[FairfieldLife] Re: Ebineezer Scrooge

2009-12-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Speaking of simple stories, how's this one: The universe simply exists, snip,, Why? Why not? :-) More seriously, by even asking such a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Peace in the Middle East: Scientific solution

2009-12-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: there is a minor problem with getting meditators in the middle east.the possibility that they would be killed by muslims that are aware someone is practicing something other than Islam. Heresy. Don't you

[FairfieldLife] Pathlights, a short film by Zachary Sluser

2009-12-03 Thread nablusoss1008
http://dlf.tv/2009/pathlights/

[FairfieldLife] Small Minds (was Re: Tiger!)

2009-12-03 Thread ninepercent_bf
Although I'm not new to the forum and haven't posted much, I must say, personally, I find that quote appropriate. But, I may be a minority...and that's ok with me too;-P --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Peace in the Middle East: Scientific solution

2009-12-03 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickm...@... wrote: The following article summarizes findings of the TM-Sidhi Program's beneficial societal influence from 50 studies. The article also describes new findings that this peace-giving influence is two to five times as

[FairfieldLife] Soldiers On Acid (video)

2009-12-03 Thread TurquoiseB
This is really an interesting film, because of what it reveals about the mindset of the people who commissioned it. It's a 1963 film of an experiment the British conducted on its own troops, feeding them LSD and then sending them into combat exercises and filming the results. The troops wind

[FairfieldLife] Small Minds (was Re: Tiger!)

2009-12-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. -- Eleanor Roosevelt --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ninepercent_bf ninepercent...@... wrote: Although I'm not new to the

[FairfieldLife] The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread TurquoiseB
A long but well-written essay from Slate that ponders some of the same ideas I've been trying to bring up *as* ideas here lately. So many on this forum assume that certain questions have been answered, at least to their satisfaction. I join the author in suggesting that says more about their low

[FairfieldLife] Re: Soldiers On Acid (video)

2009-12-03 Thread Premanand
For some reason the link didn't link, but this one might do better:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX7m4fqTLKU Classic footage of 'the way we were'. I wonder if they followed up the experiment and charted the behaviour of these soldiers over a longer period? --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: .By Ron Rosenbaum on Slate.com There's a certain kind of mystery—unsolved and probably insoluble—that has a seductive attraction for me. I think the insolubility is the attraction. I'm particularly troubled by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Peace in the Middle East: Scientific solution

2009-12-03 Thread seekliberation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@ wrote: there is a minor problem with getting meditators in the middle east.the possibility that they would be killed by muslims that are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Peace in the Middle East: Scientific solution

2009-12-03 Thread seekliberation
I'm afraid world peace shall never be achieved, because many of the richest and most powerful people on Earth may hate it, like Big(gish) Pharma would hate some methods to cure people without pills... :( I agree that world peace may never be achieved, but not necessarily due to rich or

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: .By Ron Rosenbaum on Slate.com There's a certain kind of mystery—unsolved and probably insoluble—that has a seductive attraction for me. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Peace in the Middle East: Scientific solution

2009-12-03 Thread Vaj
On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:37 PM, yifuxero wrote: Peace in the Middle East is easily within our grasp, as indicated by a new scientific paper recently published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration. Bogus science. Flying smart bombs would be more effective. Hilarious journal publication

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread WillyTex
TurquoiseB wrote That's the True Believer phenomenon in a nutshell... Don't you just hate those 'True Believers'. Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. -- Eleanor Roosevelt A long but well-written essay from Slate that ponders some of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Maharishi's Message II'...

2009-12-03 Thread WillyTex
I don't know why yifuxero or you think transcending is cultish, but I do believe that that sort of labeling is hateful. TurquoiseB wrote: I don't think transcending (achieving samadhi, even briefly) is cultish, or dangerous. I just don't think that practitioners of TM do much

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: [snip] There's a certain kind of mystery—unsolved and probably insoluble—that has a seductive attraction for me. [/snip] Yes, very interesting article. Thanks. Mysterian - I like that. - What are you? - Advaitan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Peace in the Middle East: Scientific solution

2009-12-03 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: there is a minor problem with getting meditators in the middle east.the possibility that they would be killed by muslims that are aware someone is practicing something other than Islam. You can say science this,

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap composent...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [snip] There's a certain kind of mystery—unsolved and probably insoluble—that has a seductive attraction for me. [/snip] Yes, very interesting

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread coulsong2001
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: ... I don't think the Turing test helps. Barry may look and act in a way that is indistinguishable from a regular human being - but the question of whether there IS such a thing as being Barry is a fact about the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The leader Republicans have been waiting for

2009-12-03 Thread Mike Dixon
So, does this mean that Chris Mathews thinks of a Taliban Madrasa as a *friendly camp*? From: WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, December 2, 2009 10:13:06 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The leader Republicans have been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Peace in the Middle East: Scientific solution

