[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Instant Karma for Clinton's...'

2008-05-18 Thread Tom
I sleep so much better knowing that no matter how accurate, valid, and factual the criticism of a Clinton, FFL will be swiftly corrected by its own personal Clintonista. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anybody who reads the article Robert just

[FairfieldLife] Open Letter to Hillary Clinton From a Wellesley College Alumna

2008-05-18 Thread Rick Archer
HYPERLINK "http://www.celsias.com/2008/02/19/an-open-letter-to-hillary-clinton-from-a- wellesley-college-alumna/"Open Letter to Hillary Clinton From a Wellesley College Alumna February 19, 2008 ยท Filed under HYPERLINK "http://www.celsias.com/category/agriculture-food/"Agriculture & Food, HYPERLIN

[FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote: > Or he, could have just been full of it. > > I give you high marks for at least considering this possibility. I > don't think he was full of it, just a great

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Instant Karma for Clinton's...'

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
Anybody who reads the article Robert just posted from the Boston Globe about Rep. Jim Cooper's battles with Hillary Clinton over her health care plan during the Clinton administration needs to know that Cooper's account of what happened is, to say the least, distorted. >From the American Prospect

[FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" wrote: > [...] > > So you are not sure if your behavior has improved that much after > > decades of not only doing TM but advanced TM practices as well. What > > does t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > > > > > > do.rflex wrote: > > > > What astonishes me is that it doesn't appear that many TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > > > do.rflex wrote: > > > What astonishes me is that it doesn't appear that many TMers at all > > > look to God or right behavior as a beneficial thing to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > So you are not sure if your behavior has improved that much after > decades of not only doing TM but advanced TM practices as well. What > does that say about the practice. but when UNITY suddenly dawns ONE > DAY

[FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay the "living in tune with nature" rant of "enlightened people" > reminded me of something I often thought from the beginning of my TM > practice and that it didn't necessarily lead to "improved behavior." I > gues

[FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > do.rflex wrote: > > What astonishes me is that it doesn't appear that many TMers at all > > look to God or right behavior as a beneficial thing to aim for. > > > > > > = > > "...God's Devotee can never stay dejecte

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Angela Mailander
I, too, doubt that the Illuminati are enlightened. But they for sure are not stupid. --- Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just looking into the "Illuminati" yesterday > because obviously the > term means that it was (or is) a group that > considers themselves > "enlightened", "elit

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread Bhairitu
do.rflex wrote: > What astonishes me is that it doesn't appear that many TMers at all > look to God or right behavior as a beneficial thing to aim for. > > > = > "...God's Devotee can never stay dejected. > > While staying in the forests, we were always under the all-powerful > nature of Para

[FairfieldLife] Re: Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-18 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante > wrote: > **snip > > > ** > > > > Yeah, watching surfing is great (altho I'm just as happy seeing big > > surf all by its lonesome) -- when I liv

[FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > Okay the "living in tune with nature" rant of "enlightened people" > > reminded me of something I often thought from the beginning of my TM > > practice an

[FairfieldLife] Nash and Obama?

2008-05-18 Thread cardemaister
Rick Nash might well be in greater danger than President(?) Obama... :0

[FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay the "living in tune with nature" rant of "enlightened people" > reminded me of something I often thought from the beginning of my TM > practice and that it didn't necessarily lead to "improved behavior." I > gues

[FairfieldLife] Re: The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay the "living in tune with nature" rant of "enlightened people" > reminded me of something I often thought from the beginning of my TM > practice and that it didn't necessarily lead to "improved behavior." I > gues

[FairfieldLife] Waterlilies

2008-05-18 Thread Mary Ann
Great movie out now on the topic of sexuality: "Beautifully paced with an eerily-consistent tone, Sciamma's mixture of hormones, romanticism, and bruised emotions leads to sublime and strange places unfamiliar to those who follow the straight and narrow and quite reminiscent to those who still don

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Bhairitu
I was just looking into the "Illuminati" yesterday because obviously the term means that it was (or is) a group that considers themselves "enlightened", "elite" and therefore entitled to rule the world. Of course that is "horse pucky" because any "enlightened" group of people probably would no

[FairfieldLife] The "Improved Behavior" Myth of TM

2008-05-18 Thread Bhairitu
Okay the "living in tune with nature" rant of "enlightened people" reminded me of something I often thought from the beginning of my TM practice and that it didn't necessarily lead to "improved behavior." I guess the first thing we would need to look at was what exactly is "improved behavior."

