In that last part he was referring to me because I have stated here on FFL that
I practice chi gung, which has nothing to do with religion, nor kung fu for
that matter, except that some martial arts practitioners use chi gung to
increase their chi for their martial arts practice. Richard is
You know, I had never thought of it that way, but the Big M really DID shape
our beliefs not only about the world around us and about ourselves but about TM
itself which was a core aspect of his selling TM and its adjunct programs to
everyone. Thank you for the insight Curtis.
It's from the Digital Buddhist so it must be true :-) :
On April 30th 2011, I learned the method of Transcendental Meditation… And
since then I have experienced the most productive and present 3 years of my
life; which includes moving to New York City and turning an idea I had, into a
But Curtis, you already have some big filters: one, and imo the most
significant one, that it's preferable to come to a new experience as filter
free as possible. Shouldn't we challenge this belief too?
And two, don't you already have some significant filters about mindfulness
simply from
Richard, I don't think *thinking things over in the conscious mind* really
describes TM! Though it is one possible definition of meditation.
On Thursday, May 1, 2014 10:11 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 5/1/2014 8:18 PM, Share Long wrote:
Richard, sense of self
But Buck, the soil is so polluted now that probably all it's good for is to
grow a gasoline additive!
On Thursday, May 1, 2014 8:57 PM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com
dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:
And then the accelerating problem; the
aggregating farm monopolies bull-dozing farmsteads that
WE ARE A LIVING EXPRESSION OF the TRANSCENDENT'S PERFECTION.
Every individual is a living expression of a perfection of the Unified Field,
in wholeness, power, creativity, and joy. We have within us the pattern of
perfection and the ability to bring it into manifestation.
Today, and every
I agree, Richard that what's needed is to study these different brain states in
a scientific way. For one thing, to counter the flood of New Age beliefs that
we now deal with in addition to the old age beliefs!
A lot of the New Age beliefs, like it's better to be filter free, are actually
in
I hope you're not alluding to me, Curtis, because if you are, this would be a
seriously misleading way of putting it. Verging on deceptive, in fact.
A previous poster was also a big fan of trying to hold me accountable for
Barry's perspective. What is with you guys? Can't keep yer eye on
Right. You just regularly barge into such discussions, announcing that there is
no God and that anyone who believes there is is worse than a fool.
Although I fully understand that some people get off on debating the existence
of God and things like that, *nothing bores me more* these
Nobody ever disputed this point with Barry, including those who believe in
determinism. He could never quite understand how someone could believe in
determinism and yet continue to act as if they had free will without serious
cognitive dissonance. He was unable to grasp that believers in
Christopher Hitchens would agree with him if Barry were to say such a thing.
On Fri, 5/2/14, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Facilitating a Future and the New TM
Movement:
To:
Uh, duh.
Barry has said such a thing, many times. My point was that while he
professes to a hands-off approach to the issue, claiming to be bored by it,
in fact he is driven to make frequent pronouncements of his perspective
whenever it's discussed.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
Sorta like the way you're trying to barge into a pleasant conversation that
doesn't concern you and trying to turn it into an argument of some kind? What a
pathetic old hag you are, Judy.
From: authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com
To:
What happened here??
-
Harris:
Given the degree to which religion still inspires human conflict, and impedes
genuine inquiry, I believe that merely being a self-described “Buddhist” is to
be complicit in the world’s violence and ignorance to an unacceptable degree.
- See more at:
Yahoo is actually reporting that a physics professor at the University of
Amsterdam has discovered that pouring water on the sand in front of a sled
carrying a large stone block would make it easier to pull and this is how they
built the pyramids! My god, what will they think of next? But then
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
A true find. Truly mind-boggling to consider that adult human beings actually
thought that this was an effective sales presentation. How brainwashed do you
have to be to think like that?
Trust me Bawwy, no one on the planet
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
In that last part he was referring to me because I have stated here on FFL
that I practice chi gung, which has nothing to do with religion, nor kung fu
for that matter, except that some martial arts practitioners use chi gung to
Okay, fine, so now you and Sam Harris are atheistic transcendentalists in
experience without poetry. And by your own experience, in shorthand, a
“substitutor meditator” in spiritual practice, Evidently like Sam Harris.
Welcome back,
-Buck
Curtisdeltablues writes:
Buck writes:
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2014 10:02 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis - Sam Harris
I think it would be a fantastic discussion and I would love to help you prep
for an interview. He is an
Judy, I doubt that Curtis thinks of you as a previous poster! Want to guess
again?
