[FairfieldLife] Re: Weather emergency skips Fairfield

2007-02-26 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hate to break your bubble Bobo but Mother Divine was still without power on Sunday night after losing it around 11am Sat morning. They were moved into the Raj until power could be restored to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Weather emergency skips Fairfield

2007-02-26 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlist@ wrote: I hate to break your bubble Bobo but Mother Divine was still without power on Sunday night

[FairfieldLife] Re: Weather emergency skips Fairfield

2007-02-26 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 26, 2007, at 11:20 AM, markmeredith2002 wrote: The rajesharis (sp?) were moved into the Raj, but all the other MDs were told to find friends in town to stay with last night. And if they couldn't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev (Maharishi's guru) speaks on 'siddhis'

2007-02-16 Thread markmeredith2002
Don't need to look at marginal cults to find craky whacky ... the fastest growing religion in the US, fundamentalist christianity, has plenty. A republican state senator from Texas recently sent out a mass mailing urging fellow politicians and citizens to read the truth on this site

[FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Fairfield is all bliss

2007-02-14 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uh, thanks, but I was actually looking to hear about the neat aspects of Fairfield. I thought it would be 1) fun to hear about these neat places, because I might actually drop by sometime in the next year and would

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bank Robbery

2007-02-14 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh my! I know a ru who hijacked an airplane back in the 70's and parachuted out of it with a suitcase filled with cash. He was arrested right after he landed. It's not the same guy, is it? When I was on the Berkeley Vedic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Carl Sagan Science and Religion

2007-02-13 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlist@ wrote: New book edited by Sagans widow into a coherent book from lecture he gave.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist

2007-02-12 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mainstream20016 Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:09 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Crist ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Conny Larsson's Book

2007-02-08 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: Rick it might be a good idea to PDF that file so it is not easily editable. You think the TM critics here would be likely to edit it to reflect even

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: earl the pearl

2007-01-27 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: click here: http://www.imaginenationbooks.com/about.asp What a meaningless and empty pursuit to dedicate oneself to...again. OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sai Baba

2007-01-27 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusos108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you know for sure ? In my opinion this is just wild speculation, possible fed by rampant corruption in indian politics. They have even arrested Swami Premananda and kept him in prison for many years to try

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sam Harris replies to Andrew Sullivan

2007-01-26 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 markmeredith@ wrote: snip I think everyone here has misread Harris's viewpoints, which might be expected from this type of group. Harris does not deny

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sam Harris replies to Andrew Sullivan

2007-01-26 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip As a nonreligionist whose assumptions don't jibe with those of either of these guys, I don't think Harris knows as much as he thinks he does about the scriptural texts and religious perspectives he's dumping on,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sam Harris replies to Andrew Sullivan

2007-01-25 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx coshlnx@ wrote: http://www.tinyurl.com/yvkdc3 Important to read the earlier part of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT WILL FAIRFIELD IOWA LOOK LIKE BY THE END OF 2007?

2007-01-25 Thread markmeredith2002
is that followers would actually think his tricks, real or fake, are indicative of spiritual enlightenment. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 markmeredith@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Lsoma@ wrote: Easy does it. Sai Baba is not a petafile. If you are so

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT WILL FAIRFIELD IOWA LOOK LIKE BY THE END OF 2007?

2007-01-24 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The TMO will not change. You are correct but what will change in Fairfield is much more in alignment with spiritual community. And when the time is appropriate, my home will be open to everyone at Fairfield. The group program

[FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT WILL FAIRFIELD IOWA LOOK LIKE BY THE END OF 2007?

2007-01-24 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Easy does it. Sai Baba is not a petafile. If you are so certain that Sai Baba is then get someone to video tape it. Stop listening to everyone and everything. If you do the bullshit piles up and you can get it all over

[FairfieldLife] Re: Llundrub coward

2007-01-23 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Off writes: Unfortunately for you Turquoise you are a drunk. I on the other handdo not drink. TorquiseB writes: Typical alcoholic behavior...denying that you're an alcoholic. Tom T:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Some Questions Provoked By A Visit To Fairfield

2007-01-21 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ancient5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Part of my family and I spent a recent day wandering around Fairfield, MUM, and Jefferson County's trails. Seemed like a nice place - an unusually vibrant small town set in a pleasant place. And, some of the odd things

[FairfieldLife] Re: Some Questions Provoked By A Visit To Fairfield

2007-01-21 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ancient5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just told that I left out three questions. Here they are: 15. How many TM kids go to the public school? I don't know the number but quite a few -- the TM school costs a lot. Recently I spoke to some TM kids in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Death and Stuff

2007-01-20 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sal Sunshine Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:33 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:

[FairfieldLife] Re: New TM school in KS to cost $500 million - top students know Geography

2007-01-19 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter drpetersutphen@ wrote: So much Blah blah. The only problem with this university is that it isn't going

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cosmic Consciousness or Personality Disorder

2007-01-12 Thread markmeredith2002
On Jan 12, 2007, at 12:18 AM, suziezuzie wrote: When someone starts meditating, is the flatness (separation of Self from sense perception) that they begin to feel is a prelude to Cosmic Consciousness or the beginnings of personality pathology that has nothing to do with enlightenment?

