Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adi Shankara

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 12:54 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: As I was saying to Fleetwood, all that's left is experiencing... If awareness is all there is, then the only experience is awareness, to a certain degree. /According to the Tibetan tradition, consciousness is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 12:57 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Rick's challenge to the no talk rule of the closed dysfunctional family in the movement shines light on what they might prefer was not evaluated by people who are not insiders. He has broken the spell of labeling all

Re: [FairfieldLife] Tinfoil hat time!

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 3:08 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Nothing wrong with a tin foil hat especially if you have a smartphone on the night stand beside your bed. ;-) /Government investigations and independent reviews have found no evidence for the theories. The National

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 7:44 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Xeno, IMO, consciousness is the basis of the universe which created space and time. Space and time did emerge out of the chaos of the early universe. /Only in unity consciousness, or oneness with all reality, do we eliminate

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-28 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : There is no compelling public interest in this that justifies the invasion of privacy of this confidential communication. 5. Post your own content. Have the other group member's permissions before re-posting their

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Link to the invitation for Nov 30th

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/28/2014 5:45 PM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 9/28/2014 1:42 PM, curtisdeltablues@... mailto:curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: My interest could easily be derailed by anyone paying me

[FairfieldLife] What's On Your Mind?

2014-09-28 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
/For anyone paying attention, the long-brewing crisis hardly came out of nowhere./ 'We Screwed Up On Ebola, And Now The Crisis Is Getting Much Worse' https://finance.yahoo.com/news/screwed-ebola-response-result-cost-073019431.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 2:49 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: People who are constantly angry at atheists (of whose number jr_esq is a prime example) often try to convince themselves that the atheists they're angry at are similarly angry at...uh...that non-existent fairytale

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 12:18 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Good. Now learn to spell; it's Maharishi, and Benjamin. For brevity's sake I prefer Nabby to Nablussos, MJ and Turq to their full names (see how lazy I am) and don't get me started

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 12:44 AM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : Barry usually stops posting at about 20:00±1 hour GMT. So I will pipe in until he returns to the light of European day. There are three scenarios: 1. the universe created itself 2.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 3:25 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] Barry usually stops posting at about 20:00±1 hour GMT. True. At that point Barry either goes out to spend the evening with friends, or watches TV

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:08 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Well, having penned my obligatory First Button-Pushing Post Of The Week to give the Barry-haters something to feed on :-), I am free to write more seriously about this whole belief in God / atheism thang. Be warned.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Personally, I think that one of the most useful pieces of neuroscience would be a study that managed to visualize in the brain the exact moment in which someone decides This guy is enlightened and telling me the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: While I cannot disagree, I think it is useful every so often to remember that at one point WE were sycophants, too. So what was in it for the sycophant? /Maybe you should speak for yourself.// Apparently YOU are

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 6:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ...Wondrous Waves Of Woo Woo to transform the universe into a better place, some people are actually going to buy that. For a while. It's just that *still* believing it all these decades later strikes me as a bit

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 7:12 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I think turq's analysis doesn't go deep enough. The whole issue of self importance has to do with feeling safe in the group. Wanting to feel safe has to do with wanting to survive. We all have this hardwired into our

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 8:02 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It wasn't self importance for me - I was to slavish in my adoration of Marshy to feel self important. Apparently MJ was not practicing TM - he was practicing Guru Yoga. In fact, Marshy has nothing to do with his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 8:36 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: /After twenty years as a sycophant and a True Believer, you probably can't bum-hop, levitate or hold a single yoga pose to this day. It looks like you spent over twenty years not even thinking. What happened to all the money? / He can't accept it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Excellent reply Dan. The drone goes on forever seemingly. On 9/27/2014 8:41 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I can attest to the forever. My question is: Why is bawee so defensive and so intolerant of other's viewpoints? This is a person who just can't stomach the idea

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hawking: 'There is no God'

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, having penned my obligatory First Button-Pushing Post Of The Week to give the Barry-haters something to feed on :-), I am free to write more seriously about this whole belief in God / atheism thang. Be warned. /Please write about why you believed in Buddhas. Thanks./ I

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 10:04 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: So, how is it in this thread that two of the seemingly biggest TM quitters on this list got to read Hagelin's memo to cert teachers about this DC meeting sent on Monday last and the rest of us old TM teachers did not get

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 10:26 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I have no idea what you are talking about - mine from Rick is still in my inbox, sent and received on Sept 25th - check your spam box maybe. Let me spell it out for you so you understand: YOU WILL NEVER BE

