[FairfieldLife] Re: Latin America plans US dollar replacement

2009-10-18 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Leftist Latin American leaders have agreed on using a new intra- regional > trading currency, dubbed as Sucre, instead of the US dollar. > > Bolivian President Evo Morales, who hosted leaders of the Bolivarian > Alternative for Lat

[FairfieldLife] Re: ongoing Scharf -> Stenger depate.

2009-10-18 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Better links The Scharf "essay" Vaj posted is just an abstract of the talk he delivered today to the Science and Nonduality Conference. This talk is based on a paper he wrote on the same topic, which is available here: http://www.truthabouttm.org/truth/SocietalEffects/Critics-Rebuttals/Stenger

[FairfieldLife] Latin America plans US dollar replacement

2009-10-18 Thread raunchydog
Leftist Latin American leaders have agreed on using a new intra- regional trading currency, dubbed as Sucre, instead of the US dollar. Bolivian President Evo Morales, who hosted leaders of the Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America and the Caribbean (ALBA), said that the "document is approved

[FairfieldLife] 'President Obama: Decriminalizes Medical Marijuana!'

2009-10-18 Thread Robert
New medical marijuana policy issued Praise Jesus! Praise Jah! Praise Shiva! Praise Shakti?    AP – Marijuana plants are shown Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, in Seattle

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread ShempMcGurk
I don't think I'm exhagerating when I say that the endless debates we have on this forum about the minutae of the teaching, life and politics will serve as a great "prep" for you in doing the radio show/TV show which will, as you indicate, be a call-in show. After us, Rick, there should be noth

[FairfieldLife] [ISIS] by 'Bob Dylan'

2009-10-18 Thread Robert
'ISIS' I married Isis on the fifth day of May, But I could not hold on to her very long. So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong. I came to a high place of darkness and light. The dividing line ran through the center of town. I h

[FairfieldLife] ~ISIS[What's Going On?]ISIS~

2009-10-18 Thread Robert
ISIS: What is Happening As You Ascend    "The universe rearranges itself to fit your picture of reality. As you think and believe, so goes your world/creations."    _   The universe appears and disappears every four-quadrillionths of a second.  Each particle of

RE: [FairfieldLife] Video Sites

2009-10-18 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bhairitu Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 8:01 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Video Sites Here's a company that offers a web player that does MPEG-4: http://www.theflashplay

RE: [FairfieldLife] My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of It's just a ride Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 8:34 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] My Radio Show On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Rick Archer wrote: Rick, I think you'

[FairfieldLife] Re: [Enlightenment and Justice for All the World]

2009-10-18 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" wrote: > > so the are when you loose your train of thought cuz you are high? the > more . the higher you are then > (snip) Yes, it would be nice to have trains running from Madison to Fairfield, Iowa... I think, I'll write my congresswom

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > OK Gang. It's getting rather dull around here. Time to stir things up. I'm > starting a radio show. I've taped the pilot. If it gets approved, which it > should it will be broadcast on the local radio station - > http://www.kruufm.co

Re: [FairfieldLife] My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread It's just a ride
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Rick Archer wrote: Rick, I think you're crazy, getting all puffed up with an hour radio show, which show you will ???video??? and post on Youtube? Video a radio show? What's next, making a tape of the NY Times? I can't wish you well on this endeavor.

[FairfieldLife] Re: ongoing Scharf -> Stenger depate.

2009-10-18 Thread yifuxero
thx, this is not to say I have no beef with Stenger; on the contrary, he's an example and epitome of what Adi Da objected to in his diatribes against "scientific materialism". But thanks to the Scarf article, I can now see the numerous flaws in Stenger's arguments; in addition to those I alread

[FairfieldLife] Re: ongoing Scharf -> Stenger depate.

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > Thanks a lot Auth for turning me onto Scharf's article. Thanks for your commentary! (You can call me Judy...) I've added my thoughts: > For those interested in physics, it's at > http://www.tinyurl.com/yh2kd4f. > I e-mailed Dr. Steng

Re: [FairfieldLife] Video Sites

2009-10-18 Thread Bhairitu
Here's a company that offers a web player that does MPEG-4: http://www.theflashplayersource.com/ You can get a free trial from them. Most web editing software just lets you drag and drop the player as an object and then you tell it which file to play and at what display size. Bhairitu wrote:

[FairfieldLife] ongoing Scharf -> Stenger depate.

