[FairfieldLife] 'Being, without Thoughts'

2012-03-24 Thread Robert
Being without thoughts in meditation...one just allows the attention to be with the witness. One then goes between witnessing the witness and witnessing something. After many years of practice using the mantra to go within, and noticing thoughts take you outward...and after many years of sutra

[FairfieldLife] There is science fiction and then there is science fiction...

2012-03-24 Thread turquoiseb
Having seen neither, I am already underwhelmed by The Hunger Games and hungry for Prometheus. The former feels to me (just an intuition) like a dumbed- down, reality-TV dystopia, not terribly well thought out or coherent, but nobody notices because neither the characters who populate the world

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing -make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: Wrong. Your experience is nothing; the Turq has not had the guts to answer. I did not ask how long you experience nothing (for about 20 minutes) - and how many years have you had this experience. The reason is

[FairfieldLife] Oprah in Iowa: Watch a sneak preview of the show

2012-03-24 Thread merlin
Oprah in Iowa: Watch a sneak preview of the show http://www.desmoinesregister.com/interactive/article/20120323/NEWS/303230061/Oprah-s-meditation-segment-Fairfield-air-Sunday @@@

[FairfieldLife] [sorry] Visual voicemail?? :0

2012-03-24 Thread cardemaister
http://wmpoweruser.com/att-nokia-lumia-900-will-come-with-visual-voicemail/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why women need secularism

2012-03-24 Thread Susan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: The war on the womb is not just about the bizarre notion that a blastocyst should be considered a human being, thus banning all forms of viable contraceptives. No. It is much more insidious than that. It is the

[FairfieldLife] The Hunger Games (Was: ...and then there is science fiction...)

2012-03-24 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Having seen neither, I am already underwhelmed by The Hunger Games and hungry for Prometheus. The former feels to me (just an intuition) like a dumbed- down, reality-TV dystopia, not terribly well thought out or

[FairfieldLife] Succession in Religious Movements

2012-03-24 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Thanks.  Glad I was able to view this.   From: deepaconn2 deepaconn@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:16 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Succession in Religious Movements

2012-03-24 Thread Buck
He says: Moon is trying to hold things together as best he can but there are legal battles going on for control of the organisation… the various properties that Moon has an interest in. If you look at the history of religious movements, the person who gets the assets is key to how the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why women need secularism

2012-03-24 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: Well, I think this [stuff the author Raunchydog quoted] all would change quite quickly if we required the father to pay for half of the expense of raising a child. And last I read about that cost, it was around $270,000

[FairfieldLife] Re: Succession in Religious Movements

2012-03-24 Thread Buck
He says: Moon is trying to hold things together as best he can but there are legal battles going on for control of the organisation… the various properties that Moon has an interest in. If you look at the history of religious movements, the person who gets the assets is key to how the

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing -make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Wrong. Your experience is nothing; the Turq has not had the guts to answer. I did not ask how long you experience nothing (for about 20

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Being, without Thoughts'

2012-03-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@... wrote: Being without thoughts in meditation...one just allows the attention to be with the witness. One then goes between witnessing the witness and witnessing something. After many years of practice using the mantra to go within,

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing -make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Wrong. Your experience is nothing; the Turq has not had the guts to answer. I did not ask how long you experience nothing (for about 20

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Hunger Games (Was: ...and then there is science fiction...)

2012-03-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
turquoiseb: It's worth seeing, if for no other reason than as a vision of one of America's possible futures, a sort of 1% vs. 99% battle of the bands. What is it about some FFL TMers who profess non-violence and rail about killing, yet get totally entertained in trivial pursuits like violent

[FairfieldLife] Mendeleev and little water(vodka)!

2012-03-24 Thread cardemaister
http://www.russianstandardvodka.com/#/en/the-art-and-science-of-vodka/mendeleev/

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing -make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Wrong. Your experience is nothing; the Turq has not had the guts to answer.

