[FairfieldLife] Honesty

2013-12-08 Thread TurquoiseB
Having spent some time in Human Resources interviewing people, this one has always tickled me. I would have hired him. :-) [https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/q71/s720x720/1499490_5\ 88320591239664_310009231_n.jpg]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-08 Thread Jason
Hey Bhairitu, the first thing that needs to be done is to de-link the 'political-system' from the economic-system. Of course, you can't ban private donations. That would go against the very spirit of democracy and freedom. However, you can create a situation in which there is no incentive for

[FairfieldLife] The perfect Christmas gift for Bhairitu

2013-12-08 Thread TurquoiseB
Just sayin'. :-) http://foodbeast.com/2013/12/05/starbucks-unveils-450-rose-metal-gift-ca\ rds/ http://foodbeast.com/2013/12/05/starbucks-unveils-450-rose-metal-gift-c\ ards/ But isn't this an interesting sign of the times. People will be waiting online to hit the Send button and wait to see if

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY#39;s Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Read the thread? I started it - tell Bill to start his own thread if he wants to dialog about human sacrifice, if he knows how, and stop trying to wreck this one, which is about MMY's seven states of consciousness. Any intelligent seeker coming here to read would think he's an idiot with ADD

[FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread emilymaenot
My reply post to this has been deleted. The album cover was simply too traumatizing and gross even for me. I had a nightmare and am up at 4:30. My apologies to you all who get email. Please forgive me. It's Sunday - I will pray and do penance today.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
We don't attend many big stadium performances or many touring shows anymore either - bad sound, hard to find a parking spot, and expensive. The last big event we saw was The River Walk Blues Festival in 2006. We much prefer smaller clubs where we can really get into the music and have some fun

[FairfieldLife] RE: The perfect Christmas gift for Bhairitu

2013-12-08 Thread emilymaenot
These sold out in the first 30 minutes. It was on the nightly news.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
After a year of messy contemplation, I just purchased a used 32' RV, using my sense of smell - Self-contained (you can save about $80,000 by buying used, with lo miles). Phase two is purchasing ~5 to 10 acres of land in the Sierra foothills, or south of here. Phase three is to buy, and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard Williams
Jimmy Vaughan [image: Inline image 1] The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff, live on Austin City Limits http://youtu.be/gqc3jWtE2CY Jimmie Vaughan, brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, has played with Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, and BB King, and many others during the 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
If you are using Yahoo Mail, it's been down for days. Go figure. Thanks for the link to the punk band. LoL! On 12/8/2013 6:52 AM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: My reply post to this has been deleted. The album cover was simply too traumatizing and gross even for me. I had a nightmare and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
But why the nuke subs and naval cruisers anyway? Is there a reason they started all this taunt around the anniversary day of infamy? Pearl Harbor? authfriend@... wrote: You do know the Chinese aren't going to bomb us, right? The chinese central committee secured a really

[FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

2013-12-08 Thread awoelflebater
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: After a year of messy contemplation, I just purchased a used 32' RV, using my sense of smell - Self-contained (you can save about $80,000 by buying used, with lo miles). Phase two is purchasing ~5 to 10 acres of land in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
What can any of us individually do to avert this danger? Meditate and act with discipline together. That is what any of us can do to avert this danger; Bolster our collective forces in defense, including more meditation. -Buck But why the nuke subs and naval cruisers anyway? Is

[FairfieldLife] Swami Muktananda

2013-12-08 Thread Michael Jackson
Much of this letter could easily apply to the Big M. excerpts from Letter From a Former Swami by Stan Trout I’d like to add this letter, if possible, as an appendix to the article on Muktananda by William Rodarmor. It is a statement of my thoughts and opinions of Muktananda after two years

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread authfriend
My Yahoo Mail hasn't been down at all. Richard wrote: If you are using Yahoo Mail, it's been down for days. Go figure.