[FairfieldLife] Re: Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-18 Thread Marek Reavis
Curtis, it's great stuff to uncover a new and transformative skill set and feel its magic start to work on you. I was talking to this athletic young guy yesterday for a few moments as we were sitting in the swell waiting for a set to come in and I stated that it sucked to be this bad at surfin

[FairfieldLife] Horse Friendly

2008-05-18 Thread Bhairitu
On the Dog Friendly rant we discussed dogs and owners cleaning up after them when they take them on walks. This morning I was reminded of another problem. At the local waterfront park occasionally horse riders will take to the trail. Dogs are banned at this park because it is a wildlife ref

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > If he takes authorship of obeyeing God's will in waging > > the war, he takes on its karmic consequences, according > > to the premise. > > If

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > No surprise that "t'would seem" that way to you, > > given that you've closed your mind to the > > possibility that anybody could even have that > > experi

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Irmeli Mattsson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If he takes authorship of obeyeing God's will in waging > the war, he takes on its karmic consequences, according > to the premise. > If a guru takes authorship of believing he is enlightened and that all his act

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" > > > wrote: > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" > > > wrote: > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" > > wrote: > > > > > > When a politician tells lies and manages to foul up people's > > > judgmen

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" > wrote: > > > > When a politician tells lies and manages to foul up people's > > judgment and gets elected as president, maybe nature wanted > > him to do bad

[FairfieldLife] Re: Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-18 Thread curtisdeltablues
> driving north on 101 and the sweep of Clam Beach comes into view just > a few miles past Arcata I get a visceral reaction, a rush of > excitement and anticipation and a strong kinesthetic response to the > sight of the waves. Waves mean something to me now.\ Nice description Marek. I had t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > Another angle to it is that whatever actions you assume > > authorship of, you get to take (karmic) responsibility > > for. Michael Dean

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > On May 18, 2008, at 11:29 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > >> For me, with MMY, I did what he

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" > > wrote: > > > > > > When a politician tells lies and manages to foul up people's > > > judg

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The larger point is simply that it's impossible to know > what nature "wants" and why. And its impossible to know what a granite boulder wants. Or maybe its a false premise to assume that the boulder or Natur

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Irmeli Mattsson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Another angle to it is that whatever actions you assume > authorship of, you get to take (karmic) responsibility > for. Michael Dean Goodman has pointed out that in the > phrase "spontaneous right action," the em

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" > wrote: > > > > When a politician tells lies and manages to foul up people's > > judgment and gets elected as president, maybe nature wanted > > him to do bad

[FairfieldLife] Re: So where do the TM mantras come from?

2008-05-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On May 17, 2008, at 9:32 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: [...] > >> Interestingly, neuroscientists are now realizing that the acquisition > >> of samadhi in growing meditation exp

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On May 18, 2008, at 11:29 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > >> For me, with MMY, I did what he claimed to do: I went > >> to the source. > > > > Well, actually, no, you di

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Jason
New.morn, Would you please repeat your post.?? "new.morning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 16:35:41 - Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ? > > Can you define "wrong action"? > > I suggest that perhaps the underlying premise is h

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Irmeli Mattsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When a politician tells lies and manages to foul up people's > judgment and gets elected as president, maybe nature wanted > him to do bad things to test you. You trusted this candidate, > because he had influen

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Vaj
On May 18, 2008, at 11:29 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For me, with MMY, I did what he claimed to do: I went to the source. Well, actually, no, you didn't. You went to a "source" that he very explicitly said no longer represented

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Morals are relative. They change from time to time. > > Ethics are eternal and absolute. They never change. > > Actions that bring suffering to others are "wrong" > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Irmeli Mattsson
When a politician tells lies and manages to foul up people's judgment and gets elected as president, maybe nature wanted him to do bad things to test you. You trusted this candidate, because he had influential supporters, who affirmed you him to be very trustworthy and basically faultless.You voted

