[FairfieldLife] Re: Sour grapes (was cognitive dissonance)

2011-07-20 Thread Ravi Yogi
Hey Bob, thanks for this beautiful question. I can't speak for Nabby but NO, I can't truthfully say all the wankers on FFL, but I can definitely say truthfully that Bob and Barry are too un-evolved to have realized experiences and employ CD denial techniques to rationalize their ignorance.

[FairfieldLife] Re: cognitive dissonance

2011-07-20 Thread Ravi Yogi
What BS? Barry - you are the classic example of CD on this list here, bullying and screaming loud about people's exeriences and complaining/cautioning newcomers about certain posters, trying to bully people sharing their experiences and then when you get an earful back you back off with your drama

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)

2011-07-20 Thread Ravi Yogi
Thanks Jim, I loved the description of the East in reference to Bhakti. You were one of the few lone heart centered lotuses I encountered in the muddy intellectual ponds of FFL Batgap, and I can clearly see the impact of your childhood in the East. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Fw: [FairfieldLife] Re: cognitive dissonance

2011-07-20 Thread Bob Price
 Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com snip Fitzgerald's statement 'the true test of a first rate mind is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time' really only works at the value of unity;  Not sure Fitzgerald studied much Vedanta,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 4:55 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

[FairfieldLife] Re: cognitive dissonance

2011-07-20 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: Turqoiseb said something really interesting: 'On the other hand, I thrive on cognitive dissonance; it defines for me some of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: cognitive dissonance

2011-07-20 Thread Ravi Yogi
I do appreciate the stories you have shared on Swami Rama and the ones from an earlier post challenging seekers with opposing views. However I don't know if anyone suggested CD as being an intellectual thang, discomfort implies energy, emotion. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Ravi Yogi
I'm glad someone finally brought up our obsession with sport icons and memorabilia. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: Would you feel the same way about Hope Solo's soccer shoes, or how about Abby Wamback's sports bra? --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Economic Collapse -- why it won't be stopped (and The Last Mountain)

2011-07-20 Thread Ravi Yogi
Yeah, what's up with this liberal fascination of elite, so now even the shift and Light of Consciousness cannot really start and has to wait until the elite is taken care of first, can't even see this funny contradiction :-). Funny the conservatives also talk about liberal elite. Why do they need

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Bill Coop
The real prize would be the deerskin. I think I heard that it was inherited from Guru Dev.

[FairfieldLife] Re: cognitive dissonance

2011-07-20 Thread Ravi Yogi
Fitzgerald's statement 'the true test of a first rate mind is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time' really only works at the value of unity; if you are operating on the level of logic, you can think of two ideas at the same time, but it is impossible to believe they are

[FairfieldLife] Real cost of Android?

2011-07-20 Thread cardemaister
http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/07/13/the-real-cost-of-android-potentially-60-per-device-in-patent-fees/ The real cost of Android? Potentially $60+ per device in patent fees

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread whynotnow7
I just saw Casino Jack with Kevin Spacey, and he was brilliant in The Usual Suspects too. Of the two actors you mentioned, my impression of you is more in the direction of Kevin Spacey, vs. Robin Williams. RW strikes me as ZANY and frenetic, and you don't come across that way on FFL. Here on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread whynotnow7
weird, I posted this last Sunday... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I just saw Casino Jack with Kevin Spacey, and he was brilliant in The Usual Suspects too. Of the two actors you mentioned, my impression of you is more in the direction of Kevin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)

2011-07-20 Thread whynotnow7
Thanks Ravi. I was very fortunate to have had that experience. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: Thanks Jim, I loved the description of the East in reference to Bhakti. You were one of the few lone heart centered lotuses I encountered in the muddy

[FairfieldLife] Re: cognitive dissonance

2011-07-20 Thread whynotnow7
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: Turqoiseb said something really interesting: 'On the other hand, I thrive on cognitive dissonance; it defines for me some of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: I just saw Casino Jack with Kevin Spacey, and he was brilliant in The Usual Suspects too. Of the two actors you mentioned, my impression of you is more in the direction of Kevin Spacey, vs. Robin Williams. RW strikes

[FairfieldLife] Romantic Love and its relationship to Spirituality

2011-07-20 Thread turquoiseb
Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Fitzgerald's statement 'the true test of a first rate mind is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time' really only works at the value of unity; And Bob Price replied: Not sure Fitzgerald studied much Vedanta, my guess is that

[FairfieldLife] Taimni: Breathing alternately through the two nostrils...

