[FairfieldLife] Monkeys vs Meat (Re: Mantras, Religion and finally a statement . . .)

2009-01-29 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@... wrote: your posts in that regard are hilarious to me (and boring)! i don't know anyone by either of the names you mentioned-- let's see: i am a blonde female with an indian sounding name, who may be a man, who doesn't

[FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

2009-01-29 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutp...@... wrote: Let's face it, the TMO would be a lot healthier if people had sex (and chicken sandwiches) on a more regular basis. According to who ?

[FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

2009-01-29 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: I didn't get all that excited when I was last on IA (ended a couple weeks ago) and I didn't notice all that much excitement amongst the people I spoke with compared to last year or the year before. Very good !

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paul Mc Cartney, the TMO (P. Mason)

2009-01-29 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, amritasyaputra amritasyapu...@... wrote: Like the cancer cell that kills the cell that has fed it, you wish all bad to the TM movement. Why don't you start a grass root organisation for yourself and the like and let this TM Movement in peace? It

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Ramayana

2009-01-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: enlightened_dawn should pay attention to this. According to John, this million-year-old book portrays monkeys as willing partners in genocide. They fought alongside Rama for eighteen months, until every member of the clan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Call for Lucid Dreaming stories

2009-01-29 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: Thank God for Judy. Ditto. Thank God for Judy. She can mop the floor with Barry with one hand tied behind her back and knock down a bourbon while she's

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Ramayana

2009-01-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 guyfawkes91@ wrote: Or, from the level of symbolism, do these monkies actually represent certain humans who have not learned to develop their consciousness, or

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Ramayana

2009-01-29 Thread John
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: enlightened_dawn should pay attention to this. According to John, this million-year-old book portrays monkeys as willing partners in genocide. They

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: http://snipurl.com/ax9hv [www_thestandard_com] Great news! People aren't stupid. Mind you, this chap cares a lot: http://tinyurl.com/aawoj5

[FairfieldLife] Monkeys vs Meat (Re: Mantras, Religion and finally a statement . . .)

2009-01-29 Thread TurquoiseB
Clarity of thought, sincerity, honesty, friendliness, compassion...you know, all the qualities ED demonstrates so well here. :) Guffaw! Now, now, do. Those same qualities were the same as the ones that Jim Flanegin (Sandy Ego) demonstrated, and we all know that *he*

[FairfieldLife] Re: Call for Lucid Dreaming stories

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: The Rama fellow I studied with for many years taught Lucid Dreaming. He taught it in the context of Tibetan Dream Yoga, but the techniques were the same as those I've later found in Native American

[FairfieldLife] Re: Call for Lucid Dreaming stories

2009-01-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: I've mentioned one lucid dream I've had several times on FFL and that was the one with Jesus who looked more like Naveen Andrews than the way that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Call for Lucid Dreaming stories

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: I've mentioned one lucid dream I've had several times on FFL and that was the one

[FairfieldLife] Holy Shadow

2009-01-29 Thread arhatafreespeech
January 26 Fort Bragg, California There once lived a saint so good that the angels came from heaven to see how a man could be so godly. This saint went about his daily life diffusing virtue as the stars diffuse light and the flowers scent, without being aware of it. His day could be summed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paul Mc Cartney, the TMO (P. Mason)

2009-01-29 Thread Paul Mason
JohnY - that's exactly what I meant!! I have seen the decline of the teaching TM and it directly correlates to the emergence of the aggressive World Planners and the introduction of TMsidhis. Before that people were given a pretty free hand to organise and teach. There were TM centres dotted

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Ramayana

2009-01-29 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: To All: In this book, we find a story of a race of monkeys who helped Rama defeat Ravana

[FairfieldLife] How many countries can you recognize?

