[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Clinton/Bush Years= Moral Decay of USA'

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Excellent retort, Ruth! ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willytex@ wrote: Ruth wrote: So, you would rather have 47 million people uninsured? No, I would rather have

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, are we responsible for Richard's sickness? ( TM has never been secular

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Mr. Williams, though the practice of TM has always been secular it's source and inspiration has always been promoted by Maharishi within a spiritual context. That was more readily apparent when you attended teacher training courses. The Spiritual Regeneration Movement speaks for itself.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hello from the London Meditation Centre

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Well said. Thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many billion USD are in the Brahmananda Saraswati Trust and how many generations will it last, in your opinion ? For an organization dedicated to spreading its ideas in the world the

[FairfieldLife] Yes We Can Video (in NYTimes article about it)

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
That a political campaign can inspire something like this (the video) is something to feel hopeful about, and even somewhat exalted. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/obama-supporters-sing-yes- we-can/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yes We Can Video (in NYTimes article about it)

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
about real substance. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: That a political campaign can inspire something like this (the video) is something to feel hopeful about

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yes We Can Video (in NYTimes article about it)

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Judy, I understand that you support Hillary and I think that's fine. What puzzles me is that you insist, despite significant evidence to the contrary, that Barack is all shine and no substance. Examine his record and it's clear that he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Yes We Can Video (in NYTimes article about it)

2008-02-04 Thread Marek Reavis
for even better. But, who knows? We'll see how it all falls out. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Couple more thoughts: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: snip Obama for the first time at Vernon Jordan's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dear Prudence Demo

2008-02-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Vaj, thanks for that; what a nice version of a great song. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A number of the demos for the White Album were hashed out at Harrison's Kinfauns estate on his Ampex four-track R to R. The demo of Dear Prudence has a snip

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Clinton/Bush Years= Moral Decay of USA'

2008-02-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Ruth, excellent response and post. I disagree only with your 2d Amend. analysis. Gun ownership by the individual is fundamental to this country; in the last few years many constitutional experts have examined the 2d Amend. and construed it to guarantee rights to the individual, rather than

[FairfieldLife] Re: If Obama gets the nod ---- (Ann Coulter: I'll campaign for Hillary)

2008-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Hey, Edg, I haven't gotten any of the racist junk mail you have (yet), and I don't disagree with you that Obama's nomination (should that happen) and possible election would bring out blatant racism and uncover for all to see its ugliness and perversity, but I think that'll be a very good

[FairfieldLife] Re: If Obama gets the nod ---- (Ann Coulter: I'll campaign for Hillary)

2008-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Rick, I had to laugh when I read your reply to Edg (below). Only because you wrote in one sentence the same reply I made to him that required several paragraphs! It's the effect of too much lawyering. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Across the universe

2008-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Turq, thanks for the link; it's a great essay and an excellent read! I love that song. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: On Behalf Of Richard J. Williams Bob wrote: Probably

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi and Fairfield in article on Dailykos

2008-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
It's not favorable, but it's accurate that both Paul's and Maharishi's position occupies mostly the fringe of public attention; and in Maharishi's case, perhaps not even that. Both movements, Paul's political and Maharishi's spiritual/mercantile, have excellent motivations and (at times)

[FairfieldLife] Re: If Obama gets the nod ---- (Ann Coulter: I'll campaign for Hillary)

2008-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
and I cannot take the karma of helping it in anyway. Even thorn to remove a thorn is not enough to justify republishing such vile sewage. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Hey, Edg, I haven't gotten any of the racist junk mail you have (yet

[FairfieldLife] Re: If Obama gets the nod ---- (Ann Coulter: I'll campaign for Hillary)

2008-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marek Reavis Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 12:27 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: If Obama gets the nod (Ann

[FairfieldLife] Re: If Obama gets the nod ---- (Ann Coulter: I'll campaign for Hillary)

2008-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
point out, a paradigm shift in how we see the problem and how we address it. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More and more I'm viewing this campaign as being a pivot point in the direction of world

[FairfieldLife] Re: If Obama gets the nod ---- (Ann Coulter: I'll campaign for Hillary)

2008-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
in the groundswell for Obama that is growing, and I'm hoping that it will dampen opposition. We'll see. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: snip I'd like to see far more time

[FairfieldLife] Re: Veterans of Life

2008-01-30 Thread Marek Reavis
Sal, I never even made it to the cutting room floor. Don't know who those kids were. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 29, 2008, at 9:55 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: Thanks, Doug, it's been lucky for me and my brother and sister

