the US. Besides that, SSRS is mainly presented as a Guru figure, and that is maybe something they want to avoid. From what I hear, SSRS has decided that people should not bother returning to the mantra if they find themselves in pure consciousness. That is an important distinction, if correct, and to me, it misses the point of TM: if you can notice you are not thinking the mantra, you are no longer in PC anyway, so there's no point in enjoying it, as you aren't really there. You're just fooling yourself. This is a typical Lawson. (Make me the Lawson) So, do you think that SSRS, being a close disciple, closest as you can think of, until his departure, just didn't *get* TM? I know that Shankaracharya Shantanand, taught also westerners through a London based study society, (inspired by Maharishi, but with just one mantra) gave a similar instruction: He went even further, that you don't have to bother about the mantra, if you are in an advanced state of meditation, but just can stay in silence. When you 'notice' you do not think the mantra, this noticing may be a very subtle thought activity, but can very well go along with PC (or you are in CC, whatever). In this state, just staying with it, is usually enough. Btw. Lawson, in the 'steps' the first instruction which the new initiate gets is, that he should not hold on to the mantra, if he feels that it disappears. But if he 'feels' that it disappears, it is a thought, right? The biggest problem here seems to be that it might be impossible for one to decide what (who) it is that notices the absence of mantra, 'draSTaa' (aka citi-shakti?) or 'aadarsha/shraavaNa', which according to YS III 37 is one/are two of the 'upasarga-s to samaadhi' (te samaadhaav upasargaaH). yogash citta-vRtti-nirodhaH tadaa *draSTuH* (gen.sing. from 'draSTaa') svaruupe 'vasthaanam. .. draSTaa *dRshi-maatraH* shuddho 'pi pratyayaanupashyaH. .. tataH praatibhashraavaNavedanaadarshaasvaadavaartaa jaayante te (those six divine senses are) samaadhaav upasargaa[H], vyutthaane siddhayaH. . puruSaartha-shuunyaanaam guNaanaam pratiprasavaH kaivalyaM, svaruupa-pratiSThaa vaa *citi-shakter* iti.
[FairfieldLife] Is Jay Leno, too?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSu2xcyPks8feature=relmfu
[FairfieldLife] Re: A movie to die for?
Phew! I feel much safer now, if I ever plan to visit Colorado! :D --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Raunch,the average person can not buy automatic weapons today. All so called assault weapons like AR-15 or AK47's for sale today are semi-automatic. That means one bullet fired each time the trigger is pulled until the ammunition clip is empty. Automatic means you can fire ALL of the bullets in a clip by pulling the trigger once, like a machine gun. So the government has already banned automatic weapons. I'm guessing you *might*be tolerant of 1791 technology but nothing beyond that.  From: raunchydog raunchydog@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:37 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A movie to die for?   --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: Sorry Emily, this is the very reason why we do need guns. So people such as your self can notà*organize* andààdeny us our second amendment rights as well asàour first amendment or any other amendment rights. A well armed citizenry protects it's self from a tyrannical government. All conservative minded people should be well armed.Liberals can disarm or armàall you want, that's fine with me. As the old saying goes, when guns are outlawed,only outlaws will have guns. