[FairfieldLife] Film critics who shaped American film criticism...and film

2012-06-21 Thread turquoiseb
These articles might be of interest to you if you love film enough to recognize that films are art, and that *some* film critics are artists, too. The first is an epitaph written by one of the most formidable of these critics, Roger Ebert, about another, Andrew Sarris. Sarris introduced America

[FairfieldLife] Interesting reasons to stop TMing, part 1

2012-06-21 Thread cardemaister
My sister practiced TM a couple of years at the end of the 70's. I'm gunna check this out next time I meet her, but I seem to recall she said she stopped because she got afraid due to her spontaneous Yogic Flying shortly after my siddhis course... :o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Robin's bullet points

2012-06-21 Thread Robin Carlsen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman@... at_man_and_brahman@... wrote: Robin, Paul here I have some questions for you. I'm big on recapping premises. Let's recap some of yours. • There is such a beast as unity consciousness. Robin: Correct. • Maharishi convinced

[FairfieldLife] A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread turquoiseb
It's very simple. I suggest it as an alternative to the same old same old, which many of us *claim* to be tired of: Treat that which is interesting with interest, and that which is uninteresting with disinterest. That is, ignore the personalities, and ignore the past. If someone posts something

[FairfieldLife] MUM on the run!

2012-06-21 Thread cardemaister
5. MUM Running Club Bests 47 Teams in Regional 5K Race The MUM running club won the timed team award in a 5K run last month in Ottumwa, competing against 47 other teams. Nineteen members of the club took part in the annual Komen Southeast Iowa Race for the Cure in Ottumwa Iowa, with the

[FairfieldLife] My idea for an interesting study on spirituality

2012-06-21 Thread turquoiseb
For anyone who is looking for an interesting scientific study to base their Masters or Ph.D. on, here's my suggestion. It's just an idea, off the top of my head, typed as it occurs to me, but I think that it would be an interesting study, and that the results would be fascinating. Best, it could

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Share Long
Turq wrote: Treat that which is interesting with interest, and that which is uninteresting with disinterest. My reply: Hmmm, seems straight forward enough.  One could ask why this even needs to be stated. Perhaps something else is going on? As you note, people are claiming to be tired of same

[FairfieldLife] Synesthesia May Explain Healers Claims of Seeing People's 'Aura'

2012-06-21 Thread Vaj
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120504110024.htm Synesthesia May Explain Healers Claims of Seeing People's 'Aura' New research suggests that at least some of the individuals claiming to see the so-called aura of people actually have the neuropsychological phenomenon known as

[FairfieldLife] Re: My TM mantra dilemna--- help requested...

2012-06-21 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Short beejs like the first technique work because they are short and about anyone can give them. The longer ones, even though easily learned, require a jump start by a teacher who knows how to do that. In fact MMY

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: You suggest that we ignore the past, which is admirable but mostly impossible.  But then at the end you say that we already know who is who.  This seems to be based on the past and thus a contradiction.  This

[FairfieldLife] Against Positive Thinking - embracing uncertainty

2012-06-21 Thread marekreavis
An interesting book, perhaps, and a delightful animated trailer. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/06/21/oliver-burkeman-the-antidote/

[FairfieldLife] Mr.Nobody/Nemo/Omen -no pun intended

2012-06-21 Thread merudanda
As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible No, this is not about an (- quite tempting-)up to date praise of humble poster and humbleness at this forum. [:D] Mr Nobody (2009) Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2UFsGaDW2o Mr. Nobody (2009) - FULL MOVIE

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Jason
--- Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: You suggest that we ignore the past, which is admirable but mostly impossible.  But then at the end you say that we already know who is who.  This seems to be based on the past and thus a contradiction.  --- iranitea no_reply@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Film critics who shaped American film criticism...and film

2012-06-21 Thread merudanda
[;)] Thanks.Not only a epitaph but a beautiful comprehensive history of the Roman imperial power of Thumbs up-or -thumbs -down- film -criticism the Internet etc in USA and difference between reviewing and criticism. Me a Mr.Nobody (too illiterate to be even curated as a Tuequoiseb far-flung

[FairfieldLife] Much Better Now

2012-06-21 Thread marekreavis
A 6-minute animation, wonderful in every way. http://muchbetternow.salonalpin.net/film.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Film critics who shaped American film criticism...and film

2012-06-21 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote: [;)] Thanks.Not only a epitaph but a beautiful comprehensive history of the Roman imperial power of Thumbs up-or -thumbs- down- film -criticism the Internet etc in USA and difference between reviewing and criticism.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Buck
Now I have been learning all the time my friends have been writing; for we can learn, not only from things that are right, but by things that are wrong; both as it regards spiritual things and temporal things. We have now had an opportunity for several individuals to give their views: and now

