[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread Robert
(snip) Basically it has changed in some ways, and in some ways it hasn't. In some ways we are anticipating change, and in some ways the change has already come. There have been some changes on the surface, and some changes deeper down. There have been some changes in Fairfield and

[FairfieldLife] Kubuntu and Flash Player: question

2008-03-23 Thread cardemaister
AMD Athlon 64 + Kubuntu ERROR: Your architecture, \'x86_64\', is not supported by the Adobe Flash Player installer. Anyone know how to fix that?

[FairfieldLife] Re: hypocrisy of Americans

2008-03-23 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone please enlighten me as to the significance of FOAD. Praps u don't wanna know... :/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Kubuntu and Flash Player: question

2008-03-23 Thread vivek v
hmm... That's a old problem... they do seem they are fixing it.. But the best option for now to use the open source flash player called gnash instead. That would work fine as it does not require Adobe to provide 64-bit players. On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 12:30 PM, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip) Basically it has changed in some ways, and in some ways it hasn't. In some ways we are anticipating change, and in some ways the change has already come. There have been some changes on the surface, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free will and atheism

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harris, Dawkins, and Hitchens all make arguments about the absurdity of the label atheist. The only place I have seen the word used was by religious people as a pejorative. This writer was clearly reacting against these

[FairfieldLife] Are starting arguments just a sad way of asking for a hug ?

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
Since the posting week restarted, like everyone else here I've had a lot of posts to wade through. And I couldn't help but notice that quite a few of them could be described accurately as the poster doing his or her best to start an argument. In some of these posts, the glove slapped across

[FairfieldLife] Re: Angela, -- close calls

2008-03-23 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Yes, that wonder can happen this way. My experience too. You might like this video deconstruction as it is told. Sort of an Advitan-

[FairfieldLife] 'McCain: Resurrecting Viet Nam/ 1968'

2008-03-23 Thread Robert
John McCain has had a good week. He likes to fly high, still... Longs for those bombing runs over Viet Nam.. The current parade of war-mongers went well, this week. Sure he bungled a few words, but who cares! He's a warrier, man. You go Johhhny go. We like warriers in America...

[FairfieldLife] 'John McCain= Fighter/Bomber in Nixon's War-Machine'

2008-03-23 Thread Robert
My friends, I love to drop bombs... There is no greater thrill, than a man can have. It may sound sick, I know... But somehow, my friends, it's the way it has to be...? - Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

[FairfieldLife] Tales Of Power

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
What *are* they, exactly? Let's face it...we all love them. The tales of power we have heard in our lives are a major factor in what finds us still on a spiritual path this late in the incarnation. We're GAY for tales of power. Were Carlos Castaneda's Tales Of Power really tales of power? In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: WWF Title Match -- Shakti vs. Nirvikalpa Samadhi

2008-03-23 Thread Vaj
On Mar 22, 2008, at 9:57 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Vaj wrote: In the Shank. tradition, once one's stabilized in samadhi, it's time to graduate to Vedantic contemplation (nididhyasana) and to leave dualistic meditation behind-- it has a different, monistic POV than dualistic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free will and atheism

2008-03-23 Thread tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis
stu writes snipped: In all cases, free will is adopted and rejected by people regardless of their proclivity towards faith. However, I am ever suspicious of anyone's arguments if they involve themselves with faith. If they are willing to accept one notion without adequate evidence what then of

[FairfieldLife] �Is McCain Channeling a Senile Reagan?�

2008-03-23 Thread Robert
John McCain, this week, had several ‘Senior Moments’… Is he beginning to Channel Ronald Reagan? You remember President Reagan forgetfulness… Well, my friends, there you go again… Robert GimbelSeattle, Washington 2008 - Be a better

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free will and atheism

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu buttsplicer@ wrote: Harris, Dawkins, and Hitchens all make arguments about the absurdity of the label atheist. The only place I have seen the word used was by religious

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread Jeffrey
Uh, that was funny, but no, not particularly helpful! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically it has changed in some ways, and in some ways it hasn't. In some ways we are anticipating change, and in some ways the change has already

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread Jeffrey
Thanks Bob, but that newsletter looks like the sanitized movement version of life. I don't have the patience to disect that format to try to glean a few facts beyond all the propaganda! I thought some first- person accounts from Fairfielders would be more interesting. That tidbit about blue

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tales Of Power

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
I think I've found a free way to share an example of a story I consider a tale of power. It worked for me, and not only downloaded the song I wanted, but the rest of the fine album as well. It's a story told by Robin Williamson (formerly of the Incredible String Band) called Finn and the Old

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip) Basically it has changed in some ways, and in some ways it hasn't. In some ways we are anticipating change, and in some ways the change has already come. There have been some changes on the surface, and some

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh, that was funny, but no, not particularly helpful! Yes, Of course I know it was a backhanded slap. It's an awfully general question. Perhaps someone will have the patience to answer it. I don't live in Farifield,

[FairfieldLife] 'Orgies the Custom in New York?'

