Thanks for the tips - CVS is quite the sugar mecca. Speaking of sugar, the
store, Sugar, is cool too, with lots of snarky novelty items.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Look for Flicks dark chocolate at CVS or Luckys. Some of the best dark
I love the night sky, and enjoy taking pictures of it. I was actually a bit
nonplussed by those sun tunnels, in the article. Having been on a lot of
construction sites, they look to me, like massive concrete sewer pipes.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
Most current universal health care systems were implemented in the period
following the Second World War as a process of health care reform, intended to
make health care available to all, in the spirit of Article 25 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, signed by every country
Dateline:
Pope is
“Filled with light.”
That is good and really mystical.
Pope Frances experienced the field of “glow”,
of that Unified Field in nature.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi talked [taught] of that
as he came out of India to the West.
-Buck
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
the Old Man had someone who would occasionally deliver - I would get home from
school and there would be a quart Lipton Instant Ice Tea glass jar with a clear
liquid in it - the Old Man would scoop it up and enjoy - I told him he was
crazy and would go blind from drinking bad likker - he
Interesting that so many of these spiritual groups that developed historically
had commonly started out around a mystic in meetings held in people's living
rooms then going on towards facilitating around that in to organizations and
becoming a history. In Europe they would have living room
Emptyji,
I was away just for a few days, but I'm still busy in general, but I'm back
now...
I was actually not thinking of the first article in the blog, where Swartz is
only mentioned, but I was more relating to this one
http://chi-ting.blogspot.de/2010/11/heres-jimmy.html
Like in Fairfield it [satsang] starts as small living room satsanga or
meetings in home or in the public community meeting rooms with a teacher,
mystic or visiting saint. Friends in meetings. Occasionally it goes straight to
a big space like Adyashanti coming to the Fairfield convention
I had a long time friend who was a TM teacher in Thailand, Malaysia and
Singapore in the mid-70's who talked with Basil Pennington on ATR.
Basil's concern was how to port over the TM technique to revive the Catholic
contemplative tradition. He believed this could be done and was working with
You really told off your crazy father with this post. Good work!
Now this is funny - a guy that spent two years trying to learn how to
fly and working for room and board as kitchen help at a religious school
up in Iowa making fun of his dad for drinking alcohol. Go figure.
On 10/17/2013 6:57
Let's be realistic for a minute.
Now you tell me - how many times are young people, who are already upset
that the federal government is spying on their Facebook wall and
tracking their email and cell phone calls, going to want to key in all
their information in to the Obamacare program only
This is exactly the reason he hates you, and moreover, Xeno,
WillyTex, iranitea and wayback71 also pointed out to you
once.
He probably meant the term uncivilised. If he did mean
backwards, he probably meant it in the social sense.
Do you have to pounce on every single semantic vagueness and
You did a good service, Barry, warning us about those Americans. Good
job - we can tell you really like to keep up with current events. But,
you left out a few things - like how they hate you for coming over there
to take away their jobs. Go figure.
Ms Le Pen, 45, will next month travel to
empty, are you saying Pennington was a TM teacher? That was my understanding,
but I didn't know whether it was correct, so I didn't mention it in my
comments. How about Keating?
emptybill wrote:
I had a long time friend who was a TM teacher in Thailand, Malaysia and
Singapore in the
CULTURE: “I’m looking for early symptoms of acceptance of euthanasia,
which I believe will creep in as we Baby Boomers become more and more of
a burden.”
'Sympathy for the euthanists'
Posted by Ann Althouse:
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2013/09/sympathy-for-euthanists.html
On 10/16/2013 9:23
Yes, I know exactly what he meant. It wasn't exactly profound. My point with
[sic] was that the word that means uncivilized or retarded in a social
sense is backward, no s.
Did you really think that was the only point of my post? Hint: The main point
had nothing to do with semantic
emptybill, it's not only the Roman Catholic Church that thinks this of TM. Back
in the 80s some Jehovah Witnesses told me that TM is the work of the devil,
that it says so in the Bible. I asked if the Bible actually used the phrase
Transcendental Meditation. They admitted that it didn't but
Richard,
A Dominican priest, who heads a hospice center here in the Bay Area, stated
that 90 percent of us will know when death is near. So, he's saying that for
most of us, we can prepare for death. But he didn't say that euthanasia is the
answer.
IMO, death is a rite of passage
Share wrote:
emptybill, it's not only the Roman Catholic Church that thinks this of TM.
No kidding!! Boy, I bet emptybill will be surprised to learn this.
Actually Protestant fundamentalist Christians generally, not just Jehovah's
Witnesses, think TM is the work of the devil.
John, just to share that death notices on the bulletin board of the coat room
in the women's Dome often say that the person passed peacefully and or
blissfully surrounded by friends and family.
