[FairfieldLife] Re: How's business in your area?

2009-03-05 Thread Larry
Edg, Also in Madison - and shopping for a different dentist - - if you see fit to recommend your tooth dr and he\she is West of the Isthmus please let me know. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Have any of you a take on your local area? Snoop that I

[FairfieldLife] Re: To Curtis re Guitar

2009-03-02 Thread Larry
A few years ago (age 52) I decided to learn to play guitar and bought a China made Guild which looks like and cost about the same as the Nickle Creek - - I would venture to say that many of these guitars by name brands are made in the same plants with a similar quality as these Nickle Creeks and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yearbook Page at MUM LIbrary

2009-02-23 Thread Larry
what a trip (1975) I believe I'm on page 49 - lots of familiar faces, faces I think I still occasionally see in some netherworld. Thanks for the link. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yateendrajee mcint...@... wrote: PDF's of old yearbooks are available at the MUM website. Might be

[FairfieldLife] Re: If I wanted to see Fairfield and go into domes and ro

2009-02-11 Thread Larry
I did just that about a year ago (for a weekend) - - (at that time) and you allowed as much time in the domes as a reasonable person would need for rounding. time in the domes and--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20...@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-10 Thread Larry
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: Let me jump into this attachment discussion. I'd like to argue that you don't know what attachment is until you experience pure consciousness while

[FairfieldLife] What is the nature of attachment? (Re: All of Patanjali's 8 limbs )

2009-02-10 Thread Larry
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Larry inmadison@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: Let me jump

[FairfieldLife] Re: Are There Prerequisites for Advaita?

2009-02-04 Thread Larry
Part of the answer to the question Are There Prerequisites for Advaita? lies in the question itself. The question implies that the topic belongs to, or has to be steeped in a particular culture or tradition. Au contrare - I've got a brother-in-law who has a heart attack, dragged half dead to

[FairfieldLife] Re: NOT AGAIN! .......Edg strikes......

2009-01-31 Thread Larry
I would have to study your post a lot longer then I would like to, to glean exactly what you're asking - but to cut to the chase, from what little I've seen of AI, it appears to be as much a popularity contest then a singing contest. So don't feel bad if your perceived talent does not go far. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Computer Upgrade? Question for the Geeks

2009-01-30 Thread Larry
I would agree with others who have offered ideas - your computer is amply powerful. What drew my attention right away is the HD - although you have 14Gb left, my experience is that drives get flaky when less than 10% space remains, regardless of their size. I would archive (lots) some files to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Call for Lucid Dreaming stories

2009-01-28 Thread Larry
I don't know if this qualifies as Lucid Dreaming or not - but about 1-2 times per month I will find myself in a frustrating dream. I attempt to salvage the dream by removing the frustration, but eventually just decide to end it and wake up. Example: Just last night I dreamt I was on a jet flight

[FairfieldLife] Re: Call for Lucid Dreaming stories

2009-01-28 Thread Larry
Hey Edg, I'll have to check again tonight, but when I floated thru your office the other night, I thot for sure one of those stautues was a bust. Speaking of busts, those old Playboys you've got stashed away are a hoot. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Turq,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Call for Lucid Dreaming stories

2009-01-28 Thread Larry
. I'm an easy target here for this kind of teasing, but far harder to see is the mechanics of how my presentation triggers responses in others. I don't mind the elbow in the ribs, but I do wonder about the motivation to have done so. Maybe I'm reading you wrongly, Larry, er, what was your

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY one of the biggest intellectual con artists of all time

2008-08-27 Thread Larry
The irony is of course he's comparing self-help books to theology - and by theology we have to assume the ubiquitous and most marketed self-help book of Civilization (The Bible) and the other irony - should his book be successful, he will have joined the gaggle of books he himself is railing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Perfection in what IS

2008-04-12 Thread Larry
This may have nothin to do with nothin but it is yesterday's story and may be worth telling - I ride about Madison on a bike with a sign a friend made for me - it simply states Non consumption Changes Everything and occasionally it spurs up a conversation. especially with fellow bikers or peds

[FairfieldLife] Re: Beautiful, sweet, innocent -- but a creepy zombie nonetheless.

2008-04-03 Thread Larry
speaking of JB, once in a while I wonder off and watch http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wm4ppyF1D_A about half way thru he falls into Mystery Train --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curtis wrote: I fell in love with the sound of certain instruments

[FairfieldLife] Re: An answer to the question.