2009-01-29 Thread cardemaister
Flags of some countries, together with average lingam lengths (metric): http://img.mtv3.fi/mn_kuvat/mtv3/helmi/6viikonvaihde/seksi/erotiikka/608210.jpg http://tinyurl.com/ahw3dp

[FairfieldLife] Exposed: the myth of cello scrotum

2009-01-29 Thread raunchydog
In a letter to the British Medical Journal published in 1974, the young Dr Murphy claimed to have discovered cello scrotum, a painful affliction which only affected male players of the instrument. The spoof letter was written in response to an earlier one about guitar nipple from a Dr P Curtis,

[FairfieldLife] Mysticism vs. the search for knowledge (was Call for Lucid Dreaming stories)

2009-01-29 Thread TurquoiseB
Damn! I knew I shouldn't have initiated this thread. There have been some great responses that pretty much demand a counter-response, and I'm going to foul out on posts soon as a result, with 30+ hours still left in the posting week. :-) But respond I will (interspersed below), and when I do

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Call for Lucid Dreaming stories

2009-01-29 Thread Vaj
On Jan 29, 2009, at 6:55 AM, Richard M wrote: Oh yes, that's true of course. But the West has more to offer than just that I think. You could say there are three Western views (and no doubt more): Let me share some counterpoint, the mantrayana views of dream and sleep: Dreams are helpful

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: http://snipurl.com/ax9hv [www_thestandard_com] Great news!

[FairfieldLife] I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavisma...@... wrote: Pal, that (below) is a racist statement, plain and simple. It's reprehensible and you are entirely wrong in the sentiment you express. Marek: Several months ago I made a statement here on this forum about Blacks

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread shempmcgurk
One more thing to add to what I wrote below: A certain someone preferred to use the name Barry for the first 20 or so years of his life because he felt uncomfortable with the given name on his birth certificate. Perhaps that tells us something about interacting in America with a name

[FairfieldLife] Hindu mythology and current Bipartisanship [just for fun]

2009-01-29 Thread do.rflex
The benefits and perils of bipartisanship are described in the story of Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of good fortune. Hindu theology is complicated, and has many different branches (and even has atheistic forms). One deity may have many manifestations (for instance, Radha and Tulsi are both

[FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-29 Thread Duveyoung
spawning? -- racist remark or insensitive gaff? Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:33 PM, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote: from Yahoo news: Boys With Unpopular Names More Likely to Break Law Buzz Up Send

[FairfieldLife] First day of School 5-years from now

2009-01-29 Thread raunchydog
First day of School 5-years from now [http://uppitywoman08.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/schoolin5years1.jpg?w=\ 427h=495]

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
Shemp, I missed the remark you posted from Obama under your own name, so I won't comment on that. And as to a young person's insecurities re how they might best fit in with a world which for them is defined by all sorts of mis-matching pieces (single mom, absent dad, stepfather, Indonesia,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcg...@... wrote: James Hansen's Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic - But it gets even better Shemp. Check out today's post from Anthony Watts' excellent blog: Today, a founder of the International Journal of Forecasting,

[FairfieldLife] Racism isn't erased by a mere moment of good intent.

2009-01-29 Thread Duveyoung
If only black mothers gave as much consideration to how they will rear a child they've just spawned as they give to coming up with a unique name for the child. -- L.Shad Erp, yep, a racist remark for sure. I was about 75 posts behind this morning when I replied to L.Shad's post -- and in

[FairfieldLife] Re: First day of School 5-years from now ( more on childrens' names)

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: First day of School 5-years from now [http://uppitywoman08.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/schoolin5years1.jpg?w=\ 427h=495] Ha! This made the news in the UK recently: Holiday company offers 'chav free' breaks free of

[FairfieldLife] MMY on immortality on the physical level. The Vedas booklet.

2009-01-29 Thread BillyG.
As the metabolism is reduced the mind becomes finer and finer and the metabolism becomes further reduced, the mind transcends and gets to that state of TC. Simultaneously the body, the mind, the entire functioning of the inner machinery, ALL metabolic rate comes to **zero**. This is the state

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread Duveyoung
I'll say it again: who cares about Global Warming when by addressing the concept pollution will take care of any warming? Warming is but one bad aspect of a host of bads due to pollution. We may not know for sure if warming is happening, but there is absolutely no doubt about how our poor

Re: [FairfieldLife] MMY on immortality on the physical level. The Vedas booklet.

2009-01-29 Thread Vaj
On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:54 AM, BillyG. wrote: As the metabolism is reduced the mind becomes finer and finer and the metabolism becomes further reduced, the mind transcends and gets to that state of TC. Simultaneously the body, the mind, the entire functioning of the inner machinery, ALL

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on immortality on the physical level. The Vedas booklet.