On Friday, May 2, 2014 8:20 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com
wrote:
I hope you're not alluding to me, Curtis, because if you are, this would be a
seriously misleading way of putting it.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
You know, I had never thought of it that way, but the Big M really DID shape
our beliefs not only about the world around us and about ourselves but about TM
itself which was a core aspect of his selling TM and its adjunct programs
On 5/1/2014 11:04 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
Nobody reads my tape loops anyway - so thanks for reading my tape loop.
Now, about that Rama levitation tape loop...
It's true. Loop de loop. Loopy. Sloppy Sloopy.
Nobody wants to talk about human levitation, the centerpiece of the TMO
and
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 3:30 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Facilitating a Future and the New TM
Movement:
R:
According to Harris, by paying close attention to moment-to-moment
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote :
I hope you're not alluding to me, Curtis, because if you are, this would be a
seriously misleading way of putting it. Verging on deceptive, in fact.
C: Sorry to bust your righteousness buzz but I was not. You are a current
poster.
turq, I agree with you about the use of hierarchy. But what about using the
concept of fuller stages of development wrt humans? This might even be
measurable scientifically. What others have called Self just might be a label
for the situation in which most of the brain functioning in an
On 5/2/2014 4:46 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
In that last part he was referring to me because I have stated here on
FFL that I practice chi gung, which has nothing to do with religion,
nor kung fu for that matter, except that some martial arts
practitioners use chi gung to increase their chi
On 5/2/2014 5:12 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote:
I still continue to practice a sitting meditation most days -- not TM,
not mantra-based, but eyes-closed, dive-for-deep-samadhi meditation. I
do it because I enjoy it, and after 20 minutes or so I feel refreshed
and experience a clarity that I would
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 5/1/2014 3:02 PM, curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
I am reading his book on free will right now. Very thought provoking.
Someone needs to tell Barry that Harris says
Just making an observation, Barry. Since it's factually accurate, there's no
basis to argue about it. In any case, some of the discussions of belief in God
have been entirely pleasant until you stuck your nose in and insulted the
participants. So in that sense, if I'm a pathetic old hag, so are
On 5/2/2014 6:24 AM, Share Long wrote:
And Richard, how can we possibly separate belief and practice
completely? I don't think we can simply because we don't live our
lives with our heads cut off from our bodies!
We cannot possibly separate our beliefs completely, but what we can do
is
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
But Curtis, you already have some big filters:
C: Right that is why I said this:
Of course I can only be marginally successful with this goal
S:one, and imo the most significant one, that it's preferable to come to a new
Okey-doke, glad to hear it. I don't recall anyone trying to stick you with
Barry's perspective on Lenz's alleged levitation exploits, though, previous
poster or otherwise (it wasn't entirely clear what previous poster meant--it
could have referred to a poster not involved in the current
Bullshit. fuller stages of development is just another hierarchy. Brains
functioning in an optimally healthy way is another hierarchy. Both are mere
assumptions.
From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote :
Okey-doke, glad to hear it. I don't recall anyone trying to stick you with
Barry's perspective on Lenz's alleged levitation exploits,
C: I didn't claim this, I just said Barry's perspective.
J: though, previous poster or otherwise
Yes, turq, but some hierarchies are useful. For example, if you needed brain
surgery, would you want Maya to do it?! No, you'd want someone who was *more
developed* as a brain surgeon. Ok, I admit that's another assumption of mine!
On Friday, May 2, 2014 9:49 AM, TurquoiseBee
On 5/2/2014 6:47 AM, Share Long wrote:
Richard, I don't think *thinking things over in the conscious mind*
really describes TM! Though it is one possible definition of meditation.
According to MMY, TM is based on thinking - anyone who can think can
meditate. So, everyone is already
Last night I read the first chapter of the End of Faith and LOVED it. Didn’t
disagree with anything I’ve read so far. I’m taking notes and will post them
for discussion later on.
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of
Richard, belly flop is a really good analogy imo. And I also agree with you
that everyone transcends even without a technique. I know you've said it
before, but this time it hit me just right. Thanks.
On Friday, May 2, 2014 10:00 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com
wrote:
On
I'd like to know how Curtis does this dive deep for samadhi meditation, I have
been doing some shikantaza meditation, but I just get vibbed with the bliss I
feel after a little while and then get up and go do something else. The bliss
starts after about one minute so its like, ok I'm here now
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com ,
no_re...@yahoogroups.com mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote :
Certainly. Would be as interesting as your interviews over at batgap, putting
everyone at sleep.