[FairfieldLife] Re: Veterans of Life

2008-01-30 Thread Marek Reavis
, construction and installation of the windows. He wrote a sweet dedication to her at the bottom and it's been hanging in the foyer ever since. Very cool stuff, for sure. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek

[FairfieldLife] Re: recipe for good health

2008-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
appreciate the stories shared on this forum with a community I feel so lucky to be a member of. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Curtis, here's another story I think

[FairfieldLife] Re: recipe for good health

2008-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
Curtis, here's another story I think you might enjoy told last year to a local Saint Louis PBS station in Saint Louis, accompanied with some inexpensive red wine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0HVg1kCpxU ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: recipe for good health

2008-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
or beer in the proper context. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: here's another story I think you might enjoy told last year to a local Saint Louis PBS station in Saint Louis, accompanied with some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Veterans of Life

2008-01-29 Thread Marek Reavis
to enrich every day. I always appreciate the stories shared on this forum with a community I feel so lucky to be a member of. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis

[FairfieldLife] Re: recipe for good health

2008-01-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Amen, Ruth. It doesn't have to one thing or the other; we're all just looking for the line that defines our life and then follow it with the least amount of hullabaloo. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Exercise May Hold Off Aging, Study Says

2008-01-28 Thread Marek Reavis
By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, January 28, 2008; 4:01 PM Physically active people have cells that look younger on a molecular level than those of couch potatoes, according to research that offers fundamental new insight into how exercise may help stave off aging. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: The TMers Pledge

2008-01-19 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And what of Mararishi's oath to us? You know, that promise all of us thought was made by him to be pure, honest, whole, wise, loving, expansive, simple, scientific, scholarly, traditional,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Regular Guy Attitude.

2008-01-18 Thread Marek Reavis
This guy nails it; top of the bell curve. Excellent, Off.W., thanks. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Regular Guy Attitude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsnxDQvQpwfeature=related OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Another fine essay from SF Chronicle's Mark Morford

2008-01-18 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/

[FairfieldLife] Ant City State Architecture (Organic Vaastu)

2008-01-18 Thread Marek Reavis
A six-and-a-half minute Science video that's beautiful and awesome. Cool ending, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQERRbU23bU

[FairfieldLife] Re: He has left the body !.....Jan. 12

2008-01-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Edg, very genuine and honorable sentiments (below). In many ways they represent my own, and thanks for saying them. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My father was born in 1917 too. He died last year, and his diet was typical crappola, only

[FairfieldLife] Re: He has left the body !.....Jan. 12

2008-01-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Turq, what you write (below) resonates with me just as much as Edg's piece did. Thank you for writing it so well. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess it's the day to take advantage of Off's thread and write early obits. Cool. It's an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Candidate's Caucus Speeches

2008-01-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip** BTW I watched parts of the ABC comedy show last night. Observations: regardless of politics McCain, Paul and Thompson all being experienced legislators made Romney, Huckabee and the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Query below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brazil indeed has its *very serious* problems, massive crime and corruption being right up there on top. The Grand Canyon of an income gap between the rich and poor here is probably the root cause.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Choices

2008-01-05 Thread Marek Reavis
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Query below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Brazil indeed has its *very serious* problems, massive

[FairfieldLife] Re: What do they learn?

2008-01-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Classic! Thanks, Curtis. Plus as long as I'm commenting on your post I should also say how much I enjoyed Judy's phrase about not carrying a brief for Billy Graham -- I love the sound of that in a sentence, sounds very British. That, and Shemp's reference to Obama as looking like an

[FairfieldLife] Re: FF Directory, Active Spiritual Practice Groups

2008-01-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Doug, what a great list of groups Fairfield has; so cool that folks there feel free to find what works for them. For those of us who live elsewhere, there's FFL. Thanks ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spiritual Practice Groups of Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: Candidate's Caucus Speeches

2008-01-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip** But aren't you sick of Iowa and NH sort of deciding who's the candidate so early in the game since they are less populous states and don't really represent the voting demographic of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Candidate's Caucus Speeches

2008-01-04 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip** Edwards did something that I consider rather dumb. He pulled a 36 hour sleepless marathon leading up to caucus night, holding little meetings in the middle of the night and bigger ones throughout the day. By

[FairfieldLife] Re: Candidate's Caucus Speeches

2008-01-04 Thread Marek Reavis
@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Can't help but comment on tonight's speeches. Edwards was good, Clinton was better (IMO) and very gracious, and Huckabee was really excellent and presented himself

[FairfieldLife] Re: Michelle v. Hillary

2008-01-04 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Anyone seen Michelle Obama interviewed? Once you see and hear her, you kinda want HER to be president. Much more charisma than Hillary,