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. When Congress ratified the Bill of Rights in 1791 they weren't talking about automatic weapons and they sure as hell never dreamed that a deranged person could acquire unregulated automatic weapons capable of destroying 70 innocent lives in a matter of minutes. No one wants to take away your guns or deny your second amendment rights. So stop letting the NRA brainwash you into being so paranoid. If the NRA gets their way, every man woman and child would carry a concealed weapon, fully loaded AK 47 and a rocket launcher aimed at the White House, you know, just in case that guy from Kenya tries any funny business. It's not reasonable to use the slippery slope argument that government wants to take away all your guns, including guns for hunting, just because they want to regulate automatic firearms designed to kill as many people as possible, quickly as possible. Let's look at *arms* â specifically, guns â as they existed at the time of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Guns in 1791 WOULD ...be made by a gunsmith. ...have rudimentary rifling. ...be single-shot weapons. ...be loaded through the muzzle. ...fire by means of a flintlock. Guns in 1791 WOULD NOT ...have interchangeable parts. (Popularized in 1798) ...be revolvers. (Invented in 1835) ...be breachloaded. (Popularized in 1810) ...use smokeless powder. (Invented in 1885) ...use a percussion cap, necessary for modern cartridged bullets. (Invented in 1842) ...load bullets from a clip. (Invented in 1890) http://columbiaacs.blogspot.com/2007/11/right-to-bear-ye-olde-arms.html From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com; mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A movie to die for? àA serious tragedy that has nothing to do with the movie business. àHis mom said you have the right person and is flying out. àDid she know her son was unstable? àIt's a problem with our mental health system, where families cannot get help for their ill family members before these tragedies unfold. àGuns should be outlawed for the general public in our society, period. àWe don't need them. àFrom: Bhairitu noozguru@ To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:44 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] A movie to die for? àSo have we reached the epitome of ignorance when a tentpole movie results in a mass shooting? Oh for those whose keep their heads in the sand there 12 people were killed at the premiere of the new Batman movie at a Denver multiplex. Me thinks the studios have made too much of event movies which are historically known as tentpole films. Usually with so much publicity for these means that I avoid them. Hollywood has turned into a factory which is all about technique and little about art. This mistake should be the source of their demise. They have become the principle instrument in the dumbing down of society. And all just to make a few people very rich. And it may well be the source of their demise. These CEOs think that entertainment should be a sure deal. Never has been. I think the old moguls
[FairfieldLife] 2012: mass release of DMT in our brains??
Some babble about 2012 in elegant British accent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Gd9CZl8hM About DMT: 28:00 -
[FairfieldLife] OMG: 'om' in the first maNDala of Rgveda
The phonetic/phonemic sequence 'o-m' appears over 200 times in the 1st maNDala of Rgveda, but not even once as a syllable. By far the most instances are in the word 'soma' (so-ma), and its oblique case (e.g. locative singular: some). Also 'stoma' and 'goma' are quite common... A tvetA\` ni ShI\'da\`tendra\'ma\`bhi pra gA\'yata | sakhA\'ya\` stoma\'vAhasaH || 1\.005\.01 pu\`rU\`tama\'M purU\`NAmIshA\'na\`M vAryA\'NAm | indra\`M some\` sachA\' su\`te || 1\.005\.02 sa ghA\' no\` yoga\` A bhu\'va\`tsa rA\`ye sa pura\'MdhyAm | gama\`dvAje\'bhi\`rA sa na\'H || 1\.005\.03 yasya\' sa\`Msthe na vR^i\`Nvate\` harI\' sa\`matsu\` shatra\'vaH | tasmA\` indrA\'ya gAyata || 1\.005\.04 su\`ta\`pAvne\' su\`tA i\`me shucha\'yo yanti vI\`taye\' | somA\'so\` dadhyA\'shiraH || 1\.005\.05 tvaM su\`tasya\' pI\`taye\' sa\`dyo vR^i\`ddho a\'jAyathAH | indra\` jyaiShThyA\'ya sukrato || 1\.005\.06 A tvA\' vishantvA\`shava\`H somA\'sa indra girvaNaH | shaM te\' santu\` prache\'tase || 1\.005\.07 tvAM stomA\' avIvR^idha\`ntvAmu\`kthA sha\'takrato | tvAM va\'rdhantu no\` gira\'H || 1\.005\.08 akShi\'totiH sanedi\`maM vAja\`mindra\'H saha\`sriNa\'m | yasmi\`nvishvA\'ni\` pauMsyA\' || 1\.005\.09 mA no\` martA\' a\`bhi dru\'hanta\`nUnA\'mindra girvaNaH | IshA\'no yavayA va\`dham || 1\.005\.10
[FairfieldLife] 3D, surround sound visualization! ROFLOL!