[FairfieldLife] HOW OLD IS THE GRAND CANYON? PARK SERVICE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY

2007-01-12 Thread markmeredith2002
Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology Washington, DC -- Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt review

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma's Apartment for rent

2007-01-09 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vajradhatu108 vajranatha@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another (Probable) Flaw in Recent MUM ME Study

2007-01-02 Thread markmeredith2002
I've seen research showing that the market performs extremely well in the few months following a dramatic negative global event, such as the start of an international conflict, which makes sense as the publicity of such an event is usually overblown (from an economic perspective at least) and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi - Invincible America Assembly Finer Experiences

2007-01-01 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: Steve, odd that the current course is quite successful, with the underwriting

[FairfieldLife] VOOMM Memo (was: Re: Pundits to change salt into sugar)

2006-12-21 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think when you guys start thinking there is a 'they' then the battle is lost. There is no 'they' on Earth. Conventionally there are people and cabals. If the Movement got sidetracked it was from people and cabals.

[FairfieldLife] VOOMM Memo (was: Re: Pundits to change salt into sugar)

2006-12-21 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Dec 21, 2006, at 8:21 AM, Peter wrote: --- Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: Yep, and don't forget the bagpipers, the phony

[FairfieldLife] Re: 8000 in '88

2006-11-18 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah, this was known at MIU during those years The tmo is never shy to publicize its projects and the vagueness surrounding that pundit group in late 80s is unusual. I don't think they ever really reached the 8000 number

[FairfieldLife] Re: 8000 in '88

2006-11-18 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: Thats a great account. Yet so different from mine -- in terms of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sanitizing the Fairfield Story

2006-11-17 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FF essayist Thom Krystofiak, who used to write frequently and post on FFL, has a piece published in this week's FF Weekly Reader. Entitled Sanitizing the Fairfield Story. About the pr-people of the TMorg taking

[FairfieldLife] democrat hindus going to hell

2006-11-17 Thread markmeredith2002
This is from Andrew Sullivan's blog -- part of a concession email from a republican to the democratic winner, who is a hindu, in a congressional race: The race of your life is more important than this one--and it is my sincere wish that you'll get to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. He

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pelosi on top

2006-11-08 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: If the Dems get the Senate, maybe impeachment won't be a pipe dream after all. I think that'a a shame. I voted Democratic, but I would be

[FairfieldLife] Re: So long, Jim

2006-11-08 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Loebsack Unseats Leach Democrat Dave Loebsack scored a major upset in Iowa's second Congressional District, unseating long-time Republican Representative Jim Leach. In Jefferson and Van Buren Counties however,

[FairfieldLife] Haggert Shadow Side Politics

2006-11-06 Thread markmeredith2002
Heavenly Father give us grace and mercy, help us this next week and a half as we go into national elections and Lord we pray for our country. Father we pray lies would be exposed and deception exposed. Father we pray that wisdom would come upon our electorate ... From Haggert's sermon last sunday

[FairfieldLife] Re: India Maharishi and the CIA

2006-11-06 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We would not know what was a reaction of the CIA. There were CIA agents who became meditators that was one thing. Any group that is as large as the TMO that has so many people meditating that has received so much

[FairfieldLife] Re: Haggert Shadow Side Politics

2006-11-06 Thread markmeredith2002
Funny passage from salon.com article today on haggard: Returning to New Life after visiting as a journalist last year, I wish I could say I'd suspected Haggard's secret all along, but I didn't... Coming back in the wake of the scandal, suddenly so much about his ministry feels, well, gay. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Beatles in Rishikesh

2006-11-01 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kama Sutra movie How they managed to make a movie with hot chicks in an exotic setting almost unwatchable, was twisted artistic genius. I came to the film with every expectation of loving it, and I could barely

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another corroboration that the Indian TMO are a bunch of thugs

2006-11-01 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, llundrub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip TM is better stoned anyway. Hey kirk, you're not supposed to reveal the advanced techniques. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and

[FairfieldLife] Re: I guess Kerry was right.