[FairfieldLife] Jake Clark#39;s Story: How one warrior was saved from suicide

2013-12-08 Thread nablusoss1008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SibyiIAbKf4feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SibyiIAbKf4feature=youtu.be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
We don''t know the intention of these communists. Get some Chinese generals, some high rank party tru-believer communists, throw in a couple of red narcissists and a megalomaniac all together in the war room of the old Palace playing with the controls of nuke subs and cruisers, and we got

Re: [FairfieldLife] Honesty

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
Ah, turq, thanks, you gave me a good laugh this snowy morning. Plus my internet at home is still down. I'm actually in Argiro Student Center on MUM campus. Hey, I figure I'm an alumni! And there are no students queuing up for the computer. Anyway, hopefully I will return...  On Sunday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
Richard, could it be yahoo and not my server?! I got a service call into my Internet provider, fiber optic Lisco, very fast. Anyway, keep up the good work (-: On Sunday, December 8, 2013 8:30 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   If you are using Yahoo Mail, it's been down

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chromebook Review

2013-12-08 Thread Richard Williams
I've been using my Chromebook laptop with the Chromecast USB device and it works well. The Chrome Browser provided the interface I always wanted to manage my streaming media from Amazon, Netflix and Hulu using a Wi-Fi home connection. I've also been using Google Mail for several years and you

Re: [FairfieldLife] The perfect Christmas gift for Bhairitu

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
I think they should have a different color for guys (-: On Sunday, December 8, 2013 4:36 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   Just sayin'. :-) http://foodbeast.com/2013/12/05/starbucks-unveils-450-rose-metal-gift-cards/ But isn't this an interesting sign of the times. People will

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Whatever

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
emptybill, what is the ESSSENCE of being a tantrika? IMO it's being at home with good and bad. I think turq has that. Of  course I could be wrong about that. And everything else! So what?! On Saturday, December 7, 2013 6:02 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:   Since when

[FairfieldLife] Secessionists Grow in Rural States

2013-12-08 Thread jr_esq
This could happen as more people are moving out of rural areas of the states to bigger cities. Will the new state of Jefferson be created in northern California? http://news.yahoo.com/rural-america-secessionist-sentiment-stirs-050913017.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
This is ominous as hell. I apologize for the strong language here but we should sit up in meditation around this. This is a call to mediation in meditation. This is a call to surround the situation with deep transcending meditation. This is now our wake-up call to meditation to neutralize and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
Ok, emptybill, all I'm saying is that men have also been involved in killing, maybe not ritual killing, but killing nonetheless. And what about the Inquisition? Wasn't that pretty male dominated?! Anyway, we've all been victims, perps and rescuers down through our various lives. Good time to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Swami Muktananda

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Neither Muktananda nor MMY has anything to do with your spiritual practice or your progress on a spiritual path. It's all up to you, whether or not you have a spiritual practice or not. You make your own decisions in life - it's not a solution just to blame others for your own failures. This

Re: [FairfieldLife] Swami Muktananda

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
Advaitist Francis Lucille. student of Jean Klein, says that it doesn't matter how corrupt a teacher is. If the student is sincere, he or she will get benefit from the teacher. As for mechanics of consciousness, and in this context, I'd say what we unconsciously believe will affect what

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread authfriend
Er, Buck, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, not the Chinese. Look, we know you like to hype threats to scare folks into the Domes, but this one is so absurd it seriously damages any credibility you had. Buck wrote: But why the nuke subs and naval cruisers anyway? Is there a

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard Williams
Maybe YOUR Yahoo Mail hasn't been down at all. Go figure. It's probably a problem with my Internet Explorer 11. So, I seem to be able to get Yahoo Mail using the Google Chrome. At any rate, YAHOO SUCKS! This graph displays status activity for the selected service over the past 24 hours. For

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread authfriend
No. No, it's not. Sorry. We have plenty of things to worry about, but China taking out the West Coast with nuclear bombs isn't one of them. Buck wrote: This is ominous as hell. snip nonsense

[FairfieldLife] Creeeeeeeeeeepy

2013-12-08 Thread authfriend
There’s a Reason They Call Them ‘Crazy Ants’ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/magazine/crazy-ants.html http://http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/magazine/crazy-ants.html?hpwamp;rref=magazine

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
China would probably not instigate a nuclear attack on the U.S. - that would be suicidal on their part. The U.S. could hit them real hard from all sides and close off all their resources by air and sea in a matter of hours. Without fuel imports they would probably all starve in a matter of

