[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: I'm sure the Reverend Turq will have something to say in his morning sermon about this weeks winners. ;-) Not really. I think wayback covered it sufficiently with her suggestion that people learn from their previous

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread Jason
--- Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: They have drowned and driven off what originally had been a substantial community of writers about FFL. I do not feel that FFL should be maintained for these few people to use as their hate-full blog to just write their personal animosities

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eliminating the Ad hominem Post-count on FFL.

2013-08-24 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Dear Rick, the post-count experiment as a noble hope is clearly failing. The lowest form of writing and argument evidently dominates FFL with their diluting flood of the post-count of FFL. As an elder of the FFL community here I implore

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eliminating the Ad hominem Post-count on FFL.agreeded let return to but35 posts per wee

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
Yes, well said - less tension, definitely. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wleed3 WLeed3@ wrote: I am leaving if the postings are not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
Thank you, Voldemort! For once, you and I are in violent agreement! Taking the posting limits away actually ensures people discriminate about what they read - Holy frijoles! Just like in the real world! OMG, what a concept - self control and discrimination! --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eliminating the Ad hominem Post-count on FFL.

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
With all respect, Buck, I think your duties could be better served feeding the horses. You have been inhabiting a planet in your head, lately, that I am unfamiliar with. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get out the vote (was Jerry Seinfeld on Why He May Never Go Back to TV)

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
Group Hug, Bob! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bobpriced bobpriced@... wrote: Obba, Wilma is a winner. From tonight's traffic I think its save to say the *enlightened* vote is a write off, but its so small we won't notice; I'm a lot more concerned about the delusional's, we'll

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread Share Long
Ravi, it's kind of like when you discuss jyotish and some get upset. For me the whole enlightenment topic is just a fun thing to discuss, throw ideas around, learn other perspectives. I come mainly from a TM perspective so that's the language I know best but I thoroughly enjoy reading it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chilling

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
LOL - Good one - You make it sound like this fictitious town of 'Fairfield' actually exists! OK, meet you in *Metropolis*, Rory - wink, wink... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: Thank you so much, Ann; we may take you up on that on our next trip NW...and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
Hell, maybe he is just embarrassed by it. After all, Ravi is Indian. TM is a significant distillation, repackaging and rebirth of his spiritual heritage, and he is ignorant of it. So, if I were in his shoes, I'd want people to stop talking about it too, though a TM-centric forum may not be the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chilling

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
I have never been to Victoria, and have always wanted to go!! On a related topic, is it the same in Canada, as the U.S., where if a person inhabits someone else's property or horse farm continuously for seven years, they can then claim it, through squatter's rights? --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread sharelong60
Doc, I can't comment on Ravi but I really enjoyed our back and forth about SOC, something we couldn't have done or probably wouldn't have done with limited posting. Anyway, you still have me thinking about that whole idea of UC having duality and ego. Something about it resonates as true but

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eliminating the Ad hominem Post-count on FFL.

2013-08-24 Thread Share Long
Rick, I agree that there have been more substantive discussions on a wider range of topics that occurred with posting limits. I'm reminded of something insightful that seraphita said a few weeks ago about maybe people weren't responding to interesting posts but rather were saving their posts,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread Share Long
Obbajee, hope you don't mind 4th place. You can blame it on yahoo. Posts are arriving way late to my inbox. So I've been using Message View and I guess when I reply from there my identifier is different so it lists me as 2 people, which is perfect for a triple Gemini (-: 109 doctordumbass 106

[FairfieldLife] A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Michael Jackson
OK, in keeping with Buck's theory of FFL posts being in some way about FFL, I have an offering, based on the tenuous fact of past habitation in FF and at the mighty Maharishi U. I have a friend who is a dedicated TM meditator (sidha actually) whom I met at my local TM center here almost 40

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: My question to everyone who cares to answer is how do you or did you deal with the idea of Maharishi having sex and lying about it? Do you think he did, and it doesn't matter or what? OMG! MMY was an ordinary

