[FairfieldLife] Re: Deepest, Dark, Midwinter

2009-12-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: This is it - 30 minutes to the low point... Winter solstice is 17:47 UTC by my calender. The *new light* will (we trust) be born shortly. Happy (pagan) New Year! Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of the mornings at the Sun's uprising???

2009-12-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Rgveda VII 76 3 Great is, in truth, the number of the Mornings which were aforetime at the Sun's uprising. Since thou, O Dawn, hast been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of the mornings at the Sun's uprising???

2009-12-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Rgveda VII 76 3 Great is, in truth, the number of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just Been Thinking

2009-12-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 waybac...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: The Sparrow was Russell's first novel. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis and the British Science Fiction

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2009-12-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: How about a Christmas present, Rick, in the form of upping the weekly count to 100, seeing as many of us will be holidaying at home and in front of the computer a lot? How about a different form of Christmas present,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2009-12-22 Thread Vaj
On Dec 22, 2009, at 4:37 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: How about a Christmas present, Rick, in the form of upping the weekly count to 100, seeing as many of us will be holidaying at home and in front of the computer a lot?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Swami Rama's Son comes forward with expose

2009-12-22 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Swami Rama's alleged son comes forth with his side of the story on Swami Rama: http://www.sonofaswami.com/ Well, brahmacarya, or whatever, seems to make sages of many cultures rather horny (female nudity):

[FairfieldLife] Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-22 Thread Vaj
From Dr. Logananthan The Origins of Tamil - Veer Linguistics We describe below Veer Linguistics as developed by Pavanar where it is strictly ETYMOLOGICAL. In fact this was developed by way of criticism of the Etymological Dictionary of Dravidian Languages of Burrow and Emeneau where

[FairfieldLife] Americans Judge The Bush Decade: ‘Awful’ And ‘Not So Good’

2009-12-22 Thread do.rflex
Americans Judge The Bush Decade: `Awful' And `Not So Good' [Mission Accomplished] A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/12/21/2156876.aspx finds that Americans are entering 2010 with a negative view of the events of the past decade, which was largely

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2009-12-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:18 AM, Vaj wrote: On Dec 22, 2009, at 4:37 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: How about a Christmas present, Rick, in the form of upping the weekly count to 100, seeing as many of us will be holidaying

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-22 Thread WillyTex
Vaj wrote: Thus we have a ROOT Language as the language that contains the BASIC set of root words and forming the BASIS of a number of languages... So, the Sumerian speakers came out of Mesopotamia into South Asia, and taught the Dravidians Sankrit. But, in fact, we don't know where the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-22 Thread Vaj
On Dec 22, 2009, at 10:13 AM, WillyTex wrote: Vaj wrote: Thus we have a ROOT Language as the language that contains the BASIC set of root words and forming the BASIS of a number of languages... So, the Sumerian speakers came out of Mesopotamia into South Asia, and taught the Dravidians

[FairfieldLife] Re: Swami Rama's Son comes forward with expose

2009-12-22 Thread WillyTex
Vaj wrote: Swami Rama's alleged son comes forth with his side of the story on Swami Rama... Swami Rama was your guru, right, and the Krishnamurti? And then the Marshy, the Trungpa Tulku, Kalu and Sogyal, and then the Shakaracharya of Kanchi?

[FairfieldLife] Buddhist learn real meditation

2009-12-22 Thread nablusoss1008
Thai and Japanese Buddhists have already initiated crowds of monks into real meditation. Global Family Chats December 21st http://streaming.mou.org/MOU/Chat/21_dec_09.wmv Japan: An education conference was held in 4 cities. The 300 attendees immediately went to work and now many schools are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-22 Thread WillyTex
Thus we have a ROOT Language as the language that contains the BASIC set of root words and forming the BASIS of a number of languages... So, the Sumerian speakers came out of Mesopotamia into South Asia, and taught the Dravidians Sankrit. Vaj wrote: No, it developed as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Swami Rama's Son comes forward with expose