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Jason
Morals are relative. They change from time to time. Ethics are eternal and absolute. They never change. Actions that bring suffering to others are "wrong" Actions that bring happiness to others are "right" Hindu philosophy calls th

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
New wrote: > And of course the third premise I challenge > is the concept and label of enlightenment. > The term "enlightenment" in South Asian literature is the "liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth"; the transcendence of phenomenal being; a state of higher consciousness, in which

[FairfieldLife] Re: Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-18 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: **snip > ** > > Yeah, watching surfing is great (altho I'm just as happy seeing big > surf all by its lonesome) -- when I lived in Honolulu, I used to go > to the North Shore in winter and catch people doing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Angela Mailander
Right on, Sandi. And ditto for your statement on Marshy. He is a good beginning. And, being a GOOD beginning, it is self-sufficient, though some may need more a string to wind up to let them in at heaven's gate (Blake's metaphor) while some may not see how good a beginning it is till they get to

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The more important issue IMO is that people > who have chosen to believe that enlightenment > is a state in which the enlightened can do no > wrong Can you define "wrong action"? I suggest that perhaps the underl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Angela Mailander
Great post Vaj. The thing about going to the Vatican to find out if Luther was the real deal or not is not as bizarre as it might seem to some. ANY path can get you there. And any path must also be transcended. Even intellect can be a path. As the Western tradition in mathematics has pointed o

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Jason
Entire Nation states, Corporate entities, Politicians and Organised Religions all try to be free of responsibility of their actions. So I don't understand what you disagree in this..?? With Great powers comes Great responsibilites. Theoriticaly, along

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Hillary Clinton Loyalty Test

2008-05-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 18, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Sal Sunshine wrote:On May 18, 2008, at 8:23 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:Yeah, yeah...but how did you do on the test? :-)http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl_hillary_clinton_quiz.htmI was honest enough to share with you my score.What's yours?Here's mine:The Hillary Clinto

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm really interested in whether anyone can come > up with seemingly rational reasons for the belief > that the enlightened have more of a clue than anyone > else, free of appeals to "authority" of some kind. > I'm not sur

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For me, with MMY, I did what he claimed to do: I went > to the source. Well, actually, no, you didn't. You went to a "source" that he very explicitly said no longer represented the authentic Shankara tradition. > I sought out

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread sandiego108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > I'm really interested in whether anyone can come > > > up with seemingly rat

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Vaj
On May 18, 2008, at 8:29 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Well, I wasn't talking about the Rama guy per se but about the phenomenon. I have no problem with you or anyone else not having a positive "gut reaction" to him. But say someone else *had* elicited a positive "gut reaction" in you. Take the Rama g

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Angela Mailander
It's true that since the 18th century there is no *tradition* of enlightenment per se, but that's partially because the official canon was devised by those who do not favor it. The tradition is definitely there, and continues to this day, but you've got to look a little deeper than you've apparent

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Hillary Clinton Loyalty Test

2008-05-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 18, 2008, at 8:23 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:Yeah, yeah...but how did you do on the test? :-) http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl_hillary_clinton_quiz.htm I was honest enough to share with you my score. What's yours? Here's mine: The Hillary Clinton Loyalty Quiz10 Questions

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
Judy wrote: > > The problem is, you have your own idiosyncratic > > definition of it. You deliberately define it so > > as to be indefensible. More solipsism. > > > > The way you define it has nothing to do with the > > actual premise, which you clearly don't even > > understand, even after some o

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > Because I say so. So there. :) > > TurquoiseB wrote: > Maharishi said so, and we just bought it. > Mabe it was you who 'bought it' to the tune of $50,000. So, why, exactly did you give all that money to Marshy and Rama if you didn't believe it? > > Go figure, eh? > I'm still trying to figur

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
Angela Mailander wrote: > In the history of Western literature and philosophy > you can see a sharp division between thinkers who > would accept some notion of "enlightenment" and > those who are completely grounded in the relative > sphere. > You got mixed up again, Angela - there's no Wester

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: > I'm a big fan of "Before enlightenment, chop > wood and carry water; after enlightenment, > chop wood and carry water." > This is one of the most famous 'circle jerk' statements in the enlightenment tradition. The problem is that you haven't defined the word 'enlightenment'