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Michael Jackson
A lot of people did and some do still think M was a saintly superhuman God-man on a pedestal. I was just curious as to how folks dealt with the idea he wasn't. From: Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chilling

2013-08-24 Thread RoryGoff
Ha! Busted, Jim! Yep, Fairfield and Metropolis are one and the same. Gotham City is actually Ottumwa, though. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: LOL - Good one - You make it sound like this fictitious town of 'Fairfield' actually exists! OK, meet you

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread RoryGoff
Good questions. My take on it is, yes, I believe it is very likely he did have sex and lie about it. I have absolutely no idea whether that was in accord with the laws of nature or not except that a) if it happened, it must have been supported as being part of wholeness, and b) if it is all

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread RoryGoff
LLOL!* *Literally laughing out loud --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@ wrote: My question to everyone who cares to answer is how do you or did you deal with the idea

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread RoryGoff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: A lot of people did and some do still think M was a saintly superhuman God-man on a pedestal. I was just curious as to how folks dealt with the idea he wasn't. I still think he is a saintly superhuman God-man,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread Mike Dixon
Perhaps that is why religions, in general, encourage the suppression of homosexual activity, so that it remains only in that transitional incarnation instead of piling up from life- time to life- time. In other-words, if those *tendencies*are  not suppressed, they become stronger the next time.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chilling

2013-08-24 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, RoryGoff rorygoff@... wrote: Thank you so much, Ann; we may take you up on that on our next trip NW...and please feel free to come visit us here in Fairfield, as well! Funnily enough, I have actually been considering that. I actually have quite a few

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Michael Jackson wrote: A lot of people did and some do still think M was a saintly superhuman God-man on a pedestal. I'd say that's just attachment to an egoic value judgement and really isn't serving them very well.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Duveyoung
How'z'come it is that we always ask, Why did Maharishi have sex? instead of: Why in the fuck are we such spiritual toads that he's all we could muster up for a guru? Edg -- Toad #3,589 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: OK, in keeping with Buck's

[FairfieldLife] Re: When the gods of rock mixed with the common people . . .

2013-08-24 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita s3raphita@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita wrote: . . . without even being self-conscious about it http://tinyurl.com/mrmwmfs http://tinyurl.com/mrmwmfs For me, the expression on the girl at 00:50

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: I'm sure the Reverend Turq will have something to say in his morning sermon about this weeks winners. ;-) Not really. I think wayback covered it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason jedi_spock@... wrote: --- Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: They have drowned and driven off what originally had been a substantial community of writers about FFL. I do not feel that FFL should be maintained for these few people to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: I'm sure the Reverend Turq will have something to say in his morning sermon about this weeks winners. ;-) Not really. I think wayback covered it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chilling

2013-08-24 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: I have never been to Victoria, and have always wanted to go!! On a related topic, is it the same in Canada, as the U.S., where if a person inhabits someone else's property or horse farm continuously for seven

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Buck
Dear MJ, we have more to resolve about the ad hominem homids trolling this list but I do appreciate that you are trying to help the community here by attempting to furnish more substantial spiritual content to the list by presenting these questions. They are substantial points and it will be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread obbajeeba
Share, I forgot all about your dual personality and your ability to turn something known as dual into a triple. I got it, nice play with words and jyotish. ha. Yahoo is really messed up right now. The processing is much more annoying than any talk about complaining of an unlimited post count.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: Perhaps that is why religions, in general, encourage the suppression of homosexual activity, so that it remains only in that transitional incarnation instead of piling up from life- time to life- time. In other-words, if

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread sharelong60
Unfortunately Mike, any enforcing activity is not done by religion itself. Enforcing is done by other humans who might have issues with sexuality. In general if there's any enforcing to be done, other than to defend one's self against or protect the weak from aggression, I say let life take