http://www.naturalhypnosis.com/law-of-attraction-hypnosis?utm_source=LoA-Offerutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=Campaigns-Realsub [It'll] Give you greater ability to visualize. One common complaint amongst people who don't get success from the law of attraction is a lack of ability to clearly and vividly visualize their desires. This goes hand in hand with belief, and the two actually bounce off each other - the more you believe the better you can visualize, and the more you can visualize your own success then the more you will truly believe it is possible. This law of attraction hypnosis cd guarantees that you will be visualizing your success in full 3D, surround sound, animated movies within your mind as Brennan (the hypnotist) guides you and plants powerful hypnotic suggestions within your mind to help you to paint more vivid mental pictures than ever before.
[FairfieldLife] Re: for those who still love and or thank Maharishi
Fantastic rhythm in Brother's text! :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, stevelf ysoy10li@... wrote: brother Robin--- you have a beautiful heart.. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ wrote: Dear Vajradhatu,, I have stormed the barricades, looked the devil in the eye, ransacked my life, cried in plaintive tones to the universe, and for the life of me, I find there is no answer to your thoroughly comprehensive put-down and demolishment of my post. I now know what Kingsley felt when Newman humiliated him. There really is nothing to say in refutation of what you have laid before me here, Vaj. Imagine yourself in my predicament: how would you feel? You obviously never considered my feelings or my reputation when you decided to go in for the kill.
[FairfieldLife] Re: This is very nice . . . and unusual
Danish young beatles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq6HSW8KIiY --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Great.  One Direction is my teenybopper's new favorite boy band.  I'll have to send her this -  the mom version :) From: marekreavis reavismarek@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 7:08 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] This is very nice . . . and unusual  Three minutes and twenty seconds long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VqTwnAuHwsfeature=youtube_gdata_player
[FairfieldLife] Re: This is very nice . . . and unusual
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: Danish young beatles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq6HSW8KIiY Whoa! Did I know that brothers Lundgreen (~ loond-grayn?) have themselves written this at about 13 years of age? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed5mi9oiF74feature=related No, I didn't!
[FairfieldLife] Prepare to LYAO!
The Worst Music Video Ever (Fin[n]ish, not Swedish): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnGPIMUnus
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Beat
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, marekreavis reavismarek@ wrote: Turq, perhaps I missed it if you said so before, but where are you now? Leiden. Not a lot of surf, but it does have other charms. Nokia Maps 3D: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7608620786/in/photostream/lightbox/
[FairfieldLife] Paxil (or stuff) to blame!?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18921492 At least 14 people have been killed in a shooting at a Batman film premiere in the US city of Denver, police say. About 50 people have been injured in the incident at the cinema complex in the suburb of Aurora. Paxil? (lat. pax = peace)...
[FairfieldLife] She might be a swell Yffer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cQIqinNYKw
[FairfieldLife] Re: She might be a swell Yffer?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cQIqinNYKw A comment: hahaha 2:22 the security guard is holding [h?]is#65279; boner haersou 17 minuuttia sitten 5
[FairfieldLife] Boner?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgmYutL9W0 A comment: hahaha 2:22 the security guard is holding [h?]is boner haersou 17 minuuttia sitten 5
[FairfieldLife] Eminent Dravidians: Radhakrishnan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhakrishnan (T'would be interesting to learn, was also e.g. Shankara Bhagavatpâdâcârya a Dravidian. IMU, for instance the most distinguished Indian mathematicians are / were usually ones...)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Important advances of Viagra!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u no_reply@... wrote: All drugs have two names, a trade name and generic name. Example, the trade name is Tylenol and it's generic name is Acetaminophen.. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also called Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen. The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra. After careful consideration by a team of government experts, it recently announced that it has settled on the generic name of Mycoxafloppin. ROFLOL!
[FairfieldLife] Would someone, please, edit this!