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Angela Mailander
You're right on the money, Alex, in nailing down the task as "impossible." In the history of Western literature and philosophy you can see a sharp division between thinkers who would accept some notion of "enlightenment" and those who are completely grounded in the relative sphere. In my erstwhil

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: > Circle jerk. > A 'circle jerk' is otherwise known as 'infinite regress' in philosophy, In order to avoid regressus ad infinitum, a theory or thesis must be put forth, in this case, you have put forth the theory of 'enlightenment' and your authority being Frederick Lenz. In ord

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 18, 2008, at 1:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > So, those of you who still do, WHY do you still > > choose to believe it? Can you present any arguments > > to support your belief? > > Yes, I can, Barry. > > Be

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > One of my reasons for bringing up this subject in > > > the first place was to see

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Hillary Clinton Loyalty Test

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > wrote: > > > > > > Posted as a mechanism to see if there is something -- > > > anything -- that J

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > One of my reasons for bringing up this subject in > > the first place was to see if anyone here (many > > if not most of whom still believe this dogma

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On May 18, 2008, at 1:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: So, those of you who still do, WHY do you still choose to believe it? Can you present any arguments to support your belief? Yes, I can, Barry. Because I say so. So there. :) Well, it works with my kids. Actually, it doesn't... Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Burned hydrogen?

2008-05-18 Thread uns_tressor
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Q: What is "burned hydrogen" in Sanskrit? > > A: Perhaps 'jalam'?? ; ) > Maybe Yes, maybe No. Try translating "water" into Sanskrit, and settle for that. uns.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Hillary Clinton Loyalty Test

2008-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > > > > Posted as a mechanism to see if there is something -- > > anything -- that Judy feels positively about, since she > > spent seven posts last night tr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > I'm really interested in whether anyone can come > > > up with seemingly rati

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of my reasons for bringing up this subject in > the first place was to see if anyone here (many > if not most of whom still believe this dogma > thoroughly) would try to come up with some intel- > lectual reason FO

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > I'm really interested in whether anyone can come > > up with seemingly rational reasons for the belief > > that the enlightened have more of a clue t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Hillary Clinton Loyalty Test

2008-05-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Posted as a mechanism to see if there is something -- > anything -- that Judy feels positively about, since she > spent seven posts last night trying (again) to demonize > Barack Obama: One post was a link to an Obam

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm really interested in whether anyone can come > up with seemingly rational reasons for the belief > that the enlightened have more of a clue than anyone > else, free of appeals to "authority" of some kind. > I'm not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 18, 2008, at 3:47 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > Just to explain a bit why I made the "The Most > > Dangerous Dogma" post, and am pursuing it, it > > wasn't to push buttons. Well...Ok...it wasn't > > JUST to push buttons

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > Circle jerk. So far among those Rama students, I > > haven't encountered anyone who can discuss the > > criteria they believe are associated with the state

Re: [FairfieldLife] Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Vaj
On May 18, 2008, at 3:47 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > Just to explain a bit why I made the "The Most > Dangerous Dogma" post, and am pursuing it, it > wasn't to push buttons. Well...Ok...it wasn't > JUST to push buttons. :-) > > The impetus for putting this fundamental piece > of dogma on the table

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: So where do the TM mantras come from?

2008-05-18 Thread Vaj
On May 17, 2008, at 9:32 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On May 17, 2008, at 12:41 PM, BillyG. wrote: Check out the bija (seed sounds) from the 5th, Vishuddha chakra! Do you think MMY knew this all along? The Vishuddha chakra (wheel)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just to explain a bit why I made the "The Most > Dangerous Dogma" post, and am pursuing it, it > wasn't to push buttons. Well...Ok...it wasn't > JUST to push buttons. :-) > > The impetus for putting this fundamenta

[FairfieldLife] Burned hydrogen?

2008-05-18 Thread cardemaister
Q: What is "burned hydrogen" in Sanskrit? A: Perhaps 'jalam'?? ; )

[FairfieldLife] Circle Jerk

2008-05-18 Thread TurquoiseB
Just to explain a bit why I made the "The Most Dangerous Dogma" post, and am pursuing it, it wasn't to push buttons. Well...Ok...it wasn't JUST to push buttons. :-) The impetus for putting this fundamental piece of dogma on the table for discussion actually didn't even have anything to do with F