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Actually there is a living saint in town today having a satsang this weekend on the immortality of the soul and virtue of character. [appropriate FF topic]. With all the dissonance around here the topic seems quite

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread Share Long
Obbajee, I'm only at 99 so third place! Yeah, yahoo very messed up. I couldn't even reply to this first time I tried. As for jyotish: I'm in Mangal, Ketu Rahu; Ketu is transiting natal Rahu in 7th and depositor Mangal is debilitated; Rahu and Sani are transiting natal Ketu in 1st and depositor

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: OK, in keeping with Buck's theory of FFL posts being in some way about FFL I've given my answer to your question about Maharishi below, but for the record, Buck's theory on this point is belied by what Rick has up on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60 sharelong60@... wrote: Unfortunately Mike, any enforcing activity is not done by religion itself. Enforcing is done by other humans who might have issues with sexuality. In general if there's any enforcing to be done, other than to defend

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread RoryGoff
Amen, Sister! From your mouth to God/dess' ear.* Can I get a witness! *My God/dess can't make up Her mind whether He is male or female, straight or gay or whatever --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eliminating the Ad hominem Post-count on FFL.

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: With all respect, Buck, I think your duties could be better served feeding the horses. You have been inhabiting a planet in your head, lately, that I am unfamiliar with. I'm in agreement. The fact that he won't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Nidal Hassan Is Found Guilty

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Seraphita s3raphita@... wrote: Well, we aren't in Kansas any more, that's for sure. Of course, he wasn't insane! Of course? Interesting. He was convicted of murder precisely because he was held responsible for his actions - and rightly convicted.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... no_reply@... wrote: Hell, maybe he is just embarrassed by it. After all, Ravi is Indian. TM is a significant distillation, repackaging and rebirth of his spiritual heritage, and he is ignorant of it. So, if I were in his shoes, I'd want

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get out the vote (was Jerry Seinfeld on Why He May Never Go Back to TV)

2013-08-24 Thread obbajeeba
Dear Mr. Price, Bob, and wife, I believe Ravi can do an impersonation of anyone. Need to retrieve him from the belly of the whale, though. Fluff him, Mr. Price. Tickle the whale as to release Kali's Pimp. I am embarrassed to admit, I used up the gold leaf when I made the desserts for my

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread Michael Jackson
Actually from his point of view he's right and I agree with him from his point of view. I gained a great deal of healing and education here, although from Bucks point of view that may not have been the original intention of the group. Reading the FFL description most of the posts fall into

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Michael Jackson
For those of us who live afar from Fairfield, can you tell us who the saint is that is visiting FF? From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 10:05 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Michael Jackson
That is interesting - I don't understand why you deplore the act because of who he did it with? You know the women and don't like them or what? From: authfriend authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 10:37 AM

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread sparaig
Are you the one that quoted Jerry Jarvis concerning the woman who published teh book? Something about her standing up during a lecture and talking about her dream that she and MMY got hitched? 40 years later, and she writes a book saying that MMY told her in a dream to write a book about

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Ann
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Actually there is a living saint in town today having a satsang this weekend on the immortality of the soul and virtue of

[FairfieldLife] Discussion on reddit I started about TM, enlightenment, advaita vedanta, etc

2013-08-24 Thread sparaig
http://www.reddit.com/r/EasternPhilosophy/comments/1kvkh4/the_physiological_basis_of_one_school_of_advaita/ Feel free to drop in and throw peanuts... L

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: That is interesting - I don't understand why you deplore the act because of who he did it with? You know the women and don't like them or what? Huh?? Man, *that's* a weird interpretation! It would make at least *some*

[FairfieldLife] discussion on reddit I started about TM, enlightenment, advaita vedanta, etc

2013-08-24 Thread sparaig
http://tinyurl.com/lsr97wc Feel free to join in and throw peanuts... L