2008-03-23 Thread Robert
John Lennon said, he felt like he lived in Rome, during the Roman Empire; In his description of living in NYC. Mick Jagger claims it's the sexiest place in the world. Is it the water??? Or what? March 21, 2008, 1:51 pm Is Adultery a Crime in New York? By Sewell Chan

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey initiate22000@ wrote: Hi, I am a former Fairfield resident (from the 80's!)and an occasional visitor to this listserv. I imagine this topic has probably

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am a former Fairfield resident (from the 80's!)and an occasional visitor to this listserv. I imagine this topic has probably been discussed, so if you want to direct me to former postings, that's fine.

[FairfieldLife] What is their mandate?

2008-03-23 Thread shempmcgurk
Does anyone know what the mandate of King Tony and the Rajas is? I mean, specifically, from an organisational point of view. Certainly, from the purity of the teachings point of view it is to maintain the purity and make sure it is perpetuated on Planet Earth. But what about organisation? Do

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey initiate22000@ wrote: Uh, that was funny, but no, not particularly helpful! Yes, Of course I know it was a backhanded slap. It's an awfully general

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is their mandate?

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know what the mandate of King Tony and the Rajas is? Primae noctis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primae_noctis When you get married, they get to boink your wife on your wedding night. :-) ( This is

[FairfieldLife] What effect has Maharishi's pissing on Fairfield had on his movement?

2008-03-23 Thread Angela Mailander
This may well be my last post of the week since I've got to get ready to move to Minnesota or Indianapolis or both (the grant folks didn't want to take my rejection of them seriously, so I'm reconsidering--I seem to have a bargaining position). I also have four pressing

Re: [FairfieldLife] What is their mandate?

2008-03-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 23, 2008, at 9:48 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: Does anyone know what the mandate of King Tony and the Rajas is? To do justice, to love righteousness, and to walk humbly with their God. Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's pissing on Fairfield had on his movement?

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip And, oh, Judy, your daddy did you a disservice with that cliche about the open mind: if you're committed to TM, then the opening of the mind lets in all of infinity. Actually, his comment had to do with

[FairfieldLife] Happy Dead Jesus Day...

2008-03-23 Thread shempmcgurk
...to you and yours! Of course, sticklers to detail would remind me that Good Friday is the day that Jesus actually died and today, Easter Sunday, is the day of resurrection, when Jesus rose from the dead. Please keep that idea of resurrection in mind, you Christians, as you dig into your

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is their mandate?

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 23, 2008, at 9:48 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: Does anyone know what the mandate of King Tony and the Rajas is? To do justice, to love righteousness, and to walk humbly with their God. Real superhero stuff.

[FairfieldLife] Typically, White Folks Are Good The Matrix is bad. (‘The Typical White Person)

2008-03-23 Thread Duveyoung
The international murderers may not be typical white persons -- a typical white person may be a much better person than what's projected by minority groups, and the bad white persons may be quite rare but also driven to obtain the power that will allow them to enact and act out their fears. We

[FairfieldLife] So how long does it take to find out who you are?

2008-03-23 Thread BillyG.
ENYA-Pilgrim Youtube video below: Pilgrim, how you journey On the road you chose To find out why the winds die And where the stories go. All days come from one day That much you must know, You cannot change what's over But only where you go. One way leads to diamonds, One way leads to gold,

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is their mandate?

2008-03-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Does anyone know what the mandate of King Tony and the Rajas is? Primae noctis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primae_noctis When you get

[FairfieldLife] Re: Typically, White Folks Are Good The Matrix is bad. (‘The Typical White Person)

2008-03-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
Duveyoung wrote: In lieu of this guilt, I personally have taken to flogging one person here who's immoral enough to support war... Kill the fuckin' commie bastards! 'If freedom loving people throughout the world do not speak out against China's oppression in China and Tibet, we have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What is their mandate?

