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--- MDixon6569 wrote:
I wonder if Poland ever thought war was necessary.
The no appeasement camp always cites Hitler and
1939 as the reason why we shouldn't
--- Rick Archer wrote:
Partly, it¹s an Indian cultural thing. Indians hate to say no. So they say
yes even when they mean no. MMY often did this. He would say yes to someone
then a few minutes later tell his secretary to tell the person no.
I recall a tape on my teacher training course in
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You CANNOT say no in polite Japanese. Japanese engineers
converse in English to get around this issue.
Is this inability to say no a function of the
social hierarchy? For instance, I can't say no
because only someone of
Didn't all the teacher training courses have blasting
in the vicinity? Mine did. I thought it was a requirement
of the course.
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on 7/13/06 8:34 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So after a few weeks
Can't speak to the japa issue. Seems reasonable,
though. Other comments interleaved below.
--- Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it possible that the criticism of
TM, that it doesn't accomplish anything for
many is because the Being by
it's nature doesn't do anything
I would agree with
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TOM I see even better re Ur points. Is stan on the way? east?
Even though we're not to the halfway point
yet, this gets my vote for the month's Most
Inscrutable Post. Congratulations, WLeed3!
Yahoo!
--- shempmcgurk wrote:
--- Patrick wrote:
--- shempmcgurk wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
on 7/4/06 5:04 PM, MDixon6569@ wrote:
on 7/4/06 12:38 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:
And Thomas Friedman's point is well taken
as well: he says that Bush should do with
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--- Vaj wrote:
read Orson Bean's
(yes the guy who used to be on Truth or Consequences a lot) _Me and
Orgone_ (I can email a copy of it I found)
Would you email it to me? I once read that Orson Bean would stay up all night
working on a
joke. That's my kind of
--- johnlasher20002000 wrote:
As I'm sure any of the psychologists on the list who have worked with
EEG biofeedback can attest, and I also have personal experience with,
a scalp electrode to provide brainwave feedback only measures a tiny
electrical impulse. Any movement or even blinking the
on 7/4/06 5:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
on 7/4/06 12:38 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:
And Thomas Friedman's point is well taken as well: he says that Bush
should do with energy what Kennedy did in '63 with the space program
(you know: send a man to the moon and bring him safely back
--- shempmcgurk wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
on 7/4/06 5:04 PM, MDixon6569@ wrote:
on 7/4/06 12:38 PM, shempmcgurk wrote:
And Thomas Friedman's point is well taken
as well: he says that Bush should do with
energy what Kennedy did in '63 with the
space program
Everyone's invited to emanate woowoo rays:
Please join in our Great Meditation on
July 22nd, 2006 at 11:00 pm British
Summer Time.
http://tinyurl.com/hbo2j
Very often strange things happen in the
time after such meditation ceremonies.
Please let us know if you have an amazing
or strange
Thanks for this. It's disconcerting to see an
11-year-old article that describes a situation
as if it were today. Nothing's changed.
--- authfriend wrote:
Excerpts from THE HEAT IS ON: The warming of the world's climate
sparks a blaze of denial by Ross Gelbspan, from Harper's magazine,
Thoughts interleaved below.
--- authfriend wrote:
Until the global warming crisis is validated by
disaster, there will always be a few die-hard skeptics
who refuse to wake up. ...
And isn't crisis the only thing that really precipitates
change? I know in my life, I keep trying to perpetuate
--- Rick wrote:
What is IKEA?
Scandinavian modern style furniture and accessories.
www.ikea.com
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See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email.
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Oil and gas companies may be good investments
in the short term, but won't they be less and less
profitable as resources deplete?
Seems to me a publicly traded exterminator
company would be the place to invest. Bugs
are the real winners in global warming.
Cold-form steel construction, also
--- authfriend wrote:
My sister recently suggested that disaster-recovery
companies, which are growing rapidly (they do post-
disaster cleanup, for individuals and other entities),
would be a good investment.
