Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A great blonde joke

2009-12-23 Thread gullible fool
  -- Blondes -- Blonde's year in review... January - Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight. February - Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print

Re: [FairfieldLife] Brittany Murphy

2009-12-23 Thread gullible fool
  This gives some details, but not the birth time:   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005261/bio   A search on brittany murphy astrology gives lots of hits, but only one which lists a time.   This link below is the one which gives the time. Scroll down to the post with the large, amazing pic of her.

Re: [FairfieldLife] AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread Zoran Krneta
now i am at home in Croatia... 2009/12/23 Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net 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] Chopin's Fantasie

2009-12-23 Thread John
To All: Yundi Li, a young classical pianist from China, plays a dreamlike rendition of this classic piece. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvm2ZsRv3C8feature=related JR

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brittany Murphy

2009-12-23 Thread John
Gull, Thanks for the information. I need to verify her birth time to see if it applies to her life. Tentatively, my program casted her horoscope as a Leo ascendant. By her physical features, she appears to have a lioness aura about her--much like Charlize Theron. So, the birth time may be

[FairfieldLife] The Cameron Family Portrait of the American Mindset

2009-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
There is a curious coincidence in the world of cinema this year. Two filmmakers -- once married to each other -- find their films nominated in the Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture and themselves nominated for Best Director. Because I don't follow the gossip mags -- only movies -- I don't

[FairfieldLife] Merry Christmas Schemp

2009-12-23 Thread PaliGap
A cool ring tone for your phone... Hide the decline http://www.brinked.com/jeffid-u-261681.html

[FairfieldLife] The Metaphors of AVATAR -- unobtainium

2009-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
It's fun having seen a movie that inspires one to ponder its deeper implications. It's even more fun having one's own copy of the movie, so that when one of those ponderings leads you into uncharted territory, you can just fire up the movie and watch it again to see whether your ponderings

[FairfieldLife] Ezra Klein responds to Hamsher's '10 Reasons to Kill the Senate Bill'

2009-12-23 Thread do.rflex
Ezra Klein answers Jane Hamsher's '10 reasons to kill the bill' I've gotten a lot of requests to respond to Jane Hamsher's list http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/top-10-reasons-to-kill-th_b_\ 399245.html of 10 reasons to kill the Senate bill. At this point, I'm not sure there's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-23 Thread WillyTex
off_world_beings wrote: This sounds dated... Apparently all the Dravidian ethnic groups are Caucasian. Tamils etc, are not a distinct race. The Tamil language is probably derived from Archaic Sanskrit, according to David Frawley. Frawley thinks the Sanskrit speakers spread out to Iran,

[FairfieldLife] Why Is Obama Ditching the Public Option — and You?

2009-12-23 Thread raunchydog
Obama apparently doesn't think he campaigned on a pubic option, just because he mentioned it during his campaign and included it in his health care plan. Why would that be? Well, a couple of days ago my eyebrows raised when I saw this CNN poll on health care. It indicates that Obama's

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Metaphors of AVATAR -- unobtainium

2009-12-23 Thread WillyTex
TurquoiseB wrote: It's also fun writing about these ponderings, even if only for a forum where I know many posters either won't want to read what I write or literally *can't* because they lack the attention span to do so. The moment they see a post longer than Twitter-length, their minds

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why Is Obama Ditching the Public Option — and You?

2009-12-23 Thread WillyTex
raunchydog wrote: So let's change it... There's a mid-term election coming up. I'm predicting that some independents are going to win big. Dodd is going to be a big loser, fer sure, and several others too. This is change you can believe in. Let the tea party begin! WASHINGTON -- A $100

[FairfieldLife] Father Time and the Law of Karma, beware because...

2009-12-23 Thread BillyG
The Moving Finger writes, and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. Omar Think before you act, and take stock of the passing year, what can you do this year 2010 to improve on last year 2009? For you

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Metaphors of AVATAR -- unobtainium

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip I think James Cameron is smart enough to have taken that step back from the lemming-like, addictive pursuit of unobtainium and put a little thought into what exactly is worth obtaining. A record profit on his film?