Derived from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, which taught that there were 52 siddhas [OMG! - card] or special powers that accompany enlightenment[21 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_effect#The_Maharishi_Effect
[FairfieldLife] Guardian angels: Third Men?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Man_factor The Third Man factor or Third Man syndrome refers to the reported situations where an unseen presence such as a spirit provides comfort or support during traumatic experiences. Sir Ernest Shackleton in his book South, described his belief that an incorporeal being joined him and two others during the final leg of their journey. Shackleton wrote, during that long and racking march of thirty-six hours over the unnamed mountains and glaciers of South Georgia, it seemed to me often that we were four, not three.[1] His admission resulted in other survivors of extreme hardship coming forward.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Coherence clouds?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Today (17. July) started the summer rounding of Finnish TMers (about 30 people, most of them prolly siddhas) here: http://www.voionmaanopisto.fi/en_us/home/ Follow the formation of coherence clouds here: http://taursansaakamera.dyndns.org:1236/latest.jpg (Updates about every 2 minutes). The Institute is approximately in the middle of the horizon of the above web cam pics! Coherence clouds: http://basictextures.com/wp-content/maxfreesize/skys/sky-clouds-blue-00174.jpg First coherence clouds taking shape over lake Näsijärvi (nassy-yarvy): http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7597396646/in/photostream
[FairfieldLife] Re: Coherence clouds?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Today (17. July) started the summer rounding of Finnish TMers (about 30 people, most of them prolly siddhas) here: http://www.voionmaanopisto.fi/en_us/home/ Follow the formation of coherence clouds here: http://taursansaakamera.dyndns.org:1236/latest.jpg (Updates about every 2 minutes). The Institute is approximately in the middle of the horizon of the above web cam pics! Coherence clouds: http://basictextures.com/wp-content/maxfreesize/skys/sky-clouds-blue-00174.jpg First coherence clouds taking shape over lake Näsijärvi (nassy-yarvy): http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7597396646/in/photostream Sun above those Yffers gets a golden aura. Note the coherence clouds: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7598735030/in/photostream/lightbox/
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM's biggest problem?
I'm merely being a realist: if you're lost in distraction (i.e. vyutthAna, the outward stroke) then you're not transcending. If you're not transcending, then you're meditation is not transcendental. FWIW: vyutthâna-nirodha-saMskârayor abhibhava-prâdur-bhâvau **nirodha-kSaNa-cittânvayo** nirodha-pariNâmaH.
[FairfieldLife] Re: TM's biggest problem?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jul 18, 2012, at 11:41 AM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Jul 18, 2012, at 11:30 AM, sparaig wrote: You misunderstand the essence of TM. THere is absolutely no *mandate* to return to the mantra. You only return to the mantra ***IF*** you notice that you are not thinking it. I believe this is a fundamental misunderstanding of TM practice - and part and parcel of the 'institutionalization of effortlessness', which is really an inculcated fear of balanced attention. Sigh, teach your own technique to your friends, and not try to analyze TM, thanks for playing. I'm merely being a realist: if you're lost in distraction (i.e. vyutthAna, the outward stroke) then you're not transcending. If you're not transcending, then you're meditation is not transcendental. Therefore, you should not call it Transcendental Meditation. How 'bout Lawson's Transcendental Meditation? Outward Stroke Meditation? ;-) Perhaps I misunderstand what you're trying to say, but that sounds as stupid as claiming that if you're not all the time during the night in deep sleep, you're not sleeping!? :-) :-) :-)
[FairfieldLife] Lossless zoom?
Pureview 808, examples of lossless zoom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kAw14tA4uE
[FairfieldLife] Avoid HFCS!
http://blueheronhealthnews.com/site/?p=5577 High fructose corn syrup is even worse. Not just because of its chemical structure but also because it's so cheap that it's snuck into almost everything. If you look at a graph for increase in high fructose corn syrup consumption and new type 2 diabetes cases since 1980, you'll see two almost parallel lines. However, just because HFCS is getting really bad press, don't forget that sugar is sugar; and sugar is one of the main cause of inflammation no matter what form it's in (white, brown, raw, organic, fruit sugars etc.).