Like this:
www.halliburtoncontracts.com
Halliburton's reputation as a disaster
--- authfriend wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
It's like hitting bottom in the 12-step world, or that
statement Maharishi makes in his Gita commentary
about God only reappearing when life on Earth can
get no more wicked.
Would that mean that good people like Al Gore
and Warren
--- authfriend wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
Maybe God needs time to pack.
God has *baggage*??
I should think if anyone were nonattached, it would
be God.
(chuckle)
Hmm. Yeah. Maybe He packs gifts. You know - hostess gifts, like when you visit
friends.
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--- authfriend wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
--- authfriend wrote:
--- Rick wrote:
If ever the topic of women or sex came up, he would feign
ignorance, and would encourage single guys to be celibate,
like him.
And you see this as hypocrisy?
(Butting in) Looks
--- authfriend wrote:
I wonder how often that kind of conundrum--not just
about sex but any bad habit or behavior--masters
have to deal with, pretending they don't indulge in
that habit or behavior because they perceive
(accurately or not) that to do otherwise would confuse
their followers
--- authfriend wrote:
The most devoted followers are always
going to try to emulate the master every way they can,
no matter what the master says or doesn't say. And
they're all going to have some idea of what
constitutes good behavior. I think to some extent
the conundrum is unavoidable.
--- authfriend wrote:
--- Rick wrote:
If ever the topic of women or sex came up, he would feign
ignorance, and would encourage single guys to be celibate, like him.
And you see this as hypocrisy?
(Butting in) Looks that way to me. How would you
interpret it, Judy? Genuinely curious.
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--- In
--- authfriendwrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
--- authfriend wrote:
The galactic universe, in the original
quote, appeared to refer to the actual physical
universe, not a metaphorical one.
Maharishi has
taught a few techniques that involve thoughts
of planetary bodies,
--- MDixon6569 wrote:
Has anybody see Superman Returns yet? I saw it yesterday and found it to be
very uplifting and spiritual, almost a prophetic movie of what could be
someday.
I found it very sweet. Funny word for a summer action movie.
When I saw Richard Donner's Superman movie
in
--- Vaj wrote:
The word galactic is better because of the word galaxy and it's
derivation from of the Greek word for milk which also has allusions
to the Vedic analogy of grass - milk - butter - ghee (and numerous
other poetic metaphors in Rig Veda for the refinement of perception).
The fact that Marono is a shill for entrenched
interests is revealing, but that fact alone doesn't
necessarily discredit his citations. They seem
to do that on their own.
For example, Richard S. Lindzen, the Alfred P.
Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT,
says in his Wall Street
--- shempmcgurk wrote:
Here's the article in question, Billie:
http://tinyurl.com/hmron
I, for one, would indeed like to know what the nation's top
scientists thought of the movie...not JUST the 19 of 100 contacted
who had seen the movie or read the book. Wouldn't you?
Thanks for the
Rick (or anyone with a finger on the pulse of
the 'ru community in Fairfield), have you noticed
any blowback from the recertification
and pundit debacles of the past few years?
--- on Sun Apr 3, 2005, L B Shriver wrote:
Rick Archer wrote:
Many of these 550 people [on the recertification
Had there been any uptick in the exodus, however,
you would have probably noticed. Just wondered
if enough people throw up their hands for it to register.
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on 6/26/06 2:57 PM, Patrick Gillam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
--- Vaj posted:
Beware the Yoga Demon! The Christian Right's fear of self-realization
and spirituality
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
I recall a warning against Hindu exercises on KFUO,
the radio station of the conservative Lutheran Church
- MIssouri Synod that I enjoyed listening to when I
--- authfriend wrote:
But did you know that Kermit the Frog is a tool of
Satan?
I was pretty sure Barney the Dinosaur was Satan's
Spawn, but this news about Kermit comes as a shock.
Though now that you mention it, I see a pattern: Gog,
Magog, Frog...