2009-12-03 Thread seekliberation
I remember seeing a lot of this online when I became interested in Ravi Shankar after reading about a lot of his work worldwide. I remember being somewhat excited about it, and I remember it didn't last for very long. I haven't seen any continuance of it in the really heavily war-torn

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coulsong2001 ge...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote: ... I don't think the Turing test helps. Barry may look and act in a way that is indistinguishable from a regular human being - but the question of

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread Hugo
I'm verging on giving up here, every time I spend more than a few minutes on a post my computer crashes when I press send. Does anyone else get this problem? It never crashes with other programmes so I think it must have something to do with the yahoo software. Shame as defending Richard

[FairfieldLife] Copenhagen must fail

2009-12-03 Thread Hugo
Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, says top scientist Exclusive: World's leading climate change expert says summit talks so flawed that deal would be a disaster * Suzanne Goldenberg http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/suzannegoldenberg , US environment correspondent *

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dangerous Mysteries of Consciousness

2009-12-03 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote: I'm verging on giving up here, every time I spend more than a few minutes on a post my computer crashes when I press send. Does anyone else get this problem? Is your computer male? It's quite a common problem with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Copenhagen must fail

2009-12-03 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote: Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, says top scientist Exclusive: World's leading climate change expert says summit talks so flawed that deal would be a disaster * Suzanne Goldenberg

[FairfieldLife] GOP Jobs Plan - Deregulation and Tax Cuts for the Rich [no kidding]

2009-12-03 Thread do.rflex
THE NO-SENSE JOBS PLAN Arguably the single most farcical aspect of America's political discourse is listening to congressional Republicans talk about economic policy. We're talking about a group of people who've managed to be spectacularly wrong about practically every economic challenge

[FairfieldLife] Small Minds (was Re: Tiger!)

2009-12-03 Thread ninepercent_bf
Thanks for your post with the quote. Yes, I skipped through the other posts in this thread after reading how much it seems to affect the emotions and lives of others in a negative way. It amazes me to see how much power one's personal life, celebrity or not, has over another. Just an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Copenhagen must fail

2009-12-03 Thread BillyG
Yeah-just another right wing global warming denier!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote: Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, says top scientist Exclusive: World's leading climate change expert says summit talks so flawed that deal would be a disaster

[FairfieldLife] Earth could plunge into sudden ice age

2009-12-03 Thread Bhairitu
Hmm, is this why we're having such a unusually cold fall in California? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34242705/?GT1=43001

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Maharishi's Message II'...

2009-12-03 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 danfriedman2002@ wrote: Turq, I don't know why yifuxero or you think transcending is cultish, but I do believe that that sort of labeling is hateful. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Copenhagen must fail

2009-12-03 Thread do.rflex
A breath of fresh air [pun intended]. Thanks Hugo. See why James Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies is referred to as the world's pre-eminent climate scientist. James Hansen's outstanding and impeccable credentials, including awards and honors here:

[FairfieldLife] Michael Crichton on consensus

2009-12-03 Thread ShempMcGurk
Okay. With this as a preparation, let's turn to the evidence, both graphic and verbal, for global warming. As most of you have heard many times, the consensus of climate scientists believes in global warming. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Michael Crichton on consensus

2009-12-03 Thread Vaj
Crichton was a Medical Doctor, not a Climate Scientist. He's also dead, so unfortunately he missed the latest update to the IPCC numbers. Sometimes it's helpful to still be alive in order to track opinion and consensus among Climate Scientists. On Dec 3, 2009, at 1:40 PM, ShempMcGurk

[FairfieldLife] Carbon Dioxide for Dumbies

2009-12-03 Thread Vaj
The CO2 problem in 6 easy steps Filed under: Climate Science Greenhouse gases — gavin @ 6 August 2007 We often get requests to provide an easy-to-understand explanation for why increasing CO2 is a significant problem without relying on climate models and we are generally happy to oblige. The

[FairfieldLife] What East Anglia's E-mails Really Tell Us About Climate Change

2009-12-03 Thread Vaj
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4338343.html What East Anglia's E-mails Really Tell Us About Climate Change Popular Mechanics guest analyst Peter Kelemen, a professor of geochemistry at Columbia University's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, explains what stolen

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Peace in the Middle East: Scientific solution

2009-12-03 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays dickmays@ wrote: The following article summarizes findings of the TM-Sidhi Program's beneficial societal influence from 50 studies. The article also describes new

[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Crichton on consensus

2009-12-03 Thread off_world_beings
Shemp, you are adding a lot hot air to the atmosphere with all this bluster and offgasing in your posts about a discredited fringe idea that only exists among you Neocons only. OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earth could plunge into sudden ice age