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread Share Long
Thanks for reposting this, Mike. It makes a lot of sense to me. From: Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread Share Long
Seraphita, Michael Newton, writes books about the bardo, what happens between lives, etc. He says that souls are able to choose whether to have a learning lessons life or a cushy life. That actually before we come in, we are offered a choice of 3 or 4 lives. And I like your idea of God as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chilling

2013-08-24 Thread Bhairitu
On 08/23/2013 09:43 PM, obbajeeba wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Ann awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Twixt in Clearlake

2013-08-24 Thread Bhairitu
Those who have been to Clearlake in Northern California will notice much of that scenery in Francis Ford Coppola's movie Twixt. Rated not for Turq because it stars Val Kilmer which is too bad because it is a story about a writer who visits a small town (played by Kelseyville) for a book

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Bhairitu
Or that TM is some mystical lost technique dredged up from the annals of time when it is really nothing more than common beej (this is the way Indians pronounce bija) mantras when many Indians know and use without any kind of initiation. On 08/24/2013 05:58 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: A lot of

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: That is interesting - I don't understand why you deplore the act because of who he did it with? You know the women and don't like them or what? I'm going to steer your thread in a slightly different direction, if

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread Susan
Actually, i meant pretty much what Barry said, and I was not including Barry in the posts that I don't read. I do skip his posts where he generalizes about TB's at FFL. I also skip most of the posts of several other people for the reasons I stated. I find many of Barry's posts really

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Susan
I believe that MMY did have sex and that he was also enlightened. I think the technique he taught and the story around it (7 states of consciousness, etc) is a pretty good teaching and can provide some guideposts for experiences for many people as well as relieve stress. At the least it is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan wayback71@... wrote: Actually, i meant pretty much what Barry said, and I was not including Barry in the posts that I don't read. I do skip his posts where he generalizes about TB's at FFL. I also skip most of the posts of several other people for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get out the vote (was Jerry Seinfeld on Why He May Never Go Back to TV)

2013-08-24 Thread bobpriced
Doc, I believe I've been remiss in not thanking you for sharing your music with the group; speaking for myself, I believe any creative act is fundamentally heroic, and I for one appreciate your generosity in sharing your compositions with us. On a different topic, would you consider supporting the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread Mike Dixon
Share, I don't think I advocated anything involving *enforcement* of anything. How people choose to live their lives is their choice. Nobody is perfect. I agree with you that life will enforce it's own laws, naturally. We can avoid the suffering before it comes or we can take it as it comes.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread bobpriced
As I'm sure he knows, I'm a huge fan of Turq's posts; so I'm wondering if anyone would be kind enough to translate this one for me, particularly the last paragraph. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhSjwU8gEsI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhSjwU8gEsI --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread turquoiseb
Very nice post. THIS is what Fairfield Life could be if so many weren't so committed to lowering it to their level. That said, I only have one comment, and I hope you understand that this is for fun, since we've discussed our differences of opinion on the subject of free will in the past... ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread turquoiseb
To rudely follow up on my own post, but cutting to the chase: IF you believe that Nature runs things and you don't really have any Free Will with which to decide what to do DID you ever have a choice about whether to meditate or not? :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread Mike Dixon
I'm not really sure what Share was implying in that post. If it was that I believe it's open season on harassing people about their sexuality, then she's all wet as you would be also if that's what you thought. My comment was in regard to the role of religion in general, not how people practice

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bobpriced bobpriced@... wrote: As I'm sure he knows, I'm a huge fan of Turq's posts; so I'm wondering if anyone would be kind enough to translate this one for me, particularly the last paragraph. Basically, he's questioning a premise that I'm not sure was

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: snip I mean, if there is no free will, and we're all just doing what Nature intends, then how could anything such a teacher of enlightenment do or say *affect* us in any way? According to the No Free Will theory, someone or