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Cameron Family Portrait of the American Mindset

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip From my safely hetero point of view, there have never *been* more virile, comfort- able-in-their-bodies, powerful male and female beings shown on a movie screen than the Na'vi. And there have never been more

[FairfieldLife] The Catapocalypse

2009-12-23 Thread PaliGap
Some say the world will end in fire... Some say in ice... Or...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread Mike Dixon
I went again the other day and watched it on IMAX. The photography is spectacular. However, I did notice more *barrowing* or *stealing*, as others might put it, not only from Star Wars and Dances with Wolves, but also Last of the Mohicans and it's not just one scene form these films but

[FairfieldLife] Merry Quackmas from Sweden

2009-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
So what is one of the most cherished and enduring Christmas Eve traditions in Sweden? Why, gathering the whole family to sit and watch Donald Duck cartoons on TV, of course: http://www.slate.com/id/2239252/pagenum/all

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread Mike Dixon
Bingo! From: authfriend jst...@panix.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 9:48:32 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR   --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, TurquoiseB no_re...@.. . wrote: snip There is much to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: ... This is my only real criticizm of the flilm, however, it's still a must see just to witness the direction movies are going in the future. I can only imagine what could be done using this technology to bring the

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

2009-12-23 Thread Mike Dixon
Isn't that unusual? Switching parties, from majority to minority? From: BillyG wg...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 1:42:09 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: X-Democrat and Doctor blasts health care reform!   --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: I went again the other day and watched it on IMAX. The photography is spectacular. However, I did notice more *barrowing* or *stealing*, as others might put it, not only from Star Wars and Dances with Wolves, but also Last of the Mohicans

[FairfieldLife] Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Rick Archer
Silence vibrating is Creation. Silence flowing is Love. Silence shared is Friendship. Silence seen is Infinity. Silence heard is Adoration. Silence expressed is Beauty. Silence maintained is Strength. Silence omitted is Suffering. Silence allowed is Rest. Silence recorded is Scripture. Silence

[FairfieldLife] Nat'l Assn. of Realtors: Home sales up 44 percent from a year ago

2009-12-23 Thread do.rflex
Federal programs designed to jump start the housing market helped boost sales of previously owned homes to their highest level since February 2007 and whittle down the excess supply of homes on the market in November. The National Association of Realtors reported on Tuesday that sales of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fuck Kumbayah

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: Yes, but in every primitive society, and all societies, there were Shaman who lived on the outskirts, living a life of oneness with nature, no real need to rely on the society for survival, and entering into a

[FairfieldLife] From someone who was on the public option

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
...and I'm not referring to the time I lived in Canada. I'm referring to the healthcare insurance plan known as the Healthcare Group of Arizona which I was on for about 5 years but am no longer on (and note that the rules changed in Nov. '08 making it less of a public option). This plan was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Silence vibrating is Creation. Silence flowing is Love. Silence shared is Friendship. Silence seen is Infinity. Silence heard is Adoration. Silence expressed is Beauty. Silence maintained is Strength. Silence omitted is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Metaphors of AVATAR -- unobtainium

2009-12-23 Thread Bhairitu
authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip I think James Cameron is smart enough to have taken that step back from the lemming-like, addictive pursuit of unobtainium and put a little thought into what exactly is worth obtaining. A

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ wrote: ... This is my only real criticizm of the flilm, however, it's still a must see just to witness the direction movies are going in the future. I

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

2009-12-23 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: Isn't that unusual? Switching parties, from majority to minority? Video Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Today the national GOP welcomes Rep. Parker Griffith (R-AL) into the party. That is, just moments after scrubbing the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:03 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Silence vibrating is Creation. Silence flowing is Love. Silence shared is Friendship. Silence seen is Infinity. Silence heard is Adoration. Silence expressed is Beauty. Silence

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: snip Interesting aside, it's been recently revealed Translation: Vaj just heard (or invented) a new rumor to flog. that those drama-laden silences that Mahesh used to supposedly do every January, weren't actually that, uh,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nat'l Assn. of Realtors: Home sales up 44 percent from a year ago