2009-10-18 Thread yifuxero
Thanks a lot Auth for turning me onto Scharf's article. For those interested in physics, it's at http://www.tinyurl.com/yh2kd4f. I e-mailed Dr. Stenger inviting him to rebut Scharf, but have not received a reply yet. About 10 years ago I challenged Stenger to undertake the practice of TM but to

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-10-18 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 2009 160 messages as of (UTC) Mon Oct 19 00:05:46 2009 32 authfriend 16 Robert 11 It's just a ride 11 "do.rflex" 10 TurquoiseB 10 Alex Stanley 8 Rick Archer

[FairfieldLife] TM is not a religion (was Re: times of upcoming Pujas in Meru)

2009-10-18 Thread yifuxero
No problema. No. do.rflex is John, lives in Rio? I live in San Diego. btw recent crime spree in Rio, doesn't give Rio a very good image for the Olympics. I'm a supporter of religious principles and practices, whatever persuasion; but historically, Fundies have caused of the world's problems d

[FairfieldLife] Re: Video Sites

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
Rick, I think this is a terrific idea, to have a Web site for the show and hosting the videos there. You could also have a forum on it for people who didn't feel like discussing their experiences on the air. Also links, files, whatever seemed relevant. You can then plug the Web site on the show. T

[FairfieldLife] TM is not a religion (was Re: times of upcoming Pujas in Meru)

2009-10-18 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" wrote: > > Do.rflex, I was not being snarky in my > question. I was not questioning your right > to respond. I just wanted to know who was > answering my question. I don't, as a rule, > read your posts, so I'm not familiar with > you. I belie

[FairfieldLife] TM is not a religion (was Re: times of upcoming Pujas in Meru)

2009-10-18 Thread jpgillam
Do.rflex, I was not being snarky in my question. I was not questioning your right to respond. I just wanted to know who was answering my question. I don't, as a rule, read your posts, so I'm not familiar with you. I believe there are one or two people in this forum who post under multiple na

[FairfieldLife] TM is not a religion (was Re: times of upcoming Pujas in Meru)

2009-10-18 Thread shukra69
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Om, thanks for the clarification. What part of the official > > > > Transcendental Meditation movement is behind scheduling > > > >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Video Sites

2009-10-18 Thread Bhairitu
Rick Archer wrote: > Anyone have much experience with YouTube? > http://forums.skateperception.com/index.php?showtopic=191825 says that if > you change your channel type to "Director" you can upload videos longer than > 10 minutes but I did that and my 1-hour video was deleted because it was too >

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread jpgillam
I like this idea also. In the old days people prefaced statements with, "Maharishi says..." One reason I've lost interest in what Maharishi said has been because we have regular people now who can speak for themselves regarding matters of consciousness and awakening. --- In FairfieldLife@yah

[FairfieldLife] Palins in the funnies

2009-10-18 Thread do.rflex
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[FairfieldLife] 'Why He Shot the Sheriff?'....

2009-10-18 Thread Robert
Ariz. sheriff launches immigration sweep By JACQUES BILLEAUD (AP) – 1 day ago SURPRISE, Ariz. — An Arizona sheriff known for cracking down on people who are in the country illegally launched a crime and immigration sweep in northwestern metro Phoenix on Friday, a half day after officials in Was

[FairfieldLife] TM is not a religion (was Re: times of upcoming Pujas in Meru)

2009-10-18 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" wrote: > > Just curious: Are yifuxero and do.rflex the same person? > Of course not. This is however an open group forum to discuss the topics at hand. Whether TM and it's required puja are religious is, and has been an ongoing and in my vie

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2009-10-18 Thread FairfieldLife
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Quantum Physics/0610054.pdf Uploaded by : vajradhatu108 Description : Testable Flipped SU(5) x U(1)_X Models You can access this file

[FairfieldLife] Re: Baby bliss

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" wrote: > > What's interesting to me is that infants > laugh at non-standard behaviors in the > first place. Their amusement suggests that > they grok what normality is, and can hence > be amused by stuff that seems out of context. Good point. A

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2009-10-18 Thread FairfieldLife
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Quantum Physics/0811.2807.pdf Uploaded by : vajradhatu108 Description : F-SU(5) You can access this file at the URL: http://groups.ya

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2009-10-18 Thread FairfieldLife
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Quantum Physics/0907.4028.pdf Uploaded by : vajradhatu108 Description : Quark Masses from Gaugino Condensation in String Theories You

[FairfieldLife] Re: Baby bliss

2009-10-18 Thread jpgillam
What's interesting to me is that infants laugh at non-standard behaviors in the first place. Their amusement suggests that they grok what normality is, and can hence be amused by stuff that seems out of context. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > http://www.li

[FairfieldLife] TM is not a religion (was Re: times of upcoming Pujas in Meru)

2009-10-18 Thread jpgillam
Just curious: Are yifuxero and do.rflex the same person? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jpgillam" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > > > > > Of course the TM Puja is religious!