2006-11-01 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: You *do* know Kerry wasn't referring to the troops per se, don't you? He was referring to Bush having gotten us--the country--stuck in Iraq because he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Celestial Unity

2006-10-31 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Ottumwa Courier - Fairfield a is a 'Great Place'

2006-10-30 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CREATIVE SPONTANEOUS ERUPTIONS From the Ottumwa Courier Saturday October 28th: DuBois said community projects like the new radio station KRUU-FM was a perfect example of taking an idea that wasn't on anyone's radar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pandits are HERE!

2006-10-29 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Guru Dev came out from his mountain cave to restore proper meditation, the centerpiece of Vedic culture, and those pundits and others who are practicing TM will be operating from a level of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pundits

2006-10-28 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know what the official TMO excuse is this time? You just don't say They're coming on thursday. And then not say something when they don't arrive. Someones gotta blow smoke up someone's ass, don't they?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pandits are HERE!

2006-10-28 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are we going to live in Paradise.?? Happily ever after.?? Heaven on Earth. Jai Guru Dev. jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:17:59 - Subject: [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Happened to These MIUers

2006-10-27 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, suziezuzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beth Hope Laney, Betty Horseberg, Robin Nevin, Jodi and Chester (art majors in the late 70s) Jim Jeffers, Michelle Roy, George Kazarian, Bobby Seals, Randy Fennell, Brad and Marcus Wagner, Greg Hicks, Lisa Labowshi.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A theory of Karma, TMOers, and the TMO's Persona

2006-10-27 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice details on the early days. I was 16 in 1974 when I got involved, just a kid. My teacher came from the days you remember. The tone changed through the years as you describe. But I don't view myself as a

[FairfieldLife] Re: A theory of Karma, TMOers, and the TMO's Persona

2006-10-27 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He knew what it was supposed to do. He maybe did not know that mechanics of how it would go. But he had people like SriSri formerly known as punditji to experiment on. Also the 6 month course people who wanted to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya ain't the only one getting his instructions from Je...

2006-10-26 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dubya ain't the only one getting his instructions from Je...

2006-10-25 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@

[FairfieldLife] Re: pandit update: some tomorrow, and 360 by Friday 10/27

2006-10-24 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 10/24/06 9:27 AM, Peter at drpetersutphen@ wrote: Heehee. I'll gladly eat crow. I hope they actually arrive. Can you imagine if they don't?

[FairfieldLife] Re: pandit update: some tomorrow, and 360 by Friday 10/27

2006-10-24 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 10/24/06 11:08 AM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think so. Maharishi has always done as much as the environment allowed him to do, in an effortless way. If the environment had

[FairfieldLife] Re: invincibility update

2006-10-19 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first para. is from AP ( I think); the rest is Hagelin's press release. Funny how they don't clarify where the AP report ends and a tmo press release begins. I guess there are actually sidhas out there stupid enough to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Press Release - Lynch Foundation withdrew grant to High School

2006-10-19 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are disappointed to encounter such misunderstandings from a tiny but vocal religious minority. Religious minority here means the TMO ex-cult members who are tyying to bring up their kids free of the TMO.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM presenters squelch objections at HS forum

2006-10-15 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: That's illegal and would destroy the TMO's reputation if

[FairfieldLife] Re: Something fishy about Bevan's pundit housing claims

2006-10-14 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 10/13/06 4:25 PM, bob_brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bevan says: As you know, the Vastu campus previously constructed in

[FairfieldLife] pundits

2006-10-13 Thread markmeredith2002
apparently bevan has told the course that pundits are now receiving visas and should start arriving in ffld in a week or so. the tmo is hoping to get some of the unused FEMA trailers for them to live in -- FEMA bought 11,000 3-bedroom trailers for the homeless victims of katrina, but due to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pandits Arriving: Nat'l Call

2006-10-13 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: Well, I guess hell froze over -- and a lot of hard-core pessimists will have to find something else to be mad at. :) Perhaps it would be good

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scandal hits Gangaji

2006-10-12 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, Did you ever meet with her? What is your opinion of her? She is on our local cable channels in DC. I guess her Mississippi background gives her a pass on the sloow talking, but I find it impossible

[FairfieldLife] NY Times article on MMY on sunday

2006-10-11 Thread markmeredith2002
Link here http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/magazine/08wwln_essay.html?_r=2oref=sloginoref=slogin To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gay Liberals.....but child molesting Republicans

2006-10-04 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: No man, he was grooming the boy. Grooming him for what...sex? If it WAS for sex, and the two then went on to have consensual sex,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gay Liberals.....but child molesting Republicans

2006-10-04 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Outraged that the smug, hypocritical asshole who helped create that law is getting bitchslapped by it? You gotta be kidding! And, actually, I'm not particularly outraged by that law. It basically establishes 18 as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gay Liberals.....but child molesting Republicans

2006-10-04 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And homosexual acts are still illegal in a few of the red states that best reflect shemp's kind of mind. And how do YOU feel about those states where it is still illegal? I don't believe sex among consenting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Foley would have been better off having sex with the page...