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:03 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Richard,
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote:
Nicely put. It reminds me of something I wanted to say about awoelflebater's
post on another thread (power naps): Now, these long-term, incessant
meditators obviously have absolutely nothing else pressing in their lives to
compel
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote:
John, just to share that death notices on the bulletin board of the coat room
in the women's Dome often say that the person passed peacefully and or
blissfully surrounded by friends and family.
Well, it's highly unlikely
Ann, I don't think people are lying about it. Do you?
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:16 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com
awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote:
John, just to share that death notices on the bulletin board of the coat
Judy, indeed emptybill is very knowledgeable. I was launching into my
experience with that sentence.
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:10 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com
authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Share wrote:
emptybill, it's not only the Roman Catholic Church that thinks this of TM.
No
Actually they'd probably agree, thinking that rounding is the BEST thing they
can do!
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:14 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com
awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote:
Nicely put. It reminds me of something I
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote:
Ann, I don't think people are lying about it. Do you?
In this case, I think that Ann's comment, snarky
though it may be, is valid. That's *exactly* what
True Believers do.
Case in point: When Carlos Castaneda died (of
Well we're talking about the death notices of plain folks, not famous ones. I
would think that families would simply not mention if the passing was rough.
Actually I have heard of one such rough passing of a TMer so there has also
been honesty about such.
On Thursday, October 17, 2013
Ha. Yes, I used to be in infrastructure; I've always been partial to
utilities.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
I love the night sky, and enjoy taking pictures of it. I was actually a bit
nonplussed by those sun tunnels, in the article. Having
In the future, when we break free from earth, people will probably live
a lot longer - once we cut loose from the fact of gravity. When I go, I
want to go in my sleep. Now that's better!
If you want to make God laugh, just tell Him your plans. LoL!
On 10/17/2013 10:03 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com
Yes, I don't know if I buy that, but I will say that my kiddos were born with a
certain individuality already in residence. No clean slate there.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Hjust like all human beings, no?
Precisely the point I'm
Because you thought he thought it was just Catholics and wanted him to know it
was also Jehovah's Witnesses. But you weren't aware that fundamentalist
Christians (Protestants) generally, not just Jehovah's Witnesses, think TM is
of the devil.
Share wrote:
Judy, indeed emptybill is very
Share, have you ever attended to someone dying? My guess is no based on your
comments.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Ann, I don't think people are lying about it. Do you?
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:16 AM, awoelflebater@...
FWIW, I find this absolutely hilarious, all the way to the very top (not just
you guys), the most exalted scholarship and experience and holiness--and it's
the same damn bickering and squabbling as on lowly, ignorant FFL.
iranitea wrote:
Emptyji,
I was away just for a few days, but I'm
I didn't think that about empty. It was simply my intro into my story.
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:01 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com
authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Because you thought he thought it was just Catholics and wanted him to know it
was also Jehovah's Witnesses. But you weren't
Don't believe you, sorry.
Share wrote:
I didn't think that about empty. It was simply my intro into my story.
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:01 AM, authfriend@... authfriend@...
wrote:
Because you thought he thought it was just Catholics and wanted him to know
it was also
Emily, I haven't but I believe people who report a peaceful or blissful death.
Do you think they're lying?
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:01 AM, emilymae...@yahoo.com
emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote:
Share, have you ever attended to someone dying? My guess is no based on your
comments.
Who have you heard of who has personally reported. Also, you have taken the
conversation to a ludicrous place again with your trying to turn it into a case
of lying. Nonsense, my dear, more nonsense. Waste of time.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
Interesting - yeah, me too, though on the datacomm side - switches and
protocols. My last contract, though, before I got out of the biz world, was
PMing for a natural gas co., working on the distribution side, with a lot of
time in the field. Loved it. Feels real. I enjoy studying the design,
Re: Well we're talking about the death notices of plain folks, not famous
ones. Share, this is *not* what you were talking about. You continually
betray yourself in your own posts - why do you do this? Yet more absurd
nonsense; words that mean nothing and go nowhere. Dig a little deeper,
What you have to realize is that for many people posting here, this is
their only spiritual practice of their entire day. Go figure. Maybe
somehow it harks back to the time they used to meditate. I don't
know.Some people just feel better when they have someone to talk to, I
guess.
You've got
I wonder why he died screaming?? Even with very painful diseases, like stomach
cancer, there have been drugs for pain treatment, usually morphine, for a
looong time. So, he must have denied the treatment for himself. Or you made it
up.
Also, having personally witnessed a number of deaths, they
Emily I shared with John that death notices here report blissful and or
peaceful deaths. Turq brought up about Castanedas. I said the notices I've seen
have been about unfamous people. What do you think I'm talking about?
On Thu, 10/17/13,
Emily, there's a fellow in FF who has shared his NDE. I said that I think the
notices of blissful and or peaceful death are honest and since you and Ann
disagreed, I asked if you thought the notices were lying.