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread Share Long
Sorry, Mike, yes, you did say suppression and I read enforcement. It's a hot topic for me. It sounded like you were in favor of religion, at the very least, condemning people if their sexuality is different than the supposed norm. I wonder if Maharishi thought that contemporary religions

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... wrote: I'm not really sure what Share was implying in that post. If it was that I believe it's open season on harassing people about their sexuality, then she's all wet as you would be also if that's what you thought. My

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bobpriced bobpriced@ wrote: As I'm sure he knows, I'm a huge fan of Turq's posts; so I'm wondering if anyone would be kind enough to translate this one for me, particularly the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Pfc. Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

2013-08-24 Thread Mike Dixon
Thanks for re-reading that Share. I'm not for for anybody condemning anyone about their personal lives. I was merely offering an explanation which may or may not be valid. Yes ,I think M did believe that religions still have that power but I also believe he knew that religion is pure and our

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bobpriced bobpriced@ wrote: As I'm sure he knows, I'm a huge fan of Turq's posts; so I'm wondering if

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread Susan
Judy, I am aware of Barry's ad hom posts and I don't like them and instantly stop reading when I get that whiff. I do like some of his other types. I understand your position on that and do see what you see, at least to some extent. I think that I am not so bothered by it - not sure why it

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
mjackson74: So how did any of you process these allegations that Maharishi was sexually active? My feeling is that MMY may have received a back rub that might have turned in to a groin massage a few times. So, how is a little guy like that doing much humping on big girls? A guy that

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
Duveyoung: How'z'come it is that we always ask, Why did Maharishi have sex? instead of: Why in the fuck are we such spiritual toads that he's all we could muster up for a guru? This should probably be re-worded to read: Why in the fuck are we such spiritual toads that all we could

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread richardatrwilliamsdotus
turquoiseb: To rudely follow up on my own post, but cutting to the chase... If you had free will, you could levitate or leap over tall buildings; you would have mind control and be able to predict the future, so you could avoid the dangers that lie ahead. Go figure. Free will would be

[FairfieldLife] Mindfulness NOW!

2013-08-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
What do we want? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/comics/king.html?nam\ e=Bizarrodate=20130823

[FairfieldLife] Find Your Self

2013-08-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
Can you find yourself? Incredible Racial Map of USA shows one pixel for every person! http://tinyurl.com/kee8z8m http://tinyurl.com/kee8z8m http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2013/08/can-you-find-yourself-incredible-\ racial.html

[FairfieldLife] RE: Hebrew vs. Sanskrit?

2013-08-24 Thread cardemaister

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get out the vote (was Jerry Seinfeld on Why He May Never Go Back to TV)

2013-08-24 Thread bobpriced
Dear Obba, --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , obbajeeba wrote: Dear Mr. Price, Bob, and wife, I believe Ravi can do an impersonation of anyone. I agree, at present he seems to be doing a fair impersonation of the Hidden Iman. Need to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get out the vote (was Jerry Seinfeld on Why He May Never Go Back to TV)

2013-08-24 Thread bobpriced
Correction: I agree, at present he seems to be doing a fair impersonation of the Hidden Imam. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , bobpriced wrote: Dear Obba, --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Dear Mr.

[FairfieldLife] RE: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread cardemaister

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chilling

2013-08-24 Thread RoryGoff
Wow, Ann; that would be great! And please feel free to do as you please here -- raining pamphlets or knocking on Dome doors or whatever -- I am told the men's Dome could use a new roof if you feel so inclined! :-) Yes, the way we play Bananagrams is exactly like Scrabble, only with no turns,

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
I don't care how he lived his life, as he never told me how to live mine. As for your friend, maybe he needs more sex, as focused on it as he is. I bet after a wild romp, he won't care about his burning question so much. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get out the vote (was Jerry Seinfeld on Why He May Never Go Back to TV)

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
I've always been partial to Voldemort taking the position of moderator, so what can I say? Voldemort has been on here a hell of a lot longer than Ravi has. Of course, if you stick around, consistently this time, I would also support employing you in that regard. Please let us know your future