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Maybe. I can read my Yahoo Mail, what little there is, using the Google Chrome Browser, but not with Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer11. Go figure. On 12/8/2013 9:26 AM, Share Long wrote: Richard, could it be yahoo and not my server?! I got a service call into my Internet provider, fiber

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY#39;s Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
OK meister professor ... tell us the where MMY got the teachings about the seven states of consciousness. You wanna lecture us? Here's your chance. Cite the specific, traditional sources for MMY's schema. However, no speculation! MMY asserted that his teachings were the

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY#39;s Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
Don't you realize that the Inquisition still exists? It is now called The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Yep, it was always male-dominated, church-appointed accusers but the civil authorities enacted the torture and punishment. Sorta like the current inquisitions into the

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY#39;s Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
Don't you realize that the Inquisition still exists? It is now called The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Yep, it was always male-dominated, church-appointed accusers but the civil authorities enacted the torture and punishment. Sorta like the current inquisitions into the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
Nope, Richard, it's the battery of the connector gizmo for the fiber optic. My wonderful neighbor gave me the password to their wifi and here I am! Hopefully Lisco will fix or replace battery tomorrow. I had well over 100 posts this morning. You all keep up the good work! On Sunday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread authfriend
Uh, yes, that's what I said. Richard wrote: Maybe YOUR Yahoo Mail hasn't been down at all. Go figure. It's probably a problem with my Internet Explorer 11. So, I seem to be able to get Yahoo Mail using the Google Chrome. At any rate, YAHOO SUCKS! This graph displays status

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The FFL Time Travel Machine

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
turq, maybe it's your older, wiser self saying: If your older, wiser self had thought there was anything it just *had* to offer you advice on, doncha think it might have done it by now? On Saturday, December 7, 2013 4:45 PM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   --- In

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

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
noozguru, I could be wrong about some of this, but isn't electricity out west generated from dams?! And aren't the dams part of the reason there's a water shortage?! On Friday, December 6, 2013 11:07 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:   My electric bill through the summer and up

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
emptybill, I think we all have a little Inquisition judge in us. Anyway, what are earth hugging nuns? On Sunday, December 8, 2013 10:36 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:   Don't you realize that the Inquisition still exists? It is now called The Congregation for the

[FairfieldLife] RE: Whatever

2013-12-08 Thread awoelflebater
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: emptybill, what is the ESSSENCE of being a tantrika? IMO it's being at home with good and bad. I think turq has that. Of course I could be wrong about that. And everything else! So what?! Oh dear, let me count the ways...

Re: [FairfieldLife] The perfect Christmas gift for Bhairitu

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
I already have their Gold Card so I often get a free drink or food. Except the card is on the app on my phone. They sneak in the deals sometimes so I have to check before I pay to see if I have a reward coming. You have to tell them you want to use it as they start to ring you up and then

[FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
I don't find what you are talking about, as being confined to here. It is more apparent in the US, because, one, we have very few traditions to slow us down, and two, the development of our technology has outpaced the development of our consciousness. I recall Maharishi referring to the US as

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY#39;s Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
I think we all have a little Inquisition judge in us... What is his shoe size? I am perfectly OK with making spur of the moment judgments about everything from how far away the door is, to my opinions on someone's hat, or politics, or religion, etc. But to imply that we are all somehow

Re: [FairfieldLife] Swami Muktananda

2013-12-08 Thread Michael Jackson
are you willing to apply this same bullshit mentality to the way our politicians work the country? On Sun, 12/8/13, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Swami Muktananda To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Secessionists Grow in Rural States

2013-12-08 Thread Michael Jackson
It didn't work out so well when South Carolina did it in 1861. On Sun, 12/8/13, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Secessionists Grow in Rural States To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, December 8, 2013,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
And no possible chance of over-arching conflict with the North Koreans. Everyone knows they are really just bluffing so they can get more Gucci belts for their consorts.