2011-07-20 Thread cardemaister
http://www.scribd.com/doc/21497898/I-K-Taimni-The-Science-of-Yoga-Yoga-Sutras-of-Patanjali P. 233 Most of the time am unable to do that, because of allergic rhinitis, or stuff. That reeeaaally sucks! :/ It would be very important to clean(?) the shrota-s or naaDi-s, or whatever, now wouldn't

[FairfieldLife] Phone Hacking interview

2011-07-20 Thread obbajeeba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_cnYHW82pwfeature=player_embedded Surely this spreads to other industries, not only tabloid. Note the Medical records being mentioned in this interview.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coop Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:04 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals The real prize would be the deerskin. I think I heard that it was

[FairfieldLife] Yahoo being flaky (was: Re: Fairfield Life as TV series)

2011-07-20 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: weird, I posted this last Sunday... For the last few days, in my FFL gmail email feed, there's been a small trickle of posts coming in that have taken three days to show up. If I see that it may cause problems for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras

2011-07-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 17, 2011, at 2:42 AM, Bob Price wrote: Sal, we always miss you when you are away! Aw, thanks Bob! I say we take up a collection for anyone willing to pull off something like that. Sal

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:54 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@ wrote: If you are needing to survive, eat, then you are justified. I am sure Mark was just waiting to get your stamp of approval. Mite generous of you to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread danfriedman2002
Curtis, In reply to your first paragraph: You are not seconding the motion, but rather introducing your own motion, as your charactarization of my suggestion as outing of people against their will is incorrect. Your other 4 paragraphs devolve further. I interpret them to be support for your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 danfriedman2002@... wrote: Curtis, In reply to your first paragraph: You are not seconding the motion, but rather introducing your own motion, as your charactarization of my suggestion as outing of people against their will is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
danfriedman: In reply to your first paragraph: You are not seconding the motion, but rather introducing your own motion, as your charactarization of my suggestion as outing of people against their will is incorrect... You do know that Rick and Curtis and a few others were leaders in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
Bill Coop: The real prize would be the deerskin. I think I heard that it was inherited from Guru Dev... Maybe so, especially considering that the skin was probably used as a 'bed' for MMY and Judith. From what I've read, MMY never went anywhere without the skin and someone to carry it for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread curtisdeltablues
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 danfriedman2002@... wrote: Curtis, In reply to your first paragraph: You are not seconding the motion, but rather introducing your own motion, as your charactarization of my suggestion as outing of people against their will is incorrect.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: cognitive dissonance

2011-07-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 20, 2011, at 1:10 AM, Ravi Yogi wrote: What BS? Barry - you are the classic example of CD on this list here, bullying and screaming loud about people's exeriences and complaining/cautioning newcomers about certain posters, trying to bully people sharing their experiences and then

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rupert Murdoch gets pied

2011-07-20 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
Robert: Just the mere fact that Murdoch and Co. had to defend themselves at 10 Downing St. is symbolic to me that the 'Light of Consciousness' is beginning to shine a bit brighter on the darknesses of this Media giant... Correct me if I'm wrong, but has the 'Murdoch and Co.' and/or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/17/2011 03:48 AM, turquoiseb wrote: I'm a fan of television. I think some of the best work in the motion picture arts is being done on TV.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 17, 2011, at 7:18 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: just saw Casino Jack with Kevin Spacey, and he was brilliant in The Usual Suspects too. Of the two actors you mentioned, my impression of you is more in the direction of Kevin Spacey, vs. Robin Williams. RW strikes me as ZANY and frenetic,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread tedadams108
I'm a little confused. Is this the same Mark Landau who spoke such unkind words about Maharishi in the film David Wants To Fly.? When attempting to sell Maharishi's sandals there are no unkind words spoken, only glorifying words, probably as an attempt to increase the marketability of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 20, 2011, at 6:15 AM, turquoiseb wrote: know that this is a Yahoo repost and that you probably wrote it some time ago, but I'll reply anyway, because I love Kevin Spacey. Lately I've been toying with taking the train to London so that I can see him perform Shakespeare's Richard III