2009-12-22 Thread Vaj
On Dec 22, 2009, at 10:33 AM, WillyTex wrote: Vaj wrote: Swami Rama's alleged son comes forth with his side of the story on Swami Rama... Swami Rama was your guru, right, and the Krishnamurti? And then the Marshy, the Trungpa Tulku, Kalu and Sogyal, and then the Shakaracharya of Kanchi?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2009-12-22 Thread WillyTex
How about a Christmas present, Rick, in the form of upping the weekly count to 100, seeing as many of us will be holidaying at home and in front of the computer a lot? TurquoiseB wrote: How about a different form of Christmas present, and cutting down the posting limit... Why not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-22 Thread Vaj
On Dec 22, 2009, at 10:38 AM, WillyTex wrote: Thus we have a ROOT Language as the language that contains the BASIC set of root words and forming the BASIS of a number of languages... So, the Sumerian speakers came out of Mesopotamia into South Asia, and taught the Dravidians

[FairfieldLife] AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread TurquoiseB
Reading the reviews of AVATAR on this forum since Friday have made me wonder. Wonder whether all the hype was a hype. Wonder whether the film that cost $230,000,000 and took 15 years to make and that has been touted as the film that will change filmmaking forever was just shuck 'n jive. But

[FairfieldLife] Re: Swami Rama's Son comes forward with expose

2009-12-22 Thread WillyTex
Swami Rama's alleged son comes forth with his side of the story on Swami Rama... ...the Trungpa Tulku Vaj wrote: No, sorry, wrong on all counts. Maybe you got the name 'Vajradhatu' from someone else. You sound a lot like him sometimes. What's up with that? Vajradhatu was the

Re: [FairfieldLife] AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread Vaj
On Dec 22, 2009, at 11:00 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: But if you're not into great myth, see the film just for the visuals. If there are not scenes in this film so beautiful that they bring tears to your eyes, you really have lost your ability to experience wonder. I rarely would go to see a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-22 Thread WillyTex
The Sumerians, wherever they came from, died out long before the Caucasians entered Iran bringing with them Sanskrit. Vaj wrote: It is believed they used the well known annual monsoons and an ocean route. So, the Dravidians went to Mesopotamia by sea? Or, do you mean the Sumerians

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread WillyTex
But if you're not into great myth, see the film just for the visuals. If there are not scenes in this film so beautiful that they bring tears to your eyes, you really have lost your ability to experience wonder. Vaj wrote: I rarely would go to see a movie twice, but I will go see

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread WillyTex
TurquoiseB wrote: Reading the reviews of AVATAR on this forum since Friday have made me wonder. Hey, I thought you said you rarely read reviews! Wonder whether all the hype was a hype. Wonder whether the film that cost $230,000,000 and took 15 years to make and that has been touted as the

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 22, 2009, at 11:00 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: But if you're not into great myth, see the film just for the visuals. If there are not scenes in this film so beautiful that they bring tears to your eyes, you really have

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Reading the reviews of AVATAR on this forum since Friday have made me wonder. Wonder whether all the hype was a hype. Wonder whether the film that cost $230,000,000 and took 15 years to make and that has been touted as

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: [snip] If you're shooting for the best, steal from the best. And Cameron did. [snip] Quentin Tarantino, of course, made stealing ideas, scenes, plots and dialogue snippets from other movies an art form...and he

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Barry re Dexter

2009-12-22 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 6:48 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Barry re Dexter On Dec 21, 2009, at 3:11 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] $3 billion prediction

2009-12-22 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: [snip] I'll see it several times. Now that I've seen it in English and know the dialog, I'll see it in Spanish just to watch it on a big screen. Then, when it finally comes to the IMAX theatre in Barcelona, I'll

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: It really truly defines a new film genre. It'll be interesting to see what Cameron thinks of the response to the film. He can't be displeased with the box office (highest ever for a non-franchise, non-sequel original film), but

Re: [FairfieldLife] $3 billion prediction

2009-12-22 Thread Vaj
On Dec 22, 2009, at 12:18 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: [snip] I'll see it several times. Now that I've seen it in English and know the dialog, I'll see it in Spanish just to watch it on a big screen. Then, when it finally

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Barry re Dexter

2009-12-22 Thread TurquoiseB
I presume you finished watching it. What did you think of the ending? Sets up whole new possibilities for the future. Esp. considering Trinity's family is going to eventually figure out that Kyle is Dexter. And Deb is suspicious, having discovered Dexter's background

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dollhouse -- Is Echo the most feminist character ever on TV or in movies?