[FairfieldLife] Re: My idea for an interesting study on spirituality

2012-06-21 Thread sparaig
The most that anyone can claim about the outcome of TM/TM-Sidhis practice is that it makes YOU better than YOU would be if you wern't practicing it. A study that snapshots the current situation of a group of people may or may not measure that better than otherwise, so it doesn't really mean

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Buck
Peace, be still. This command and requisition was made upon a former, occasion; and I apprehend it will apply fully to us. I believe there can be no occasion to demand it more than the present one. The comfort and improvement of this large assembly depends principally upon it. Therefore, it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Against Positive Thinking - embracing uncertainty

2012-06-21 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, marekreavis reavismarek@... wrote: An interesting book, perhaps, and a delightful animated trailer. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/06/21/oliver-burkeman-the-antidote/ Excellent. If for no other reason, focusing on goals formed when we're

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Buck
Peace, be still. This command and requisition was made upon a former, occasion; and I apprehend it will apply fully to us. I believe there can be no occasion to demand it more than the present one. The comfort and improvement of this large assembly depends principally upon it. Therefore,

[FairfieldLife] Mr.Nobody/Nemo/Omen -no pun intended

2012-06-21 Thread merudanda
Mr Nobody (2009) Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2UFsGaDW2o Mr. Nobody (2009) - FULL MOVIE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnQsjFVsT3o As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible No, this is not about an (- quite tempting-)up to date praise of humble poster and humbleness

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Jason
--- Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: But this is not enough, my friends,--we must endeavour to have our minds still. And here is a much greater work, which it is beyond the power of man to effect of himself. And this shows us the necessity of individually endeavouring to get our bodies

[FairfieldLife] Re: There is no such thing as Enlightenment

2012-06-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
Do we agree so far? iranitea: Shankara, like Nagarjuna, was adhering to the doctrine of two truths... According to Vidyasankar: ...it is clear that the GK has been written in the context of a vedAntic dialogue with various schools of mahAyAna buddhism, more prominently the yogAcAra

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My TM mantra dilemna--- help requested...

2012-06-21 Thread Bhairitu
On 06/21/2012 05:11 AM, iranitea wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitunoozguru@... wrote: Short beejs like the first technique work because they are short and about anyone can give them. The longer ones, even though easily learned, require a jump start by a teacher who

[FairfieldLife] Re: My idea for an interesting study on spirituality

2012-06-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
turquoiseb: The basic idea is to create a retreat, in a pretty setting (one with forest trails or beaches to walk on... Part 1 - Alan Wallace discusses Phuket Mind Training Academy http://youtu.be/vc1ZegoMOHU City: Phuket Country: Thailand B. Alan Wallace B. Alan Wallace spent

[FairfieldLife] Shocking, mother helps rapist molest daughter

2012-06-21 Thread Jason
    Shocking, mother helps rapist molest daughter   By Express News Service Days after a woman, whose 11-year-old daughter was allegedly raped by a building contractor, was arrested in connection with the case, the accused, Ravi, was nabbed by police on Monday. Ever since the case, in which

[FairfieldLife] Re: My TM mantra dilemna--- help requested...

2012-06-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
Short beejs like the first technique work because they are short and about anyone can give them. iranitea: I agree with Bhairitu here... In TM, you get only one bija mantra. Apparently it is not necessary to recieve a mantra from a guru. Through many simple repetitions one can

[FairfieldLife] Re: My TM mantra dilemna--- help requested...

2012-06-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bhairitu: Gayatri is a good mantra for pacifying kapha... Maybe so, but there are no bija mantras in the Gayatri. According to historians, such as Douglas Renfrew Brooks, the Adi Shankara established the Srividya Tradition of South India, which is based on the practice of meditation that

[FairfieldLife] Re: My idea for an interesting study on spirituality

2012-06-21 Thread Richard J. Williams
turquoiseb: My bet is that NO SUCH CORRESPONDENCE would be found... How much would you be willing to wager? sparaig: The most that anyone can claim about the outcome of TM/TM-Sidhis practice is that it makes YOU better than YOU would be if you wern't practicing it... Apparently

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread awoelflebater
I love this post Share. You seem to have an ability to hone things down to their essential meanings and elements. This comes across as clean and intelligent and may I even add interesting. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Turq wrote: Treat that which

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My TM mantra dilemna--- help requested...