2008-03-25 Thread Larry
As I have heard, UC is recognition of Self in another object (person/place/thing) . . . as UC matures, recognition becomes more frequent and the 'scope' of the object expands . . . till entire universe can be appreciated as Self. However - in BC the fullness of 'inside' and 'outside' collide and

[FairfieldLife] Re: This is a big, BIG problem for Obama

2008-03-14 Thread Larry
every church has a freaky pastor - that's why I stay away from those places. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the facts in this article are true, not only will he not be elected president, he won't get the nomination REGARDLESS of how many

[FairfieldLife] Re: Your replies to my inquiries about TM technique and experience

2008-03-11 Thread Larry
you're making this way too complicated, simplify, simplify, there's nothing to this --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 11, 2008, at 5:33 PM, endlessrainintoapapercup wrote: Some yogis have noted TMers--esp. TM-Sidhi practitioners have blocks in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Story from Ben Collins

2008-03-03 Thread Larry
is this thread based on our interpretation of one fella's interpretation of another fella's look? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About two BILLION people on Earth live on ONE dollar a day. If we could get those folks to TWO dollars a day, death of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unity Consciousness?

2008-03-01 Thread Larry
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander mailander111@ wrote: One of my favorite quotes from last week is this from Sandy Ego: Now I will explain myself, and please see if you can discriminate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Unity Consciousness?

2008-03-01 Thread Larry
with a good friend who can also experience that state, though there is never much to say to each other. Still, the companionship is deep and lovely. So, yeah, I can go there and it's great. But I think of it as just another outfit to wear, not better than any other. a --- Larry [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Witnessing, was: Steve Martin of Wilmington

2008-02-27 Thread Larry
Let's take the question: Who are you and what do you really do? The domain in which the question is asked, is the same domain in which it is answered. That domain does not go away, it is not diminished, that domain does not become dishonest. Only in the context of an ever-expanding self does

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yogic Sleep (15)

2008-02-26 Thread Larry
a seamless thread of continuity - imagine being inside a hollow sphere, and everything is projected on the inside surface, everything = sleeping, dreaming and waking. Everything is the same distance from self. witnessing is the ego getting a taste of self and thinking it might just survive this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yogic Sleep (15)

2008-02-26 Thread Larry
I had noticed that at the instant of falling asleep, that thoughts became less frequent, discontiguous and random - - - so I will occaisionally reproduce that to encourage sleep. For example . . . popcorn . . . scuba diving large firm breasts, crap, bad idea, start over tractor seat cozy

[FairfieldLife] Interesting show on NPR right now (Wed afternoon)

2008-02-26 Thread Larry
Two guests declaring the world is becoming a more peaceful and prosperous place. http://wpr.org/HereOnEarth/archive_080226k.cfm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Steve Martin of Wilmington

2008-02-23 Thread Larry
Steve, Thanks for posting your experiences. I also have continued my practice in isolation - I spent 4 days last fall in FFld and domes, but other than that, I've done program alone since mid eighties. I also continue the siddhi program - I view the siddhis as a selection of possible

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mostly lurking with a question

2008-02-19 Thread Larry
OMG, not another used-to-be TMer who gave it up because he / she couldn't handle a few obstacles. f those shastras. Most of the opinions given are just musings of the egoistic mind and have no basis in what is Truth. Do people seek siddhis for power? If so, this is a quality of Asuras,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Corrections to Dr Chopra's article on The Maharishi Years - the Untold Stor

2008-02-15 Thread Larry
the other observers . . so therefore, the distinction of the car will also be different between observers. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really? How do you figure? - Original Message From: Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: Corrections to Dr Chopra's article on The Maharishi Years - the Untold Stor

2008-02-15 Thread Larry
You can have a manifold relative world that works, or you have one with Truth, but you can't have both --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, we've got at least two versions of the events. This does not tell us that either version corresponds to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Corrections to Dr Chopra's article on The Maharishi Years - the Untold Stor

2008-02-15 Thread Larry
@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matthew 18:18-20 (King James Version) King James Version (KJV) 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Larry, What we have here is a failure to communicate. Any egoic projection fits

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO future - just speculation

2008-02-14 Thread Larry
I'm surprised Bevan didn't pick up on Maharishi's message from Heaven - Bevan was to leap from that window - to show the world Yogic Flying - what an image, a naked cherub with soapy eyes. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh yes, I am wise But

[FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak Chopra: The Maharishi Years - The Untold Story: Recollections of a Fo

2008-02-14 Thread Larry
this reads like a 21st century rig veda - imagine the commentaries on this piece written 5000 years in the future. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maharishi, after all, did the same thing. We have NO IDEA what the real story of Guru Dev was. All we have

