[FairfieldLife] Pu(t)tin a hex on Hitler!

2014-03-26 Thread cardemaister
http://life.time.com/curiosities/putting-a-hex-on-hitler-life-goes-to-a-black-magic-party-in-1941/#1 http://life.time.com/curiosities/putting-a-hex-on-hitler-life-goes-to-a-black-magic-party-in-1941/#1

Re: [FairfieldLife] Pu(t)tin a hex on Hitler!

2014-03-26 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: cardemais...@yahoo.com cardemais...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 8:14 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Pu(t)tin a hex on Hitler!   http://life.time.com/curiosities/putting-a-hex-on-hitler-life-goes-to-a-black-magic-party-in-1941/#1 And people

[FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread TurquoiseBee
We've all seen the perils of trying to market your meditation technique by using celebrity endorsements. It's fine when the celebrities in question are popular, but more difficult when the celebrities become known for things like drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes non-stop while filming

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Steve, you got me chuckling here first thing in the morning. I think you nailed not only the Indian accent but also some of the phraseology used by people from India. Not to mention the gift that they generally have, the ability to not be offended. On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:50 PM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Hi everyone, I'm a younger, older woman who lives in walkable, minus the winter,  Fairfield, IA. However, I do drive my car twice a day to the women's Dome, yes, the one Oprah meditated in (!) to practice the TMSP which I've been doing twice a day, every day for almost 40 years. And yes, I do

[FairfieldLife] delightful but not for prudes

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
http://youtu.be/lUr3XbROoA8

[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread nablusoss1008
The Turq hasn't been paying attention. I guess his vile attempts or trying o spread negativity is because he knows his guru, the Dolly Lama has failed miserably, has given up Tibet once and for all and is seeking permanent refuge amongst the Hindus in India. Is he worried about Initiations

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread steve.sundur
Thata great Share. You gave me a chuckle this morning. I also liked Barry's profiles. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Hi everyone, I'm a younger, older woman who lives in walkable, minus the winter, Fairfield, IA. However, I do drive my car twice a day to the

[FairfieldLife] Non-celebrity endorsements for TM

2014-03-26 Thread nablusoss1008
It would be interesting to see if the Turq could come up with endorsements even close to this for the programmes of the Dolly Lama. Platoon Sergeant Gets Her Life Back with Transcendental http://dlf.tv/2013/platoon-sergeant-gets-her-life-back-with-transcendental-meditation/Meditation:

[FairfieldLife] Re: delightful but not for prudes

2014-03-26 Thread steve.sundur
That was great Share. I don't know why this popped into my head, but this was a gag that could have been done 2000 years ago, or 5000 years ago, just as effectively. I guess there are many things like that. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: delightful but not for prudes

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Steve, I know what you mean. There's something universal about it. Especially for the spring time (-: On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:05 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote:   That was great Share.  I don't know why this popped into my head, but this was a gag that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-celebrity endorsements for TM

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Thanks, Nablusoss, this is inspiring... On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:03 AM, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:   It would be interesting to see if the Turq could come up with endorsements even close to this for the programmes of the Dolly Lama. Platoon Sergeant Gets Her Life

[FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread emptybill
Here is a mantra you can use with or without Turmeric on your eggs - Leo-pold ... Leo-pold For your advanced technique you add Phisher ... Phisher When you become very advanced you can add Duh, Duh You'll be claiming lighten-mint in no-time.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: steve.sun...@yahoo.com steve.sun...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements   Thata great Share. You gave me a chuckle this morning.  I also liked Barry's profiles. Yes, it was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 21-Mar-14 00:15:03 UTC

2014-03-26 Thread authfriend
Hate to tell you this, Feebs, but you're hallucinating again. Nowhere did I say anything about an apology. Is that your guilty conscience talking? Judy's got another addition to her crib sheet. All those alleged infractions requiring an apology. I wonder how long the list is now. I wonder

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread authfriend
It's a floor wax! No, it's a dessert topping! Michael, Hinduism is far, far too complex and elaborate to insist that it's either one or the other, a religion or a philosophy. It has elements of both. Rather than just screeching at people like a fundamentalist preacher, why don't you ask

