Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: Iranitea wrote: Ann wrote: Of course Barry claims I'm a Mean Girl which I take as a personal badge of honour coming from him. You should do so, it certainly is. Actually it's just satirizing a certain type of

[FairfieldLife] Things that made me smile today in Paris

2013-10-13 Thread turquoiseb
* On the way to an old favorite writing cafe, Le Saint-Medard at the foot of rue Mouffetard, I spotted a classic Citroen 2CV, the kind with the canvas sunroof that slides all the way back. [http://img.getyourguide.com/img/tour_img-10957-48.jpg]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Rent is Too Damn High!

2013-10-13 Thread Share Long
Bhairitu, about the good idea of a maximum wage, I'd like to also suggest that for actors. I would also include athletes but their shelf life is shorter and they are much more susceptible to injuries. What will it take to bring the economy more into balance? On Friday, October 11, 2013

[FairfieldLife] Russia#39;s new weapon against Amerika??

2013-10-13 Thread cardemaister
http://www.iltalehti.fi/iltvuutiset/20131012031327168_v0.shtml http://www.iltalehti.fi/iltvuutiset/20131012031327168_v0.shtml

[FairfieldLife] One for Alex...

2013-10-13 Thread TurquoiseB
...just because he's the only person here who has admitted to watching Person Of Interest. Isn't the character of Root a gas? I am *so* happy that Johnathon Nolan and the writers of this series realized what a resource they had on their hands, and gave Amy Acker a role she could sink her teeth

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
Barry wrote: (snip) Ahem. Barry has not mentioned or interacted with either of these bitches in quite some time, certainly not during the last week. Thus this attempt to get him and revive their long-held grudges against him is completely gratuitous and out of the blue. Hey,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread awoelflebater
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: Iranitea wrote: Ann wrote: Of course Barry claims I'm a Mean Girl which I take as a personal badge of

[FairfieldLife] Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread srijau
what a friend we have in Francis, uses the most well researched, the effective technique, not for me to spell out better to just connect dots please and than-you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@... wrote: what a friend we have in Francis, uses the most well researched, the effective technique, not for me to spell out better to just connect dots please and than-you If you're trying to imply that Pope Francis practices TM, I for one

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread sharelong60
Richard to Judy on Oct 2:Does every message posted to this discussion group have to turn into an argument with you? Are you the new FFL moderator? Is it alright with you Judy, if I have a one minute conversation with Share - just one minute- without you butting in to start another fight.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread srijau
I do as I was instructed so Im not trying and neither is the The Holy Father ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, srijau@... wrote: what a friend we have in Francis, uses the most well researched, the effective

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
Wow, Share is feeling pretty poorly this morning too. Share wrote: Richard to Judy on Oct 2:Does every message posted to this discussion group have to turn into an argument with you? Are you the new FFL moderator? Is it alright with you Judy, if I have a one minute conversation with

[FairfieldLife] Pentagon fakes repatriation of fallen soldiers

2013-10-13 Thread s3raphita
Something a bit creepy about this. For seven years, the Department of Defense has faked repatriations where military personnel carry honored dead soldiers off of planes as part of their ceremonial return to the U.S. While the Pentagon insists the coffins indeed contain the remains of MIA

Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread Share Long
Too?! Oh, ok, Judy, sorry to hear you're feeling poorly this morning. I guess that's why you did that bit of Inadvertent Irony about butting in. On Sunday, October 13, 2013 9:46 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:   Wow, Share is feeling pretty poorly this morning too.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Things that made me smile today in Paris

2013-10-13 Thread doctordumbass
You spend a day in Paris, collect and share all these images, but you never leave your head. All your conclusions, based on your observances, are lame. You aren't even there. You should move back to Ithica, NY or wherever you are from, and learn to be present. Barry's European Adventure: FAIL.

[FairfieldLife] Ramana and Aurobindo

2013-10-13 Thread emptybill
Ram: What I find interesting is that Ramana does not actually use his own words to answer this fellow. He is using the Upanishadic words. Or he is so steeped in the tradition that the Upanishadic words have become his words. He might be doing this because he knows the difference between

[FairfieldLife] Celebrating Spirituality Today

2013-10-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
12:45 pm Outdoors: Flag Raising Ceremony next to the Maharishi Tower of Invincibility Sunday afternoon, October 13th Maharishi Patanjali Golden Dome Fairfield, Iowa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Public Transportation

2013-10-13 Thread Mike Dixon
Right... bumper to bumper from Austin to San Antonio.85 MPH! From: Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Public Transportation   This is what I mean when I say get

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology

2013-10-13 Thread Richard J. Williams
A Computer Infection That Can Never Be Cured? According to what I've read, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to detect a chip built your computer hardware in your computer. Have you identified and tested all those resistor, diodes, and capacitors? You see that long line running