[FairfieldLife] Ted Rall Comic

2008-01-04 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.gocomics.com/rallcom/

[FairfieldLife] Candidate's Caucus Speeches

2008-01-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Can't help but comment on tonight's speeches. Edwards was good, Clinton was better (IMO) and very gracious, and Huckabee was really excellent and presented himself as a very good, compassionate and intelligent man, sincerely so, I really liked him. But Obama totally hit it out of the park.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ananda Mayi Ma singing

2007-12-25 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Nablus., Anandamayi has always been a great draw for me ever since I first read Autobiography of a Yogi. Jai Guru Dev Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wdw5e4igDUfeature=related

[FairfieldLife] Kind-ness (Happy Holidays)

2007-12-25 Thread Marek Reavis
The component of 'loving kindness' in the Shamantha meditation and the ongoing research on it that Vaj has recently posted got me thinking about kindness. I know the feeling of kindness and in one of those mini revelations that we all have from time to time, it came together for me that the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Personal Insults are Toxic

2007-12-24 Thread Marek Reavis
New.M., please take whatever time off from posting here that you want but not based on OffWorld's comments and complaints. His complaints have no merit whatsoever, either real or imagined, and the lack of substance, hateful tone and emotional imbalance his posts convey (IMO) are pretty

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stunning Mars photos

2007-12-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Judy, this stuff is totally lovely. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/Mars_as_art/index_noaccess.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Movie Fingers Pointing to the Moon

2007-12-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Turq, this is a nice premise and I'd be very interested in what people here come up with. Don't watch many films myself (so I'm anything but informed) but I don't remember any film that convincingly portrayed spiritual authority to me. When Brother Sun, Sister Moon came out in the 70s (yes?)

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

2007-12-23 Thread Marek Reavis
New.Morning, great topic. If realization of self is independent of any necessary and sufficient status of the body or mind then actualization would not necessarily reference anything of realization. However, it seems highly unlikely (at least to me) that a truly actualized individual

[FairfieldLife] Re: Movie Fingers Pointing to the Moon

2007-12-23 Thread Marek Reavis
@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: (Though John From Cincinnati, when he tells Kai, See God, Kai and then she swoons on her mattress did kind of capture 'something' for me; so maybe I should just shut my piehole and watch some more.) I loved John from Cincinnati! But I clearly

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

2007-12-23 Thread Marek Reavis
all great virtues are inherent potential in everyone -- waiting to actualize in the garden of non-ownership and non-attachment to boundaries) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: New.Morning, great topic. If realization of self is independent

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip** Yes, judging against even the TMmovement peer-review research as evidence, the names of every raja could easily be woven into their indictments on crimes against humanity. Clearly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Traits of the Anti-Science Mind

2007-12-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Thank you, Angela, I can sign on to this statement since it's not a prediction. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, Off, since it's Christmas, I'll go this far: I fucking hope the 21st century will be about research published in

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Anti-Science crowd are Freaking Out

2007-12-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Sal, this (below) provoked a huge belly-laugh! Very fine. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 22, 2007, at 9:27 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Unbelievable, this will go down as a record of anti-science behavior. I should collect the

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spent a month with David OJ studying the collected papers. Some published research is better than others. One critical context to evaluate about research is what conclusions are being drawn

[FairfieldLife] Re: point of no return passed? TM-Jihad

2007-12-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Comments [interleaved]: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marek Like many here who have taught and promoted TM in the past, I was ready, willing and able to be less than candid or truthful about the TMO or its programs if I felt that the

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Atheist Delusion

2007-12-19 Thread Marek Reavis
Excellent video, Off, thanks. For the first minute or two I assumed the speaker was you (perhaps) but he mentioned being in the UK so I guess not. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think the war in Iraq is stupid?

2007-12-04 Thread Marek Reavis
tool to imprison African Americansplain and simple. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Why on earth the government hasn't legalized marijuana (at least), regulated its use and taxed it to provide for needed government programs puzzles me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think the war in Iraq is stupid?

2007-12-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks for posting this piece, Bob. Seeing firsthand how this so- called war is fought, at least on the jurisdictional battlefields I've been in, is a scary eye-opener to just how ineffective and crazy the whole enterprise is. One of the very worst examples of how a good intention goes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think the war in Iraq is stupid?

2007-12-03 Thread Marek Reavis
of contraband that would be nearly impossible to plant. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would they be above planting drugs on someone if they could get away with it? It's an appalling law. Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think the war in Iraq is stupid?

2007-12-03 Thread Marek Reavis
the ingestion of a certain chemical rather than how they act (whether or not they are intoxicated) is fundamentally wrong-headed, in my opinion. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Think the war in Iraq is stupid?