Really Nabby? Have you spoken with “everyone”?
From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Facilitating a Future and the New TM
Movement:
Yes, turq, but some hierarchies are useful.
NOT if they don't
Curtis, first of all, and maybe I've said it before, but it is simply a
pleasure just to read your writing. For one thing, I can follow it pretty
easily!
I think my favorite line was when you said, ...all my presuppositions will
shape everything I conclude. That is a human limitation as well
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
I'd like to know how Curtis does this dive deep for samadhi meditation,
C: It was Barry who described his practice this way. I don't accept the
conceptual model of samadhi to describe my meditation experiences anymore. My
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Sorta like the way you're trying to barge into a pleasant conversation that
doesn't concern you and trying to turn it into an argument of some kind? What a
pathetic old hag you are, Judy.
And what a phenomenal lack of
From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Facilitating a Future and the New TM
Movement:
I'd like to know how Curtis does this dive deep for samadhi meditation, I have
been doing
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Curtis, first of all, and maybe I've said it before, but it is simply a
pleasure just to read your writing. For one thing, I can follow it pretty
easily!
C: Thanks Share, I am enjoying writing here again. Being easy to follow is my
Capitalism needs to be tweaked.
Richard Wolf says that 'centralized state socialism' is as
bad as 'centralised state capitalism'.
IOW, Crony socialism is as bad as crony capitalism.
Crony socialism existed in india, Soviet union, China and
large swaths on the globe in the 1950's and 60's.
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 5/2/2014 6:24 AM, Share Long wrote:
And Richard, how can we possibly separate belief and practice completely? I
don't think we can simply because we don't live our lives with our heads cut
off from our bodies!
We cannot
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote :
Judy, I doubt that Curtis thinks of you as a previous poster! Want to guess
again?
I think it was more that Robin was hoping Curtis might call Barry on some of
his abusive bullshit when it had something to do with Robin. But
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Bullshit. fuller stages of development is just another hierarchy. Brains
functioning in an optimally healthy way is another hierarchy. Both are mere
assumptions.
I think Share might have pushed Bawee's belly button.
From:
turq, as I've alluded to before with all my talk of MRI machines, I'd like to
see science define full development wrt human consciousness. Til then I tend
to go by my gut feeling. Which I know can be wrong. But that's part of being
human. And life will set me straight one way or the other.
FWIW, Maharishi said at one point, Bliss isn't blissful. By which he meant, I
assume, that to experience blissfulness required some degree of waking-state
consciousness. IOW, you wouldn't experience blissfullness in
transcendental-consciousness-by-itself--but you would be in a state of bliss by
And right on cue, the two Robin cultists try to bring him up to derail yet
another pleasant discussion.
From: awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
From: Michael Jackson mjackson74@...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Facilitating a Future and the New TM
Movement:
I'd like to know how Curtis does
Talk of Sam Harris brings me out of the FFL shadows.
Harris is, in my view, one of the clearest and boldest thinkers in the world
today. One may disagree with any number of his positions (that radical Islam
presents a dire threat to the world, that free will is an illusion, that
science
From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Facilitating a Future and the New TM
Movement:
turq, as I've alluded to before with all my talk of MRI machines,
On 5/2/2014 7:13 AM, Share Long wrote:
I agree, Richard that what's needed is to study these different brain
states in a scientific way. For one thing, to counter the flood of New
Age beliefs that we now deal with in addition to the old age beliefs!
That's what I'm saying!
A lot of the
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
And right on cue, the two Robin cultists try to bring him up to derail yet
another pleasant discussion.
I have yet to experience anything about you, Bawee, that is pleasant. Don't
kid yourself.
From: awoelflebater@...
Curtis didn't mean me, as it turns out. (I had thought by previous poster he
meant someone not involved in the current discussion.)
However, I'd been nagging Curtis about not calling Barry on his abusive
behavior (as opposed to his perspective) long before Robin ever showed up.
---In
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote :
Last night I read the first chapter of the End of Faith and LOVED it. Didn’t
disagree with anything I’ve read so far. I’m taking notes and will post them
for discussion later on.
C: I believe you guys are closer in your conclusions
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 5/2/2014 6:24 AM, Share Long wrote:
R: MMY has NOTHING to do with their transcending. It's
that simple.