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY#39;s Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
Nuns who set up earthen altars to the great mother ... which happened here (back in the late '70) at a retreat center. That was before the the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops was pacified by changing the center name from Sanskrit to English and instituting a strictly Catholic prayer and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
And lots of snow if you select the Sierra foothills. Friends who live near Grass Valley sent me pictures of all the snow they got yesterday morning. I thought about moving there myself in 2000 and went to Grass Valley on business with these friends along. We stopped at a real estate office

Re: [FairfieldLife] Secessionists Grow in Rural States

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
California has only two senators to represent a state with an economy that is among the top 10 in the world. We also don't get back as much in federal funds as some of the red states do. So there is a good argument for splitting it up. Or wait until the US collapses. Then we'll just become

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
Well emptybill, I for one salute the nuns who built altars to the Great Mother. She seems more human to me than Mary does! On Sunday, December 8, 2013 12:12 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:   Nuns who set up earthen altars to the great mother ... which happened here

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread Share Long
emptybill, are you saying that it's really all about women?! On Sunday, December 8, 2013 12:04 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:   And no possible chance of over-arching conflict with the North Koreans. Everyone knows they are really just bluffing so they can get more

[FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
A single EMP detonation along the upper West coast will turn Chanukastan into a dark hole after the fourth day. The hoards will roam looking for food because of the barren shelves and inoperable gas stations. Think North Korean balloon launch from a submarine in prelude to an invasion of

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
Thank you for the info. Good intuition - I had been looking in that area, only a little further down the hill. I am trying to stay around 1,000 feet, to avoid a lot of snow. I am not to the point of visiting sites, except through G Earth, since I want to get used to what I have, so far, and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread emilymaenot
It was dark and disturbing, although the tune wasn't bad. I was channeling S3raphita's seeming interest with the deviant psyche (sorry S3raphita). However, I'm too sensitive; I don't see horror movies either. It all affects me for the worse. I'm *still* feeling the affects of my own post, so

Re: [FairfieldLife] Secessionists Grow in Rural States

2013-12-08 Thread jr_esq
MJ, Just remember that Lee's surrender to Grant may be invalid. Technically, the south still has a Confederacy.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Krapp#39;s Last Tape

2013-12-08 Thread bobpriced
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: One-act play by Samuel Beckett, performed by Harold Pinter In five parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKteoIGbF0Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGrfzhOaMkk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4ibYIWSss

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
The country needs to be about 90% socialist and 10% capitalist (actually free enterprise). The latter would take care of the folks who want to work for themselves and the former the majority who don't want to worry about running a company. You would need to limit the size of companies

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
I have a feeling the young North Korean dictator may be trying to figure out how to transition the country from a totalitarian state to a democracy without spinning out of control. Schooled abroad he might like to see his country join the world community rather than be the spoiled brat in the

[FairfieldLife] RE: Congress Fears Out of Control Obama Could Suspend Election Laws

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
Just call up jeezus on yur cell phone and say hey jeezus ... I'm making you a little manger in my heart. Jus' say ... 'I' am throwing down 'my' 'I' an' puttin' 'You on 'my' throne. Jeezus yur my CEO, etc.

[FairfieldLife] MMY's Karma

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
The sages of ancient India apparently all agreed on certain fundamental assumptions. It might be fruitful to understand just what it was that they they were all agreeing on, rather than to explore their differences. There is a standard philosophy used by the ancient Indian sages to describe

Re: [FairfieldLife] The perfect Christmas gift for Bhairitu

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
Just got back from chilly downtown where I skipped my walk on the waterfront. Checking my Starbucks app I noticed I had a free drink coming. Yesterday it was a breakfast sandwich BOGO. Starbucks also is selling their own kups machine called the Verismo and for a decent price. On 12/08/2013

Re: [FairfieldLife] Secessionists Grow in Rural States

2013-12-08 Thread jr_esq
Bhairitu, In January, 1993, my car died out near Redding, CA on my way back to the Northwest. Then, the snow fell at the Siskiyou Mountain pass. So, I gave up my car at the gas station and flew back on an airplane to Seattle. Other than that, Redding is supposedly considered one of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Whatever