2012-06-21 Thread Bhairitu
On 06/21/2012 10:56 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Bhairitu: Gayatri is a good mantra for pacifying kapha... Maybe so, but there are no bija mantras in the Gayatri. According to historians, such as Douglas Renfrew Brooks, the Adi Shankara established the Srividya Tradition of South

[FairfieldLife] The Hairy Bikers - Mums Know Best

2012-06-21 Thread turquoiseb
Brits may know of this series already, but I just discovered it while clicking through the channels on my TV, something I almost never do. It's a BBC2 series, and is literally the most fun, entertaining, mouth-watering, and *uplifting* food TV show I've ever seen. The stars -- the eponymous

Re: [FairfieldLife] Film critics who shaped American film criticism...and film

2012-06-21 Thread Bhairitu
On 06/20/2012 11:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: These articles might be of interest to you if you love film enough to recognize that films are art, and that *some* film critics are artists, too. The first is an epitaph written by one of the most formidable of these critics, Roger Ebert, about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Mr.Nobody/Nemo/Omen -no pun intended

2012-06-21 Thread Bhairitu
On 06/21/2012 06:19 AM, merudanda wrote: As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible No, this is not about an (- quite tempting-)up to date praise of humble poster and humbleness at this forum. [:D] Mr Nobody (2009) Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2UFsGaDW2o Mr. Nobody

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: It's very simple. I suggest it as an alternative to the same old same old, which many of us *claim* to be tired of: Treat that which is interesting with interest, and that which is uninteresting with disinterest. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: My TM mantra dilemna--- help requested...

2012-06-21 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Short beejs like the first technique work because they are short and about anyone can give them. The longer ones, even though easily learned,

[FairfieldLife] Re: My TM mantra dilemna--- help requested...

2012-06-21 Thread Buck
There is a name I love to hear I love to sing its word; It sounds like music to mine ear, The sweetest name on earth. It bids my trembling soul rejoice, And dries each rising tear, It tells me in a small still voice To trust and not to fear. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mr.Nobody/Nemo/Omen -no pun intended

2012-06-21 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 06/21/2012 06:19 AM, merudanda wrote: As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible No, this is not about an (- quite tempting-)up to date praise of humble poster and humbleness at this forum. [:D] Mr

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread iranitea
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_spock@... wrote: --- Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: You suggest that we ignore the past, which is admirable but mostly impossible.  But then at the end you say that we already know who is who.  This seems to be based on

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Buck
Peace, be still. This command and requisition was made upon a former, occasion; and I apprehend it will apply fully to us. I believe there can be no occasion to demand it more than the present one. The comfort and improvement of this large assembly depends principally upon it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Share Long
Thank you, Awo and now I only have 3 posts left for the next 24 hours... And I agree with you that people are already responding out of interest.  Or out of needing to heal some old issue.  In any case, it'll be interesting to see what unfolds (-: From:

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2012-06-21 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jun 16 00:00:00 2012 End Date (UTC): Sat Jun 23 00:00:00 2012 553 messages as of (UTC) Fri Jun 22 00:03:47 2012 50 authfriend jst...@panix.com 47 Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com 43 sparaig lengli...@cox.net 40

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Buck
Peace, be still. This command and requisition was made upon a former, occasion; and I apprehend it will apply fully to us. I believe there can be no occasion to demand it more than the present one. The comfort and improvement of this large assembly depends principally

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count

2012-06-21 Thread Alex Stanley
Share, just a heads up because you're new around here... You're at 47 posts, and the limit is 50 per week, with the week ending Friday evening. So, you get to make 3 posts between now and tomorrow at 7pm Iowa time. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FFL PostCount ffl.postcount@... wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: My idea for an interesting study on spirituality

2012-06-21 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@... wrote: The most that anyone can claim about the outcome of TM/TM-Sidhis practice is that it makes YOU better than YOU would be if you wern't practicing it. A study that snapshots the current situation of a group of people may or

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Peace, be still. This command and requisition was made upon a former, occasion; and I apprehend it will apply fully to us. I believe there can be no occasion to demand it more than the present

[FairfieldLife] 'Chairman Issa is a Real Creep'

2012-06-21 Thread Robert
Chairman Issa is a real creep... As the 'LIght of Consciousness' is increasing rapidly now... This creep is being exposed as real creepy creep!   R.

[FairfieldLife] Pyramids of Waste -- the history of planned obsolescence

2012-06-21 Thread Bhairitu
I've always wondered why economists (and capitalists) tell us we need growth. This documentary on planned obsolescence debunks economic growth and shows how we've been programmed to want the latest thing even if we don't need it and how far it goes back in our history starting with the

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Chairman Issa is a Real Creep'

2012-06-21 Thread Bhairitu
On 06/21/2012 08:08 PM, Robert wrote: Chairman Issa is a real creep... As the 'LIght of Consciousness' is increasing rapidly now... This creep is being exposed as real creepy creep! R. Here's ol' Darrell and John crying their eyes out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Ed6SlrUYQ

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: It's very simple. I suggest it as an alternative to the same old same

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Buck
Hence, we see, as reasonable creatures, that every act of our lives must be to this effect; and every word that we speak ought to have this tendency: we ought to have our words savory, so as to minister grace to the hearers, and timid even in our language and converse with one another. That it

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Modest Proposal For The Coming FFL Posting Week

2012-06-21 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Hence, we see, as reasonable creatures, that every act of our lives must be to this effect; and every word that we speak ought to have this tendency: we ought to have our words savory, so as to minister grace to the hearers,