If you were to research this, you'd
Anthroposophical medicine observes that many
childhood fevers help strengthen the immune
system and facilitate growth. If you have kids,
you may have noticed how much more grown
up and capable they would be after a day or
two of fever.
Well, the Washington Post is running a story
under the
--- gullible fool wrote:
I got 10 out of 14 right.
Twelve of 14. Coincidentally, it was just after
watching The Producers, with its sendup
song and dance number, Springtime for Hitler.
And now it's...
Springtime for Hitler and Germany -
Deutschland is happy and gay!
We're marching to a
It's a miracle they're alive. They're going to have
to put up with the comment I heard ad nauseam
after breaking my leg - but not my un-helmeted
head - in a motorcycle accident: You're lucky.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In
TM is on the list with such controversial topics
as Palestinian refugee, William Shakespeare,
Comfort women and PlayStation 3.
From the New York Times:
http://tinyurl.com/g4h5n
Trouble Spots
Selected Wikipedia articles that site administrators
have placed under restrictions to protect them
--- sparaig wrote:
So a promise is only valid as long as the other side
keeps their side of the bargain?
If it's truly a bargain - a business deal - I'd say yes.
Either party breaking the terms of a contract nullifies
the contract. (Any lawyers here who can speak to this?)
If the promise,
--- authfriend wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
Hell, the anti-Roo Christian ministry is prominently
located right on Burlington Ave., a block from the square!
What anti-Roo Christian ministry?
He¹s referring to the one Kai
On Jun 7, 2006, at 7:43 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
Thomas Jefferson believed that copyrights and
patents should only last 3 years.
A short life for copyrights and patents doesn't
seem fair to me. If I build a house, I own it for
life, and can pass it on to my heirs. But if I build
a novel,
Comments interleaved below.
--- Bhairitu wrote:
One of the
things I learned from TM was that we probably don't actually create
things but instead implement ideas that arise from the transcendent. I
think that about 1000 people have the same idea at same time, 100 act on
it, 10 actually
http://tinyurl.com/ogrhq
I only read the first thousand words or so - it's a long
article - but I'm going to go out on a limb and say there's
zero implication that Bush himself was behind any of
the shenanigans Kennedy describes.
I got the impression this article illustrates a culture
of
--- Robert Gimbel wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/ogrhq
I always felt, that somewhere around the year 2000, we would be
plunged into a right-wing take-over of the government..
Ten or 15 years ago, jyotishies and ooga-booga
counselors were telling my wife and me the nation
would go
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote:
Wolf Blitzer just broadcast the Rollingstone voting article on CNN.
I guess that shoots to hell Bhairitu's claim that the so-called
mainstream
--- shempmcgurk wrote:
A $2.8 trillion budget??? This is simply horrific.
What frightens me is, for all we're borrowing, we're
not any more safe or prosperous than we are.
It must horrify the Republicans. You'd think for all
the propping up that's going on, they wouldn't have
to be
Am I correct in reading that K has a memory
problem? If so, the friendly thing to do might
be to work through the system to get him a
disability allowance. Sounds like he could
hardly hold a job if he could get one.
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--- authfriend wrote:
the TMO concepts of enlightened leadership, on the
one hand, and leadership that reflects the
consciousness of the people, on the other hand,
don't seem to mesh very well. In other words,
they can't both be true.
I feel a little foolish to admit I'd never noticed
--- jyouells2000 wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
an enlightened leader
might say, Let's forgive the terrorists, but the people
would say, Screw that, I want blood. And the enlightened
leader would have a problem.
Or they could do what Krishna advised Arjuna to do. Forgive them, then
I liked the way Armstrong, with the help of the
interviewer, defined her terms right away.
Salon: What is religion?
Armstong: Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited
in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept. The sages
Forgive me if these links have already appeared here.
And the TM faithful may have seen them already
elsewhere. But here you go anyway.
The first is a presentation Fred Travis gave at the
Science of Consciousness conference in Tucson,
Arizona, in April of 2006.