[FairfieldLife] Ramana, Yoga and Vedanta

2013-10-13 Thread emptybill
Questioner: So you’re talking about Yoga and Vedanta to give some sort of context to his enlightement? Ram: Yes. Now that Ramana is getting fame it is rather sad to see all these Western people coming to Tiruvannamalai with absolutely no notion of the context of his enlightenment and

[FairfieldLife] The Uncertainty Machine

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
Fascinating essay on the I Ching by Will Buckingham, a philosopher and novelist. Money quote: ...Sitting with the coins or yarrow stalks in my hand, going through the ritual of asking the I Ching a question, I am not looking for some irrational mystical guidance. Instead, I am looking for

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
Oh, snap. Barry isn't feeling so hot this morning. Barry wrote: (snip) If you're trying to imply that Pope Francis practices TM, I for one suspect you may be correct: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2013/10/11/21190631.html

[FairfieldLife] Morrissey - an instant classic

2013-10-13 Thread s3raphita
Morrissey is having his autobiography published as one of those black-cover Penguin classics to be stacked alongside Marx, Melville and Milton. To package as a classic a book that no one except Morrissey and a handful of others has yet read is preposterous. Why, it's as ridiculous as giving the

RE: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread dmevans365
Oh dear. Share, you pathologically rewrite the facts, intentions, and motivations behind what *you*, *yourself*, present (whether it is true or not is of no bearing on this behavior) and then you present your new position and start to support that, no matter how hopeless it is as a supposed

[FairfieldLife] RE: The Uncertainty Machine

2013-10-13 Thread awoelflebater
Now there is the kind of man I would like to meet. Someone looking to have their opinions and fixed ideas proved wrong. Someone who welcomes the opportunity to be thrown into a world of newer, different possibilities perhaps putting them beyond their current comfort zone. It takes no small

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ramana, Yoga and Vedanta

2013-10-13 Thread Share Long
Ok, emptybill, it's been a long time since I heard about smriti and shruti and it looks like no one else is gonna ask so: what is the difference between them? On Sunday, October 13, 2013 10:41 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:   Questioner:   So you’re talking about Yoga

RE: Re: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Pricing TM to Teach [more] Meditators

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
Share wrote: Emily, IMO it's not just a title. It's a catchy phrase that will stick with people even as they forget the article. Why shouldn't it stick with people? As I said earlier, it isn't just somebody's idle generalization. It's been documented by research. I liked the

Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread Share Long
If that is true, dmevans, then why does Judy continue conversing with me?! On Sunday, October 13, 2013 10:50 AM, dmevans...@yahoo.com dmevans...@yahoo.com wrote:   Oh dear.  Share, you pathologically rewrite the facts, intentions, and motivations behind what *you*, *yourself*, present

Re: Re: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Pricing TM to Teach [more] Meditators

2013-10-13 Thread Share Long
The use of the word *just* in Rich People Just Care Less. IMO it implies this: Rich People Just Care Less and that's all there is to it. For one thing, it's not scientific at all. On Sunday, October 13, 2013 10:54 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:   Share wrote: 

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: The Uncertainty Machine

2013-10-13 Thread emilymaenot
Great article. I like this quote also: ..Uncertainty is not just an adventitious fault that can one day be eradicated. It is also a part of being a human, with limited knowledge, in an endlessly complex world. And given that we will never have the complete knowledge to which we might

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Our Spiritual Tradition

2013-10-13 Thread Richard Williams
Everyone knows that the Adi Shankaracharya was an exponent of the Kevala Advaita philosophy; Ramanuja of the Visishtadvaita; Madhvacharya of the Dvaita; Vallabhacharya of the Suddhadvaita; and Nimbarkacharya of the Dvaitadvaita. Be that as it may, it might be useful if we review the terms

RE: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
One always has hope that repeated pounding on the head will gradually shake your synapses out of their pathological configuration and make it possible for you to escape your self-referential prison of false consciousness into the reality (most of) the rest of us live in.. Share wrote: If

Re: [FairfieldLife] One for Alex...

2013-10-13 Thread Bhairitu
I think I watched it once and found it was too formula. I was also disappointed last night because I had planned to watch the latest episode of Haven on HuluPlus. I looks like they've taken away most all the new episodes of Syfy shows. Perhaps Comcast was noticing a lot of people heading

[FairfieldLife] Ahhh

2013-10-13 Thread Michael Jackson
From a unit of consciousness dominated by ego, to which I was habituated from childhood, I had expanded all at once to a glowing conscious circle, growing larger and larger until a maximum was reached, the I remaining as it was, but instead of a confining unit, now itself encompassed by a