Re: [FairfieldLife] November 30th event, a Gov who's going to make up his own mind

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 4:18 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Better sent out a memo on this Michael. *MEMO* TO: /John Hegelin/ FROM: /The Baker Guy/ SUBJECT: /TMO Leadership//and Rajas/ Is the channel clear on this? /There is something happening here; what it is ain't exactly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-27 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/27/2014 4:30 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Easy Michael, pace yourself. This whole thing may be more than you can handle. Just. Go. Slow. Put the pipe down, Michael. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : That is not true if Marshy

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 10:08 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com I can't speak for Turq or MJ but I'm here coz it's fun. And because we are all from the TMO at some point, in some depth, we share knowledge of what it means and it's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Adi Shankara

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 10:34 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Oh, you meant THAT Adi Shankara, not the guy from Cincinnati. My bad. /There must be a million people named Shankara in India, but the term Adi indicates Lord Shiva, the first Adi./ ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 10:34 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I agree with both of you in all that you have said here - well said, both. Me too, with what he said. He said he was them once, which I assume means he was a student at MUM and that he was partly way through

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why India is Fascinated with Astrology

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 2:00 PM, Duveyoung wrote: I put up my first Web sites in 1996, and for YEARS before that I was already thinking I should do so. Therefore, it's not a big stretch for many an astrologer to be hep to the Web's eventualities in the early 90s. First computer I owned was in 1980

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lykke Li, New York City Okt 4

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Just gotta say... I clicked on Nabby's link below and laughed out loud because I'd never seen that website layout before. Be honest here...if you didn't now who DL was, what would you think if youstumbled upon this photo... On 9/26/2014 7:19 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote: Turq, Try to do

Re: [FairfieldLife] John Cusack Blasts Hollywood

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 11:31 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: /The star goes off on the town he describes as ripe with frontier crazies and a whorehouse / Just for the record, John Cusak is a member of SAG. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 9:01 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Barry, omniscient as he is, since he doesn't read my posts, knows that I posted something about my personal experiences with Guru Dev, recently, and it completely blows his mind. He cannot cope with the fact that I

Re: [FairfieldLife] The N-Squared Spiritual Regeneration of America and the World

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 11:05 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: No, just that their assertion that they lower crime rate by doing TMSP is obviously untrue. But I am sure they have some bizarre ridiculous reason the crime rate went up in the home of purusha /The increased

Re: [FairfieldLife] Jerry email to John sent on Sunday

2014-09-26 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/26/2014 10:11 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Barry, omniscient as he is, since he doesn't read my posts, knows that I posted something about my personal experiences with Guru Dev, recently, and it completely blows his mind. He cannot cope with the fact that I am

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Nine Days of Mother Divine

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 1:09 PM, netineti108 wrote: Yes, I did cut and paste this information for the upcoming Holy days of Mother Divine. I thought to provide some information regarding its meaning. /Next time just copy and paste the link so we can go there and read it for ourselves. Also, don't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Adi Shankara

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 12:50 PM, netineti108 wrote: What did Adi Shankara say was the fastest method to Liberation in this Kali Yuga? /According to the Shankaracharya tradition, the Sri Vidya, because it consists of indestructible seed syllables (bijaksara) rather than words, transcends such mundane

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:29 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Dan, I love rocks too. And trees and critters, the sun and sky, etc. And since we're talking about eating, I heard through the grapevine that Maharishi once said that a happy man could digest a rock. Isn't that cool?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
It looks like we have a couple of bottom-posters. Go figure. On 9/24/2014 11:17 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I think many group behaviours are not necessarily narcissistic, although they may parallel or imitate the behaviour of a leader. In the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Just in time for Halloween, here comes the boogeyman!