[FairfieldLife] Hexameter for siddha-s?
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi, sed saepe cadendo! Tum tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet! Parturiunt montes, nascetur(sp?) ridiculus mus! Orandum'st ut sit mens san' in corpore sano!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Obama: You Didn't Build That
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: Hey Dude, your ignorant friend, Rush Limbaugh, is playing that one statement of President Obama's over and over again, taken out of context, without explaining to his returded racist audience, that the statement is taken out of context... But, worse than that, is that the assholes believe what this lying drug addict says? What a dumb country! Obama's comment 'in toto' is banal; face it, he's an amateur with silly little anecdotes. Do I see Pluto / Ur Anus -square at work? Well duh, I guess, knot! :-)
[FairfieldLife] Always do google (or bing) before buying a book!
Should have googled to avoid spending almost 30 bucks on Radhakrishan's Bhagavad-giitaa... http://it.scribd.com/doc/40037675/Bhagavad-Gita-Radhakrishnan
[FairfieldLife] Re: Andres Segovia - Greensleeves
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: [...] There seems to be almost paranormal aspects in the sound of famous musicians. This might be just an urban legend, but I've heard it claimed, that B.B.King asking Hendrix, Where do all those sounds come he from?, the latter replied: I don't know! :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvzZ79dC-Gg Musicians can get into the flow just like athletes. L Yep, I've got there a couple of times, whilst playing drums (real acoustic drums, TAMA Royal Star, which I don't have any more). It's a weird and funny feeling, as if you are doing nothing, just watching your limbs to move in rhythm, more or less... :-)
[FairfieldLife] Repost: Savitri sets during siddhis refresher course!
hiraNyayena savitaa (savitri: nominative singular) rathena aa devo yaati bhuvanaani pashyan! :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/6445903981/in/photostream
[FairfieldLife] Re: Andres Segovia - Greensleeves
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Paco de Lucia: Entre dos Aguas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o8vszqVL2U Yeah. I watched the Passion, Grace and FIre concert (Lucia, diMiola and McLaughlen) with a bunch of people from the U of AZ guitar dept. One comment stuck in my mind: they've proved they are all mutants [because of their speed]. We all agreed they were outstanding performers but from *OUR* perspective it got kinda old to hear nothing but fast [that could only be played by mutants] riffs over and over. Real musicians appreciate subtlety. L I wonder, how much does it mean, that as a marquis, Segovia perhaps could afford highest quality instruments? Well, the price tag might not always be the most important feature of an instrument. Had Hendrix used, say, a Gibson SG instead of Fender Stratocaster (as I understand it, lacking humbucker pick-ups), he might not have become such an overnight sensation... LoL!
[FairfieldLife] Nokia Pureview video: Stacked Actors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSgvoVouFvg
[FairfieldLife] TM's biggest problem?