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
Indeed, in the Bay Area we have folks who are really nothing more than would-be sex therapists claiming to be tantrics. I have a feeling that Turq would probably like to be of that order. :-D On 12/07/2013 04:02 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Since when is Turq an actual, real Tantrika?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
I saw a fascinating interview on France 24, recently -- the equivalent of BBC world service. It was with President Goodluck Jonathan, of Nigeria. He was explaining how Nelson Mandela changed African politics, by having a broader vision for South Africa, and the ability to carry it out, than

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
Buck, off the top of your head (without looking at the Internet) please define communism. On 12/08/2013 12:57 PM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: *We don''t know the intention of these communists. Get some Chinese generals, some high rank party tru-believer communists, throw in a couple of

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY#39;s Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/8/2013 10:14 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Cite the specific, traditional sources for MMY's schema. It has already been established that MMY's first four states of consciousness are drawn directly from Mandukya Upanishad, which was commented on by Gaudapadacharya, the first exponent of

[FairfieldLife] Re: MyFace

2013-12-08 Thread Richard Williams
My face updated: : [image: Inline image 2] Vvisit MyFace: http://www.rwilliams.us/myface/ http://www.rwilliams.us/myface/index.htm On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: MyFace, updated: [image: Inline image 1] Visit my face:

[FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

2013-12-08 Thread Richard Williams
Yesterday, we went to this place - San Antonio Public Library: [image: Inline image 1] On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.comwrote: Today, I went to this place to see Manny, Moe, and Jack about an oil change for one of my cars. [image: Inline image 1] On

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: What People Wear

2013-12-08 Thread Richard Williams
We went to a friend's wedding yesterday and I wore a suit from Botany, black; a Van Heusen dress shirt, white; a Penny's tie, red and blue stripes; and Nunn Bush shoes, black. Val wore a velvet pants suit from SAKS, black; and boots from Sketchers, black. On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Share

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Let me re-phrase what I said: YAHOO MAIL SUCKS! On 12/8/2013 10:59 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Uh, yes, that's what I said. Richard wrote: Maybe YOUR Yahoo Mail hasn't been down at all. Go figure. It's probably a problem with my Internet Explorer 11. So, I seem to be able to get

[FairfieldLife] OMG: Govinda Bhagvatpaada = RIC of Patañjali??

2013-12-08 Thread cardemaister
Shankaracharya's guru had told Shankaracharya that Patanjali was reincarnated as Govinda Bhagavatpada and was meditating in a cave somewhere in the state of samadhi.[12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patanjali#cite_note-12

[FairfieldLife] RE: OMG: Govinda Bhagvatpaada = RIC of Patañjali??

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
Typical hindoo apocrypha

[FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread s3raphita
Re It was dark and disturbing, although the tune wasn't bad. I was channeling S3raphita's seeming interest with the deviant psyche (sorry S3raphita). However, I'm too sensitive; I don't see horror movies either.: Horror is one of my favourite genres. However, it's the atmospheric stuff I

[FairfieldLife] RE: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread s3raphita
Re Off the top of your head (without looking at the Internet) please define communism: You keep posting this challenge. We all know what Communist states were like - and we all know we sure as hell wouldn't want to live there. If you mean cuddly communism with a small c it boils down to

[FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread emilymaenot
Thank you S3raphita; balance is always achieved one way or another. I am stuck in the psychology of my illusionary self in the moment and the sensitivity of my feeling self, so do plan to retreat for awhile and allow my mind to quiet and my heart to heal; my reactivity is paining me. No advice

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
I post the challenge because most people throw the word around applying it to things like totalitarian and authoritarian states. Those can also be right wing. They also confuse communism and socialism. Most of the arguments I hear are emotional and not intellectual. IOW, just knew jerk

[FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread s3raphita
When I say Wayne County was disturbing I should have added he was also hilarious. It's the darkest of black humour but his performances in the punk venues in London were always packed out.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Communalism? Son, you got a mental picture of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Politburo. They are the ones who bought out Smithfield hogs, lock, stock and all for cash. You know it (Red chinese commune-ism in this case) when you see it. Communism. Communists. That picture is