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread authfriend
How do you think lurkers perceive you, Barry? Just curious. Do you think they perceive your own behavior as repetitive, and what you focus on as largely unchanging? BTW, you didn't actually make the point you thought you made, because your profiles didn't come close to accurately

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 21-Mar-14 00:15:03 UTC

2014-03-26 Thread steve.sundur
Who knows what you were seeking. Probably trying to ramp up to another Friskygate, which was one of your many overwrought, nonsensical, distorted out of proportion issues. But always love ya, Judy, or at least feel compassion for you. You are cute in your own sorta way. (-: ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread steve.sundur
Yes, I did Lol on that! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : It's a floor wax! No, it's a dessert topping! Michael, Hinduism is far, far too complex and elaborate to insist that it's either one or the other, a religion or a philosophy. It has elements of both.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Michael Jackson
you are looking in the mirror as you say that - I know exactly what I am talking about. I don't know what affiliation you and noozguru have had with the TMO but you are displaying the exact same kind of hubris and arrogance the TMO has displayed for nearly 60 years. Oh, I know better than

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Michael Jackson
go talk to the actual devout practicing Hindus about it and see what they say. I am not talking about people like Ravi who said he had in essence left the religion behind, I am talking about people like his mother and grandmother who insist he go to temple because they really believe he needs

[FairfieldLife] Succession in TM and Prodigal Meditators Coming Home

2014-03-26 Thread dhamiltony2k5
MJ, this is fair enough. All that was wrong will change with the next generation and beyond of meditators and meditation teachers coming. Succession is happening. I feel you could be quite happy with the younger teachers on the David Lynch Foundation side of the new TM movement since MMY passed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ejecting Quiet time meditation from our public schools

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
Are we talking about the same reason [given] here? As I understand it (paraphrasing), there are several issues addressed by the TM teacher performing the TM pujja at the start of teachign TM, including: 1) it gives Maharishi a spiritual loophole where teh TM teacher dedicates teh entire

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ejecting Quiet time meditation from our public schools

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
Are you surprised that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who spent 13 years in a Hindu monastary with a priminent Hindu spiritual leader, and who founded a spiritual organization dedicated to the memory of his teacher, and dedicated to spreading his teacher's interpretation of Hindu spirituality to the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ejecting Quiet time meditation from our public schools

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
How can you possibly say that? The TM puja means what maharishi says it means. He said it was to be used to keep the purity of the teaching so therefore, it is meant to keep the purity of teh teaching.

Re: [FairfieldLife] No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
Herbert Benson called The Relaxation Response prayer early in his career, and expressed concerns that publishing positive research on its effects would get him ostracized. And yet, TM isn't really prayer in any normally accepted sense of the word I'm familiar with. Can you pray, not only

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
My interpretation of what he said is that the Ramayana can be seen as (among other things) an extended metaphor for how the human nervous system operates, with one-to-one correspondence between various literary/plot elements in the book, and actual aspects of our physical nervous system and how

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-celebrity endorsements for TM

2014-03-26 Thread nablusoss1008
Agreed. We'll see if the Turq cough up even 1 endorsement from ordinary people for his Lama-guy who gave away Tibet to the Chinese. But don't hold your breath :-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Thanks, Nablusoss, this is inspiring... On Wednesday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
Mantra of personal god is an interesting phrase. personal god is one way of translating the Yoga Sutra term, ishtadeva, which can also be translated as preferred shining one, which goes back to Maharishi's point about a mantra being an attractive object of attention (which is also taken

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Hi everyone, I'm a younger, older woman who lives in walkable, minus the winter, Fairfield, IA. However, I do drive my car twice a day to the women's Dome, yes, the one Oprah meditated in (!) to practice the TMSP which I've been

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : How do you think lurkers perceive you, Barry? Just curious. Do you think they perceive your own behavior as repetitive, and what you focus on as largely unchanging? BTW, you didn't actually make the point you thought you made,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 21-Mar-14 00:15:03 UTC

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
fMRI is not used by the TMO for several reasons: 1) the equipment is darned expensive (a single state-of-the-art fMRI machine would cost almost as much as MIU cost when it was bought, and the overhead for running/maintaining it would be a substantial fraction of the entire MUM operating

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ejecting Quiet time meditation from our public schools