An âyurvedic technician told me that surprisingly many TMers, like myself, have high blood pressure. The obvious reason is that many people here in Finland, and probably many other countries also, started doing TM in the hopes of being able to reduce their BP medication, and stuff. I don't believe TM helps a lot if ones hypertension is due to being genetically predisposed to it. I feel like some component of my BP regulation system (which, I believe is quite complicated) is especially weak, because my BP is like a yo-yo: it seems to skyrocket for almost no reason at all! I think Maharishi hoped that TM would make healthy people more healthy, but the problem seems to be that people who feel themselves to be healthy usually might not have any interest in meditation?!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Andres Segovia - Greensleeves
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: [...] I wonder, how much does it mean, that as a marquis, Segovia perhaps could afford highest quality instruments? Well, the price tag might not always be the most important feature of an instrument. Had Hendrix used, say, a Gibson SG instead of Fender Stratocaster (as I understand it, lacking humbucker pick-ups), he might not have become such an overnight sensation... LoL! I seem to recall Segovia's first concert instrument was a rental. He approached the best guitar maker i the city and asked if he could rent it for his first concert. IIRC, the guitar maker was so impressed by Segovia's request that he didn't charge him anything. An excellent guitar makes it easier for a master to bring out the best sound, but it is probably wasted on a lesser talent. Past a certain point, you just don't have the skills to even appreciate what a good instrument is, letalone what it can do. That said, I'm happing with my guitar. L. L There seems to be almost paranormal aspects in the sound of famous musicians. This might be just an urban legend, but I've heard it claimed, that B.B.King asking Hendrix, Where do all those sounds come he from?, the latter replied: I don't know! :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvzZ79dC-Gg
[FairfieldLife] Made in China!?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18822107
[FairfieldLife] Re: More than 20 People Faint During Obama Speech
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@... wrote: This just means that the President's Energy Level is so high, that some people get weak knee'd his presence'... That reminded me of the then TM-ing GF of a (non-TMing) friend of mine suggesting that I go with her to a pentecostal meeting (she'd been an active pentecostal earlier) to find out who's stronger, God or you. I'd recently returned from my flying block in Helsinki,the capital of Finland. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Tampere_pentecostal_church.jpg/300px-Tampere_pentecostal_church.jpg For me, as a life-time social phobic, or whatever, that was scary enough as such, but after they started calling Jesus, my legs went weak almost like they were cooked spaghetti, and I had to rush outta there, LoL! I felt a strange, very powerful change in the atmosphere there. I guess that's due to some kinda collective dhaaraNaa, or stuff?? The Finnish expression tunnelma tihenee (the feeling gets dense[sic!]) very well describes what it felt like to me. For me, it got way too dense, almost like, say, mercury...
[FairfieldLife] Re: More than 20 People Faint During Obama Speech
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, salyavin808 fintlewoodlewix@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: This just means that the President's Energy Level is so high, that some people get weak knee'd his presence'... That reminded me of the then TM-ing GF of a (non-TMing) friend of mine suggesting that I go with her to a pentecostal meeting (she'd been an active pentecostal earlier) to find out who's stronger, God or you. I'd recently returned from my flying block in Helsinki,the capital of Finland. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Tampere_pentecostal_church.jpg/300px-Tampere_pentecostal_church.jpg For me, as a life-time social phobic, or whatever, that was scary enough as such, but after they started calling Jesus, my legs went weak almost like they were cooked spaghetti, and I had to rush outta there, LoL! I felt a strange, very powerful change in the atmosphere there. I guess that's due to some kinda collective dhaaraNaa, or stuff?? The Finnish expression tunnelma tihenee (the feeling gets dense[sic!]) very well describes what it felt like to me. For me, it got way too dense, almost like, say, mercury... You should have stayed with it Carde, the holy spirit might have been choosing you for something. Who knows where it would have ended up? Would have been a cool trip anyway, they always look like they're having fun. My father was a typical(?) Pisces, sometimes quite soft, sometimes very harsh and mean. So the word Father (even in Heaven) has mighty negative connotations for me. That's one of the reason, why Christianity is not my cuppa tea, I guess... ;D
[FairfieldLife] Pirate Amrit?
Wonder if there are pirate copies of AK (not 47) and stuff: http://www.madanapalas.com/amritdirect/product_info.php?products_id=467
[FairfieldLife] Re: Andres Segovia - Greensleeves
Paco de Lucia: Entre dos Aguas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o8vszqVL2U
[FairfieldLife] Radhakrishnan's Giitaa!
It seems to me Radhakrishnan's Giitaa might be one of the best translations/commentaries I'll ever read. For instance, for XIII 12, he gives both Shankara's (anaadimat param) and Raamaanuja's (anaadi matparam) reading of 'anaadimatparam (in devanaagarii written as one continuous sequence) brahma': http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7560460532/ R. himself seems to prefer Shankara's reading (anaadimat param)... In Shankara's reading, -mat is a (redundant) suffix meaning 'having' (no-beginning), because 'anaadi' as a *bahuvriihi* already has the meaning 'having'. As we recall it, Shankara explains that redundant -mat away as a verse filler(?), or somesuch... In Raamaanuja's reading 'mat-' is the compound form of 'my, of me', etc.