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Mon 09-Dec-13 00:15:03 UTC

2013-12-08 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 12/07/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 12/14/13 00:00:00 258 messages as of (UTC) 12/09/13 00:03:18 31 Richard J. Williams 29 TurquoiseB 27 dhamiltony2k5 26 Share Long 23 s3raphita 20 emptybill 15 Richard Williams 14

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY#39;s Seven states of Consciousness

2013-12-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Concise and thoughtful. Helpful too as a checking to read it.RJ, Thanks for posting this short scholarly piece here on FFL. It was a pleasure to read it and then go in to meditate. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: On 12/8/2013 10:14 AM, emptybill@...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
The Chinese Communist Politburo bought Smithfield? Maybe you better let NBC News know because they say it was bought by Shuanghui, a Chinese company based in Hong Kong and not by the Chinese government. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/chinese-get-ok-buy-american-pork-producer-4B11243408 On

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Follow the money. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: The Chinese Communist Politburo bought Smithfield? Maybe you better let NBC News know because they say it was bought by Shuanghui, a Chinese company based in Hong Kong and not by the Chinese government.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread authfriend
Every country that has nukes has 'em pointed at every other country that has nukes. You sound as though it would be news to you to learn that we have nukes pointed at China. I'm beginning to think you're having us on. Buck wrote: Communalism? Son, you got a mental picture of the Standing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Actually there is a remarkable similarity with the TM movement in these business things. Like the Chinese there is a small group at the top and then a flow-chart that gets really wide right away and then real deep under that with individuals and a flow of committees. Yes, you won't be able to

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
Try...Thinking...Less. It is not denial - it is peace, and it transcends any violence. :-)

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-08 Thread emptybill
Do less. Think less. Understand less. Be less. Don't worry - be happy. Smoke another one. Hmmm ...

[FairfieldLife] Excellent spiritual advice from Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
Wind-Up When I was young and they packed me off to school and taught me how not to play the game, I didn't mind if they groomed me for success, or if they said that I was a fool. So I left there in the morning with their God tucked underneath my arm -- their half-assed smiles and the

[FairfieldLife] RE: Krapp#39;s Last Tape

2013-12-08 Thread authfriend
Although I don't believe a Beckett play can ever be reduced to a single interpretation, Spoiler Alert. Judy, Thank you for posting this, I found it compelling to watch. It's not easy to admit that we're all Krapp (smile), and, in the end, alone. I must confess my

[FairfieldLife] RE: Life After An EMP Attack: No Power, No Food, No Transportation, No Banking And No Internet

2013-12-08 Thread doctordumbass
Yep, from the outside, it may look like, do less, is part of the equation. No worries, nearly empty bill, and doobie bro'; necessary thought always survives (as the only mechanism available, for fulfillment of desires).

[FairfieldLife] RE: 100 Great Rock Artists

2013-12-08 Thread s3raphita
When I was in Watkins booksellers today (which specialises in new age, occult and eastern religions) an old geezer walked in, took one look around, and announced loudly to we customers: Too many words! Far too many words! and then took his leave. Paying my respects to this awakened one I

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread Bhairitu
David Simon (The Wire, Treme) with a rap on capitalism: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/08/david-simon-there-are-now-two-americas-my-country-is-a-horror-show/ On 12/08/2013 03:20 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Re Off the top of your head (without looking at the Internet) please define

[FairfieldLife] RE: MyFace

2013-12-08 Thread awoelflebater
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: My face updated: : Vvisit MyFace: http://www.rwilliams.us/myface/ http://www.rwilliams.us/myface/index.htm I love the fact that you post photos of yourself. Did you know that your hands appear younger than your

[FairfieldLife] RE: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread s3raphita
“Mediation in Meditation” It worked before with the Soviets to drop the Iron Curtain and bring down the Wall. What worked was that the USSR became bankrupt trying to compete with US military muscle. Their ballistic submarines were the biggest drain on the public purse. If you want

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

2013-12-08 Thread s3raphita
I followed the link. Re It is that everybody feels that if the society succeeds, I succeed, I don’t get left behind.: I second that. But in itself that wouldn't be communism - small-c. I'm in favour of small-c communism in small communities like artists' colonies where people have come

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2013-12-08 Thread cardemaister
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