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
Speaking as a Unitarian-Universalist, the broadest interpretation of Hinduism and Uni-Unism becomes pretty much identical. Unless you specifically believe that a specific interpretation of a specific book/writing/tradition is valid, and no other, or that the non-believer equivalent, hardcore

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ejecting Quiet time meditation from our public schools

2014-03-26 Thread Mike Dixon
I know a fellow from Pakistan named Fali Engineer. He was the national leader of Pakistan for several years and was trained by Maharishi to teach TM and by Satyannand to teach the TM sidhi program. Fali told me that he taught both TM and Sidhis there without the Puja. H , interesting, no? M

Re: [FairfieldLife] No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
I would say that devas are labels given to fundamental behaviors and connections that enlightened sages perceived as existing within themselves and perceived as external to themselves as well. Of course, most neuroscientists are pretty confident that the only way we can interpret reality is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
emptybill, yikes! I need a new mantra! I *accidently* looked up Leopold, etc. since I already knew duh duh and here's what I got. Meanings! * Agehananda Bharati (1923–1992), Hindu monk and Sanskritist, born under the name Leopold Fischer * Leopold Heinrich Fischer (1817–1866),

Re: [FairfieldLife] No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Lawson, thanks for the really thorough explanation. I especially like the example of the kittens raised in a unidirectional striped environment then not being able to see the missing direction. Along with that, I'd say that shining ones is simply another reference to how essential to human

[FairfieldLife] The Path Between Pseudo-Spirituality and Pseudo-Science

2014-03-26 Thread anartaxius
Blog post by Sam Harris: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-path-between-pseudo-spirituality-and-pseudo-science http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-path-between-pseudo-spirituality-and-pseudo-science

[FairfieldLife] Real life

2014-03-26 Thread Michael Jackson
This is what really happens in our world, things of an unpleasant nature that no amount of TMSP or fantasizing about religions being philosophies will ever cure http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25081462/under-investigation-american-title-ceo-dead-grisly-suicide

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread emilymaenot
Share, love the reference to Oprah...that gives you a lot of credibility. I think you are ready for match.com. I'm sorry Barry left you out; why don't you write one for Barry? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Hi everyone, I'm a younger, older woman who lives in

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Path Between Pseudo-Spirituality and Pseudo-Science

2014-03-26 Thread TurquoiseBee
Good article. I look forward to the book. From: anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:41 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Path Between Pseudo-Spirituality and Pseudo-Science   Blog

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ejecting Quiet time meditation from our public schools

2014-03-26 Thread anartaxius
Exactly what are the mechanics by which the puja keeps the purity of the teaching? Simply saying x does y does not show that that actually happens. Seeing the results of the purity of the teaching here on FFL makes one wonder more than a bit. What in fact IS the purity of the teaching? What is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: delightful but not for prudes

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
My favorite variations are the fight scene with Jackie Chan where he has run nude from a Turkish bathhouse and gets into a fight with a bunch of guys in a Turkish street occupied by a large number spice merchants. After he lost his towel during the fight, the only way he had to maintain his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread salyavin808
Yes, we have no religion. The trouble with your interpretation is that it sounds like you want to have your cake and eat it. Best of both worlds. Trouble is, it isn't what he means. I read his first book of discoveries and the claim is that vedic literature is present in human physiology.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: emilymae...@yahoo.com emilymae...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements   Share, love the reference to Oprah...that gives you a lot of credibility. I think you are ready for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread emilymaenot
Share, never mind a mantra. Just focus on this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSmuODeW1fE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSmuODeW1fE ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : emptybill, yikes! I need a new mantra! I *accidently* looked up Leopold, etc. since I already

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pu(t)tin a hex on Hitler!