C: Not that simple since his framework for understanding my
On 5/2/2014 8:13 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
I hope you're not alluding to me, Curtis, because if you are, this
would be a seriously misleading way of putting it. Verging on
deceptive, in fact.
Curtis is probably alluding to me - I'm the informant that wants answers
about the human
On 5/2/2014 8:14 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Right. You just regularly barge into such discussions, announcing that
there is no God and that anyone who believes there is is worse than a
fool.
According to my beliefs, only a God could levitate in front of a crowd
of people over a hundred
Seems rather anemic to me. ;-)
On 05/01/2014 10:43 PM, TurquoiseBee wrote:
A true find. Truly mind-boggling to consider that adult human beings
actually thought that this was an effective sales presentation. How
brainwashed do you have to be to think like that?
By abusive behavior, I include lying, as Barry does below. I hadn't mentioned
Robin when Barry made this post and did so only after Ann did, to exclude
Robin. Ann wasn't aware that Curtis's refusal to criticize Barry's behavior was
a longstanding bone of contention between us. And she wasn't
On 5/2/2014 8:17 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
Nobody ever disputed this point with Barry, including those who
believe in determinism. He could never quite understand how someone
could believe in determinism and yet continue to act as if they had
free will without serious cognitive
It is wonderful that you are meditating again.
-Buck
CurtisDeltaBlues [CDB] writes:
I've been doing a mindfulness meditation the last month. I think I finally
figured it out and how to do it in place of TM. Before the TM machine would
just start up, but that is not happening now and the
On 5/2/2014 8:20 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
Christopher Hitchens would agree with him if Barry were to say such a
thing.
Hitchens would */NOT/* agree with Barry that Fred Lenz levitated
hundreds of times. That's a dumb thing to say and not even include the
quote you're referring to. Go
On 5/2/2014 8:45 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote:
Sorta like the way you're trying to barge into a pleasant conversation
that doesn't concern you and trying to turn it into an argument of
some kind? What a pathetic old hag you are, Judy.
So, it's all about Judy. Go figure.
---
This email is free
On 05/01/2014 04:05 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
On 5/1/2014 1:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
The capitalist's party. Corporations now have personhood which means
we can arrest them and throw them in prison. So let's arrest
Goldman-Sachs to start.
Maybe we should arrest Russia and China since
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
It is wonderful that you are meditating again.
-Buck
C: Glad you approve Buck. I am hopeful that you will be equally supportive of
my new practice of doing sunyama on the phrase world petulance, suffering and
war for a few
On 5/2/2014 8:52 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:
What happened here??
Somebody got confused and thought there was such a thing as Buddhism?
Everyone on the planet knows that being a Buddhists means the same thing
as being non-violent and that Buddhists don't believe in the saving
grace of
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote :
It
is wonderful that you are meditating again.C: Glad you approve Buck. I am
hopeful that you will be equally supportive of my new practice of doing sunyama
on the
So Richard responds to Curtis treating him as if he were an actual human being
by retreating into full retard mode again. Interesting.
Tropic Thunder (2008) You never go full Retard!
Tropic Thunder (2008) You never go full Retard!
View on www.youtube.com Preview by Yahoo
Have you ever visited any socialist countries? The problem in the US is
we have runaway laissez-faire capitalism. Yes, crony socialism is as
bad as crony capitalism. in general I am against tyranny of any kind.
Of course most of this is of little interest on FFL where the favorite
topic is
On 5/2/2014 9:09 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :
In that last part he was referring to me because I have stated here on
FFL that I practice chi gung, which has nothing to do with religion,
nor kung fu for that matter, except that
Well of all things Ubuntu updated Firefox to 29. Much ado about nothing.
:-D
On 04/29/2014 07:27 PM, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote:
Some of you may have noticed that Firefox has updated to a new version
with an entirely new look. Personally, I don't like the new look of
the tabs, and
Still no forced update here in the Netherlands, so I'll see what this one has
in store. Thanks to Alex for posting the IT hacks article, which I have
bookmarked just in case it turns out badly. Not that I expect it to -- Mozilla
has higher quality programmers than Yahoo does. Then again, the
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Snip
Exactly. That is what makes discussions or arguments about *whether* we have
free will or not so BORING to me. They're completely unproductive -- a point
that can never be proven one way or another. It's as silly as trying to
I fully agree, Curtis. I admit to having lost much of my interest in Batgap
because much of it seemed to me to have devolved into the ostensibly selfless
talking endlessly about themselves. But it's a noble effort, and a wonderful
collection of data for future social scientists. And this
turq, whoops, here we go: fully developed human is a person whose brain and
body are functioning in a most healthy way where most healthy means optimally
conducive to life.