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread feste37
The idea you are floating here, that the loyal devotees became wealthy and those who criticized ended up poor, is plain daft. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tedadams108 no_reply@... wrote: I'm a little confused. Is this the same Mark Landau who spoke such unkind words about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rupert Murdoch gets pied

2011-07-20 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
I wonder if Obama, MediaMatters, Jon Stewart, indeed the rest of the media at large, will accept personal responsibility for creating a 'culture of hate' that led to this attack the way they demanded Palin do after the Giffords incident? Bhairitu: Apples and oranges. So, the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Economic Collapse -- why it won't be stopped (and The Last Mountain)

2011-07-20 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
But why insist on higher taxes in the middle of weakest economic recovery in the post-World War II era? Denise Evans: Because it isn't the American people don't want higher taxesthe question is do the american people want a proportionately fair tax system on the money made from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread whynotnow7
Cocaine is God's way of telling you you have too much money - Robin Williams. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote: On Jul 17, 2011, at 7:18 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: just saw Casino Jack with Kevin Spacey, and he was brilliant in The Usual Suspects too.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread tedadams108
Ok, forget about the famous meditator references. My main point is the contradiction between representing Maharishi as bad in the film but glorifying the man in the sandals. Can't have it both ways. The sandals are more valuable when worn by someone of high regard. Mark did not speak well of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread whynotnow7
No, it came from a deer I am pretty sure. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bill Coop williamgcoop@... wrote: The real prize would be the deerskin. I think I heard that it was inherited from Guru Dev.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life as TV series

2011-07-20 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/17/2011 03:48 AM, turquoiseb wrote: I'm a fan of television. I think some of the best work in the motion picture arts is being done on TV.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread whynotnow7
What a doofus. I'll give him ten bucks for the sandals, free shipping. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tedadams108 no_reply@... wrote: Ok, forget about the famous meditator references. My main point is the contradiction between representing Maharishi as bad in the film but glorifying

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coop Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:04 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 20, 2011, at 8:53 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: What a doofus. I'll give him ten bucks for the sandals, free shipping. LOL...I admit I'm not too surprised to hear about this. (Would love to see the film but NF hasn't gotten it yet and doesn't seem to know when it will.) Trash-talking someone

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tedadams108 Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:47 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals Ok, forget about the famous meditator references. My main point is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, whynotnow7 whynotnow7@... wrote: No, it came from a deer I am pretty sure. Funny surreal connection Jim! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bill Coop williamgcoop@ wrote: The real prize would be the deerskin. I think I heard that it was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread turquoiseb
Compassion. As expressed by -- and exemplified by -- a long- term practitioner of the Transcendental Meditation(TM) technique (one assumes), self-proclaimed as the highest, most effective means of spiritual development on the planet. Interesting dharma talk. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
whynotnow: No, it came from a deer I am pretty sure. Probably from Corbett Park. http://www.corbettpark.com/ From what I've read, Guru Dev did not sit on a 'deerskin'; he meditated on an antelope skin. The skin, which was given to Guru Dev by his guru Swami Krishnanada Saraswati, which

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread tedadams108
Rick, The entire film was posted on youtube. It has since been removed. It is in german, but the interview with Mark Landau is in english. The following are the people interviewed in the film: Judith Bourque, Earl Kaplan, John Knapp, and Mark Landau. As you can assume the producer did not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
What a doofus. I'll give him ten bucks for the sandals, free shipping. Sal Sunshine: ...I still stand by what I said originally, that he'd be lucky to get $1000 or anything close. Maybe so, but how much could you get for a pair of your own worn-out sandals, a few cents? LoL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 danfriedman2002@ wrote: Curtis, In reply to your first paragraph: You are not seconding the motion, but rather introducing your own motion, as your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tedadams108 no_reply@... wrote: There is a reason Mark was put in the film and it was not to say nice things about Maharishi. I do remember a couple things that were said but rather than paraphrase it would be best to see the film or to ask your