2014-03-26 Thread s3raphita
I shall have Birds Eye fish fingers for supper tonight as my way of saying thank you. William Seabrook demonstrates the proper tom-tom rhythm for a legitimate hex, while Florence Birdseye -- of the Birdseye frozen-food family -- keeps the beat on the right.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
salyavin, I think you were the one asking about Ganesh. Dr. Nader's insights begin on pg. 341 of his book on Veda and human physiology. Makes me appreciate his genius again. The illustrations clearly show the resemblance to the human brain and even specific parts: the pons, medulla, cerebellum,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread emilymaenot
Oh my GOD! (Yes, Barry, there is GOD, or a DOG, if you prefer.) Is it not a MIRACLE that you replied to ME! I feel important and very! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: emilymaenot@... emilymaenot@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: delightful but not for prudes

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
Actually, now I think on it, everyone had two balloons and it was a guy (or two) offstage that were reaching out and popping the balloons as teh dancers spun.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Reporter in the Pundit Compound

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/25/2014 6:20 AM, Share Long wrote: it took me a while to figure out the map. All those white specks are Utopia Park, the trailer park built for the Taste of Utopia course. Anyone can live in them is my understanding. There must be a hundred modular homes for student housing up there at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Barry's Chopra quote scam

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/24/2014 1:51 PM, TurquoiseBee wrote: But I don't feel bad about having poked Jim with this because 1) his reactivity and defensiveness -- especially as an enlightened one -- has been so much fun to watch, and 2) Jim is so dumb he wouldn't have been able to tell if it had been one of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 21-Mar-14 00:15:03 UTC

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/25/2014 8:38 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : It *is* a viable question, n'est-ce pas? Especially for someone who seems to never tire of telling people how enlightened he is, and so perfectly in tune with the Laws Of Nature,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 21-Mar-14 00:15:03 UTC

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/25/2014 8:44 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: I have no interest in engaging with you, Jim, for any reason whatsoever. You're a mental midget with psychological problems so severe that you feel the need to pretend that you're enlightened. What could there possibly be to talk about? The only

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/26/2014 9:59 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Believe one and you get an idea of how the rest of it works. So, you believe Barry when he claimed to have witnessed Rama levitate hundreds of times. Unbelievable! And, you want to talk about science? Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 21-Mar-14 00:15:03 UTC

2014-03-26 Thread emilymaenot
Why Richard, whydo you continue to obsess on Fred Lenz? Why oh why oh why? Rama had the ability to alter one's perception...well before the drugs took over. He's not the only one who had/has this ability. Get over it. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread authfriend
Barry, I asked you this earlier this morning, but I haven't seen a response: How do you think lurkers perceive you? Do you think they perceive your own behavior as repetitive, and what you focus on as largely unchanging? Or not? This shouldn't be difficult for you to answer. Share,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Real life

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/26/2014 9:46 AM, Michael Jackson wrote: This is what really happens in our world, things of an unpleasant nature that no amount of TMSP or fantasizing about religions being philosophies will ever cure Never pass up an opportunity to use someone's personal tragedy to help you win a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread authfriend
Michael: Do you not understand the phrase elements of both? Try to engage here with what people are telling you. Otherwise you sound like the most rigid fundamentalist True Believer. This issue isn't cut-and-dried, yes/no, black/white; it's complicated. And it isn't only a TM issue by any

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread anartaxius
Share, I have always wondered about how the human brain resembles cauliflower. Think of how much Vedic knowledge could be mined from that vegetable. Title: Veda and Brassica oleracea. I think that would appeal to vegetarians, as unlike the brain, it is not made of meat. ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Well, Xeno, Ganesh looks pretty meaty too so there you are! On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:30 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:   Share, I have always wondered about how the human brain resembles cauliflower. Think of how much Vedic knowledge could be mined from that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/26/2014 8:45 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm from Texas and it beats what most other people do for entertainment around here, which is to fuck prairie dogs. You really hurt me with that one, Barry. LoL! Rama used a variety of so-called mind-control techniques to seduce his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Bhairitu
On the second phase of my TTC they served lots of cauliflower. We had cauliflower pakoras (actually quite good), cauliflower spaghetti, etc, etc. By the time the course was over folks were sick of cauliflower. Wonder if many of them ever ate it again? :-D Regarding Ganesh, he is associated

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/26/2014 7:36 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: BTW, you didn't actually make the point you thought you made, because your profiles didn't come close to accurately representing the behavior of the people you chose as examples. Barry forgot to mention that he is from Texas and that he is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread salyavin808
You call them insights, I prefer hopeful coincidences. I remember the Ganesh illustration and thought the brain looks more like a cauliflower. To say it's an insight would mean it had some sort of profound meaning, he is claiming an awful lot for this. For instance, chanting sections of the