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 2:02 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Be afraid, be very afraid, ISIL is out to get you! Get it? ISIL is the new Boogeyman to keep you afraid and give up even more of your freedoms. I'll take it further and say it looks to me like ISIL *is the new false

Re: [FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
[Attachment(s) #TopText from Richard J. Williams included below] *From:* salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Happy to be persuaded otherwise by some evidence though. The person levitating or flying through the air was a guy named Frederick Lenz, who also called himself Rama. He taught a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:28 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You forgot his biggest fans: The Lurking Reporters, who apparently have forgotten to turn anything of his into newsworthy material. ;-) Oops. /You forgot that Barry IS the lurking reporter, sending in reports to a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:32 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Maharishi was a liar and a fraud - if he is your high water mark for optimism, then you are in bad shape. It looks like we've got a FFL war on women. Just based on the postings here, I'd say at least one

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 10:26 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It's sort of strange. He posts something and then he runs away. And then claims people are trying to engage him. Maybe he is not serious about carrying on a conversation, or maybe he doesn't want to talk about the

Re: [FairfieldLife] US Strikes Oil Refineries in Syria

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 6:39 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: This should hit the pocket books of ISIS since they sell cheap oil to finance its crimes. Their vehicles won't be able to run for long without fuel and with no funds coming in they will soon be broke. With drones overhead

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:37 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Hold the kettle under the tap, but pray to the devas to bless the water with their magical qualities so after you drink the tea, you won't need to eat or drink for 70 years. Then you can be the next poster child

Re: [FairfieldLife] The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 9:40 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You are wrong Nappy, we woke up, we smartened up and realized we had been sold a pig in a poke. /That doesn't say much for your own susceptibility to suggestion. If you were sold a pig in a poke back then, who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Good luck to you Barry. By the way, I still like you. I'm just sorry you've fallen into the black hole of cynicism and insult, along with an occasional informational or humorous post. If you could only see yourself like most others do On 9/24/2014 8:29

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:05 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It seems to me that the best thing you could do with quitters is to (dare I say it) QUIT reading them. /For the record, Barry is the only informant that claims he doesn't read all the messages posted here./ I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 9/24/2014 9:28 AM, fleetwood_macncheese@... mailto:fleetwood_macncheese@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: You forgot his biggest fans: The Lurking Reporters, who apparently have forgotten to turn anything of his into

Re: [FairfieldLife] The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:30 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Hardly - it was if anything support of nature that I did not follow in the footsteps of all the New Age channeling hucksters, some of whom are former TM teachers in gather a whole other flock of sheep to be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : It seems to me that the best thing you could do with quitters is to (dare I say it) QUIT reading them. I don't know about MJ and Salyavin, but I'm not here selling anything. I write for the fun of it, and to express my opinion. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:38 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I'll let you know when I am heading to Fairfield. Before I come I would like to know if I need a breathing mask of some sort due to the grain dust floating about from the Heartland Grain silos. /Maybe you could

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-25 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/25/2014 9:38 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: *From:* dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com So tribalism is necessarily a cruder value? So far, yes. No possibility for collective altruism for individuals to join? Not so far on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*From:* salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com --In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : As usual, you miss the point Sal. I believe the expression for what you do,is, leading from behind Just a bittoo timid to go beyond the orthodoxy of present day science. And seemingly

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : As usual, you miss the point Sal. I believe the expression for what you do,is, leading from behind Just a bit too timid to go beyond the orthodoxy of present day science. And seemingly threatened as well. On 9/24/2014 12:54

Re: [FairfieldLife] The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 7:54 PM, netineti108 wrote: The missing element in FFlife seems to be...Developing Devotion... Most of the informants posting to FFL are TMers, so they are probably not all that interested in devotion to a higher power, or devotion to a guru or a teacher. If you have been

Re: [FairfieldLife] Quote of the day.

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 7:49 AM, salyavin808 wrote: “We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions,

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 7:21 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Hey, if you say so. Can't prove otherwise. (-: /Sam Harris says that the belief in free-will makes no sense. Go figure./ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : ---In

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Right, wr to the latest debate about the man not eating for 70 years. If it is a fraud, as it appears it is, by the lack of transparency of those who put it out there, then great. Salyavin was right. No problem. It is more

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
It's always sad when someone you once considered fairly intelligent and halfway balanced demonstrates to you how badly you were wrong. The problem with Steve-o is that he seems to really *believe* that anything a person believes should be off limits to criticism and derision. He's more like

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : As usual, you miss the point Sal. I believe the expression for what you do,is, leading from behind Just a bittoo timid to go beyond the orthodoxy of present day science. And seemingly threatened as well. Gosh, you really are an

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 3:17 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: C'mon Sal! This old guy id a fucking superman! For Nabby, Steve, Danny-boy, Free Cheesy (nee Doc Dummy) and Share to believe in him gives them some credence in their hearts that one day, if they practice TM

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 3:24 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: I'll see if nurse Rachet can bring you some more peanuts. You are not even making any sense. You seem to have plenty of baloney at this time. Non sequitur. Maybe Share can donate some Wonder Bread. An