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
of previously occupied homes, but capture a smaller slice of the market. The new home figures tally sales agreements signed in November, while home resale numbers reflect contracts signed over the summer that were completed the same month Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091223

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

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: Isn't that unusual? Switching parties, from majority to minority? He's a DINO, and his district has been trending Republican. He just barely made it to the House for his first term, and he wants to make sure he gets

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Metaphors of AVATAR -- unobtainium

2009-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: The movie certainly has made a BIG impression on Turq. Line on sand? Or maybe cement. It seems to have made an equally BIG impression on at least three posters WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE but have used my interest in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopin's Fantasie

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
Superb, thanks! If you're interested, here's a six-or-so-minute segment from a documentary that was made about him, showing him in rehearsal and backstage preparing for his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic playing a Shostakovich concerto (about as different from the Chopin as can be!). It

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Metaphors of AVATAR -- unobtainium

2009-12-23 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: The movie certainly has made a BIG impression on Turq. Line on sand? Or maybe cement. It seems to have made an equally BIG impression on at least three posters WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE but

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Metaphors of AVATAR -- unobtainium

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: The movie certainly has made a BIG impression on Turq. Line on sand? Or maybe cement. It seems to have made an equally BIG impression on at least

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Metaphors of AVATAR -- unobtainium

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: The movie certainly has made a BIG impression on Turq. Line on sand? Or maybe cement. It seems to have made an equally BIG impression on at least three

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Catapocalypse

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: snip About two hours later I came back and the rabbit was lying there dead. No blood or marks on him. So I assume that he died of a heart attack...perhaps because the suddenness and noise of the engine being turned on.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:27 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:03 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] How do I know China wrecked Copehagen? I was there.

2009-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the roomby Mark Lynus, in The Guardian Copenhagen was a disaster. That much is agreed. But the truth about what actually happened is in danger of being lost amid the spin and inevitable mutual recriminations. The truth is this: China

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do I know China wrecked Copehagen? I was there.

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
When I read the title to this thread and saw that Barry was the author, I automatically assumed that our resident Zelig was not only going to claim that he himself was personally at Copenhagen but had actually attempted to broker the deal...and he was going to blame China for stepping on his,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Metaphors of AVATAR -- unobtainium

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:45 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Wa. Is Bawwy cwying again? Is Judy beating up on the poor baby...AGAIN? All poor Bawwy is doing is tripping and rapping yet the evil She-Devils unjustifiably come down -- bang! bang! -- upon his head. Is Shemp trying to sidetrack the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Metaphors of AVATAR -- unobtainium

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:45 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Wa. Is Bawwy cwying again? Is Judy beating up on the poor baby...AGAIN? All poor Bawwy is doing is tripping and rapping yet the evil She-Devils

[FairfieldLife] Report Finds Acorn Broke No Laws

2009-12-23 Thread do.rflex
A Congressional Research Service report commissioned by the House Judiciary Committee says ACORN hasn't violated any federal regulations the last five years, Politico reports. The report also found that the undercover filmmakers that allegedly caught employees of the organization breaking

[FairfieldLife] Re: $3 billion prediction

2009-12-23 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB

[FairfieldLife] Re: f...@% Kumbayah

2009-12-23 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Yes, but in every primitive society, and all societies, there were Shaman who lived on the outskirts, living a life of oneness with nature,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Vaj Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:27 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence On Dec

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread seekliberation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: I went again the other day and watched it on IMAX. The photography is spectacular. However, I did notice more *barrowing* or *stealing*, as others might put it, not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Rick Archer wrote: One of his personal secretaries once told me that MMY ate and worked on stuff during those silences, but that he did so alone. I was in the room several times when he came out of silence, and at the time, his darshan seemed much more

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanskrit's origin

2009-12-23 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: off_world_beings wrote: This sounds dated... Apparently all the Dravidian ethnic groups are Caucasian. Tamils etc, are not a distinct race. The Tamil language is probably derived from Archaic Sanskrit, according to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brittany Murphy