Are all meditations the
An interesting remark by David Orme-Johnson:
Over the 40 years that I've been interested in
self-development, *I've tried most of the meditation
and relaxation techniques that are out there*
(emphasis added). In my experience none of them
do what Transcendental Meditation does.
--- blissbunn1 wrote:
I had to ask many friends I'd been out of touch with whether they
considered themselves fundamentalist or reconstructionist meditators.
What are you finding to be the ratio of fundamentalists
to reconstructionists?
Does being a reconstructionist necessitate doing TM?
--- authfriend wrote:
A well-reasoned op-ed column in the Newark Star-Ledger by two Middle
East experts on why the notion that Iran is a threat to Israel is a
crock:
http://tinyurl.com/jg6ja
Last year I read a book called Sands of Empire, by
Robert W. Merry. He espouses the clash of
--- blissbuni wrote:
Whoever asked about how many meditators, siddha's, teachers yadda
yadda had abusive childhoods is on to a very illuminating thesis.
I believe it's Mark Meredith who has posted a metric
on the percentage of fundamentalists who had some
sort of dysfunctional
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
apropos of nothing, I always think of Krispy Kreme whenm this dude is
mentioned...
I like to think Benjamin Creme's friends call him
Krispy in private.
That was our nickname for MIU classmate Mike
Modica. When Mike was told he needed to get his
hair cut
I've been researching the whole phenomenon of
fueling a diesel vehicle on waste vegetable oil.
Seeing as how Fairfield used to have more than
its share of innovators and alternative lifestylers,
I figured I should do a little networking here, as
well as in forums dedicated to that topic.
--- Peter wrote:
CC is the realization of one's identity as pure
consciousness. It is not a state of mind, nor does it
have anything to do with brain function. Brain
function has to do with states of mind. CC/realization
has nothing to do with any aspect of the body. Nothing
supports
--- authfriend wrote:
Patrick Gillam ... one of the most level-headed,
fair-minded people on this forum
Your check's in the mail, Judy.
Thanks for your kind words.
; - )
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--- TurquoiseB wrote:
my life experiences have shown me that the
word truth is basically an illusion, a name we
put on our current state of attention and
point of view. ...
Fairfield Life has given me a strong appreciation
of the malleability of truth. As
--- lurkernomore wrote:
--- shempmcgurk wrote:
Gloria Steinem says that a man is allowed one free grope
Man, a solid two chuckle morning. This is good.
Next time I see Gloria I'm going to take her up on
that free grope. That's very generous of her.
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--- Rick Archer wrote:
From a long-time lurker who occasionally posts anonymously:
Wow Rick.
This encounter with Curtis is scaring me. What is wrong with this woman?
She really has changed the flavor of FFL.
I haven't read every post in this thread, but if I understand
the ones
Slate's Fred Kaplan explains why and how President
Bush should answer Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's letter. This is the kind of thinking I
was contemplating when I addressed this topic
recently, likening it to a newsgroup exchange.
The essay opens with this:
Iranian President
--- authfriend wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
Slate's Fred Kaplan explains why and how President
Bush should answer Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's letter.
It's a very good essay, Patrick. It's really
hard to see what Bush could lose by taking Kaplan's
advice.
I like
Hey, thanks! I wasn't enterprising enough. I'll check them out.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@
wrote:
--- authfriend wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
Slate's Fred Kaplan
--- authfriend wrote:
There may be more interesting stuff in the comments to
the blog posts, but you typically have to wade through
a fair amount of inanity to find the nuggets.
I only looked at the responses to Juan Cole's
Informed Comment blog. These were interesting:
Ran Talbott
--- authfriend wrote:
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
However his overall tone was both
truthful and respectful in my opinion.
I wasn't commenting on anything more than that...and the obvious
contrast between the POV expressed through the President of Iran's
letter and the haughty,
--- TurquoiseB wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
Anyway, I think the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad letter
should be given the L B treatment. Take it seriously
and reply point by point.