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 5:08 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: go back to Phoenix Non sequitur. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Calims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 5:56 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: OK here is a question for you starry eyed True Believers in the miracles that Mother India gives the world, Non sequitur/. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence./ that

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten [1 Attachment]

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*From:* salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com Happy to be persuaded otherwise by some evidence though. On 9/23/2014 10:12 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Sal, I think that the way that thinking about these kinda things works is, If I can glom onto some vague

[FairfieldLife] Re: The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-24 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : My impression is that the majority here have done TM in the past but no longer. It all depends on what you mean by TMer - on this forum, a TMer is defined as anyone who ever learned TM. Mostly due to spiritual

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-24 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
MJ: What a crock of nonsense. What a big load of baloney. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : EMPATHY: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. If you have empathy, then you ought to be able to understand and share the feelings by MJ and Turq,

[FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Can Levitate, was Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 10:09 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Sorry you wild wild things, I don't think there will be any surprises from gravity and metabolism, I think we've got those pretty sussed - at least as far as floating and not eating for 70 years is concerned

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The missing element in FFlife seems to be

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/24/2014 11:40 AM, netineti108 wrote: It is incorrect to think that devotion cannot be developed until this made up state of CC is stabilized. /Devotional service must be spontaneous and natural no matter what state of consciousness you are experiencing, otherwise it's just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi: When one starts TM, cruder values are replaced by finer values, speech is less sharp

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
*From:* Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] I think many group behaviours are not necessarily narcissistic, although they may parallel or imitate the behaviour of a leader. In the classic study When Prophesy Fails by Festinger et al., observed that when a group's

[FairfieldLife] Back By Popular Demand

2014-09-24 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
http://youtu.be/8qrriKcwvlY

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why MMY's Bhagavad Gita will never be a classic.

2014-09-23 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Yes I am indeed ignorant. So, why do you suppose they called Persia Iran?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why I hope to die at 75

2014-09-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 4:33 PM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: yugas don't exist - /The value of 24,000 years is within 7% of the modern astronomical calculation of one full precession of the equinox of 25,772 years. This phenomenon is observed as the stars moving

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why I hope to die at 75

2014-09-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 7:49 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Neither Sal nor I dismiss things because they are vedic or because they are Indian, we dismiss things because they are obviously flawed or nonsensical. Neither of you have posted a dismissal of Barry's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Steve, I like what you're saying here which is that we don't yet know all the laws governing gravity. And I think this is a very scientific attitude. I bet we don't know all the laws about anything yet! Including how human bodies

Re: [FairfieldLife] Going batty

2014-09-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Like. On 9/23/2014 7:46 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: [Attachment(s) #TopText from fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] included below] My trail camera's frame rate, for video, is too slow, to catch the bat as a single image, so he leaves a trail of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 8:19 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Steve obviously suffers from too much time listening to Marshy and the TM Big Wigs - he got indoctrinated into Believe it because we say it. and he just can't let go of such a precious mind set. Non sequitur.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-23 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/23/2014 7:10 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You are reiterating that other guys argument. It violates the laws of biology, or metabolism, so it must be false. There are no unexplained events, and so, on that basis, I declare it impossible I believe that is called

Re: [FairfieldLife] look up look down

2014-09-22 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : The whole appeal of Facebook may have been that it allowed people who'd never been part of a cult to do so. Heck, they can even turn themselves into a cult. :-) So, you put your face on Facebook, instead of on MyFace. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-22 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:08 AM, salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : I think what you are saying is that there phenomena that we may have considered to be impossible, until they are demonstrated, and supported by

Re: [FairfieldLife] look up look down

2014-09-22 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : look up made me cry look down made me think grateful to do both It made me laugh, when I realized that some informants still don't know how to snip their messages so that the links to the videos are not repeated in every posting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Some Great Images

2014-09-22 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Like. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : http://news.distractify.com/pinar/wildlife-photos-of-the-year/?v=1amp;img=c905a2 http://news.distractify.com/pinar/wildlife-photos-of-the-year/?v=1amp;img=c905a2

[FairfieldLife] Re: look up look down

2014-09-22 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Share: Richard, are you referring to your unsnipped reply in the Holy Man thread?! What you have to do is copy the specific text you want to reply to, then click on Reply and paste in 'tthe text you copied. Do not click on Show message history. That way, Neo users don't have to scroll down