On Friday, May 2, 2014 10:34 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com
so how d'ya transcend bliss?
On Fri, 5/2/14, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Facilitating a Future and the New TM
Movement:
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday,
Ann, I'd say that many people who are blissed out are simply running too much
energy in the upper parts of the body. They could bring it down and ground
themselves simply by stomping their feet a few times!
Someday, we'll be able to measure all this maybe.
On Friday, May 2, 2014 10:31 AM,
From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Facilitating a Future and the New TM
Movement:
turq, whoops, here we go: fully developed human is a person whose
And I find int interesting that some traditions associate bliss w/ lower astral
realms when Marshy put such emphasis on the bliss of the Absolute and all that
jazz
On Fri, 5/2/14, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife]
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :
Exactly. That is what makes discussions or arguments about
*whether* we have free will or not so BORING to me. They're completely
unproductive -- a point that can never be
From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Re-Facilitating a Future and the New TM
Movement:
so how d'ya transcend bliss?
Stop regarding it as something to either value, or hold onto.
turq, for most healthy way I'd go with the parameters that doctors use such
as specific blood pressure, heart rate, etc. For the brain, I'd use parameters
that neuroscientists use such as certain brain wave frequency, etc. I don't
think these parameters are completely developed, but they're a
having only read some things about Harris, I am nonetheless really looking
forward to hearing a BATGAP interview with him - I do hope you do it Rick.
On Fri, 5/2/14, kry...@natel.net kry...@natel.net wrote:
Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis
Nice to meet you Krysto.
Islam sanctions institutionalised slavery. A muslim man can
keep any number of non-muslim women as slaves. He can also
keep any number of concubines, apart from his 4 wives.
Jihadi supremacists are serious about this stupid,
unscientific, barbaric religious
On 5/2/2014 9:20 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote:
Love your phrase just another aspect of a multifaceted identity
cluster which may or may not be all illusion. That's it.
These are excellent points from Curtis and Barry. The problem is that
both Buddhism and Hinduism teach that there's no reality to
Comments below...
From a sociological POV this question has vast implications, and always has,
in how we approach society's sense of justice in our legal system. It wasn't
long ago that we hanged an elephant for killing a man. Today we have people on
death row who were not mentally able
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jedi_spock@... wrote :
Nice to meet you Krysto.
Islam sanctions institutionalised slavery. A muslim man can
keep any number of non-muslim women as slaves. He can also
keep any number of concubines, apart from his 4 wives.
Jihadi supremacists are
On 5/2/2014 9:20 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote:
One of the things I reject about almost all forms of spirituality I've
encountered is that they're stuck in hierarchical thinking.
This is where discussion gets really tricky - /where exactly is the
*spirit* in *spirituality*?/ Is it in the object of
On 5/2/2014 10:02 AM, Rick Archer wrote:
Last night I read the first chapter of the End of Faith and LOVED it.
Didn’t disagree with anything I’ve read so far. I’m taking notes and
will post them for discussion later on.
You may find the idea of a nuclear first-strike against Iran to be not
Dearest Bhavani,
Here are two good editorials from yesterday's Ledger.
Lots of love,
Bo
Begin forwarded message:
From: Bob Klauber rklau...@lisco.com
Subject: my LTE and Terry Smith's re: Heartland
Date: May 2, 2014 9:33:14 AM CDT
Fairfield Ledger, May 1, 2014
Heartland and Being Good
On 5/2/2014 9:45 AM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com wrote:
I am open to Maharishi's perspective that in fact I am so habituated
from his practice that I am not actually practicing a mindfulness
practice at all. But my experience leads me to believe that I am
having a different subjective
Users can be really pissy about UI changes, especially on mobile
apps. There are some changes I want to make to my Android apps but I
can just about hear the hackles now. Since I last designed the
interface for those Google has added the three bar menu button which I
want to use.
As I've
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :
On 5/2/2014 9:45 AM, curtisdeltablues@... mailto:curtisdeltablues@... wrote:
I am open to Maharishi's perspective that in fact I am so habituated from his
practice that I am not actually practicing a mindfulness practice at all. But
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