--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote:
Collective farmers, 1931
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/5/42220.jpg
We kolkhozniks... (shall) liquidate kulaks as a class.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkhoznik
According to Patañjali, all (sarvam) is misery (duHkham)
to a vivekin (vivekinaH) for various reasons:
pariNaama-taapa-saMskaara-duHkhair guNa-vRtti-virodhaac ca
duHkham eva sarvam vivekinaH. (II 15)
One of the reasons is 'guNa-vRtti-virodha'.
Taimni thinks that compound word refers to the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@... wrote:
Yifu, whoever you are, thanks for the amazing series of historical photos you
regularly post. I open every single one of these since they always provide
insight into a time and a feeling.
Yep, me too. The older the photo the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote:
According to Patañjali, all (sarvam) is misery (duHkham)
to a vivekin (vivekinaH) for various reasons:
pariNaama-taapa-saMskaara-duHkhair guNa-vRtti-virodhaac ca
duHkham eva sarvam vivekinaH. (II 15)
One of the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@ wrote:
Collective farmers, 1931
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/5/42220.jpg
We kolkhozniks... (shall) liquidate kulaks as a class.
#1084;#1099;
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@ wrote:
Collective farmers, 1931
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/5/42220.jpg
We kolkhozniks... (shall) liquidate kulaks as a class.
#1084;#1099;
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@ wrote:
Collective farmers, 1931
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/5/42220.jpg
From: donlo...@verizon.net
To: donlo...@verizon.net
Sent: 4/15/2011 7:50:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Fw: German Parade Float
From: wle...@aol.com
To: wle...@aol.com
Sent: 4/16/2011 7:58:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Fwd: Fw: now the animals, we are in trouble!
-
We say Potato, they say Potaaato, but it's probably Potato.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu yifuxero@... wrote:
1913-14, notes taken from lectures of Babuji Maharaj.
http://www.rsfaith.org/images/stories/RSFBooks/English/Phelps_Notes/phelps_notes_1.html
A certain someone will try -- as she does every
week -- to diss several people she never gets
tired of dissing...
Bhairitu:
I suspect that certain someone goes through life
picking fights anyway. Most likely on other places
than just FFL...
This is your 'dissing'? Very
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
--- In
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote:
Apparently posted without a trace of irony on his part...
No irony nor self-insight :-
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
A new FFL posting week looms, and I think we all
know what to
BillyG:
...it's probably Potato.
Meditation on the 'sound current' is very similar
to TM practice. The sound current in Radhasoami is
a vibration which, like a place-holder for a bija
mantra, is a yoga practice that provides an ideal
opportunity for transcending. According to Randolph
However, the wise (though their own mind is totally free of all sorrow)
consider all experiences painful as they are all the fruits of the
actions
of ignorance (Y.S. II.15).
'Enlightened Living'
by Swami Venkatesananda
http://tinyurl.com/33wy6kj http://tinyurl.com/33wy6kj
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote:
However, the wise (though their own mind is totally free
of all sorrow) consider all experiences painful as they are
all the fruits of the actions of ignorance (Y.S. II.15).
Here, in 28 words, is why I don't consider much of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote:
However, the wise (though their own mind is totally free
of all sorrow) consider all experiences painful as they are
all the fruits of the actions of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwu_d0xRhdI
This is a breathtaking video of one of the most
remarkable pieces of stagecraft I've ever seen. It's
a demonstration of a life-sized horse puppet, one of
several used in the British play Warhorse, which
just opened in NYC.
Each horse is manned by three
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Yifu yifux...@yahoo.com wrote:
Panorama of Des Moines, 1907
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/6/50260.jpg
Except for it having added colour and the bordellos are better hidden now,
it hasn't changed a bit.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
Q: Why did the TMer throw out the can of Orange Juice?
A: Because it said CONCENTRATE on the label.
What happened to the TM? Why were they found in the shower, starved to
death with the water still running?
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:45 AM, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote:
Or perhaps they simply don't see the great value in having a hug ?
Got that right. I'm holding out for a hug from Dr. BM.
This seems like it might turn into an interesting discussion of values.
Personally I don't buy the Buddha line at all. It goes on that even when we
have pleasure it doesn't last forever so it becomes suffering later. I find
this a juvenile approach to life's ups and downs.
It isn't that
It also smacks of a glorification of dissociation which is a psychological
disorder, not some higher state.
The more I learn about dissociation (mostly from the many books my wife, a
licensed therapist...has acquired), the more I find myself asking if many of
these so-called higher states
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
This seems like it might turn into an interesting discussion
of values.
Not sure values is the appropriate term.
Personally I don't buy the Buddha line at all.
Or rather, you don't buy what you understand
I think it is an important area to discuss in evaluating even the benefits of
meditation. Dissociation is a valuable skill of our awareness. To be able to
associate and dissociate at will is one of the goals of Neuro-linguistic
Programming which I enjoy with more than a grain of salt.
For
Holland assembly to highlight
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's gifts
of Total Knowledge to the world
Global Good News
15 April 2011
The Global Spring Assembly in MERU, Holland, which begins 17 April, will
feature a series of daily seminars on a variety of
Beautiful and much easier to clean up after!