2009-12-22 Thread azgrey
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfiend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: So, as a followup, I've named in this post a few of my favorite feminist characters in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Which states are happiest?

2009-12-22 Thread azgrey
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: California and New Jersey scored #46 and #47 respectively. Do we see any correlation with the happiness quotient demonstrated by FFL posters from these states? So, it's all about Judy. 47.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp, sell your house!

2009-12-22 Thread azgrey
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: nablusoss1008 wrote: If you couldn't stand some noise during meditation, plain food or a leaking sink you are not fit to become a TM-teacher. There was a guy on a CCP back in the early seventies that got kicked off

[FairfieldLife] Re: $3 billion prediction

2009-12-22 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 22, 2009, at 12:18 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [snip] I'll see it several times. Now that I've seen it in English and know the dialog,

[FairfieldLife] Chutzpah

2009-12-22 Thread azgrey
A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for 25 cents each. Every day a young man would leave his office building at lunch time and as he passed the pretzel stand he would leave her a quarter, but never take a pretzel. And this went on for more then 3 years. The two of them never

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip There is much to be discussed about this film. My bet is that we will find little of that discussion here. Instead, people who have seen the film -- and at least one who has not and probably never will because it now

[FairfieldLife] Fuck Kumbayah

2009-12-22 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: [snip] At Comic Con 2009, Cameron told attendees that he wanted to make something that has this spoonful of sugar of all the action and the adventure and all that. He wanted this to thrill him as a fan but also

[FairfieldLife] Jimmy Page....or a FFL member?

2009-12-22 Thread ShempMcGurk
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30762401id=1315545758op=1view=\ globalsubj=672990734 Compare the above photo of a certain FFL member with a young Jimmy Page from the following youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTO7WVxjz3A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTO7WVxjz3A Have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jimmy Page....or a FFL member?

2009-12-22 Thread Vaj
I just bought the documentary It Might Get Loud (excellent BTW) which delves in the creative process of three guitarists, one of the them Jimmy Page. The movie contains vintage photos and footage of Page as a youngster, and this person below looks nothing like him. On Dec 22, 2009, at 1:31

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jimmy Page....or a FFL member?

2009-12-22 Thread Bhairitu
The summer of 1967 my band opened for the Yardbirds at a concert in Richmond, BC (just outside Vancouver). Jeff Beck had just left the Yardbirds and they had a new guitarist, Jimmy Page. Of course the Jimmy Page of today looks nothing like the skinny young kid I remember from back them. :-D

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jimmy Page....or a FFL member?

2009-12-22 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: The summer of 1967 my band opened for the Yardbirds at a concert in Richmond, BC (just outside Vancouver). Jeff Beck had just left the Yardbirds and they had a new guitarist, Jimmy Page. Of course the Jimmy Page of today

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jimmy Page....or a FFL member?

2009-12-22 Thread Bhairitu
PaliGap wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: The summer of 1967 my band opened for the Yardbirds at a concert in Richmond, BC (just outside Vancouver). Jeff Beck had just left the Yardbirds and they had a new guitarist, Jimmy Page. Of course the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Which states are happiest?

2009-12-22 Thread WillyTex
California and New Jersey scored #46 and #47 respectively. Do we see any correlation with the happiness quotient demonstrated by FFL posters from these states? So, it's all about Judy. 47. New Jersey 48. Indiana 49. Michigan 50. Connecticut 51. New York

Re: [FairfieldLife] AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread Zoran Krneta
watched Avatar... disapointed... looks like New Age John Wayne in psyihodelic environment...