2006-10-03 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Did Fairfield ever get any pundits -- CAN'T FIND THE $190 MILLION!

2006-10-02 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 markmeredith@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: ** U.S. non-profits are required

[FairfieldLife] Re: Did Fairfield ever get any pundits -- CAN'T FIND THE $190 MILLION!

2006-10-02 Thread markmeredith2002
The income from the $87 million donated to the pundit project in India can't be more than ~$8 million a year, even if they're getting top returns in their investments. This is a very modest sum when you're talking about housing and supporting many thousands of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Did Fairfield ever get any pundits -- CAN'T FIND THE $190 MILLION!

2006-10-01 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** U.S. non-profits are required to file an IRS form 990, which lists their income and assets. For 2004, the Global Country of World Peace listed a balance of $190 million dollars. Anybody can

[FairfieldLife] Re: Did Fairfield ever get any pundits -- CAN'T FIND THE $190 MILLION!

2006-10-01 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: ** U.S. non-profits are required to file an IRS form 990, which lists their income and assets. For 2004, the Global

[FairfieldLife] Re: The big WHY

2006-09-07 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: snip I first noticed something odd when even counseling was given a bum rap, and they started to ask questions about if you'd ever had any.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The big WHY

2006-09-07 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip That was a distinct change from when I learned, when Bloomfield, a psychiatrist, was all the rage in TM circles. I knew several TMers who were themselves therapists. Yeah too bad he's still not the rage --

[FairfieldLife] Re: The big WHY

2006-09-07 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, markmeredith2002 markmeredith@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip That was a distinct change from when I learned, when

[FairfieldLife] Evil spirits in the white house

2006-09-06 Thread markmeredith2002
From the new Rove biography: Soon after Rove moved into his new office in the West Wing, previously occupied by Hillary Clinton, he invited three top Catholic priests to conduct a ceremony to purge the room of evil spirits. It was an actual liturgical ceremony, says participant Deal Hudson. We

[FairfieldLife] Re: If Only Steve Irwin had Become a TM Teacher.

2006-09-06 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The World Plan would haev been accomplished years ago. With full Steve Irwin passion and enthusiasm: Almost exactly what MMY said -- talking about if only he had had Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, running the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield's future--MIU2

2006-09-01 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 9/1/06 12:00 AM, jyouells2000 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great idea and great post. I¹ve often felt that one possible scenario after MMY dies is that liberal forces within the TMO will prevail and MUM

[FairfieldLife] Re: (1) Pundit has arrived in FF !

2006-09-01 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: [snip] Yep, that staggering achievement of bringing over one pundit, supported by a private group of people. And who is his cook? This is the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield's future--MIU2

2006-09-01 Thread markmeredith2002
Did a quick check into mum finances. lastest data is from 04. income = $23.4 million, expensees = $23.3 million. net assets = $29.5 million, endowment fund = $6.3 million. $854,000 received in grants that year. hagelin was paid $113,000 as board member. To subscribe, send a message

[FairfieldLife] Re: Current Dome Numbers

2006-08-31 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/31/06 4:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody have the current dome numbers? I am curious as to whether there is a claim for the Hurricane numbers being so few this year. Also

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hell not quite frozen over yet,

2006-08-25 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: snip Are you suggesting that the largest new age organization of the 70's wasn't a target of the most fanatical evangelical Christian president we'd

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hell not quite frozen over yet,

2006-08-24 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, L B Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, that disruptive thing is tough to figure out. They are claiming that it's the decisive factor in most of the rejections, which totalled 16 when I first applied a couple of weeks ago. I know 4 or 5 of them

[FairfieldLife] Re: I found this rather interesting, the Kaplans $

2006-08-18 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/18/06 4:14 AM, hugheshugo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally think Kaplan shoots himself in the foot with his talk of enlightened children (how does he know?)and psychics (surely the biggest frauds out

[FairfieldLife] Re: Has anyone tried the BodyVed program?