2009-01-29 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:54 AM, BillyG. wrote: As the metabolism is reduced the mind becomes finer and finer and the metabolism becomes further reduced, the mind transcends and gets to that state of TC. Simultaneously the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama's pick for Sec. Education disappoints progressives Bill Ayers

2009-01-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: The best public high school in the USA is a charter school here in Tucson, AZ. Charter schools aren't privately funded, and must maintain certain

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paul Mc Cartney, the TMO (P. Mason)

2009-01-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 john_youe...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, amritasyaputra amritasyaputra@ wrote: Like the cancer cell that kills the cell that has fed it, you wish all bad to the TM movement. Why don't you start a grass root

[FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Shadow

2009-01-29 Thread mrfishey2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, arhatafreespe...@... wrote: -- What a curious little story, reminds me of a German folktale. Can't remember the original title. I believe it was eventually turned into a folk play – perhaps something by Sachs. Said to be the

[FairfieldLife] Inverse Zombies and Consciousness

2009-01-29 Thread Vaj
Interesting article, one of the top downloaded articles on consciousness for 2008, that raises the interesting possibility that consciousness may not be a physically produced phenomenon as materialists believe.http://eprints.assc.caltech.edu/294/Inverse Zombies, Anesthesia Awareness, and the Hard

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on immortality on the physical level. The Vedas booklet.

2009-01-29 Thread Duveyoung
It's not metabolism that has to come to stop, it's Identification that has to reside within itself, and the metabolism will do whatever it wants to do -- generally it will be true that it will settle down markedly if no attention is spotlighting a neural process, but the guna-set has a mind of its

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I'll say it again: who cares about Global Warming when by addressing the concept pollution will take care of any warming? Warming is but one bad aspect of a host of bads due to pollution. We may not know for sure if

[FairfieldLife] Re: Inverse Zombies and Consciousness

2009-01-29 Thread Duveyoung
Vaj, Nice find. I'm reminded that they've found that if, say, tennis is discussed orally in the presence of a comatose person, that person's brain can be observed to light up in the areas where an awake person's brain lights up when hearing the same discussion. To me that's proof of sentience

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread grate . swan
Marek, Do you hold out any probability that Shad has something useful to say, some insightful life experience to share? To answer yes, is certainly NOT equivalent to i) believing everything he says is useful or valid, and 2) agreement with his views, and 3) that some of his views are not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread Duveyoung
Richard, I agree, but if Gore has truly gotten a grassroots activism going and it's flag is carried by such a large number of folks, then that activism can be used to evolve into a greater clarity about pollution in general and then, eventually, the group will aim more precisely at targets more

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on immortality on the physical level. The Vedas booklet.

2009-01-29 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: It's not metabolism that has to come to stop, it's Identification that has to reside within itself, and the metabolism will do whatever it wants to do -- generally it will be true that it will settle down markedly if no

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread I am the eternal
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Marek Reavis reavisma...@sbcglobal.netwrote: L.Shaddai's remarks, both his original post and subsequent replies, contained clear and offensive indicators that he believes blacks are inferior and debased; he was not expressing concern for the well-being of

Re: [FairfieldLife] I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread I am the eternal
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:11 AM, shempmcgurk shempmcg...@netscape.netwrote: The observation about unique names in the Black Community is not and should not be a taboo subject. Indeed, it was the subject of one of those newsmagazine shows (20/20? Primetime? Dateline NBC?) a while back. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Duveyoung
Grate.swan, I awed by your balance. If you and Marek can keep this dialog going, it's gunna be terrif. Glad you're posting here. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: Marek, Do you hold out any probability that Shad has something useful to say, some

[FairfieldLife] What's the Secret here?

2009-01-29 Thread Arhata Osho
Amazing that the top 20 emailers here this week sent more emails that all 9 of my other 'spiritual yahoo groups' combined! I'm baffled why that is? Maybe it's just excitement?  Lots of Mantra-ing? Arhata http://www.freedomofspeech.netfirms.com/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Monkeys vs Meat (Re: Mantras, Religion and finally a statement . . .)