[FairfieldLife] The Dutch approach to dying

2014-03-26 Thread TurquoiseBee
This kinda has to be posted here, because it's something I haven't seen anywhere else, and I find it remarkably refreshing, and kinda spiritual. You know how in America no one really ever talks much about death, and they try especially to hide it from children? Well, here in Leiden the local

[FairfieldLife] Thanks to this Lama-fellow Tibet will forever belong to China

2014-03-26 Thread nablusoss1008
And there is nothing we can do about it. We will continue our comfy life as refugees amongst the Hindu's in India. 540 × 360 - essaybasics.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Salyavin, for the sake of brevity, I only mentioned one example. There are lots more. Then it begins to look like more than just a coincidence. So you don't believe in vibration or resonance?! In the simplest terms that's all that's being claimed and recommended.  But I'm with you about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/26/2014 7:11 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: Who, after all, would want their lives to turn out the way that some of these examples' lives have? Not everyone nearing sixty years old has the good karma to live single on a canal in Amsterdam or Leiden and talented enough to work at home on a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread authfriend
You aren't an authority on Hinduism, but you know for a fact that a billion Hindus agree with you? You aren't an authority on Hinduism, but you know exactly what you're talking about? Oopsie. Michael, you're really crashing and burning here, making it all too clear how closed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/26/2014 7:09 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Here is a mantra you can use with or without Turmeric on your eggs - Leo-pold ... Leo-pold For your advanced technique you add Phisher ... Phisher When you become very advanced you can add Duh, Duh You'llbe claiming lighten-mint in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Nearing SIXTY?! Richard, I think for many of us it's more like nearing 70. There's only one person here who's nearing 60 and she's not living single on a canal anywhere! On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:27 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   On 3/26/2014 7:11 AM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Dutch approach to dying

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Very good idea, turq, but unable to open link... On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:08 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   This kinda has to be posted here, because it's something I haven't seen anywhere else, and I find it remarkably refreshing, and kinda spiritual. You know how

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-celebrity endorsements for TM

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/26/2014 7:03 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote: It would be interesting to see if the Turq could come up with endorsements even close to this for the programmes of the Dolly Lama. From what I've read, almost every single TM endorsement made by a celebrity is also an endorsement of the Dalai

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread LEnglish5
I guess I'm a young'n. I'm not yet 59. L

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
You are, Lawson. Enjoy it while it lasts (-: PS In India, 60 is the really auspicious birthday, so I've heard... On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:44 PM, lengli...@cox.net lengli...@cox.net wrote:   I guess I'm a young'n. I'm not yet 59. L

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/26/2014 6:50 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote: the Dolly Lama has failed miserably, has given up Tibet The Dalai Lama will never give up the fight to end communist Chinese occupation of Tibet and the basic human rights of Tibetans. Free Tibet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Tibet

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Ha, noozguru, at least it wasn't millet morning, noon and night! On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:56 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:   On the second phase of my TTC they served lots of cauliflower.  We had cauliflower pakoras (actually quite good), cauliflower spaghetti, etc,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread turquoiseb
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, LEnglish5@... wrote : I guess I'm a young'n. I'm not yet 59. So young, and ostensibly a software engineer, and enhanced by decades of TM improving your creative intelligence, and yet completely unable to figure out how to find and click the Show message

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread salyavin808
I just didn't think the elephant/brain was a very convincing idea but it was the best in the book which is why everyone uses it as the first example, I don't think much of King Tony's ideas at all. If I'm going to read a book on human physiology I'll get one that's full of fascinating facts

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/26/2014 3:09 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: or drugging their medical patients so that they can have sex with them. Unless they are students you meet in a bar in Leiden or Amsterdam? In the village of Old Field, Long Island, I found nothing but footprints. The local fire station dispatcher

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dutch approach to dying

2014-03-26 Thread salyavin808
Face painting? Might be a good idea to ask the deceased relatives if it's OK. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : This kinda has to be posted here, because it's something I haven't seen anywhere else, and I find it remarkably refreshing, and kinda spiritual. You know