2007-12-03 Thread Marek Reavis
die. Sterno strained through bread was a favorite drink. Only problem was is was wood alcohol, not grain alcohol. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Thanks for posting this piece, Bob. Seeing firsthand how this so- called war

[FairfieldLife] Best Solar Eclipse Photo

2007-11-30 Thread Marek Reavis
http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=13753

[FairfieldLife] When they were younger they were certain they had found the Answer. Review

2007-11-30 Thread Marek Reavis
http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/movies/30prot.html?8dpc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Birthday Dr. Pete

2007-11-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Happy Birthday, Dr. Pete! ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today's the day, totally eclipsing Sigmund Freud day. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.2/1142 - Release

[FairfieldLife] Re: for Judy

2007-11-19 Thread Marek Reavis
participated in any center event or advanced lecture or anything like that, I'm sure that our paths crossed. Cool. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 18, 2007, at 8:41 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: Sal, I used to lecture on the Wash U. campus

[FairfieldLife] Elitism (Re: American Poverty in the News again)

2007-11-18 Thread Marek Reavis
One of the cool things about where I live (California Lost Coast) is how the native populations here in the Northwest were last on the list to be assailed by the Americans. Consequently, their cultures are much more intact, even though, of course, they've been tremendously impacted. Just

[FairfieldLife] Re: for Judy

2007-11-18 Thread Marek Reavis
Hey, Sal, I was tempted to reply when you and Judy were talking about Evanston, but now with you explaining that you went to Wash U I'm compelled. When did you go and when did you graduate? Did you learn TM while you were in STL? It's my original home and after TTC in '72 I taught TM

[FairfieldLife] Elitism (Re: American Poverty in the News again)

2007-11-18 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: One of the cool things about where I live (California Lost Coast) is how the native populations here in the Northwest were last on the list to be assailed by the Americans. Consequently, their cultures are much more intact, even

[FairfieldLife] Elitism (Re: American Poverty in the News again)

2007-11-18 Thread Marek Reavis
. You are doing God's work here...wait a second the atheist oversight committee just handed me a paper...OK, got it... you are doing great work here! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: One of the cool things about where I live (California Lost Coast

[FairfieldLife] Re: for Judy

2007-11-18 Thread Marek Reavis
to hear your STL stories from that time. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 18, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: Hey, Sal, I was tempted to reply when you and Judy were talking about Evanston, but now with you explaining

[FairfieldLife] A Request for Help

2007-11-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Below is an email I received this morning from Allan Mayfield who is currently in Burundi working as a volunteer in a project to build and staff a hospital for a part of the county to serve approximately 40,000 people. This is just plain, old fashioned help-thy-neighbor type of

[FairfieldLife] Earthrise/Earthset

2007-11-15 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WVWUlce3XI

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Request for Help

2007-11-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Peter, Allan and Judy have been divorced for some time now but, yes, this is the same Allan Mayfield. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this Judy Mayfield's husband? --- Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Below is an email I received

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch Lecture in Berlin Turns Into Chaos

2007-11-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Wow! But that's pretty much exactly the way I'd expect the outside world to react to the raja thing. Must be all the tamas. Thank goodness that raja emmanuel had enough sattwa to tough it all out with a smile on his face, though I'd imagine that he wouldn't have much reserves left after

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM and Improved Behavior

2007-11-14 Thread Marek Reavis
New.Morn., yes, based on my own experience, I feel that it does. However, since there's not been any control to measure against, that's just pure gut feeling. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually my question was quite simple. Do people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Deep down inside .....was/Three Days of Special Live Puja Broadcasts

2007-11-09 Thread Marek Reavis
OffWorld, that's a very impressive clip and well done, thanks. What film is it from? Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest george.deforest@ wrote: OffWorld wrote: Great,

[FairfieldLife] Re: new rajas today

2007-11-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Curtis, I saw Peggy in June of '06 at a gallery opening in Venice Beach (Toc Fetch and Tricia Cline at Obsolete). She looked good, lots of energy and enthusiasm, and we talked for some time catching up but I don't remember many particulars. If I remember correctly, she lives in SoCal and is

[FairfieldLife] Re: new rajas today

2007-11-09 Thread Marek Reavis
Curtis, thanks for articulating this (below). And particularly the point that at no time in the past has any culture or civilization (that we/I know of) embraced compassion as a fundamental rule of conduct and policy. I love the idea of a golden age, but if it exists anywhere it's not in the

[FairfieldLife] The Monkeysphere

2007-11-09 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question regarding TMO view on Pets