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Vaj
On Jul 19, 2011, at 5:31 PM, emptybill wrote: According to my informant (a former student of MMY, a former MIU professor, a close teacher of SSRS who now is a professor and a Sankhya-Yoga scholar) SSRS was always devoted to MMY and had only love for him until the final endlessness.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Vaj
On Jul 20, 2011, at 4:04 AM, Bill Coop wrote: The real prize would be the deerskin. I think I heard that it was inherited from Guru Dev. LOL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread tedadams108
I do have compassion for Mark or anyone in financial difficulties. I have been observing the comments on Fairfield Life for many years but until today was not inspired to post one of my own. For some reason it was hard for me to resist pointing out the hypocrisy since I had just seen the film.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Vaj
On Jul 20, 2011, at 7:48 AM, Rick Archer wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coop Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:04 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals The real prize

[FairfieldLife] Re: cognitive dissonance

2011-07-20 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Yes, in music dissonance drives forward. If you look at the history of Western music, it starts with chant, vocal, music primarily driven by the power of the meaning of words. Even as such music became polyphonic and dissonance appeared, the music was rather like a very even tapestry, a kind of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: Guru Dev must have taken out several with his Vedic Deer rifle. I wonder who got the Guru Dev moosehead? Wait a minute... ya mean that story about how animals go up to the great masters and drop dead to offer their skins

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tedadams108 no_reply@... wrote: I do have compassion for Mark or anyone in financial difficulties. I have been observing the comments on Fairfield Life for many years but until today was not inspired to post one of my own. For some reason it was hard for

[FairfieldLife] TV Heads up: Breaking Bad returns tonight

2011-07-20 Thread Bhairitu
If you are a fan of one of the best shows on television, one that breaks the mold that Hollywood is afraid to break, it returns on AMC tonight. Wonder if the producers strategically delayed the show until after the Emmy nominations were released so that Mad Men might actually get a chance.

[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce the mantras

2011-07-20 Thread emptybill
Raunch Don't look any further! You might have to shoulder the burden of knowing Sal's mantra if you read the reply. So don't do it! You'll become the lap dog of demons. . --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sleep and TM (are youstill there RC?)

2011-07-20 Thread richardjwilliamstexas
The TM mantras appear repeatedly in numerous different tantras... cardemaister: Gotta admit that might be true, actually! Think 'twas prolly Mahaa-nirvaaNa-tantra or somesuch that has my mantra... White 'Tara' in Vajrayana Buddhism is 'Sarasvati' in Hindu Sri Vidya. According to

[FairfieldLife] Re: cognitive dissonance

2011-07-20 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: I do appreciate the stories you have shared on Swami Rama and the ones from an earlier post challenging seekers with opposing views. However I don't know if anyone suggested CD as being an intellectual thang, discomfort

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread tedadams108
I think in your very articulate way you are missing my point. My point is more specific and was not meant (despite my colorful words)to comment on Mark's devotion to Maharishi or his TM practice. It's been well documented on here of Mark's disillusionment. Like you said, people can have doubts

[FairfieldLife] Re: States of Consciousness

2011-07-20 Thread sparaig
Can't find where he mentions shamatha by name. He mentions someone else's proposed categorization of meditation into 2 main groups and proposes that TM belongs in a 3rd category... L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: Wow, does he mischaracterize shamatha

[FairfieldLife] Zombie in My Gas Tank

2011-07-20 Thread Bob Price
Ravi, I was quite pleased to see you accepted the peace offering  in my cognitive dissonance post. Thank you for your thoughtful  response. I feel, our relationship is deepening with each exchange. I have to admit, my desire to bury the spitballs was a little self-serving,  as I'm hoping you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Romantic Love and its relationship to Spirituality

2011-07-20 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: Fitzgerald's statement 'the true test of a first rate mind is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time' really only works at the value of unity; And

Re: [FairfieldLife] Real cost of Android?