On Thu, 10/17/13, emilymae...@yahoo.com
Then he didn't die (near death doesn't count), did he? I didn't disagree - I
didn't comment on that at all; that, Share, is a lie. *You* determined to
subvert the conversation and brought up lying, as if that has anything to do
with anything. Don't you see that the question itself is
I have no idea Share what you are talking about. You are talking gibberish
based on a knowledge base of death and dying that appears to be zero, based on
your comments. That's what I'm saying here. That's my point.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
This is a Canadian sci-fi fantasy film available on Netflix WI. It
stars Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess and Timothy Spall. It's about two
worlds living opposite each other. The world of the wealthy is in the
sky and the world of poor on the ground. Sorta like Elysium but with a
much larger
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, the Steinbot wrote:
FWIW, I find this absolutely hilarious, all the way to the
very top (not just you guys), the most exalted scholarship
and experience and holiness--and it's the same damn
bickering and squabbling as on lowly, ignorant FFL.
I will
Share,
We should remember that those who are dying in hospices or hospitals are most
likely given a heavy doze of pain relievers like morphine. So, death for them
would appear peaceful and blissful.
Nonetheless, the fact remains that death is a loss of life and of a loved one
by family
What was the point you thought you were making? That famous people are more
likely to have unpleasant deaths than people who aren't famous? And therefore
we should trust reports of peaceful deaths of the not-famous?
Makes no sense, Share (not to mention the fact that whatever you were trying
I wrote:
(snip)
Again, Share, you have this pathological compulsion to SAY SOMETHING,
ANYTHING, just to be saying something, just to see your name as the author
of a post, whether it makes sense or not, whether it makes a contribution
or not.
Just to add: It's as if the only way
John, I'm sorry about your parents. I was mainly replying to your saying that
death is obviously not a pleasant experience. From what I've heard and read, it
can be quite positive for all concerned even though very sad.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
Judy, it's true, I trust those death notices I read because I don't see why
people would lie about how the person passed. Others can trust or not as they
wish. I was discussing something of interest to me with John and turq. There
are many topics and posts on FFL that I ignore.
---In
Y'know...the guy who created these guys:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/53216/mental-floss-exclusive-our-intervie\
w-bill-watterson
http://mentalfloss.com/article/53216/mental-floss-exclusive-our-intervi\
ew-bill-watterson
And it's for the Web. Designed for Chrome with help from Google,
this video addresses the needs of those who've always wanted to
be IN the music videos they watch. You'll need a smartphone
to really participate...
https://www.justareflektor.com/?lng=en
https://www.justareflektor.com/?lng=en
Share, this is not a response to my post. Did you not read it? Or is this just
one more attempt to avoid dealing with reality? Or is it the compulsion I
mentioned to say SOMETHING, ANYTHING, even if it isn't the tiniest bit
responsive, so you can pretend you're interacting with other people?
So, who wants to pay all that money for a house to live in when you're
always busy working to pay for it? It's like you have to pay for a car to
get to work so you can pay for the car. The definition of a home is 'a
place to put stuff, while you're out buying more stuff'. You can live in
your car,
from the Malnak vs. Yogi judgment
(archived at http://trancenet.net/law/nj1.html)
http://trancenet.net/law/nj1.html):
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Thank you muchly. I was going to ask if anyone knew where to get that Malnak
v. Yogi opinion.
laughing, Judy, then why do you not only exchange posts with me? Why do you
actually butt into my exchanges with others to do so?! And are you even
interested in the topic?!
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 3:00 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com
authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Share, this is not a
Richard, I read this article earlier and postponed sending it to you via FFL. I
saw Des Moines was on the list. Just for fun, comparing FF to Des Moines:
http://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/fairfield-ia/des-moines-ia/5
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 3:02 PM, Richard Williams
Very hollow laughter, Share. You can't even write a coherent sentence.
You've asked those (disingenuous) questions before, and you know what my
answers are. But you're afraid to even try to answer my questions.
What was the point of your post mentioning Castaneda?
Share babbled
Richard Dawkins has mentioned a few times that he's worried that when he
finally kicks the bucket someone will pretend that he had a deathbed conversion
to belief in God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzZ7VkDGuPc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzZ7VkDGuPc
---In
Magician Jori [yorry] A. Kopponen (not Koppola) eats some burning cigarettes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr1WFZ45rbk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr1WFZ45rbk
who did Marshy diss?
On Thu, 10/17/13, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: On Ramana, Yoga and Vedanta
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 6:08 PM
Tom Mullica is the recognised master at this particular trick. Only it isn't
a trick - he really is putting lighted cigs in his mouth and just putting up
with the pain!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJinjpC4hjM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJinjpC4hjM
---In
who did Marshy diss?