[FairfieldLife] Re: One for Curtis

2012-03-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
curtisdeltablues: Great stuff, it makes you think about language differently. If this isn't pornography on FFL, I don't know what is. Go figure. Calling the world God's porno channel was my contribution to blasphemous debauchery! 306715

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why women need secularism

2012-03-24 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
I have always wondered why this peculiar idea of the sanctity of a single cell and the definition of humanness has not been challenged legally more often. It probably will if a law gets passed. There is no scientific or factual evidence to support any metaphysical claim about the nature of human

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Obama

2012-03-24 Thread WLeed3
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Obama

2012-03-24 Thread Duveyoung
Even if all the below is true, you're a racist. What kind of hell is the inside of your head like? Get help. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WLeed3@... wrote: From: eb7243@... To: jcee@..., bgbg4373@..., juhulshizer@...,

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing -make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: Wrong. Your experience is nothing; the Turq has not had the guts to answer. I did

[FairfieldLife] Re: R.L. Burnside - Rollin and Tumblin

2012-03-24 Thread curtisdeltablues
That is his grandson on drums. I really don't dig RL this way. The drums are pushing the beat but if you hear him solo he plays behind it which is way cooler to me. John Lee Hooker's grandson does the same thing with his band, too much rock, not enough blues. When I was coming up in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Honey Boy Edwards 95th birthday performance

2012-03-24 Thread curtisdeltablues
Love the Honey Boy and Big Joe you are really digging deep! Big Joe helped Honey Boy when HB was just 17 and beginning his life as a traveling musician. I don't know if you were here when I mentioned HB's autobiography, The World Don't Owe me Nuth'n which is the best record of a traveling

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Obama

2012-03-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
Duveyoung: Even if all the below is true, you're a racist. So, if you don't agree with Obama's policies, then you're a racist. What kind of hell is the inside of your head like? It must be true, otherwise you would probably have posted a rebuttal. The question is, can he run on

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing - make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: Turq's comment seems ambiguous. I do not know what he meant exactly. Congratulations for giving the first intelligent response so far. :-) For one thing, the term 'transcendental' is used for sprititual

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why women need secularism

2012-03-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
raunchydog: The war on the womb is not just about the bizarre notion that a blastocyst should be considered a human being... So, when exactly is a 'blastocyst' a 'human being' - third trimester or later? ...newborn babies are not 'actual persons' and do not have a 'moral right to life'.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why women need secularism

2012-03-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
Please join me in rallying for taking back our rights as individuals from those who seek to impose their religious beliefs on the rest of us... Susan: LIfe is hard enough, and wonderful enough, not to compromise it with limiting beliefs and cultural expectations. For Gawd's

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing -make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing - make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip Did you miss the part in my original rap in which I described being able to stop one's thoughts for 10-20 minutes as the criterion for being considered a talented beginner in some schools? That's what the ability to do

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Obama

2012-03-24 Thread Mike Dixon
Well, if you can't attack the message, attack the messenger. It requires no thought, just pent-up frustration. PK may help, try a shrota-rooter and away go problems down the drain! From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Lying

2012-03-24 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
Concerning The Way In Which Princes Should Keep Faith by Nicolo Machiavelli Every one admits how praiseworthy it is in a prince to keep faith, and to live with integrity and not with craft. Nevertheless our experience has been that those princes who have done great things have held good faith

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Hunger Games (Was: ...and then there is science fiction...)

2012-03-24 Thread Bhairitu
On 03/24/2012 06:25 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoisebno_reply@... wrote: Having seen neither, I am already underwhelmed by The Hunger Games and hungry for Prometheus. The former feels to me (just an intuition) like a dumbed- down, reality-TV dystopia,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Hunger Games (Was: ...and then there is science fiction...)

2012-03-24 Thread Bhairitu
On 03/24/2012 07:41 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: turquoiseb: It's worth seeing, if for no other reason than as a vision of one of America's possible futures, a sort of 1% vs. 99% battle of the bands. What is it about some FFL TMers who profess non-violence and rail about killing, yet get

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Obama

2012-03-24 Thread Bhairitu
On 03/24/2012 10:38 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Duveyoung: Even if all the below is true, you're a racist. So, if you don't agree with Obama's policies, then you're a racist. What kind of hell is the inside of your head like? It must be true, otherwise you would probably have posted

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing - make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@ wrote: Turq's comment seems ambiguous. I do not know what he meant exactly. Congratulations for giving the first intelligent response so

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why women need secularism

2012-03-24 Thread Bhairitu
On 03/23/2012 10:41 PM, raunchydog wrote: The war on the womb is not just about the bizarre notion that a blastocyst should be considered a human being, thus banning all forms of viable contraceptives. No. It is much more insidious than that. It is the radical Christian version of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lying