[FairfieldLife] Windows brand has a stigma??
http://wmpoweruser.com/nielsen-nokia-only-sold-less-than-30-nokia-lumia-900-in-usa/ From the comments: This does not look good for Nokia or Microsoft. I'm sad to say that I think MS should ditch Nokia. I think MS should follow the Surface strategy and make their own phone. They also need to re-brand the OS around the Xbox brand. I've tried to convince family and friends to adopt WP7.5, and the first thing they tell me is Windows on my phone!? I don't want Windows on my phone. That's what people think anyway, and you cannot convince them one by one -- the Windows brand has a stigma, it doesn't matter how good WP7.5/7.8/8 is.
[FairfieldLife] Anyone know Edward B. W?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7560752176/in/photostream
[FairfieldLife] Rovio (stake?) to replace the defunct Nokia (some soots)?
It seems like Rovio (Angry Birds, Amazing Alex) is about to replace the actually already almost defunct Nokia (next to useless Lumia-s [some snows], etc)... Kokko aka rovio: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/IM6008_Kokko_palaa_C.JPG/512px-IM6008_Kokko_palaa_C.JPG Nuohooja aka noki-kolari: http://www.cartinafinland.fi/fi/imagebank/image/77/77993/Nuohooja+katolla+77993.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Anyone know Edward B. W?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7560752176/in/photostream Yeah, I know him. Seems like I got his copy of Radhakrishnan's Bhagavad-giitaa. It looks like almost virgin, but unfortunately the adhesive binding (or whatever it's called in English) has become too dry, or something...
[FairfieldLife] Gentle way to heal??
Qigong (chee-gong): http://www.bottomlinepublications.com/content/article/diet-a-exercise/qigong-the-gentle-way-to-heal?utm_source=zetamailutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=7497_226431_226446utm_content=7497_226431_226446
[FairfieldLife] Once more: Pureview!
Customer review from Amazon (sadly, it's probably impossible to have this camera as such in a Windoze phoney, any time soon...): The camera is obviously the main attraction, and is in itself is worth the money! It is as simple as that. If the 808 were sold as a standalone camera, it would handily beat just about every point-and-shoot camera in nearly every way. Even when shooting at 5MP or 8MP, it easily outclasses even more pro compacts such as the Canon G12. The one seeming deficiency that the 808 PureView would have when compared to those dedicated camera is a lack of optical zoom. This, clearly, has to do with size - there is no way to fit in the optics required, especially when considering the sheer size of the photo sensor included with this phone. To give you an idea, the sensor is twice the size of the G12, whose 5x optical zoom already gives it a 2-inch thick body when retracted. And compared to most ultra-zoom cameras (such as the Canon SX IS series), the sensor in the 808 is 3-4 times as large! Enter the genius of Nokia's PureView technology. This gives you, among other things, Lossless digital zoom. (Yeah there are quotes, I'll get back to why). At full resolution, pictures taken with this phone consist of 34 or 38 megapixels (in 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios, respectively). At that resolution, the size of each pixel is equivalent to that of recent 8MP smart phones such as the iPhone 4S or the Samsung Galaxy series. Obviously, photos from those phones can be a bit... meeh... especially in low light conditions. So yeah, scaling up from 8MP of random noise to 38MP of random noise is not really the value proposition Nokia was going for here. Instead, in PureView mode, you will be capturing 8MP, 5MP or even 2MP photos - and you will be amazed! Amazed at how much information is available despite the lower resolution, at the color depth that comes with a much wider dynamic range, and amazed at why the world still thinks more MP == better. You'll truly appreciate how it's not the pixel count that matters, but how you use them. The idea is that by binning several pixels (photo cells) together into larger super-pixels, each resulting pixel receives more light (signal), whereas most of the noise associated with shifting and reading the signal from the CCD remains constant. In turn, this means less noise per resulting pixel, shorter exposure times, less blur. Less noise also means more efficient compression, resulting in even smaller file sizes (despite the cleaner picture!). So why not simply use a cheaper 5MP or 8MP sensor then? So long as the total sensor area is the same, wouldn't you get