RE: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread emilymaenot
My guess Share, is that she is trying to help you see yourself and asking you to employ a more complete thought process around your presentation here on FFL. You are all reaction, my dear. I empathize and I sympathize. P.S. Doesn't authfriend mean authentic friend? ---In

RE: Re: Re: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Pricing TM to Teach [more] Meditators

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
One more time: It's a headline, Share. Most adults who read newspapers understand that there's more to an article or an essay than what the headline says. What this essay says is scientific. Oh, and I might remind you that a few posts back you insisted the word you were objecting to was not

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread Bhairitu
If you are implying that effortless meditation is unique to TM, it isn't. On 10/13/2013 07:32 AM, sri...@ymail.com wrote: I do as I was instructed so Im not trying and neither is the The Holy Father ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In

RE: RE: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
Emily, I wrote my response before I'd seen yours, BTW. You are right on target, as usual. Thank you. Emily wrote: My guess Share, is that she is trying to help you see yourself and asking you to employ a more complete thought process around your presentation here on FFL. You are

[FairfieldLife] RE: Ahhh

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
Where's this from, Michael? (Or is this your own experience?) Michael wrote: From a unit of consciousness dominated by ego, to which I was habituated from childhood, I had expanded all at once to a glowing conscious circle, growing larger and larger until a maximum was reached, the I

Re: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread Share Long
Emily, I think that unconditional love of motherhood is expressing itself through you as you write the above. On Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:12 AM, emilymae...@yahoo.com emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote:   My guess Share, is that she is trying to help you see yourself and asking you to

RE: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
No, no, Share. That's too in addition to Barry, who was confused about who said what to whom, and who thought his comment about the pope was a real zinger. Share wrote: Too?! Oh, ok, Judy, sorry to hear you're feeling poorly this morning. I guess that's why you did that bit of

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Re: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
The odds are much greater the modern Sancta Sedes practices “Centering Prayer” as widely taught by his church. It is a huge meditation movement now that dwarfs the other trademarked version we are familiar with in the marketplace of meditations. http://www.centeringprayer.com/

Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread Share Long
but Judy, to me turq sounded quite happy. Anyway, I'm glad everyone is feeling good today. Happy Thanksgiving, if you're Canadian. Happy Victory Day if you're Hindu (-: On Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:24 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:   No, no, Share. That's too in

[FairfieldLife] On Ramana, Yoga and Vedanta

2013-10-13 Thread emptybill
Questioner: So you’re talking about Yoga and Vedanta to give some sort of context to his enlightement? Ram: Yes. Now that Ramana is getting fame it is rather sad to see all these Western people coming to Tiruvannamalai with absolutely no notion of the context of his enlightenment and

RE: RE: RE: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread emilymaenot
Good day Judy. I knowI was just teasing you and Share also, as I see you as an authentic person; thus, perhaps Share could practice not moving to attack in lieu of a more objective approach. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Emily, I wrote my

Re: [FairfieldLife] One for Alex...

2013-10-13 Thread Bhairitu
I'll have to take that back about Hulu+. Online they have Syfy shows but the note on Haven says they don't have the rights to stream it to mobile or TV. There may be a way around that by watching them in the Chrome browser and sending it to the Chromecast. Problem with that is there

RE: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread emilymaenot
Share, everyone? Why do you always appropriate and assign your own assumptions to everyone? It removes you from accountability for yourself and also is highly dismissive of everyone else. Are you trying to say *you* feel good today? Claim it, own it. ---In

[FairfieldLife] RE: One for Alex...

2013-10-13 Thread j_alexander_stanley
Yes, I am very much enjoying her character development. I now find myself actually rooting for root. Another show I'm really enjoying is The Blacklist, with James Spader. What was interesting to me is that James Spader seemed so very familiar to me, but I couldn't place him. So, I looked

RE: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread authfriend
Barry always tries to sound happy and carefree. It's an important part of the image of himself he wants to project. But when he says really stooopid things, we know it's because he's feeling anxious and unsettled. Share wrote: but Judy, to me turq sounded quite happy. Anyway, I'm glad

[FairfieldLife] Re: Technology

2013-10-13 Thread Richard Williams
Example of abandoned technology: [image: Inline image 1] On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: So, the Obamacare web site isn't working too well - what else is new? Sometimes it's hell working in IT - for years I tried to get the enrollment

RE: Re: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread emilymaenot
Share, there you go again...the unconditional love of motherhood? Are you attributing what I said to this motivation? No, Share, that's not it. Try again? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Emily, I think that unconditional love of motherhood is

[FairfieldLife] News You Can Use

2013-10-13 Thread Richard Williams
The squat is one of the best exercises for athletes and the general population. Everyone should be doing some form of squats because they work the whole body, and studies show squatting to increase lower body strength can produce the following benefits... 'Six Reasons Everyone Should Do Squats'