2009-01-29 Thread Kirk
You know just from an aesthetic standpoint even one should not repeat certain phrases too often or the song gets repetitive and rather old fast. - Original Message - wow-- monkey see, monkey do, eh Sal? here, have a banana! in all clarity, sincerity, and honesty, i made a point

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Richard, I agree, but if Gore has truly gotten a grassroots activism going and it's flag is carried by such a large number of folks, then that activism can be used to evolve into a greater clarity about pollution in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama's pick for Sec. Education disappoints progressives Bill Ayers

2009-01-29 Thread raunchydog
If a kid has to take an entrance exam to get into a school, it should be categorized as a private school and should not receive one dime of taxpayer money. The kids who can't pass the entrance exam and have to go to a public school should have the same opportunities for a good education as the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-29 Thread I am the eternal
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: spawning? -- racist remark or insensitive gaff? Edg Frankly, I don't know which. My reaction to a 15 year old girl having a baby which won't have a father to care for it or support it because she feels unloved and

Re: [FairfieldLife] What's the Secret here?

2009-01-29 Thread Bhairitu
Arhata Osho wrote: Amazing that the top 20 emailers here this week sent more emails that all 9 of my other 'spiritual yahoo groups' combined! I'm baffled why that is? Maybe it's just excitement? Lots of Mantra-ing? Arhata http://www.freedomofspeech.netfirms.com/ Obsessive compulsive

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on immortality on the physical level. The Vedas booklet.

2009-01-29 Thread Duveyoung
Notes below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: It's not metabolism that has to come to stop, it's Identification that has to reside within itself, and the metabolism will do whatever it wants to

Re: [FairfieldLife] What's the Secret here?

2009-01-29 Thread Arhata Osho
Hmmm - thank for that! Arhata Osho wrote: Amazing that the top 20 emailers here this week sent more emails that all 9 of my other 'spiritual yahoo groups' combined! I'm baffled why that is? Maybe it's just excitement? Lots of Mantra-ing? Arhata

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
Comments interleaved: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: Marek, Do you hold out any probability that Shad has something useful to say, some insightful life experience to share? **snip Certainly. However, so far on this issue he has spoken in terms

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on immortality on the physical level. The Vedas booklet.

2009-01-29 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: snip MMY said the liberated beings live in the subtle 'Akasha tattwa' until the time of dissolution or pralaya. See: http://www.spiritualregeneration.org/audios/1959_Glow.mp3 I'll see your akasha tattwa and raise

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread Duveyoung
Richard M wrote: So Edg, are you in favour of nuclear power? And are you attracted to conspiracy theories? I say this because the nuclear power lobby is benefiting enormously from the demonization of CO2. Are the Greenies just pawns in a game being played by the Higher Powers to persuade the

[FairfieldLife] Monkeys vs Meat (Re: Mantras, Religion and finally a statement . . .)

2009-01-29 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:48 PM, ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: Funny recap! I am afraid my last question might have been lost in the snark. I really am interested in what specific results you

[FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

2009-01-29 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: Me, EnlightenDawn and Raunch sit around, smoking grasshopper weed and engage in mental tantric practices between the domes. Oh, by the way, many years

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama's pick for Sec. Education disappoints progressives Bill Ayers

2009-01-29 Thread boo_lives
Raunch, To clarify, my post is based on the views of someone who has spent his entire career in support of public schools and the teachers union and who has been esp active in fighting the actions of the bush admin (and who knows well what its goals and tactics were). He has published papers and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hindu mythology and current Bipartisanship [just for fun]

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
Thanks - I enjoyed that. Brilliant. And yet... How do you get to this? It's tough being the good guysIt gets wearing, having to be the bigger person all the time. Can I become a good guy? What's the secret? The technique? Do you ever entertain any self-doubt? That perhaps you are NOT the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Richard M wrote: So Edg, are you in favour of nuclear power? And are you attracted to conspiracy theories? I say this because the nuclear power lobby is benefiting enormously from the demonization of CO2. Are the Greenies

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread boo_lives
But it gets even better Shemp. Check out today's post from Anthony Watts' excellent blog: Today, a founder of the International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Forecasting, International Institute of Forecasters, and International Symposium on Forecasting, and the author of Long-range

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread boo_lives
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Richard M wrote: So Edg, are you in favour of nuclear power? And are you attracted to conspiracy theories? I say this because the nuclear power lobby is benefiting enormously from the demonization of CO2. Are the Greenies

[FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-29 Thread ruthsimplicity
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal l.shad...@... wrote: On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: spawning? -- racist remark or insensitive gaff? Edg Frankly, I don't know which. My reaction to a 15 year old girl having a baby

Re: [FairfieldLife] Call for Lucid Dreaming stories

2009-01-29 Thread Kirk
Well I had a Maharishi dream. After he died. I was in an open hall, it had a nice feeling and it was mine, and then Maharishi was coming up the steps and I was so shocked because he was dead and he was a ghost and now here he was that I screamed in shock and slammed the door in his face. And

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hindu mythology and current Bipartisanship [just for fun]

2009-01-29 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: Thanks - I enjoyed that. Brilliant. And yet... How do you get to this? It's tough being the good guysIt gets wearing, having to be the bigger person all the time. Can I become a good guy? What's the secret?