2008-03-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 23, 2008, at 11:02 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: On Mar 23, 2008, at 9:48 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: Does anyone know what the mandate of King Tony and the Rajas is? To do justice, to love righteousness, and to walk humbly with their God. Real superhero stuff. Cool. Here's one of my favorite

[FairfieldLife] A Dios La Pido _ Juanes I ask this of God

2008-03-23 Thread Janet Luise
A Dios La Pido _ Juanes I ask this of God Juanes is one of my favorite artists. He's a combination of Rock Roll Columbian folk rythmns. His music is helping me learn Spanish. I think he's the Beatles of this generation... This seemed like a good song for EASTER SUNDAY This has English

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unity Consciousness?

2008-03-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: Interestingly, that is the factor that is kill- ing Hillary in the polls and helping Obama. The people can feel each of their *intents*, and are reacting accordingly. Judy wrote: Actually in many cases they're projecting intents on both candidates. When these folks

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free Tibet!

2008-03-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
Kirk wrote: It has to start somewhere though, and the Tibetans are the slaughtered lambs. CHENGDU, China - China lashed out Sunday at critics of its crackdown on Tibetan protesters, describing U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as habitually bad tempered while claiming the Western media serve

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lurk, I'm going to rif on one of the words that kept coming up in your rap -- accusation. Why, might I ask, would these people's stories be regarded as accusations? Why can't they simply be seen as an attempt by

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
I don't have the patience to disect that format to try to glean a few facts beyond all the propaganda! Bob wrote: I doubt that you will find the bozo units on this list terribly helpful. If you want to know whazzup in the TMO, look at their newsletter:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread Janet Luise
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dualism *doesn't* ever get to the nondual. It is, in fact, completely antithetical to the very idea that there ever could be such a thing as nondual. . IN this view, the concept of Unity as described by MMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Dead Jesus Day...

2008-03-23 Thread mainstream20016
To ponder whys and wherefores of the foreign policy of Israel earns one eternal damnation, and demands for thought-stopping. Yet the lack of tact displayed by the unprovoked satire about the Holiest Day in Christendom is amazing - especially considering that Israel might wisely make as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are starting arguments just a sad way of asking for a hug ?

2008-03-23 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Worth a shot... * * * H U G * * * :-) I am all over that sentiment, heres to you guys: ***H U G *** A N D R E A C H A R O U N D its Easter after all, gotta go the extra mile. s.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Free will and atheism

2008-03-23 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: stu writes snipped: In all cases, free will is adopted and rejected by people regardless of their proclivity towards faith. However, I am ever suspicious of anyone's arguments if they involve

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Janet Luise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Dualism *doesn't* ever get to the nondual. It is, in fact, completely antithetical to the very idea that there ever could be such a thing as

[FairfieldLife] Re: P.S. to my bow to buttsplicer on free will

2008-03-23 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The poet Blake might have had some insight into this, for in 1788 he wrote that 'reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more' (p. xiii). Angela, I am not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Janet Luise janluise@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Dualism *doesn't* ever get to the nondual. It is, in fact, completely

Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy Dead Jesus Day...

2008-03-23 Thread Bhairitu
shempmcgurk wrote: ...to you and yours! Of course, sticklers to detail would remind me that Good Friday is the day that Jesus actually died and today, Easter Sunday, is the day of resurrection, when Jesus rose from the dead. Please keep that idea of resurrection in mind, you Christians,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Janet Luise janluise@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey initiate22000@ wrote: Hi, I am a former Fairfield resident (from the 80's!)and an occasional visitor to this listserv. I imagine this topic has probably been

[FairfieldLife] Re: What is their mandate?

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know what the mandate of King Tony and the Rajas is? I mean, specifically, from an organisational point of view. Certainly, from the purity of the teachings point of view it is to maintain the purity

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] DId you note that they've already offered TM for free to anyone who attends teh David Lynch Weekend? Or that TM now costs $600 + Lunch schollarship if you attend MUM? er, Lynch* scholarship... Or that the TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip I didn't suggest that you settle for anything. I merely suggested that you

[FairfieldLife] shempmcgurk you're a bit of a goof

2008-03-23 Thread paul mccarthy
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[FairfieldLife] Re: hypocrisy of Americans

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: I'm fascinated by people who fixate on the Reverend Wright... OK, let's look at the man's most controversial statements and claims: 1) Goddam