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread bobpriced
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Richard J. Williams wrote: mjackson74: So how did any of you process these allegations that Maharishi was sexually active? My feeling is that MMY may have received a back rub that might have turned in to a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
I think he's probably just embarrassed about the whole thing. I would be, if I were him. No big deal to me. Maybe if you quit reminding him, he will be back here, posting again. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend authfriend@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Share Long
Welcome back, Richard! From: richardatrwilliamsdotus pundits...@gmail.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 1:24 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post   turquoiseb: To rudely follow up on my own

[FairfieldLife] Laughing all the way to the bank!

2013-08-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
Duck Dynasty - Boys Will Be Boys http://youtu.be/S3b04PBTv_0 http://youtu.be/S3b04PBTv_0 http://www.aetv.com/duck-dynasty/ The fourth-season premiere of AE's Duck Dynasty quacked with 11.8 million viewers Wednesday, a new record for a non-fiction cable series... USA Today:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
I liked it too, and yes, very difficult to get to the bottom of something like that with fewer posts. Yeah, I really enjoy hearing something that has the ring of truth, but is still far enough away, I can't quite make out what substantiates it. However, if you simply think about the language

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
turquoiseb: IF, as you suggest, there is no free will, and we're just flowing along with Nature... Maybe because the founder of the enlightenment tradition in India did not teach 'free will', but taught Causation - everything happens for a reason and there are no chance events. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get out the vote (was Jerry Seinfeld on Why He May Never Go Back to TV)

2013-08-24 Thread bobpriced
I appreciate the thought, but I doubt I'd survive the necessary vetting; like many, I also lack Raja Ravi's charisma and pithy turn of phrase. The campaign is still optimistic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZucJAkzCNq8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZucJAkzCNq8 --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chilling

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
I was actually thinking of something more subtle, like living in a refrigerator carton, with a small campfire, on the edge of your property, preferably hidden by foliage on all sides, foraging squirrels and other varmints, for awhile. The time will go by in a flash. Please let me know if this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread bobpriced
In the rich emotional palette and many aspects of his personality that Ravi has shared with us on this forum I have never noticed embarrassment. My guess is he has a date. I somehow imagine, like MacArthur before him, Ravi will return: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv1PF0tAE1s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 24-Aug-13 00:15:10 UTC

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
No doubt. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bobpriced bobpriced@... wrote: In the rich emotional palette and many aspects of his personality that Ravi has shared with us on this forum I have never noticed embarrassment. My guess is he has a date. I somehow imagine, like MacArthur

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get out the vote (was Jerry Seinfeld on Why He May Never Go Back to TV)

2013-08-24 Thread doctordumbass
Yes, excellent! Seriously, after watching that video, with you as point man for the campaign, I'm having to share your optimism wrt Ravi. Perhaps get with Imelda and see if some cut-ins could be done with said candidate, say from his, singing the bhajans (2012?) series? This might go a lot

[FairfieldLife] Thanks

2013-08-24 Thread Michael Jackson
Thanks to everyone for replying to my question. I made reply to several of you. Since I was using the actual FFL group and not paying too close attention I didn't realize the wonderful new format for yahoo groups that Yahoo has graciously provided us all with without our even asking I was

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Real Fairfield Life Post

2013-08-24 Thread Richard J. Williams
Share Long: Welcome back, Richard! If we had free will we could see into the future, or go back in the past and change things. If we had free will we could ignore social morals and not even consider a moral reciprocity. We could forget about responsibility. We could do what we want, when we

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hebrew vs. Sanskrit?

2013-08-24 Thread sharelong60
Card, sounds like you're saying that because it has more consonants, Sanskrit is maybe more analytical. I'll add: maybe more left brain dominant? though that doesn't sound right about Sanskrit. Are you saying that Hebrew is more right brain, more spatial, softer because of having less

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