Just to play Deva's advocate :-), doesn't this
imply a desire, or a need, to convert either
the person one is
--- Gillam wrote:
he was more interested in
truth as he saw it than in converting someone
else. Surely you can see how the two can coexist.
This last sentence doesn't make sense. It should be,
Surely you can appreciate the difference. Thanks.
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--- jim_flanegin wrote:
when I read the President of Iran's letter,
with its frequent mention of God and the Christian values and Jesus,
I support it fully, possibly more than the author does, and see it
as a positive development in bringing greater light into this hidden
war, because
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
--- authfriend wrote:
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
when I read the President of Iran's letter,
with its frequent mention of God and the Christian values and
Jesus, I support it fully, possibly more than the author does
Did you understand him to be
We talking about Steve's ex here? How's she doing?
What's she doing?
--- curtisdeltablues wrote:
I just saw her last year. If you don't mind let's email on this
topic. I don't want to bring up someone's name publicly. Poor Steve!
I liked him a lot. He was so far ahead of his time on the
Comments interleaved.
--- authfriend wrote:
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
It is respectful, insightful, balanced and truthful. Secretary of
State Rice betrays her wish for 'wargasm' (vs. orgasm) at her and
our country's peril.
You really think Ahmadinejad's letter has that much
Responses interleaved below.
--- authfriend wrote:
--- TurquoiseB wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
I recall a post at alt.meditation.transcendental years
ago by a guy who said he immersed himself in the
organization for 10 years in hopes of getting even
one of the advertised
Yeah, that's good. Thanks.
The New Yorker's David Remnick (I believe) commented
recently on the United States' increasing similarity to its
South American neighbors when it comes to income
disparities and the general wielding of power. I'm sure
we'll hear more and more about the topic in
--- mainstream20016 wrote:
Curtis is an open-guitar-case on-the-sidewalk one man band Blues Musician ?
The term is busking; Mr. Mailloux is a busker.
by protesting the movement, Xers were vulnerable
to the criticism that prior to victimization they had
abandoned better thinking and
Romans 12:19-21
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for
it is written, ³Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.² 20 To the
contrary, ³if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him
something to drink; for by so doing you will heap
--- Alex Stanley wrote:
the joys of the relative have not returned to the
overshadowing glory they used to be. Erotically, I'm still dead.
Enjoyment of food returned only a little bit. Gazing with Waking Down
teachers used to be experientially delicious, and now it is flat.
Basically, I'm
The online edition of the Marshalltown, Iowa,
newspaper didn't mention the local impact on
businesses, but did report 27% of the students
absent from school. With a fifth to a quarter of
the town recently arrived from Mexico, it'll show
up if they skip work.
--- Rick Archer wrote:
STEPHEN COLBERT: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. ...
But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works: the president
makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces those
decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down.
From a friend:
I bought a Guru Dev card for 12 bucks.
Guru Dev birthday card:
Now another year is gone
You're that much closer to your finish
Let us pause and think upon
Whether you're trading your life for spinach
Guru Dev anniversary card:
My love for you
Is infinite
But
--- Rick Archer wrote:
I didn't. It was done in Photoshop by Sam Leib, son of Charlie (deceased)
and Tobi Leib.
I took some accounting classes at MIU from a
Charlie Leib. If it's the same man, I'm sorry to
learn he's gone.
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For those of you who are not subscribed to the
Maharishi University of Management newsletter,
The Review, I submit this:
http://www.mum.edu/TheReview/#1
Dr. Travis Presents Paper Comparing Forms of Meditation
Faculty researcher Fred Travis recently presented
a paper showing that different
--- Rick Archer wrote:
Question I just answered in a moderators¹ survey. How would you answer it?
I'd like to see some kind of feedback mechanism,
such as radio buttons, that allows me to designate
whether a post is helpful. Voting, in other words.
I suppose it would only be available on
--- Tom T wrote:
Even after I knew I was awake it took a beautiful email
here to finally understand Brahman. ...That is why I still post because
maybe there is another out here who will get it because of some simple
thing I have shared here.