2009-12-23 Thread Bhairitu
The Sun is debilitated so I don't think Leo. More likely Libra. Venus is very strong in her chart with Libra. John wrote: Gull, Thanks for the information. I need to verify her birth time to see if it applies to her life. Tentatively, my program casted her horoscope as a Leo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Rick Archer wrote: One of his personal secretaries once told me that MMY ate and worked on stuff during those silences, but that he did so alone. I was in the room several times when he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:37 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Consciously and with full free choice you decided to join a cult, one that was largely of your own making. Oh? I created the TMO? Strike one. You could have stuck with just doing TM twice a day for 15 minutes without getting involved in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: I went again the other day and watched it on IMAX. The photography is spectacular.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread Bhairitu
PaliGap wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: I went again the other day and watched it on IMAX. The photography

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:37 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Consciously and with full free choice you decided to join a cult, one that was largely of your own making. Oh? I created the TMO? Strike one. Actually, yes, you did.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who on FFL owns pets? Time to kill Fido

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: As we only have a little cat - I would be happy to sell carbon credits to any FFL dog owners. Perhaps this *climate change* thing might have a silver lining? WHAT A GREAT IDEA! Yes, you alarmists on FFL...would you

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: PaliGap wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Mike Dixon wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Rick Archer wrote: One of his personal secretaries once told me that MMY ate and worked on stuff during those silences, but that he did so alone. I was in the room several times when he

[FairfieldLife] Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread It's just a ride
I have about as much love for Vaj as I have for, say, The Gay Agenda. That said, I think it's very important to know that Maharishi didn't really go into silence. And I found out only today that he didn't. Why is it important that he and those around him lied? Because if you're going to lie

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: I have about as much love for Vaj as I have for, say, The Gay Agenda. That said, I think it's very important to know that Maharishi didn't really go into silence. And I found out only today that he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread It's just a ride
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: One of his personal secretaries once told me that MMY ate and worked on stuff during those silences, but that he did so alone. I was in the room several times when he came out of silence, and at the time, his darshan

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Rick Archer
I just received this note from an old friend who was Maharishi's personal secretary in the mid-70's. I trust his recollection of his direct experience more than I trust mine of a 2nd hand account heard in the same time period. greetings rick, MMY took only water while in silence, when he

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 3:49 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:37 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Consciously and with full free choice you decided to join a cult, one that was largely of your own making.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:01 PM, wayback71 wrote: Vaj, I was REALLY involved in the TMO all through the 1970's and even into the 80's and early 90's, altho not teaching full time by then, and I never ever heard anything like what you believed and describe above. I seriously doubt that came

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: snip You're the one that let it affect you because you became a cult member, bought into bullshit that had nothing to do with TM, and now you've spent the last three decades blaming others for your own shortcomings. Post

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote: snip I saw Peter Brook's adaptation on the tele some time ago. And enjoyed it a lot. Here's an excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B4Z1PB97KY Oooh, that's intense. Strange, but intense.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 3:54 PM, PaliGap wrote: Is the price right? Then again, is it right to taint scripture with money? Perhaps you should offer them to us for free? LOL, given that much of the Mahabharata is purloined from earlier agamas, I doubt it would matter! Unless you're a devout

[FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 3:54 PM, PaliGap wrote: Is the price right? Then again, is it right to taint scripture with money? Perhaps you should offer them to us for free? LOL, given that much of the Mahabharata is purloined

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 3:49 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:37 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: Consciously and with full free choice you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: AVATAR

2009-12-23 Thread Bhairitu
PaliGap wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: PaliGap wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:01 PM, wayback71 wrote: Vaj, I was REALLY involved in the TMO all through the 1970's and even into the 80's and early 90's, altho not teaching full time by then, and I never ever heard anything