[FairfieldLife] Re: What you are ignorant about will kill you

2014-09-22 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Bhairitu: If you want to be democratic about it, get rid of all religion. What we have to do is get rid of the inappropriate violent tendencies in religions through consciousness expansion techniques. What's needed is the implementation of a consciousness-based education that is rational and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: look up look down

2014-09-22 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
website. In email it's impossible to cut and paste. On Monday, September 22, 2014 12:36 PM, pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Share: Richard, are you referring to your unsnipped reply in the Holy Man thread?! What you have to do is copy

Re: [FairfieldLife] look up look down

2014-09-22 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Richard, are you referring to your unsnipped reply in the Holy Man thread?! Not all replies need to be snipped - just the ones that have redundant videos .

Re: [FairfieldLife] Holy Man Claims He Has Not Eaten Or Drank Anything In 70 Years!

2014-09-22 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Bhairitu: What is the practical value? What is the quality of life? One can attain moksha and enlightenment without this. Why bother? The ascetic sect in South Asia is very old and originated even before the composition of the Rig Veda. The idea is called tapas - burning up the

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Secret of Yogic Flying

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 2:37 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: But MMY was pushing the envelope by saying, if you can fly during the dreaming state, why not fly during the waking state as well? In the dream state, doors are doors and tables are tables; in dreams you can run and jump and

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Secret of Yogic Flying

2014-09-22 Thread pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : It's very simple. The technique is to attain samadhi while in the waking state of consciousness. As such, one can also retain the samadhi state during the dreaming state of consciousness. It is during the dreaming state that the

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Secret of Yogic Flying

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 2:37 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: It's very simple. The technique is to attain samadhi while in the waking state of consciousness. As such, one can also retain the samadhi state during the dreaming state of consciousness. It is during the dreaming state that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why MMY's Bhagavad Gita will never be a classic.

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
/The practice of TM isn't based on religious law or faith in a cosmic order, so the term Sanatan Dharma has no meaning to most TMers. According to Rig Veda 4-138, Hindu is non-native and of Iranian origin./ On 9/22/2014 4:03 PM, netineti108 wrote: Instead of condemning this statement, one

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Secret of Yogic Flying

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 4:13 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ... there is a difference between a regular dream and a dream while in samadhi. IMO, the dreams while in samadhi are more graphic and blissful. But there may be other effects that one can imagine. IMO, the dreams while in samadhi

[FairfieldLife] Been There Done That [1 Attachment]

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
We went to this place to get some fuel today for our car. /Murphy U.S.A./

[FairfieldLife] Shina Soba Shoyu [1 Attachment]

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
There is just nothing quite like a bowl of hot, steaming noodle soup in the early morning or late at night, or just about any time. Here is our family recipe for delicious home made ramen noodle soup: Ingredients: * Whole wheat noodles * Water Instructions: 1. In a pot, bring water to a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why MMY's Bhagavad Gita will never be a classic.

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 6:02 PM, netineti108 wrote: This is not a piece of history to be believed. Not for nothing do they now call Persia, Iran. Aryans did not compose Veda. The term Arya is used 36 times in 34 hymns in the Rigveda. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why I hope to die at 75

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/22/2014 8:23 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Funny thing about the I've lived too long saying. My sister picked it up from my aunt and uses it whenever she something weird or crazy in the news. That was also the reason my late aunt said it. My sister is 82.

[FairfieldLife] Nothing To See Here, Move Along

2014-09-22 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Venezuela Seeks to Quell Fears of Disease Outbreak: Government Seeks Doctor’s Arrest for Saying Deaths Could Point to Mosquito-borne Disease. Arresting people for saying something scary — that’ll quell panic and rumors. For sure. http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/195436/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wonder how that one turned out?

2014-09-21 Thread Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : I am not sure why the renter of the chairs needed to be told the reason for them not being returned, vs bought. As for a compensation, why would the renting company want or expect full price? Does your car insurance

Re: [FairfieldLife] Egypt Agrees to fight ISIS

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 9/20/2014 1:49 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Egypt's president may have paved the way to find an Islamic solution to the violence that ISIS represents. But he won't send troops there since he thinks the Iraqi army is sufficient to protect its own country. The American

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Wonder how that one turned out?

2014-09-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : I am not sure why the renter of the chairs needed to be told the reason for them not being returned, vs bought. As for a compensation, why would the renting company want or expect full price? Does your car insurance

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