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 23, 2008, at 1:28 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Wait'll I get to the part about the weekly transcendental meditation sesame oil orgies... An orgy TMO-style--even my fertile imagination can't conjure up that one. But you're right, it would undoubtedly have something to do with sesame oil.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Typically, White Folks Are Good The Matrix is bad. (‘The Typical White Person)

2008-03-23 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Duveyoung wrote: In lieu of this guilt, I personally have taken to flogging one person here who's immoral enough to support war... Kill the fuckin' commie bastards! 'If freedom loving people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [,,,] The transcendental meditation technique involves sitting uncomfortably, squeezing one's eyes closed, and concentrating as hard as possible on a magical word. The idea of transcendental meditation is to maintain

[FairfieldLife] Re: hypocrisy of Americans

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESVTGEOK_O8 I am truely ashamed of myself for letting the sound-bites (sound-bytes?) of Fox News cloud my judgement sufficiently that I felt a need to defend speech that actually needs

[FairfieldLife] Re: hypocrisy of Americans

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] (Technical note: It is sound *bite*, not byte-- a bite as in a taste, a small piece that's bitten out of the whole. And the phrase is something of a misnomer today, unless one is talking about a radio broadcast,

[FairfieldLife] Re: What effect has Maharishi's passing had on Fairfield and the movement?

2008-03-23 Thread Jeffrey
Interesting. How much is the David Lynch weekend? What happens on one of these events? What is a lunch scholarship? If you have to attend MUM, it's not much of deal, since that has got to be expensive! But still, any way it can be made cheaper would be great. Raising the price to meditate was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip Excellent analogy. The term transcendental meditation existed for a very long time before MMY decided to trademark and capitalize it, and many have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [,,,] The transcendental meditation technique involves sitting uncomfortably, squeezing one's eyes closed, and concentrating as hard as possible on a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip If it WAS in common use, they couldn't have made it a trademark BTW, Transcendental Meditation couldn't be trademarked in the U.K. and several other countries precisely *because* it was considered to be too common a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: snip If it WAS in common use, they couldn't have made it a trademark BTW, Transcendental Meditation couldn't be trademarked in the U.K. and several

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: snip If it WAS in common use, they couldn't have made it a trademark BTW, Transcendental Meditation couldn't be trademarked in the U.K. and several

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: Nothing personal; it's just that I've spent 20+ years studying the dualist religions, and what the New Age (rhymes with sewage) has tried to portray it as really irks me. If you haven't read a single book on the Gnostics, how would you know? From: Uncle Tantra Subject:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: snip If it WAS in common use, they couldn't have made it a trademark BTW,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
Janet Luise wrote: I would guess that the info on the Cathers is all largely from a source about 200-250 years ago... Janet - bogumils are derivbed from Paulicans, Paulicans from Manicheans, Manicheans from Gnostics. thus Cathars are derived from Gnostics. Read more: From: Kater Moggin

[FairfieldLife] Lynch's Lost Highway on DVD Tuesday

2008-03-23 Thread Bhairitu
Lost Highway releases Tuesday on DVD for fans of this work. I'll probably pick it up. Dr. Pete will want to stay clear. :D

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: 9/11 truth movement's 3rd stage

2008-03-23 Thread Angela Mailander
Note: forwarded message attached. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ---BeginMessage--- Anyone who loves our country and our world should see this video. The 9/11 truth movement is about to enter a third stage. I was part of the first stage, one of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: snip If it

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 23, 2008, at 3:36 PM, authfriend wrote: P.S.: I'm not suggesting that what the non-MMY term referred was the same as TM. And come to think of it, it isn't impossible that he stuck in deep at first to distinguish what he was teaching from whatever else was being taught or referred to as

[FairfieldLife] oops, no link in last message

2008-03-23 Thread Angela Mailander
Anyone who loves our country and our world should see this video. The 9/11 truth movement is about to enter a third stage. I was part of the first stage, one of the very earliest people to state that 9/11 was an inside job. I knew it the moment it happened and had my students in China do their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: snip If it WAS in common use, they couldn't have made it a trademark BTW,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread Richard J. Williams
Judy wrote: Excellent analogy. The term transcendental meditation existed for a very long time before MMY decided to trademark and capitalize it, and many have criticized him for appropriating a commonly used generic term and claiming that it could refer *only* to his specific brand of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: snip If it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] But even if you can come up with their reasons for not trademarking it, it *still* is the case that it was a common enough term that people complained about MMY appropriating it--and hence my point to Barry