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: Screw you asshole. LOL - this is what Vaj learnt in the Buddhist monestaries ;-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:29 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: ...and yet you're the one who has spent, literally, thousands of hours on a forum devoted to the discussion of TM. This forum is not solely dedicated to the discussion of TM, but to the extent that it is, it was helpful in the past to hear

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:33 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:01 PM, wayback71 wrote: Vaj, I was REALLY involved in the TMO all through the 1970's and even into the 80's and early 90's, altho not teaching

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread It's just a ride
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: I learned TM as a young teenager who saved his lawn cutting money c. 1974. This explains a lot. Dyslexic. Wrote down his mantra after his initiation, read and practiced it ass backwards for years, became disillusioned.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:55 PM, It's just a ride wrote: On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote: I learned TM as a young teenager who saved his lawn cutting money c. 1974. This explains a lot. Dyslexic. Wrote down his mantra after his initiation, read and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread Vaj
On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:25 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: I have about as much love for Vaj as I have for, say, The Gay Agenda. That said, I think it's very important to know that Maharishi didn't really go

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread WillyTex
Vaj wrote: Fortunately where I lived I also had not only representatives of the Holy Shankaracharya Order So, your guru is the Shankaracharya of Kanchi - I thought so, Vajradhatu.

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-12-23 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 338 messages as of (UTC) Thu Dec 24 00:10:01 2009 35 Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net 35 ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@netscape.net 31 authfriend jst...@panix.com 24

[FairfieldLife] Re: 30th Anniversary Celebrations!

2009-12-23 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Two points on this. 1. The 30th anniversary was actually last summer. I guess the idea just came up. 2. None of the people mentioned below have actual Doctorate degrees. The idea just came up? Naw,take a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread WillyTex
Vaj wrote: I actually learned the real techniques of samkranti, or transference of consciousness from real, legitimate masters. Did you ever actually meet the Swami Rama?

[FairfieldLife] Re: 1957

2009-12-23 Thread dhamiltony2k5
1968 Maharishi's Year of Students Students International Meditation Society is founded in many countries. 1967 Maharishi's Year of Unity Consciousness Maharishi explains experiences of Transcendental Meditation in terms of Unity Consciousness. Maharishi inaugurates the first European

[FairfieldLife] Obama didn't campaign on the public option?

2009-12-23 Thread authfriend
Any Obamaites want to take a crack at defending Dear Leader on this point? From an interview published today in the Washington Post: Obama said the public option 'has become a source of ideological contention between the left and right.' But, he added, 'I DIDN'T CAMPAIGN ON THE PUBLIC

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread WillyTex
Vaj wrote: As long as I practice the mass, it doesn't matter how many little boys were buggered... What happened to Osel Tendzin, your Vajradhatu guru?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Vaj wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:25 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: I have about as much love for Vaj as I have for, say, The Gay Agenda. That said, I think it's very important

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence isn't golden

2009-12-23 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Vaj wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:25 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.ride@ wrote: I have about as much love for

[FairfieldLife] Time is Come

2009-12-23 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Tonight: Rain. Low around 36. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Thursday: Rain. High near 40. East wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of

[FairfieldLife] Re: How's MSAE doing?

2009-12-23 Thread dhamiltony2k5
This website may help you. They've helped hundreds of people such as yourself. Here are the references to the MSAE: http://tmfree.blogspot.com/ Om Dear, is a bum steer this gives you. To those Fallen away meditators who strayed from the path. Troubled animals

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chopin's Fantasie

2009-12-23 Thread John
You've done excellent work in researching this clip out of the web. We don't often see how much work is made in preparing for a concert. This clip shows the talent of Yundi Li. Years ago Seiji Ozawa was the music director of the San Francisco Symphony. He sure gets around these days. ---

[FairfieldLife] Mambo 101

2009-12-23 Thread John
Don't need to study hard. Just enjoy the beat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOgRI1i1QoAfeature=related JR

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence

2009-12-23 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: So, your guru is the Shankaracharya of Kanchi - I thought so, Vajradhatu. Isn't it fascinating that the worst thing TBs who have done nothing on this forum for years but parrot stuff told to them by some guru and have shown