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 4:34 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "

[FairfieldLife] New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2009-10-18 Thread FairfieldLife
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Quantum Physics/9211210.pdf Uploaded by : vajradhatu108 Description : Hagelin's and Kelley's comparison of the theoretical and experim

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mainstream20016 Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 4:31 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show May you have much good fortune via your radio program, Rick. I initially w

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: [I wrote:] > Rick, this sounds really promising. Excellent intro spiel. > > It occurs to me that there are probably very few places > other than Fairfield where one could do such a show. > > What are you doing to publicize it? > Firs

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread mainstream20016
May you have much good fortune via your radio program, Rick. I initially was tempted to paraphrase a saying regarding the suspect validity of a public statement implying one's own state of full realization. While trying to locate an exact quote, I found this instead: (From 'Be Here Now', pa

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 3:58 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show Rick, this sounds really promising. Excellent intro spiel. It occurs to me tha

Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby bliss

2009-10-18 Thread Mike Dixon
She's cute but my favorite is the little stock trader that referrs to Frank as the Shankapotamus! From: authfriend To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, October 18, 2009 9:59:47 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Baby bliss   http://www.liveleak .com/view?

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
Rick, this sounds really promising. Excellent intro spiel. It occurs to me that there are probably very few places other than Fairfield where one could do such a show. What are you doing to publicize it?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Testing - Respond

2009-10-18 Thread It's just a ride
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Jason wrote: > > > > > *Can you see the Pictures?? * > > Yes, I can. I'm in Gmail's web interface. I have to click on "Display Pictures" for external links.When I right click on the first picture, the properties selection shows me the link of:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Testing - Respond

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason wrote: >   >     Can you see the Pictures??  Yup. And I read the forum on the Web.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Video Sites

2009-10-18 Thread ShempMcGurk
Rick: I don't have the experience you're looking for but what I've seen a lot of lately on youtube is dividing long programs into 7-9 minutes segments. So, for example, you're likely to see Parts I through 8 of a one hour show. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > An

RE: [FairfieldLife] Testing - Respond

2009-10-18 Thread Rick Archer
I can. I get FFL in Outlook via email. From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jason Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 1:08 PM To: fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Testing - Respond Can you see the Pictures??

RE: [FairfieldLife] Video Sites

2009-10-18 Thread Rick Archer
Anyone have much experience with YouTube? http://forums.skateperception.com/index.php?showtopic=191825 says that if you change your channel type to "Director" you can upload videos longer than 10 minutes but I did that and my 1-hour video was deleted because it was too long.

[FairfieldLife] Krugman on GOP prospects for 2010 Midterms

2009-10-18 Thread do.rflex
A "wave" election next year? Lots of buzz about the possibility that 2010 will be another 1994, with the triumphant conservative majority sweeping back into its rightful place of power. And of course, anything is possible. But the signs really don't point to that. You can obsess, if you like, ab

Re: [FairfieldLife] ZeligWatch

2009-10-18 Thread It's just a ride
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 2:19 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: > ZeligWatch: > > A service provided free to all FFL participants, monitoring Barry Wright's > brush with and name-dropping of the rich, famous, and celebrated as well as > his presence at, involvement in, and influencing of virtually every imp

[FairfieldLife] ZeligWatch

2009-10-18 Thread ShempMcGurk
ZeligWatch: A service provided free to all FFL participants, monitoring Barry Wright's brush with and name-dropping of the rich, famous, and celebrated as well as his presence at, involvement in, and influencing of virtually every important occurance in world history and new age phenomena of th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chia Obama

2009-10-18 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > Chia Obama Special Edition > > A symbol of liberty, opportunity, prosperity, > and hope. > > Show pride and support with Chia Obama. > > Chia Obama makes the statement, "I'm proud to be > an American." > > Easy to do! Fun to grow!