[FairfieldLife] Re: A short list of my grievances with the movement

2008-02-14 Thread Larry
Maharishi's model of enlightenment has always puzzled me as well - right from the Intro lecture - really, why should a true Indian sage have any concern about World Peace when he should be talking about how the world is illusion . . . how the world is as it should be . . . shouldn't we be walking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Claim and belief systems

2008-02-13 Thread Larry
Beliefs allow us to be one thing - and pretend to be another. and the best we can hope for is to replace the fraud we believe in, with a better fraud - or we can drop having beliefs all together. I remember when my kids were very small, they didn't believe in anything. Re the questions of

[FairfieldLife] Re: I'm ready for my close-up now, Mr. DeMille...

2008-02-12 Thread Larry
Nice writing - but I feel the need to point out that everyone I know has some similar wacky relations with something, ie people and their pets, people and nearly inanimate infants, .. and don't get me started on those dang bird watchers :) and if I could take a step back I could see my own

[FairfieldLife] Re: A short list of my grievances with the movement

2008-02-11 Thread Larry
and don't forget about Abraham, he trudged up that mountain in waking state and slid down in CC, or perhaps he went up in CC and came down in UC . . . --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boyboy_8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I salute your humor. Very good. There is an interesting section in

[FairfieldLife] Re: A short list of my grievances with the movement

2008-02-11 Thread Larry
Jimi Hendrix came back as your cat, very hip Great bear story! One morning I came out to a strange sound. My cat was pulling out a guitar string with his teeth and letting it ring! He did it many times and was obviously enjoying it. I started hanging my guitars on the wall!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do you still practice TM but not believe in MMY?

2008-02-10 Thread Larry
I don't have anything to add to the discussion - I think of this post as merely a vote to your OP - in the interest of a tally in whatever column you feel fit. yes, I still do TM, but I never 'practiced' it as I was pretty damn good at it right from the get go :) but I have a couple of kids

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do you still practice TM but not believe in MMY?

2008-02-10 Thread Larry
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you hold a gun on me and forced me to recommend a spiritual program, I'd say that the only method for getting enlightened in today's world is to 1. read Ramana Maharishi's Talks five times, and 2. do self

[FairfieldLife] Re: Replay of Bevan's Wonderful Call Tomorrow Afternoon

2008-02-08 Thread Larry
Putting aside for a moment the content of Bevan's message, whoever told Bevan (and Hagelin) to speak in that pasty puffy toad faced limp-wristed fake tri-tone sissy style? They come off like they could benefit from being robbed at gun point - or getting the crap beat out of them. I never heard

[FairfieldLife] Re: Replay of Bevan's Wonderful Call Tomorrow Afternoon

2008-02-08 Thread Larry
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Larry inmadison@ wrote: Putting aside for a moment the content of Bevan's message, whoever told Bevan (and Hagelin) to speak in that pasty puffy toad faced limp-wristed fake

[FairfieldLife] MMY and the art of living.

2008-02-05 Thread Larry
Maharishi was a Great Holy man who brought me and others meditation from a far away land - to find happiness within. Jai Guru Dev http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502752.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM has never been secular (this perfume is not secular)

2008-02-04 Thread Larry
Is this perfume non secular if you don't believe in it, or are unaware of its origin? http://www.virtueperfume.com/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is pretty funny! Are Richard and Nabby even TM teachers? I think Nabby was. Richard

[FairfieldLife] Re: The two models

2008-02-01 Thread Larry
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: a computer question - is it allowed?

2008-02-01 Thread Larry
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, claudiouk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Instead of buying a new laptop is it possible to just buy a faster desktop PC base unit (without monitor or keyboard) and then access this unit from anywhere in the house from my old laptop (which then becomes the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The two models

2008-01-31 Thread Larry
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlist@ wrote: Barry writes snipped: And again, you are assuming the unenlightened model, which believes

[FairfieldLife] Re: recipe for good health

2008-01-30 Thread Larry
snip snip What we're debating here is whether psychoactive substances such as alcohol and pot interfere with one's progress toward enlightenment. And again, you are assuming the unenlightened model, which believes that progress *has* to be made towards enlightenment. If you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Request to change RIP Scott Girard thread title

2008-01-29 Thread Larry
There is wisdom in showing grace when given an opportunity, and wisdom in not filing a grievance with every real or alleged fault of another. The wisdom being that, in giving grace, you will be more 'eligible' when grace comes your way . . . anyways, this seems like good advice my grandma told

[FairfieldLife] Re: What must they think?