Re: [FairfieldLife] US Civil Engineers rate the US infrastructure a D

2009-01-29 Thread Kirk
On Monday California will be bankrupt unless they pass a budget at the last minute (very unlikely) and personally I believe there is a faction that wants California government to completely collapse. We'll see next week. It may become the wild west again. --This is pretty amusing. But

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives boo_li...@... wrote: But it gets even better Shemp. Check out today's post from Anthony Watts' excellent blog: Today, a founder of the International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Forecasting, International Institute of Forecasters,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Racism isn't erased by a mere moment of good intent.

2009-01-29 Thread I am the eternal
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: L.Shad, I cannot toss a stone at you, but go and sin no more. Edg I will do you and the name calling attorney one better. After I dispatch this I will set up a mail filter to send posts and emails from both of you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

2009-01-29 Thread Kirk
Enlightenment is different in different states of consciousness. Different tantras will evoke the state of conceptless light vision direct with sight, or work perhaps in less elaborated centers with other formless and unformulable mental or energy states. To at the state of sound and vision to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Monkeys vs Meat (Re: Mantras, Religion and finally a statement . . .)

2009-01-29 Thread Kirk
ok- long hops during the flying sutra-- stuff that i couldn't have accomplished athletically, seeing inside my body-- tendons, ligaments, muscles, blood flowing through arteries, visions, hearing and touch of celestial beings, traveling through outer space and between planets. that's all i

[FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
L.Shaddai, it appears from your comments (below) that you would rather not be considered a racist, and I'm in favor of that, too. It seems, however, that you have taken your limited life experiences with the African Americans that you have dealt with and extrapolated that far beyond its

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on immortality on the physical level. The Vedas booklet.

2009-01-29 Thread yifuxero
--Thx. My Kriya Yoga Guru Swami Satyeswarananda Giri said that Babaji physically teleported the both of them over a great distance (can't remember exactly how far though). - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Notes below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Marek Reavis wrote: In my first comments to L.Shaddai, however, I made particular point not to call him a racist. Rather, I commented that his statement was racist and reprehensible. A strong assertion, true, but it was an acknowledgement that perhaps he was not

[FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

2009-01-29 Thread yifuxero
---Yes, interesting!. Once, (half in jest), somebody told Charlie Lutes something about transcending. He replied with a question: Do you mean somebody physically dissolved into white Light, disappearing from view? (to paraphrase). The lesson: the term transcendence usually applies to a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Call for Lucid Dreaming stories

2009-01-29 Thread Bhairitu
Richard M wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: The Rama fellow I studied with for many years taught Lucid Dreaming. He taught it in the context of Tibetan Dream Yoga, but the techniques were the same as those I've later found

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hindu mythology and current Bipartisanship [just for fun]

2009-01-29 Thread Richard M
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost1uk@ wrote: Thanks - I enjoyed that. Brilliant. And yet... How do you get to this? It's tough being the good guysIt gets wearing, having to be the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-29 Thread I am the eternal
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:44 PM, ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote: I volunteer occasionally at a shelter for runaway teens, doing med checks and the like. The shelter is located in a part of the country which is primarily white. The teens at the shelter are almost all white.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-29 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:46 PM, I am the eternal wrote: Actually, no. Do some reading about the effects of rap music. They said the same thing about Elvis and the Beatles. Do some reading about the negative effects the ghetto black culture has on people. Look at the percentage of young

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
Sal, since my posts are to be consigned to L.Shaddai's trash, it seems unlikely that there'll be any further dialogue on the subject between us. L.Shaddai obviously doesn't believe that he is prejudiced, and to whatever degree that belief informs or moderates behavior, all the better. What

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

2009-01-29 Thread Kirk
I had some meditation experiences. I would see lights of all colors, pretty much the entire time. Other things read like 'day and night' experiences of the Buddhist tantric - fireflys, smoke, crosses, eternal knots, melting, expanding, and typical kundalini signs like feeling on fire for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paul Mc Cartney, the TMO (P. Mason)