2006-08-18 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, abutilon108 abutilon108@ wrote: Wondering if anyone has tried the BodyVed program and if so, what the experience with it has been. Any results? I know 2 people who did it

[FairfieldLife] Re: I found this rather interesting, the Kaplans $

2006-08-17 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ffia1120 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer groups@ wrote: on 8/17/06 3:49 PM, jim_flanegin at jflanegi@ wrote: The thing I find

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a MUM web page,,sparaig

2006-08-14 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi G, I think you are on to something with his contempt for his own followers. Have you seen the comparison of the narcissistic personality disorder and Indian Gurus, mostly focused on Rajaneesh? It was in

[FairfieldLife] Re: ShivaMa's Second Letter My Dome Rejection to Hagelin's Office

2006-08-10 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: markmeredith2002 wrote Jeannie's mistake was emailing her letter to Hagelin. If she wanted any chance of a positive response she should have hand delivered it… There is some truth to that. A hard copy to Vlodrop

[FairfieldLife] Re: My Dome Rejection From Shiva Ma Ryan, #'s

2006-08-09 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/8/06 8:51 PM, dhamiltony2k5 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The majority of people who got their dome badges were not asked the incredibly difficult questions I was asked, so they did not have to lie face to face

[FairfieldLife] Iowa Republican is Moonie Activist

2006-08-09 Thread markmeredith2002
http://iapprovethismessiah.com/2005/07/iowa-gop-official-unmasked-as.html go to the main page of this website for amazing info on how deep Rev Moon's monied tentacles have dug into the republican party. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ask MMY

2006-08-09 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Qi Qong meditation leads to mental problems so often that there is an actual DSM-IV syndrome named after it: Qi Qong Psychosis. Kundalini techniques lead to this kind of thing often enough that there is a proposal

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-07 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/6/06 6:15 PM, markmeredith2002 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I feel the need to point out the cowhig, dector and wilson raised and lost millions and millions

[FairfieldLife] Re: 7750 people learned TM in the U.S. last year - Vaj's Errors and Tricks to de

2006-08-07 Thread markmeredith2002
Michael's formula is 155 centers x 50 avg initiations. The 155 centers with recerts seems high - I'm talking about really active centers, not just an address/phone. The recert course had a little over 200 CPs as I remember, and about 1/3 were staff who were going back to staff jobs, so that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-06 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the first indications that all was not cool in the Emerald City was when I was still flying and a chiropractor took my back X-rays after I had thrown my back out. He said So how long have you been jogging?

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Does Shri Shri Ravi Shankar/Sell Techniques of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi?

2006-08-06 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- markmeredith2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The official clearly stated policy of the TMO is that tm-sidhas should not practice SSRS techniques and those that do have been banned from the dome for many

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number of people learning TM (was: Victory Beef or War?)

2006-08-06 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Cowhig Working for a guitar company in Canada. Spending lots of time in the woods Ron Dector Doing fine I suspect. Somewhere in Canada. Was working with John Cowhig and Gregg Wilson. I feel the need

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Does Shri Shri Ravi Shankar/Sell Techniques of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi?

2006-08-05 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/5/06 10:04 AM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure he could. Brahman is a field of all possibilities. I think he was clearly trying to convey the message to TM meditators who might be tempted

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Does Deepak Chopra/Give Maharishi Any Credit, Ever?'

2006-08-04 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert Gimbel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's another one, who really gets on my nerves; All of Deepaks books, tapes and various other schemes of money making; Does he ever once give credit to Maharishi for anything. He is the most plagerizing of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Email I just sent to an old friend who's trying to get me in the dome.

2006-08-04 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/4/06 11:41 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Political schmoozing, no doubt. 2 drinks will put you over the legal limit. Studies have shown that it would take an average 170-pound male five drinks within a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Mahesh Bhogi

2006-07-26 Thread markmeredith2002
The options Judy lays out is that everyone must either accept MMY's claim that he is a great rishi and an authentic yogi and address him such or they're being disrepectful of him. To simply not view him as a great rishi, which according the spiritual texts I've read is quite an exclusive title,

[FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife

2006-06-15 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I'm not really part of or terribly interested in this conversation, but a funny

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fearmonger Gore full of hot air

2006-06-14 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The author of the column below is a lobbyist for the Canadian utility industry and is paid to spread misinformation about global warming. If you're really interested in this topic, read a little of the 1000s of pages of

[FairfieldLife] Re: mounting concerns about TM org in Kansas

2006-06-08 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The area around Edgar Springs, Mo., now shares an honor known only to 21 other U.S. communities, Census Bureau officials announced today. The Edgar Springs area is the new U.S. population center. How can 21

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