2008-01-27 Thread Larry
They might think it is too much like coming upon one of those multi car pile ups, you know, like in the fog that involve dozens of vehicles - and coming upon it just as it happening with all the walking wounded. Many folks already have enough drama and chaos in their lives and it's not worth

[FairfieldLife] Maharaja Nader Raam

2008-01-15 Thread Larry
I must confess that I have pretty much been out of touch with the TMO since the 80's - I have avoided ayerveda, jotysh, vostoo, etc. and couldn't give a 25 cent description of them. (Spelled them wrong on purpose, though I don't know how to spell them correctly.) and I am wondering about this

[FairfieldLife] Re: So just what is 'eternal damnation'?

2008-01-06 Thread Larry
eternal anything has one massive loophole - - being eternal, once you are there for even a mico-second, you've already appreciated the eternal property of the eternal anything - - and so, you are immediately eligible to move on to the next anything It's the non eternal anything you gotta watch

[FairfieldLife] Re: Self-Actualization vs (Self) Enlightenment

2007-12-23 Thread Larry
Interesting question, At first thought, Self Actualization and Enlightenment (Eastern) appear to be at odds - - Self Actualization being about perpetuating and securing the identity and hierarchy of the (small) self and its role in the world . . . and Enlightenment as realization of the (small)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd her on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread Larry
If one is predisposed to conspiracy theories and the like, turning to peer review science would be a boon. If one is predisposed to useful stuff (including accumulated wisdom), turning to peer review science will turn you into an absent minded klutz.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Goodbye to the anti-science crowd here on FFL

2007-12-21 Thread Larry
When my Mom tells me to put on fresh clean underwear before going out for a drive - I am not supposed to take her as an authority on the subject - - wait till I tell her, she'll come and kick your ass.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pseudo-Science vs Anti-Science

2007-12-21 Thread Larry
-science fundamentalists such as Rush Limbaugh, Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard, George Bush, Osama Bin Laden, Billy Graham, Fox News, The Pope, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Rielly and... Curt, Turq, Lurk, Vaj, Sal, Larry, Shemp, Peter, Boo, Bhairitu, and others. PREDICTION: Their next move will be to try

[FairfieldLife] Re: Charlie Lutes encounters MMY

2007-12-14 Thread Larry
It is stunning to see how much folks project on Jerry Jarvis, Dick Mays, Bevan, etc . . . all the defects, short comings and neurosis heaped on . . . and we don't even consider the possibility that these perceived defects are the result of our own conditioning or faulty reasoning. Transform

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brainwashing is predation

2007-12-12 Thread Larry
With any given object, or person or concept - we 'seduce ourselves' to construct a narrative and formula useful to complete thoughts . . such as French Silk Pie = whatever or TMO = whatever you want to plug in Whether these narratives and formulas come from the outside world, such as the media or

[FairfieldLife] Re: The truth about flying, CC in 5-8, etc.

2007-12-11 Thread Larry
Why don't you get the ultimate revenge and pop into CC today - just to spite the whole bunch - - - you have the power and sufficient familiarity right now. and as far as yogic flying is concerned, first get a 100+ mile per hour fast ball, it pays much better and requires less mastery over those

[FairfieldLife] Re: mothers of men - TMO press release

2007-12-06 Thread Larry
I think the term mother of men is not mother of males, but contrasted with mother of gods - - I believe that Mary is given the same title and respect in the purest of Catholic Traditions. I must admit the 'mother is at home' beats 'mother is working out of the home to earn extra cash so I can

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dad the Alcoholic

2007-01-16 Thread Larry
H... How's that explanation of Jewish belief in reincarnation coming? Jonah and the Whale is a spot-on description of reincarnation - not that there's anything wrong with that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma's Visit to FF

2006-07-11 Thread Larry Potter
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[FairfieldLife] Palestinians terrorism

2006-07-11 Thread Larry Potter
( with regard to nablus108 ).I'm sorry to saythat since the intafadah began I have uterly lost any respect for Palestinians as a nation. They choose terrible leaders and support terrible policies. They glorify terrible murderers who celebrate in killing Israeli women and children. I am sad

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Palestinians terrorism

2006-07-11 Thread Larry Potter
bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Larry Potter larry.potter@... wrote: ( with regard to nablus108 ). I'm sorry to say that since the intafadah began I have uterly lost any respect for Palestinians as a nation. They choose terrible leaders and support