[FairfieldLife] Re: End of the GOP? - Wingnuts Now Going After Republicans

2009-10-18 Thread Robert
(snip) > Graham may be right about one thing: Glenn Beck clearly represents the > thinking of conservatives, not the GOP. And Sen. Lindsey Graham is now > willingly spouting the talking points of the left and abandoning the > conservative principles that got him elected. He has been seduced by the

[FairfieldLife] Re: [Psychic Weather: Increasing Chaos/Next 90 days]

2009-10-18 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert wrote: > > > > We suggest you shift your perspective regarding chaos and > > view it not as an inconvenience and a difficulty, but rather > > as an evolutionary catalyst. How such

[FairfieldLife] Testing - Respond

2009-10-18 Thread Jason
        Can you see the Pictures??                                   

[FairfieldLife] Obama Goes on Offense with 'trip down memory lane'

2009-10-18 Thread do.rflex
Obama Goes on Offense [This is some heavy-hitting good stuff! -jrm] At a fundraiser last night in California, President Obama took "a little trip down memory lane " to remind people of the troubles he inherited when swo

[FairfieldLife] 'Turn It Down, Don't you ever Sleep...'

2009-10-18 Thread Robert
NEW YORK (AP) - One of Madonna's New York neighbors says the superstar's loud music and frequent dance sessions are causing a commotion. Karen George, of Manhattan, lives above Madonna in a building on Central Park. She said in a lawsuit filed Friday against the building's co-op board that the Mat

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > Another way of looking at the problem is that if > you're going to work with *observational* data > about consciousness, what is it that's doing the > observing? Consciousness is inextricably involved > in the process of figuring out wha

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > Having read a bit more of Scharfs article I'm intruiged > by two things: Why do people think that because > consciousness hasn't been fully explained that it must > be some sort of fundamentally unknowable QP sort of > weird phenomenon rather

[FairfieldLife] TM is not a religion (was Re: times of upcoming Pujas in Meru)

2009-10-18 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > > > > > > > > Om, thanks for the clarification. What part of the official > > > Transcendental Meditation movement is behind scheduling > > > these things? Maharishi University of Management, The David > > > Lynch Foundation,

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > > > > > > At the end of the chapter, he mentions experiments which > > > refuted Hagelin's (SU(5) > > >

[FairfieldLife] Baby bliss

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b01_1255748722 Try not to smile while watching this...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trapped in a hell of my own making...

2009-10-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > It's as if I wandered into the bar from "Cheers" after > > work and foolishly sat down at the bar next to Cliff > > Claven, the postman born with a mind for facts but > > without the discrimination to know when no one

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > > > > At the end of the chapter, he mentions experiments which > > > refuted Hagelin's (SU(5) > > > > I address

Re: [FairfieldLife] Trapped in a hell of my own making...

2009-10-18 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: > It's as if I wandered into the bar from "Cheers" after > work and foolishly sat down at the bar next to Cliff > Claven, the postman born with a mind for facts but > without the discrimination to know when no one was > the least bit interested in hearing those facts. > > Realizin

[FairfieldLife] Trapped in a hell of my own making...

2009-10-18 Thread TurquoiseB
I loathe Dan Brown as a writer. But I'm as curious as the next person as to how he could possibly write a book worse than the last ones. It's a lot like the enduring fascination of Fairfield Life, or watching a trainwreck. But I vowed after the last Dan Brown book that I'd never buy another one fo

[FairfieldLife] Re: [Enlightenment and Justice for All the World]

2009-10-18 Thread shukra69
so the are when you loose your train of thought cuz you are high? the more . the higher you are then --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert wrote: > > On Behalf of His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi...I would like to invite, all > the children and adults of planet earth... > To,

[FairfieldLife] Re: King as a deva?

2009-10-18 Thread shukra69
like "Lord" is used in english --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > Been slightly puzzled by the fact that in Sanskrit > the word 'deva' often refers to a king, or stuff. > Here's an example, from Michael Coulson's Sanskrit primer, > of the use of the particle 'eva' to em

[FairfieldLife] My Radio Show

2009-10-18 Thread Rick Archer
OK Gang. It's getting rather dull around here. Time to stir things up. I'm starting a radio show. I've taped the pilot. If it gets approved, which it should it will be broadcast on the local radio station - http://www.kruufm.com/ - and streamed on the web. It will be a live call-in show. It will al

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > > > At the end of the chapter, he mentions experiments which > > refuted Hagelin's (SU(5) > > I addressed this in my post to Hugo. Hagelin's Flipped > SU(5) has not been

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Stenger must have hit a raw nerve, as this latest one > > measures over 30 pages long. LOL. It's pretty funny > > when being published means getting an article in a UFO > > journal an

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > Yup. The thing that amazes me is that all of > this "prop up spiritual theory with scientific > theory" stuff would be unnecessary if people > were just experiencing the benefits they were > promised. In other traditions there is no such >