2012-03-24 Thread authfriend
Editorial comment: I have no idea how faithful this translation is to the original, but just on its own terms, it's a model of syntactical elegance and clarity. I'd guess it does reflect those same qualities in the Italian. Very satisfying to read just for the music (and the content is pretty good

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Obama

2012-03-24 Thread wgm4u
Obama missed his calling, it was the economy when he was elected and alas, it's still the economy. He was too busy with his special agenda for America like health care and global warming, that's why the economy hasn't rebounded, the EPA is holding it back, on purpose! --- In

[FairfieldLife] Pumped Up Kicks

2012-03-24 Thread Robert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siIep9LHtNMfeature=related

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why women need secularism

2012-03-24 Thread Emily Reyn
I was thinking a lot last night about the scenario where I have ended up with everything on my plate, although I was trying to suspend thought with a blues concert :) Unlike my mother and grandmother, marrying was not the cultural norm when I entered college.  I waited to have my kids until my

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing -make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread marekreavis
Very well said (XA's remarks, below), and for what it's worth, congruent with my own understanding and experience. *** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

2012-03-24 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@ wrote: snip Judy would

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing - make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread awoelflebater
That is an excellent question. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: snip Did you miss the part in my original rap in which I described being able to stop one's thoughts for 10-20 minutes as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why women need secularism

2012-03-24 Thread John
Emily, The father of your children should have provided money and support for your children. If not, he would be violating the law. But we commend you for your success in raising your kids on your own. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: I was

[FairfieldLife] How to fall in love?

2012-03-24 Thread cardemaister
http://www.youramazingbrain.org/lovesex/sciencelove.htm And finally … how to fall in love Find a complete stranger. Reveal to each other intimate details about your lives for half an hour. Then, stare deeply into each other's eyes without talking for four minutes.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lying

2012-03-24 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: Editorial comment: I have no idea how faithful this translation is to the original, but just on its own terms, it's a model of syntactical elegance and clarity. I'd guess it does reflect those same qualities in the Italian.

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2012-03-24 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Mar 24 00:00:00 2012 End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 31 00:00:00 2012 63 messages as of (UTC) Sat Mar 24 23:50:55 2012 12 Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com 6 turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com 5 nablusoss1008

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lying

2012-03-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Editorial comment: I have no idea how faithful this translation is to the original, but just on its own terms, it's a model of syntactical

[FairfieldLife] Re: Meh to episode two of Touch

2012-03-24 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Stiff and hokey. I may not stick around for further episodes. Tim Kring seems to be too much of an old school showrunner. Seeming coincidences do occur enough to think there is some kind of pattern being played out

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing -make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I did not ask how long you experience nothing (for about 20 minutes) - and how many years have you had this experience. The reason is because the experience of long-time meditators usually is far from nothing.

[FairfieldLife] Perpetual Ocean, a one-and-half minute video

2012-03-24 Thread marekreavis
Wonderful world. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/7009056027/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why women need secularism

2012-03-24 Thread Emily Reyn
Yes, thank you - it's not over yet :) From: John jr_...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:47 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why women need secularism   Emily, The father of your children should have provided

[FairfieldLife] Re: To get a Human Body is a Rare Thing -make full use of it.

2012-03-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: I did not ask how long you experience nothing (for about 20 minutes) - and how many years have you had this experience. The reason is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Honey Boy Edwards 95th birthday performance

2012-03-24 Thread Emily Reyn
Thanks for the book reference - I'll check it out.  The old-time bluesmen were somethin' incredible.   From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 10:23 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re:

[FairfieldLife] Re: There is science fiction and then there is science fiction...

2012-03-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: Having seen neither, I am already underwhelmed by The Hunger Games and hungry for Prometheus. Gosh, it sounds as though you're reviewing movies you haven't seen, Barry. After having slammed me a couple dozen times (falsely)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Succession in New Religious Movements

2012-03-24 Thread Buck
Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth, set up and stuffed. ~Henry Ward Beecher He says: Moon is trying to hold things together as best he can but there are legal battles going on for control of the organisation… the various properties that Moon has an interest in. If you look

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Hunger Games (Was: ...and then there is science fiction...)

2012-03-24 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: I am planning to see Hunger Games this week at the theater at the top of the hill. I didn't want to brave gotta see it the first day crowd though they even had a midnight showing for those kinds. A weekday matinee where