2009-01-29 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jyouells2000 john_youells@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, amritasyaputra amritasyaputra@ wrote: Like the cancer cell that kills the cell that has fed it, you wish

[FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

2009-01-29 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote: ---Yes, interesting!. Once, (half in jest), somebody told Charlie Lutes something about transcending. He replied with a question: Do you mean somebody physically dissolved into white Light, disappearing from view? (to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: More definitions of enlightenment

2009-01-29 Thread Kirk
Very good ! Excitement = entropy. Unfortunately the citizens of Fairfield, except for a very few bright individuals, understands the power behind and blessings bestowed upon their town since the early 70's. When MUM and the meditators leave, and they finally will, the town will be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: What Edg pointed out earlier, however, is true for all of us, I feel. As primates we are quick to recognize distinctions and if we have been trained (by education or experience) to associate certain differences with bad, then it's understandable

Re: [FairfieldLife] First day of School 5-years from now

2009-01-29 Thread Kirk
People familiar with mantra Vam or Bam should find it as central in the American president's name rather profound. Mantra of Jal or water, it also is the mantra of life. If studied and practiced with proper diksha this mantra can suppposedly bring the dead back to life. It also is the mantra

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
It is, Sal, . . . most of the time. So far, so good. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: What Edg pointed out earlier, however, is true for all of us, I feel. As primates we are quick to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paul Mc Cartney, the TMO

2009-01-29 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandp...@... wrote: TMO issues aside, I would love to hear Paul McCartney Mike Love duet on 'Back in the USSR' - also to hear Paul Horn blow some airy flute what about Ringo Paul working together again, that would be nice. Someone

[FairfieldLife] Re: I am the eternal not racist and in fact shows concerns for Blacks

2009-01-29 Thread shempmcgurk
Marek: Aside from the comments I-am-the-Eternal made in the post about naming kids in the African-American community, what else has he said that indicates he is a racist? Or is that all that you are referring to? I can't seem to find another original post that he made that I can construe as

[FairfieldLife] Spawn from dictionary.com

2009-01-29 Thread shempmcgurk
spawn#8194; #8194;/sp#596;n/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [spawn] Show IPA Pronunciation , –noun 1. Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc. 2. Mycology. the mycelium of mushrooms, esp. of the species grown for the market. 3. a swarming brood;

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paul Mc Cartney, the TMO (P. Mason)

2009-01-29 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandp...@... wrote: JohnY - that's exactly what I meant!! I have seen the decline of the teaching TM and it directly correlates to the emergence of the aggressive World Planners and the introduction of TMsidhis. Before that people were

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard M compost...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: James Hansen's Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic - But it gets even better Shemp. Check out today's post from Anthony Watts'

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Nobody gives a damn about global warming

2009-01-29 Thread I am the eternal
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:01 PM, shempmcgurk shempmcg...@netscape.netwrote: Poor old Obama. He's inherited such a terrible mess. And in the context of *climate change*, just at the point where the fictional consensus shows all the signs of unravelling, he is under the spotlight to make

[FairfieldLife] YouTube - Living with a Lioness - Wanda Peaches

2009-01-29 Thread Rick Archer
Video about FF resident Wanda Roth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2W3rSHoQI8

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: unpopular names crime: (cause and effect?

2009-01-29 Thread Kirk
I think your experience with the particular shelter may be leading you to generalize what may be due to other problems such as abuse, poor education, poor upbringing, poor health, lack of money and opportunity, etc. into a race issue. --I am going to waste a precious post to agree. When

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: YouTube - Living with a Lioness - Wanda Peaches

2009-01-29 Thread Dick Mays
Fwd: Video about my friend and neighbor, Fairfielder Wanda Roth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2W3rSHoQI8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2W3rSHoQI8

[FairfieldLife] update on Spiritual Center of America

2009-01-29 Thread yifuxero
(as usual: a future project): New Jerusalem, Independence, MO. ...no! not Bramasthan. Author: Berrett, Lamar C. The tenth Article of Faith of the Church states, We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion [the New Jerusalem] will be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Paul Mc Cartney, the TMO (P. Mason)

2009-01-29 Thread yifuxero
--excellent post! I forwarded it to Jerry J. - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: JohnY - that's exactly what I meant!! I have seen the decline of the teaching TM and it directly correlates

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