2007-11-06 Thread Marek Reavis
, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Hey, Curtis, would you mind telling me more about the monkey? What type, how long did it live with you, what problems, what was its personality, etc. Having a monkey around the house is an old and long-standing desire of mine that's not quite

[FairfieldLife] Re: Raja Coronation

2007-11-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Wow! Edg, what do think this is all about, anyway? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alex, What a cheap fucking shot. What a cheap fucking shot. It's worth a post of mine to call you to accounts for this arbitrary attack. For you to put

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question regarding TMO view on Pets

2007-11-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Hey, Curtis, would you mind telling me more about the monkey? What type, how long did it live with you, what problems, what was its personality, etc. Having a monkey around the house is an old and long-standing desire of mine that's not quite extinguished and hearing what your experiences

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question regarding TMO view on Pets

2007-11-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: **snip** Apparently, nobody quite knows how cats make their purring sound. A friend of mine had a simple answer: It's the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question regarding TMO view on Pets

2007-11-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Curtis. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Hey, Curtis, would you mind telling me more about the monkey? What type, how long did it live with you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question regarding TMO view on Pets

2007-11-05 Thread Marek Reavis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marek Reavis Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 12:41 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Question regarding TMO view on Pets I've had two other encounters

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question regarding TMO view on Pets

2007-11-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Story below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Mountain lions can make a screaming noise, though, that is way scary. Go to http://www.bear-tracker.com/cougar.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev has something to say about rajas

2007-11-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ron sidha7001@ wrote: Since this thread is one of many where there are some that are happy to be where they are with TM and then some indicating

[FairfieldLife] Ken Wilber Stops His Brainwaves (mentions TM EEG research)

2007-10-31 Thread Marek Reavis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFFMtq5g8N4

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why become a Raja? Another reason?

2007-10-31 Thread Marek Reavis
Nablusoss1008, would you mind giving a little bit more of your backstory? You've mentioned having being on Purusha for a long period, but have worked as a freelance photographer for while now, is that correct? And I'm curious as to how much continued contact you have with other individuals

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why become a Raja? Another reason?

2007-10-31 Thread Marek Reavis
P.S. Did you ever get to Uttar Kashi yourself? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Nablusoss1008, would you mind giving a little bit more of your backstory? You've

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Flaming Evil not allowed here? (9-11 -- The Inside Job )

2007-10-29 Thread Marek Reavis
Edg, after reading your posts of hate, venom and insult just today, it strikes me that you would be more likely to volunteer to man the future gas chambers (only for the pedophile, the dog-fight promoters, the murderer, etc., i.e. only those who really deserve it) than anyone else here. Your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-24 Thread Marek Reavis
New.Morning, this what I feel, too. *You* (the understood *you*) is the only one that gets there (or realizes where they've always been) and the only way (IMO) you can get from here to (t)here is to follow what you feel is right; follow what moves you. Follow your bliss, as the man says. **

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Michael, this (below) really helps me understand what you're speaking about and that equivalency among the concept labels fits my feeling and understanding as well. Thanks for the question, Angela. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Durga Opens Up a Can of WhoopAss

2007-10-23 Thread Marek Reavis
To Curtis and all the rational atheists out there, perhaps you overlooked this historical video in your atheistic research. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5LtKh31m0o As is painfully obvious, there are no special effects that can be discerned in examining this video recorded on a wandering

[FairfieldLife] Re: Durga Opens Up a Can of WhoopAss

2007-10-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: To Curtis and all the rational atheists out there, perhaps you overlooked this historical video in your atheistic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Durga Opens Up a Can of WhoopAss

2007-10-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Agreed. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Turq, glad you liked it. I wouldn't agree with you that most (or even many) arguments for the existence of God or Gods

[FairfieldLife] Re: Durga Opens Up a Can of WhoopAss

2007-10-23 Thread Marek Reavis
. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: To Curtis and all the rational atheists out there, perhaps you overlooked this historical video in your atheistic research. http

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is in control of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip** Judy, I wasn't so much presenting a dichotomy as suggesting that the constant criticism of Barry's is at least partially, a function of your dislike of the personality that fronts his

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is in control of our lives?

2007-10-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Judy, I don't want to prolong this because I do understand that you feel that if Barry just stopped acting the way you don't agree with then you wouldn't have to point out to everyone that he's acting/writing the way you don't agree with. But there is a world of difference (IMO) between Barry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Identification and saturational clarity

2007-10-22 Thread Marek Reavis
T3rinity, what you've written (below) is way over my present mental acuity to grok but I do agree with you that Curtis is not the rational atheist Edg is railing against. Basically, I don't get what Edg's problem is; if Curtis just said he believed in a God then that's cool, but if he follows

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