the same benefits? There are at least two reasons for this. First, would you even be looking at this phone it it was marketed with a 5 Megapixel Camera? For all that we decry the marketing race for higher megapixel numbers despite the resulting deterioration in image quality, we are still allowing ourselves to be fooled by it. By placing a 41 Megapixel label on this thing, Nokia is essentially using metrics that give you a faily accurate representation of its camera performance vis a vis other smart phones in the market today. The second reason is that this allows for the aforementioned lossless digital zoom. In other smart phones (with the exception of video recording modes on the Nokia N8, Sony Ericsson C905a, and a couple of others), once you start to zoom in, you are in effect scaling up an image from its native pixel resolution, just as you would if you enlarged a picture in an image editing program. You are not adding any detail, you are only blurring the original. In contrast, the 808 digital zoom works by reducing the size of each super-pixel, down all the way to its native resolution. So at the far end of the zoom range, you are essentially using only the center portion of the sensor, cropped such that 1 photo cell corresponds exactly to 1 pixel in the resulting image. In simplified terms, you could say that you reduce or eliminate the oversampling that PureView otherwise provides. This, combined with the phone's aspheric lens design and other ingenious solutions, allows for optical performance way its physical size would normally indicate. In fact, in a side-by-side blind test conducted by GSMArena.com, it went on to score higher than the Olympus PEN E-PL2 DSLR camera with its humungous four thirds inch photo sensor (about 2.5x larger than that of the 808). Granted, these were mostly daytime/outdoor photos at the wide range etc etc -- but the fact that this can even happen speaks volumes! One thing I have not yet mentioned is the awesome video and audio recording quality of this phone. Unless you have professional video recording equipment usually reserved for movie studios and broadcasters, there is nothing else no the market that matches the richness in both video and sound (frequency range, dynamic range) that this thing gives.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Prophetic Dream: Obama Wins the Election
FWIW, there are still left *at least* five exact squares between Uranus (Aries) and Pluto (Capricorn). I'd rather not want to be President of the US of A during that period 2012 - 2015: (June 2012) May 2013 October 2013 April 2014 December 2014 May 2015 At the end of the 60's, Uranus and Pluto were in *conjunction* (in Virgo; exact at least in 1966?)...
[FairfieldLife] Did they delete this from The Secret?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLnL8vPST34feature=related
[FairfieldLife] Little Fame!
Since the daze of Robin Hood, Robin seems to have been a name that gets the ladies (and batmans) wet?? Robin (name) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robin was originally a diminutive given name of Robert, derived from the prefix Rob- (hrod, Old Germanic, meaning fame), and the suffix -in (Old French diminutive). More recently, it is used as an independent name. The name Robin is uncommon (but not unique) in being a masculine given name, feminine given name, and a surname. In Europe, although it is sometimes regarded as a female name, it is generally given to males. In North America, it is more popular as a female name - during the 1990s, for example, it was the 325th most popular girl's name and the 693rd most popular boy's name. There are several common variations, including Robyn, Robbin, Robine, Robyne, Robynne, and Robbyn.[1] Robine is a female version of the name Robin. In some cultures Robyn is strictly female. It has its origin in France and is also a very common surname in France. Robin is occasionally found as a surname in English language-speaking countries. Common nicknames are Rob, Robbie or Bobby.[1]
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper).
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: I have a hernia that bulges out many inches. Because of this, I have pretty severe nerve damage in the are. I've leaned over a stove and done a Mrs Doubtfire with my belly: I didn't fee the burn, just smelt it. Several inches!? Whoa! Mine is less than 2 inches, I'd say. There's prolly no reason to have it operated, as long as it's mainly a cosmetic inconvenience, or stuff. I've read there's a substantial risk of nerve damage, unless the surgeon is fairly skilled??