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > On Oct 16, 2009, at 3:33 PM, yifuxero wrote: > > > An "out" for models that differ from Stenger's > > [or for that matter Hagelin's] would be possible > > through FTL signals [faster-than-Light]; and a > > possible alterntive to prevailing the

[FairfieldLife] Obama, Advisers Push Back on Bank Lobbying Against Regulation

2009-10-18 Thread do.rflex
Obama, Advisers Push Back on Bank Lobbying Against Regulation By Julianna Goldman Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration is fighting back against banking industry efforts to weaken the president's plan to revamp financial regulations. White House officials say they are frustrated that m

[FairfieldLife] End of the GOP? - Wingnuts Now Going After Republicans

2009-10-18 Thread do.rflex
Lindsey Graham, Traitor, Seduced by Power By Nancy Morgan According to most conservatives in South Carolina, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has officially gone over to the dark side. Under the guise of 'bipartisanship,' Graham has signed on to one of the left's most ambitious plans to impose a

[FairfieldLife] TM is not a religion (was Re: times of upcoming Pujas in Meru)

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > Jews believe in a God who is an old man with a hoary > white beard dispensing punishment to people who do > horrible things like using the same kitchen to prepare > meat and milk dishes. Catholics believe not only in > a big male God with

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > On Oct 18, 2009, at 8:58 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > > > I have no horse in this race. I neithe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Passing Health-Care Reform Could Change Political Landscape

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > Thanks for taking the time to ramble, Ruth. It > helps to put things into perspective for someone > like myself who is far away from the issues, not > nose to the grindstone with them like you are. > > Good luck. It's one of the most pres

[FairfieldLife] Chia Obama

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
Chia Obama Special Edition A symbol of liberty, opportunity, prosperity, and hope. Show pride and support with Chia Obama. Chia Obama makes the statement, "I'm proud to be an American." Easy to do! Fun to grow! Full growth in 1-2 weeks! Reuse your Chia indefinitely! Offer Details: Order now an

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victo r Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread Vaj
On Oct 18, 2009, at 8:58 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > I have no horse in this race. I neither know nor care > > whether consciousness has any relationship to what > > ha

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fate and the Higgs boson

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
A post by Sean on Discover's Cosmic Variance blog discusses the NYTimes article I posted a couple of days ago about Nature not liking Higgs particles and acting backwards in time to prevent them from being created: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/10/14/spooky-signals-from-the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stenger on "matter"

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" wrote: > > by "leading candidate", is this at Harvard, > Princeton, Stanford, UCLA; etc, or MUM? If you disagree, just say so (and why), instead of trying to be cute. Better still, read Scharf's essay and report back. You've already made one

[FairfieldLife] Re: [Psychic Weather: Increasing Chaos/Next 90 days]

2009-10-18 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert wrote: > > We suggest you shift your perspective regarding chaos and > view it not as an inconvenience and a difficulty, but rather > as an evolutionary catalyst. How such events affect you > resides in how you view them. How utterly boring, page u

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stenger on "matter"

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > Judy, > > The links you provided (Actually it's only one link in two forms, one full length and the other shortened.) > are excellent and informative. We should all bookmark them. I'd rather folks would *read* the essay and say what they

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > I have no horse in this race. I neither know nor care > > > whether consciousness has any relatio

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > I have no horse in this race. I neither know nor care > > whether consciousness has any relationship to what > > happens on a quantum level. > > Awe, but you are in t

[FairfieldLife] Re: MUM professor calls Victor Stenger’s Quantum Gods: Mistaken, Misinformed and Misleading

2009-10-18 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > I have no horse in this race. I neither know nor care > whether consciousness has any relationship to what > happens on a quantum level. Awe, but you are in the race even if you don't have a horse in it and are just watching. Steng

[FairfieldLife] Re: King as a deva?

2009-10-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > Been slightly puzzled by the fact that in Sanskrit > the word 'deva' often refers to a king, or stuff. Where's the puzzle? "As below, so above." When the priests wrote the scriptures to keep the rabble in line, they modeled the ide

[FairfieldLife] King as a deva?

2009-10-18 Thread cardemaister
Been slightly puzzled by the fact that in Sanskrit the word 'deva' often refers to a king, or stuff. Here's an example, from Michael Coulson's Sanskrit primer, of the use of the particle 'eva' to emphasize something in a clause: devenaivaitadiSTam ("deven' aiv'[I've] aitad [ay,tad] istam" < devena