RE: Re: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread dmevans365
P.S. Share. I did get a good laugh off of this Two hands on the steering wheel, now. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Emily, I think that unconditional love of motherhood is expressing itself through you as you write the above. On

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Yaqui Vastu

2013-10-13 Thread Richard Williams
Inside the zone of tranquility, there should be a balance between wind and water. The art of Fengshui in its earliest recorded context specifically refers to the School of Forms. Terrestrial features serve to block the wind, which captures qi and scatters it, and channel the waters, which collect

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Ahhh

2013-10-13 Thread Michael Jackson
Ha ha! Yes - that is my exact experience every day, especially when I was reviling feste and nabby et al in the past. Actually it is from Gopi Krishna - the guy who claimed to have had dramatic kundalini experiences. On Sun, 10/13/13,

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread Share Long
dmevans, laughter is good. And as you're driving, I'll say Happy Trails per Dale Evans and hubby (-: On Sunday, October 13, 2013 12:35 PM, dmevans...@yahoo.com dmevans...@yahoo.com wrote:   P.S.  Share.  I did get a good laugh off of this  Two hands on the steering wheel, now.   

RE: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual [1 Attachment]

2013-10-13 Thread anartaxius
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: but Judy, to me turq sounded quite happy. Anyway, I'm glad everyone is feeling good today. Happy Thanksgiving, if you're Canadian. Happy Victory Day if you're Hindu (-: 'Everyone'? On this Day of Infinite Defeat and

Re: Re: Re: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual

2013-10-13 Thread Share Long
Sorry Xeno, me rushing again! Obviously I only meant everyone in the Judy-turq universe!Alive now for 18 years! On Sunday, October 13, 2013 1:28 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:   [Attachment(s) from anartax...@yahoo.com included below]  ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Ahhh

2013-10-13 Thread judy stein
Michael wrote: Ha ha! Yes - that is my exact experience every day, especially when I was reviling feste and nabby et al in the past. Well, I thought it might have been an experience you had once upon a time, not necessarily permanent. Actually it is from Gopi Krishna - the guy who claimed

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Do a Google search for “Contemplative Outreach”. The odds are much greater the modern Sancta Sedes practices “Centering Prayer” as widely taught by his church. It is now a huge meditation movement that dwarfs the other trademarked version we are familiar with in the marketplace of

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Heck, everybody is offering instruction in effortless “Centering Prayer” meditation; protestants, catholics, jews, even methodists; http://www.centenary-ws.org/SF http://www.centenary-ws.org/SF ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Do a Google search

[FairfieldLife] Susan#39;s bad hair day (because of aama from uncooked food?)

2013-10-13 Thread cardemaister
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2457571/Raw-food-diet-entrepreneur-Susan-Reynolds-mistaken-teenager.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2457571/Raw-food-diet-entrepreneur-Susan-Reynolds-mistaken-teenager.html

[FairfieldLife] RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Our organization is nondenominational and all are welcome to attend our prayer groups. Our mission is to help churches and parishes, schools and places of prayer establish a Centering Prayer Program ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Heck, everybody is

[FairfieldLife] RE: On Ramana, Yoga and Vedanta

2013-10-13 Thread iranitea
Empty, I'm soon out of town, so no time now to give you a deserving answer. But since you like to pontificate with the voice of RAM aka James Swartz, I owe it to my close friend and Tiru resident Kevinanandaji, to expose you to his satirizing him. Here, take this, about your new found hero:

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Seems to be a lot of group Meissner Effect [ME] group meditations most everywhere now when you start looking. Even in Pittsburgh! http://www.pghcenteringprayer.org/ http://www.pghcenteringprayer.org/ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Our

[FairfieldLife] Jeeva Samadhi

2013-10-13 Thread iranitea
Just before this site disappears in the limbo of my browser history, I came across this page while searching for some place I had visited, this Thiruvottiyur, (never mind, somewhere north of Madras). This is quite an interesting collection of saints, and well, siddhas. NOT FOR EMPTY, don't look

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Mon 14-Oct-13 00:15:11 UTC

2013-10-13 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 10/12/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 10/19/13 00:00:00 171 messages as of (UTC) 10/13/13 21:02:10 20 Share Long 19 authfriend 16 dhamiltony2k5 14 Richard Williams 13 emilymaenot 10 Michael Jackson 10 Bhairitu 9

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
19 group meditations in the Pittsburgh area? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Seems to be a lot of group Meissner Effect [ME] group meditations most everywhere now when you start looking. Even in Pittsburgh! http://www.pghcenteringprayer.org/

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: Pope Francis technique

2013-10-13 Thread dhamiltony2k5
There is the problem again. Better get on the stick and price TM so regular people can afford to try it. TM is going to get left deep in the dust if they don't get going really soon with once again with a meditating movement and widely teaching regular working people and students to meditate.