From: authfriend jst...@panix.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, April 16, 2011 9:45:06 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Warhorse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwu_d0xRhdI
This is a breathtaking video
The Conspirator was excellent. However, I'm afraid it will be used as an excuse
why we should not have military trials for terrorists at GITMO. I also saw
Atlas
Shrugged part 1, a low budget film based on Ayn Rand's novel which hits a
little
too close for comfort.
Petty Theosophistry posturing as insight.
Saying Taimini says it all.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote:
According to Patañjali, all (sarvam) is misery (duHkham)
to a vivekin
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
wrote:
This seems like it might turn into an interesting discussion
of values.
Not sure values is the appropriate term.
So what is a better one?
All modern Western scholars of Shankara or Advaita firmly reject the
claim that Adi-Shankara was the author of either Ananda-Larari or
Saundarya-Lahari. You keep saying this but that does not make it so.
Although some devotional Advaitins may like these texts/songs, they are
still Shakta
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
This seems like it might turn into an interesting discussion of
values.
That's how I saw it. What, after all, are the *techniques*
espoused by a person who considers *all* experiences painful
likely to
I appreciate the detailed response and validation. From Joe too. I do enjoy
reviewing ideas here in fresh way without the assumptions contained in
spiritual systems. Especially the one that claims that we are not in a state
to be able to evaluate statements for ourselves. If you reject the
On 04/16/2011 11:05 AM, Mike Dixon wrote:
The Conspirator was excellent. However, I'm afraid it will be used as an
excuse
why we should not have military trials for terrorists at GITMO. I also saw
Atlas
Shrugged part 1, a low budget film based on Ayn Rand's novel which hits a
little
too
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
I appreciate the detailed response and validation. From
Joe too. I do enjoy reviewing ideas here in fresh way
without the assumptions contained in spiritual systems.
It's almost like a free speech zone.
A few years ago I saw a few shows by a marionette
troupe that performed on tabletops. The puppet
operators stood behind the table, operating the
marionettes and speaking the roles. Yet despite the
fact that these humans were clearly moving their
puppets and speaking their puppets' parts, I
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
This seems like it might turn into an interesting discussion of values.
Personally I don't buy the Buddha line at all. It goes on that even when we
have pleasure it doesn't last forever so it becomes
I posted two similar responses - thought the first did not go thru.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@
wrote:
This seems like it might turn into an interesting discussion of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
I appreciate the detailed response and validation. From Joe too. I do enjoy
reviewing ideas here in fresh way without the assumptions contained in
spiritual systems. Especially the one that claims that we
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
This seems like it might turn into an interesting discussion of values.
Personally I don't buy the Buddha line at all. It goes on that even when we
have pleasure it doesn't last forever so it becomes
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote:
Petty Theosophistry posturing as insight.
Saying Taimini says it all.
II 23
sva-svaami-shaktyoH svaruupopalabdhi-hetuH saMyogaH.
Taimni's translation:
The purpose of the coming together of the /puruSa/ and /prakRti/
is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues
curtisdeltablues@ wrote:
This seems like it might turn into an interesting
I heard that Geoffrey Baker died a day or so ago. He must have been nearly 90.
He came to the States in about 1979, I think, from England, and was at MUM ever
since. In the 1980s and 90s he was very well known for his Sunday morning art
history lectures on campus, and the lecture hall was
Just for giggles, here's a Theraveda outline of the
Four Noble Truths. Note the specificity of the First
Noble Truth, which is typically shortened to Life is
suffering. (Words in all-caps are my emphasis.)
-
1. The Nature of Suffering (or Dukkha):
This is the noble truth of suffering: birth
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
snip
That's how I saw it. What, after all, are the *techniques*
espoused by a person who considers *all* experiences painful
likely to *result in* -- someone who enjoys life and its joys,
or someone who rejects them?
Oh Bhairitu, you'll love Atlas Shrugged, but for different reasons than myself.
It's about capitalism and the failure of the nanny state and how politics
brings
it all down and shackles those that can turn things around. You'll love to hate
it! You're right, there shouldn't be any military
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
snip
One way
of viewing Patanjali is as a guy who was never any good
at the normal skills of human interaction. I don't think
that the guy ever scored in high school. It's possible that
he never scored, period. So he
II.24
The correlation/conjoining (of seer and seen) is the reason for the
apprehension of the own-form of the power of the owner and the owned. -
from the works of George Firestone
My gripe is about the theosophistry of his commentaries on most of the
sutra-s. I also find his translations
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jpgillam jpgillam@... wrote:
A few years ago I saw a few shows by a marionette
troupe that performed on tabletops. The puppet
operators stood behind the table, operating the
marionettes and speaking the roles. Yet despite the
fact that these humans
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@... wrote:
I heard that Geoffrey Baker died a day or so ago. He must have been nearly
90. He came to the States in about 1979, I think, from England, and was at
MUM ever since. In the 1980s and 90s he was very well known for his Sunday
I went out recently and took pictures of the Iowa landscape in erosion.
Take a look:
https://sites.google.com/site/commodityagsoilerosion/
-Buck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkhoznik
the collectivization of farms and land to allow
Perfect. This is about how much new insight Buck typically provides to
these news items.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote:
I heard that Geoffrey Baker died a day or so ago. He must have been
Products from the land should be food for people, not for machines.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
I went out recently and took pictures of the Iowa landscape in erosion.
Take a look:
https://sites.google.com/site/commodityagsoilerosion/
-Buck
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