2009-12-03 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Hmm, is this why we're having such a unusually cold fall in California? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34242705/?GT1=43001 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34242705/?GT1=43001 But it is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Earth could plunge into sudden ice age

2009-12-03 Thread Bhairitu
off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Hmm, is this why we're having such a unusually cold fall in California? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34242705/?GT1=43001

Re: [FairfieldLife] GOP Jobs Plan - Deregulation and Tax Cuts for the Rich [no kidding]

2009-12-03 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 3, 2009, at 10:25 AM, do.rflex wrote: THE NO-SENSE JOBS PLAN Arguably the single most farcical aspect of America's political discourse is listening to congressional Republicans talk about economic policy. We're talking about a group of people who've managed to be spectacularly

[FairfieldLife] Once again Kucinich shows great wisdom...

2009-12-03 Thread Bhairitu
But he's too cerebral for the American sheeple. Far from being a necessary part of the US's national security strategy, the Afghanistan war is actually a threat to it, says Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich. In a statement released two days after President Barack Obama announced a 30,000-troop

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Maharishi's Message II'...

2009-12-03 Thread yifuxero
thx, I know what the Scriptures say, but Scriptures are often wrong. Now I'm thinking, that anything experienced as Bliss (even supposedly purely Subjective), is monitored by the nervous system, with a mind reporting on the fact of some experience. Assume no relative body/mind at all.

[FairfieldLife] Re: GOP Jobs Plan - Deregulation and Tax Cuts for the Rich [no kidding]

2009-12-03 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Dec 3, 2009, at 10:25 AM, do.rflex wrote: THE NO-SENSE JOBS PLAN Arguably the single most farcical aspect of America's political discourse is listening to congressional Republicans talk about economic

Re: [FairfieldLife] GOP Jobs Plan - Deregulation and Tax Cuts for the Rich [no kidding]

2009-12-03 Thread Bhairitu
Yup, slavery is definitely a low-cost plan. The GOP has been trying to get that back for the last 140 years. Maybe they should label it The Oliver Twist Plan. Sal Sunshine wrote: On Dec 3, 2009, at 10:25 AM, do.rflex wrote: THE NO-SENSE JOBS PLAN Arguably the single most farcical

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Message from Maharishi'...

2009-12-03 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: The Maharishi says: Stay in Bliss, above all else you do, now... That is your job now, to just: 'Stay in Bliss'... Who said Samadhi is Bliss ? Do you believe this nonsense simply because the

[FairfieldLife] Two wine-makers suffocated by CO2 fumes from grapes

2009-12-03 Thread do.rflex
Two French wine-makers suffocated by carbon dioxide fumes from grapes they were treading Two amateur French wine makers have died after they were suffocated by the fumes from the grapes they were treading with their bare feet. The victims had volunteered to help a friend make wine at his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Two wine-makers suffocated by CO2 fumes from grapes

2009-12-03 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 3, 2009, at 6:01 PM, do.rflex wrote: Carbon dioxide is formed during the alcoholic fermentation of the grapes. Because it is 1.5 times heavier than air it sinks to floor level - the bottom of wine vats or in wine cellars. The gas is odourless and colourless, meaning that

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-12-03 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Dec 05 00:00:00 2009 457 messages as of (UTC) Fri Dec 04 00:01:29 2009 50 authfriend jst...@panix.com 47 WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com 47 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com 39

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: New Non-GMO Shopping Guide Site Expected to Shift Consumer Choices

2009-12-03 Thread Dick Mays
http://www.responsibletechnology.org/Home * http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/HealthRisks/index.cfm#health_dangersGMO Dangers * http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/TakeAction/index.cfmTake Action * http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/Non-GMOShopping/index.cfmBuy

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Message from Maharishi'...

2009-12-03 Thread yifuxero
Nabby...you're not making sense. When MMY says Life is Bliss, or when various Sages say Pure Consciousness is Sat-Chit-Ananda; they are referring to a nondual state of continuous Self-Realization. Certainly, Ramana Maharshi would agree with this. ..The ultimate analysis doesn't rely on a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ebineezer Scrooge

2009-12-03 Thread nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Speaking of simple stories, how's this one: The universe simply exists,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Earth could plunge into sudden ice age

2009-12-03 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Carbon Dioxide for Dumbies

2009-12-03 Thread nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: The CO2 problem in 6 easy steps Filed under: Climate Science Greenhouse gases — gavin @ 6 August 2007 We often get requests to provide an easy-to-understand explanation for why increasing CO2 is a significant problem without

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Carbon Dioxide for Dumbies

2009-12-03 Thread Vaj
On Dec 3, 2009, at 9:30 PM, nelson wrote: would this then mean that the excess of co2 in the stratosphere was a major factor? My take is that less energy trying to leave the planet, esp. infrared, warm bands, having usually low concentrations of CO2 in the remote, upper atmosphere would