[FairfieldLife] Re: WWF Title Match -- Shakti vs. Nirvikalpa Samadhi

2008-03-23 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shankara's 15 nondual angas can be found before his in verse 100 of the A-parokshanubhuti, they're also in the Tejobindu Upanishad. Would be interesting to know who's written it. Seems almost like someone with OCD or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 23, 2008, at 3:36 PM, authfriend wrote: P.S.: I'm not suggesting that what the non-MMY term referred was the same as TM. And come to think of it, it isn't impossible that he stuck in deep at first to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: snip If it WAS

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 23, 2008, at 4:15 PM, authfriend wrote: It was a vague generic term, Sal, that could have referred to many types of meditation, or to a general class of meditation techniques, anything that led one beyond everyday life, however one wanted to define it--maybe superficial and silly, maybe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Mar 23, 2008, at 3:36 PM, authfriend wrote: P.S.: I'm not suggesting that what the non-MMY term referred was the same as TM. And come

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [...] But even if you can come up with their reasons for not trademarking it, it *still* is the case that it was a common enough term that people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 23, 2008, at 4:15 PM, authfriend wrote: It was a vague generic term, Sal, that could have referred to many types of meditation, or to a general class of meditation techniques, anything that led one

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread Janet Luise
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: penitent leper Subject: Gnosis + Knowledge Newsgroups: alt.religion.gnostic Date: 2003-10-12 14:15:38 PST This knowing is gnosis - it's pneumatic insight, not equivalent to knowledge about, and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread Vaj
On Mar 23, 2008, at 4:36 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: snip If it WAS in common use, they couldn't have made it a trademark BTW, Transcendental Meditation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The transcendental meditation technique involves sitting uncomfortably, squeezing one's eyes closed, and concentrating as hard as possible on a magical word. The idea of transcendental meditation is to maintain

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Janet Luise [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is EXACTLY WHY Tom's book is so exciting! A mystic with a PhD in Wittgenstein. Who self-publishes and asks for donations via PayPal. No, one can't really PROVE. but there is so much garbled incoherence in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Typically, White Folks Are Good The Matrix is bad. (‘The Typical White Per

2008-03-23 Thread Stu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams Full story: 'Pelosi Denounces China's Tibet Crackdown' Associated Press, March 20, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/2ekumn such hypocrisy that we invade any

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: The transcendental meditation technique involves sitting uncomfortably, squeezing one's eyes closed, and concentrating as hard as possible on a magical

[FairfieldLife] Ostara, the Easter Bunny Moon

2008-03-23 Thread dhamiltony2k5
FW March 20th Vernal Equinox 2008 Libra Full Moon and Aries Solar Illumination Festival of Easter Exact at 12:41 PM, CDT, Friday, March 21st. Lightened Bodies Happy Astrological New Year or Vernal Equinox! Happy Eostre or Spring. This Full Moon is the traditional festival of the Great

[FairfieldLife] Re: Typically, White Folks Are Good The Matrix is bad. (‘The Typical White Per

2008-03-23 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Stu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams Full story: 'Pelosi Denounces China's Tibet Crackdown' Associated Press, March

[FairfieldLife] Hillary in 2012?

2008-03-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
From the Huffington Post: I've been trying to figure out for weeks why Hillary Clinton is still in this campaign because the math has been obvious for quite some time now. Even Mitt Romney had the - what would you call it, decency, wisdom, common sense - to drop out after he realized it was

[FairfieldLife] An answer to the question.

2008-03-23 Thread BillyG.
I was visiting my brother recently viewing some of Nature's resplendent beauty in Nevada, and my Harvard Law school graduated, atheist brother ask me; One thing my professors could never tell me is why we experience joy and appreciation when we see the beauties of nature? Well, I thought a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Reframing the Jesus Tradition - on line book by Tom Hickey

2008-03-23 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip Excellent analogy. The term transcendental meditation existed for a very long

[FairfieldLife] Re: An answer to the question.

2008-03-23 Thread Patrick Gillam
What's the evolutionist's answer to the question? I would think it would have something to do with how enjoying life helps further life. Simple. The people who could not see beauty were more likely to say, What the fuck, and give up. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Mental health break

2008-03-23 Thread authfriend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXm696UbKY (Via Andrew Sullivan.)

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