Nobody, Michael, they are just making it up.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
who did Marshy diss?
On Thu, 10/17/13, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@... wrote:
Who's they, iranitea? That post was from Barry.
who did Marshy diss?
Nobody, Michael, they are just making it up.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
who did Marshy diss?
On Thu, 10/17/13, TurquoiseB
Judy, I was discussing something of interest to me with John and turq. You are
of course entitled to your opinion about my posting.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
I wrote:
(snip)
Again, Share, you have this pathological compulsion to SAY
Yes, I'm aware of who you were conversing with. And yes, I sure am entitled to
my opinion about your posting.
Now, let's get back to what I asked you. You wrote to Barry:
Well we're talking about the death notices of plain folks, not famous ones.
What was your point? That famous folks
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2464111/Liv-Tyler-ex-husband-Royston-Langdon-reunite-charity-concert.html
Ah, okay, it's quoted there a little lower.. but I had meant Marshy, the
Ramana, and with 'they' the authors of the blog and Empty quoting it.
Obviously, Michaels reference was to something else Barry wrote. I didn't get
this (just get it now) :-)
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
http://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=4vd84h8lf2fde#mail
http://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=4vd84h8lf2fde#mail
No need to be sorry, it's just your opinion to which you are entitled.
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:21 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com
wrote:
I didn't think that about empty. It was simply my intro into my story.
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:01 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/oct2000_report_lactoferrin.htm
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/oct2000_report_lactoferrin.htm
You seem to be responding to a different post than the one you quote. But don't
worry, it was just a courtesy because I know it upsets you that I don't fall
for your dishonesty, and I know you can't help being dishonest; after all,
being truthful would require you to take account of reality.
Diss might be an inappropriate term. Generally, he expressed a vp that many
Gurus have no techniques that compare to TM, in his opinion.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
who did Marshy diss?
Nobody, Michael, they are just making it up.
---In
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You crack me up, emnot. sounds too much like me, burning another bridge, in
another meeting, during my working daze. Always got stuff done, though.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
I have no idea Share what you are talking about. You are talking
Your link just sends me to my own email site!
I wanna hear what the great Sam Harris has to say!
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
http://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=4vd84h8lf2fde#mail
Judy,
I remember asking the same question to my friend as he repeated the
conversation. He said I guess he was a TM teacher because you had to be one to
be there on course.
Mm ... a TM teacher.
If Basil is worse than a fallen Catholic then he must be a devil worshiper!
Well, at least he uses Christian sacred words rather than the Sanskrit
mantras the devil prefers...
On a different topic, I'd be interested to know more about what you said
regarding Augustine and real Christianity, if you have the time and
inclination. Where did Augustine go wrong?
Read this and then see if you have questions.
http://www.stmaryorthodoxchurch.org/orthodoxy/articles/ancestral_versus_original_sin
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote:
Well, at least he uses Christian sacred words rather than the Sanskrit
mantras the devil
Yes, I was a high producer of high quality stuff myself, no question. On one
of the larger projects I was on, the scheduler would invite me to meetings
because I would say what needed to be said; everyone else was too scared.
That's what happens when one can't deliver what one has promised.
Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai Lama get the Penn and Teller
treatment in this hilarious and foul-mouthed rant.
http://tinyurl.com/nv68blw http://tinyurl.com/nv68blw
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote:
Ann, I don't think people are lying about it. Do you?
Whether people are lying or not about the nature of their friend's or
family's dying is not really my point. I was merely goofing a little because
you came across so naive
I had to come out of lurkdom to thank you for this beautiful video dear
Seraphita. I have long railed against Gandhi, Teresa and Dolly Lama and I
totally enjoyed this video, it is a good summary of these three
pseudo-spiritual icons.
That Gandhi was sexually perverted and slept with girls was a
Thanks, this is great. For the moment, one question: The expulsion from the
Garden and from the Tree of Life was an act of love and not vengeance so that
humanity would not 'become immortal in sin.' What does immortal in sin mean,
and how would that happen?
emptybill wrote:
Read this and
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, chivukula.ravi@... wrote:
I had to come out of lurkdom to thank you for this beautiful video dear
Seraphita. I have long railed against Gandhi, Teresa and Dolly Lama and I
totally enjoyed this video, it is a good summary of these three
Thrill of the chaste - excellent title! Thanks for the link.
Yes, Gandhi has always been one of my pet peeves. Never been too keen on
Mother Teresa either.
The thing about Gandhi for me is that, on the one hand, he presented himself
as a naked sadhu - ie, someone who had *renounced* the
empty et al:
Did Maharishi state something like (paraphrase): the basic state of
consciousness is subjective experience of the state of least excitation of
matter??
If that's the case was he more of an advaitic vedantist than a proponent of
Patañjali's yoga?? I mean, according to
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