Re: [FairfieldLife] AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 22, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Zoran Krneta wrote: watched Avatar... disapointed... looks like New Age John Wayne in psyihodelic environment... lol--gotta admit, this is funny. Sal

[FairfieldLife] Re: X-Democrat and Doctor blasts health care reform!

2009-12-22 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG wg...@... wrote: http://www.politico.com/singletitlevideo.html?bcpid=1155201977bctid=585\ 76111001 Link bad, you can see it here: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30896.html

[FairfieldLife] Across the universe performed by Laibach

2009-12-22 Thread do.rflex
This is Slovenian experimental music group, Laibach, performing The Beatles song 'Across the universe' with a very peculiar video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5mlb3Bjzs

Re: [FairfieldLife] AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread Vaj
On Dec 22, 2009, at 4:01 PM, Zoran Krneta wrote: watched Avatar... disapointed... looks like New Age John Wayne in psyihodelic environment... Aren't you in India Zoran? Where did you see it at?

[FairfieldLife] Re: $3 billion prediction

2009-12-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [snip] I'll see it several times. Now that I've seen it in English and know the dialog, I'll see it in Spanish just to watch it on a big

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-12-22 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Dec 19 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Dec 26 00:00:00 2009 239 messages as of (UTC) Tue Dec 22 23:54:44 2009 22 Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net 20 authfriend jst...@panix.com 19 WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com 18

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Reading the reviews of AVATAR on this forum since Friday have made me wonder.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-22 Thread off_world_beings
How come you don't put a link or a date on this. This sounds dated. What does the cardemeister think? OffWorld --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: From Dr. Logananthan The Origins of Tamil - Veer Linguistics We describe below Veer Linguistics as developed by

[FairfieldLife] Re: 1957

2009-12-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
1967 Maharishi's Year of Unity Consciousness Maharishi explains experiences of Transcendental Meditation in terms of Unity Consciousness. Maharishi inaugurates the first European Meditation Academy in Bremen, Germany 1966 Maharishi's Year of Academy of Meditation In the year of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: 30th Anniversary Celebrations!

2009-12-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
10 years ago Rick writing: I'd love to see a public announcement like the following from the Department of the Development of Consciousness (the people who give out the badges): Dear Fairfield Sidhas and Governors, First, we would like to publicly apologize for ever having excluded from the

[FairfieldLife] Oneness (Deeksha) organization changes

2009-12-22 Thread danmorley90025
It's now possible to become a Oneness Deeksha giver (in the tradition of Bhagavan of South India)in a weekend course in the US. There have also been major changes in the organization. Bhagavan's top leaders are now in a separate organization. Details of that: 3 top leaders that had served

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-22 Thread Vaj
He posted it yesterday. On Dec 22, 2009, at 7:36 PM, off_world_beings wrote: How come you don't put a link or a date on this. This sounds dated. What does the cardemeister think?

[FairfieldLife] Re: A great blonde joke

2009-12-22 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Just thought I'd let you know, this joke has gotten high marks from the teenagers in my family. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: A similar puzzle joke: A gaggle of blondes come into a bar shouting Eight weeks! Eight weeks! They order drinks and sit at

[FairfieldLife] Re: A great blonde joke

2009-12-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: Just thought I'd let you know, this joke has gotten high marks from the teenagers in my family. Sounds like a Kelly Bundy line. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: A similar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: He posted it yesterday. Where? On Dec 22, 2009, at 7:36 PM, off_world_beings wrote: How come you don't put a link or a date on this. This sounds dated. What does the cardemeister think?

[FairfieldLife] Re: $3 billion prediction

2009-12-22 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [snip] I'll see it several times. Now that I've

[FairfieldLife] 10 Reasons to Kill the Senate Bill

2009-12-22 Thread raunchydog
I signed the FDL petition with this note: Dear Senator Harkin, This bill gives my employer an incentive to drop my excellent group plan which will then force me to buy junk insurance with such a high deductible that I cannot afford to use it. The insurance companies will make a profit on my

[FairfieldLife] Brittany Murphy

2009-12-22 Thread John
Does anyone know the birth data of Ms. Murphy? She left this world rather too soon. May she rest in peace. JR