2011-07-20 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/20/2011 01:43 AM, cardemaister wrote: http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/07/13/the-real-cost-of-android-potentially-60-per-device-in-patent-fees/ The real cost of Android? Potentially $60+ per device in patent fees All this is losers in the game trying to make up for their lack of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: States of Consciousness

2011-07-20 Thread Vaj
On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:02 PM, sparaig wrote: Can't find where he mentions shamatha by name. He mentions someone else's proposed categorization of meditation into 2 main groups and proposes that TM belongs in a 3rd category... In the neurological division of different types of meditation

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rupert Murdoch gets pied

2011-07-20 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/20/2011 06:37 AM, richardjwilliamstexas wrote: I wonder if Obama, MediaMatters, Jon Stewart, indeed the rest of the media at large, will accept personal responsibility for creating a 'culture of hate' that led to this attack the way they demanded Palin do after the Giffords incident?

[FairfieldLife] Re: States of Consciousness

2011-07-20 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@... wrote: On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:02 PM, sparaig wrote: Can't find where he mentions shamatha by name. He mentions someone else's proposed categorization of meditation into 2 main groups and proposes that TM belongs in a 3rd

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Economic Collapse -- why it won't be stopped (and The Last Mountain)

2011-07-20 Thread Bhairitu
Probably because we have never had a situation where people could accumulate absurd amounts of wealth. And many of these people like Murdoch were influencing society in negative ways. Try to run a competitive business against these crooks and you'll have good reason to hate the rich. Run

Re: [FairfieldLife] Real cost of Android?

2011-07-20 Thread Vaj
On Jul 20, 2011, at 4:43 AM, cardemaister wrote: http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/07/13/the-real-cost-of-android- potentially-60-per-device-in-patent-fees/ The real cost of Android? Potentially $60+ per device in patent fees The full Mac OS, to be released today, is only 30 USD.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread emptybill
Obviously no one needed to poison you Vag. Like a little slithering naga, you carry yours internally. You then spit it at others. Nice trick. When where were you initiated in TM and TM-Sidhis? Who are your gurus? What is your sampradaya? Aren't you are just another make-believe bullshitter? ---

Re: [FairfieldLife] Real cost of Android?

2011-07-20 Thread Tom Pall
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:43 AM, cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/07/13/the-real-cost-of-android-potentially-60-per-device-in-patent-fees/ The real cost of Android? Potentially $60+ per device in patent fees The real cost of Android and other

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tedadams108 no_reply@... wrote: I think in your very articulate way you are missing my point. My point is more specific and was not meant (despite my colorful words)to comment on Mark's devotion to Maharishi or his TM practice. It's been well

[FairfieldLife] Re: Not Satire eliminate the old and disabled Judy

2011-07-20 Thread johnt
It's the same exact evil. It's just that the Fascists have become more subtle about how they do it. Many right wing Republicans are still linked to the Nazis of WW2. Prescott Bush was almost charged with treason for dealing with Hitler during the war, but his connections quashed it. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Bob Price
Of course Mark can have it two ways, you need to read more of Turq's posts! He can also have it two ways without being able to thrive on CD. What if Mark used to hang with Charles Manson but didn't know what he was really like until after the murders (I understand Charlie charmed no  less a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Bob Price
Of course Mark can have it two ways, you need to read more of Turq's posts! He can also have it two ways without being able to thrive on CD. What if Mark used to hang with Charles Manson but didn't know what he was really like until after the murders (I understand Charlie charmed no  less a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Mark Landau
Wow, are we one dimensional? I believe it's the sign of a developed being that he or she can easily hold all the paradoxes. Not only can I have it both ways, but I must have it both ways and, beyond that, have it all ways that were, are or ever will be, if I am to do any justice to truth and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jul 20, 2011, at 11:25 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Gawd, it's another Dan. Would you like him to post his school records, including any detention halls he had to sit through, too? I would, dammit. Sal

[FairfieldLife] FDR Warning about Today's Republicans

2011-07-20 Thread do.rflex
FDR tells the truth about the leaders of the modern Republican party. Somehow, in 1936, he foresaw what would be happening NOW. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUZGkNAUSvY

Re: [FairfieldLife] Real cost of Android?