That's why I keep reading. I wonder if maybe
Comments interleaved below.
--- TurquoiseB wrote:
--- Gillam wrote:
I'd like to see some kind of feedback mechanism,
such as radio buttons, that allows me to designate
whether a post is helpful. Voting, in other words.
I suppose it would only be available on the Web
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
--- Rick Archer wrote:
jim_flanegin wrote:
The one thing I must be careful about now are my
desires, because they have a funny way of all coming true, quckly.
Rick should win the lottery...
Rick should win the lottery...
Rick should win the
--- anony_sleuth_ff wrote:
As I said, so much for the concept of discussion in discussion
groups. Perhaps we can just call them ego groups.
Sometimes I wonder what percentage of my posts
may actually contribute to my ultimate awakening,
and what percentage merely buttress my ego.
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
Prior to awakening I was often confused about why some things
happened in my life, and other things didn't. Applying the rule
stated above, that of Self, God acting through us, this makes sense,
just as there is little confusion now about why things happen,
--- Robert Gimbel wrote:
Lets face it, we invented it;
Los Alamos,Einstein, and E= M(CC);
Come to think of it, Jews invented the Bomb.
Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe...
It's only fair Jews get first dibs on using it
against whomever they wish.
...
That joke's too sick for a
Comments interleaved below.
--- jim_flanegin wrote:
Ok, if you promise not to turn this into a semantics discussion...
Define semantics.
Just kidding.
So, anyway, we do this enough, and the veil between who we are
(Self) and who we think we are (self) becomes thinner and thinner,
--- Robert Gimbel wrote:
Lets face it, we invented it;
Los Alamos,Einstein, and E= M(CC);
For a glimpse of the effects of nuclear radiation on
future generations, see the Chernobyl photo essay
at www.slate.com. Then talk about your
willingness to nuke people.
To
Anything in those texts about sustainable energy
sources we might adopt to replace our oil- and
coal-based systems?
-
An aside regarding peaceful uses of aircraft: early
in the 20th Century, one Alberto Santos-Dumont
dreamed of how world leaders would be able to
avoid war by
Slate.com has a Good News Gallery, where
happy stories reside. It's like the old Age
of Enlightenment News.
http://www.slate.com/id/2139770
It's a great concept for the Mini brand, I
must say.
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What a stupid fucking suggestion.
- Tootsie Farkeltush
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Can't say that I had your experience, but
I love it nonetheless. Thanks.
Since April is National Poetry Month in the
U.S., I'll submit one I've posted here before,
of a distinctly different tone than Stevens':
Bugs in a Bowl
Han Shan, that great and crazy, wonder-filled Chinese poet of a
---Richard wrote:
we are the only animal that knows that it will die.
I'm not so sure about this. I seem to recall that gorillas
who've learned sign language have talked about the
end of life. Maybe it was Koko who talked about this.
With her limited vocabulary she gave it a somewhat
--- TurquoiseB wrote:
(http://tinyurl.com/rmmfc)
Because for many people
stories are considered a much 'higher' and more
reliable reason than are 'technical accounts.' ...
for millions,
obviously, a well-told story is *enough*. These people
would prefer to believe a good story that
--- Richard Hughes wrote:
wouldn't sign language be their first brush
with abstract thought and thus first way of thinking about death?
Does abstract thought require language? I've run
across that notion, and it's never made sense to
me. I have preverbal hunches all the time. Language
--- authfriend wrote:
He responded, Oh, they say meditation that doesn't
use OM can't be effective.
That was the end of the conversation, but after I left
I thought how neat it was to connect, however briefly,
with a clerk in a convenience store on a relatively
sophisticated level of
On Apr 17, 2006, at 11:08 PM, sparaig wrote:
Plenty of people mistake depersonalization due to stress for
witnessing, even though the EEG traces are completely different. Just
because someone describes an internal state the same way, doesn't
mean its really the same state.
Please
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