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dutch approach to dying

2014-03-26 Thread salyavin808
I meant: Face painting? Might be a good idea to ask the deceased's relatives if it's OK. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Face painting? Might be a good idea to ask the deceased relatives if it's OK. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Okey, dokey salyavin, but you were the one who was wondering about Ganesh. Go figure! Why wouldn't there be a connection between your brain and an old poem?! Do you only get something from contemporary poets? Nothing from Shakespeare either? On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:55 PM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread nablusoss1008
The Lama-fellow is the biggest joke in the Tibet issue. There was no fight, he simply ran away to seek refuge amongst the Hindu's. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/26/2014 6:50 AM, nablusoss1008 wrote: the Dolly Lama has failed miserably, has given up Tibet

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/25/2014 10:48 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: That's how it generally works Michael. When shown to be in error, just double down, or triple down on the error. Or if that fails, use some human tragedy in order to prove that TM is the cause of all out problems and then blame some

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/25/2014 10:30 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: Or maybe when an agenda they're so attached to, doesn't leave an opening for any dissenting information. Sometimes this happens when someone get fired from their job and kicked off the campus, so they don't want to talk about why they are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Nablusoss, I don't understand your thoughts about the Dalai Lama. What do you think he should have done? Stayed in Tibet and been killed by the Chinese?! On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:13 PM, nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:   The Lama-fellow is the biggest joke in the Tibet

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread anartaxius
But in binary form 60 is 00, the two zeros indicate encroaching senility. Very propitious. While in a base 4 number system I am 1021 years old. That makes me older than Methusala, and the 21 means I am still fit to vote in the United States, and drink beer. 'Auspicious' comes from a Latin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/25/2014 9:36 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, I believe in the concept of enlightenment. The belief in the enlightenment tradition means that you believe in the *perfectibility* of mankind. The doctrine was first advanced by Buddha and later by Rousseau and others, that people are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 21-Mar-14 00:15:03 UTC

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/25/2014 8:40 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 3/25/2014 1:54 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote: It's like Judy has lost 20 or more IQ points by associating with the only two followers she's got left, Jim and Ann. Maybe you

[FairfieldLife] New Planet!

2014-03-26 Thread salyavin808
Cool, there is even more to our solar system than we thought. At least one new planet. A long way off but orbiting our sun nonetheless. But what to call it. Omega, Mondas, Vulcan? Hopefully not Melancholia

Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Xeno, you once called me a clam. So how a clam has a bird-brain idea is one of those mysteries I will contemplate unto my death bed! On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:24 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:   But in binary form 60 is 00, the two zeros indicate

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread salyavin808
Actually, I don't think it was me wondering about Ganesh in the first place! I love Shakespeare actually and a lot of Modern stuff. I'm a big fan of Betjeman, archetypal Englishman you see. I just don't think we are talking about the same thing when you say connection King Tony's idea is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jet Vanishes

2014-03-26 Thread Pundit Sir
On 3/25/2014 7:48 PM, Share Long wrote: Richard, your family has FIVE generations alive! Got married to my first wife when I was twenty - two children, 1967-8. Go figure. Santa Rosa, CA: nice place to visit - let me know when it's finished! Wow! I can buy a home in Santa Rosa - median family

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
Ah, salyavin, we have a crematorium theme going... The Ganesh comment I think was made as a joke. On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:45 PM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:   Actually, I don't think it was me wondering about Ganesh in the first place!  I love Shakespeare

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Fri 21-Mar-14 00:15:03 UTC

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/25/2014 7:10 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com wrote: So, what do you make of the first sentence on the page you linked to at the bottom of your post. If Buddhism is all about enlightenment, what does this experience represent? Does it indicate that all those commentaries and books, which

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: No Mantra will cure willfully arrogant stupidity

2014-03-26 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 3/25/2014 7:08 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Ever been to India, Michael? There is a nice small Hindu Temple in Columbia, SC.

[FairfieldLife] question about hoopla

2014-03-26 Thread Share Long
I just heard about hoopla. Does anyone know why a library would not have it? Does it cost the library money? Time and attention?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Non-Celebrity TM Endorsements

2014-03-26 Thread nablusoss1008
That lama-fellow should have sought out the most potent Vedic Saints, Maharishi was already active in India at the time. Instead he used his so-called Buddhism to impotently beg the CIA for help and fled to India where he has remained since, forever protected by the Hindu's and unable to do

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