2011-07-20 Thread Bhairitu
On 07/20/2011 09:34 AM, Vaj wrote: On Jul 20, 2011, at 4:43 AM, cardemaister wrote: http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/07/13/the-real-cost-of-android-potentially-60-per-device-in-patent-fees/ The real cost of Android? Potentially $60+ per device in patent fees The full Mac OS, to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rupert Murdoch gets pied

2011-07-20 Thread Joe
Just dropped in to see what was going on at FFL after not looking in for months. I see Willy is equating a pie in the face to a gunshot to the brain. Living in that Texas cematary seems to have made Willy a bit 'tarded! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread turquoiseb
Did anyone else notice that in this single post Mark said more positive things about Maharishi than tedadams and danfriedman have said in all of the posts they've made to Fairfield Life combined? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mark Landau m@... wrote: Wow, are we one dimensional? I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Real cost of Android?

2011-07-20 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/20/2011 01:43 AM, cardemaister wrote: http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/07/13/the-real-cost-of-android-potentially-60-per-device-in-patent-fees/ The real cost of Android? Potentially $60+ per device in patent fees

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread danfriedman2002
As if I would share my feelings for Maharishi with the likes of you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Did anyone else notice that in this single post Mark said more positive things about Maharishi than tedadams and danfriedman have said in all of the posts

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread danfriedman2002
I expected your asshole remark. What was it you are saying? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 danfriedman2002@ wrote: Curtis, In reply to your first paragraph: You are not seconding the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Real cost of Android?

2011-07-20 Thread Vaj
On Jul 20, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Bhairitu wrote: The full Mac OS, to be released today, is only 30 USD. But you need a Mac to run it. IOW, a regular PC with a tweaked BIOS, and an Apple logo on it, that would cost about 1/2 as much otherwise. I don't find that much difference, feature for

[FairfieldLife] Forwarded email policy (was: Re: Maharishi's Sandals)

2011-07-20 Thread danfriedman2002
And this is your thoughtful response to a Member's suggestion? Your free speech defect is showing. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 danfriedman2002@ wrote: Also, you obvious

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread danfriedman2002
Rick, Since he's your informant, can you go back to clarify whether MMY said that people should be careful making personal gain from a holy man's belongings. This would validate one side of the debate on FFL, and invalidate the other. Why encourage speculation on FFL when the facts are

[FairfieldLife] Forwarded email policy (was: Re: Maharishi's Sandals)

2011-07-20 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 danfriedman2002@... wrote: And this is your thoughtful response to a Member's suggestion? Your free speech defect is showing. You are free to whine, and I'm free to call you on it. No one is preventing you from expressing your opinion

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread danfriedman2002
But Richard, you have been vehemently defending secretive posting, and defending the practice by stating that that Rick and Curtice are resiting secrets. What's up with that? What a tangle we weave with all these secrets. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, richardjwilliamstexas willytex@...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Economic Collapse -- why it won't be stopped (and The Last Mountain)

2011-07-20 Thread Denise Evans
I've seen this and always thought it spoke volumes.illusion vs reality...in politics - Democratic or Republican - two sides of the same coin.  Having said that, in concept and theory I fall on the Democratic side believing that they represent the lesser evil...but in the end, all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread danfriedman2002
Sounds like your open mind is made up for the future. Do you realize what you're saying? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of danfriedman2002 Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:58

[FairfieldLife] Movie review: Unknown

2011-07-20 Thread Bhairitu
Unknown with Liam Neeson made the rental shelves this week. It arrived yesterday from Netfix on Bluray. First off I had to fast forward through the trailers. Damn Warner Brothers anyway. Most of those trailers I had already seen. But you couldn't chapter click through them either and of

[FairfieldLife] Forwarded email policy (was: Re: Maharishi's Sandals)

2011-07-20 Thread danfriedman2002
Alex, Characterizing my raising an objection as whining is really a conversation stopper. Ending your post with case closed doesn't further the conversation either. You can close your mind, but not open debate. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's Sandals

2011-07-20 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tedadams108 no_reply@... wrote: I'm a little confused. Is this the same Mark Landau who spoke such unkind words about Maharishi in the film David Wants To Fly.? When attempting to sell Maharishi's sandals there are no unkind words spoken, only

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